Current Affairs (08.07.2021)

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1. ♦️Which Ministry is creating to boost cooperative movement?
-  Ministry of Cooperation.

📌The government has created a Ministry of Cooperation to boost the Indian cooperative movement and give a fillip to the indigenous enterprises. India’s first minister of cooperation will also be sworn in once the Union Cabinet reshuffle takes place and the new ministers take the oath of office at the Durbar Hall in President House. yesterday Amit Shah taken this charge for first time.
The new ministry of Cooperation will work to realise the vision of “Sahkar se Samriddhi” and will provide a separate administrative, legal and policy framework to boost the cooperative movement in the country.
The development will aid the deeping of the cooperatives as true people-based movements with benefits going down to the grassroots. The ministry will be mandated to streamline the processes for the ease of doing business for cooperatives and ultimately aim to broaden and strengthen the multi-state cooperatives.

📌চৰকাৰে ভাৰতীয় সমবায় আন্দোলনক উৎসাহিত কৰিবলৈ আৰু থলুৱা উদ্যোগসমূহক উৎসাহিত কৰিবলৈ সহযোগিতা মন্ত্ৰালয় এটা সৃষ্টি কৰিছে।কেন্দ্ৰীয় কেবিনেট ৰদবদল হোৱাত আৰু নতুন মন্ত্ৰীসকলে ৰাষ্ট্ৰপতি সদনৰ দৰবাৰত শপত গ্ৰহণ কৰাৰ লগে লগে ভাৰতৰ প্ৰথম সহযোগিতা মন্ত্ৰীয়েও শপত গ্ৰহণ কৰে। এই বিভাগৰ দায়িত্ব লাভ কৰা মন্ত্ৰী জন হৈছে গৃহ মন্ত্ৰী অমিত শ্বাহ।
নতুন সহযোগিতা মন্ত্ৰালয়ে "Sahkar se Samriddhi"ৰ দৃষ্টিভংগী উপলব্ধি কৰিবলৈ কাম কৰিব আৰু দেশত সমবায় আন্দোলন বৃদ্ধিৰ বাবে এক পৃথক প্ৰশাসনিক, আইনী আৰু নীতিগত পৰিকাঠামো প্ৰদান কৰিব।
এই উন্নয়নে সমবায়সমূহক প্ৰকৃত জন-আধাৰিত আন্দোলন হিচাপে গভীৰ কৰাত সহায় কৰিব আৰু ইয়াৰ লাভালাভ তৃণমূল পৰ্যায়লৈ নামি যাব।

2. ♦️ What was the original name of actor Dilip Kumar?

-Mohammed Yusuf Khan.

📌Legendary Bollywood actor Mohammed Yusuf Khan, known professionally as Dilip Kumar passed away at 98. He was popularly known as the tragedy king of Bollywood. He was last seen in the 1998 film Qila. He was the first actor to win the Filmfare Award for Best Actor in 1954 and won it a total of 8 times. He and Shah Rukh Khan jointly hold the record for most Filmfare trophies.

✔️About Dilip Kumar:

Dilip Kumar was born on 11 December 1922, the Qissa Khawani Bazaar area of Peshawar (present-day Pakistan) to Ayesha Begum and Lala Ghulam Sarwar Khan.
He debuted in films with 1944’s Jwar Bhata, but the film and his work did not garner much attention. It was with 1947’s Jugnu, also starring Noor Jehan, that he clinched his first box office hit.
In 1949, he starred in Andaz with Raj Kapoor and Nargis, and it was that film that made Dilip Kumar a big star.
Dilip Kumar is listed in the Guinness World Records for winning the maximum number of awards by an Indian actor. He is also credited as the first method actor in India.
He was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994 and Padma Vibhushan in 2015.

📌বলীউডৰ কিংবদন্তী অভিনেতা মহম্মদ ইউছুফ খান, যাক পেছাদাৰীভাৱে দিলীপ কুমাৰ বুলি জনা যায়, ৯৮ বছৰ বয়সত মৃত্যু বৰণ কৰে। তেওঁ বলীউডৰ ট্ৰেজেডী ৰজা হিচাপে জনপ্ৰিয় আছিল। তেওঁক শেষবাৰৰ বাবে ১৯৯৮ চনৰ কিলা চলচ্চিত্ৰত দেখা গৈছিল। তেওঁ ১৯৫৪ চনত শ্ৰেষ্ঠ অভিনেতাৰ ফিল্মফেয়াৰ বঁটা লাভ কৰা প্ৰথম অভিনেতা আছিল আৰু ইয়াক মুঠ ৮ বাৰ জিকিছিল। তেওঁ আৰু শ্বাহৰুখ খানে যুটীয়াভাৱে বেছিভাগ ফিল্মফেয়াৰ ট্ৰফীৰ অভিলেখ দখল কৰিছে।

3. ♦️GOI launched mobile app ‘Matsya Setu’ for which purpose?

