Weekly Current Affairs- 15 23 August 2021

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National News

Rajasthan launched Indira Gandhi Urban Credit Card Scheme 2021

• The state government of Rajasthan has introduced Indira Gandhi Urban Credit Card Scheme 2021 to provide interest-free loan up to Rs 50,000 as a financial support to 5 lakh beneficiaries

• The scheme will be applicable for one year and loans can be sanctioned till March 31, 2022.

• The loan moratorium period will be 3 months and loan repayment period will be 12 months.

• Those having monthly income of Rs 15,000 or family income Rs 50,000 per month will not be

eligible for the scheme.

West Bengal Government gets 4 SKOCH awards

• The West Bengal Government has been honoured with 4 SKOCH Awards for various schemes under Ease of Doing Business Initiatives.

• The awards are given by Skoch Foundation to recognize top performing government organisations.

• Platinum Award – ‘Silpasathi’ – The online single window portal

• Gold Award – Scheme for Auto Renewal of Enlistment through online system for urban Areas

• Silver Award – Scheme for Online issuance of Trade licences in rural areas

• E-Nathikaran : Online system for registration, preparation and submission of deeds.







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2021 Skytrax World Airport Awards

• Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has been awarded as the ‘Best Regional Airport in India and Central Asia’.

• The airport also got the 3rd rank under the category of Cleanest Airport, 4th rank in Best Airport Staff, 6th rank in Best Regional Airport in India and Central Asia.

• Delhi airport was awarded the ‘COVID-19 Airport Excellence Award’.

NITI Aayog Releases Handbook to Guide EV Charging Infrastructure

• The Handbook named ‘Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Implementation was released by NITI Aayog. The objective of the book is to provide guidance to the state governments and local bodies about policy making and setting up of norms related to charging networks for Electric Vehicle (EV).

• It has been developed by NITI Aayog in association with the Ministry of Power (MoP), Department of Science and Technology(DST), Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and World Resources Institute(WRI) India.

• India has set an ambitious goal of increasing the Electric Vehicle numbers to 30% by 2030.

Rank Airport

1 Doha’s Hamad International Airport, Qatar

2 Tokyo Haneda Airport, Japan

3 Changi Airport Singapore

45 Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport , Delhi

64 Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

65 Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport

71 Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport







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DRDO Successfully Testfires Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile

• Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully test fired the Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile with a new Made-in-India Turbofan Engine ‘Manik’ from the Integrated Test Range in Odisha.

• The missile flew for around 150 km with an indigenous cruise engine.

• It is an Advanced version of Nirbhay Missile – a Subsonic Cruise Missile.

Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter Detects Presence of Water Molecules on Moon

• The Imaging Infrared Spectrometer instrument on the Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiter has detected the presence of both Hydroxyl ions and Water Molecules on the surface of the moon.

• Research is authored by Former ISRO Chairman AS Kiran Kumar.

2021 Indiaspora Philanthropy Leaders List

• Indiaspora, a US-based diaspora body has released the “2021 Indiaspora Philanthropy leaders list”, a first of its kind list that recognises Indian and diaspora leaders across the globe

• The list features 100 business tycoons and industrialists which includes Gautam Adani, Nita Ambani and Kumar Mangalam Birla from India, Monte Ahuja, Ajay Banga and Manoj Bhargava from the United States, Soham Ajmera, Bob Dhillon and Aditya Jha from Canada and Mohamed Amersi,







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Manoj Badale and Kuljinder Bahia from the United Kingdom.

In a first, Chhattisgarh recognises forest resource rights in an urban area

• Chhattisgarh recognized Community Forest Resource Rights in an urban area, making it the first state in India to do so.

• In this regard, certificates for the same were distributed during a program in Raipur

• The state has recognized forest rights of three wards in Nagari nagar panchayat of Dhamtari district

• The other area is Sitanadi Udanti Tiger Reserve across Dhamtari and Gariyaband districts.

• Section 3 (1) (i) of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, recognized by Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006, gives right to protect, regenerate or conserve or manage any community forest resource which the people from tribal communities have been traditionally protecting and conserving for sustainable use.

• Atlas of tribal communities living in Chhattisgarh was also unveiled.

• A special five-part teaching module on the all-round development of tribal areas was also launched. It will be used to train public representatives and members of the Panchayati Raj system.

India’s 1st Drone Forensic Lab & Research Centre

• Kerala inaugurated the India’s first first-of-its-kind Drone Forensic Lab and Research Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala







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Installed Renewable Energy Capacity of India Crossed 100 GW

• The total installed renewable energy capacity in India, excluding large Hydro, has crossed the milestone of 100 GigaWatts (GW). With this, India holds 4th position in the world in terms of installed Renewable Energy (RE) capacity, 5th in solar and 4th in wind in terms of installed capacity.

• India’s target of 450 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030

PM released Capitalization Support Funds to SHGs

• Prime Minister virtually participated in ‘Atmanirbhar Narishakti se Samvad’ where he interacted with women Self Help Groups members/community resource persons promoted under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission

• During the event, he released capitalization support funds of Rs. 1625 Crore to over 4 lakh SHGs as a major financial support to increase the scope of entrepreneurship among women on lines of AatmaNirbhar Bharat.

• He also released 25 crore as seed money for 7500 SHG members under the PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme of Ministry of Food Processing Industries







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PM Address on 75th Independence Day Celebrations

• PM laid the vision for the country for the next 25 years, he stated “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Prayas”.

• Pradhan Mantri ‘Gati Shakti’ National Master Plan for Infrastructure will act as the ‘National Infrastructure Master Plan’ and will help in setting a holistic and integrated approach in infrastructure construction. Rs. 100 Lakh Crore will be allotted for the Gati Shakti programme.

