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Time in 1.30min 10-25 min Four days

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 kArmAn line-spAce
• The most widely accepted boundary of space is known as the
Kármán line, 100km above mean sea level. But the United
States uses 80km as the cutoff point. Branson’s Virgin Galactic
flight reached a height of 86km while Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin
flight is expected toacegocurrent
about 106km high.
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• The Kármán line has been compared to international waters,

as there are no national boundaries and human laws in force
beyond the line. Above this level, there would be free space.
• It was named after aerospace pioneer Theodore von Kármán
Free legAl Aid

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 tele lAw progrAmme
• This programme was launched by Ministry of Law and Justice in
collaboration with Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (MeitY).
• It was launched in 2017 to tackle cases at pre–litigation stage
• This service is free for
acethose
current who are eligible
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accordance with Section 12 of Legal Services Authority Act, 1987.

• This programme connects disadvantaged and needy who are

seeking legal advice from Panel Lawyers with the help of an e-
interface platform available in Common Service Centres.
• Programme is currently operational in 633 districts. It includes
115 Aspirational Districts in 34 States and Union Territories by
a network of 50 thousand Common Service Centres.
• Recently, Department of Justice commemorated the
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milestone of crossing nine lakh beneficiaries under its Tele-
Law programme.
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 mAtysA setu
• Matsya Setu app was developed by ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater
Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA), Bhubaneswar.
• Funding support was provided by National Fisheries Development Board
(NFDB), Hyderabad.
• This app comprises of species-wise or subject-wise self-learning online course
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modules.
• On the app, renowned aquaculture experts will explain basic concepts and
practical demonstrations regarding breeding, seed production and grow-out
culture of commercially important fishes such as carp, murrel, catfish, scampi,
ornamental fish and pearl farming.
 lArgest solAr pArk-rAnn oF kutch
• This solar park will have the capacity of 4.75 gigawatt (GW).
• It will be set up in Rann of Kutch in Gujarat from where NTPC
will also generate green hydrogen on commercial scale.

• NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd got the go-ahead from ministry

of new and renewable energy
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“ultra-mega renewable energy power parks (UMREPP)
scheme”.
• NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd has also signed pact with Union
territory of Ladakh to set up green hydrogen mobility project
in region.
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green hydrogen mobility project
• NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd (NTPC REL) will set up the
country’s first green Hydrogen Mobility project in Ladakh.
• NTPC REL is a 100 per cent subsidiary of NTPC.
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 First lng plAnt
The country’s first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility plant at
Nagpur .

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 IndIa’s fIrst cryptogamIc garden
• Inaugurated recently in the Chakrata town of Dehradun,
Uttarakhand.

• The garden will be housing nearly 50 species of lichens, ferns and

fungi (collectively known as Cryptogamae).
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• This site is chosen because of its low pollution levels and moist
conditions which are conducive for the growth of these species
 nAtionAl dolphin reseArch centre (ndrc)
• Project Dolphin was started on the lines of Project Tiger, which has
helped in increasing tiger population.
• This initiative got in-principle approval in December 2019 at first
meeting of National Ganga Council (NGC), headed by the Prime
Minister. ace current affairs@santhosh sir

• National Dolphin Research Centre (NDRC) will soon come up in

Patna. Process to set up the research centre has started.
• Bihar is home to half of estimated 3,000 Gangetic dolphins in
India.
 lightening strikes-bihAr
• On July 11, 2021 lightning strikes killed about 70 people in different parts
India, including Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
• Findings of second annual Lightning Report
• As per the report, Bihar has reported most deaths because of lightning. In
between April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 about 401 deaths were reported.

• Bihar is followed by Uttar Pradesh where 238 deaths were reported in

same period. ace current affairs@santhosh sir

• UP is followed by Madhya Pradesh with 228, Odisha with 156 deaths and
Jharkhand with 132 deaths.

• Bihar recorded a jump of 81% in deaths from 221 deaths in 2019-20 to 401
during April 2020 and March 2021.
 khAdi prAkritik pAint
• it is India’s first paint made from Cow Dung.
• Union MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari is the brand ambassador of
Khadi Prakritik Paint.
• The Paint has been launched with the twin objectives of
increasing farmers’ income and
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the country.
 gAndhinAgAr rAilwAy stAtion
• 5-star hotel building has been over railway tracks and is one of the tallest
buildings in Gandhinagar. It has the height of 76.99 metres with three towers
of 9-11-11 floors. Building has been arranged in triquetra shape symbolizing
‘Trinity form’.
• hotel atop the railway station is having 318 rooms. It will be operated by a
private entity. Hotel is spread across
ace current 7,400 squaresirmeters. It was built at a cost
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of Rs 790 crore

