weekly current affairs : 1 -7 august 2021

Weekly Current Affairs : 1st-7th August 2021

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National News

Tribal Affairs Minister Shri Arjun Munda inaugurates ‘Virtual Training of Trainers Programme on Forest Rights

Act, 2006’

• The virtual training programme is being organized jointly by Ministry of Tribal Affairs, National Tribal

Research Institute , New Delhi, Tribal Research and Training Institute Chhattisgarh and UNDP from 2nd-

4th August, 2021

DEPwD organises Samajik Adhikarita Shivir for distribution of aids & assistive devices to Divyangjan

under the ADIP Scheme

• A total of 5102 aids and assistive devices valued at Rs.2.43 crore will be distributed free of cost to 1521

Divyangjan and 546 Senior Citizens at Block/Panchayat levels

Minister of Tribal Affairs, Sh. Arjun Munda inaugurated a ‘3

day National level Virtual Training of Trainers Programme

on Forest Rights Act, 2006,’ as part of Azadi ka Amrit

Mahotsav/Parv in New Delhi

• A ‘Samajik Adhikarita Shivir’ for distribution of

aids and assistive devices to ‘Divyangjan’

under the ADIP Scheme and to Senior Citizens

under the ‘Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana’ of the

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,

Government of India was organized by the

Department of Empowerment of Persons with

Disabilities (DEPwD in association with ALIMCO

and District Administration Aurangabad (Bihar)

at Town Hall in District Collectorate campus,

Aurangabad.







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New Polyhouse Technology for Horticulture CROPS

First Solar plans $684 mn investment in TN facility

The facility will begin manufacturing in the 2nd half of 2023.

• In December 2020, First Solar signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the TN Government to set

up a solar module manufacturing facility

Dr. (Prof.) Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-Central

Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur

inaugurated a “Naturally Ventilated Polyhouse

Facility” and laid foundation stone of “Retractable

Roof Polyhouse” at Ludhiana in Punjab.

• US-based First Solar is set to invest USD

684 million in a new, fully vertically

integrated PhotoVoltaic (PV) thin film solar

module manufacturing facility in Tamil

Nadu (TN).

• It will have a manufacturing capacity of 3.3

GW and will generate 1,000 highly skilled

jobs.

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MoHFW Reserves 27% seats for OBCs, 10% for EWS in Medical Education

• Medical & Dental courses (both Undergraduate & Postgraduate) from the academic year 2021-22.

• All-India Quota (AIQ) Scheme was Introduced in 1986 as per the Supreme Court’s direction. It allows

students from any state to study in a medical college in another state.

• It consists of 15% of total available UG seats & 50% of total available PG seats in Government medical

colleges.

• Until 2007, there was no reservation in the AIQ scheme. The Supreme Court in 2007 introduced

reservations of 15% for Scheduled Castes & 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes in the AIQ scheme.

• The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act was implemented in 2007 to provide

a uniform 27% reservation to OBCs.

• It was implemented in all central educational institutions, but was not extended to AIQ seats of state

medical and dental colleges.

• The Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed to introduce 10% reservation for

Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of society for admission to Central Government-run educational

institutions and private education institutions and for employment in Central Government jobs.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

announced 27% Reservation for OBCs (Other

Backward Classes) & 10% Reservation for EWS

(Economically Weaker Section) in the All-India

Quota Scheme







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NABARD sanctions Rs 446 crore to Punjab for drinking water projects

• NABARD (Punjab) Chief General Manager Rajiv Siwach said in an official statement here that through

these projects, 10.39 lakh population of 700 villages will be provided drinking water through water.

• JJM envisages supply of 55 litres of water per person per day to every rural household through

Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTC) by 2024. The Ministry of Jal Shakti is responsible for its

implementation.

• Jal Jeevan Mission was launched on August 15th 2019.

NABARD:

• Chairman – G.R.Chintala

• Headquarters – Mumbai

Karnataka, 1st Indian state to provide 1% Horizontal Reservation for Transgender in Govt Services

Karnataka has become the first state in the

country to provide 1% horizontal reservation for the

transgender in each category of general, Scheduled

Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward

Classes (OBC) for all government services after

amending the Rule 9 Sub Rule (1D) Karnataka Civil

Service (General Recruitment) Rule, 1977.

• NABARD has sanctioned Rs 445.89 crore for

drinking water projects in Ferozepur, Fazilka,

Hoshiarpur and Rupnagar districts of

Punjab.

• National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD) said that this fund

has been sanctioned under Rural

Infrastructure Development. In these

projects, it is planned to provide 70 liters of

potable drinking water per person per day

to the consumer through domestic tap.







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This amendment is the result of Jeeva NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) petition who sought

reservation for transgender persons in a horizontal manner.

Krishikarna Project Launched in Kerala

• Krishikarna project, a joint initiative of State

Agri Horticultural Society Sustainable

Foundation, and Qore3 Innovations, was

launched in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala to

promote hi-tech farming.

• Under the project, a mini polyhouse will be set

up on 2.5 cents of land at a cost of Rs 2.35 lakh.

• SAHA is a government cooperative society

involved in promoting agri-horticultural

practices. Sustainable Foundation is a Thiruvananthapuram-based NGO and Qore3 is a start-up to

provide ‘end-to-end support for farms’.

e-Voucher Digital Payment Solution e-RUPI

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually launched a prepaid electronic voucher- based digital payment solution e-RUPI to strengthen the Direct Benefit Transfer and the financial inclusion of unbanked citizens.

• e-RUPI, the ‘person and purpose-specific’ one-time cashless and contactless digital payment vouchers was developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on its UPI (Unified Payments Interface) platform, in association with the Department of Financial Services (DFS), National

Health Authority (NHA), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), and partner banks.

• When the government/organization intends to provide financial support, they could share the e-RUPI e- Voucher/coupon in the form of SMS-string or QR code (instead of Money) to the beneficiaries’ mobile for a specific purpose (health, education, subsidies, etc).

• The beneficiaries need to show the e-voucher (in mobile) to the welfare service provider (i.e. the merchants that accept e-RUPI) to redeem the voucher and complete the transaction.







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• The e-RUPI service, which is powered by NPCI’s UPI, was on boarded into 11 banks (both private and public) as an issuing entity.

