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1. BIHAR SPECIAL 1-5

2. NATIONAL 6-12

3. INTERNATIONAL 13-18

4. STATE SPECIAL 19-22

5. ECONOMY 23-25

6. SECURITY 26

7. SCIENCE & TECH 27-29

8. SPORTS 30-31

9. ENVIRONMENT 32-33

10. MISCELLANEOUS 34-38

11. ONE LINER 39-43

12. OBJECTIVE QUESTION 44-48

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@ Darbhanga Floating Power Station – Bihar's rst over 1 MW (1.6 MW) oating solar power plant.

@ The most intriguing thing about the project is that the pond will cater to two needs at one time. While sh farming wil l continue under the water, electricity will be generated from the solar panels placed over the water.

@ Floating Solar Power Plants – An alternative to land based solar plants, where photovoltaic panels are deployed on the surface of water bodies.

5. Amendment in Bal Hriday Yojana@ Amendment – T ransport allowance

given to the attendant accompanying the child for treatment has been increased from Rs. 5000 to Rs. 10000.

ü Two parents are a l lowed to accompany children below ६ years of age.

@ Bal Hriday Yojana – launched under Saat Nischay-2

@ Provision – Provision of free treatment from the government to the child born with a hole in the heart or ventricular septal defect.

@ Commencement of Scheme - April, 2021

6. Vaccination campaign song launch@ Song name – Kar dikhayega Bihar,

Corona ka tika lagwayega Bihar@ Song Launching – By Chief Minister

Nitish Kumar@ Corona Testing Target – 1.5 Lakh Per

Day (Receipt – 1.4 Lakh Per Day)

1. Approval of proposed highway under Buddhist circuit

@ Proposed highway under Buddhist circuit – Patna to Sonpur and Lalganj to Vaishali on the eastern bank of the Gandak River and Kesaria to Nepal border.

@ Construction of Buddhist Circuit – Under Bharatmala Project

2. Launch of the book "Meri Yaadein"@ Inaugurated – by Governor Fagu

Chauhan@ Author - Dr. Vinay Karak@ C o m p o s i t i o n C a t e g o r y -

Autobiography of Dr. Vinay Karak3. Bihar 8th state to achieve 1.5 crore

vaccination@ Why in News - Bihar has crossed the

1.5 crore mark by vaccinating 2.13 lakh people in 24 hours on June 24.

@ Achievement - With this, Bihar became the 8th state in the country to complete 1.5 crore vaccination.

@ Vaccination in the total population of Bihar – 12.75 percent

@ 1.5 crore vaccinated states – Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

4. Floating power plant in Bihar@ Construction of oating power plant

– in Supaul and Darbhanga@ Generating Capacity – Approx 2 MW@ Initiative – Construction of oating

power plant under Jal Jeevan Hariyali Abhiyan

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7. Government of Bihar to chart low carbon development pathway with UNEP support

@ Why in News - Strategy to drive Bihar on a new path to reduce carbon emissions.

@ Specialty - With this, Bihar will become the rst state in the country with such pathway.

@ New Pathway Project – Joint Project of United Nations Environment Project and Bihar State Pollution Control Council.

@ Project completion period – till 2040.

@ Strategy – Under the project, measures will be taken to reduce carbon emissions as well as to absorb them.

@ Carbon Pathway: An area where there is a balance between emission and absorption of carbon.

8. Sculpture of Pala Era found in Nawada

@ Why in News – A black stone male gure found in Kaukol block of Nawada.

@ Period – belonging to the Pala period from १२th to १३th century

@ Sculpture – According to one estimate, the idol of the Buddhist deity Jambhal.

@ Shape – One and a half feet statue, weighing २० kg made of black stone.

@ Characteristic – The name of the deity is written on the lower part of the idol.

9. Patna among 10 cities among vaccination drive

@ Patna - Patna is among the top 10 cities in the vaccination campaign launched by the Ministry of Health.

@ Patna Rank – 10thü The only city in Bihar to achieve this

feat.@ Cities included in top 10 – Mumbai,

Pune, Thane, Nagpur, Kolkata, 24 North Parganas, Indore etc.

10. Mukhya Mantri Yuva Udyaymi Yojna and Mukhya Mantri Mahila Udyaymi Yojna launched.

@ Initiated by – Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

@ Start date – June 18, 2021@ Purpose - To promote unemployed

youth in Bihar for self-employment and startup.

@ Earlier, 'the Mukhya Mantri Udyami Yojna' was started in 2018 and limited to the members of SC, ST and the extremely backward classes (EBCs).

@ From now on, youth and women-irrespective of caste and creed, wishing to start entrepreneurship, will get a loan of Rs 10 lakh, in which Rs 5 lakh would be a grant from the state government and the rest Rs 5 lakh will come as loan, refundable in 84 instalments.

11. Dr. N Vijayalakshmi@ Appointment – Appointed to the post

of Principal Secretary of Animal and Fisheries Resource Department.

@ Introduction - IAS ofcer and native of Andhra Pradesh.

12. Nal Jal Yojna maintenance plan@ Why in the news - In the meeting of the

B i h a r c a b i n e t , t h e l o n g - t e r m maintainer of the Nal Jal Yojna was announced.

@ Ward Member - Maintainer of Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal Yojana.

@ Another escort in place of ward member - Ward Secretary

@ Honorarium - Two thousand rupees per month.

@ Announcement of maintainer - under long term maintenance policy.

13. Bihar in Top 20 Aspirational District Ranking

@ Top 20 Aspirational District Ranking Institutions – NITI Aayog and United Nations Development Program (UNDP)


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@ Bihar in top 20 ranking - three districts included

@ Three districts – Muzaffarpur (13th), Araria (15th) and Aurangabad (16th)

@ Top position – Ranchi (Jharkhand)@ 2nd place – Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)@ Starting of Aspirational District

Program – January, 201814. Intermediate Public Transport Stand

@ Why in News – Intermediate public transport stands constructed by Patna Smart City Limited at 10 places in the city.

@ Purpose – To improve urban trafc and prevent accidents

@ Construction Period – Till August, 2021

15. Mohammad Khalid@ Why in News - Mohammad Khalid, a

resident of Bihar, was imprisoned for three years and ned Rs.10 lakh for violating Corona guidelines.

@ Sentencing country - Bahrain16. Ashirvad Yatra

@ Introduction – The journey to be taken out by Chirag Paswan on the birth anniversary of his father Ram Vilas Paswan.

@ Starting Date – July 5, 2021@ Starting point of the journey –

Hajipur, Bihar@ Ram Vilas Paswan – Former Union

Minister, who was awarded the Padma Bhushan (third highest honour) in January, २०२१.

17. Identication and vaccination of persons “without having an identity card”

@ Why in the News – The Bihar g o v e r n m e n t h a n d e d o v e r t h e responsibility of identication and vaccination of persons “without having identity cards” to the task force of the districts.

@ Requirement - For the fulllment of vaccination campaign starting from July १st in the state.

@ Target of vaccination campaign – Vaccination of 1 crore people in a month.

18. Six crore vaccinations in six months campaign launched

@ Mission launched - by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

@ Starting date – 21st June, 2021 (International Yoga Day)

@ Necessity - ght against corona virus infection, make the campaign historic with vaccine

@ Ob jec t i ve - T o do १०० pe r c en t vaccination to overcome the corona pandemic.

19. Bihar Sadan inaugurated@ Inauguration – Virtually inaugurated

by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar@ Opening Venue – New Delhi@ Foundation Stone - on 2nd May, 2018@ Bihar Sadan building – 10 storeys@ Cost - Approx Rs. 78 crore (Area -

Approx 2 acres)@ Purpose - For the convenience of the

residents going from Bihar to Delhi for various government, non-government and medical related works.

20. W o m e n e m p o w e r m e n t i n government posts

@ Why in news - Provision of reservation in government posts by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

@ Reservation – 35 percent@ Government posts – SDO, Block

Development Ofcer, Circle Ofcer etc.@ Objective – Maximum participation

and empowerment of women in the state administration.


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21. Use of y ash in construction of government buildings

@ Why in News - Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's instructions to use y ash in the construction of government buildings.

@ Specialty – Land and Environment Friendly

@ Fly Ash Bricks – Bricks prepared by mixing coal ash, ne sand, cement and water.

@ Fly ash – a ne powder obtained from the combustion of coal in thermal power plants.

22. Compensation for damage to crops due to Cyclone Yaas

@ Name of the storm - Yaas@ Provision – Compensation to farmers

of 141 blocks of 16 districts by the state government.

@ Compensation amount – around Rs 100 crore

@ Crop wastage estimated – Crop wasted on about ७३,०८५.७७ hectares of land

@ The amount of compensation as per t h e p r o v i s i o n o f d i s a s t e r management:ü Compensation received by farmers

for the loss of crop of unirrigated eld – Rs. 6,800 per hectare

ü Compensation received by farmers for the loss of crop of irrigated eld – Rs 13,500 per hectare

ü Compensation received by farmers for annual crop loss – Rs. 18,000 per hectare

23. e-Sanjeevani Course@ Course Initiating Institute – Indian

Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Patna

@ Purpose – To prepare to keep yourself and others safe before, during and after the third wave of corona infection.

@ Mandatory Marks for Certication – 80%

@ Course – Four hours online course24. Pashupati Paras

@ Appointment - Newly elected President of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP)

@ Support - got the support of ve MPs of the party

@ Political Introduction - Five-time MLA from Alauliü Served as the Minister of Animal

and Fish Resources Department in the Government of Bihar.

ü Won 2019 parliamentary election from Hajipur.

25. Sports University@ Why in the News – Chief Minister

Nitish Kumar announced to reserve one-third seats for girls in enrollment in sports University.

@ Purpose – To attract and encourage girl students towards sports.

@ Sports University – Bill proposed in Bihar Sadan for establishment.

@ Construction of International level cricket stadium – Rajgir

@ Construction of Sports Academy – Rajgir

26. Setting up of Monitoring Lab@ Founder – Bihar Police@ Purpose – Monitoring Internet Media@ Surveillance – Under the supervision

of Anti-Terrorist Squad@ Benet – With the help of internet

med ia l ike Facebook , Twi t t e r , Whatsapp, YouTube, the ongoing terrorist activities will be monitored.

27. Nalanda Open University@ Why in News – State government

announced to shift Nalanda Open University from Patna Biscoman Bhawan to Nalanda.

@ Year of transfer – in 2022


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@ Relocated site – Near ruins of World Her i t age Na landa Mahav ihara (University).

28. Mobile clinic for ood prevention@ Why in the News - In view of the

possibility of oods in the state, the health department has started mobile clinics on boats.

@ Objective - To provide timely treatment fac i l i t i es to the ood a f f ec ted population.

29. Chirag Paswan@ Why in News - In the meeting of the

National Executive of LJP, Chirag Paswan was unanimously declared free from the post of National President.

@ New National President - Suraj Bhan Singh

@ Pashupati Kumar Paras - Support of all ve LJP MPs

30. Jardalu Mango@ Why in News - Recently 1000 kg of

Jardalu mango was exported from Bhagalpur to London.

@ Exporter – Invest India and APEDA.@ Main area of production of J ardalu

Mango – Bhagalpur@ Another Bihari fruit exported to

London – Shahi Litchi31. Prakash Punj

@ What is Prakash Punj – Tourism Department of Bihar has planned to make Guru Sthal located in Patna City as a tourist center in the name of Prakash Punj.

@ Establishment of Prakash Punj – Patna City (Patna)

@ Specialty - Illustration of episodes related to the life characters of all ten Gurus of Sikhs for tourists and devotees through audio-video visuals, paintings, graphics etc.

@ Illustration of information related to the ve famous Takht Gurdwaras of Sikhism.

32. M o U s i g n e d f o r D a g m a r a Hydroelectric Project on the river Kosi in Supaul District.

@ Signatory Organizations – Bihar State Hydro Electric Power Corporation and NHPC Limited (Central Government Establishment)

@ Hydropower Generation Capacity – 130.1MW

@ Investment amount – Rs. 2500 crore@ Project Benet – Benets to tourism,

agriculture and sheries along with adequate power supply.

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3. Dig i ta l Sk i l l Champions Program launched

@ Launching Institute - National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and WhatsApp

@ Launching date - June 24, 2021@ Objective - To provide training on

digital skills to make Indian youth job-oriented.

@ Specialty - Training will be given to the school and University students to consume digital and online skills.

4. Toycathon 2021@ Why in News - Prime Minister

NarendraModi interacts with the participants of Toycathon-2021.

@ Special - PM Modi stresses on importance of toys and games industry on Indian economy.

