The gravitational
wave observatories at Laser Interferometer
Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) have detected a merger of two unequal-mass black holes for the first time.
Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging (whipping or lashing)
as a form of punishment and the death
sentence for minors.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
(SIPRI) report titled "Trends in
World Military Expenditure, 2019" stated that India has become the
third-largest military spender in the world,
after the US and China.
Australia has informed India that the exercise Pitch Black 2020, scheduled to be
held from 27th July to 14th August has been cancelled due to the Covid-19.
India sent 50,000
surgical gloves and one lakh tablets of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to Bangladesh
to help its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Manabasa Gurubara, Chhau and Ravanachhaya —
the three popular cultural practices from Odisha have
been included in the recently-published Intangible
Cultural Heritage (ICH) list by
the Union Ministry of Culture.
The United States State Department has
accused China and Russia of conducting nuclear tests with
low yields, in violation of the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).
NTPC Ltd has invited Global Expression of Interest (EoI) to
provide 10 Hydrogen Fuel Cell (FC) based
electric buses and Hydrogen Fuel Cell based
electric cars in Leh and Delhi.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced
a special liquidity facility of Rs. 50,000
crore for mutual funds (SLF-MF), in a move to ease the liquidity
pressures on mutual funds amid coronavirus crisis.
The Indian Institute of Information Technology and
Management-Kerala has developed an AI semantic search engine to enable researchers to get deeper
insights into COVID-19-related scientific
studies.
Dr.Viswanatha R from Jyothy Institute of Technology,
Bengaluru under the DST Nano Mission has developed organic-inorganic hybrid
nanocoatings for disposable masks.
Kerala uses Robots
named "Nightingale-19" and Karmi
Bot to provide food and medicines to COVID-19 patients in Kerala.
Uttar Pradesh has become the first state
to have the requisite infrastructure in all its courts for hearing cases
through video conferencing.
Amid the COVID-19
outbreak, the Uttar Pradesh Government
has decided to ban the public gathering till
June 30, 2020. The decision was taken by the state government during the
Chief Minister’s meeting with chairpersons of 11 committees of the state over
the COVID-19 situation.
Denmark's ace
doubles exponent Mathias Boe (39
years) announced her retirement from international badminton.
Veteran
politician Devanand Konwar (77 years) passed
away.
He had served as
the Governor of West Bengal.
Veteran sports
photojournalist Ronojoy ''Ronny'' Roy (57
years) passes away following a cardiac arrest.
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