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1st woman Director of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)
• Zoological Survey of India was founded in July 1916. It is
headquartered in Kolkata.
• Indian government approved the appointment of Dr. Dhriti
Banerjee as new director of ZSI.
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 EBRAHIM RAISI
• Ebrahim Raisi was inaugurated as President of Iran. This
ceremony marked Mr. Raisi’s formal accession to office

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 Min Aung Hlaing
• The State Administration Council of Myanmar has been
reformed as ‘Caretaker government of Myanmar’ headed by
the Chief of the Myanmar military Senior General
• Min Aung Hlaing as the Prime Minister.
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 1st Indian PM to chair UNSC debate
• India started its two-year tenure as non-permanent member
of UNSC on January 1, 2021. It is India’s seventh term on
UNSC as a non-permanent member. Earlier, India has been a
member of UNSC in 1950-51, 1967-68, 1972-73, 1977-78,
1984-85, and 1991-92.
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• India is holding presidency of UNSC for August and Narendra
Modi has become the first Indian Prime Minister to chair an
open debate at UNSC.
 Muslim Women Rights Day
• Muslim Women Rights Day” will be observed across the
country On 1st August 2021, to celebrate the enactment of
the law against Triple Talaq.

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 World Breastfeeding Week
• World Breastfeeding Week is being observed from August 1 to
August 7, 2021
• This year, week is being observed under the theme
• ‘Protect Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility.’
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• World Breastfeeding week is an annual celebration which is
held every year in over 120 countries.
 SIM Binding
• To safeguard the interest of its customers, Country’s largest
lender State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a new and
enhanced security feature – ‘SIM Binding’ in YONO and
YONO Lite.
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 NATIONAL CRIME RECORDS BUREAU
• Suicides due to Unemployment
• As per NCRB, 2,851 people died by suicide due to
unemployment in 2019.
• This figure has increased from 2,298 suicides in 2016.
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• Karnataka registered the greatest number (553) of suicides
due to unemployment in 2019.
• Karnataka is followed by Maharashtra with 452 cases and
Tamil Nadu with 251 cases.
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 India’s lightest metro train set for Pune Metro sent from Italy
• Order for supply of 102 metro coaches for Pune metro was
placed .
• These metro coaches for Pune metro will be manufactured
with Aluminium for first time in India.
• They are lighter, having
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at Nagpur-Metro (16T axle load).

• It is a railway wagon manufacturer based in Titagarh, West
Bengal
• Titagarh is now having 100% stake of Firema Trasporti.
 e-RUPI Digital Payment Solution”
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to launch “e-RUPI Digital
Payment Solution” on August 2, 2021. e-RUPI is an e-voucher-
based payment solution.
• National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)developed e-RUPI
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• It was launched in collaboration with Department of Financial

Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and National
Health Authority.
• The users of this seamless one-time payment mechanism will be
able to redeem the voucher without a card, digital payments app
or internet banking access, at the merchants accepting e-RUPI. e-
RUPI would be shared with the beneficiaries for a specific
purpose or activity by organizations or Government via SMS or
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QR code.
This contactless e-RUPI is easy, safe and secure as it keeps the
details of the beneficiaries completely confidential. The entire
transaction process through this voucher is relatively faster and
at the same time reliable, as the required amount is already
stored in the voucher.
 Artificial Intelligence Tool
• The ‘AICTE Translation Automation Artificial Intelligence Tool'
translates English language online courses into eleven different
languages-
• Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada,
Malayalam, Punjabi, Assamese
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• The tool is capable of translating complex formulae, English

books, research journals, Government documents and English
videos.
 GOPALPUR PORT
• Indian Naval Ship (INS) Khanjar becomes the first Indian Navy
ship to call at the heritage coastal port of Gopalpur in Odisha.
• During ancient times, Gopalpur served as an important port for
the seafarers of ancient Kalinga. It is identified with the site
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Mansurkota located near Gopalpur, just below the mouth of the
river Rushikulya.
• Even during the World War –I, it was an important military port
where soldiers used to embark on a journey to Burma.
 Bhubaneswar
• Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, has become the first
city in India to achieve 100% Covid vaccination of its people.

