Important Day
Defence
- Defence Ministry has issued the formal Government Sanction Letter for grant of Permanent Commission (PC) to Women Officers in all ten streams of - Indian Army.
- This nation’s Navy will get two Project 22350 frigates equipped with hypersonic weapons in 2025-2026 - Russia (Admiral Yumashev and Admiral Spiridonov).
- Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla commissioned a 3 MW Solar Power Plant, a largest solar plant of Navy, at - Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala.
Environment
- In a massive global study of the world's reefs, scientists from James Cook University (JCU, Australia) have found that ____ are 'functionally extinct' on nearly one in five of the reefs surveyed - Sharks.
International
- According to the report by Washington-based Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), this nation's handling of nuclear materials remains the worst in the world - North Korea.
- The General Council of the World Trade Organization has granted the status of observer to - Turkmenistan.
- An agreement was signed between India and this country on 22 July for the establishment of Neighbourhood Fish Processing Plants at two of the islands in _____ - Maldives.
National
- Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar virtually launched piloting of the _______ to enhance seamless movement of forest produce - National Transit Pass System.
Persons in News
- Person who will be a honorary adviser to steering committee of the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) for the BRICS CCI young leaders for 2020-2023 - Sahil Seth.
- New Vice-Chairman of the security platform of International Union of Railways (UIC), Paris - Arun Kumar (Director-General of Railway Protection Force).
- New managing director and chief executive officer of SBI General Insurance - Prakash Chandra Kandpal.
- New Secretary East in the Ministry of External Affairs - Riva Ganguly Das.
- Newly appointed directors on board of Hindustan Zinc Ltd - Anjani K Agarwal and Akhilesh Joshi.
- Indian who inched to the fifth position in the Forbes’ real-time billionaires’ list (ahead of Warren Buffett) - Mukesh Ambani (Reliance Industries: Rs 13-trillion).
Sports
- World's top-ranked Test all-rounder in the latest ICC ranking on 22 July 2020 - Ben Stokes (England).
- Third spot in the latest ICC top Test all-rounder ranking - Ravindra Jadeja (India).
Science and Technology
- China’s Mars mission and its first rover on the Red Planet - Tianwen-1.
General Knowledge
- On 23 July 1927, the first ever radio broadcast in India went on air from - Bombay.
- On 8 June 1936, the Indian State Broadcasting Service became - All India Radio.
- Motto of All India Radio - Bahujan Hitaya, Bahujan Sukhaya.
- All India Radio (AIR) - Founded: 23 July 1927; Headquarters: New Delhi.
- G20 (or Group of Twenty) was established on - 26 September 1999.
- World's second largest zinc producer and largest producer of zinc, lead and silver in India - Hindustan Zinc Ltd (subsidiary of Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Ltd).
- International Union of Railways (UIC) – Founded: 17 October 1922; Headquarters: Paris, France.