@ Toyeconomy - synonymous with the toy and games industry.

@ Global toy market size - around $100 billion

@ India's contribution to the global toy market - only $1.5 billion

5. Center for Research on Start-Ups and Risk F inancing (CREST) l aunched

@ Launching - by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras

@ Purpose - To provide leadership in innovation, entrepreneurship and risk capital.

@ Benet - Helpful in creating a data repository on Indian start-ups and enterprises.

1. Extension of duration of FAME Phase II scheme

@ Extension in term - 2 years (up to March 31, 2024)

@ Requirement - Extended duration of FAME Phase I I scheme due to ineffectiveness in increasing the share of electric vehicles in the Indian market.

@ Demand Incentive for Electric Two-Wheelers (e2W) – Increased from Rs.10,000/KWh to Rs.15,000/KWh

@ FAME Scheme - a part of the National Electric Mobility Mission Scheme

@ Monitoring Authority: Department of Heavy Industries, the Ministry of H e a v y I n d u s t r i e s a n d P u b l i c Enterprises.

@ Objective - To encourage electric vehicles by providing subsidy

@ Scheme Launched - In 2015

2. E-ling portal 'itat e-dwar' launched

@ Launching - by Union Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

@ Launch date - June 25, 2021@ itat e-dwar - an e-ling portal of the

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT)@ M e a n i n g o f D i g i t a l I n d i a -

Empowering the masses with the power of technology.

@ Benets from the Portal - The e-ling portal will improve the functioning, accountability and transparency of ITAT.

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6. Approval for merger of CRWC and CWC

@ Approving body - Union Cabinet@ Purpose of Merger - To integrate

similar functions of both CRWC and CWC companies.

@ CRWC - Central Railside Warehouse Company (Mini - Ratna Public Sector Enterprise)

@ C W C - C e n t r a l W a r e h o u s i n g Corporation

@ Signicance - Management expenses of Railside Warehouse Complexes (RWCs) will come down due to savings in corporate ofce rent, employee salaries and other administrative costs.

7. Green Tariff Policy@ Introduction - Policy Related to Green

Energy@ Objective - To strengthen India's green

energy potential@ Benets - This will help the power

distribution companies to supply electricity generated from clean energy projects at a cheaper rate than electricity from conventional fuel sources like coal.ü In the green energy sector, the green

tariff would be the weighted average tariff that would be payable to the consumer.

8. P r o p o s a l t o a m e n d t h e Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020

@ Objective - To tighten the rules for e-commerce marketplaces like Amazon and Flipkart.

@ Complaints from small businesses - Allegations of e-commerce companies misusing market dominance in the marketplace and online retailers offering huge discounts.

@ Amendment Provisions:

ü Limiting 'ash sales' of goods and services

ü No ban on traditional e-commerce ash sales

ü Make it mandatory for e-commerce rms like Amazon and Flipkart to s e t u p a d e q u a t e r e d r e s s a l mechanisms and appoint a chief compliance ofcer.

9. New yellow watermelon Variety to India by Bayers

@ Watermelon Developing Institute - German agrochemicals company Bayer

@ Watermelon Name - Yellow Gold 48@ Brand - Seminis@ Growth - developed from germplasm@ Presentat ion - P ro f ess i ona l l y

presented in India@ Characteristics – Helps in increased

yield potential, better disease and pest tolerance and higher returns.

10. mYoga app launch@ Launching - by Prime Minister

NarendraModi@ Launching date – June 21, 2021 (on

the occasion of International Yoga Day)@ Quote given by PM Modi - From Yoga

to Cooperation@ Specialty - A ne example of the fusion

of modern technology and ancient science.

@ Purpose – To give yoga training to people through video and audio.

@ Development of the mYoga App - by review of scientic literature and ex tens ive in ternat iona l exper t consultation processes.

11. Partnership for the loyalty program

@ Participating Institutions - Ministry of Tribal Affairs and National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)


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@ Objective - To fulll the vision of the M in i s t r y t o a ch i e v e a cademic excellence in Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS)

@ NISHTHA means - National initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement

@ Goal - To achieve excellence among 120 EMRS teachers and principals from 3 states.

@ Three states - Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

@ Training – 18 modules covering learning outcomes, assessment methods, arts-integrated education, gender equality, POCSO Act, Covid response of schools etc.

12. ' A d i P r a s h i k s h a n ' p o r t a l launched

@ Launching - by Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda

@ Development of Portal - by Ministry of Tribal Affairs in association with United Nations Development Program.

@ Objective - To provide comprehensive information on training programs organized across the country.

@ Signicance – It is an initiative to reach out to remote areas using information technology which will provide tribal communities access to their rights and benets.

13. Rs. 14,775 crore approved for subsidy on fertilizers

@ Approval - The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for fertilizer subsidy for the year 2021-22.

@ Fertilizers - Phosphatic and Potash (P &K) Fertilizers.

@ Purpose - For determination of 'Nutrient Based Subsidy Rates'

@ Subsidy rates hiked on Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP) fertilizer – Rs.700 per bag

@ Nutrient- Based Subsidy Program waslaunched in २०१०.

14. Malaria No More@ Why in discussion - India Meteorological

Department (IMD) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) partnered with "Malaria No More".

@ Malaria No More - A NGO@ Expert Committee - An expert

committee constituted to explore and advance climate-based solutions to eliminate malaria in India.

@ Name of the Committee - India Interagency Expert Committee on Malaria and Climate (IEC).

15. India at UN Trade Forum 2021@ Representative of the Government of

India - Union Minister PiyushGoyal@ Union Minister Piyush Goyal's

address - Climate justice should be protected and developed countries should change their consumption patterns to bring a sustainable lifestyle.

@ India's renewable energy target by 2030-450 GW

@ India's per capita carbon dioxide emissions position - lowest among major economies.

16. “Extension of Hospitals” project

@ Introduction – Health related project of Government of India

@ Objective - Bridging the gap in key health infrastructure to ght COVID-19

@ Specialty - Suited to rural areas and small townsü Built adjacent to the existing

hospital buildingü Modular hospital, site of basic

hospital needsü An option to reduce the enormous

pressure on hospital infrastructure in the event of a pandemic or adversity.


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@ Project implementation - Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, Amravati, Pune and Jalna in Maharashtra in the rst phase; Construction of 100 bedded hospital in Punjab's Mohali.

17. SamagraSikshaAbhiyan@ Why in discussion - Allotment of funds

to the state and union territories under the SamagraShikshaYojana.

@ Allocated Amount – Rs.7,622 crore@ Objective - Continuing the various

educational initiatives@ Samagra Siksha Abhiyan

ü Introduction - Integrated Planning of School Education

ü Main focus of the scheme - Pre-school to class XII

ü Specialty - Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education for all at all levels of schooling.

18. “Namaste Yoga” mobile app launched

@ App Launching Institute/Ministry – Ministry of AYUSH

@ Introduction - App dedicated to Yoga, designed as an information platform for the masses.

@ Launching - Launched on the occasion of 7th International Yoga Day

@ Objective - To raise awareness of Yoga and make it accessible to the larger community.

@ International Yoga Day – Held on 21st June every year

@ Theme of the year 2021 - "Yoga at home and Yoga with Family"

19. All India Survey on Higher E d u c a t i o n २०१९-२० r e p o r t released

@ Specialty - The report provides key performance indicators on the current state of higher education in the country.

@ Key facts about the report:ü Tota l Enro l lment in H igher

Education (in 2019-20) – 3.85 crores

ü Growth in student enrollment in the last ve years (from 2015 - 16 to 2019-20) – 11.4४ percent

ü Increase in female enrollment in higher education - 18.2 percent

ü Gross Enrollment Rate in Higher Education (2019-20) – 27.1 percent

ü Gender Equality Index in Higher Education (2019-20) – 1.01 percent

ü Student Teacher Ratio in Higher Education (2019-20) -26

20. India Wind Energy Market Outlook Released

@ Report issuing body - Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC)

@ Wind power projects are under construction in India – 10.3 GW in central and state markets.

@ India plans to install wind power capacity by 2021 -25 - 20 GW

@ India's total installed wind power capacity as of February 2021 was - 38 GW

@ India has the fourth largest installed wind power capacity in the world.

@ Global Wind Energy Council - Internationally representative forum for the entire wind energy sector.

@ Established - in 2005

21. Technique for early detection of cyclone

@ T e c h n o l o g i c a l D e v e l o p m e n t Institute - Indian Inst i tute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur

@ Objective - To identify early traces of pre-cyclonic eddy vortices in the atmospheric column.

@ Characteristic - Aids in early detection of the development or strengthening of tropical cyclones in the North Indian


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Ocean region.@ Prior Technique – Use of Remote

Sensing Technique for early detection of cyclone.

22. QS World University Rankings, 2020

@ Announcement – June 08, 2021@ Publication - by Quacquare l l i

Symonds (QS)@ Top Research University in the World

– Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru (Top position with perfect 100 score on CPF scale)

@ Indian institutes in world's top 200 institutes – three (IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IISc Bengaluru)

@ Rank of Indian Institutions in Top 200 List:ü IIT Bombay – 177th Rankü IIT Delhi - 185th Rankü IISc Bengaluru - 186th Rank

@ Top ranked institutes in the world:ü Massachuse t t s I n s t i tu t e o f

stTechnology (MIT, US) – 1 placeü Oxford University (UK) - 2nd placeü Stanford University (USA) - 3rd

place@ Ranking basis - quality of education,

teacher-students rat io , papers published etc.

23. Surakshit Hum Surakshit T u m A b h i y a a n i n 1 1 2 Aspirational Districts

@ Campaign Launching Bodies - NITI Aayog and Piramal Foundation

@ Started in 112 Aspirational Districts@ Purpose - to provide home care for

C O V I D - 1 9 p a t i e n t s w h o a r e asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.

@ Campaign led by District Magistrate@ Special Initiative - In this, local

leaders, civil society and volunteers will provide COVID home-care assistance

in aspirational districts in collaboration with the district administration.

24. Instructions for issue of e-content

@ Instructions By - Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'

@ In i t iat ive - f o r ch i ldren w i th disabilities

@ Objective - To promote inclusive education

@ Pre-Scheme for Divyang Children - PM e-Vidya Program

@ Program starts - on 17th May, 2020@ Features of the program - Under this,

the recommendation of the expert committee to make available special e-content accessible to the handicapped or handicapped children.

25. Welfare announcements by Prime Minister NarendraModi

@ Date - June 7, 2021@ Free Covid-19 Vaccine - Free Vaccine

to all people above 18 years of age.@ Commencement date - June 21, 2021@ Special - Providing all vaccines free of

cost to the state governments by the central government.

@ Private vaccination centers allowed to buy corona vaccine produced in the country - 25%

@ Free Ration - Provided under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana

@ Extension of the scheme - till Diwali (November)

@ Coverage - Free ration to 80 crore citizens per month till November

@ Scheme Launched - Launched in April, 2020

26. E-ling portal@ Why in the news - Income Tax

Department launches new e-ling portal on June 7, 2021


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@ Portal - www.incometax.gov.in@ Objective - To provide convenience and

a modern, seamless experience to taxpayers.

@ Benets – All interactions and uploads or pending actions will be visible on a single dashboard for follow up action by the taxpayer.

@ Income Tax Department - Agency dealing with direct tax collection of Government of India.

27. Approval of the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2019-20

@ Approved by - Education Minister Ramesh PokhriyalNishank

@ Performance Grading Index (PGI) - Measuring and catalyzing change in education.

@ Basis for grant of grading to States and Union Territories – 70 criteria

@ Punjab, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Kerala occupy the highest grade (Grade A++) for 2019-20.

@ Most of the States/UTs have improved their grade in PGI 2019-20 compared to the earlier years.

@ A n d a m a n & N i c o b a r I s l a n d s , A runacha l P radesh , Man ipur , Puducherry, Punjab and Tamil Nadu have improved overall PGI score by 10%, i.e., 100 or more points.

@ A n d a m a n & N i c o b a r I s l a n d s , Lakshadweep and Punjab have shown improvement by 10% (8 points) or more in the PGI domain: Access.

@ As many as thirteen States and UTs have shown improvement by 10% (15 points) or more in the PGI domain: Infrastructure and Facilities. Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Odisha have shown improvement by 20% or more.

@ Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Odisha have shown more than 10% improvement in the PGI domain: Equity.

@ Nineteen States and UTs have shown improvement by 10% (36 points) or more in the PGI domain: Governance Process. Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal have shown improvement by at least 20% (72 points or more).

@ First Publication - in 2019

28. Swastik Technology@ Technology Development Institute-

CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune

@ Purpose - To disinfect water using natural oils.

