daily current affairs 10 -07 -2021
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
10 -07 - 2021
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Important days
1.National Fish Farmers’ Day: 10 July EXPECTED QUESTIONS
Highlights :
What? National Fish Farmers’ DayWhen? 10 july
Recent News:
National Fish Farmers’ Day :July 10
FIRST OBSERVED: 2000
BY : ministry of fisheries and NFDB
• National Fish Farmers’ Day is celebrated on 10 July, bythe Ministry of Fisheries in association with the NationalFisheries Development Board (NFDB).
• This day is made to honour the fish farmers, aquapreneurs,fisherfolks, stakeholders and whoever else is associated in thefishery for their contribution in the fishery.
• The day is commemorated annually in remembrance ofscientists Dr K H Alikunhi and Dr H.L. Chaudhury who hadinvented induced breeding technology of Indian major carps on10 July 1957.
• Day of the Seafarer: 25 June
NFDBCEO: Suvarna ChandrappagariFound: 2006HQ: Hyderabad,telangana
Appointment
2.Meena Seshamani Named Director of Medicare at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
Who? Meena Seshamani
as? Director of Center for Medicare
Highlights:Recent News
• Neha Parikh appointed asCEO of crowd-sourcednavigation app ‘Waze’
• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in USannounced Dr. Meena Seshamani as Deputy Administrator for theagency and Director of the Center for Medicare.
• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is a federalagency within the United States Department of Health and HumanServices (HHS) that administers the Medicare program.
CMSHQ:Maryland,USCEO: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
appointed : Meena Seshamani
as: Director of Center for Medicare
MOU
3.India, Gambia sign MoU to strengthen cooperation in governance reforms
EXPECTED QUESTIONSWhat?MOUwith gambia
By? india
Highlights:Recent News
• India and Bhutan sign MoUfor developing cooperation inthe areas of Environment
• India and Gambia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)to strengthen and promote bilateral cooperation in personneladministration and governance reforms.
• The cooperation in improving performance management system ingovernment, implementation of contributory pension scheme ande-recruitment in government form part of the areas to be coveredunder the MoU
Gambia Capital : Banjul.Currency : Gambian dalasi.President : Adama Barrow.
Summits
4.Jaishankar to visit Tajikistan for SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meet
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? Foreign Ministers meetings of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Who prarticipate? S jaishankar
Highlights:
• External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit Tajikistan on July 13-14 during which he will attend the meetings of the ShanghaiCooperation Organization Council of Foreign Ministers.
• The SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting will discuss theachievements of the organisation as it celebrates the 20thanniversary of its formation this year.
• NSA Ajit Doval attends SCOmeeting in Dushanbe
Recent news
External Affairs MinisterS Jaishankar
Cons: gujarat
SCOSecretary General: Vladimir NorovHeadquarters: Beijing, China
5.CII organised Indo Pacific Business Summit 2021 EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? Indo Pacific Business Summit Who organise? CII
Highlights:
• CII projects India’s FY22 GDPgrowth at 9.5%
Recent news
External Affairs MinisterS Jaishankar
Cons: gujarat
CIIPresident: T. V. NarendranHeadquarters: new delhi
6.International Climate Summit 2021 to Pave Way for India''sHydrogen Ecosystem
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? International Climate Summit 2021 host? india
Highlights:
• PM Narendra Modiinaugurates the Co-WINGlobal Conclave
Recent news
Banking
7.Airtel Payments Bank Rolls Out 'Pay to Contacts' for UPI-Based Transactions
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? Pay to contactwho? Airtel payment bank
Highlights:
• Airtel Payments Bank has launched ‘Pay to contacts’ whichallows customers to initiate a UPI payment by selecting thereceiver’s mobile number from their phonebook.
• ‘Pay to Contacts’ displays the valid UPI ID associated with theselected contact, irrespective of the UPI app used by thereceiver.
• Airtel, TCS partner for 5Gnetwork solutions
Recent news
AirtelHq: new delhiCEO: gopal vittal
8.NIIT, Axis Bank partner to launch digital banking academy EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? Partnered with NIITby? Axis bank
Highlights:
• NIIT Institute of Finance Banking and Insurance (NIIT IFBI) and AxisBank have launched a fintech professional programme under theAxis Bank - NIIT Digital Banking Academy to build future-readyprofessionals for the private sector lender.
• The programme offers graduates with zero to three years ofexperience an opportunity to join Axis Bank as a deputy manager(IT).
• Axis Bank signs MOU withIndian Army to offerdefence service salarypackage
Recent news
Axis Bank Headquarters: Mumbai;Founded: 1993;MD and CEO : Amitabh Chaudhry.
