Top GKToday’s News Headlines-11 July 2020

INDIA

• Gangster Vikas Dubey killed in an encounter while being taken from Ujjain (MP) to Kanpur by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF)
• US aerospace company Boeing completes delivery of 37 military helicopters to IAF; 22 Apache and 15 Chinook

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• ‘PM Modi inaugurates 750 MW Ultra Mega Solar Power project at Rewa (MP); Asia’s largest
• MSDE (Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) launches AI-based ASEEM (Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee – Employer Mapping) digital platform to bridge demand-supply gap of skilled workforce across sectors

WORLD

• US imposes sanctions on Chinese officials over repression of Uyghurs in Muslim-majority Xinjiang province
• COVID-19: WHO sets up Independent panel for Pandemic Preparedness & Response; co-headed by NZ ex-PM Helen Clark and Liberia’s ex-president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
• Italian composer Ennio Morricone passes away at 91; won Academy Award for ‘The Hateful Eight’ and honorary Oscar in 2007

SPORTS

• Mohd Mushtaque Ahmed resigns as Hockey India President

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020