@ Benets – Eliminating harmful bacteria and antibiotic resistant strains.

@ Other Facts - Developed under National Jal Jeevan Mission.

29. Model tenancy act, 2021@ Why in News - Approved by Union

Cabinet@ Requirement - to amend existing

rental laws as needed@ Model Tenancy Act - A Tenancy Law@ Benets - This act will be helpful in

rebuilding the legal framework on rental housing in India.

30. Cabinet nod to India-Japan MoC

@ Theme of MoC - Memorandum of Cooperation between India and Japan on Sustainable Urban Development

@ Full form of MoC - Memorandum of Cooperation

@ Term of cooperation - 5 years@ Signicance of MoC – Under this,

formation of Joint Working Group (JWG) to implement programs and strategize on India-Japan cooperation.ü Promote strong, intensive and long-

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31. “AmbiTAG”@ Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)

Ropar, Punjab has developed a rst-of-its-kind Internet of Things (IOT) device – AmbiTag that records real-time ambient temperature during the t ransportat ion o f per ishab le products, vaccines and even body organs and blood.

@ Ambi TAG is shaped as USB device. It continuously records temperature of its immediate surroundings.

@ It can detect temperatures “from -40 to +80 degrees” in any time zone for 90 days on a single charge unlike other devices available in market that record data only for duration of 30- 60 days.

@ Recorded data can be retrieved by connecting USB with any computer.

@ The device has been developed under Technology Innovation Hub – AWADH (Agriculture and Water Technology Development Hub) and it's Startup Scratch Nest.

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@ NOAA - A US scientic agency that regulates the conditions of the oceans, major waterways and the atmosphere.

3. G२० Education and Labor and E m p l o y m e n t M i n i s t e r s meeting held

@ Venue - Catania (Italy)@ Presidency - Italian Minister of

Education, Patrizio Bianchi@ Representation of India - Union

Ministers of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre and Santosh Gangwar

@ Key topics - Impact of health emergency on education systems, future of education system based on experiences gained during pandemic and journey from school to work place, key issues related to education, labor and employment.

@ Mutual Consensus - Virtually Involved the Ministers reiterated the need to equip the youth well for a smooth transition at the workplace after completing their education.

4. B R I C S G r e e n H y d r o g e n Summit

@ Events - Two day Summit hosted by NTPC Limited

@ Countries involved in the conference - Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS)

@ Theme – Presented their views on the topic and latest developments of their countries in the eld of Green Hydrogen.

@ Signicance - Strengthening energy cooperation, ensuring affordable,

1. Tax In spec to r s w i thou t Borders Initiative Launched

@ Launching - by India and Bhutan@ Introduction - a joint initiative of the

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Organization for E c o n o m i c C o - o p e r a t i o n a n d Development (OECD)

@ Start date - June 23, 2021@ Initiation period – 24 months@ Purpose - To assist Bhutan in

strengthening tax administration@ Key Focus of the Initiative -

International Taxation and Transfer Pricing Sectors

@ Benets - India, in collaboration with UNDP and TIWB Secretariat, will transfer technical knowledge and necessary skills to Bhutan's auditors and share best accounting practices.

@ India - Elected as Partner Jurisdiction

2. ISRO-NOAA Project@ Why in the discussion – This project

got the support of the United Nations.@ Project Name - Committee on Earth

Observat ion Sate l l i tes Coasta l Observations, Applications, Services, and Tools (CEOS COAST)

@ Project lead - ISRO and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

@ Objective - To improve the accuracy of coastal data based on satellite and land-based observations.

@ Theme - Disaster risk reduction and coastal resilience among continental coastlines and small island nations.

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reliable, accessible and safe energy for all, on which the BRICS member countries share a common view.

5. Reuters Digital News Report, २०२१

@ Publisher - Reuters Institute for Study of Journalism (RISJ)

@ Publication date - June 23, 2021 (10th edition)

@ Important facts about the report:-ü India's rank in the category of “Trust

in News” – 31stü Highest level of overall trust in news

- Finland (65%)ü Lowest level of overall trust in news -

US (29%)ü N u m b e r o f p e o p l e u s i n g

smartphone and social media to get news in India = 73% and 82% of respondents respectively.

6. Report released on children and armed conict

@ Reporting organization - United Nations

@ Name of the report - Annual Report of Secretary-General on Children

Important facts about the report:ü Serious cases like attacks on schools

and hospitals in the year 2020 – 26,425ü Number of serious cases like murder,

disability or rape - 19,300ü 90% of kidnapping cases, 70% increase

in rape and other forms of sexual violence in the year 2020.

ü COVID-19 pandemic complicates UN efforts to reach children in situations of armed conict.

7. Formation of Hydrogen Task Force

@ Countries that formed the force - India and America

@ Formation - Formation under the

"Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP)"

@ Objective - To act as a platform for achieving cost-effective hydrogen based solutions

@ Goal - Achieving decarbonizing, highly polluting industrial areas and a greener and cleaner planet.

@ Tasks – Strengthening India-US public-private cooperation and paving the way for the rapid development and deployment of hydrogen energy technologies.

8. Vaccine Internationalism@ Introduction – Four Day Summit on

Covid-19 Vaccine@ Starting Date - June 18, 2021@ The topic of discussion is to consider

concre te proposa ls to deve lop t echno logy , imp lement pa ten t exemptions and invest in rapid production of vaccines.

@ Goal - End the COVID-19 pandemic quickly and make COVID-19 vaccines available for all.

@ Signicance – Will work to bring together political leaders, governments, health workers and vaccine makers from nearly २० countries in the Global South.

9. 100 million USD LoC issued to Sri Lanka

@ Country to issue LoC to Sri Lanka – India

@ Purpose - Line of Credit released for nancing projects in the solar energy sector.

@ Signature for LoC- Government of Sri Lanka and Export-Import Bank of India.

@ Signicance - By 2023, the LoC will help to meet 70% of Sri Lanka's electricity requirement from renewable energy sources.


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10. COVID-19 Vaccine Passport@ COVID-19 Vaccine Passport – A

certicate that establishes whether a person is immune to an infectious disease or not.

@ Vaccine passport issuing country – Japan

@ Objective - To restore tourism and business trips abroad

@ Passport alias - Immunity Passport or Immunity Certicate

11. Global Peace Index, GPI@ Introduct ion - Repor t on the

Measurement of Global Peace@ Number of independent countries

included in the index – 163@ Index issuing institution - Institute

for Economics and Peace (IEP) Sydney@ Edition – 15th@ Characteristics - This index analyzes

the trends of peace and recommends developing peaceful societies.

@ Top ranked country in the index – Iceland

@ The country with the lowest rank in the index – Afghanistan

@ India's rank – 135thü 5th peaceful country in South Asia

region.

12. 5th Edition of Vivatech@ Why in discussion - Prime Minister

NarendraModi virtually addressed 5th edition of VivaTech.

@ VivaTech - Europe's largest digital and start-up program

@ Starting Year – 2016@ Venue – Paris (France)@ Participation - French President

Emmanuel Macron, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Ministers and Parliamentarians of various European countries along with big IT companies like Apple, Microsoft.

13. UNESCO Science Report (USR)@ Publication of the latest edition of

the USR - on June 11, 2021@ Publisher – USR (Main Publisher of

UNESCO)@ UNESCO Science Report - A Report on

Science, Technology and Innovation@ The author of a chapter on India in

the edition - Professor Sunil Mani (Director of Center for Development Studies Thiruvananthapuram)

Major recommendations of the report:ü India do not adopting industry

t e chno l og i e s , j ob l o s s due t o automation is no longer a serious threat.

ü Suggestions to nd new ways to nance research projects and amend existing IP rules.

ü Incentives to promote the use of electric and hybrid vehicles.

ü Focus on employment.

14. Sustainable Development Report, २०२१

@ Publisher - United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

@ Key Focus - Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

@ Top ranked in the report – Finland@ 2nd place - Sweden@ 3rd place – Denmark@ Sustainable Development Goals

adopted - by all UN members in 2015.15. NATO summit, 2021

@ Event - on June 14, 2021@ Venue: Brussels (Belgium)@ Major topics of discussion - Review of

"NATO 2030", possible threats from Russia and China and strategies to deal w i t h t h e m , c l i m a t e c h a n g e , international terrorism, cyber attacks


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and new technological challenges.@ Consent - agreed to include cyber

attacks under Article 5@ NATO – Intergovernmental Military

Alliance@ Full name - North Atlantic Treaty

Organization@ Headquarters - Brussels (Belgium)@ Total Members – 30 (Initially 12)

16. World Giving Index 2021, Report

@ Report issuing organization - Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)

@ Total number of countries included in the ranking - 114

@ Special survey mentions the effects of lockdown on charity and charitable activities.

@ Most Donating Countries - Indonesia@ India's rank - 14th@ Low Charity Countries - Japan (114th

place)

17. T h o u s a n d s o f c h i l d r e n malnourished in Ethiopia

@ M a l n u t r i t i o n e s t i m a t i n g organization - UNICEF

@ Related Destinations - Tigray Region (Ethiopia)

@ Estimated malnourished children - about 33,000

@ The cause of malnutrition - the problem of displacement in the Tigrayregion due to conict between government forces and rebels.

@ Cause of conict - In November 2020, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a ground and air military operation in Tigray.

18. G7 Summit, 2021@ Events – June 12 to 13, 2021

(Virtually)@ President - United Kingdom (UK)

@ Invited Members - India, Australia, South Korea and South Africa

@ Subject - Under 'Build Back Better (B3W)', strengthening the health system to ght aga inst future pandemics.ü ghting coronavirus; promote

future prosperity by supporting free and fair trade;

ü Dealing with climate change and conserving the planet's biodiversity etc.

@ Other discussed topics - Calling for China to respect human rights in Xinjiang and Hong Kong Demand for an impartial transparent science-based, and investigation of Corona Origin.

@ India and South Africa seek G7 support to WTO proposal for TRIPS exemption on COVID related technologies.

@ Build Back Better World (B3W) - A new initiative of G-7 launched to assist developing countries on the lines of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

@ Title of PM Narendra Modi's address - 'Building Back Stronger - Health'

@ Building Back Stronger - Health - Focuses on global recovery from the c o r o n a v i r u s p a n d e m i c a n d strengthening resilience against future pandemics.

@ One Earth, One Health – Mantra given by Prime Minister NarendraModi to effectively deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

@ Establishment of G-7 - in 1973

@ Members - United States of America (USA), France, United Kingdom (UK), Canada, Italy, Germany and Japan.

19. 'Koo App'@ Reason for discussion - Making of

ofcial account on the "Koo" app by the Nigerian government.

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@ “Koo” App - Micro blogging Platformü Indian appü popular instead of twitterü Government of India's 'Atmanirbhar

App Innovation Challenge' winner@ Launching Year – 2020@ E s t a b l i s h e d b y – A p r a m a y a

Radhakrishnan and Mayank Bidwatka

20. A booklet on food borne disease released

@ Handbook issuing organization - World Health Organization (WHO)

@ Objective - To assess the burden of foodborne diseases and nd out data gaps

@ People affected by foodborne diseases per year - about 600 million

@ Foodborne illness in children – highest risk of diarrhea

@ Regions most burdened by foodborne diseases - Africa and Southeast Asia

21. Report publishedon child labor@ Publishers - International Labor

Organization (ILO) and UNICEF@ The main focus of the report - Child

labor increased in the world in two decades

@ Key facts about the report:ü Estimates of increase in child labor

due to Covid-19 pandemicü Globally 1 in 10 children are

engaged in child laborü Most Affected Regions Sub-Saharan

Africaü 79 million children employed in

hazardous jobs (5 to 17 years old)

22. Bitcoin got legal recognition@ The rst country to legalize bitcoin -

El Salvador@ Other currency in El Salvador - US

Dollar@ Remittances from Bitcoin to El

Salvador in 2019- $6 billion

@ Benets - With the help of Bitcoin, Salvadoran citizens living abroad are able to easily send remittances to home.

@ Signicance - Supporting nancial inclusion, investment, innovation, tourism and economic development in El Salvador by adoption as legal tender.

