Latest Current Affairs of July 2020

1. Which state has approved to give state anthem status to "Bande Utkala Janani" poem?

Ans: Odisha

2. Which company has signed the United Nations Global Compact's (UNGC) initiative to reduce the CO2 emissions?

Ans: Tech Mahindra

3. Name the first Indian to receive the Richard Dawkins Award 2020.

Ans: Javed Akhter

4. Denmark ranked first in Environment Performance Index (EPI) 2020 released jointly by Yale University and Columbia University. What is the rank of India?

Ans: 168

5. What is the them of world ocean day 2020?

Ans: Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean

6. Which is India's first indigenous wireless physiological parameters monitoring system for the COVID affected patients?

Ans: COVID BEEP

7. Which company launched 'Sodar' app to help people maintain social distancing?

Ans: Google

8. Name the country with which India had signed 7 Memorandums of Understanding for re-building its 56 higher secondary schools.

Ans: Nepal

9. Uttarakhand declared its Summer capital as:

Ans: Gairsain

10. To which indian state World Bank has granted Rs. 1950 cr to combat COVID- 19?

Ans: West Bengal

11. Name the Engineer from Kerala and Entrepreneur based in Virginia who has honoured with "NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal"?

Ans: Renjith Kumar

12. Name world's first 'Internet-controlled' robot named to address the needs of the hospitals treating COVID- 19 patients?

Ans: Coro-bot

13. Name the nanotechnology based disinfectant spray developed by Defence Institute of Advanced Technology to fight COVID- 19?

Ans: ANANYA

14. Name the pod designed developed and inducted by Indian Air force for evacuating critical patients with infectious diseases.

Ans: ARPIT

15. Which state government has approved the draft ordinance titled "Cow Slaughter Prevention (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020" to protect cow from slaughter?

Ans: Uttar Pradesh

16. Who was the moderator of 8- member panel constituted by Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help South Asian economies to recover from COVID- 19 effects?

Ans: Ahmed M. Saeed

17. Name the Chairman of the committee constituted by Ministry of Home Affairs for the welfare of the freedom fighters.

Ans: Kishan Reddy

18. Who is the head of the committee appointed by Kerala government for reducing the expenditure of government on the occasion of COVID pandemics?

Ans: Prof. Sunil Mani

19. Which country has declared national emergency after a massive fuel leak spilled into Ambarnaya River in Arctic region?

Ans: Russia

20. Which state government has renamed its Environment ministry as 'Environment and Climate change' ministry?

Ans: Maharashtra