Top GKToday’s News Headlines-14 July 2020

INDIA

• SC upholds right of erstwhile Travancore royal family in administration of Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
• COVID-19: IIT Kanpur develops SHUDH (Smartphone operated Handy Ultraviolet Disinfection Helper) for sanitising rooms
• NITI Aayog presents India’s 2nd Voluntary National Review (VNR) on Sustainable Development at UN’s High-Level Political Forum (HLPF); VNR report titled ‘Decade of Action: Taking SDGs from Global to Local’

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• COVID-19: UNICEF, FICCI join hands for action plan to support vulnerable populations
• Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces the launch of $10 billion India Digitization Fund
• Retail inflation rises by 6.09% in June

WORLD

• Vikram Doraiswami is India’s new High Commissioner to Bangladesh; Rudrendra Tandon is new Ambassador to Afghanistan
• Pakistan to resume Afghanistan’s exports through the Wagah border with India from July 15

SPORTS

• West Indies defeat hosts England by 4 wickets in the first test played at Rose Bowl, Southampton

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020