@ President of El Salvador – Nayib Bukele

@ Bitcoin – a digital currency

23. Economist's annual survey of World's Most Liveable Cities

@ Survey submission organization - Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

@ Global ranking of liveable cities:@ Best livable city in 2021 – Auckland

(New Zealand)ü Japan - Osaka and Tokyo,ü Australia - Adelaideü New Zealand - Wellington

@ Worst livable city – Damascus (Syria)

24. Russia's rst naval ship@ Introduction - Russia's rst naval ship

equipped with stealth technology@ Dedicated to the nation - in 2022@ Features - armed with cruise missiles,

artillery and anti-aircraft missiles,ü A b l e t o n d a n d d e s t r o y

submarines,ü the use of composite materials and

special paints,ü with radar-absorbing coating and

special shape

25. Square-Block Stream Mining Partnership

@ Partnership aims to create an open-source, solar-powered bitcoin mining facility.

@ Solar-Powered Bitcoin Mining facility launched in U.S.

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partner with blockchain technology rm Block-stream Mining in a bid to build an open-source, solar-powered bitcoin mining facility in United Nations.

@ Signicance – Will act to promote the adoption and efciency of renewable energy within the Bitcoin ecosystem.

@ Square Invests in Bitcoin Mining Facility - $5 Million Investment

@ Square – subsidiary of Twitter@ Twitter CEO - Jack Dorsey@ Stealth technology - low observable

technology

26. Red tourism@ Introduction – Policy to promote

tourism by Chinese government@ Initiative - Announcement of 'Red

Tourism' by China on the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CCP).

@ Characteristic - encouraging people to visit places that have historical and c u l t u r a l s i g n i c a n c e f o r t h e Communist Party.

@ Important places related to red tourism - Nanhu Lake, East China, Mao Zedong and Shaoshan etc.

@ Reason for the event - Organizing in memory of the sacrices of Communist Party leaders in the making of modern China.

27. Iran's largest warship crashes@ Name of the warship - Kharg (the

largest warship of the Iranian Navy)@ IRIS Kharg - a modied Ol-class eet

vessel of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.

@ Crash site - near the Iranian port of Jask (Gulf of Oman)

@ Cause of Accident - Battleship caught re

@ Functions of Kharg - Resupplying other shops to Kharg Fleet and participating in training exercises.

28. Migrant protection protocol@ Why in the discussion - America

announces the end of Migrant Protection Protocols.

@ Another name for the protocol - Remain in Mexico (Stay in Mexico)

@ Remain in Mexico – Under this policy, Central American refugees were forced to stay in Mexico for US court cases.

@ Effect of Declaration of Termination - Permission granted for asylum claim in US.

29. Nomenclature of Covid-19 variants

@ Nomenclature done by the body - World Health Organization (WHO)

@ Objective - To label emerging coronavirus variants of global concern

@ Delta - Name of the B.1.617.2variant found in India

@ Alpha - The name of the variant found in the UK

@ Four Concerning Variants – The four worrying variants B.1.1.7, B.1.351, P२

and B.1.617.2.,have been named by the WHO as 'alpha, beta, gamma and delta' respectively.

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@ Specialty – Loan valid for higher studies in the country as well as abroad.

@ Beneciary – Citizen of West Bengal or who has been residing in West Bengal for at least 10 years.

4. Mizoram government signs agreement with World Bank

@ Contracting Partners - Central Government, Mizoram Government and World Bank.

@ Agreement sanctioned amount - $32 million

@ O b j e c t i v e - T o i m p r o v e t h e management efciency and quality of health services of Mizoram.

@ Signicance – Mizoram Health System Strengthening Project will strengthen the governance and management s t ruc ture o f the S ta te Hea l th Department and its subsidiaries.

5. Agricultural Diversication Scheme-2021

@ Launched by Vijay Rupani, Chief Minister of Gujarat

@ Objective - To make agriculture sustainable and protable in tribal areas

@ Provision – Rs. 31 crore as fertilizer-seed assistance to tribal farmersü Distribution of about 45 kg urea, 50

kg NPK and 50 kg ammonium sulphate and seeds to the farmers.

@ Benets - About 26 lakh farmers of 14 tribal districts of the state will be benetted.

1. Odisha-WFP Agreement@ Agreement on Improving Household

Food and Nutrition Security@ Partners - Government of Odisha and

United Nations World Food Program (WFP)

@ Signicance – Improvement in household food and nutrition security, will be possible by strengthening livelihood initiatives and reaching out to state supported Women Self Help Groups (WSHGs)

@ Effect - effective till December २०२३

@ Benets - Improving household food and nutritional security through sustainable livelihoods.

@ WFP - Food Aid Organization of the United Nations

2. India's rst rabies free state@ Country's rst rabies free state – Goa@ Chief Minister - Pramod Sawant@ Launched Mission to Control Rabies -

Mission Rabies@ Achievement - Not a single rabies case

has been reported in the state in the last three years.

@ Mission Rabies - an initiative of the Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS)

3. Student credit card scheme approved

@ Granting State - West Bengal@ Scheme start date - June 30, 2021@ Proposed amount for h igher

education - Soft loan up to Rs.10 lakh (via credit card)

@ Interest rate - 4 percent

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6. Chief Minister COVID-19 Family Financial Assistance Scheme

@ State starting the scheme - Delhi@ Purpose - To provide nancial

assistance to the families who have lost a member due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

@ Financial assistance amount – Rs. 50,000

@ Pension received by the family losing the sole breadwinner – Rs.2,500 per month.

@ Other facts:ü The responsibility of meeting the

health and education needs of dependent children rests on the government.

ü It is mandatory for the deceased and dependent to be a resident of Delhi.

ü Death due to corona certied within one month of testing COVID-19 positive.

7. State with all three species of crocodile

@ Why in discussion - Recently, about २८ children of alligators have been seen in the Satkosia range of the Mahanadi River.

@ Odisha - the only state in India to have all three species of crocodile

@ Three species of crocodile – Gharial, Mugger, Crocodile

@ Gharial - crocodile of the Gavialidae family

@ Location of all three species in Odisha –1. Freshwater crocodile - in Satkosia (Mahanadi)2. Crocodile - salt water3. Mugger - Bhitarkanika National Park

8. MoU with Survey of India for ownership plan

@ Signatory States/Institutions - Government of Assam and Survey of India

@ Objective - To provide an integrated property validation solution in rural areas

@ Role of Survey of India - Technology partner of Assam Government, task of surveying rural land by drone

@ Ownership Scheme - Launched on २४th April, 2020,

ü It will enable the village people to use their property as nancial asset for avail ing loans and other nancial benets from banks.

9. Jalgaon Banana@ Why in discussion - 'Jalgaon Banana'

was exported from India to Dubai in collaboration with Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA).

@ Jalgaon Banana - GI certied, ber and mineral rich fruit.

@ Jalgaon District of Maharashtra – Major Agricultural Area of B anana Production (Maharashtra's “Banana City”) identied under the Agriculture Export Policy.

@ GI Tag - in the year 2016@ Banana Exports - Exports of Bananas

worth 1.91 lakh tonnes from India in April 2020 - February 2021.

@ Largest producer of bananas in the world - India is the largest producer of bananas in the world with a share of about 25% of the total production.

@ Major banana producing states – Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.


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10. Youth power-corona liberation campaign

@ Campaign Begins - Madhya Pradesh@ Objective - To create awareness among

the people to control the Covid-19 pandemic.

@ Implementation of the campaign - Educating the college teachers and about 16 lakh students about Covid-19 infection by making them aware of Covid appropriate behavior and vaccination.

@ Opera t i on - o p e r a t e d b y t h e Department of Higher Education and Technical Education in collaboration with the Department of Public Health and Family Welfare.

11. Dehing Patkai@ Why in discussion - Dehing Patkai

designated as National Park by Assam Government

@ Dehing Patkai - the last part of the tropical wet evergreen forests of the Assam Valley.

@ Location - Extended to Dibrugarh and Tinsukia Districts

@ Known for -310 species of elephants and butteries

@ Assam - the state with the third highest number of national parks in India (7)

@ State with maximum number of National Parks - Madhya Pradesh (12) National Parks.

@ The state with the second largest number of national parks - Andaman and Nicobar Islands (9).

12. Agreement to make Ladakh carbon-neutral

@ MoU with Body – Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) and Union Territory of Ladakh.

@ Objective - To make Ladakh clean and green

@ Steps to become carbon-neutral -

CESL develops clean solutions for cold temperatures home appliances, electric heating, pump sets and cooking sets.

@ CESL - A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Energy Efciency Services Limited (EESL)

13. Asom Ratna Award@ Why in discussion – State awards

announced by Assam government like Bharat Ratna and Padma awards of Central Government.

Award -@ Assam Ratna Award: Cash award of

Rs.5 lakh per year to one person - for signicant contribution to society.

@ Assam Vibhushan Award: Cash award of Rs.3 lakh per year to three persons.

@ Assam Bhushan Award: Cash award of Rs. 2 lakh per year to ve persons.

@ Assam Shree Award: Cash award of Rs १ lakh per year to ve persons.

14. Weyan: India's rst village to vaccinate 100% of the adult population

@ Location - Bandipora District (Jammu and Kashmir)

@ Village adult population - 362 adultsWeyan's Vaccination Strategy –

@ The rst strategy is booth-level management, including preparation of eligible population lists,

@ The second strategy is “Vaccine on Wheels” under which health ofcials reached in remote areas, etc.

15. Jahan Vote Wahan Vaccine@ Campaign - Vaccination of people

above ४५ years of age at polling stations.

@ Special - Providing vaccines to people over the age of 45 at the places where they voted during the election.

@ People above 45 years of age in Delhi - 57 lakh (27 lakh vaccinated, 30 lakh left)


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@ Chief Minister of Delhi - Arvind Kejriwal

16. E s t a b l i s h m e n t o f “ G o a I n s t i t u t i o n f o r F u t u r e Transformation (GIFT)”

@ Founder - Government of Goa@ Functions - To assist, advise and guide

the government on state policy formulation and its implementation similar to NITI Aayog

@ Specialty - Acting as the Knowledge Center of Goa

@ C o n s t i t u t i o n a l P r o v i s i o n s - Established under Article 309 of the Constitution.

17. Solar-based electrication program launched

@ Launching State - Goa@ Objective - To provide electricity to the

rural households of the state@ Benets – Helps in bringing electricity

using renewable energy to rural areas of the state where grid connectivity is not possible.

@ Solar-Based Electrication Project - First Off-Grid Electricity Engagement by Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL).

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has been a situation of uncertainty in the forecast of growth rate for 2021.

ü 10 states of India most affected by the second wave of Corona. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka contributed the most in the nancial year 2019-20.

3. Agreement between India and F i j i f o r c o o p e r a t i o n i n agriculture

@ MoU signed by - Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar and Fiji Minister of Agriculture, Waterways and Environment Dr. Mahender Reddy.

@ Subject of MoU - Cooperation in Agriculture and Allied Sectors

@ Period of settlement - ve years@ Scope - To promote cooperation in

agricultural mechanization, animal husbandry, agricultural research, horticulture, dairy sector.

@ India and Fiji - both countries are collaborating to meet the global challenges in agriculture.

4. India is the fth largest country with the highest FDI

@ Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) received by India in the year 2020 - $64

billion (an increase of 27%).@ Reasons for FDI growth - Acquisitions

in the Information and Communication Technology ( ICT) industry and i n c r e a s e d d e m a n d f o r d i g i t a l infrastructure and services.

(JULY-2021)

1. Global Investors Roundtable@ Event – o n June 24, 2021@ Organizer - US-India Strategic

Partnership Forum (USISPF)@ Representative from India - Finance

Minister Nirmala Sitharaman@ High l i ghts o f the meet ing -

Continuous Improvement Helps India's Business Growth.ü Emphasis on strong infrastructure

of the economyü Calling upon global investors to take

advantage of India's recent FDI reforms, privatization policy and Performance Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme.

@ Fiscal Decit - Fiscal Decit for the nancial year 2020-2021 is 9.3% (of GDP).

@ USISPF – A non-prot organization established in the year २०१७

@ Task - Strengthening the US-India Bilateral and Strategic Partnership

2. India's growth rate is estimated to be ९.६%

@ By - Moody's Investors Service@ FY - 2021@ Growth Rate - Estimate of 9.6% (Early

Estimate – 13.9%)@ Growth rate forecast for the year २०२२

– 7%

@ Moody's report facts:-ü Indian economy adversely affected

in April-May by second wave of COVID-19.

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@ Achievement - With this, India became the fth largest country with the highest FDI.

@ Name of the report released on FDI - World Investment Report, 2021

@ Report Releasing Organization - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

@ FDI inows in the year 2020 - USD 1 trillion ($1.5 trillion in 2019, a decrease of 35%).

5. Reconstitution of the Takeover Panel

@ Name of the organization to be reconstituted - Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

@ Panel Chairman - N.K. Sodhi@ Member - N. Venkatram, Darius

Khambata and Thomas Mathew T.@ Panel Formation - Under Regulation

११(५) of SEBI Regulations, 2011

@ Functions of the Panel - To make recommendations on the applications received by SEBI.