Books and authors
9.Kareena Kapoor introduces a book “The Pregnancy Bible”EXPECTED QUESTIONS
About Book:
• Kareena Kapoor Khan, with the help of expert voices,gives you the complete book on your pregnancy Kareenatalks you through your 40 weeks, diet and fitness, self-care, preparing the nursery and even what to pack for thehospital – everything you could possibly want to know
What? the pregnancy bible
Who? Kareena Kapoor
Publisher ? Juggernaut
RECENT NEWS
• “Lady Doctors: The Untold Storiesof India’s First Women inMedicine” by Kavitha Rao
Book Title: the pregnancy bible
author : Kareena Kapoor
Publisher: Juggernaut
International
10.CIL inks pact for purchase of 11 Russian rope shovels EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? purchase of 11 20-cubic metre Russian rope shovels
by? CIL
Highlights:Recent News
• Army inducts 10m bridgingsystem developed by DRDO
• CIL (coals india ltd) has inked a pact for purchase of 11 20-cubicmetre Russian rope shovels for nearly Rs 1,462 crore.
• Electric rope shovels play a vital role in opencast mines for loadingof material.
• CIL tied up a contract with Iz-Kartex named after P.G.KorbokovLtd, a Russian shovel manufacturing company for installation andcommissioning of the shovels .
CILHeadquarters: KolkataCEO: Pramod Agrawal
National
11.Ministry of Defence implements SPARSH System EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? SPARSH System
by? Ministry of defence
Highlights:Recent News• Rajnath Singh has informed
that India’s first IndigenousAircraft Carrier (IAC-I), isplanned to be commissionedby 2022.
• Ministry of Defence has implemented SPARSH (System for PensionAdministration Raksha), an integrated system for automationof sanction and disbursement of defence pension.
• This web-based system processes pension claims and credits pensiondirectly into the bank accounts of defence pensioners without relyingon any external intermediary.
Ministry of DefenceRajnath singhCons: lucknow,UP
State
12.Kerala govt. to have its own OTT platform
Highlights:
What? Own OTT platformIn? kerala
Recent news
• World Bank ApprovesUSD125 million financialsupport for Kerala
• Kerala government has proposed to have its own over-the-top (OTT)platform.
• The state government has planned to launch it by November 1.• The State government’s proposed foray into the online content
streaming space with the launch of an over-the-top (OTT) platform is acultural intervention, rather than something prompted by the marketor revenues.
keralaCM: pinarayi vijayanGov: Arif Mohammad KhanCap: thiruvananthapuram
13.India’s first movable freshwater tunnel aquarium installed at Bengaluru Station
Highlights:
What? movable freshwatertunnel aquariumIn? bengaluru
Recent news
• Karnataka to develop 46Kempegowda heritagesites in Bengaluru
• Bengaluru City Railway Station has become the first railway station inIndia with a movable freshwater tunnel aquarium.
• The state-of-the-art aquarium has been jointly opened by the IndianRailway Stations Development Cooperation Limited (IRSDC) incollaboration with the HNi Aquatic Kingdom.
• The Aquatic Kingdom aquarium is based on the concept of the AmazonRiver and is 12-feet long.
karnatakaCM: B S yediyurappaGov: Thawarchand Gehlot Cap: bengaluru
Sports
14.NRAI’s Pawan Singh becomes first ever Indian juror for shooting at Tokyo Olympics
Highlights:
What? first-ever Indian jurorfor shooting at Tokyo Olympics2020.Who? Pawan singh
• The Joint-Secretary General of the National Rifle Association ofIndia, Pawan Singh, has become the first-ever Indian juror forshooting at Tokyo Olympics 2020.
• Pawan Singh is a former rifle shooter and a shooting coach for theIndian team.
• He has received the Gold Medal from the International ShootingSports Federation (ISSF) for his services towards the sports.
Recent news
• Mary Kom, ManpreetSingh to be India’s flag-bearers at TokyoOlympics
NRAIPresident: Raninder SinghHQ: new delhi
Organisation / Bank:
Axis bankHq: mumbai.Pres: amitabh choudry
Country / State:
keralaCM: pinarayi vijayanGov: Arif Mohammad KhanCap: thiruvananthapuram
Gambia Capital : Banjul.Currency : Gambian dalasi.President : Adama Barrow.
karnatakaCM: B S yediyurappaGov: Thawarchand Gehlot Cap: bengaluru
NRAIPresident: Raninder SinghHQ: new delhi
CILHeadquarters: KolkataCEO: Pramod Agrawal
AirtelHq: new delhiCEO: gopal vittal
CIIPresident: T. V. NarendranHeadquarters: new delhi
Ministry of DefenceRajnath singhCons: lucknow,UP
External Affairs MinisterS Jaishankar
Cons: gujarat
MINIS/CONS
SCOSecretary General: Vladimir NorovHeadquarters: Beijing, China
NFDBCEO: Suvarna ChandrappagariFound: 2006HQ: Hyderabad,telangana
CMSHQ:Maryland,USCEO: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure[1]