20 July 2017

One Liner Current Affairs of The Day: 20 July 2017


1. Cabinet approves sale of govt's stake in Hindustan Petroleum to ONGC.

2. Lok Sabha passes IIIT Public Private Partnership Bill 2017.

3. T R Zeliang sworn in as CM of Nagaland.

4. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi tops poll of most powerful Arab women.

5. Maharashtra government approved revised policy of scheme to improve girl child ratio.

6. India & Sri Lanka sign MoU to develop village in Anuradhapura District.

7. Australia and US jointly launched multimillion hypersonic missile – HIFiRE.

8. US Navy tests world’s first Laser Weapons System.

9. UK’s first woman Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill elected to key Parliament panel.

10. UIDAI launches mAadhaar app on Android.

11. Madhya Pradesh launches Shala Siddhi Prohatsan Yojana in 25000 government schools.

12. SBI launches SBI Realty portal for home buyers.

13. Indian junior judokas won a gold and three bronze medals in the ongoing Commonwealth Youth Games being held in Nassau, Bahamas. Soni from Haryana won the gold medal in the below 73Kg Weight Category, after beating Nikolic Uros of Australia in the final bout, while Ashish won a bronze in the below 60Kg weight category, defeating Zain Prosser Harry of England in bronze medal bout. Antim Yadav of Madhya Pradesh won a bronze in the below 48Kg weight category, surpassing Russelll Jasmine of Bahamas in Repechage bout. Manipur's Rebina Devi Chanam also won a bronze medal in the below 57Kg Weight category after getting the better of Saskia of Australia.