Haryana Police secures First Position under CCTNS

The Haryana Police with 100 per cent marks, secured the 1st position in India under Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS). Gujarat Police secured the 2nd position, while Himachal Pradesh was placed 3rd

• CCTNS is a nationwide networking infrastructure for the evolution of IT-enabled modern tracking systems around ‘Investigation of crime and detection of criminals’.

• It has integrated more than 14,000 police stations across India.

• An allocation of INR 2000 crores was made for the CCTNS Project & is implemented by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

Finance Commission recommended performance-based challenge fund of Rs 8,000 crore to States for incubation of new cities

• The 15th Finance Commission, in its latest report to the Centre, has recommended a performance-based challenge fund of Rs 8,000 crore to 8 states for incubation of new cities.

• The amount available for each proposed new city is Rs 1,000 crore and a state can have only one new city under the proposed scheme.

• The smart cities that have opted for greenfield development or a combination of models are Jharkhand (Ranchi), Maharashtra (Aurangabad),

Gujarat (Rajkot), Andhra Pradesh (Amravati), Madhya Pradesh (Satna), West Bengal (New Town Kolkata), Maharashtra (Nashik) and Chhattisgarh (Atal Nagar).







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‘Biotech-PRIDE’ Guidelines

• Minister of State (Independent Charge) Dr Jitendra Singh, Ministry of Science & Technology released ‘Biotech-PRIDE (Promotion of Research and Innovation through Data Exchange) Guidelines’ developed by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology.

• These Guidelines will be implemented through Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC) at the Regional Centre for Biotechnology supported by DBT.

• Biotech-PRIDE is the 1st of its kind by the DBT.

• The PRIDE Guidelines will be helpful to harmonize, synergize and encourage the data sharing for research and analysis in the country and to promote scientific work and foster progress by building on previous work.

• Other existing data centres will be bridged to this IBDC which will be called Bio-Grid.

• Bio-Grid will be a National Repository for biological knowledge, information and data and will be responsible for enabling its exchange, developing measures for safety, standards and quality for datasets and establishing detailed modalities for accessing data.

112th Annual Day of NCDC celebrated

• The 112th Annual Day celebrations of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) were held in New Delhi. Its function was presided over by Union Minister Mansukh Laxmanbhai Mandaviya, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

• The Union Minister launched the National Health Adaptation Plan on Air Pollution and National Health Adaptation Plan on Heat along with infographics.

• He also launched the first newsletter under the ‘National Programme on Climate Change and Human Health’ developed by Centre of Environmental and Occupational Health, Climate Change and Health at NCDC.







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‘Delhi@2047’ to make Delhi a Global City by 2047

• Delhi launched the ‘Delhi@2047’ initiative to facilitate partnership with the private sector, CSR initiatives (Corporate Social Responsibility) and philanthropic Organisation to make Delhi a global city by 2047.

• The vision document has set an aim to take Delhi’s per capita income to Singapore’s level

• It also states that Delhi will bid to host the 2048 Olympics.

• The Delhi@2047 initiative will begin by focusing on 3 projects –

• “Khelo Dilli” – To build world-class playgrounds in government schools

• “City of Lakes” – 1,000 water bodies will be rejuvenated

• Bridging the digital divide in schools.

DefExpo-2022 to be held at Gandhinagar

• 12th Edition of DefExpo-2022 has been scheduled to be held at Gandhinagar, Gujarat from March 11-13, 2022.

• It is organised by the Ministry of Defence.

• The last edition of Defence Expo 2020 was held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.







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The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Forms ‘I-MESA’

• The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has formulated a scheme ‘Information-Monitoring, Evaluation and Social Audit (I-MESA)’ in FY 2021-22.

• Under the scheme, Social Audits will be conducted for all the schemes of the MoSJE

Jammu and Kashmir has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the JSW Foundation for the restoration of the Mughal Gardens

• The government of Jammu and Kashmir has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the JSW Foundation for the conservation, restoration and maintenance of the Mughal Gardens at Shalimar Bagh and Nishat Bagh in Kashmir. These 2 are among the 6 imperial gardens proposed to be nominated to UNESCO as World Heritage Site.

• The estimated cost of the project is Rs 7 crore.

• JSW Foundation, the social development arm of JSW Group, will collaborate with Heritage & Conservation Architect Abha Narain Lambah for this project.

• JSW will provide Technical & Financial support and the government of J&K will provide assistance and funding for the project through support resources and other infrastructure.







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World’s Highest Road in Ladakh at 19,300 Feet Altitude

• The Border Roads Organisation

constructed the world’s highest 52-km-long

tarmac road or motorable pass at Umling LA

Pass in eastern Ladakh at an altitude of

19,300 feet which has surpassed the record of

a road in Bolivia, South America at 18,953 ft

which connects to its volcano Uturuncu.

• It connects the important towns in

Chumar sector of eastern Ladakh by offering

an alternate direct route connecting Chisumle

and Demchok from Leh.

Central Government to setup Garima Grihas for Transgender persons

• Minister of for Social Justice and

Empowerment A. Narayanaswamy

stated that Government is planning to

set up Garima Grihas for Transgender

persons with the help of community-

based organizations.

• Garima Grihas will provide safe and

secure shelter to Transgender

persons.

• 12 Pilot shelter homes have already

been initiated.







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IMD to install 200 Agro-Automatic Weather Stations

• In order to provide weather forecasts

for farmers, the India Meteorological

Department is all set to install Agro-

Automatic Weather Stations at 200 District

Agromet Units located in Krishi Vigyan

Kendras under the Indian Council of

Agricultural Research network.

• These AWSs will be used for

augmenting block level Agromet Advisory

Services (AAS) under Gramin Krishi Mausam

Sewa scheme.

• GKMS is implemented jointly by IMD, Indian Council of Agricultural Research and State Agricultural

Universities to provide weather-based crop and livestock management strategies for the benefit of the

farmers

• Earlier, mobile app ‘Meghdoot’ was launched by MoES to provide weather information including alerts

and related AAS specific to farmer’s districts.

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• ISRO launches ‘QUEST’ study

• Indian Space Research Organisation

inaugurated the Health QUEST study

(Health Quality Upgradation Enabled

by Space Technology of ISRO) to

upgrade the healthcare systems

standards of India in line with the

ISRO’s quality standards and best

practices.