• 75 Vande Bharat trains to be rolled out in 75 weeks of Amrit Mahotsav of Independence to connect every corner of India. Vande Bharat is an indigenous semi-high speed train set. It is manufactured by Hyderabad-based engineering firm ‘Medha’

• To fight malnutrition, the government has set a target to provide fortified rice to the poor through the Public Distribution System, Mid-Day meals Scheme and Others by 2024.

• PM Modi announced, For the 1st time Ever, Girls will be allowed to enroll in the Sainik Schools across the country.After a two and half year Pilot project in Mizoram, the Government has decided to open the Sainik Schools for the Girls.There are 33 Sainik Schools in India, they are run by the Sainik Schools Society under the Union ministry of defence (MoD).Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced during Budget 2021 that 100 new Sainik schools will be set up.

• Launch of the National Hydrogen Mission to make India the global production hub for clean hydrogen fuel production and exports. An amount of INR 1500 Crore was set aside to achieve India’s target of 175 GW by 2022 & also for NHEM.

• Government will launch an E-commerce platform for Self Help Groups (SHGs) to promote their products.

• Target to make India energy Independent before 2047.

• Indus Central University to be established in Ladakh, to make it a Center of higher education.







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Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana completes 7th Anniversary

• Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana completed its 7th Anniversary on 15th August, 2021. It was launched on February 28, 2014.

• As per government data, PMJDY now has 42.89 crore beneficiaries with INR 1,43,834 crore total balance.

• The average balance of PMJDY accounts stands at around INR 3000-3500.

• According to the Global Findex database of the World Bank, 80% of people above 15 years of age in the lower-middle income group have a bank account now compared to 53 per cent in 2014.

• It is implemented by the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.

• Slogan of the Scheme is “Mera Khatha, Bhagya Vidhatha” (My account, fate restorer).

• Guinness World Records has certified that the “Most bank accounts opened in one week as part of the Financial Inclusion Campaign is 1,80,96,130.

India’s 1st & World’s largest Cattle Genomic Chip ‘IndiGau’

• Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences released ‘IndiGau’, India’s first and world’s largest Cattle Genomic Chip for the conservation of pure varieties of indigenous cattle breeds like, Gir, Kankrej, Sahiwal, Ongole etc.

• The chip was developed by the scientists of National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NAIB), Hyderabad.

• It is an autonomous institution under the aegis of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology







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Maharashtra Launched E-crop Survey Initiative

• Maharashtra launched the e-crop survey initiative across the state

• This will be jointly implemented by the department of revenue and agriculture and Tata Trusts.

• The government of Maharashtra has introduced a digitized 7/12 document, an extract from the ‘Land Register’ that the farmers can now access through mobile phones.

‘PROOF’ app to monitor Timely Completion of Projects

• Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launched PROOF ‘Photographic Record of On-site Facility’ app which is designed and developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC), J&K.

• The app will monitor the progress of all works of different departments in order to bring more transparency in the governance system.







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The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights conducted a nationwide assessment of minority schools

• The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights conducted a nationwide assessment of minority schools and released a report titled ‘Impact of Exemption under Article 15 (5) with regards to Article 21A of the Constitution of India on Education of Minority Communities’.

• National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the NCM Act, 1992 has notified Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis), Jains as the Minority Communities of India.

• The report by NCPCR gave an analysis of 23,487 minority schools across India. As per the report, 62.50 percent of students in minority schools belong to non-minority communities.

• Only 8.76 percent of total students in minority schools belong to socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

• The minority schools have only 7.95 percent of the minority children population in the states.

• It recommended to the government to bring all minority schools, including madrasas, under the purview of the RTE and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan campaign.

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights

• Chairperson – Priyank Kanoongo

• Headquarters – New Delhi

Logo and Brand launched for Products of Urban SHGs

• Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched a logo and brand named “SonChiraiya” to promote market products of Urban Self Help Groups

• This would enhance women participation and make them financially empowered.







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National Automobile Scrappage Policy in Investor Summit 2021

• Prime Minister virtually addressed the Investor Summit 2021 in Gujarat and launched the National Automobile Scrappage Policy to discard/Scrap the old inefficient and polluting vehicles in an environment-friendly manner.

• The policy will generate investment of more than Rs 10000 crores to set up 450-500 Automated Testing Units (ATU) and 60-70 Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSF) /scrapping centres across India.

• Under the policy, a certificate will be provided on scrapping the old vehicle and those who are having that certificate will not need to pay money for registration on the purchase of a new vehicle.

• After completion of the limits of 15 years (for government vehicle)/ 20 years (for personal vehicle), the vehicles will undertake scientific automated fitness tests (not only on the basis of age of vehicle) through authorized, automated testing centres.

• The summit was arranged to invite investment for setting up vehicle scrapping infrastructure under the Voluntary Vehicle-Fleet Modernization Program or the Vehicle Scrapping Policy.

• The summit also focuses on the synergies presented by the ship-breaking industry at Alang, Gujarat, Asia’s largest ship recycling and scrapping yard, for the development of an integrated scrapping hub.

• Tata Motors signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat state government through the ports and transport department to support the setting up of a vehicle scrapping facility in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.







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Karkhandar Scheme to uplift traditional handicrafts of J&K

• Jammu & Kashmir has introduced the Karkhandar scheme to support the local artisans and weavers and to promote the traditional handicrafts of J&K.

• The scheme also aims to provide training in the field of handicrafts sector.

• Under this scheme, the meritorious trainees will be given an honorarium of Rs 2000 per month and the trainer will get Rs 2000 per month for each trainee in addition to Rs 25000 for logistics,

raw materials and others.

Odisha to become 1st Indian state to Provide Smart Health Cards

• Odisha is all set to launch India’s first ‘Smart Health Cards scheme’ under the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana.

• The beneficiaries of National and State Food Security Schemes, Annapurna and Antyodaya schemes will get this card and henceforth each family can avail treatment cost up to Rs 5 lakh per annum.

