Current Affairs July 31, 2020 at 08:21AM

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Daily one liner current affairs:31 July

• 31 July: System Administrator Appreciation Day

• The government has notified changes in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms on civil avilation.

• The world against trafficking in persons in marked on July 30 every year.

• Vice President,M.Venkaiah Naidu virtually unveiled the "Padi Bhavajalau" the Telugu version if the book titled 'Ten ideologies' was written by S.Jaipal Reddy.

• Mizoram becomes the first state in the country to implement the Green- agriculture (Green-Ag) project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

• The Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology- Kanpur IIT to provide Training, Research and Entrepreneurship Development (ED) in smart grid technology.

• Suraksha is the name of the microorganism decontamination box developed by the Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIO) along with AMESYs INDIA.

• Mohan Bagan become the country's first ever football club to feature on NASDAQ biliboards in New York's Times Square.

• Harideep Singh Puri flagged off the first helicopter service by 'Pawan Hans' in Uttarakhand under the UDAN-Res scheme.

• 5th Grand Meeting of Board of Governors of AIIB held virtually from Beijing.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi jointly inaugurated the New Supreme Court Building of Mauritius along with Mauritians PM Pravind Jugnath video conferencing.

• Guwahati's first manhole cleaning robot BANDICOOT (an automatic scare cleaning device) has been inaugurated.

• The Ministry of Human Resources Development has been renamed as the Ministry of Education.

• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a three million US dollar Grant to Indian from its Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund (APDRF).

• Images of Lord Ram and 3-D portails of the Grand Ram Temple biliboards in the iconic.

• Founder of SS Motivation,World Record holder Sunil ydv SS was launched with "Karmveer Chakra Award" by Global Fellowship Award instituted by United Nations and International Confederation of NGO (ICONGO).

• In Natore city of Bangladesh,reconstration of a 300 year old temple- 'Sree sree Joy Kali Matar' has been started with Indian support.

• Paytm Money, The Subsidery of one 97 Communications Limited which operates Paytm,has appointed Varun Shridhar as its new CEO.

• Recently, Zimbabwe country GOI signed an MoU,on cooperation in the field of Traditional System of Medicine and Homeopathy.

• Maldives launched 9 development projects under USD 5.6 million Indian Grant for HICDP.

• Russia's first potential Covid-19 vaccine is likely to get local regulatory approval in the first half of August.

• Maldives former leader Najib Rajak was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to 12 years in jail in the first trial over a multi- billion dollar scandal at state found 1MDB.

• The UK Indian Business Council (UKIBC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Gujrat State Government to speed up the Business and Industrial Development in the state.

• Avni Doshi has authored the book titled 'Burnt Sugar' one among the 13 authors longlisted for the prestigious 2020 Booker Price

• N.Sivaraman has been appointed as the MD and CEO of ICRA Limited.

• United Nations observes 30th July every as World Day Against Trafficking in persons.

• Satendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS), Kolkata institutions has developed a device named "ASO-Neo" for "No-Touch" and "Painless" non- invasive bilirubin level screening in New York.