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 ‘Ashwagandha
• The Ministry of Ayush has collaborated with the U.K.’s
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to
conduct a study on ‘Ashwagandha’ for promoting recovery
from COVID-19.
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• Ashwagandha’ (Withania somnifera), commonly known as
‘Indian winter cherry’, is a traditional Indian herb that boosts
energy, reduces stress and makes the immune system
stronger.
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under the Ministry of Ayush, and the LSHTM recently signed a
MoU to conduct clinical trials of ‘Ashwagandha’ on 2,000
participants in three U.K. cities — Leicester, Birmingham and
London (Southall and Wembley).
 GOA BHUMIPUTRA ADHIKARINI BILL, 2021
• It recognises anyone living in the state for 30 years or more
as a ‘Bhumiputra (son of the soil)’ and giving such a person
the right to own his or her ‘small dwelling unit’ if ownership
was undetermined so far.
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• Once recognised as a Bhumiputra, an individual can stake

claim to ownership of their house of not more than 250 sq
m, built before April 1, 2019.
 Kuthiran Tunnel in Kerala.
• This is the first road tunnel in the state and will drastically
improve connectivity to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

• The 1.6 km long tunnel is designed through Peechi-

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• The road will improve connectivity to important ports and

towns in North – South Corridor without endangering
wildlife.
 Forensic Sciences
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah lays foundation stone of
Uttar Pradesh State Institute of Forensic Sciences in
Lucknow.
• The institute, which would operate under the ministry of
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home affairs, is proposed to be affiliated to Gujarat-based
National Forensics Sciences University (NFSU).
• The forensic sciences institute would be headed by a senior
police officer.
 ATL TINKERPRENEUR BOOTCAMP
• Tinkerpreneur’ – the name derived from the phrase ‘enabling
students to tinker from the comfort of their homes and become
an entrepreneur this summer’ was a bootcamp focussed on
cultivating a hands-on innovative mindset among students.
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• Spread across a span of 9 weeks from 31st May 2021 to 1st

August 2021, ‘ATL Tinkerpreneur’ enabled the participants to
develop a business idea and create an end-to-end strategy for
setting up a new venture.
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 O. Chidambaranar Port Trust
• The VOC Port Trust has become the first major port in the
country to deploy e-cars.
• It has inducted three Tata X pres -T electric vehicles in the first
phase.
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• These cars have been supplied by Energy Efficiency Services
Limited (EESL), a Joint venture of Public Sector Undertaking
(PSU), under Ministry of Power , on wet lease basis, for a
period of 6 years.
 Nuclear power
• More nuclear power plants are also planned in future and the
nuclear power capacity is expected to reach 22480 MW by the year
2031 from the current 6780 MW.(3.1%)

• Ten (10) nuclear power reactors with 8000 MW capacity (including

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Nigam Limited {BHAVINI}) are under construction.

• the Government has accorded administrative approval and financial

sanction of ten (10) indigenous Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors
(PHWRs) of 700 MW each to be set up in fleet mode.
 Natural gas
• Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways informed
Lok Sabha that the share of natural gas in the primary
energy mix in India is envisaged to increase to 15% by 2030
by boosting domestic production and procuring LNG.
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 POWER SECTOR
• Report is titled as “Turning Around the Power Distribution
Sector”.
• It has been jointly authored by NITI Aayog, RMI and RMI India.
• In financial year 2021,DISCOMS total estimated losses are as
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crore. Because of these losses,
 SWIGGY-E CYCLE
• Food delivery platform Swiggy is launching electric-cycles (E-
cycles) in association with the Hero Lectro Cargo (HLC) in
Hyderabad.
• Under the pilot project, e-cycles will be rolled out in August
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• E-cycles from Hero Lectro Cargo (HLC) will be deployed for last
mile food delivery.
 decentralized biomedical waste incinerator