• Women members can avail benefits up to Rs 10 lakh annually.







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World’s 2nd Largest Refurbished Gene Bank at New Delhi

• Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare inaugurated the world’s 2nd -largest refurbished state-of-the-art National Gene Bank at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Pusa, New Delhi.

• This will cater the need of biofortified crop varieties. Biofortification is the process by which the nutritional quality of food crops is improved.

Kaziranga becomes India's first national park to be equipped with satellite phones

• Kaziranga National Park of Assam became India’s first National park to be equipped with satellite phones

• The 10 satellite phones were procured by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority at an estimated cost of Rs 16 lakhs.

• BSNL will be the service provider.

‘Fit India Freedom Run 2.0’

• Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur launched the nationwide programme named ‘Fit India Freedom Run 2.0’

• The program will be organised in 75 villages in each of the 744 districts and 30,000 educational institutions across India.







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Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Bhumihin Majdur Nyay Yojana

• Chhattisgarh launched the ‘Rajiv Gandhi

Grameen Bhumihin Majdur Nyay Yojana’ to

provide financial assistance of Rs 6000 for Landless

workers of Chhattisgarh.

• The scheme covers the Mahatma Gandhi

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and

contract workers.

Virendra Kumar Social Justice Minister Launched TAPAS

• Dr. Virendra Kumar, Union Minister for

Social Justice and Empowerment, launched

an online portal TAPAS (Training for

Augmenting Productivity and Services) to

offer access to lectures, study materials

and others, supplementing the physical

classroom

• It was developed by the National Institute

of Social Defence

• The platform offers various courses in the field of social defence







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2nd Phase of SAMVAD in Bengaluru

• The 2nd phase of SAMVAD was launched in

Bengaluru.

• SAMVAD stands for Support, Advocacy &

Mental Health intervention for children in

Vulnerable circumstances and Distress.It is a new

initiative, that is related to the mental health and

giving psychosocial support and care of children in

difficult life situations providing special training in

School based curriculum on childhood trauma,

interventions for children in conflict with the law,

forensics in child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, education and psychological support on

children with special needs, integration of child protection and mental health into the Panchayati Raj

systems.

• The Ministry of Women and Child Development is funding this initiative.

• National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) is the implementing agency.

• Location: Bangalore

• Director: Dr. Pratima Murthy

Tata Power Solar receives Battery Storage Project

• Tata Power Solar has received projects

worth Rs.386 crore to build a 50MWp Solar

Photovoltaic Plant and 50 Mwh Battery

Energy Storage System project in Phyang

village of Leh

• The project will be India’s 1st co-located

large scale BESS solution and 1st large

scale solar project in the UT of Ladakh at a

high altitude of 3600 meters above mean

sea level.

• The project is expected to be completed by March 2023.

Tata Power:







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• CEO & MD – Praveer Sinha

• Headquarters – Mumbai

SC allows Women to appear in NDA exam for the 1st time in 65 years

• The Supreme Court in its interim order has allowed Women candidates to appear in the upcoming National Defense Academy examination. Women will be appearing for the 1st time in the 65 years history of the NDA examination.

• NDA is the joint defense service training institute of the Indian Armed forces where the cadets of the Indian Army, the Indian Navy & the Indian Air force train together.

• It is the 1st tri-service academy in the world.

Delhi-Chandigarh Highway Becomes India’s 1st EV-Friendly Highway

• Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister of Heavy Industries inaugurated the electric vehicle charging station in Karnal, Haryana

• The EV charging station is located at the midpoint of Delhi-Chandigarh Highway

• The charging station has been established by BHEL







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4 New Districts and 18 New Tehsils in Chhattisgarh

• Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced the creation of 4 New Districts and 18 New Tehsil in the state. New districts named as Manendragarh, Mohla Manpur, Shakti and Sarangarh- Bilaigarh. With this formation, there will be a total of 32 districts in the state.

• A new “Minimata Park” will be opened exclusively for women in every district headquarter and municipal corporation of the state. Minimata served as the first woman MP from Chhattisgarh

• ‘Dhanvantari Yojana’ for urban areas of the state . it will provide medicine to the people at concessional rate.

• ‘Dial 112’- emergency helpline services extended across the state.

Hisar Airport Named As Maharaja Agrasen International Airport

• Haryana Govt. announced Hisar Airport would be known as Maharaja Agrasen International airport.

• Hisar Airport became 1st Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)- licensed public aerodrome of the state in the year 2018.







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Aarogya Dhara 2.0

• Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare virtually inaugurated the Aarogya Dhara- to increase the reach of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) programme

• Treatments worth Rs 25000 crore (2 crore treatments) have been provided to patients across 33 States/Union Territories

• Adhikar Patra will be issued to the beneficiaries during the hospital admission for

treatment under PM-JAY.

• Abhinandan Patra is a thank you note which will be issued to the beneficiaries during their discharge.

• Ayushman Mitra is an initiative launched to provide an opportunity to all the citizens to contribute to the Ayushman Bharat by assisting the eligible people to get Ayushman Cards.

Pilot Launch of International Bullion Exchange at GIFT City

• IFSCA launched the pilot run of ‘International Bullion Exchange’.

• The exchange was planned to go live on the Foundation Day of IFSCA i.e. on October 1, 2021.

• IFSCA has approved the IFSCA (Bullion Exchange) Regulations 2020, which will deal with the Bullion Exchange, Clearing Corporation (CC), Depository and Vaults, and other related provisions.

• A holding company named ‘India International Bullion Holding IFSC Ltd.’ (IIBH) was formed to set up and operationalise the International Bullion Exchange in IFSC, GIFT City.

• IBH was formed through a Memorandum of Understanding between the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE), the Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX), India INX International Exchange (INDIA INX) (IFSC) Limited, National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services







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(India) Limited (CDSL).