- aims to disseminate the latest freshwater aquaculture technologies to the aqua farmers of the country.

📌 Former Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Giriraj Singh has launched the Online Course Mobile App “Matsya Setu”. The app was developed by the ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA), Bhubaneswar, with the funding support of the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Hyderabad. The online course app aims to disseminate the latest freshwater aquaculture technologies to the aqua farmers of the country.

📌প্ৰাক্তন কেন্দ্ৰীয় মীন পালন, পশুপালন আৰু দুগ্ধ উৎপাদন মন্ত্ৰী গিৰিৰাজ সিঙে অনলাইন পাঠ্যক্ৰম মোবাইল এপ "মৎস্য সেতু" মুকলি কৰিছিল। এই এপটো হায়দৰাবাদৰ National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) পুঁজিৰ সহায়ত ভূৱনেশ্বৰৰ ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA),ৰ দ্বাৰা বিকশিত কৰা হৈছিল। অনলাইন পাঠ্যক্ৰম এপটোৰ লক্ষ্য হৈছে দেশৰ জলজ পালনকাৰীসকলৰ বাবে শেহতীয়া জলজ পালন প্ৰযুক্তিপ্ৰচাৰ কৰা।

✔️About the app:

📍Matsya Setu app has species-wise/ subject-wise self-learning online course modules, where renowned aquaculture experts explain the basic concepts and practical demonstrations on breeding, seed production and grow-out culture of commercially important fishes like carp, catfish, scampi, murrel, ornamental fish, pearl farming etc.
📍Better Management Practices to be followed in maintaining the soil & water quality, feeding and health management in aquaculture operations were also provided in the course platform.
📍The modules are divided into small video chapters for the convenience of the learners, along with additional learning materials. In order to motivate the learners and provide a lively learning experience, Quiz/Test options were also provided for self-assessment.
📍Upon successful completion of each course module, an e-Certificate can be auto-generated. Farmers can also ask their doubts through the app and get specific advisories from experts.

4. ♦️ Recently Who resigns as IBM president?
-Jim Whitehurst .

📌Jim Whitehurst has announced he is stepping down as the president of IBM. Whitehurst’s resignation is being seen as one of the several management moves IBM announced. The 53-year-old’s exit led to shares of the technological giant falling 4.8 per cent to $139.83, the most in five months. Whitehurst was appointed as IBM’s president last year. This was the first time in decades that the corporation split up the designation of a chief executive officer (CEO) and president.

📌জিম হোৱাইটহাৰ্ষ্টে ঘোষণা কৰিছে যে তেওঁ আইবিএমৰ সভাপতিৰ পদ ত্যাগ কৰিছে। হোৱাইটহাৰ্ষ্টৰ পদত্যাগক আইবিএমে ঘোষণা কৰা কেইবাটাও ব্যৱস্থাপনা পদক্ষেপৰ এটা হিচাপে দেখা গৈছে। 53 বছৰীয়া ব্যক্তিজনৰ প্ৰস্থানৰ ফলত বিয়াগোম প্ৰযুক্তিগত প্ৰতিষ্ঠানটোৰ শ্বেয়াৰ 4.8 শতাংশ হ্ৰাস হৈ 139.83 ডলাৰ হয়, যি পাঁচ মাহত সৰ্বাধিক। হোৱাইটহাৰ্ষ্টক যোৱা বছৰ আইবিএমৰ সভাপতি হিচাপে নিযুক্তকৰা হৈছিল। নিগমে এজন মুখ্য কাৰ্যবাহী বিষয়া (চিইঅ') আৰু সভাপতিৰ পদবী বিভাজন কৰা ঘটনাটো এই দশকৰ ভিতৰতে প্ৰথম বাৰৰ বাবে আছিল ।

✔️Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
📍IBM-International Business Machines Corporation.
📍IBM CEO: Arvind Krishna.
📍IBM Headquarters: Armonk, New York, United States.