6. FAME-II Scheme@ Why in the discussion – Recently the

M i n i s t r y o f H e a v y I n d u s t r i e s announced major amendments in the FAME-II scheme.

@ Objective of the amendment - Incentives for purchase of electric two wheelers manufactured in India.

@ Amendment – S ubsidy rate for electric two-wheelers from Rs.10,000 per kWh to Rs.15,000/kWh

@ FAME India Scheme - Launched to promote vehicle segment including 2-Wheeler, Passenger 4-Wheeler Vehicle, 3-Wheeler Auto, Light Commercial Vehicles and Buses.

7. India's agricultural exports increase by १७.३४%

@ Growth in India 's exports of

agriculture and allied products – 17.34 percent

@ 17.34% the value of exports – about $41.25 billion

@ Agricultural products (excluding marine and plantation products) export growth in 2020-21 - 36 percent

@ I n d i a ' s l a r g e s t m a r k e t f o r agricultural products - USA, China, Bangladesh, UAE, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia etc.

@ As per Agriculture Export Policy, Groups identied for Export Promotion - 46 Unique Products-District Groups.

@ Huge growth in exports of wheat, bajra, non-basmati rice, maize and other coarse cereals.

8. Minimum Global Corporate Tax@ Why in discussion - Agreement on

taxation of multinational companies by the G7 of Advanced Economies.

@ Minimum global tax rate - at least 15 percent

@ Prot - Countries where large rms operate will get a 'tax right' of at least 20% of prots.

@ Signicance - This agreement opens the way for levies on MNCs in the countries where they operate.

@ Impact on India – India is expected to benet from this partnership

@ Signatory Countries – United Kingdom, USA, Germany, Canada, France, Italy and Japan.

9. Ecowrap Report, २०२१@ Publisher - Department of Economic

Research of State Bank of India@ Revised Estimates of Real Gross

Domestic Product (GDP) – 7.9 percent@ Pre-Estimate – 10.4 percent@ For FY - 2022@ The reason for the revision in GDP -

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10. The State of Ransomware २०२१ Report

@ Publisher - Sophos, a global cyber security rm

Key facts about the report:ü India tops the list of top 30 countries

affected by ransomware cyber attacksü 68%Indian organizations affected by

ransomware in last 12 monthsü Average ransom payment in India -

$76,619 (over Rs. 55 lakh)

ü Ransomware - a type of malicious ransom-seeking software

11. Announcement of new loan products

@ Declaring Body - Public Sector Banks (PSBs)

@ Objective - To reduce the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

@ Loan Benet - Providing unsecured loans up to Rs. 5 lakh to individuals

@ Signicance - Use of loan to help them and their family members meet the treatment cost.

12. India's growth rate cut@ Estimating body – Organization for

E c o n o m i c C o - o p e r a t i o n a n d Development (OECD)

@ Financial Year – 2022@ Current Growth Rate Estimated –

9.9%@ Pre-Estimate – 2.6% (March 2021)

@ Reason for deduction - imposition of lockdown to prevent covid infection.

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3. Indian Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel—“Sajag”

@ Why in discussion - Indian Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel Sajag commissioned in the presence of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

@ Purpose - Dedicated to the nation to protect maritime interests

@ Produced by - Goa Shipyard Limited@ Offshore patrol vessels - the smallest

ship of the Navy.

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1. Success fu l t r ia l o f h igh powered laser

@ Testing Country - Israel@ Feature - Capable of shooting down

drones@ Trial - shot down a drone over the

Mediterranean Sea with the help of civilian aircraft.

@ airborne high-power laser - developed from Elbit Systems

@ Laser Weapon - A directed-energy weapon based on a laser

@ Israeli forces - equipped with large and state-of-the-art air defense systems, shot down thousands of rockets red from Gaza during the ११-day war with

Palestine in May २०२१.2. Policy to make war history

public approved@ Why in discussion - Defense Minister

Rajnath Singh approves policy of making war history public.

@ Signicance - Now the Ministry of Defense will be able to archive, declassify, compile and publish war and operation history.

@ Compilation and evaluation of more than 25 years old records by specialized archival experts, then transfer to the National Archives of India.

@ C o m m i t t e e - K a r g i l R e v i e w Committee (K. Subrahmanyam and N N V o h r a - C h a i r m a n ) w a s recommended to write history of previous wars.

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3. China's rst manned mission@ Why in the discussion - Recently

China announced to send the rst manned mission to Mars.

@ Planet - Mars@ Mission by - year 2033@ Specialty - Manned Mars mission with

regular follow-up ights.@ Goal - Launch a mission to Mars with a

long-term plan to permanently base and exploit its resources.

4. First 3D mapping of the heliosphere boundary

@ Heliosphere - the region between the solar system and interstellar space

@ Data used for 3D mapping - using data from NASA's IBEX satellite

@ Exclusive - For the rst time the boundary of the heliosphere is mapped in 3D form by scientists.

@ S i g n i c a n c e - H e l p f u l i n understanding the mystery of the interaction of solar and interstellar winds.

5. “AY.1” variant@ Introduction – New Delta Variant of

Corona Virus@ Why in discussion – B.1.617.2 strain

of corona virus has been identied as a 'delta' variant by the World Health Organization.

@ B.1.617.2 Nomenclature of the strain - Delta Plus or AY.1 variant

@ Delta Edition Identication - in India@ Characteristic - The Delta Plus variant

has resistance against monoclonal antibody cocktail treatments.

1. Successful test of Pinaka rocket

@ The extended range version of the "Pinaka" rocket was successfully test- red by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).

@ Test Venue - Chandipur Integrated Test Range, ITR (Odisha)

@ Extended Range - 40 kms@ Purpose - Advanced Pinaka system

developed to hit long range targets@ Pinaka - Indigenous Multi Barrel

Rocket Launch System

2. Discovery of new human species

@ Discovery – Discovery of the skull of the Homo-human species

@ Search Location - Nesher Ramla (Israel)

@ Time period - about 4,20,000 to 120,000years ago

@ Parietal bone of the skull - different characteristics from both early and recent Homo sapiens.

@ Discovery of mandible – a human who was neither Homo sapiens nor Neanderthal

@ Time period - about 140,000-120,000 years ago

@ The remains of jaws and bones found in the excavations - including archaic features as well as Neanderthal features, differ from those of early Homo sapiens and later Neanderthals.

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6. World's rst wooden satellite@ Why in the discussion - The European

Space Agency (ESA) has announced the launch of the world's rst wooden satellite in Earth orbit by the end of 2021.

@ Wood built satellite name - WISA Woodsat

@ Objective - To test the use of wooden mater ia l s such as p lywood in spacecraft structures.

@ Proposed launch site - Mahia Peninsula Launch Complex (New Zealand)

@ Satellite design and construction - in Finland

@ Characteristic - Capable of orbiting at an altitude of about 500-600 km in a polar sun-synchronous orbit.

7. Variation in mosquitoes that spreads dengue

@ City of variation - Yogyakarta City, Indonesia

@ Change in mosquitoes results in 77% reduction in dengue fever cases.

@ Bacterial entry into infected mosquitoes - Wolbachia bacteria

@ Another name for Wolbachia bacteria - miraculous bacteria

@ Effect of bacteria on mosquitoes - reducing the ability of mosquitoes to spread dengue.

@ Dengue symptoms – high fever, vomiting, headache, muscle pain and joint pain in the human body.

8. P o w e r g e n e r a t i o n f r o m nanotubes

@ M a n u f a c t u r e r - E n g i n e e r a t Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

@ Nanotubes - hollow tubes made of a lattice of carbon atoms.

@ Tube - endowed with unique electrical properties

@ Microscopic carbon particles - capable of reacting with the liquid around them to form a current.

9. Squids and microorganisms@ Why in discussion - Microorganisms

called squid and tardigrades were sent to the International Space Station (ISS) by SpaceX rocket.

@ Objective - To study the effect of zero gravity on the interaction between bacteria and their host organisms.

@ Launching - Dragon capsule launched by Falcon 9 rocket

@ Squids - Euprymna scolopes Species squid (other names - bobtail squid)

@ Tardigrades - Microorganisms that can survive for decades without food (other names - water bears) with extreme radiation, extreme heat and coldest temperatures in the universe.

10. Supersonic passenger ight@ Flight originating airline – American

airline 'United'@ Plan to start Flight - in the year 2029@ Number o f a i rcra f t - 15 new

supersonic aircraft@ Specialty - All these aircraft are

capable of traveling at supersonic speed.

@ Supersonic ight - an aircraft traveling at a speed of 1234.8 kmph

@ Flight speed of normal passenger jet - approx 900 km/h

@ Airlines using supersonic aircraft - Air France and British Airways

11. Space Walk in the ISS@ Spacewalkers - Oleg Novitsky and

Pyotr Dubrov (Russia)@ Space Walk Location - International

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@ Reason for the space walk - to prepare for the arrival of the new Russian Nauka Lab Module.

@ R u s s i a n N a u k a M o d u l e – A Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM)

@ Financed - by Roscosmos

12. Presence of "Shining Clouds" on Mars

@ Glowing Clouds Photographer Spacec ra f t - Cur i o s i t y Rove r (Developed by NASA).

@ Signicance - Helpful in gathering more information about the climate of Mars.

@ Cloud formation – usually at the planet's equator during the coldest time of any year.

@ Curiosity rover - a spacecraft to study the climate and geology of Mars.

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109th goal.@ Previous record - Ali Daei of Iran (109

goals)@ Record in the name of Ali Daei – 109

goals in 149 matches between 1993 and 2006.

@ Cristiano Ronaldo – 109 goals in 178 matches.

@ Achievement - Ronaldo's two goals on penalties, helped defending champions Portugal enter in the last-16 in the Euro Cup by holding world champions France by the score of 2-2.

5. Manpreet Singh became the captain of the Indian hockey team

@ Manpreet Singh - Manpreet Singh selected as the captain of the Indian men's hockey team for the Tokyo Olympics.

@ V i c e - C a p t a i n s – D e f e n d e r s BirenderLakra and Harman Preet Singh

@ Indian Hockey Team – 16 member team announced recently.

6. Laurel Hubbard@ Why in the discussion - Weightlifter

Laurel Hubbard selected by the New Zealand Olympic Committee to contest in the women's 87kg category.

@ Achievement – W ith this, she will be the rst transgender athlete to participate in the Olympics.

@ Laurel Hubbard - New Zealand weightlifterü Selected to compete in the 2020

Summer Olympics

1. Deepika's golden hat-trick@ Why in discussion - Indian female

archer DeepikaKumari won three gold medals in a single day.

@ C o m p e t i t i o n – W o r l d C u p Competition, 2021

@ Venue – Paris@ Three golds - in individual recurve

event, mixed recurve event and women's recurve.

@ Achievement – F irst Indian woman player to win three gold medals in an Archery World Cup.

2. ISSF World Cup@ Venue - Osijek (Croatia)@ Gold medal in men's 10m air pistol

event – Javed Foroughi (Iran)@ Silver Medal – Damir Mikec (Serbia)@ Bronze Medal - Saurabh Chaudhary

(India)@ Gold medal in women's 10m air pistol

event – Antoneta Kostadinova (Bulgaria)

@ Bronze Medal – Manu Bhaker, Yashaswini Singh Deswal and Rahi Sarnobat.

3. Sushila Devi@ Only Judo player to qualify for

Olympics - Sushila Devi@ Weight Category – 48kg (Seventh in

Asian list with 989 points)@ Asia has 10 Olympic quota.

4. Cristiano Ronaldo@ Why in the discussion - Legendary

footballer Cristiano Ronaldo equaled most international goals by scoring

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@ Honors - Silver Medal at the 2017 World Championshipsü Gold Medal in Samoa Pacic Games

in 2019

7. French Open men's singles title@ Organized at - Roland Garros (Paris)@ Winner - Novak Djokovic@ Title - 19th Grand Slam title@ Runner-up – Stefanos Tsitsipas@ Achievement - Djokovic became the

rst man in the Open Era to win all 4 Grand Slams at least twice.ü Became the third man after Roy

Emerson and Rod Laver to win all Grand Slams.

8. Sunil Chhetri@ Why in discussion - Recently became

the second highest active international goalscorer with 74 goals.

@ Lionel Messi - Sunil Chhetri leads Lionel Messi of Argentina by two goals.

@ Achievement - Achieved against Bangladesh in qualifying match of 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup.

