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Important Highlight of the Day

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    10Pointer
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  • Published
    27th Jul, 2020
  • IIM-Kozhikode start-up develops wearable device ‘Veli Band which helps in maintaining social distancing by sending out an alarm in case of proximity with another person.
  • Indian-origin nurse Kala Narayanasamy in Singapore has conferred with the President’s Award for Nurses for serving on the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Haryana Horticulture Department organised a five-day Sub-Tropical Fruit Expo 2020 at the Centre for Sub-Tropical Fruit (Indo Israel Project), at Ladwa in district Kurukshetra from 18th – 22nd July 2020.
  • Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) launched the ‘Macadamisation program’ to improve the roads across Jammu and Kashmir.
  • Arnab Chaudhuri posthumously awarded with The ‘Legend of Animation’ award, 2020. This award is instituted by the Toonz Media Group (TMG) as a part of the Animation Masters Summit (AMS), 2020 – Digital Edition.
  • The Cooling Emissions and Policy Synthesis Report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) states that, by combining energy efficiency improvements with the transition away from super-
  • polluting refrigerants, the world can avoid cumulative greenhouse gas emissions of up to 210-460 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) over the next four decades.
  • As per Comparitech analysis Hyderabad Ranked 16th in World’s most Surveilled Cities & China tops.
  • India builds one kilometre (km) long World’s first electrified rail tunnel that fits double stack containers. It cuts through Aravali Mountain on the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) near Sohna, Haryana.

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