• A decentralized biomedical waste incinerator at Buxar in

Bihar.
• This technology was developed by Ganesh Engineering
Works.
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• It was selected through Biomedical Waste Treatment
Innovation Challenge that was launched in June 2020.
• Decentralized Biomedical Waste Incinerator is a portable,
forced draft incinerator which has the capability to handle 50
kg of biomedical waste made of cotton, plastic, or similar
materials per hour.
• Thus, it can handle 5kg waste
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of waste heat recovery. The unit requires two square meter

area and 0.6 kWh electricity for initial ignition of waste with
the option of auto electricity turn off.
 ATMANIRBHAR CORNER
• collaboration with Ministry of External Affairs, TRIFED is
about to set up an Atma nirbhar Bharat corner in 100 Indian
Missions/ Embassies across the world.
• The corner will be an exclusive space to promote GI tagged
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tribal art and craft products besides natural and organic
products.
• India enacted the Geographical Indications (Registration and
Protection Act), 1999, which came into effect from September
15, 2003.
 (MKB-YRFP)
• The Department established the MK Bhan Fellowship-Young
Researcher Fellowship Programme (MKB-YRFP) with an aim to
encourage young bright researchers below 35 years of age to
continue their research in the country after Ph.D. in any branch of
Life Sciences/ Biotechnology/allied areas
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• The scheme offers an independent research grant for three years
to the young Post-Doctoral Fellows
• This Fellowship, entails a monthly emolument of Rs 75,000.
AIRPORTS ECONOMIC REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA
(AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021
• The 2008 Act designates an airport as a major airport if it has
an annual passenger traffic of at least 35 lakh.
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• The Bill adds that the central government may group airports
and notify the group as a major airport.
 PM Mudra Yojana (PMMY)
• Central government has set loans disbursement target under
PM Mudra Yojana (PMMY) at Rs 3 trillion for financial year
2021-2022.
• In the financial year 2020-2021, loan disbursement target was
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PLASTIC-MIXED HANDMADE PAPER

Khadi and Village

Industries Commission
(KVIC) has secured Patent
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innovative Plastic-mixed
Handmade Paper
developed to reduce
plastic menace from
nature.
 Samagra Shiksha Scheme
• As continuation of the revised Samagra Shiksha Scheme for a
period of five years
• i.e., from 2021-22 to 2025-26 with a total financial outlay of
Rs.2,94,283.04 crore which includes Central share of
Rs.1,85,398.32 crore.
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• It involves a 60:40 split in funding between the Centre and most

States
• The scheme covers 11.6 lakh government and aided schools with
over 15 crore students and 57 lakh teachers
• The Samagra Shiksha scheme is an integrated scheme for school
education covering the entire gamut from pre-school to class XII

• (i) Universal Access including Infrastructure Development and

Retention;
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• (ii) Foundational Literacy and Numeracy,
• (iii) Digital initiatives; (iv) Vocational Education;
• (v) Sports and Physical Education;
• (vi) Strengthening of Teacher Education and Training etc.
 Iac vikrant
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian Navy
and Cochin Shipyard Limited for the maiden sea trial of India’s
first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) Vikrant
• Vikrant is named after the Majestic-class aircraft carrier which
was operated by the Indian@ Navy
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• IAC-1 has been designed by the Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval
Design (DND), and is being built at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL),
a public sector shipyard under the Ministry of Shipping.
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 INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE(2015)
• The framework agreement of the International Solar Alliance
opened for signatures in Marrakech, Morocco in November
2016.
• Membership to the ISA was earlier limited to 121 countries,
which were partially or entirely
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• Germany became the 5th country to sign International Solar
Alliance Framework Agreement after amendments to it
entered into force on 8th January 2021, opening its
Membership to all Member States of the United Nations.
 Indian Institute of Space Science and
Technology (IIST),
• Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST),
situated at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala is a Deemed to be
University under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956.
• The Union Cabinet has approved the MoU between Indian
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Institute of Space science and Technology (IIST) and The
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft).Netherland.
 FAST TRACK SPECIAL COURTS
• The Central Government enacted "The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018"
and made provision of stringent punishment including death penalty for
perpetrators of rape. This led to the establishment of the Fast Track Special
Courts (FTSCs).
• The Scheme was launched on 02.10.2019. Central Share is to be funded from
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• The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of 1023 Fast Track Special
Court (FTSCs) including 389 exclusive POCSO Courts as a Centrally Sponsored
Scheme (CSS) from 01.04.2021 to 31.03.2023
• with an outlay of Rs. 1572.86 crore
• (Rs.971.70 crore as Central Share and Rs.601.16 crore as State share).
• Government launched ‘Sabki Yojna Sabka Vikas’ campaign
for inclusive and holistic preparation of Gram Panchayat
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mandated for preparation and implementation of plans for
economic development and social justice.
 WORLD BANK-DAM SAFETY
• Government of India, Central Water Commission, government
representatives of 10 participating states and World Bank signed
a $250 million project on August 4, 2021 for long-term dam safety
program.
• The dam safety project will@ be
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the states of Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya

Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Rajasthan, Odisha, and Tamil
Nadu.
 MALPE BEACH
• Malpe is natural port located in Udupi District in Karnataka. It is
located at the mouth of Malpe River
• Leaseholders of Malpe Beach Tourism in Udupi district got
safety nets and red flags on August 3, 2021 along the beach.
• nets were erected for about
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& warning signs not to enter the waters have been place.

• Tourists neglecting the warning will be imposed a fine of ₹500

each.
 WATER VILLAS
• Administrator of Lakshadweep, Praful Khoda Patel highlighted
that, water villas will be set up at the cost of ₹800 crore.
• This project is first of its kind in India.
• Under the project, world-class facility will be provided
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through solar-powered and eco-friendly villa.
• These villas would be set up in Minicoy, Suheli and Kadmat
islands in Lakshadweep.
• In order to construct water villas, Lakshadweep administration
has restructured and invited fresh global tenders to select
bidders to develop beach and water villas.
• In all, 370 rooms will be offered across the three islands.
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• Villas would be constructed under public-private partnership
model.
• Water and beach villas will be given to selected bidders for a
period of 75 years in order to develop, operate and maintain
them.
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 Tightening the Net REPORT
• Independent charitable org Oxfam has said that ‘net zero’
carbon targets that many countries have announced may be a
“dangerous distraction” from the priority of cutting carbon
emissions.
• The report says that if the challenge of change is tackled only by
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way of planting more trees, then about 1.6 billion hectares of
new forests would be required to remove the world’s excess
carbon emissions by the year 2050.
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• net-zero is a state in which a country’s emissions are
compensated by absorption and removal of greenhouse gases
from the atmosphere.

• Land-hungry ‘netsanthosh
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rise in global food prices and more hunger while allowing rich
nations and corporates to continue “dirty business-as-usual,”
• Solarpunk is an art movement that showcase how the future
might look if humanity gets success in solving major
contemporary challenges by emphasising on sustainability
problems like climate change and pollution.
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COMMUNITY OF PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE COUNTRIES (CPLP)
• It was founded in 1996, in Lisbon. Lusophones are
Headquarters: Lisbon, PortugaL peoples and nations
that comprise an
estimated 270
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spread across 10
sovereign states and
territories that
recognize
Portuguese as an
official language.
• India has joined the Community of Portuguese Language
Countries, CPLP as Associate Observer in July this year.
• The CPLP consists of 9 member states and 32 associate
observers, located in Europe, South America, Asia, Africa and
Oceania, totalingsanthosh
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• Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique,

Portugal, and São Tomé and Príncipe; Timor-Leste joined in
2002 and Equatorial Guinea joined in 2014.
 Permanent Forum of People of African Descent
• UN General Assembly (UNGA) has approved a resolution on
August 2, 2021 to establish a Permanent Forum of People of
African Descent.
• This permanent forum of people will provide expert advice in
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• New forum will comprise of 10 members of which five will be

elected by General Assembly from all regions and five will be
appointed by Human Rights Council in consultations with
regional groups as well as organizations of people of African
descent.
 Pavlof Volcano.
• It is a strato volcano of Aleutian Range on the Alaska
Peninsula. It is one of the most active in United States since
1980. It has erupted in 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986–1988, 1996–
1997, 2007, 2013. It erupted two times in 2014. Its last
eruption was recorded
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• Webcams on August 6 showed episodic low-level ash

emissions from Pavlof Volcano.
 BHOOKAMPH ALERT APP
• Indian Institute of Technology in Roorkee (IIT Roorkee)
launched an earthquake early warning (EEW) Mobile App for
Uttarakhand.
• This mobile app project was sponsored by Uttarakhand State
Disaster Management Authority (USDMA)
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