INDIA
– India, Namibia sign MoU for bringing cheetah to Kuno-Palpur National Park in MP; extinct since 1952
– Proposed reservoir at Mekedatu to severely impact water flow; TN tells SC, Karnataka refutes claim
– Govt bans human embryo import in line with surrogacy, assisted reproductive tech laws
– China conducts military exercise with attack helicopters over Pangong Lake
– Renowned ghazal singer Bhupinder Singh dies at 82
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Govt slashes windfall tax on petrol (from Rs. 6/litre to nil), diesel (Rs 11 from Rs 13 per litre) and ATF (Rs 17,000 per tonne)
– Rajarshi Gupta appointed MD of ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL)
WORLD
– Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe elected president by MPs
– EU to defreeze some Russian assets to enable trade of food & fertilisers
– Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation awards Dissident Human Rights Award to Ukraine
– World Chess Day observed on July 20, marks the date of the establishment of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Paris in 1924
– International Moon Day observed on July 20, NASA’s Apollo 11 mission landed on Moon on July 20, 1969