@ Sunil Chhetri – Star Footballer of India (popularly known as Captain Fantastic)

@ Cristiano Ronaldo - Most Active International Goals Scorer.

9. Naomi Osaka@ Why it is in the news - Naomi Osaka

announced her decision to withdraw from Roland Garros२०२१.

@ Reason for announcement - $15,000 ne to be imposed by the French Open.

@ Naomi Osaka - Japanese professional tennis playerü First Asian player to achieve top

ranking in women's singles@ Roland-Garros - another name for the

French Open tennis tournament.

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ü Water scarcity – In the next few years, there will be a water shortage in most parts of the world.

ü Impact on Developed Countries - Developed countries like America, Australia and Southern Europe are affected by drought.

3. "Stygarctuskeralensis"@ Introduction - name of a small and

tough marine species of Tardigrades@ Tardigrades named after Kerala -

Stygaractuskeralaensis@ Other names for tardigrades - 'water

bears' and 'moss piglets'@ Characteristic - Tardigrades are very

small species that can be studied under state-of-the-art microscopes.ü It is the hardest animal on earth.

4. Operation Olivia@ Why in the discussion - Enforcement

of law by the Indian Coast Guard to conduct Operation Olivia.

@ Related Destinations - Odisha@ Purpose - To protect the Olive Ridley

Turtles@ Operation Olivia Begins – Beginning

in the 1980s@ Olive Ridley – Listed in the Red List

(Vulnerable) by the IUCN.

5. Costs of Climate Change in India Report

@ Publisher of the report - Overseas Development Institute (London)

@ Specialty - Analysis of the economic cost of climate-related risks and the potential for increasing inequality and poverty in India.

1. Great Barrier Reef@ Why in the discussion - UNESCO

committee recommends adding the Great Barrier Reef to the list of "in dangered" World Heritage Sites.

@ Reason for recommendation - coral reef system at risk due to climate change.ü Since 2015, the Great Barrier Reef

has seen three major cora l bleaching events due to severe marine heat waves.

@ Great Barrier Reef – World's largest coral reef system (world's largest single structure built by organisms).

@ Locat ion - Queens land Coas t (Australia)

2. Report “Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction: Special Report on Draft 2021”

@ Report release date - June 18, 2021@ Publisher - United Nations Ofce for

Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)@ Feature - Part of the Cop-26 UN

Climate Dialogue to be held in Glasgow in November 2021.

@ Important facts about the report:ü Drought – an invisible global crisis

that could turn into the “next pandemic” if immediate action is not taken to address water and land management and the climate emergency.

ü Impact - About 5 billion people are directly affected by drought in the २१st century.

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@ Key facts about the report:ü Impact of Climate Change on India's

Economyü The poverty rate is projected to

increase by about 5 percent by the year 2040.

ü Poverty inequality projected to increase in India due to climate change.

ü India is likely to lose about 3 to 10 percent of its GDP annually by 2100.

6. Two species of Monal found@ Location - Siang district of Arunachal

Pradesh@ Discovered Species - Himalayan

Monal and SclaterMonal@ Another name for Himalayan Monal -

Lophophorusimpejanus@ Other name for Sclatermonal -

Lophophorusslateri@ Listed by IUCN - as Vulnerable Species@ Monal bird - belonging to the genus

Lophophorus of the pheasant family.

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@ The concept of Yoga Day - presented by India in the inaugural session of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

4. World refugee day@ Events - Every year on 20th June@ First event - on June 20, 2001@ Purpose – To honor refugees in the

world@ Facts about displacement:-

ü 20 people forced to displace from their homes every 1 minute to escape war, terror and conict.

ü The number of people who are forcibly displaced in the world - about 79.5 million (by the end of 2019).

5. Autistic Pride Day@ Events - On 18th June every year@ Objective - To create awareness about

autism among people@ Autism - is a developmental disorder

that affects a person's ability to interact and communicate.

6. W o r l d D a y t o C o m b a t Desertication and Drought

@ Events - On 17th June every year@ Organizer - United Nations@ Theme: Restoration. Land. Recovery@ Objective - World Day to Combat

Desertication and Drought To make people aware of land degradation and desertication.

@ Declaration of the day - by the United Nations in 1995

1. International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafcking

@ Events - Every year on 26th June@ Established - in 1989@ UNODC - United Nations ofce on drug

and abuse@ Reason - Event to commemorate the

end of the opium trade by Lin Zexu in Guangdong.

@ Objective - To create worldwide awareness against drug abuse

@ UNODC – An international organization whose main task is to protect against drugs, corruption, crime.

2. International sailor day@ Events - Every year on 25th June@ Organizer - International Maritime

Organization (IMO)@ Objective - To bring to the public, the

unique contribution made by seafarers globally to international maritime trade, civil society and the world economy.

@ Established - in 2010 (Manila)@ IMO – An international organization

that regulates shipping, safety and prevention of marine pollution by ships.

3. International yoga day@ Events - Every year on 21st June@ Theme : Yoga at home and Yoga with

Family@ Objective - To create awareness among

people about the benets of yoga and make them aware of their health

@ First event - in 2015

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7. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

@ Events - Every year on 15th June@ Objective - To make people aware of

the abuse (verbal , physical or emotional) of the elderly population in the world.

@ Theme - 'Access to Justice'@ Ofcial recognition - in 2011 (United

Nations General Assembly)

8. International Day of Family Remittances

@ Events - Every year on 16th June@ Organizer - United Nations@ Purpose - To honor the efforts of

expatriates living abroad and to help improve the lives of their family members in their home country.

@ First Event Year - 2015@ Meaning of remittance - Transfer of

money by a foreign employee to his family in his home country.

@ India's position in remittances – In the year 2019, India had received remittances of 3 billion dollars while in 2020 it registered a decline of up to 0.2%.

9. World blood donor day@ Events - on 14th June every year@ Objective - To raise awareness among

people about the need for regular safe blood donation.

@ Established on June 14, 1868, to commemorate the birthday of Karl Landsteiner (an Austrian biologist, physician and immunologist)

@ Theme of the year 2021: Give blood and keep the world beating

@ Achievements of Karl Landsteiner - Development and classication of blood group system, discovery of Rhesus (Rh) factor and father of transfusion therapy.

10. World Accreditation Day@ Events - Every year on 9th June@ O r g a n i z e r s - I n t e r n a t i o n a l

Accreditation Forum and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation

@ Indian Organizer - Quality Council of India

@ Objective - To highlight and promote the role of accreditation in business and economy.

11. BIMSTEC Day@ Events - On 6th June (24th BIMSTEC

Day)@ BIMSTEC - Bay of Bengal Initiative for

Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation

@ Established - June 6, 1997 in Bangkok@ BIMSTEC member countries -

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand

@ HQ- Dhaka, Bangladesh

12. Russian language day@ Events - Every year on 6th June@ Organizer - United Nations@ Establishment Year - 2010@ The reason for the event - in memory

of the birthday of Alexander Pushkin.@ Alexander Pushkin - Russian poet and

father of modern Russian literature.

13. World milk day@ Events - On 1st June every year@ Organizer – Food and Agriculture

Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

@ Objective - To create awareness and attention towards the activities related to the dairy sector.

@ Beginning of the day - from 2001@ National Milk Day celebrated in India

- on 26 November@ 26 November – Birth anniversary of

Dr. Verghese Kurien (Father of Milk Revolution in India).


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14. World no tobacco day@ Events - Every year on 31st May@ Organizer - World Health Organization@ Objective - To create awareness about

the dangers of tobacco use@ Established - in 1987

Miscellaneous (Appointment)

15. Satya Nadella@ Appointment - Appointed as chairman

of Microsoft@ Replaced – Appointed in place of

former chairman John Thompson@ Nadella's former position - served as

CEO of Microsoft (since 2014)@ Satya Nadella - Indian-American

business executive@ Microsoft - America's largest IT

company@ Established - April 4, 1975@ Founders – Bill Gates and Paul Allen

16. Chief Compliance Ofcer@ Introduction - Twitter Appointed IT

Ofcer in India@ Requirement - Appointment of Chief

Compliance Ofcer to comply with the new IT rules of the Government of India and resolve conicts with Twitter.

@ Under new IT rule - big digital platforms will have to be more accountable for the content they play on their platform.ü It is mandatory for technology

companies like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Google etc. to appoint Chief Compliance Ofcer, Nodal Ofcer and Grievance Ofcer in India.

17. Vice Admiral Sandeep Naithani@ Selection to the post - Chief of

Materiel, of the Indian Navy.

@ Replaced - in place of Vice Admiral SR Sarma

@ Awarded - Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and Vishisht Seva Medal

@ Commissioned - Commissioned in the Electrical Branch of the Indian Navy on January 1, 1985.

Miscellaneous (Famous Personality)

18. Jamsetji Tata@ Why in the discussion - World's

largest philanthropist declared in the list of top 50 donors.

@ Listing Organization - Hurun Research and EdelGive Foundationü Donating US$ 102 billion

@ Funds donated by Jamsetji Tata - US$ 102 billion

@ Achievement - Became the world's largest philanthropist by donating US$ 102 billion in the last century.

@ Jamsetji Tata - Founder of Tata Iron and Steel Works Company (TISCO) (Jamshedpur).

@ Other philanthropists - Bill Gates and his ex-wife Melinda (donated $ 74.6 billion)ü Warren Buffett ($37.4 billion),ü George Soros ($34.8 billion)ü John D Rockefeller ($26.8 billion)ü Azim Premji ($22 billion)

Miscellaneous (Appointment)

19. Ebrahim Raisi@ Appointment - elected to the post of

President of Iran@ Introduction - A conservative leader

and current Chief Justice of Iran@ Replaced by - Hassan Rouhani@ Served as Chief Justice of Iran –from

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@ Iran - Islamic country, Capital - Tehran, Population - about 89% Shia Muslim.

20. Naftali Bennett@ Appointment - appointed to the post of

Prime Minister of Israel (13th)@ Winning margin - won by 60-59 votes@ Achievement - defeated former Prime

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.@ Benjamin Netanyahu - Israel's long-

term (12 year) reigning leader@ Naftali Bennett - Israel's former

Defense Ministerü Leader of the right-wing Yamina

Party

21. Rebecca Grinspan@ Appointment - Appointed as President

of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

@ Introduction - Economist of Costa Rica

@ Achievement – First woman and Central American to lead UNCTAD (Geneva).

@ She has been Secretary General of t h e I b e r o - A m e r i c a n G e n e r a l Secretariat since 2014.

@ U N C T A D - P e r m a n e n t intergovernmental body of the United Nations established in 1964.

22. Anoop Chandra Pandey@ Selection - to the post of Election

Commissioner@ Introduction - 1984 batch retired IAS

ofcer from Uttar Pradesh cadre.@ Tenure - three years@ Seated - Former Chief Election

Commissioner Sunil Arora@ Other members - Chief Election

Commissioner Sushil Chandra and Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar.

@ Election Commission - Autonomous Constitutional Body

Miscellaneous (died)23. Milkha Singh

@ Died – June 18, 2021@ Introduction - Popularly known as

'Flying Sikh'ü great sprinter of India

@ B o r n - N o v e m b e r 2 0 , 1 9 2 9 (Gobindpura, Punjab)

@ Acheivements:-ü Won titles in the 200m and 400m at

the 1956 Asian Games.ü Won a gold medal in the 400m event

at the 1958 Commonwealth Games, the only Indian athlete to do so.

ü Best Performance – At the 1960 Rome Olympics, in which he nished fourth in the 400 m nal.

ü Won a total of four gold medals, including gold in the 400m and 4X400m relay at the 1962 Asian Games.

@ Honor - Awarded Padma Shri in 1959@ Bhaag Milkha Bhaag - A lm on his life

character.

24. Sanchari Vijay@ Died - on June 14, 2021@ Introduction - Famous Kannada

Actors@ Career debut - Rangappa Hogbitna

(2011)@ Famous Movies - Rama Rama Raghu

Rama, Nanu Avanlla Avalu, Killing Veerappan, Cinema My Darling, Naan Magale Heroine, Krishna Tulsi, Gentleman etc.

25. Professor Radha Mohan@ Died – June 11, 2021@ Introduction - Renowned Economist

and Padma Shri awardee@ Born – January 30,1943@ Achievement - The task of converting

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@ Honor - Padma Shri Award (2020) for contribution in the eld of agriculture, Utkal Seva Samman for outstanding social service.

@ Sambhav Institute launched as a resource center for farmers across the country to learn organic farming techniques and seeds exchange.

26. Maharaj Pragmalji III@ Introduction - Ruler of Jadeja dynasty

and Maharaja of Kutch in the former Kutch state.

