Currrent News Discussion 08 Jul 2020


1.  8 July birthday of cricket Bengal tiger sourav Ganguly.

Today he is president of Board of control for cricket in India.
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2.  World Bank provides dollar 400 million to enhance a support for rejuvenating ganga. 

the project will help expand the coverage of sewage treatment infrastructure.

80% of the pollution load in ganga come from and treated domestic Waste water.

These infrastructure investments will generate jobs, it will help India's economic recovery from covid-19 crisis.

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3.  Mike Pompeo( secretary of state USA):  US looking at winning Chinese social media app including tik Tok.
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4.  Transformation of Indian railway to to net zero carbon emission transportation network by 2030.

Railway will use available and occupied land for development of renewable energy project (solar power plant)

It will be green mode of transformation.
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5.   Sanskrit School funded by India inaugurated in Nepal ( Ilam district of Nepal)

It is a part of Nepal Bharat maitri development partnership.

Name of vidyalay is Sri saptmai gurukul Sanskrit vidyalay.
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6.   National bureau of plant genetic resources affiliate with Indian council of agricultural research functioning under the department of agricultural research and education signed a memorandum of understanding with National medicinal plant board under ministry of ayush.

Objective- Aid in germplasm conservation of medicinal and aromatic plants genetic resources for long term duration.
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7.   Israel successfully launched spy satellite Ofek  16

this will help the country to keep an eye on the many threads present across the region.

Israel had launched the Ofek 5 satellite in 2002 and the Ofek 11 in 2016. Multiple satellites will help Israel to achieve better visit times over the interested target.
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8.   The World Health Organization on Tuesday acknowledged “evidence emerging” of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus, after a group of scientists urged the global body to update its guidance on how the respiratory disease passes between people.
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9.  The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization.
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