• CDSL-IFSC, a foreign depository, was appointed as the Bullion Depository for the Exchange to manage the Vault Manager.

• The London Bullion Market is the primary bullion market for global trading.

International Financial Services Centres Authority

• Chairperson – Injeti Srinivas

• Headquarters –Gandhinagar

International News

Pakistan test-fires Nuclear capable Ballistic Missile ‘Ghaznavi’

• Pakistan successfully test-fired the Nuclear capable Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile Ghaznavi (Hatf-III).

• It has a range of upto 290 Km.

International Climate Summit 2021

• Invest India, the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency of the Government of India has joined the ‘International Climate Summit 2021 (ICS 2021)’ as co-organizer.

• ICS 2021 is an initiative by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Environment Committee.

• It is supported by the Government of Norway as the Partner Country.







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IBSA Academic Forum 2021

• The 7th IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) Academic Forum 2021 was held virtually

• It was hosted by the Research and Information System for Developing Countries

• India organized the IBSA Tourism Ministers Meeting 2021 virtually.

India chairs BRICS Working Group on Agriculture 2021

• India virtually chaired the meeting of the BRICS Working Group on Agriculture 2021 on the theme ‘BRICS Partnership for Strengthening Agro Biodiversity for Food and Nutrition Security’.

• India was represented by India’s Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, India’s Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

• 2021 Chair– India

• Theme for India’s Chairship– BRICS @ 15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus







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Joint Action Plan signed between India and East African Community to boost trade activities

• A Joint Action Plan was signed between India and East African Community to boost trade activities and faster clearance of goods of both the parties.

• The EAC is an intergovernmental organization of 6 countries- named as Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda,South Sudan,Tanzania and Uganda

• Chairperson of the Summit – Uhuru Kenyatta( President of Kenya)

• Headquarters – Arusha, Tanzania

GIC Re to Shut Down Dubai Office

• General Insurance Corporation of India is set to shut down its Dubai Office

• The GIC Re has decided to shift its operation to Gujarat International Finance Tec-City

General Insurance Corporation of India

• Chairman and Managing Director– Devesh Srivastava

• Head Office– Mumbai







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Prime Minister of Malaysia Announced his Resignation

• Muhyiddin Yassin Prime Minister of Malaysia submitted his resignation

• He became the shortest ruling leader (18 Months) in the History of Malaysia.

• Capital– Kuala Lumpur

• Currency– Malaysian Ringgit

New President of Zambia

• Hakainde Hichilema was declared as the President-elect of Zambia after defeating the Incumbent President Edgar Lungi

• Capital – Lusaka

• Currency – Zambian kwacha

6th SCO meet of Agriculture Ministers

• Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar addressed the 6th meeting of the Agriculture Ministers of the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

• The meeting was held virtually from Dushanbe

Shanghai Cooperation Organization:







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• Secretary-General – Vladimir Norov

• Headquarters – Beijing, China

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

WHO Forms Expert Group ‘SAGO’

• The World Health Organisation created a

new advisory group “The International

Scientific Advisory Group for Origins of

Novel Pathogens” or ‘SAGO’ to study into

the origin of the COVID-19.

Global Crypto Adoption Index 2021

• According to the 2nd Edition of Global Crypto Adoption Index 2021 released by Chainalysis: Rank has been assigned to 154 countries.

• The index ranks countries based on 3 indicators such as On-chain value received, On-chain retail value received and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) exchange trade volume

• The worldwide Cryptocurrency adoption grew more than 880% from June 2020 to July 2021 with P2P platforms driving cryptocurrency usage in

emerging markets.

Chainalysis:

• Chief Executive Officer – Michael Gronager

• Headquarters – New York

Ranking Country Index Score







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1 Vietnam 1

2 India 0.37

3 Pakistan 0.36

Bloomberg Billionaires Index

• Radhakishan Damani, who owns the retail chain D-Mart under Avenue Supermarts has made it to the top 100 richest people (Ranked 97) in the world with a net worth of 19.3 billion USD.

• Elon Musk topped the list, followed by Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault.

• A total of 6 Indians are featured among the top 100, with Mukesh Ambani(12), Gautam Adani(23), Azim Premji(36), Shiv Nadar(52) and Lakshmi Mittal(71).

EXIM Bank provides loan to Guinea

• The Export and Import Bank of India has signed Soft loan worth USD 210.73 million to the government of Guinea for drinking water projects, hospital building and solar projects in the country.

• USD 170 mn Line of Credit for strengthening the Grand Conakry-Horizon 2040 drinking water supply project in Guinea

• USD 20.51 mn for the construction and upgradation of regional hospitals in Kankan and Nzerekore

• USD 20.22 mn for financing two solar projects in the country which includes supply of electricity for public universities and health facilities.

Guinea:

• President – Alpha Conde

• Capital – Conakry

• Currency – Guinean France







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Cybersecurity Multi-Donor Trust Fund

• World Bank and partners announce a New Global Fund for Cybersecurity named Cybersecurity Multi-Donor Trust Fund

• The fund will support development of global knowledge on cybersecurity solutions for low and middle income countries.

• The launch of the Trust Fund has been made possible with donor contributions from the countries of Estonia, Germany, Japan, and The Netherlands.

• The World Bank has launched the Digital Development Partnership in 2016.

• This partnership makes digital solutions available to developing countries

• Members countries- 189

• President – David Malpass

• Headquarters – Washington







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MoU & Partnerships

Indian Bank signs MoU with Paralympic Committee of India

• Indian Bank signed MoU with the Paralympic Committee of India to become one of the Banking Partners ahead of the Paralympic Games 2020 in Tokyo, Japan.

• Paralympic Games are scheduled to start from August 24, 2021.