@ F a t h e r ' s N a m e - M a h a r a o Madansinghji

@ Born - May, 1936@ Coronation - October 17, 1991@ Merger of Kutch State with the

Indian Union - in May, 1948@ Palaces owned by the royal family –

Prague Mahal, Ranjit Vilas Mahal, Aina Mahal and Vijay Vilas Mahal.

Miscellaneous (Awards)27. Smart City Award-2020

@ Announcement of Smart City Award-2020, on the occasion of 6th -anniversary of Smart City Mission, AMRUT Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Urban Awas Yojana.

@ Top ranked state in developing smart city - Uttar Pradesh

@ 2nd place - Madhya Pradesh@ 3rd place - Tamil Nadu@ First place among all smart cities in

the country - Indore and Surat (jointly)@ Top Ranked in Union Territories -

Chandigarh@ Cities to receive Smart City

Leadership Award - Ahmedabad, Varanasi and Ranchi

@ Selection Basis for Award - Local G o v e r n a n c e , C u l t u r e , U r b a n Environment, Economy, Employment, Drinking Water Supply and Urban

Transport.

28. Pulitzer Prize 2021@ Award Winners – Megha Rajagopalan

(Indian Origin Journalist), Alison Killing and Chris Bruschek.

@ Achievement - To bring information to the world about the Detention Campus built for Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province of China.

@ Status of Uyghur Muslims in China - Predominance of Uighurs and other Turk Muslims in Xinjiang province of China, China accused of sterilization of women to control their population, mass internship in camps, forced labor program etc.

@ Pulitzer Prize –ü Introduction - In memory of Joseph

Pulitzer (American news publisher)ü Establishment - in 1917ü Award – A certicate and $15,000ü Area - Provided for newspapers,

magazines, online journalism, literature and music.

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@ According to a recent study, home to the world's largest variety of butteries is - Colombia

@ A centralized web-based workow-based IT platform named “e-PGS” launched by – LIC

@ S&P Global Ratings has forecast India's growth rate for the current scal - 9.5 percent

@ The cricketer who took the highest 71 w i c k e t s i n t h e W o r l d T e s t Championship cycle 2019-21 is – R. Ashwin

@ Recently the founder of McAfee antivirus software passed away, his name was – John McAfee

@ Which state government recently announced a cash incentive of Rs.1 lakh to produce more children - Mizoram government

@ World Health Organization (WHO) has published a report on suicides worldwide in the year 2019.

@ Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati has discovered better water management policies in India - through Virtual Water Analysis

@ “mYoga” mobi l e app has been developed by the Ministry of AYUSH in partnership with – WHO and Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga.

@ The period for exemption of inter-state transmission fee by the central government on transmission of electricity generated from solar and wind sources is - till June 2025

@ Armenia's caretaker Prime Minister N iko l Pash inyan has won the parliamentary election. The name of his

@ China has planned to run the rst electric train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet.

@ Reliance Industries announced to start a new clean energy factory to manufacture solar photovoltaic cells for three years.

@ Who Addressed a virtual event on 25 Years of Global Tobacco Control Progress - Dr. Harsh Vardhan

@ Central European University (CEU) has been conferred with the Open Society Award to– KK Shailaja

@ Under the new denition of small and medium companies (SMCs), their turnover and borrowing limits (Rs 50 crore) have been increased to – Rs 250 crore and Rs 50 crore respectively.

@ Name the book released by Opus India on the occasion of 38th anniversary of 1983 World Cup victory – The 1983 World Cup Opus

@ Which bank has recently launched Arogyam Healthcare Business Loan for Healthcare Sector – State Bank of India

@ Recently Benigno Aquino III passed away. He was the former President of– Philippines

@ Considered as the world's most powerful hotel brand – Taj brand of Indian Hotels Company Limited

@ International Widow Day is celebrated to highlight the problems of widows on the world stage - on 23 June

@ NASA's experimental Mars helicopter Ingenuity made its ight to Mars - for the 8th times.

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political party is - Civil Contract Party.

@ Most recently Stefan Lofven failed to win a vote of condence. He was the Prime Minister of which country - Sweden

@ World Music Day is celebrated every year on – 21 June

@ I t i s p roposed by the cen t ra l government to make it mandatory for car manufacturers in India to produce vehicles with which type of engine - ex-fuel engines

@ Announced to set up all over the country for the interest of Divyangjan in sports and their good performance in Paralympics - Divyang Sports Center

@ Which country's legislature recently announced to draft a new constitution for the country - Chile's

@ The director of JK Cement has been included in the list of world's most inuential billionaires by Forbes International. His name is – Kavita Yadupati Singhania

@ Hockey India has appointed Rani Rampal as the captain of the १६-member team representing the Indian women's hockey team at the Tokyo Olympics.

@ Under the vaccination campaign started from January 16, the state which has achieved the distinction of becoming the rst state in the country to administer 2 crore vaccines – Maharashtra

@ Recently the atlas on which election was r e l e a s ed by the E l e c t i on Commission of India – General Elections 2019

@ Which bank will be acquired by Centrum - PMC Bank

@ Recently June 19 was observed as which day - World Sickle Cell Awareness Day

@ Recently the Indian Navy started a joint exercise with which country's navy -

European Union@ After the approval of the Central

Government, the Ordnance Factory Board will be replaced in seven new Defense Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).

@ Council of Scientic and Industrial Research has tied up to develop COVID-19 related mobile testing laboratories in rural India with Tata MD (subsidiary of Tata Group).

@ Under which proposed scheme by the Minor Irrigation Department in Karnataka, there is a protest against the proposal to cut more than 6,000 trees - Hebbal-Nagwara Valley Project.

@ June 19 has been proposed as a national holiday by US President Joe Biden. This holiday is named as - Juneteenth

@ The recently discussed European U n i o n N a v a l F o r c e S o m a l i a (EUNAVFOR) is a counter-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia belonged to the European Union.

@ Recently India has signed a tripartite agreement with Italy and Japan - for Indo-Pacic stability.

@ Antonio Guterres has been re-elected to the post of UN Secretary General.

@ Recently the founding President of Zambia passed away in Lusaka - Kenneth Kaunda

@ Card tokenization expanded by bringing more banks to cards on the Google Pay (G Pay) app – by Google

@ Paying by debit or credit card through secure digital token is called - Card tokenization

@ Recently the country which has been declared a global security challenge by NATO - China

@ To simplify the process of registration of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) the government has made it


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mandatory only to provide - PAN and Aadhar card.

@ MoU signed between Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Ministry o f C u l t u r e a n d T o u r i s m f o r development of National Maritime Heritage Complex at Lothal.

@ The Union Cabinet has been made the nodal ofcer for the Deep Ocean Mission to explore the deep ocean for resources - Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)

@ The theme of International Family Remittance Day on 16 June was - Recovery and resilience through digital and nancial inclusion.

@ B R I C S N e t w o r k U n i v e r s i t i e s Conference hosted by - IIT Bombay

@ To revive the knowledge of ancient Sanskrit scriptures, the Government of Rajasthan has planned to set up a Board of Vedic Education and Sanskar.

@ Recently three days Raja Parba festival was celebrated. This is the famous festival of which state - Odisha

@ Nat ional Asset Reconstruct ion Company Limited (NARCL) or Bad Bank has been made the major sponsor - Canara Bank to take 12 percent stake.

@ To deal with the demand for medical oxygen after the second wave of Covid 19 has been started by the Government of India - 'Project O2 for India'

@ Financial assets in India grew by 11 per cent in the year 2020 which is now US$ 3.4 trillion.

@ Renovated Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Library Inaugurated in Nairobi, Kenya by - External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar

@ Ministry of Civil Aviation signed an agreement for the development of maritime airlines in India - with the Ministry of Shipping.

@ World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is observed every year across the world -

on 15 June.@ The Indian player who won the $15,000

Gelfand Challenge chess title - D. Gukesh.

@ Developed a “3D-printed mask” coated with anti-viral agents by - Thinkr Technologies India Pvt Ltd, Pune.

@ Henri Marie Dondra has been elected as the new Prime Minister of the Central African Republic.

@ Sero survey campaign has been started by the government to determine the prevalence of antibodies in humans against Covid-19 infection.

@ International Albinism Awareness Day is observed every year all over the world - on 13 June.

@ The theme of Albinism Awareness Day f o r t h e y e a r २०२१ i s - #StrengthBeyondAllOdds

@ Recently, Padma Shri awardee Dr. Ashok Panagariya passed away. He belonged to – Medicine (Neuro)

@ E-commerce Company Flipkart has partnered with Telangana government to lead “Medicines from the Sky” project.

@ ४th National Covid-19 Sero Survey to be launched by- AIIMS

@ Two Centers of Excellence set up by B o r d e r R o a d s O r g a n i z a t i o n inaugurated at Seema Sadak Bhawan in New Delhi by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.

@ An online module has been developed to compile the data of out-of-school children - Ministry of Education.

@ Dr. Harsh Vardhan addresses on HIV/AIDS Prevention - 75th session of United Nations General Assembly.

@ Presently India's export of organic agricultural products has increased in 2020-21 –to 51 percent.

@ Draft Master Plan of Delhi 2041 has been opend for public review for next ४५ days.


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@ Defense Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated two Centers of Excellence “CoERSA and CoERBAT” of Border Roads Organization (BRO) – in New Delhi.

@ Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) is an institute established under the Ministry of Home Affairs which is located in – Gandhinagar (Gujarat).

@ Honored w i th the p r es t i g i ous Motivational Trophy at the Indian Military Academy - Gentleman Cadet Kinle Norbu of Bhutan.

@ MoU signed for cooperation on recruitment of domestic workers between India and Kuwait.

@ Announced to donate 500 million doses of Pzer COVID-19 vaccine to the world's poorest countries – United States of America.

@ Country who passed a law banning "defamation" of military personnel - China

@ Who has been recommended by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the post of UN Secretary-General - Antonio Guterres.

@ CDN stands for - Content Delivery Network in the context of global internet outages.

@ The United Nations has warned of mass deaths from starvation and disease in the state of Kayah. Kayah State is located in – Myanmar

@ Recently known for the presence of two species of endangered Monal birds, Mount Eko Dumbing is located in- Arunachal Pradesh.

@ Successfully analyzed monoclonal antibody therapy on COVID-१९ patients by- Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi.

@ Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to assist development projects through space technology in - Northeast India.

@ Which country passed a bill to compete with Chinese technology – United States.

@ Airbnb, EaseMyTrip, OYO and Yatra have established a new industry association called “Confederation of Hospitality, Technology & Tourism Industry (CHATT)”. CHATT will help small companies and travel & hospitality technology players.

@ The Union Cabinet allocated 5 MHz spectrum in the 700 MHz band for the Indian Railways. It will be help in p r o m o t i n g h i g h - s p e e d r a d i o communication.

@ The central government has approved the construction of how many houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) – 3.61 lakh.

@ According to the Global Economic Prospects Update released by the World Bank, the growth rate of the global economy in 2021 will be - 5.6 percent.

@ From which country the Indian Navy will soon receive three of the 24 MH-60 Romeo multirole helicopters - USA

@ A short lm on Chhatrapati Shivaji- ' C h h a t r a p a t i S h i v a j i M a h a r a j Shivrajyabhishek Diwas' released by - Goa Government.

@ Three types of cost-effective ventilators and one oxygen concentrator have been developed by – Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC).

@ Supreme Court e-Committee released Draft Model Rules for live-streaming and recording of court proceedings.

@ Rating agency CRISIL has projected India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rate for the nancial year 2021-2022 to be 9.5 percent.

@ The stock exchange that crossed the 70 million registered users- Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

@ Recently the country that formally left the Open Skies Treaty - Russia


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@ Database named “I-Familia” launched by – Interpol

@ Recently, India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reviewed the progress of an insurance scheme. The name of this insurance scheme is - Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package Insurance Scheme.

@ Which country recently approved the import of Indian vaccine 'Covaxin' - Brazil

@ Recently Mount Merapi Volcano exploded. This volcano is located in – Indonesia

@ Recently approved Pzer Covid vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds - United Kingdom.

@ The Drugs Controller General of India has approved the Serum Institute of India to manufacture which vaccine in India – Sputnik. V

@ A c c o r d i n g t o t h e M i n i s t r y o f Environment, India's forest and tree cover has increased to – 24.56%.

@ Knowledge Economy Mission has been launched by - Kerala

@ MadadMaps is the rst of its kind real-time online map developed by Overseas Indian doctors and their team.

@ National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued advisory for bonded laborers and migrant workers amid COVID-19 cases.

