Top GKToday’s News Headlines-1 July 2020

July 1, 2020

Here are the Top GKToday’s News Headlines-1 July 2020

PM extends free grain distribution scheme under PMGKAY (Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana) till the end of November
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar holds talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian
IIT Madras launches world’s first online BSc degree in Programming and Data Science
India’s AI enabled MyGov Corona Helpdesk bags 2 awards at CogX 2020 (Global Leadership Summit and Festival of AI & Emerging Technology)
Indian Oil, NTPC, SDMC (South Delhi Municipal Corporation) to develop a demonstration waste-to-energy plant at Okhla landfill site in Delhi
Ravinder Bhakar appointed CEO of CBFC (Central Board of Films Certification)
K. K. Venugopal reappointed as Attorney General of India for one year

Output of eight core infrastructure industries shrank by 23.4 per cent in May
Eight core infrastructure industries are: fertilisers, coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, steel, cement and electricity
Fitch Ratings cuts India’s growth forecast for 2021-22 fiscal to 8% from 9.5% projected in May
WTO sets up dispute panel on India’s import duties on ICT (information and communications technology) products
BJP’s Rajya Sabha member Suresh Prabhu to head Cooperative Development Forum (CDF)
Facebook launches Avatars in India allowing users to make a cartoon-like version of themselves

The State of World Population 2020 report released by UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund)
U.S. ends defense exports to Hong Kong, restricts access to high tech products
International Asteroid Day observed on 30 June; marks anniversary of Tunguska impact over Siberia on this day in 1908
International Day of Parliamentarism observed on June 30; Geneva-based IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union) founded on this day in 1889
2020 Global Education Monitoring Report released by UNESCO
China to join UN Arms Trade Treaty that is designed to control the flow of weapons into conflict zones
‘Glow’ to replace ‘whitening’ in some L’Oreal skin products
Apple tops Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) ranking of ‘50 Most Innovative Companies in 2020’