CURRENT AFFAIRS (17.07.2021)

Current Affairs

17 July 2021

 

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🔴মণ্ডুৱাদিহ ৰেল ষ্টেচনৰ নাম সলনি কৰি কি নাম ৰখা হৈছে?
👉বাণাৰস।

🔘What name has been renamed as Manduadih railway station?
👉 Banaras.

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🔴কোন ৰাষ্ট্ৰত পৃথিৱীৰ অন্যতম বৃহৎ উপঙি থকা সৌৰ পেনেল ফাৰ্ম মুকলি কৰে?
👉চিংগাপুৰত।

🔘Which nation opens one of the world's largest floating solar panel farms?
👉Singapore.

 

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🔴কোনটো দলে এএফচি মহিলা ক্লাব চেম্পিয়নশ্বিপত ভাৰতক প্ৰতিনিধিত্ব কৰিব?
👉গোকুলাম কেৰালা এফ চিয়ে।

🔘Which team will represent India at AFC women's club championship?
👉Gokulam Kerala FC

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🔴কোনে কৃত্ৰিম বুদ্ধিমত্তা (AI) আৰু যন্ত্ৰ শিক্ষণ সঁজুলি ব্যৱহাৰ কৰি অভিযোগ দাখিল কৰিবলৈ চিপিজিআৰএছ নামৰ এটা মোবাইল এপ্লিকেচন মুকলি কৰিছে?
👉প্ৰতিৰক্ষা মন্ত্ৰী ৰাজনাথ সিং।

🔘Who has launched a mobile application called CPGRS to file complaints using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning equipment?
👉Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

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🔴কোনে, কাৰ নেতৃত্বত জিভিকে গোটৰ পৰা 'মুম্বাই আন্তঃৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় বিমানবন্দৰ'ৰ দায়িত্ব হস্তান্তৰ পৰ্ব সম্পূৰ্ণ কৰিছে?
👉গৌতম আদানিৰ নেতৃত্বত আদানি গ্ৰুপে।

🔘Who has completed the takeover of 'Mumbai International Airport' from the GVK group?
👉Adani Group led by Gautam Adani.

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🔴ইজৰাইলত দূতাবাস খোলা প্ৰথম উপসাগৰীয় ৰাষ্ট্ৰখনৰ নাম কি?
👉ইউ.এ.ই (UAE)

🔘What is the name of the first Gulf nation to open an embassy in Israel?
👉UAE

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🔴কোন দেশে বিশ্বৰ প্ৰথম বাণিজ্যিক সৰু মডুলাৰ ৰিএক্টৰৰ নিৰ্মাণ আৰম্ভ কৰিছে?
👉চীন।

🔘Which country has started construction of the world's first commercial small modular reactor?
👉China.

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🔴কোন খন চহৰত ৰেল ষ্টেচনৰ ওপৰত ভাৰতৰ প্ৰথমখন পঞ্চতাৰকাযুক্ত হোটেল  নিৰ্মাণ কৰা হৈছে?
👉গান্ধীনগৰ।

🔘India's first 5 Star hotel has been built over a railway station in which city?
👉Gandhinagar.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS (16.07.2021)

 

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16.07.2021

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Piyush Goyal appointed Leader of House in Rajya Sabha.

 

Union Minister Piyush Goyal has been appointed as the Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha. His appointment is effective from July 06, 2021. He will succeed Thawar Chand Gahlot, who has taken charge as the Governor of Karnataka.

Mr. Goyal, a two-time Rajya Sabha MP, is currently the deputy leader of the NDA as well as the Union Minister in the Cabinet. He is serving as the Union Minister of Textiles, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. The Leader of the House is responsible for organizing government meetings and business in the House.

 

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RBI Launches ‘Retail Direct Scheme’

 

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched ‘the RBI Retail Direct’ scheme for retail investors, through which they can directly buy and sell government securities (G-Secs), both primary and secondary.  The bond-buying window was opened to increase retail participation in G-Secs and democratize ownership of G-Secs beyond the managers of pooled resources such as banks and mutual funds. The date of commencement of the scheme will be announced later.

 

Highlights of the ‘RBI Retail Direct’ scheme:

 

The RBI Retail Direct scheme is a one-stop solution to facilitate investment in Government Securities (G-Secs) by individual investors.

This dedicated bond-buying window is a part of RBI’s effort to increase retail participation in government securities.

The scheme also provides the facility to Retail investors (individuals) to open and maintain the ‘Retail Direct Gilt Account’ (RDG Account) with RBI.

Under this scheme, retail investors are able to open and maintain their gilt securities account named ‘Retail Direct Gilt Account’ (RDG Account) through a ‘With RBI’online portal‘.

