Current Affairs 18 July 2020

:large_orange_diamond:First online NISHTHA programme launched for 1200 Key Resources Persons of Andhra Pradesh by MHRD

:large_orange_diamond:Shipping Minister Mansukh Mandaviya virtually flagged off 1st container ship from Kolkata Port to Agartala via Chattogram port (Bangladesh)

:large_orange_diamond:NTPC signs MoU with NIIF to Explore Business Opportunities in Renewable Energy  in India

:large_orange_diamond:CBSE collaborates with IBM to integrate AI in High School Curriculum of 2020-2021

:large_orange_diamond:Harsimrat Kaur Badal virtually addressed the Digital Indo- Italian Business Mission on Food Processing’

:large_orange_diamond:ICWA-RIAC conference: India & Russia explores Active Joint Projects in Asia and Africa

:large_orange_diamond:India’s CERT and Israel’s INCD inked MoU to expand cooperation in cyber security

:large_orange_diamond:India Ranked 3rd in 2020 Global Manufacturing Risk Index; China Tops: Cushman & Wakefield

:large_orange_diamond:Global Skills Index 2020 Report: India Surges ahead the Peers in Business and Technology Skills

:large_orange_diamond:NABARD Sanctioned Rs 795 crore to West Bengal for Reconstructing Infrastructure Damaged by Cyclone Amphan

:large_orange_diamond:ICRA projects India’s GDP to contract by 9.5% in FY21 from earlier 5%

:large_orange_diamond:Oscar Winner Kate Winslet will Receive 2020 TIFF Tribute Actor Award on 45th Edition of TIFF

:large_orange_diamond:Gabon Appointed its First Woman Prime Minister: Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda

:large_orange_diamond:RBI Approves reappointment of Shyam Srinivasan as the MD & CEO of Federal Bank

:large_orange_diamond:L&T Tech Services to Acquire 100% Stake in Orchestra Tech for about Rs 187 Crore

:large_orange_diamond:IIT-M Incubated Start-up, Modulus Housing Developed a Portable Hospital Unit, ‘MediCAB’ to Treat COVID-19 Patients

:large_orange_diamond:Arjuna Awardee and Ace Para-Badminton Player Ramesh Tikaram Passed Away at 51

:large_orange_diamond:Maharashtra’s First Woman SEC Neela Satyanarayanan Dies

:large_orange_diamond:Day of International Criminal Justice 2020 – July 17

:large_orange_diamond:Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat Inaugurated ‘Smriti Van’ on Harela festival

:large_orange_diamond:2022 Dakar Youth Olympics by four years to 2026 : IOC