Latest Daily Current Affairs: July 2020

Current Affairs: July 11, 2020

• On 11th July 2020, the first State Level ‘E-Lok Adalat’ of India was conducted successfully Chhattisgarh High Court. The E-Lok Adalat was conducted through video conferencing for 195 benches across the state of Chhattisgarh.
• On 11th July every year, World Population Day is observed globally. This year theme of World Population Day 2020: Putting the brakes on COVID-19: Safeguarding the health and rights of women and girls.
• Fourth Cycle of All India Tiger Estimation 2018 enters Guinness Book of World Records for being the world’s largest camera trap wildlife survey.
• 8 Crore People have availed Healthcare Services under Ayushman Bharat Yojana in last 5 Months. Out of 8.8 crore people, 1.41 crore people were detected with Hypertension, 1.34 crore were detected with oral, breast or cervical cancer and 1.12 crore were detected with diabetes
• As per the data from the Indian Meteorological Department, June 2020 was the wettest June in Indian in the last 12 years which resulted in increased of Kharif Crops Sowing Area by 2.5 times as Compared to Last Year.

Current Affairs: July 10, 2020

• As per the figures provided by DIT (Department for International Trade) of United Kingdom for the financial year 2019-20, the second-largest source of FDI in the United Kingdom is now from India.
• On 10^th July 2020, Swabhiman Anchal located in Malkangiri district of Odisha gets its First-Ever Bus Service after completion of Gurupriya Bridge.
• On 10^th July, 2020, ‘ATL App Development Modules’ was launched for school children across the country in line with the Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative to transform school students from smartphone-based applications users into innovative smartphone-based applications developers. The ‘ATL Device Development Modules’ are launched by NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) under its Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) initiative, in partnership with Plezmo- a mobile application (lndian Startup Company-Gunakar Private Limited). The Modules are part of an online course that is available to everyone at no cost and any one can get the access of ATL App Development Modules at-‘appcourse.plezmo.com.
• 10th July every year is celebrated as the “National Fish Farmers Day” to honor the fish farmers, aquapreneurs & fisher folks in recognition of their accomplishments in the field and their contribution in the growth of the fisheries sector in the country.
• On 10^th July 2020, General Elections of Singapore was conducted for its 105 seats unicameral Parliament (93 members are elected through the Election). Singapore became the 2nd Country in Asia to conduct National Polls in the times of the COVID-19 global pandemic after South Korea. People’s Action Party Registers Comfortable Win, Lee Hsien Loong to continue as the Prime Minister of Singapore
• On 10^th July 2020, White Paper launched for Recommendations on Immediate Technology and Policy Impetus to Make India ATMANIRBHAR