• The Study Team will explore the

possibility of replicating ISRO’s Quality

Assurance Mechanisms which are

used in Space Technology in India’s hospitals. This is to ensure Zero-defect & Quality of service in the

Emergency and Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of hospitals.

• The Study will be undertaken by 20 Private hospitals across India.







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MoU & Partnership

Goa Government Signs Mou With Jio Embibe For AI-Based Adaptive Learning

• This allowed teachers and students to choose the best platform offering different features of control and

connectivity

• The government has also signed an MoU with Eduisfun Technologies to offer STEPapp, gamified digital

learning app for students of classes 6 to 12.

• Both the programmes will be implemented for free during the academic year 2020 to 2021.

Nod to 100% FDI in oil PSUs approved for stake sale

• The government is privatising BPCL and selling its entire 52.98% stake in the company.

• The policy is applicable to exploration activities of oil and natural gas fields, infrastructure related to

marketing of petroleum products and natural gas, marketing of natural gas and petroleum products,

petroleum product pipelines, natural gas/pipelines, LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) Regasification

infrastructure, market study and formulation and Petroleum refining in the private sector.

The government of Goa has signed an MoU

with edu-tech platform Jio Embibe for

adaptive learning based on Artificial

Intelligence for students

MoU covers students of classes 6 to 12

with an exclusive portal for learning

subjects like mathematics and science.

• The government permitted 100% foreign

investment under the automatic route in

oil and gas PSUs which have received in-

principle approval for strategic

disinvestment. The move would facilitate

privatisation of India’s second biggest oil

refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL).







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• The FDI limit in PSU-promoted oil refineries will continue at 49% (raised from 26%), a limit that was set

in March 2008.

• Now, only Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is the oil refining and marketing company under direct

government control.

Cabinet clears amendments to GIBNA for insurance PSU privatization

• The Act, which came into force in 1972, provided for the acquisition and transfer of shares of Indian

insurance companies and undertakings of other existing insurers in order to serve better the needs of the

economy by securing the development of general insurance business.

• The government has budgeted Rs 1.75 lakh crore from stake sale in public sector companies and

financial institutions during 2021-22.

• Currently there exist 4 general insurance companies in the public sector such as National Insurance

Company Ltd (NICL), New India Assurance Company (New India) Ltd, Oriental Insurance Company Ltd

(OICL), and the United India Insurance Company Ltd (UIICL).

• Section 10A – It defines the transfer of shares (of 4 public insurance companies) from General Insurance

Corporation (GIC) to the Central government.

• Section 10B – It specifies the Central Government’s stake hold percent (not less than 51) in the

insurance companies and the provision for GIC and the insurance companies to raise capital to increase

their business in rural and social sectors.

• Cabinet had also decided to increase the authorised share capital of NICL to Rs 7,500 crore and that of

UIICL and OICL to Rs 5,000 crore each.

The Union Cabinet has approved amendments

to the General Insurance Business

(Nationalisation) Act (GIBNA) to facilitate

privatisation of public sector general

insurance firms.







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Ports ministry sets up panel to firm up plan to start Karaikal-Kankesanthurai ferry service

• The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways(MoPSW) has set up a committee to define a

comprehensive plan to start the ferry service

• The Karaikal-Kankesanthurai Ferry Service is a component of the Sagarmala Programme of the MoPSW

aimed to promote coastal shipping.

• The government of Puducherry (Union Territory), has been directed to get the required clearances from

the Ministry of Home Affairs and other relevant government organisations.

• King Lear Limited has submitted a proposal to start a ferry service between Karaikal port to KKS.

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways:

• Union Minister– Sarbananda Sonowal

• Minister of State– Shripad Naik & Shantanu Thakur

Intel partnership with CBSE

• It is available in 11 vernacular languages and it is divided into 2 sections such as AI Awareness (1.5

hours) and AI Appreciation (2.5 hours).

• The Union government has received a

proposal from the Puducherry government

and the government of Sri Lanka on the

commencement of passenger shipping

between Karaikal, Puducherry, and

Kankesanthurai (KKS Port) Jaffna, Sri Lanka

under the provisions of the memorandum of

understanding (MoU) signed between the

two countries in 2011.

Intel collaborated with the Central Board of

Secondary Education (CBSE) and launched the

initiative ‘AI For All’ under its ‘AI For Citizens’

programme to create a basic understanding of

artificial intelligence for Indian people.







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NFL & RCF sign MoU with IFFCO

DBS and Temasek Launches US$500 Million Debt Financing Platform for Tech Startups

• Headquartered in Singapore, EvolutionX will provide non-dilutive financing to growth stage technology-

enabled companies across Asia, with a focus on China, India, and Southeast Asia.

• EvolutionX combines Temasek’s investment expertise and DBS’ global banking networks to leverage and

further catalyse the fast growing technology ecosystem in Asia.

• The platform will be led by Joint Interim CEOs Amit Sinha, Group Head of Telecoms, Media and

Technology, Institutional Banking Group at DBS, and Aftab Mathur, Director, Investment (Innovation) at

Temasek

About DBS Group Ltd:

• Headquarters – Singapore

• CEO – Piyush Gupta

About Temasek Holdings:

• Headquarters – Singapore

• National Fertilisers Limited & Rashtriya

Chemicals and Fertilisers Ltd signed a

Memorandum of Understanding with Indian

Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited for

‘Transfer of Technology’ of fertiliser Nano

Urea Liquid.

DBS and Temasek announced that they have

entered into an agreement to jointly launch a

US$500 million growth stage debt financing

platform called EvolutionX Debt Capital







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• Executive Director & CEO – HO Ching

JSW Energy Partners with Australian Firm To Develop Green Hydrogen Projects

• Under the agreement, FFI and JSW Energy will collaborate and work on potential projects for the

production of green hydrogen and explore opportunities to utilize it for green steel making, hydrogen

mobility, green ammonia, and other mutually agreed industrial applications in India.

• To increase the renewable energy share in JSW Energy’s portfolio from the current 30 percent to 85

percent (20 GW) by 2030.

• National Hydrogen Energy Mission was announced at the Budget 2020-21, and the Union Ministry of

New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has circulated a draft of the mission to mandate the green hydrogen

consumption on fertiliser producers and petroleum refiners.

Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) :

• CEO – Julie Shuttleworth

• Headquarters – East Perth, Australia

JSW Energy:

• MD & CEO – Prashant Jain

• Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra

• JSW Energy’s wholly-owned subsidiary,

JSW Future Energy Ltd. has partnered

with an Australian firm Fortescue Future

Industries (FFI), to explore opportunities

to develop green hydrogen projects in

India.







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Nasscom partners with UK government, UK India Business Council

It includes a 2 day virtual tour covering most of the UK’s top universities such as University of Nottingham,

University of Glasgow and others.

• Cigniti, HCL, Hexaware, Infosys, L&T, Mastek, Tech Mahindra, Wipro and others participated

NASSCOM:

• President – Debjani Ghosh


FTCCI, Afghanistan trade body to promote bilateral trade

• This partnership will enable bilateral trade in various sectors including IT, infrastructure, mining,

communication, education, energy, transport, agriculture, pharmacy and healthcare.

Federation of Telangana Chambers of Commerce and Industry:

• President– K.Bhasker Reddy

Nasscom has collaborated with the UK

Government’s Division for Worldwide

Commerce (DIT) and the UK India Enterprise

Council (UKIBC) to deal with the digital

abilities hole in that nation. A two-day

digital college tour, specializing in expertise

acquisition for the Indian tech business, was

organized

• Industry body FTCCI and the Afghanistan

Chamber of Commerce & Investment (ACCI)

entered into an Agreement of Cooperation for

promoting cooperation between the business

communities in Afghanistan and Telangana.

The two Chambers will exchange market

information necessary for companies,

enterprises and organisations investing and

operating in one or both countries.







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• Chief Executive Officer– Khyati Amol Naravane

• Headquarters– Hyderabad

Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI)

• Acting CEO– Shafiqullah Atayee

• Headquarters– Kabul

Indian Bank Signed MoU with SINE, IIT Bombay

• Indian Bank launched the ‘IND Spring Board’ in collaboration with IIT Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC) to

provide a credit facility of Rs 50 crore to start-ups for their working capital requirements.

• In October 2020, Indian Bank launched the ‘MSME Prerana’ programme to empower MSME

entrepreneurs through skill development and capacity building workshops in local languages.

• At first, the MSME Prerana was implemented in the language Tamil.

Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), IIT Bombay:

The Indian Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Bombay to provide a credit facility to the startups and small businesses through its loan product ‘IND Spring Board’.

• Chairman – Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri

• Headquarters – IIT Bombay, Mumbai,

Maharashtra

Indian Bank: • MD & CEO – Padmaja Chunduru

• Headquarters– Chennai, Tamil Nadu







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MSIP Signed MoU with Invest India to Boost Meghalaya’s trade

JICA Tie up with IITH for Technical Cooperation Project

• Japan International Cooperation Agency has signed a Record of Discussions with the Indian government to strengthen its technical cooperation project with the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) – Phase 2 of FRIENDSHIP (Future Researchers at IITH to Enhance Network Development with Scholarship).

• JICA and IITH started their collaboration in 2007

• FRIENDSHIP is the core project between them, it was initiated from 2nd January 2011 for a period of 8 years till 31st March 2020 to establish a sustainable platform for academic and industrial collaboration between India and Japan at IITH.

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA):

• President – Shinichi Kitaoka

• Headquarters – Tokyo, Japan

• Meghalaya State Investment Promotion

Society has signed a Memorandum of

Understanding with Invest India, an

investment promotion agency under the

Ministry of Commerce and Industry, to

promote the trade and industries of

Meghalaya.

About Invest India: • Managing Director & CEO– Deepak Bagla

• Headquarters– New Delhi

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MS Dhoni becomes Brand Ambassador of HomeLane

• HomeLane, Home Interiors Company has signed a 3-year strategic partnership with Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the equity partner and brand ambassador.

• MS Dhoni became the first brand ambassador of HomeLane.

• HomeLane is the online interior design and furniture company owned byHomevista Decor and Furnishings Pvt Ltd.

IFFCO’s NBRC Signed MoU with IIT Delhi

• Nano Biotechnology Research Centre

has signed a Memorandum of Understanding

with the Indian Institute of Technology–

Delhi for “research consultancy, knowledge

transfer and collaborative projects”.

Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative

Limited:

• Chairman- Balvinder Singh Nakai

• MD & CEO- U S Awasthi

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• APEDA signs MoU with UAS Bengaluru

• The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with University of Agricultural Science Bengaluru to boost agricultural and processed food products exports

• The 2 entities will establish a Centre of capacity building at UAS, Bengaluru for farmers and students to promote agri-businesses for exports.

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

• Chairman – Dr. M. Angamuthu

• Headquarters – New Delhi

University of Agricultural Science, Bengaluru:

• Vice Chancellor – Dr. S.Rajendra Prasad

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• NABARD Partners with CWC

• National Bank for Agriculture and

Rural Development has partnered with the

Central Warehousing Corporation through

the NAB Foundation, to offer storage facilities

for the Farmers Producer Organisation at

lower rates for the next 5 years.

• The CWC will offer a 30% discount to

FPO’s promoted by NABARD, on using the

CWC Storage space in 423 warehouses across

India.

Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC):

• Chairman– Atish Chandra

• Managing Director– Arun Kumar Shrivastava







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• SBI Payments- Hitachi Payment Services Partnered for e-RUPI

• SBI Payments partnered with Hitachi

Payment Services to introduce e-RUPI

transactions on the Yono SBI

Merchant app.

• Under the partnership, the Hitachi

Payment Services will support SBI

Payments in merchant on-boarding

and merchant transaction settlements

for e-RUPI.

• The e-RUPI was first implemented by

SBI Payments at a private covid-19 vaccination centre in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

SBI Payments:

• MD & CEO – Girikumar M Nair


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• Bank of Baroda signs MoU with Andhra Pradesh

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• Bank of Baroda has signed a

Memorandum of Understanding with Andhra

Pradesh Government to assist & finance the

entire 14,000 beneficiaries for setting up

Aqua Units under AP Government’s ‘Fish

Andhra’ scheme.

• AP Government has designed a novel

scheme called “Fish Andhra”. The scheme is

in line with Pradhan Mantri Mathsya

Sampadha Yojana (PMMSY), a scheme of

central government.

Hitachi Payment Services:

• MD & CEO – Rustom Irani








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• Under the project, 100 aqua hubs would be set up and around 14,000 outlets of different sizes and

nature would be set up across AP.

