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Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag, hockey stalwart Sardar Singh and Paralympic silver medallist Deepa Malik included in a 12-member committee constituted by the sports ministry to select this year’s National Sports Awards winners. Committee will be headed by Retired Supreme Court Justice, Mukundakam Sharma. Former saurashtra cricket association coach and manager “Hasmukhbhai Joshi” Died on

2nd Empathy e-Conclave on “World Hepatitis Day” for creating awareness among parliamentarians organised by Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) in collaboration with Airport Authority of India (AAI) was conducted on 28 July 2020. Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare as the guests of honour said, The theme of this

International tiger day 2020- 29 July “UP Sunni Waqf Board” constituted trust to build mosque in Ayodhya. Name of trust is “Indo Islamic Cultural Foundation” and it will have 15 members. The Asian Development Bank unveiled $1.5 billion COVID-19 package for India on 28 July 2020. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has announced the

Veteran actor Raavi Kondala Rao died of heart attack on 28 July 2020. He was 88. He was also a prolific writer and editor of the then popular film magazine “Vijaya Chitra” from 1966 to 1990. The Ministry of Earth Sciences  launches new  “Mausam” app to provide weather Report. App gives the facility to user

IAS officer K. Balasubramanian appointed as the Secretary of the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. Ponnamaravathi panchayat union in Pudukkottai district, tiruchi has introduced smart card to facilitate garbage collection on a trial basis in one ward. Residents have to scan the card while disposing of the waste. This will be adopted across whole panchayat

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directs Indian Oil Corporation Limited Panipat, Haryana refinery  to pay 25 crore rupees because Indian Oil Corporation Limited’s Panipat refinery in Haryana has failed to take effective and adequate steps for pollution control.  “Godhan nyay yojna” launched on 20 July 2020 in chhattisgarh on the festivel of hareli. Govt aims 

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju announced Panchkula, Haryana as the host of Khelo India Youth Games 2021, Announcement of dates will be next year. To convert late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s Poes Garden residence into memorial, Tamilnadu govt. deposited Rs 67.9 crore in the city Civil Court for acquiring the residence. The “groundbreaking ceremony” or “bhoomi

The “Consumer Protection Act, 2019” comes in to force from 20 July.                                                  Features of act:                                   

London-based Indian origin (a native of Maharashtra) street photographer Dimpy Bhalotia has won her the grand prize and photographer year of the award. The annual iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) were announced and winning photograph “Flying Boys” was shot on the iPhone X.The picture intends to capture the day-to-day activities of boys in Varanasi. Flipkart Group