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5. ♦️Who is the “Brand Ambassador” of Khadi Prakritk Paint?
-Nitin Gadkari .

The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways & MSME, Nitin Gadkari, virtually inaugurated India’s first and only paint made from cow dung, under the brand name ‘Khadi Prakritk Paint’. In addition to this, the minister also declared himself as the “Brand Ambassador” of paint, to promote it across the country and encourage young entrepreneurs to take up the manufacturing of cow dung paint.

The Khadi Prakritk Paint automated manufacturing plant has been set up on the campus of Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute (KNHPI), Jaipur, which is a unit of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).

📌কেন্দ্ৰীয় পথ পৰিবহণ আৰু ঘাইপথ আৰু MSME মন্ত্ৰী নীতিন গাডকাৰীয়ে 'খাদী প্ৰাকৃতিক পেইণ্ট' নামৰ ব্ৰেণ্ডটোৰ অধীনত গৰুৰ গোবৰৰ পৰা তৈয়াৰ কৰা ভাৰতৰ প্ৰথম আৰু একমাত্ৰ চিত্ৰখন উদ্বোধন কৰে।
ইয়াৰ উপৰিও, সমগ্ৰ দেশতে ইয়াৰ প্ৰচাৰ কৰিবলৈ আৰু যুৱ উদ্যোগীসকলক গোবৰৰ ৰং নিৰ্মাণ কৰিবলৈ উৎসাহিত কৰিবলৈমন্ত্ৰীগৰাকীয়ে  চিত্ৰখনৰ লগতে অনুষ্ঠানটোৰ "ব্ৰেণ্ড এম্বেচেডৰ" হিচাপে নিজকে ঘোষণা কৰে।খাদী প্ৰাকৃতিক পেইণ্ট স্বয়ংক্ৰিয় নিৰ্মাণ কাৰখানাটো কুমাৰাপ্পা ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় হস্তনিৰ্মিত কাগজ প্ৰতিষ্ঠান (Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute (KNHPI)), জয়পুৰৰ চৌহদত স্থাপন কৰা হৈছে, যি হৈছে খাদী আৰু গাওঁ উদ্যোগ আয়োগৰ (KVIC) এক গোট।

6.♦️ Who sets up 9-member panel to curb Digital Monopolies?
-Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).

📌The Central Government has formed a nine-member panel for the development of an Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), designed to curb digital monopolies. This ONDC project is initiated by the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and will be implemented by the Quality Council of India (QCI).

The nine-member committee of ONDC will advise the Government of India on measures needed to digitise the entire value chain, standardise operations, promote inclusion of suppliers, derive efficiencies in logistics and enhance value for consumers, among other things.
📌কেন্দ্ৰীয় চৰকাৰে ডিজিটেল বাণিজ্যৰ  মুক্ত নেটৱৰ্ক (ONDC) বিকাশৰ বাবে ন জনীয়া পেনেল গঠন কৰিছে, যাক ডিজিটেল বাণিজ্যিক একচেটিয়া কৰ্তৃত্ব নিয়ন্ত্ৰণ ৰখাৰ বাবে প্ৰস্তুত কৰা হৈছে। এই ONDC প্ৰকল্পটো বাণিজ্য আৰু উদ্যোগ মন্ত্ৰালয়ৰ অধীনত উদ্যোগ আৰু আভ্যন্তৰীণ বাণিজ্য বিভাগে (DPIIT) আৰম্ভ কৰিছে আৰু ইয়াক ভাৰতীয় মানদণ্ড পৰিষদে (QCI) ৰূপায়ণ কৰিব।
ONDC-ৰ ন জনীয়া সমিতিয়ে সমগ্ৰ মূল্য শৃংখলাটো ডিজিটাইজ কৰা, কাৰ্যক্ষম কৰা, যোগানকৰ্তাসকলক অন্তৰ্ভুক্ত কৰা, লজিষ্টিকত দক্ষতা আহৰণ কৰা আৰু অন্যান্য বিষয়ৰ লগতে গ্ৰাহকসকলৰ বাবে মূল্য বৃদ্ধি কৰাৰ বাবে প্ৰয়োজনীয় ব্যৱস্থাৰ বিষয়ে ভাৰত চৰকাৰক পৰামৰ্শ দিব।

✔️Members of the panel include:

📍Nandan Nilekani, non-executive Chairman Infosys;
📍RS Sharma, CEO of National Health Authority;
📍Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman of QCI;
📍Anjali Bansal, Founder and Chairperson of Avaana Capital;
📍Arvind Gupta, Co-founder and head of Digital India Foundation;
📍Dilip Asbe, MD & CEO of National Payments Corporation of India;
📍Suresh Sethi, MD and CEO of NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Ltd;
📍Praveen Khandelwal, General Secretary of Confederation of All India Traders;
📍Kumar Rajagopalan, CEO of the Retailers Association of India.

