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Current Affairs English 30.1.20


APPOINTMENTS

1.     Sunil Arora – Chairman, FEMBoSA for 2020.

2.     Ken Kang – MD, Samsung India.
3.     Ramesh Joshi – Non-Executive Chairman, Vakrangee Ltd.
SUMMITS & CONFERENCE
4.     2-day Innovation Festival held at Science centre at Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
5.     5-day Ganga Yatra under Namami Gange Mission held from Bijnor & Ballia in UP.
MOU
6.     UP signed MoU with GeM (Government eMarketplace) to setup efficient GOTT (GeM Organisational Transformation Team) for e-procurement.
AWARDS
7.     Hindu Group chairman Ram honoured with Kerala Media Academy’s “National Media Award” for his contribution in Journalism.
8.     Arunachal Pradesh’s eForest Fire App bagged “Jury Award” at 23rd National Conference e-Governance to be held on 7 & 8 February in Mumbai.
9.     Renowned Environmental Economist & UN Environment Program Goodwill Ambassador Pavan Sukhdev awarded with Tyler Prize 2020 for his work on Green Economy.
SPORTS
10. International Tennis Federation shifted Federation Cup from Coronavirus hit China to Kazakhstan.
DEFENCE
11. Pakistan successfully test fired nuclear capable missile Ghaznavi.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
12. East Coast Railway commissioned 1st Waste-to-Energy Plant which will turn e-waste & Platic into light diesel oil.
13. IIT Gandhinagar is investing 1000 crore to build Research Park.
14. China will launch its 1st Mars Mission probe in July 2020.
OBITUARIES
15. Vinay Sinha – Film Producer.
16. Sher Singh Kukkal – Artist & Sculptor.

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