Paralympic Committee of India:

• President– Deepa Malik

• Headquarter– New Delhi

Indian Bank:

• Managing Director & CEO– Padmaja Chunduru

• Headquarters– Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Government is set to sell around a 25% stake in National Seeds Corporation Limited

• The Government of India is set to sell around a 25% stake in National Seeds Corporation Limited through an initial public offering

• National Seeds Corporation is a Public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

• Chairman & Managing Director– Vinod Kumar Gaur

• Headquarters– New Delhi







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IATA partnered with UNCTAD

• International Air Transport Association and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development have extended their partnership to facilitate international trade

International Air Transport Association:

• Director General – Willie Walsh

• Headquarters – Montreal, Canada

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development :

• Acting Secretary General – Isabelle Durant

• Headquarters – Geneva

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NHA signs MoU with IIT Delhi

• The National Health Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi to strengthen India’s response to the COVID-19 crisis.

• NHA & IIT Delhi will support Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya.

• NHA will act as a technical collaborator on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)- supported SAMRIDH Healthcare Blended Financing Facility.

• SAMRIDH healthcare is a blended financing facility which will utilize market-based health solutions to improve access to affordable and quality healthcare services for low-income and vulnerable communities, particularly for beneficiaries of AB PM-JAY.

• IIT Delhi is the hosting entity for SAMRIDH







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BEAM Signed MoU with FDRVC

• BSE E-Agricultural Markets Ltd a wholly-owned subsidiary of BSE has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Foundation for Development of Rural Value Chain to strengthen the price discovery mechanism of the commodities traded by the Farmer Producer Organisations

BEAM:

• CEO- Rajesh Kumar Sinha

• Headquarters– Mumbai

Foundation for Development of Rural Value Chain

• CEO- Alok Kumar

• Headquarters– Delhi

IIFL Finance partners with FinBox

• IIFL (India Infoline Limited) Finance has partnered with FinBox to offer digital credit products to its merchants, B2B e-commerce traders by using FinBox’s embedded buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) and working capital credit products.

• IIFL and FinBox will disburse Rs 1,000 crore loans over the next 2 quarters, through a completely digital model.

IIFL Finance:

• Chairman– Nirmal Jain

• Headquarter– Mumbai

FinBox:







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• Chief executive officer (CEO)– Rajat Deshpande

CCI Approved the Acquisition of stake in Grofers India & HoT by Zomato

• The Competition Commission of India has approved the acquisition of a 9.3% stake in each of Grofers India Private Limited and Hands-on Trades Private Limited by Zomato Limited.

• CCI has also approved the acquisition of ANI Technologies Private Limited by Plum Wood Investment Limited, MacRitchie Investments Pte. Limited and Fort Canning Investments Pte. Limited

Arunachal Pradesh signed MoA with NEEPCO

• Arunachal Pradesh signed a Memorandum of Agreement with North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd. for two hydropower projects viz. 90MW (Mega Watt) New Melling project in Tawang district and 120MW Nafra project in West Kameng district.







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KVGB Partnered with Karnataka Govt

• The Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank made a partnership with the Karnataka government and launched the ‘Farmer Registration and Unified Beneficiary Information System’ (FRUITS) portal to store the farmers’ land details.

Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank:

• Chairman – P Gopi Krishna

• Headquarters – Dharwad, Karnataka

PayNearby ties up with RBL Bank

• PayNearby collaborated with Visa and RBL Bank to launch SoftPoS and mPoS

• PayNearby becomes the first company to launch an all-inclusive digital package for retailers.

PayNearby:

• Chief Executive Officer– Anand Kumar Bajaj








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Kotak Mahindra Bank tie-up with Creditas Solutions

• Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited in partnership

with Creditas Solutions launched a secure Digital

Repayment ‘Neo Collections’ Platform for missed

loan repayments named ‘Do It Yourself (DIY)’.

Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited:

• MD & CEO – Uday Kotak

• Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra

IIT Madras Collaborated with MoRTH

• The Indian Institute of Technology Madras

has collaborated with the Ministry of Road

Transport and Highways for research in

areas of pavement engineering and

intelligent transportation systems.

• The institution will train 8-10 students

including MoRTH’s nominated officers in

the field of highway engineering.

• The chair professor will provide advisory

guidance to the Highway Research Board of Indian Road Congress for better monitoring of R&D and will

act as an ambassador of highway development in India







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BDL & MBDA signs agreement to manufacture ASRAAM missiles

• Bharat Dynamics Limited and MBDA, Europe

based Missiles Manufacturer signed an agreement

to establish a facility for the Final Assembly,

Integration and Test of Advanced Short Range Air

to Air Missiles (ASRAAM) in Bhanur, Telangana.

• ASRAAM travels at a speed of Mach 3 upto a

range of more than 25 Kms.

HAL signs contract with GE Aviation

• Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd placed an order

in GE Aviation for purchasing 99 F404-GE-

IN20 engines worth Rs 5,375 crore to

power the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft

• In January 2021, the Cabinet Committee on

Security had approved the procurement of

83 LCA Tejas – 73 LCA Tejas Mk-1A Fighter

Aircrafts & 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 Trainer

Aircrafts at a cost of INR 45, 696 crores.

• Later contract for manufacturing of 83 LCA Tejas was handed over to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

(HAL) by IAF in February 2021

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd:

• Chairman and Managing Director – R Madhavan

• Headquarters – Bangalore







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Universal Service Obligation Fund signed pact with BSNL

• Universal Service Obligation Fund signed an agreement with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited for hiring of 10 Gbps International Bandwidth for Internet Connectivity to Agartala from Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited Bangladesh via Cox Bazar/Kuakata.