7.♦️ Recently Who is appointed as CEO of crowd-sourced navigation app ‘Waze’?
-Neha Parikh .

📌Indian-American, Neha Parikh, has been appointed as the CEO of Waze, a crowd-sourced GPS navigation app and a subsidiary of tech giant Google. The 41-year-old Neha replaces Noam Bardin, who stepped down as the CEO in November 2020, after leading the Israeli company for 12 years. The Waze app can give out directions in 56 different languages. The app was founded in Israel in 2008. It was acquired by Google in 2013 for around USD 1.1 billion (110 crores).
📌ভাৰতীয়-আমেৰিকান নেহা পাৰিখক ৱাজৰ মুখ্য কাৰ্যবাহী বিষয়া হিচাপে নিযুক্তি দিয়া হৈছে, যি হৈছে এক ক্ৰাউড-উৎসৰ জিপিএছ নেভিগেশ্বন এপ আৰু বৃহৎ প্ৰযুক্তি গুগলৰ সহায়ক সংস্থা। ৪১ বছৰীয়া নেহাই ১২ বছৰ ধৰি ইজৰাইলী কোম্পানীৰ নেতৃত্ব দিয়াৰ পিছত ২০২০ চনৰ নৱেম্বৰত চিইঅ'ৰ পদ ত্যাগ কৰা ন'ম বাৰদিনৰ স্থান লয়। ৱাজ এপটোৱে ৫৬ টা বিভিন্ন ভাষাত নিৰ্দেশনা দিব পাৰে। এপটো ২০০৮ চনত ইজৰাইলত প্ৰতিষ্ঠা কৰা হৈছিল। ইয়াক ২০১৩ চনত গুগলে প্ৰায় ১.১ বিলিয়ন আমেৰিকান ডলাৰ (১১০ কোটি)ত অধিগ্ৰহণ কৰিছিল।

8. ♦️GST collection dips below Rs 1 lakh crore in June.জুন মাহত জিএছটি সংগ্ৰহ ১ লাখ কোটি টকাৰ তললৈ হ্ৰাস পাইছে।

📌GST collection dipped below Rs 1 lakh crore in June after staying above that mark for eight consecutive months. Centre mopped up Rs 92,849 crore GST for the month of June of which CGST is Rs 16,424 crore, SGST is Rs 20,397 crore, IGST is Rs 49,079 crore (including Rs 25,762 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess is Rs 6,949 crore (including Rs 809 crore collected on import of goods.
With eased relaxations following improvement in the overall Covid-19 situation in the country, the government expects GST revenues to rise from July 2021 onwards.

📌একেৰাহে আঠ মাহ এটা নিদিষ্ট সীমাৰ ওপৰত থকাৰ পিছত জুনত জিএছটি সংগ্ৰহ ১ লাখ কোটি টকাৰ তললৈ হ্ৰাস পাইছে। কেন্দ্ৰই জুন মাহৰ বাবে ৯২,৮৪৯ কোটি টকাৰ জিএছটি বৃদ্ধি কৰিছে যাৰ ভিতৰত চিজিএছটি হৈছে ১৬,৪২৪ কোটি টকা, এছজিএছটি হৈছে ২০,৩৯৭ কোটি টকা, আইজিএছটি হৈছে ৪৯,০৭৯ কোটি টকা (সামগ্ৰী আমদানিৰ ওপৰত সংগ্ৰহ কৰা ২৫,৭৬২ কোটি টকা সহ) আৰু উপকৰ হৈছে ৬,৯৪৯ কোটি টকা (সংগ্ৰহ কৰা ৮০ কোটি টকাৰ সামগ্ৰী সহ)।
দেশৰ সামগ্ৰিক কোভিড-19 পৰিস্থিতিৰ উন্নতিৰ পিছত শিথিলতাৰ সৈতে, চৰকাৰে আশা কৰিছে যে জুলাই 2021-ৰ পৰা জিএছটি ৰাজহ বৃদ্ধি পাব।