 

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

RBI 25th Governor: Shaktikant Das; Headquarters: Mumbai; Founded: 1 April 1935, Kolkata.

 

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NTPC to construct India’s largest solar power park in Kutch.

 

NTPC Ltd., India’s largest power generator is set to construct the country’s single-largest solar photovoltaic project at Rann of Kutch region in Khavada, Gujarat. The solar power park will have a capacity of 4.75 Gigawatt (Gw)/4750 MW. The project will be constructed through NTPC’s renewable energy arm, NTPC Renewable Energy (NTPC-REL).

 

About the project:

 

NTPC REL, a 100% subsidiary of NTPC, received approval from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) on 12 July 2021 under Mode 8 (Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Power Park) of the Solar Park Scheme.

 

The project is a part of NTPC’s plan to transform itself into a green energy major. It aims to build 60 GW Renewable Energy Capacity by 2032.

NTPC REL also plans to generate green hydrogen on a commercial scale from this park. Hydrogen produced from renewable sources is called green hydrogen.

 

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

NTPC Chairman and Managing Director: Shri Gurdeep Singh;

NTPC Founded: 1975.

NTPC Headquarters: New Delhi, India.

 

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AR Rahman launch Tokyo Olympics cheer song “Hindustani Way”.

 

Singer Ananya Birla has teamed up with music maestro AR Rahman to launch a cheer song for Indian sports personalities as they gear up for Tokyo Olympics. Titled “Hindustani Way”, the song has been sung by Ananya and composed by Rahman. Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Anurag Thakur also present in the launch of the song.

The video of the song follows a family from 1996 to the present day as they cheer for Indian sports personalities across different Olympic seasons. The video features archival footage from Atlanta (1996), Athens (2004), Beijing (2008), London (2012), Rio (2016) and some exclusive training footage of this year’s contingent. The archival footage features winning moments of Leander Peas, Vijender Singh, Abhinav Bindra, Mary Kom, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, among others.

 

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India’s first ‘Grain ATM’ open in Gurugram.

 

The country’s first ‘Grain ATM’ has been set up as a pilot project in Gurugram, Haryana. It is an automatic machine, which works just like a bank ATM. This machine has been installed under the ‘World Food Programme’ of the United Nations (UN), and is called the ‘Automated, Multi Commodity, Grain Dispensing Machine’.

About the Machine:

This automatic machine is equipped with the biometric system with a touch screen, where the beneficiary will have to enter the Aadhaar or ration card unique number.

On biometric authentication, the foodgrain prescribed by the government to the beneficiaries will be automatically filled in the bags installed under the machine.

Three types of grains — wheat, rice and millet — can be distributed through this machine. At present, the distribution of wheat has been started from the ‘Grain ATM’ machine installed at Farrukhnagar.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Haryana Capital: Chandigarh;

Haryana Governor: Bandaru Dattatreya;

Haryana Chief Minister: Manohar Lal Khattar.

 

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China launches Fengyun weather satellite into polar orbit.

 

A new Chinese Fengyun weather satellite launched and flew into a polar orbit to feed data into global computer models, adding inputs that international weather officials said will improve medium and long-range forecasts.

The Fengyun 3E satellite rocketed into orbit on top of a Long March 4C rocket .according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp., or CASC, the top state-run contractor for China’s space program.

The three-stage Long March 4C rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan spaceport in the Inner Mongolia region of northwestern China. The liquid-fueled launcher flew south from Jiuquan before releasing the Fengyun 3E weather satellite into a polar orbit about 500 miles (800 kilometers) above Earth.

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Assam govt to create new department to protect indigenous faith, culture.

 

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday defended the State government’s move to create a department for preserving indigenous faiths that were “fading away” due to “preaching and professional management systems” of mainstream religions.

Replying to a Zero Hour notice in the State Assembly regarding the creation of the department, the Chief Minister said time, modernity and global religious communities had taken a toll on tribal cultures, practices, languages, livelihoods and faiths in Assam.

“The mandate of the new department to be put under the joint control of the directorates of Archaeology, Museum and History and Antiquarian Studies will be to interact with the tribal people, study the folklores, customs and practices for ensuring these are not forgotten,” he said.

 

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CURRENT AFFAIRS (15.07.2021)

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15 JULY 2021

World Youth Skills Day 2021

 

World Youth Skills Day is a United Nations designated event dedicated to the importance of equipping young people around the world with essential skills for employment, work, and entrepreneurship. The events of the day provide an opportunity for dialogue between young people, firms, employers’ and workers’ organizations, policy makers, technical and vocational education and training institutions, and development partners.

 

WORLD YOUTH SKILLS DAY HISTORY:

 

The United Nations General Assembly declared July 15 as World Youth Skills Day in 2014. The day was marked to achieve the Incheon Declaration: Education 2030, which is a part of Sustainable Development Goal 4 that urges to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.”