• This will provide high quality and high speed internet in the North Eastern Region

• USOF will provide financial support to BSNL for a period of 3 years for hiring the International

Bandwidth

Ministry of Tourism Signs MOUs with MakeMyTrip and Ibibo

• The Ministry of Tourism has signed Memorandum of Understanding with MakeMyTrip India Private Limited and Ibibo Group Private Limited to strengthen the Hospitality and Tourism Industry of india.

• Prior to this, the Ministry of Tourism has signed an MoU with Easemytrip, Clear Trip and Yatra.com to promote the tourism industry all over India.







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ADB India Sign $500 Million Loan Agreement to Expand Metro Rail Network in Bengaluru

• The Asian Development Bank will provide USD 500 million loans to Government of India to expand the metro rail network in Bengaluru

• Additional $2 million technical assistance is being provided by the ADB to help state government formulate Urban Development Projects

Asian Development Bank:

• President: Masatsugu Asakawa

• Headquarters: Manila, Philippines

• Member: 68 countries

Banking & Finance

CoinDCX becomes India’s first Crypto Unicorn

• CoinDCX has become the first Indian cryptocurrency exchange to grab the title of ‘unicorn’ with valuation to $1.1 billion (Rs 8,150 crore).

• Unicorns are startups with a valuation of $1 billion or more.

• India has 22 startups that became Unicorns in 2021 tally taking the total to 63







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EXIM Bank- LoC of USD 100 Million to Mauritius

• The Export and Import bank of India will provide Line of Credit of USD 100 Million to the Government of Mauritius for procurement of Defense items.

• EXIM bank till date has extended 6 LoCs to the Mauritius Government of total value USD 764.80 mn

Export-Import Bank of India

• Managing Director– David Rasquinha


Mauritius:

• Prime Minister – Pravind Jugnauth

• Capital – Port Louis

• Currency – Mauritian Rupee

KreditBee Launched Virtual Prepaid Card ‘KreditBee Card’

• KreditBee, the digital lending platform, in partnership with RuPay and RBL Bank launched a virtual prepaid card named ‘KreditBee Card’ in RuPay platform.

• Under the card, the customers could avail credit limit of up to Rs 10,000, which has to be repaid in a single billing cycle within 45 days.

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• Co-Founder and CEO – Madhusudan Ekambaram

• Headquarters – Bangalore

RuPay Launched Campaign #FollowPaymentDistancing

• National Payments Corporation of India launched a strategic campaign named #FollowPaymentDistancing by RuPay to promote and encourage contactless payments among customers in unpredictable times like COVID-19.

• RuPay Contactless card will enable the customers to pay up to Rs 5,000 with the ‘Tap and Pay’ option at the merchant location without entering the pin.

National Payments Corporation of India:

• MD & CEO -Dilip Asbe

• Headquarters – Mumbai

AU Bank unveils mega Brand Campaign

• AU Small Finance Bank unveiled its first integrated marketing communication Campaign, titled ‘BADLAAV Humse Hai’

• It also launched digital banking platform AU 0101, a full-suite of banking services for its customers including face-to-face interaction with a banker over a video call.

• Bollywood actors Aamir Khan and Kiara Advani are brand ambassadors.

• AU will release a series of ad films on products and practices such as monthly interest, anywhere banking, Video banking, and new age Credit Cards.

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• MD & CEO– Sanjay Agarwal

• Headquarter– Jaipur

SEBI sets up panel to bring in T+1 settlement

• The Securities and Exchange Board of India has set up a panel of experts to analyse the process of shifting India’s trade settlement cycle from the current T+2 to T+1

Securities and Exchange Board of India:

• Chairman – Ajay Tyagi


Guidelines for Locker in Banks

• The Reserve Bank of India has issued revised guidelines for both new and existing Safe Deposit Locker and Safe Custody Article Facility with the banks.

• At present, banks do not have any liability towards lockers. The guidelines would come into effect from January 1, 2022.

• The banks are directed to incorporate a clause in the ‘locker agreement’ for prohibiting the hirer from keeping anything illegal or hazardous in

lockers.

• Banks should renew their locker agreements with existing locker customers by January 1, 2023.

• The banks are instructed to compensate the customers in case of incidents such as fire, theft, burglary, dacoity, robbery, building collapse or fraud committed by the bank’s employees.

• The compensation has to be an amount equivalent to 100 times the existing annual rent of the safe deposit locker.

• RBI allows banks to obtain a Term Deposit at the time of allotment only in case of a hirer neither operates the locker nor pays the rent.







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• It will cover 3 years’ rent along with the charges for breaking open the locker (in case of not being paid for 3 years).

• The bank should not insist on the TD from the existing locker holders or those who have a satisfactory operative account.

• Banks are provided with the discretion to break open any locker if the rent has not been paid by the customer continuously for 3 years.

• The Banks need to send an email and an SMS alert to the registered email ID and mobile number of the customer before the end of the day to confirm the date and time of the locker operation.

• If the locker remains inoperative for 7 years and the hirer cannot be located the bank could transfer the content to the customer’s nominees/legal heir or dispose of the articles in a transparent manner.

• The above guidelines were issued by RBI under the powers conferred by Section 35A and Sections 45ZC to 45ZF of the Banking Regulation (BR) Act, 1949, read with Section 56 of the BR Act.

Ind-Ra cuts GDP forecast for India

• India Ratings and Research downgraded Gross Domestic Product for India to 9.4% for FY22 from 9.6% estimated earlier

• As per the forecast, if the entire adult population gets vaccinated by December 31, 2021 then GDP is estimated 9.6% in FY22 otherwise it may slip to 9.1%.

India Ratings and Research

• Chairman, Managing Director & CEO– Rohit Karan Sawhney








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TM Bhasin - Chairman of Advisory Board for Banking and Financial Frauds

• The Central Vigilance Commission re-appointed Dr. Tejendra Mohan Bhasin as the chairman of the Advisory Board for Banking and Financial Frauds for a further period of 2 years.