✔️List of GST Collection previous months

📍May 2021: Rs 1,02,709 crore
📍April 2021: Rs 1.41 lakh crore(All time Highest)
📍March 2021: Rs. 1.24 lakh crore
📍Feb 2021: Rs 1,13,143 crore
📍January 2021: Rs 1,19,847 crore

9. ♦️Who was the director of popular film "Superman"?
-Richard Donner.

📌Superman’ director Richard Donner passes away.

📌Ace filmmaker Richard Donner, best known for helming the original ‘Superman’ film, ‘Lethal Weapon’ film series and ‘The Goonies’, has passed away. The 91-year-old filmmaker was at the forefront of some of the most popular genres in the history of mainstream cinema: the superhero movie, the horror flick, the buddy cop romps.
The legend got his first big directing break with the 1976 cult classic horror film ‘The Omen’, which solidified his foothold in the industry and led to his next major studio film, ‘Superman’ (also the original) that paved the path for countless other flicks, including ‘Goonies’, and all of the ‘Lethal Weapon’ movie series, starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.

10. ♦️ Paytm launches ‘Postpaid Mini’ to provide?
-small-ticket instant loans.

📌Paytm has announced the launch of Postpaid Mini, small-ticket loans that will give users the flexibility to access loans ranging from Rs 250 – Rs 1,000, in partnership with Aditya Birla Finance Ltd. The product is an extension of its Buy Now, Pay Later service, driving affordability amongst those new to credit. These small ticket instant loans will give flexibility to users and also help manage their household expenses to maintain liquidity during the ongoing Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

📌পেটিএমে পোষ্টপেইড মিনি, সৰু-টিকট ঋণ মুকলি কৰাৰ কথা ঘোষণা কৰিছে যিয়ে ব্যৱহাৰকাৰীসকলক আদিত্য বিৰলা ফাইনেন্স লিমিটেডৰ অংশীদাৰীত্বত 250-1,000 টকাৰ পৰা ঋণ প্ৰাপ্ত কৰাৰ নমনীয়তা প্ৰদান কৰিব। সামগ্ৰীটো হৈছে ইয়াৰ বাই নাও, পে লেটাৰ সেৱাৰ এক সম্প্ৰসাৰণ, যি ক্ৰেডিটৰ বাবে নতুন সকলৰ মাজত সামৰ্থ্য বৃদ্ধি কৰে। এই সৰু টিকট তাৎক্ষণিক ঋণবোৰে ব্যৱহাৰকাৰীসকলক নমনীয়তা প্ৰদান কৰিব আৰু চলিত কৰোনাভাইৰাছ (কোভিড-19) মহামাৰীৰ সময়ত তৰলতা বজাই ৰখাৰ বাবে তেওঁলোকৰ ঘৰুৱা ব্যয় নিয়ন্ত্ৰণ কৰাত সহায় কৰিব।


✔️With this service:

📍Paytm Postpaid is offering a period of up to 30 days for repayment of loans at 0 per cent interest.
📍There are no annual fees or activation charges, only a minimal convenience fee. With the launch of Postpaid Mini, the company will offer access to loans ranging from Rs 250 to Rs 1000, in addition to Paytm Postpaid’s instant credit of up to Rs 60,000.
This could help users pay for their monthly expenses, including mobile and direct to home (DTH) recharges, gas cylinder booking, electricity and water bills, shop on Paytm Mall and more.

✔️Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

📍Paytm HQ: Noida, Uttar Pradesh;
📍Paytm Founder & CEO: Vijay Shekhar Sharma;
📍Paytm Founded: 2009.

11. ♦️ Recently which Air Transport win World’s Airline of the Year Award?
-Korean Air .

📌Korean Air has been announced the winner of one of the most prestigious honours in the aviation industry: Air Transport World’s (ATW) 2021 Airline of the Year. This year’s award is even more meaningful to Korean Air, as the global industry has been suffering from the unprecedented crisis caused by COVID-19.