 

WORLD YOUTH SKILLS DAY 2021 THEME:

 

This year, the World Youth Skills Day will once again take place amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The United Nations will pay tribute to the resilience and creativity of youth through the pandemic and its subsequent crisis.

The event will take stock of how TVET systems have adapted to the pandemic and recession, and participants will think of how those systems can engage in the recovery of the damage. This year’s event will also come up with priorities young people should adopt for the post-Covid-19 world.

 

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👉Indian Navy receives 10th Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft ‘P-8I’

ভাৰতীয় নৌসেনাই দশম এণ্টি-চাবমেৰিন ৱাৰফেয়াৰ এয়াৰক্ৰাফ্ট 'পি-8আই' লাভ কৰিছে

 

Indian Navy received the 10th anti-submarine warfare aircraft P-8I from the US-based aerospace company Boeing. The Defence Ministry had signed a contract for eight P-8I aircraft in 2009. However, later in 2016, it signed a contract for four additional P-8I aircraft. The remaining two aircrafts are expected to be delivered in the last quarter of 2021.

About the P-8I:

P-8I is a long-range maritime reconnaissance and Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft, and a variant of the P-8A Poseidon used by the US Navy.

India was the first international customer of Boeing for this aircraft.

The Indian Navy inducted the first P-8I aircraft in 2013, while the ninth P-8I aircraft was received in November 2020.

 

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Headquarters of Boeing: Chicago, United States.

Boeing Founded: 15 July 1916.

President and Chief Executive Officer of Boeing: David L. Calhoun.

 

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1983 World Cup winning former India cricketer Yashpal Sharma passes away

১৯৮৩ বিশ্বকাপ বিজয়ী ভাৰতৰ প্ৰাক্তন ক্ৰিকেটাৰ যশপাল শৰ্মাৰ মৃত্যু

 

Former Indian cricketer, Yashpal Sharma, who was a member of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, has passed away. He represented India in 37 Tests and 42 ODIs. He was a middle-order batsman, who played during the 1970s and 80s. The Punjab-born cricketer had represented three teams in Ranji including Punjab, Haryana and Railways.

 

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Sher Bahadur Deuba becomes Nepal’s Prime Minister for 5th time

শ্বেৰ বাহাদুৰ দেউবা ৫মবাৰৰ বাবে নেপালৰ প্ৰধানমন্ত্ৰী হয়

 

Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba on 13th July became the country’s Prime Minister for the fifth time. His appointment is in line with the ruling issued by the Supreme Court on 12th July to make way for his claim to the premiership, replacing incumbent K P Sharma Oli.

Previously, Deuba served as Nepal’s Prime Minister four times from June 2017 to February 2018, June 2004 to February 2005, July 2001 to October 2002 and September 1995 to March 1997.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Nepal Capital: Kathmandu;

Nepal Currency: Nepalese rupee;

Nepal President: Bidhya Devi Bhandari.

 

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India to host 2026 World Badminton Championships

ভাৰতে 2026 বিশ্ব বেডমিণ্টন চেম্পিয়নশ্বিপ আয়োজন কৰিব

 

The Badminton World Federation has allotted the BWF World Championships to India for 2026. This will be the second time that India will host the premier tournament, which is held every year except for the Olympic year. India had hosted the BWF World Championships in Hyderabad in 2009.

Since then, India has played host to various major badminton tournaments including the 2014 Thomas and Uber Cup Finals, the Asian Championships apart from the annual BWF Super 500 event, the Yonex-Sunrise India Open. 

 

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Badminton World Federation President: Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen;

Badminton World Federation Headquarters: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;

Badminton World Federation Founded: 5 July 1934

 

 

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Deepak Kabra becomes first Indian gymnastics judge at Olympics

দীপক কাব্ৰা অলিম্পিকত প্ৰথম ভাৰতীয় জিমনাষ্টিক বিচাৰক 

 

Deepak Kabra has become the first Indian to be selected for judging the gymnastics competition of the Olympic Games, a life goal achieved for the man who knew he wouldn’t have made it there as an active gymnast because of his not-so-strong fundamentals. He will be seen officiating the men’s artistic gymnasts at the Tokyo Games, which gets underway on July 23.

 

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EAM Jaishankar unveils statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Georgia

ই.এ.এম. জয়শংকৰে জৰ্জিয়াত মহাত্মা গান্ধীৰ প্ৰতিমূৰ্তি উন্মোচন কৰে।

 

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Georgia at a prominent Tbilisi park. During his two-day visit to Georgia, a strategically important country situated at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, Jaishankar held talks with the country’s top leadership & also handed over the relics of 17th century St. Queen Keteva.

