Important Day
- Theme of International Day of Cooperatives (first Saturday of July, 4 July 2020) for the year 2020 – “Cooperatives for Climate Action”.
Economy
- This company launched the second tranche of the Bharat Bond ETF (exchange traded fund) for a base issue size of Rs 3,000 crore - Edelweiss Mutual Fund.
International
- Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for 2020 in United Kingdom' - 'Flake' (graphic novel by Matthew Dooley).
National
- According to the ‘All India Tourist Vehicles Authorization and Permit Rules, 2020’, the scheme will provide a valid All India permit for - three months or its multiples.
- Longest train which is 2.8 km long with 251 wagon - ‘SheshNaag’.
- As part of Swachh Survekshan-2021, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced a new category of awards titled - Prerak Dauur Samman (with five additional sub-categories).
Persons in News
- New Director General of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), replacing Rajan Mathews - S.P. Kochhar.
State Current Affairs
- This UT government launched the ‘Paudhe Lagao, Paryavaran Bachao’ campaign on 2 July 2020 - Delhi.
- The State government of Jharkhand has decided to postpone the world famous Shravani Mela held in - Deoghar.
- New chief secretary of the Rajasthan, replacing D B Gupta - Rajeeva Swarup.
Science and Technology
- This institute has developed a classroom-to-home teaching setup, named 'Mobile Masterjee’, which can record the lectures or instructions by the teachers using their available smartphones - IIT Kanpur.
- Indigenous Potential COVID-19 vaccine which developed by Zydus Cadila - ZyCoV-D.
- 'Unisaviour', a new disinfection box that could help sterilise a wide variety of personal belongings to reduce the transmission risk of COVID-19, is developed by - IIT Roorkee.
General Knowledge
- National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) - Founded: 29 August 1997; Headquarters: New Delhi.
- International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) - Founded: 1895; Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium.
- Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) - Founded: 1995; Headquarters: New Delhi.
- International Cricket Council (ICC) - Founded: 15 June 1909; Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- "National Smart Cities Mission" was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on - 25 June 2015.