The company’s excellent leadership, its ability to remain operationally profitable through the industry’s worst-ever crisis, its strong commitment to health safety customer service excellence, and its remarkable relationship with employees.” The judges also noted the airline’s “transformational strategic deal to incorporate Asiana and create a larger, more global flagship carrier. Korean Air plans to continue to strengthen its position in the global aviation industry and aims to become one of the world’s top 10 airlines after successfully acquiring and integrating Asiana Airlines.

📌কোৰিয়ান এয়াৰক বিমান উদ্যোগৰ অন্যতম সন্মানীয় সন্মানৰ বিজয়ী হিচাপে ঘোষণা কৰা হৈছে: এয়াৰ ট্ৰান্সপোৰ্ট ৱৰ্ল্ডৰ (এটিডব্লিউ) 2021 এয়াৰলাইন অফ দা ইয়েৰ। এই বছৰৰ বঁটা কোৰিয়ান এয়াৰৰ বাবে আৰু অধিক অৰ্থপূৰ্ণ, কিয়নো বিশ্বব্যাপী উদ্যোগটো কোভিড-19-ৰ ফলত সৃষ্টি হোৱা অভূতপূৰ্ব সংকটত ভুগি আছে।
কোম্পানীৰ উৎকৃষ্ট নেতৃত্ব, উদ্যোগটোৰ আটাইতকৈ বেয়া সংকটৰ জৰিয়তে কাৰ্যকৰীভাৱে লাভজনক হৈ থকাৰ সামৰ্থ্য, স্বাস্থ্য সুৰক্ষা গ্ৰাহক সেৱাৰ উৎকৰ্ষতাৰ প্ৰতি ইয়াৰ দৃঢ় প্ৰতিশ্ৰুতি, আৰু কৰ্মচাৰীসকলৰ সৈতে ইয়াৰ উল্লেখনীয় সম্পৰ্ক।" বিচাৰকসকলে এছিয়ানাক অন্তৰ্ভুক্ত কৰিবলৈ আৰু এক বৃহত্তৰ, অধিক গোলকীয় ফ্লেগশ্বিপ কেৰিয়াৰ সৃষ্টি কৰিবলৈ এয়াৰলাইনৰ "পৰিৱৰ্তনশীল কৌশলগত চুক্তি"ৰ কথাও উল্লেখ কৰে।
কোৰিয়ান এয়াৰে বিশ্বব্যাপী বিমান উদ্যোগত নিজৰ স্থিতি শক্তিশালী কৰা অব্যাহত ৰখাৰ পৰিকল্পনা কৰিছে আৰু এছিয়ানা এয়াৰলাইনছ সফলতাৰে অধিগ্ৰহণ আৰু একত্ৰিত কৰাৰ পিছত বিশ্বৰ শীৰ্ষ ১০ টা এয়াৰলাইনৰ ভিতৰত এটা হোৱাৰ লক্ষ্য ৰাখিছে।

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Current Affairs(07.07.2021)

 

Current Affairs (07.07.2021)

📍Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Solomon Islands from the United Kingdom in 1978.

📍World Chocolate Day.

📍1981 – Birth day of  Former Indian Cricket team captain Mohendra Singh Dhoni.

 

 

1

📌World Zoonoses Day: 6 July

World Zoonoses Day is held every year on July 6 to raise awareness of the risk of zoonotic diseases. Zoonoses are infectious diseases (virus, bacteria and parasites) that can spread from animals to humans, and vice versa, either with direct contact with animals or indirectly, vector-borne or food-borne. It was on July 6, 1885, when Louis Pasteur successfully administered the first vaccine against Rabies virus, which is a zoonotic disease.

Origin of World Zoonoses Day:

World Zoonoses day observed after Louis Pasteur, a French biologist successfully administered the first vaccine against Rabies virus, which is a zoonotic disease. We remembered this day every day to raise awareness against Zoonotic disease.


2

📌PM Narendra Modi inaugurates the Co-WIN Global Conclave:

The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi inaugurated and addressed the CoWin Global Conclave, virtually. The global meet was participated by representatives from 142 countries. The Conclave was jointly organized by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and National Health Authority (NHA) with an objective to extend the Co-WIN platform as a digital public good to the world.

About the Conclave:

India has offered its indigenously developed cloud-based CoWIN platform to be made open-source so that it is available to any and all countries.
The CoWin Global Conclave served as a platform to share India’s learnings and experiences with regards to planning, strategizing and executing the world’s largest vaccination drive through Co-WIN.