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• CCI Approves Acquisition of Equity Stake in PNBHFL by Carlyle Group

• Competition Commission of India has

approved the acquisition of equity

shares in PNB Housing Finance

Limited (PNBHFL) by the Pluto

Investments an entity of Carlyle

Group and Salisbury Investments

Private Limited

• The CCI’s approval of the proposed

investment of Rs 4000 crore

• CA Emerald Investments, an affiliate of

Carlyle Asia Partners, is exiting the SBI Life Insurance Company (SBI Life) by selling the remaining 1.9%

Stake worth Rs 2,160 crore through the stock exchange platform.

Competition Commission of India (CCI):

• Chairperson- Ashok Kumar Gupta


Defence News

‘INDRA NAVY-21’ Exercise held between Indian & Russian Navies

The 12th Edition of Biennial bilateral maritime

Exercise ‘INDRA Navy-21’ was held between

the Indian Navy & Russian Federation Navy in

the Baltic Sea

Stealth Frigate INS Tabar represented the

Indian Navy

Carlyle Group:

• Chief Executive Officer– Kewsong Lee

• Headquarters– Washington







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• The focus of exercises were on enhancing interoperability, understanding and procedures for various

maritime operations..

• The Army version of INDRA exercise is set to be held from August 1-13, 2021 in Volgograd, Russia.

• The Bilateral Exercise INDRA has been held between India & Russia since 2003.

• The 11th Edition of the exercise was held in Bay of Bengal in September, 2020.

Russia

• Capital – Moscow

• President – Vladimir Putin

• Currency – Russian Rouble

Chief of Naval Staff– Admiral Karambir Singh

36th Edition Of India – Indonesia Coordinated Patrol

• Coordinated Patrol has been conducted twice a year since 2002 by India and Indonesia along the

International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).

Indonesia:

• President – Joko Widodo

• Capital – Jakarta

• Currency – Indonesian Rupiah (IDR)

• Indian Naval Ship (INS) Saryu, an

indigenously built Offshore Patrol

Vessel is undertaking coordinated

patrol (CORPAT) with Indonesian

Naval Ship KRI Bung Tom







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Cochin Shipyard Ltd launches 5 Vessels

• Indian Air Force (IAF) formally inducted the Rafale Aircraft into the 101 Squadron (The squadron is titled

as ‘Falcons of Chamb and Akhnoor’) of the Eastern Air Command (EAC) at Hasimara Air Force, West

Bengal.

• The 101 Squadron is the 2nd IAF Squadron to be equipped with Rafale Fighter Jets. In September 2020,

Rafale Aircraft were inducted into the 17 ‘Golden Arrows’ Squadron.

• So far, India has received 26 of the 36 Rafale aircrafts from the French firm Dassault Aviation. The

induction of all 36 Rafale jets is expected to be completed by 2023.

• In September, 2016, India & France signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement with France to procure 36

Rafale Aircrafts at a cost of INR 59,000 crores.

Cochin Shipyard Ltd CMD – Madhu S Nair

Ordnance factory Tiruchirappalli launched high-tech carbine ‘TriCa’

Cochin Shipyard Ltd launched 5 vessels – 3

Floating Border Outpost Vessels for Border

Security Force & 2 Mini General Cargo Ships for

JSW Group from its dock in Cochin, Kerala.

The Ordnance factory Tiruchirappalli

(OFT) in Tamil Nadu launched a new

high-tech and low sound weapon

called TriCa (Trichy Carbine), a mini

version of the Trichy Assault Rifle

(TAR).

• Size: 7.62 X 39 mm portable weapon

launched on the carbine platform

• Weight: 3.17 kg (including the

magazine) and

• Range: 150 to 175 meter







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• INS Vikrant – Aircraft Carrier begins Sea Trial

• India’s 1st Indigenous Aircraft Carrier

INS Vikrant has been launched for sea

trials off the coast of Kochi, Kerala.

• INS Vikrant has been designed by the

Directorate of Naval Design and is built

by Cochin Shipyard Limited

• The total cost of the project is around

INR 23,000 crore.

• It has been named as INS Vikrant in

remembrance of India’s 1st Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant

• After its induction, INS Vikrant will be the 2nd aircraft carrier after INS Vikramaditya, the Navy’s only

aircraft carrier at present which entered service in 2013.

•

• TT Exercise held between India’s Tri-Service Forces for the 1st Time

• For the 1st time, a Table-Top (TT)

war-gaming exercise was held between

India’s 3 Armed Services (Indian Army, Indian

Air Force, Indian Navy)

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set

to announce the creation of 4 new Integrated

theatre commands from the Red Fort on

August 15, 2021.

• The 4 New Commands will be West,

East, Integrated Maritime Theatre Command

(IMTC) and Integrated Air Defence Command (IADC).

• The new commands will be raised and operationalized over a two-year period and will be ready by

August 2023.

• At present the Indian Armed Forces has 17 commands (7 commands each of the Army & Air Force, while

the Navy has 3 commands).

• There is only 1 Joint Tri-Service Theatre Command of the Indian Armed Force – Andaman and Nicobar

Command (ANC), based at Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands of India.







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International News

India, US to Virtually co-host 4th Annual Indo-Pacific Business Forum

• The event is sponsored by the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and co-organizing

with the Department of State and more than 10 other United States(US) government agencies.

• India and the US host the event in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII), the

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry(FICCI), US Chamber of Commerce, US India

Business Council, US India Strategic Partnership Forum, and the US ASEAN Business Council.

• The US, India and across the Indo Pacific region to exchange ideas through discussion organised on 3

themes:

Economic Recovery and Resilience

Climate Action

Digital Innovation

• India and the United States of America are

set to virtually co-host the 4th annual Indo-

Pacific Business Forum(IPBF) in October

2021.







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India Assumed the UNSC Presidency for August 2021

• The presidency of the UNSC is held by each of its members in turn for 1 month, following the English

alphabetical order of the Member States’ names.

• Permanent Members: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Shehroze Kashif from Pakistan became the Youngest person to reach the summit of K2

• India, the non-permanent member of the

United Nations Security Council took over the

presidency of the UNSC from France for the

month of August 2021.

• India’s 8th term as a non-permanent

member of the UNSC under the Asia-Pacific

category for 2 years (2021- 2022) started on

January 1, 2021.

• Through rotation India will also serve the

presidency again in 2022.

