Current Affairs One-Liner: 29th July 2020

• ‘India-Indonesia Defence Ministers Dialogue was held in New Delhi. India was represented by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Indonesia was represented by Defence Minister General Prabowo Subianto.
• Static Part: 
• Capital of Indonesia: Jakarta 
• Currency of Indonesia: Indonesian Rupiah
• Important Day and Theme: 28th July 2020- World Nature Conservation Day 
• 29th July 2020- International Tiger Day

• Kazi Anik Islam- He is Bangladeshi cricketer and has been banned for 2 years under doping charges.
• Awards and Recognition: India’s first Solar Powered ferry ‘Aditya’ has won the Gustave Trouve Award for Excellence in Electric Boats and Boating. 
• Jamie Vardy- He has won Premier League Golden Boot Football Award. 
• Lucknow Municipal Corporation has named a road after MP’s former Governor Lalji Tandon. The Chauk Chauraha will now be known as Lalji Tandon Chauraha and Lucknow-Hardoi Road will be known as Tandon Marg. 
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) provides a loan of USD 4.3 billion to South Africa to combat COVID-19 in the country. 
• Static Part: 
• HQ of IMF: Washington DC , US 
• MD of IMF: Kristalina Georgieva 
• Chief Economist of IMF: Gita Gopinath
• Obituaries: Achyuta Rao- He was a Child Welfare activist.
• ‘India Report- Digital Education June 2020’—By HRD Ministry
• India Handed over 10 Broad-Gauge Railway locus to Bangladesh
• ‘Co-branded Contactless Credit Card’- By IRCTC and SBI Card
• ‘Implications of AI on the Indian Economy’ Report
• MoES National Awards for Excellence in Earth System Science

Questions: 

Q.1 When is International Tiger Day observed?
a. 24th July
b. 16th July
c. 7th July
d. 29th July

Q.2 Achyuta Rao, who passed away recently belonged to which profession?
a. Economist
b. Child Welfare activist
c. Scientist
d. Businessman

Q.3 To which country, IMF provided a loan amount of USD 4.3 billion to combat COVID-19?
a. South Africa
b. Brazil
c. Nigeria
d. Namibia