3

📌Flipkart partners with PhonePe to digitise cash-on-delivery payment.

Digital payments platform PhonePe has partnered with Flipkart to launch a contactless ‘Scan and Pay’ feature for Flipkart’s pay-on-delivery orders. Using PhonePe’s QR code solution, the Flipkart customers who earlier opted for cash on delivery can pay digitally through any UPI app at the time of delivery.
While on one hand, the new feature will help in reducing personal contact as well as ensure safety, on the other hand, it will drive contactless payments for customers who are traditionally more comfortable with cash on delivery.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Flipkart headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Flipkart CEO: Kalyan Krishnamurthy.
CEO of Phonepe: Sameer Nigam
Headquarters location of Phonepe: Bengaluru, Karnataka.

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📌RBI announces change in Government securities auction methodology.

The Reserve Bank of India has announced a change in Government securities auction methodology for benchmark securities. They noted in the latest update that on a review of market conditions and market borrowing program of the government, it has been decided that benchmark securities of tenor 2-year, 3-year, 5-year, 10-year, 14-year tenor and Floating Rate Bonds (FRBs) will be, henceforth, issued using the uniform price auction method.

For other benchmark securities i.e. 30-year and 40-year, the auction will continue to be multiple price-based auctions, as hitherto. The above arrangement will continue till further review, note the bank.

About the Uniform Price auction:

In a Uniform Price auction, all the successful bidders are required to pay for the allotted quantity of securities at the same rate, i.e., at the auction cut-off rate, irrespective of the rate quoted by them.

About the Multiple Price auction:

In a Multiple Price auction, the successful bidders are required to pay for the allotted quantity of securities at the respective price/yield at which they have bid.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

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


5

📌52nd IFFI to be held in November 2021 in Goa.

The 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held in Goa from 20th -28th November 2021. The regulations and poster for the 52nd IFFI were released by Hon’ble Minister of Information and Broadcasting Shri Prakash Javadekar.

On the occasion of the birth centenary of the maestro of Indian cinema Shri Satyajit Ray, the “Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Cinema” has been instituted from this year to be given at the IFFI every year starting from this year.

6

📌Ministry of Education launches NIPUN Bharat Programme.

Union Minister for Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has launched NIPUN Bharat programme. The aim of the NIPUN programme is that every child in India gets foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) by the end of Grade 3, by 2026-27. NIPUN stands for National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy.
This Mission, which has been launched under the aegis of the centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha, will focus on providing access and retaining children in foundational years of schooling; teacher capacity building; development of high quality and diversified Student and Teacher Resources/Learning Materials; and tracking the progress of each child in achieving learning outcomes.
To help this scheme achieve its objective, teachers will play an important role. In view of the challenges of in-service teacher training across the different stages of school education, NCERT has designed an innovative integrated programme of teacher training, now, popularly known as NISHTHA (National Initiative for School Heads‟ and Teachers‟ Holistic Advancement).

7

📌Army inducts 10m bridging system developed by DRDO.

The Army inducted the first production lot of 12 Short Span Bridging System (SSBS)-10m, designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in association with Larsen & Toubro Limited, the production agency. The SSBS-10m plays a crucial role of bridging the gaps up to 9.5m as a single span providing a 4m wide, fully decked roadway, ensuring faster movement of the troops.

About the SSBS-10m:

The project involved the development of two prototypes of 5m SSBS on Tatra 6×6 chassis and another two prototypes of 10m SSBS on Tatra 8×8 re-engineered chassis.
This bridging system is compatible with the Sarvatra bridging system (75 m), where the last span required covering gaps less than 9.5 m.
The DRDO has developed a range of bridges for the Army that have already been inducted.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Chairman DRDO: Dr G Satheesh Reddy.
DRDO Headquarters: New Delhi.
DRDO Established: 1958.


8

📌DRDO gives licence to Laurus Labs to make & market 2-DG.

Hyderabad-based pharma player Laurus Labs has received a licence from the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) for manufacturing and marketing Covid-19 drug 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose (2-DG) in India. The licence to Laurus Labs has been granted by DRDO as part of efforts to make the drug affordable and accessible to patients.
DRDO had recently invited expression of interest (EoI) from other pharma companies for manufacturing this drug and had said it would grant licences to 15 companies on a first-come, first-served basis. Meanwhile, the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research institution Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) has been licencing the know-how for 2-DG synthesis to other companies, including Lee Pharma, Suven Pharma, Anthem Biosciences and Nosch Labs.