• Shehroze Kashif, a 19-year old

from Lahore, Pakistan became the

Youngest person in the world to

reach the summit of K2 (8,611

meters or 28,251 ft) in Karakoram

range on the border of Pakistan

and China.

• In May 2021, Kashif became the

Youngest Pakistani to scale Mount

Everest (8,849 meters), the highest

peak in the world.







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‘Guido Bellido’ - New Prime Minister of Peru

About Peru:

• Capital – Lima

• Currency – Sol

• Peru is the World’s No. 2 Copper producer (Chile is leading Copper producer).

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment Bill), 2021

• The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment Bill), 2021 was passed in the Parliament without any discussions. The bill proposes a pre- packaged insolvency resolution process for Corporate debtors under the MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) Development Act, 2006.

• The bill specifies a minimum threshold of not more than INR 1 crore for initiating the pre-packaged insolvency resolution process

Guido Bellido become the New Prime Minister of

Peru till 2026







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QS Best Student Cities 2022

• QS Best Student Cities 2022 is the annual ranking used to provide an overview to international students for the best places to live and study around the world based on the current students’ opinions on affordability, quality of life, and the standard of University.

• Mumbai ranked as 52nd among the top 100 cities globally in the ‘employer activity’ indicator and Bangalore, Karnataka ranked 42nd among the top-10 under the indicator of ‘affordable cities’ for

students.

Rank City

1 London (United Kingdom)

2 Munich (Germany)

3 Seoul(South Korea) & Tokyo (Japan)

106 Mumbai

110 Bangalore

BRICS Counter-Terrorism Working Group 2021

• 6th meeting of the BRICS Counter Terrorism Working Group (CTWG) 2021 was held virtually which was chaired by Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint Secretary for Counter-Terrorism, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

• India Chaired the Meeting.

• The BRICS CTWG meeting was preceded by the five thematic sub-working groups on misuse of Internet for terrorist purpose, deradicalisation, countering terrorist financing, capacity building and countering foreign terrorist fighters

QS Quacquarelli Symonds:

• Founder and CEO – Nunzio Quacquarelli

• Headquarters – United Kingdom







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2nd Indo-US Services Summit

• The Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal addressed the ‘2nd Indo-US Services Summit’, organized by Indo American Chamber of Commerce (IACC)

SCO Defense Ministers Conclave 2021

• Defense Minister Rajnath Singh visited Dushanbe, Capital of Tajikistan to participate in the annual meeting of the Defense Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states.

• ‘Peace Mission 2021’, a Joint Counterterrorist Command-and-Staff Training Exercise to be held between SCO countries in Russia in September, 2021

• 2021 was declared the Year of SCO Culture.

• The next meeting of the Defense Ministers was agreed to be held in Uzbekistan in 2022.

• India has developed the Ayni airbase near Dushanbe in collaboration with Tajikistan.

• The Farkhor Air Base in Tajikistan operated by the Indian Air Force in collaboration with the Tajik Air Force is India’s 1st military base outside its territory.







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SCO Forum of Governance held in Beijing

• The Opening ceremony of the SCO Forum of Governance and Leadership was held in Beijing, China. It was co- organized by China National Academy of Governance (CNAG) & SCO Secretariat.

• The meeting was attended by representatives from SCO member states, observer states, and dialogue partners

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO):

• Secretary-General – Vladimir Norov:

• Headquarters – Beijing

• Chairmanship of 2021 – Tajikistan

• Total Members – 8 (China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)

ESA launches ‘Eutelsat Quantum’

• European Space Agency launched ‘Eutelsat Quantum’ – the world’s 1st commercial reprogrammable satellite into space aboard Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana. It is a fully flexible software-defined satellite.

• The satellite has been developed under European Space Agency partnership project with satellite operator Eutelsat, Airbus & Surrey Satellite Technology.

European Space Agency:

• Director General – Josef Aschbacher

• Headquarters – Paris







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1st G20 Culture Ministers’ Meeting 2021

• The 1st G20 Culture Ministers’ Meeting 2021 was held in Rome, Italy.

• Meenakashi Lekhi, the Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture participated in the meeting.

• G20 members: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union. Spain is also invited as a permanent guest.

Italy:

• President – Sergio Mattarella

• Prime Minister – Mario Draghi

Fortune Global 500 list 2021

• Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) slipped 59 places to rank 155th on the 2021 Fortune Global 500 list, this is the lowest ranking of RIL since 2017.

Rank Name Revenues ($M)

1 Walmart $523,964

2 State Grid $383,906

3 Amazon $280,522

155 Reliance Industries Ltd

$62,912.10

205 State Bank of India

$51,919.40

212 Indian Oil Corporation

$50,433

• Capital – Rome

• Currency – Euro







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Google launches new bug bounty platform

• Google has launched a new bug bounty platform called bughunters.google.com during the 10th anniversary celebration of its Vulnerability Rewards Programme which allows Bug hunters to submit issues with a single intake form.

• Google-parent Alphabet announced the launch of a new robotics company, Intrinsic. It will focus on building software for industrial robots.

Germany becomes 5th country to sign ISA Framework Agreement

• Germany became the 5th country to

join the International Solar Alliance (ISA)

Framework Agreement after amendments to

the ISA Agreement entered into force on 8th

January 2021.

• The new amendment opened the

alliance membership to all Member states of

the UN. Prior to this, it was open only to

countries that were partially or entirely

located within the Tropics.

International Solar Alliance (ISA):

• Director General – Dr. Ajay Mathur

• Headquarters – Gurugram







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Appointment & resignation

Shri Deepak Das takes charge as new Controller General of Accounts (CGA)

Prior to assuming charge of CGA, Shri Das served as the Principal Chief Controller of Accounts in the

Central Board of Direct Taxes,

Banking & Finance

LIC CSL launches Co-branded RuPay Credit Cards powered by IDBI Bank ‘Lumine’ and ‘Eclat’

• Both the cards have a validity of 4 years and an interest-free credit period of up to 48 days with a credit

limit.

• • • • •

Shri Deepak Das, a 1986-batch Indian Civil

Accounts Service (ICAS) officer, is appointed by

the Government of India as the Controller

General of Accounts (CGA), Department of

Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, with effect

from August 1, 2021. Shri Deepak Das is the

25th officer to hold the position of Controller

General of Accounts (CGA).