• The CVC, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India constituted the ABBFF comprising of four members for an initial term of two years for framing the standard operating procedure for general managers and above accountable in the fraud cases of Rs 50 crore and more

• Now its scope has been expanded to examine the staff accountability for all levels of the officials or whole-time directors in PSBs, in the fraud cases of Rs 50 crore and above.

• Madhusudan Prasad, former secretary of Ministry of Urban Development*

• Devendra Kumar Pathak, former director-general of BSF (Border Security Force)

• David Rasquinha, former managing director of EXIM Bank (Export-Import Bank of India).

Appointments & Resignations

Additional Charge As Governor of Mizoram & Manipur

• Brigadier B. D. Mishra (Retd), governor of Arunachal Pradesh has been given additional charges as the Governor of Mizoram.

• Ganga Prasad, Governor of Sikkim has also been given additional changes as the Governor of Manipur.







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Royal Enfield CEO Vinod Dasari Resigns

• Vinod K. Dasari, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Enfield has resigned from his post. He will also step down from the post of Whole Time Director of Eicher Motors Limited.

• B Govindarajan, the Chief Operating Officer of Royal Enfield has been appointed as the Executive Director of Royal Enfield for a period of 5 years

Eicher Motors Ltd:

• Managing Director– Siddhartha Lal

• Headquarters– New Delhi

Amway India Appointed Olympian Mirabai Chanu as Brand Ambassador for Nutrilite

• Amway India Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. has appointed Olympian Saikhom Mirabai Chanu as the Brand Ambassador for Amway’s Nutrilite range of products.

• She won the silver medal in the Weightlifting event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games.







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Nitin Chugh MD & CEO of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Resigned

• Nitin Chugh, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has submitted his resignation.

• He has been serving as the MD and CEO of the Ujjivan Small Finance Bank since December 2019.

• Headquarters– Bengaluru, Karnataka

Shanti Lal Jain - MD and CEO of Indian Bank

• The Appointment Committee of Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shanti Lal Jain as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Indian Bank for a period of 3 years

• He will replace Padmaja Chunduru

• He is currently serving as the Executive Director of the Bank of Baroda

• Headquarters– Chennai, Tamil Nadu







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Neuberg Diagnostics & Kauvery Hospitals Appointed MS Dhoni as their Brand Ambassador

• Neuberg Diagnostics and Kauvery Group of Hospitals has appointed Indian Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni as its brand ambassador.

Neuberg Diagnostics-

• Chairman and Managing Director: GSK Velu

Kauvery Group of Hospitals:

• Managing Director: Dr.Manivannan Selvaraj

Amrullah Saleh declares himself as caretaker President of Afghanistan

• Afghanistan’s 1st Vice President Amrullah Saleh declared himself as ‘the caretaker President of Afghanistan’ after President Ashraf Ghani fled the Taliban captured country.

• Capital – Kabul

• Currency – Afghani







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Ismail Sabri Yaakob - Prime Minister of Malaysia

• The Supreme Head of Malaysia has appointed former Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob as the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

• He replaced the caretaker Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin

• Ismail Sabri Yaakob served as the 13th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from July 2021 to August

• Capital– Kuala Lumpur

• Currency– Malaysian Ringgit

Defence

Naval Exercise ‘SEACAT 2021’

• The Indian Navy participated in the United States Navy led Exercise South East Asia Cooperation and Training 2021, an annual Multilateral Naval Exercise held in Singapore virtually.

• Navies of 21 countries participated in the exercise. They include Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, East Timor, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam,

• United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), EU Critical Maritime Route Wider Indian Ocean (CRIMARIO), and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) also participated in the exercise.







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India and UK Navies conduct ‘Exercise Konkan 2021’

• ‘Exercise Konkan- 2021’, a bilateral Naval Exercise held between the Indian Navy and the Royal Navy of Britain in Portsmouth, United Kingdom

• INS Tabar undertook the exercise

• Exercise Indradhanush: Between Indian AirForce and Royal Air Force, UK.

• Exercise Ajeya Warrior: Military exercise held between India and UK

‘Exercise INDRA-2021’- Between India and Russia

• The 12th Edition of Exercise INDRA-2021 Military Exercise held between Indian Army and the military forces of Russian Federation in Volgograd, Russia







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Indian Navy and Royal Bahrain Naval Force participated in a bilateral Maritime Partnership Exercise

• Indian Navy and Royal Bahrain Naval Force

participated in a bilateral Maritime Partnership

Exercise at Manama, Bahrain

• INS Kochi participated in the exercise.

• Crown Prince & Prime Minister – Prince

Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa

• Capital – Manama

• Currency – Bahraini Dinar (BHD)

India & Vietnam Undertook Bilateral Maritime Exercise

• India and Vietnam had conducted a Bilateral maritime exercise in the South China Sea as a part of maritime cooperation between the two countries.

• India was represented by INS Ranvijay and INS Kora







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Sports

130th Edition of Durand Cup will be held in Kolkata

• The 130th Edition of Durand Cup will be held in Kolkata

• Gokulam Kerala FC won the cup in 2019

• Durand cup is the World’s 3 Oldest & Asia’s Oldest Football tournament. It is hosted by Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS), which is led by India’s Armed Service Chiefs .

• The tournament is named after its Founder, Sir Mortimer Durand, who served as the then Foreign Secretary of British India

• Kolkata based clubs East Bengal and ATK Mohun Bagan have won Durand Cup 16 times each.

Former Indian Cricketer Unmukt Chand retires from Indian Cricket

• Former Indian Cricketer Unmukt Chand announced his retirement from Indian Cricket.

• He was the captain of the Indian Under-19 team which won the World Cup in 2012 held at Australia.

• Chand has written his memories of the Under19 Cricket World Cup into a book titled, ‘The Sky is the Limit’(2013).