@ The meet ing of BRICS Fore ign Ministers has been held on 1st June, २०२१ was chaired by – India

@ New Zealand and NASA signed agreement for space exploration under Artemis Accord

@ AstraZeneca, Pzer and Moderna recommend "mixing and matching" of COVID-19 vaccines recommended by – Canada.

@ World Bicycle Day is observed every year on - 3 June.

@ The recently discussed H10N3 is a variant of bird u.

@ The theme of the recently organized World Milk Day is - Sustainability in the dairy sector

@ Recently the Indian Navy has set up a Medical ICU on an Advanced Light Helicopter. Its name is - INS Hansa.

@ Announcement of additional benets for workers under ESIC and EPF schemes for dependents of workers who died due to COVID-19 disease by - Ministry of Labor and Employment.

@ Recently, under which scheme the maximum insurance benet for the dependents of Covid-19 victims has been increased from 6 lakh to 7 lakh – EPFO, ESIC schemes.

@ China's cargo spacecraft that docked with the space station's Tiangong-3'S core module - Tianzhou-२.

@ Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in computer software, hardware has tripled in 2020-21to $26.14 billion.

@ The gold medalist of the Asian Boxing Championships held in Dubai is – Pooja Rani Bohra (75kg).

@ State government which celebrated its foundation day on ३०th May – Goa.

@ The CPI (M) leader who passed away recently - Maithili Sivaraman.

@ The nal winner of the football Champions League competition is – Chelsea.

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(b) Government of Punjab (c) Government of Odisha (d) Government of Bihar7. Recently the New Zealand cricket

team won the title of the rst World Test Championship, By defeating which team did he win this title?

(a) Australia cricket team (b) England cricket team (c) Indian cricket team (d) West Indies cricket team8. Who is the rst Indian to be

appointed as a judge in Australia recently?

(a) Pradeep Singh Tiwana (b) Pradeep Singh Duggal (c) Sandeep Singh Tiwana (d) None of these9. Which of the following country

became the world's highest FDI recipient in the year 2020?

(a) India (b) United States (c) Britain (d) China10. In which of the following two public

sector banks did the central government announce the sale of 51 percent stake?

(a) Dena Bank and UCO Bank (b) Punjab National Bank and Axis

Bank (c) Central Bank of India and Indian

Overseas Bank (d) none of these11. World Music Day is observed every

year on? (a) 21st March (b) 21st April

1. In partnership with which of the following company, Reliance Jio launched 5G smartphone JioPhone Next?

(a) Google (b) Microsoft (c) Facebook (d) Twitter2. Who has topped the list of the world's

largest donors of the last 100 years, recently released by Hurun Research and EdelGive Foundation?

(a) Akshay Kumar (b) Aziz Premji (c) Jeff Bezos (d) Jamsetji Tata3. Who has recently resigned from the

post of Trustee in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?

(a) Bill Gates (b) Satya Nadella (c) Warren Buffett (d) Sundar Pichai4. Which Indian economist and civil

servant has been named as a member of the High Level Advisory Group of the World Bank, IMF?

(a) Montek Ahluwalia (b) Narendra Jadhav (c) Amartya Sen (d) Raghuram Rajan5. Recently, Justice Munishwar Nath

Bhandari was appointed as Acting Chief Justice of?

(a) Patna High Court (b) Lucknow High Court (c) Allahabad High Court (d) Kolkata High Court6. “Mukhyamantri Yuva Udyami

Yojana” and “Mukhyamantri Mahila Udyami Yojana” are the new schemes of which state?

(a) Government of Uttar Pradesh

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(c) 21st May (d) 21st June12. With which country India has formed

'Hydrogen Task Force'? (a) France (b) America (c) UK (d) China13. Which yoga related app has been

l aunched by P r ime Min i s te r Narendra Modi on the occasion of International Yoga Day?

(a) N-Yoga (b) M-Yoga (c) Y- Yoga (d) Health-Yoga14. According to the recently released

“Ease of Living Index 2020”, which city has been named the most livable city of India?

(a) Mumbai (b) Delhi (c) Bangalore (d) Hyderabad15. Which of the fol lowing state

government has announced to start one year course 'Yoga Vigyan'?

(a) Government of Bihar (b) Government of Delhi (c) Government of Madhya Pradesh (d) Government of Andhra Pradesh16. According to the 15th Global Peace

Index, which is the world's most peace loving country?

(a) New Zealand (b) Iceland (c) India (d) Bhutan17. On which of the following day

"Sustainable Gastronomy Day" is observed?

(a) 18th June (b) 19th June (c) June 20 (d) June 2118. What is the rank of India in the share

of Central Bank Surplus Transfer released recently?

(a) rst (b) second (c) third (d) fourth

19. According to the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India's GDP growth is projected for the nancial year 2021-22:-

(a) 6.5 percent (b) 7.5 percent (c) 8.5 percent (d) 9.5 percent20. Ashish Chandorkar has been

appointed as a three-year counselor in the Permanent Mission of India to w h i c h o f t h e f o l l o w i n g organizations?

(a) World Bank (b) World Trade Organization (c) Asian Development Bank (d) BRICS Bank21. “Autistic Pride Day” is celebrated

every year to bring awareness about autism in the world on:-

(a) 17th June (b) 18th June (c) 19th June (d) 21st June22. To revive the knowledge of Sanskrit

scriptures and Vedas, the Vedic Education and Sanskar Board is planned to be set up by?

(a) Government of Uttar Pradesh (b) Government of Bihar (c) Government of Rajasthan (d) Government of Maharashtra23. Global sports brand Puma India has

expanded partnership with which of the following Indian cricketer?

(a) Virat Kohli (b) Sourav Ganguly (c) MS Dhoni (d) Yuvraj Singh24. Recently a plan to launch the world's

rst wooden satellite was proposed by?

(a) NASA (b) European Space Agency (c) ISRO (d) JAXA


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25. Recently 'Yuva Shakti Corona Mukti Abhiyan' was started by?

(a) Bihar (b) Chhattisgarh (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Uttarakhand26. Recently LIC Card Services (LIC CSL)

in association with whom has launched a contactless prepaid gift card, 'Shagun'?

(a) State Bank of India (b) ICICI Bank (c) Bank of Baroda (d) IDBI Bank27. Which of the following country has

been elected as a member of United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for 2022-24?

(a) Bhutan (b) India (c) Pakistan (d) Maldives28. A s p e r t h e r e c e n t l y s i g n e d

Agreement on Minimum Global Corporate Tax by G7, the minimum global tax rate has been prescribed to:-

(a) 10 percent (b) 1 percent (c) 15 percent (d) 18 percent29. Who among the following has been

appointed as the Director General of Naval Operations?

(a) Rakesh Pendharkar (b) Rajesh Pendharkar (c) K P Krishnan (d) Rajesh Vijayan30. What is the rank of Himachal

Pradesh in the National Ranking of Anemia Mukt Bharat Index 2020-21?

(a) rst (b) second (c) third (d) fourth31. At which of the following places

India's rst International Maritime Services Cluster will be set up?

(a) Smart City, Kochi

(b) Gift City, Gujarat (c) Special Economic Zone, Kolkata (d) none of these32. Who among the following won the

Best Drama Award at the BAFTA TV Awards 2021?

(a) Roadkill (b) Once Upon a Time in Iraq (c) Save Me Too (d) Inside no. 933. Who is the newly elected Election

Commissioner of India? (a) Ajay Kumar Pandey (b) Anoop Chandra Pandey (c) Rajendra Prasad (d) Sunil Arora34. Who has topped the recently

released “Times Most Desirable Woman 2020” list?

(a) Rhea Chakraborty (b) Priyanka Chopra (c) Adeline Castellino (d) Katrina Kaif35. Recently a new global database

named “ I -Fami l i a” has been launched by?

(a) National Intelligence Service (b) Secret Intelligence Service (c) National Police Agency (d) Interpol36. 80-acre 'Oxy-Van' is the plan of which

state? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Bihar (c) Haryana (d) Jharkhand37. Recently, the Indian Navy has

inducted three indigenously built ALH MK-IIIs into its eet. These are -

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38. According to the World Bank, the growth rate of the Indian economy is projected in the year 2021 is:-

(a) 7.3 percent (b) 8.3 percent (c) 9.3 percent (d) 10.3 percent39. B y w h i c h y e a r t h e c e n t r a l

government has set a target to restore 26 million hectares of degraded land in the country?

(a) 2025 (b) 2030 (c) till 2032 (d) till 203540. Which vaccine is more effective

against the new variant 'Delta' of COVID-19 as per latest data?

(a) Sputnik V (b) Pzer (c) Covishield (d) Covaxin41. Which state government has

recently announced to train 5,000 youth as health assistants for medical and paramedical staff to deal with the third wave of corona?

(a) Government of Bihar (b) Government of Madhya Pradesh (c) Delhi government (d) Maharashtra government42. Which of the fol lowing state

government announced to institute its own series of annual awards similar to Bharat Ratna?

(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Odisha (d) Assam43. In which of the following country

Twitter has lost its safe harbor immunity?

(a) United States (b) China (c) India (d) France44. Which of the following countries is

working on launching the world's rst wooden satellite?

(a) India (b) US (c) China (d) New Zealand

45. According to Swiss brokerage UBS Securities India, India's economic activity declined by what percentage on an average in the quarter of June, 2021?

(a) 9.5 percent (b) 11.5 percent (c) 12 percent (d) 13.5 percent46. Which decade will be jointly led by

UNEP with Food and Agriculture O r g a n i z a t i o n o n e c o s y s t e m restoration?

(a) United Nations Decade 2021-30 (b) United Nations Decade 2031-40 (c) United Nations Decade 2041-50 (d) none of these47. Which of the following Indian

organization has become a signatory to the CEO Water Mandate of the UN Global Compact?

(a) NTPC (b) LIC (c) DRDO (d) SAIL48. Recently the World Bank has

approved a program of how much money to help boost India's MSME sector?

(a) $400 million (b) $500 million (c) $600 million (d) $800 million49. Which of the following Indian

institute has topped among Indian institutions in the top 100 ranking of "The Asia University Rankings 2021"?

(a) IISc-Bangalore (b) IIT-Indore (c) IIT-Ropar (d) IIFT-New Delhi50. World Oceans Day is observed on

which of the following dates? (a) 7th June (b) 8th June (c) 9th June (d) 10th June51. Which lm has won the Best Film on

Environment Protection award at the 67th National Film Awards 2021?

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(c) Arona (d) Nefa52. Recently Hitendra Dave was selected

as the Chief Executive Ofcer (India)?

(a) Deutsche Bank (b) Citi Private Bank (c) Goldman Sachs (d) HSBC Bank53. Who has topped in the National

Performance Grading Index of School Education for 2019-20 released by the Central Government?

(a) Maharashtra (b) Punjab (c) Karnataka (d) Bihar54. Who has been appointed as the new

chairman of Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB)?

(a) Sanjeev Goenka (b) Sanjeev Nandan Sahai (c) Rajiv Kumar (d) Vijay Kumar Pandey55. Which international airport has

recently received the title of Net Energy Neutral Status for the nancial year 2020-21?

(a) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport

(b) Indira Gandhi International Airport (c) Kochi International Airport (d) Kempegowda International Airport56. Who has been elected to the post of

President of the 76th United Nations General Assembly (PGA).

(a) Abdullah Waheed (b) Abdullah Shahid (c) Abdul Gayoom (d) Maumoon Abdul57. Which country will host the rst

International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey World Cup 2024?

(a) India (b) UAE (c) Oman (d) Qatar

58. Recently Raimona (Kokrajhar district) has become the sixth national park of which state?

(a) Assam (b) Nagaland (c) Chhattisgarh (d) MP59. The theme of the recently held World

Oceans Day 2021 was? (a) The Ocean: Life and Livelihood (b) Together we have the power to

protect the ocean (c) Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean (d) Healthy Ocean, Healthy Planet60. India received three MH-60 'Romeo'

multi-role helicopters from which of the following countries?

(a) Israel (b) United States (c) France (d) Japan

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1 A 2 D 3 C 4 A 5 C6 D 7 C 8 A 9 A 10 C11 D 12 B 13 B 14 C 15 B16 B 17 A 18 B 19 D 20 B21 B 22 C 23 D 24 B 25 C26 D 27 B 28 C 29 B 30 C31 B 32 C 33 B 34 A 35 D36 C 37 A 38 B 39 B 40 A41 C 42 D 43 C 44 D 45 C46A47 A48 B 49A50 B51B 52 D53 B 54B 55 D56B 57 C58 A 59A60 B

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