LIC Cards Services Limited (LIC CSL) and IDBI Bank

partners to launch two variants of co-branded

RuPay Credit Cards - LIC CSL ‘Lumine’ Platinum

Credit Card and LIC CSL ‘Eclat’ Select Credit Card

powered by IDBI Bank







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• SEBI Ordered Forensic Audit of MSEI’s Accounts

•

• • •

• PhonePe Launched UPI-based AutoPay Functionality •

•

• • • • • • • • •

• SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of

India) has ordered a forensic audit into

the workings of the Metropolitan Stock

Exchange of India (MSEI) Ltd formally

known as MCX SX, on allegations of

mismanagement and financial

irregularities.

• A forensic audit will detect any mis-

statement in financials, mis-

appropriation or diversion of funds.

• PhonePe launched the UPI based AutoPay

functionality for its Mutual Fund

Systematic Investment Plans offerings,

became the 1st digital investment platform

in India to introduce such a feature.

About PhonePe:

• CEO – Sameer Nigam

• Headquarters – Bengaluru







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• SBI Launches ‘SIM Binding’ Feature in YONO, YONO Lite

SBI General Insurance collaborated with Manipal Business Solutions

• SBI General Insurance collaborated with Manipal Business Solutions, the promoter of SahiPay to expand its non-life penetration in rural areas.

SBI General Insurance:

• Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer– Prakash Chandra Kandpal

• Headquarters– Mumbai

• State Bank of India has launched a

‘SIM Binding’ feature in its digital

banking platform YONO & YONO Lite.

• The SIM Binding feature will work with

the basic rule of One Mobile Device –

One User – One RMN.

State Bank of India (SBI): • Chairman – Dinesh Kumar Khara








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Suryoday SFB Launched ‘Health and Wellness Savings Account’

• Suryoday Small Finance Bank has launched a Savings Account named ‘Health and Wellness Savings Account’ to support under medical emergencies.

• The account offers top-up health insurance of Rs 25 lakhs (for Self and Family), annual healthcare package, and on-call emergency ambulance medical care services

• The individual needs to maintain the Average Monthly Balance of Rs 3 lakhs.

• The bank provides the highest interest rate of up to 6.25 percent per annum

• The Bank has collaborated with Manipal Cigna Health Insurance (for providing top-up health insurance), Vhealth Aetna (for providing annual healthcare package), and Ziqitza Healthcare (for providing ambulance on-call services).

Suryoday Small Finance Bank:

• MD & CEO – BaskarBabu Ramachandran


Mini Ipe Appointed as the Managing Director of LIC

• The government of India has appointed Mini Ipe as the new Managing Director of the Life Insurance Corporation of India. She has been serving as the Executive Director, Legal Department, LIC of India.

• She has taken charge as the MD of the LIC of India succeeding Vipin Anand, who has retired in July 2021.

• Mini Ipe was the first woman zonal manager of LIC, she headed the Hyderabad zone.

• She has also served as the Executive Director, International Operations, and the Director & CEO of LICHFL







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Financial

SIDBI-TransUnion Cibil MSME Pulse Report

• As per the report of SIDBI and Transunion-Cibil, MSME Pulse, the value of new loans disbursed to the MSME sector in FY21 (COVID-19 period) was Rs.9.5 lakh crore, 40% higher than Rs.6.8 lakh crore in FY20

• The credit demand was dropped by 76 percent (due to the 1st wave of COVID-19) and later recovered by ECLGS to 32 percent over pre-COVID-19 levels in March 2021.

• India’s total on-balance sheet commercial lending exposure in March 2021 stood at Rs 74.36 lakh crores with a YOY (Year-on-Year) growth rate of 0.6 percent in which, the MSME sector’s credit exposure was about Rs 20.21 lakh crores with 6.6 percent YOY growth rate.

• NPA (Non-Performing Assets) rates of MSMEs in March 2021 was controlled at 12.5 percent compared with 12.6 percent in March 2020.

Unclaimed deposits of Scheduled Commercial Banks was Rs. 24,356 crore, as on July 31, 2020.

• In accordance with the information provided by the Reserve Bank of India , the total amount of unclaimed deposits of Scheduled Commercial Banks was Rs. 24,356 crore, as on July 31, 2020.

• Unclaimed deposits have increased by Rs. 5,977 crore in the year 2020, as compared to the year 2019.







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Awards and Recognition

Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2021

• It is awarded annually since 1983 by Lokmanya Tilak Trust. The award is given on August 1st, the death

anniversary of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

• The award includes a cash prize of Rs 1 Lakh and a memento.

• Lokmanya Tilak National Award-2020 was awarded to Sonam Wangchuk, a renowned Education

reformist.

Lokmanya Tilak Trust: • President – Deepak Tilak

Eisner Award 2021

• Mumbai based Indian Visual Artist & Illustrator Anand Radhakrishnan (Anand RK) has won the 2021 Eisner Award for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art).

• He shared the award with UK based colourist John Pearson for “Blue in Green”, a graphic novel authored by Ram V.

• The award was presented at the virtual ceremony of the 33rd Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, sponsored by comiXology.

• Eisner Award, named after graphic novel legend Will Eisner is known as the “Oscar of the comic field”. The awards are presented in 32 categories.

• Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla, Founder and

Chairman of the Serum Institute of

India (SII), Pune has been selected

for Lokmanya Tilak National Award,

2021.

• SII is the World’s Largest Vaccine

Manufacturer by the number of

doses produced and sold globally.







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Reappointment of Prakash Chandra as Non-Executive Chairman of RBL Bank

• The Reserve Bank of India has

approved the reappointment of

Prakash Chandra as the non-executive

Chairman of the RBL Bank for a period

of 3 years with effect from 3rd August

2021.

• In June 2020, the RBI had reappointed

him as the non-executive part-time

chairman of the RBL till 23rd July 2021.