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Harshit Raja becomes India’s 69th Chess GrandMaster

• Harshit Raja from Pune, Maharashtra became the 69th Chess GrandMaster of India after drawing his game against Dennis Wagner at the Biel Masters Open

• In April 2021, 18-years old Arjun Kalyan from Tamilnadu became India’s 68th Chess GrandMaster(GM).

• Vishwanathan Anand is India’s 1st GM, he achieved it in 1988.

• Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi is India’s 1st Woman Grandmaster, while Gukesh D is India’s Youngest GM.

World Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw Ranking 2021

• Indian Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra was ranked 2nd (up from 16) in the recently released World Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw Ranking 2021.

• Germany’s Johannes Vetter continued to be Number 1 in the Men’s Javelin Throw Ranking.

• The World rankings for Athletics are issued by the Sports governing body ‘World Athletics’.

World Athletics:

• President – Sebastian Coe

• Headquarters – Monaco







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Spilimbergo Open Chess Tournament 2021

• Indian Chess Grandmaster Raunak Sadhwani won the 19th Spilimbergo 2021 Open Master

• The tournament was held in Spilimbergo, Italy from 11th August to 15th August 2021

RTU Open Chess Tournament 2021

• Germany’s Alexander Donchenko won the Riga Technical University open Chess Tournament 2021 while Indian Grand Master S.L.Narayanan came 2nd in the tournament. The tournament was held in Riga (Latvia)







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Books & Authors

Book “Art Cinema And India’s Forgotten Futures”

• Film historian Rochona Majumdar’s authored new book titled “Art Cinema And India’s Forgotten Futures: Film And History in the Postcolony”

• Other books by Rochona Majumdar include, “Marriage and Modernity: Family Values in Colonial Bengal” and “Writing Postcolonial History”(2010).

A New Novel - “The Earthspinner”

• Indian novelist Anuradha Roy has authored a new novel titled “The Earthspinner”

• Her first book was “An Atlas of Impossible Longing”.

• She has won the Economist Crossword Prize 2011 for “The Folded Earth”.

• Her novel “All the Lives We Never Lived” was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award







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Book “Ramrao: The Story of India’s Farm Crisis”

• Jaideep Hardikar has authored a new book titled “Ramrao: The Story of India’s Farm Crisis” which offers insights into the crisis faced by farmers.

• The book features the biography of Ramrao Panchleniwar, a cotton farmer from Vidarbha, Maharashtra.

• Jaideep Hardikar authored the book titled “A Village Awaits Doomsday”

New Book “The Great Hindu Civilisation”

• Pavan Kumar Varma has authored a new book titled “The Great Hindu Civilisation: Achievement, Neglect, Bias and the Way Forward”.

• The book answers the question about the Hindu civilization through the history of the Hindu world, in the context of changing empires, leadership through colonisation and conquest, leading up to the current difficulties presented by the proponents of Hindutva.

• Pavan K Varma, former Indian Foreign Service(IFS) has served as a Member of Rajya Sabha MP(Bihar) from 2014 to 2016.

• He has authored several books, including Ghalib: The Man, The Times; Mansions at Dusk: The Havelis of Old Delhi; Krishna: The Playful Divine: A Playful Divine; Chanakya’s New Manifesto: To Resolve the Crisis within India.







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New Book- “Discordant Notes: The Voice of Dissent in the Last Court of Resort”

• The book “Discordant Notes: The Voice of Dissent in the Last Court of Resort” by retired Supreme Court Judge Rohinton Fali Nariman was launched.

Book “The Dream of Revolution: A Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan”

• A book titled “The Dream of Revolution: A

Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan” will be

launched.

• The book is written by the historian Bimal

Prasad and author Sujata Prasad.

• Jayaprakash Narayan posthumously received

the Bharat Ratna (1999)

Book “Operation Trojan Horse: A Novel Inspired by True Events”

• “Operation Trojan Horse: A Novel Inspired

by True Events” authored by Abhishek

Sharan and Divya Prakash Sinha is a novel

inspired by various true events like the

26/11 Mumbai attacks and India’s fight

against terrorism.

• The book features the true stories of the

men who risked their lives and infiltrated







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the Lashkar-e-Taiba in the enemy country to protect India.

• Book “Mission Domination: An Unfinished Quest”

• Sports historian Boria Majumdar and Sports journalist Kushan Sarkar have co-authored a new book titled “Mission Domination: An Unfinished Quest”.

• The book features life events of several Indian cricketers such as Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant.

• He is also the co-author of “Playing it My Way”, Sachin Tendulkar’s autobiography.

Obituary

Gujjar Leader Mian Bashir Ahmed Passed Away

• Veteran Gujjar Leader Mian Bashir Ahmed passed away

• Mian Bashir Ahmed has served as the minister in the cabinet under Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah

• In 2008 he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan for his service to the Gujjar Bakarwal Community







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Maki Kaji - Godfather of Sudoku passes away

• Maki Kaji known as the Godfather of Sudoku

passed away in Tokyo

• Kaji was the Co-founder of Nikoli Limited, a

Japanese based puzzle magazine launched in

1980.

• Game called Number place was later renamed

as ‘Sudoku’ – a Japanese word meaning Single

Numbers.

German footballer Gerd Mueller Passed Away

• German Footballer Gerd Mueller, nicknamed “Bomber der Nation”, has passed away.

• He scored 68 goals in 62 International matches and has won the World Cup in 1974.







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Athlete Coach O. M Nambiar Passed Away

• Athletics coach Othayothu Madhavan Nambiar, who was also the coach of PT Usha, passed away

• He was one of the first Dronacharya Award Winners and Padma Shri awardee of the year 2021

• He also served in the Indian Air Force for 15 years then later retired in 1970

• He coached PT Usha, who is the first Indian sportswoman to enter the Olympics final. She won 4 gold medals in 1986 Asian Games.

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