St. Queen Ketevan was a 17th century Georgian Queen who attained martyrdom. Her relics were found in 2005 at the St. Augustine Convent in Old Goa, India, on the basis of medieval Portuguese records.

 

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Prime Minister of Georgia: Irakli Garibashvili

Georgia Capital: Tbilisi;

Georgia Currency: Georgian lari.

 

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Amit Shah inaugurates centre of excellence at National Forensic Science University

অমিত শ্বাহে ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় ফৰেনচিক বিজ্ঞান বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ত উৎকৃষ্টতাৰ কেন্দ্ৰ উদ্বোধন ৰ

 

Home Minister Amit Shah has inaugurated a research-based centre of excellence at National Forensic Science University in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The research-based centre of excellence at the National Forensic Science University in Gandhinagar will help our youths to become free from the addiction of drugs and narcotics.

This centre will help in research and analysis of drugs and narcotics seized in the different parts of the country and its routes. Home Minister Amit Shah also inaugurated the virtual training model on Investigation of Crime against women for Indian Police.

 

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ISRO plans to launch geo imaging satellite on August

ইছৰোৱে আগষ্টত জিঅ' ইমেজিং উপগ্ৰহ উৎক্ষেপণ কৰাৰ পৰিকল্পনা কৰিছে

 

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting back into launch activity fully at Sriharikota spaceport with the planned orbiting of geo imaging satellite GISAT-1 onboard GSLV-F10 rocket on August 12. GISAT-1 will be placed in a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit by GSLV-F10 and, subsequently, it will be positioned in the final geostationary orbit, about 36,000 km above earth’s equator, using its onboard propulsion system.

About the satellite:

The 2,268-kg GISAT-1 was originally slated to be launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district, about 100 kms north of Chennai, on March 5 last year but was postponed a day before the blast-off due to technical reasons.

According to ISRO, GISAT-1 will facilitate near real-time observation of the Indian sub-continent, under cloud-free conditions, at frequent intervals.

The earth observation satellite will provide the country near real-time images of its borders and also enable quick monitoring of natural disasters.

 

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

ISRO Chairman: K.Sivan.

ISRO Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka.

ISRO established: 15 August 1969.

 

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India launches BHIM-UPI services in Bhutan

ভাৰতে ভূটানত ভীম-ইউপিআই সেৱা আৰম্ভ কৰিছে

 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has launched BHIM-UPI QR-based payments in Bhutan will further strengthen the cooperation between the two neighbouring nations. With the launch in Bhutan, the payment infrastructures of the two countries are seamlessly connected and will benefit tourists and businessmen from India who travel to Bhutan. This will enhance the ease of living and travelling through cashless transactions.

The services have started in Bhutan under India’s “Neighbourhood First” policy. She described BHIM UPI as one of the brightest in facilitating digital transactions in India during the pandemic.

 

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Bhutan Capital: Thimphu;

Bhutan Prime minister: Lotay Tshering;

Bhutan Currency: Bhutanese ngultrum.

 

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India’s first national dolphin research centre to come up in Patna

পাটনাত স্থাপন হোৱা ভাৰতৰ প্ৰথম ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় ডলফিন গৱেষণা কেন্দ্ৰ

 

India’s and Asia’s first National Dolphin Research Centre (NDRC) will come upon the bank of the Ganges in the premises of Patna University. Around 1,455 dolphins have been sighted during a survey conducted in 2018-19 in the river Ganga by the teams of experts. The Gangetic dolphin is India’s national aquatic animal but frequently falls prey to illegal poaching. The presence of dolphins in the Ganga gives a sign of a healthy ecosystem because dolphins live at least in 5 ft to 8 ft deep water.

 

About the Gangetic dolphin:

The Gangetic dolphin has been declared an endangered aquatic animal and is one of the four freshwater dolphins species in the world as another three species are said to be found in the Yangtze River, the Indus River in Pakistan and the Amazon River globally.

 

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A book titled “The Great Big Lion” written by child prodigy Knight.

চাইল্ড প্ৰডিজি নাইটৰ দ্বাৰা লিখা "দ্য গ্ৰেট বিগ লায়ন" শীৰ্ষক এখন কিতাপ

 

A book titled “The Great Big Lion” drawn and written by child prodigy Chryseis Knight.  This book is a story about a lion and two children. It talks about friendship, inclusivity, wildlife conservation and the world of imagination. The book was published by Penguin Random House India’s “Puffin” imprint.

Knight, who is currently residing in Canada, learnt how to read at the age of one, started writing the story of “The Great Big Lion” in her notebook when she was three years old. She then shared it with her family and became determined to do the artwork with the motivation of getting the book published.

 

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