• MD & CEO– Vishwavir Ahuja

• Headquarters- Mumbai, Maharashtra

Sports News

Shuttler P V Sindhu bags bronze medal in Tokyo Olympics, becomes the first Indian woman to win two

Olympic medals

• Indian shuttler P V Sindhu won the bronze medal in women’s single match in Tokyo Olympics today. PV

Sindhu defeated He Bing Jiao of China by 21-13 and 21-15 in the bronze medal match and became the

first Indian woman to win two Olympic medals. Sindhu won silver at Rio 2016. Wrestler Sushil Kumar is

the first and only other Indian to win two Olympic medals

Achievements:

Silver Medal, Rio Olympics 2016

Gold Medal, CWG 2018 (Team Event)







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Silver Medal, CWG 2018

Silver Medal, Asian Games 2018

World Champion, 2019

AWARDS

Padma Bhushan (2020)

Padma Shri (2015)

Rajiv Gandhi KhelRatna Award (2016)

Arjuna Award (2013)

Hungarian Grand Prix 2021

• Alpine Renault’s Esteban Ocon (France)

won the Formula One Hungarian Grand

Prix 2021 held at Hungaroring,

Budapest, Hungary.

• Mercedes’ driver Lewis Hamilton

(United Kingdom) finished 2nd, while

Scuderia Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr (Spain)

finished 3rd.







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Nepal Cricketer Paras Khadka retires

• Former Nepal Cricket Team Captain Paras Khadka announced his retirement from International cricket. He is the 1st Nepalese batsman to score a century in both ODI and T20 formats.

• He served as the Captain of Nepal from 2009 to 2019, making him the longest-serving captain in Associate Cricket

Pakistan’s Rizwan breaks World Record for most runs scored in T20I in a year

• Pakistan’s Wicketkeeper-Batsman Mohammad Rizwan has set a new World Record for most runs scored in a calendar year in Twenty20 (T20) International cricket.

• He has scored 752 runs in 2021 (14 innings of 15 matches).

• He has surpassed Ireland’s Paul Stirling, who scored 748 runs in 20 innings of 20 matches at an average of 41.55 in 2019







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Books & Author

Book ‘Leopard Diaries – the Rosette in India’

• Sanjay Gubbi is a wildlife biologist, Scientist (Western Ghats)

• Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of leopards, about 26 percent of the total number estimated in

the country.

Book “The Most Incredible Olympic Stories”

Wildlife Biologist, Sanjay Gubbi authored a

book about Leopard titled ‘Leopard Diaries –

the Rosette in India’, in which he says about

the food habits, ecological context, and

conservation of Leopard along with the

suggestions to overcome leopard–human

conflict.

• Argentinian writer Luciano Wernicke

authored “The Most Incredible Olympic

Stories”

• Luciano Wernicke has authored books on

sports such as The Most Incredible

Football Stories, Doctor and Champion,

Duel Never Won (comparative biography

of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo)







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Book - “My Own Mazagon”

Book - “Nehru, Tibet and China”

• Avtar Singh Bhasin has served in the Ministry of External Affairs for around 30 years and retired in 1993

as the Director of the Historical Division.

• He has served in the National Archives of India and the Ministry of Defence.

“A Different Route to Success: It Could Be Yours”

Captain Ramesh Babu, has authored a new

book titled “My Own Mazagon: The History of

a Little Island in the Bombay Archipelago”.

Other books authored by Capt. Babu: “After

You Sir: A Collection of School Stories” and

“Calicut Heritage Trails”.

• Avtar Singh Bhasin has authored a new

book titled “Nehru, Tibet and China”.

• This book on the Indo-China

relationship focuses on Tibet,

boundary issues before the war,

occupation of Tibet by China, and the

fleeing of the 14th Dalai Lama from

Tibet to India.

• Ramesh Narayan has released his

book titled “A Different Route to

Success: It Could Be Yours”.

• The book highlights various

significant events and phases of his

life.







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Book “In An Ideal World”

• Kunal Basu has authored a new book titled “In An Ideal World”.

• The story is based on the mysterious disappearance of a liberal party member of a college in Manhar and the attempt of the suspect’s parents to uncover the mystery and absolve their son.

• Kunal is the only bilingual (English & Bengali) author after Bankimchandra Chatterjee.

• The Opium Clerk; The Miniaturist; Racists; The Yellow Emperor’s Cure, Sarojini’s Mother, Short stories ‘The Japanese Wife’ (2008) was adapted into a film

New Book- A Begum and A Rani: Hazrat Mahal and Lakshmibai in 1857’

• Rudrangshu Mukherjee has authored

a new book titled “A Begum and A Rani:

Hazrat Mahal and Lakshmibai in 1857” which

explores the lives of ‘Begum Hazrat Mahal of

Awadh’ and ‘Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi’.

• He has authored several books

including, Nehru & Bose: Parallel Lives; Awadh

in Revolt 1857-58: A Study of Popular

Resistance; Spectre of Violence: The

Massacres in Kanpur in 1857; The Year of

Blood: Essays on 1857; Dateline 1857: Revolt

against the Raj.







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Obituary

Bangladesh Folk Singer Fakir Alamgir Passes Away

Former England Cricketer Mike Hendrick Passed Away

Padma Sachdev Passed away

• Padma Sachdev the 1st Modern woman poet of

Dogri language and Padma Shri awardee passed away

• She had won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971 for her anthology of poems – ‘Meri Kavita Mere Geet’.

• Sachdev played a vital role in including Dogri language to the Eighth schedule of Indian constitution.

• She has authored many books in Dogri and Hindi.

• She received Padma Shri, India’s 4th-highest civilian award, in 2001 for her contributions to Hindi and Dogri.

• Kabir Samman for poetry for 2007-08 awarded by the government of Madhya Pradesh, • Saraswati samman, 2015 for Chitt-Chete her autobiography in Dogri language, • Dinu Bhai Pant LifeTime Achievement Award, 2017 and others

• Bangladesh’s folk singer Fakir Alamgir passed

away in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

• He was awarded Ekushey Padak

(Bangladesh’s 2nd highest civilian award) in

1999 by the Government of Bangladesh.

• Former England Cricketer and

renowned pace bowler, Mike

Hendrick representing

England has passed away.

• He was appointed as the first

full-time national coach to

Ireland in 1995.







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Man Kaur ‘Miracle from Chandigarh’ Passes Away

• Centenarian sprinter and World Masters Games Medalist Man Kaur, who is referred as ‘Miracle from Chandigarh’, has passed away

• She has won gold at various Masters Athletics championships including the 2012 Asian Championship,2013 Canadian championship and 2016 American championship.

• She won 4 gold medals in the 2019 World Master Athletics Championship held in Torun, Poland.

• She became the world’s fastest Centenarian at 2016 American Masters games held in Vancouver.







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