9

📌A book titled ‘The Fourth Lion: Essays for Gopalkrishna Gandhi’.

A book titled ‘The Fourth Lion: Essays for Gopalkrishna Gandhi’ authored by Venu Madhav Govindu and Srinath Raghavan. The book consists of twenty-six essays contributed by individuals drawn from various walks of life and from across the globe.
Gopalkrishna Gandhi has been an administrator, diplomat, author, and public intellectual of distinction for over four decades. His writings have spanned diverse genres, showcasing both his deep scholarship as well as a profound engagement with issues of politics, history, literature, and culture.

10

📌President Kovind appoints new Governors for eight states.

President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has appointed new Governors for eight states. The new governors have been appointed for states including Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Tripura, Jharkhand, Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh. While some of the current governors have been transferred to new states, in some others new appointments have been made.


Complete list of new governors:

👉Karnataka 📍Thawarchand Gehlot

👉Madhya Pradesh 📍Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel

👉Mizoram 📍Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati

👉Himachal Pradesh📍 Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar

👉Goa 📍P.S. Sreedharan Pillai

👉Tripura 📍Satyadev Narayan Arya

👉Jharkhand📍 Ramesh Bais

👉Haryana📍 Bandaru Dattatraya

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📌KVIC project ‘BOLD’ to boost tribal income.

KVIC (Khadi and Village Industries Commission) has launched Project BOLD (Bamboo Oasis on Lands in Draught), a first-of-its-kind exercise, to create bamboo-based green patches in arid and semi-arid land zones. It is the first of its kind exercise in India which was launched from the tribal village Nichla Mandwa in Udaipur, Rajasthan. Under the project, 5000 saplings of special bamboo species i.e. Bambusa Tulda and Bambusa Polymorpha have been planted over 16 acres approx. of vacant arid Gram Panchayat land.

Why to choose bamboo?

Bamboo grows very fast and can be harvested within 3 years.
They are famous for conserving water and reducing water evaporation from the land, making it perfect to grow in arid regions.
What is bamboo?

These are a group of woody perennial evergreen plants. Although it appears like a tree, taxonomically, it is grass. In India, North-eastern states grow around 70% of the country’s total bamboo production.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

KVIC Founded: 1956;
KVIC Headquarters: Mumbai;
KVIC Chairperson: Vinai Kumar Saxena.

12

📌Mary Kom, Manpreet Singh to be India’s flag-bearers at Tokyo Olympics.

MC Mary Kom, the six-time world boxing champion, and Manpreet Singh, the men’s hockey team skipper, will be India’s flag-bearers at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, announced Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Bajrang Punia, a silver medallist at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships, will be the flag-bearer at the closing ceremony on August 8.

In a first, India is having two flag-bearers — one male and one female — at the upcoming Tokyo Games to ensure “gender parity”. The IOA has communicated the decision in this regard to the Organising Committee of the Games.

13

📌James Anderson claims 1000th first-class wicket.

Veteran England fast bowler James Anderson has added another feather to his cap as he completed 1000 wickets in first-class cricket. Anderson achieved the rare feat during Lancashire’s County Championship clash against Kent in Manchester. Anderson is the leading wicket-taker among pacers in Test cricket. In 162 Tests, the England great has claimed 617 wickets at an average of 26.67 with 30 five-fors and three 10-wicket match hauls.

Anderson is only the 14th player to claim 1,000 first-class wickets this century and only the fifth among pacers. Andy Caddick, Martin Bicknell, Devon Malcolm and Wasim Akram were the other pace bowlers to cross the 1000-wicket landmark before Anderson.

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📌WAKO India Kickboxing Federation gets Government recognition.

The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has decided to grant recognition to WAKO India Kickboxing Federation as National Sports Federation (NSF) for promotion and development of the Kickboxing sport in India. To be fully included and accepted in the Olympic movement is important for the recognition and development of the sport of kickboxing.

It is expected that with government recognition of WAKO India Kickboxing Federation as NSF, the sport of kickboxing will develop at a faster pace in the country. WAKO have been a provisionally recognized member of the IOC Since 30 November 2018. The full recognition of WAKO will be finally decided by the IOC Session in Tokyo in July 2021.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports: Kiren Rijiju.