Top GKToday’s News Headlines-4 July 2020

July 4, 2020

Here are the Top GKToday’s News Headlines-4 July 2020

Annual cleanliness survey ‘Swachh Survekshan 2021’ launched, along with of cities states will also be ranked
New category of awards titled ‘Prerak Daaur Samman’ to be given as part of ‘Swachh Survekshan 2021’
Ladakh: PM visits Leh, addresses soldiers at Nimo army establishment
Cabinet Secretary orders revamp of e-SamikSha platform — a real time, online system for monitoring projects and decisions taken by the government
WHO endorses Truenat tests by ICMR, 2 others for TB diagnosis, detection of resistance to Rifampicin drug
ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Mission captures image of Mars’ moon Phobos
Nagaland Government bans sale of dog meat and commercial import and trading of dogs
Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan (72) dies; won National Awards for ‘Devdas’, ‘Jab We Met’ and ‘Sringaram’ (Tamil)

India’s foreign exchange reserves rose $1.27 billion to $506.84 billion in the week ended June 26
Intel Capital to buy 0.39% stake in Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms for Rs 1,894.50 crore
Reliance Jio launches free video-conferencing application called JioMeet to take on Zoom
UK govt. consortium involving India’s Bharti Airtel wins bid for satellite firm OneWeb
Hindustan Unilever (HUL) rebrands its men’s range of Fair & Lovely as ‘Glow & Handsome’
S. P. Kochar takes over as COAI’s new DG after Rajan Mathews steps down

Jean Castex (55) appointed new prime minister of France
Germany to shut down coal-fired power plants by 2038; nuclear power by the end of 2022
Botswana: More than 300 elephants found dead in Okavango Delta; poaching ruled out as tusks intact
Botswana has world’s largest elephant population, estimated to be around 130,000
Myanmar: At least 162 killed in Jade mine collapse at Hpakant in Kachin province