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to virtually inaugurate a newly-built

five-star hotel on the top of redeveloped Gandhinagar railway station on July
16, 2021
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 bhim-upi
• Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) is India’s digital payment application
(app) that works through UPI, a system that powers multiple bank
accounts into a single mobile application.
• Developed by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
• Launched in December, 2016.
• Bhutan has become the first country to adopt India’s Unified Payment
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Interface (UPI)standards for its quick response (QR) code. It is also the
second country after Singapore to have BHIM-UPI acceptance at
merchant locations.
• Bhutan will also become the only country to both issue and accept
RuPay cards as well as accept BHIM-UPI.
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 lower Arun project
• It is the largest trans-Himalayan River that passes through Nepal.
River drains into Sapta Kosi river system.
• This project has the capacity of 679 MW of electricity.
• It is located in Sankhuwasabha and Bhojpur districts of Province 1
of Nepal
• This will be the secondace mega venture
current in Nepal,by
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• It is the single largest foreign investment project.
• Nepal has inked a USD 1.3 billion deal with Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam
(SJVN) of India
• 900-MW Arun-3 hydroelectric project in Nepal
• ( first venture 1.04 billion)
 khAdi trAde mArk
• KVIC is a statutory body established in April 1957. It was
established during 2nd Five Year plan, under the ‘Khadi and Village
Industries Commission Act of 1956’
• KVIC obtained trademark registration in Bhutan on July 9.
• UAE granted the trademark registration on June 28, 2021.
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• Thus, KVIC has successfully secured trademark registration in a
gulf country for the first time.
• KVIC received trademark registration for “Khadi” in Mexico in
December 2020.
• United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Russia and China besides
European Union, till date.
 Flowering plAnts
• Sikkim, the smallest State with less than 1% of India’s
landmass, is home to 27% of all flowering plants found in
the country, reveals a recent publication by the Botanical
Survey of India (BSI).
• The total number of ace
naturally occurring flowering
current affairs@santhosh sir plants in
the country is about 18,004 species, and with 4,912
species, the diversity of flowering plants in Sikkim, spread
over an area of 7,096 sq. km, is very unique.
 mAdurAi mAlle
• Consignments of Geographical Indications (GI) certified
Madurai malli and other traditional flowers such as button
rose, lily, chamanthi and marigold were exported to USA and
Dubai from Tamil Nadu.
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 spArsh
• Ministry of Defence has implemented SPARSH
• System for Pension Administration (Raksha),
• an integrated system for automation of sanction and
disbursement of defence pension.
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 nArgol port
• Public protests have rekindled in South Gujarat, nearly 21
years after the state government decided to float global bids
for a second time to develop an all-weather, multipurpose
port at Nargol village in Umargam taluka of Valsad district.
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 hAribAnghA & mAldA mAngoes
• Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had sent a consignment of
Haribhanga mangoes for President Ram Nath Kovind and
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 4. She also sent
mangoes for the Chief Ministers of West Bengal, Mizoram,
Tripura, Assam andace
Meghalaya as a gesture
current affairs@santhosh sir of goodwill.
• A consignment of Geographical Identification (GI) certified
Fazil mango variety sourced from Malda district of West
Bengal was exported today to Bahrain.
 brics
• All BRICS countries have agreed to the STI-led BRICS
Innovation Cooperation Action Plan (2021-24) proposed by
India during 12th Meeting of BRICS S&T Steering Committee.
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United Kingdom exported apple to India for the first time in 50 years.

Apples were exported under the Enhanced Trade Partnership,

which was agreed by Prime Ministers of both the countries in
May 2021. Enhanced Trade Partnership is considered as
predecessor of Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
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• Later, Truss and Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush

Goyal formally signed the agreement, setting the goal of
doubling bilateral trade between the United Kingdom and India
by 2030.
 AvicenniA mArinA
• Scientists at the Department of Biotechnology (DBT)-Institute
of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar have reported for the first time
a reference-grade whole genome sequence of a highly salt-
tolerantand salt-secreting true-mangrove species, Avicennia
marina.
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 nAtionAl Forensic science university
• The Union Home Minister inaugurated the newly built Center
of Excellence for Research & Analysis of Narcotics and
Psychotropic Substances of the National Forensic Science
University in Ahmedabad.
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 gene editing committee
Indian stem cell and
developmental biologist Prof.
Maneesha S Inamdar has been
part of the WHO Expertace current
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Committee on Developing Global

Standards for Governance and
Oversight of Human Genome
Editing.
 judiciAry inFrAstructure
• The Union Cabinet has approved continuation of the Centrally
Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure
Facilities for Judiciary for further five years from 01.04.2021 to
31.03.2026 at a totalace cost
currentof Rs.9000 crore.
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 coAl Fields
• The Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India, organized a day-long
workshop on “way ahead for Jharia and Raniganj Master Plan”
at Central Coalfields Limited, a Jharkhand-based subsidiary of
Coal India Ltd. ace current affairs@santhosh sir
 rudrAksh
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the
International Cooperation and Convention Centre – Rudraksh
in Varanasi, which has been constructed with Japanese
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 white FlAg movement
• In Malaysia, some residents of low-income families have
started waving white flags as part of the so-called “White Flag
Campaign”, or the #benderaputi (white flag) movement.

• As part of the movement that

ace current was initiated
affairs@santhosh sir last week, families
that are facing hunger or need any other kind of assistance
are encouraged to wave a white flag or put a piece of white
cloth outside their homes to signal that they need help.
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 right to repAir movement
• It is the right of consumers to be able to repair their own
electronics and other products.
• The goal of the movement is to get companies to make
spare parts, tools and information on how to repair devices
available to customers aceand repair
current shops tosirincrease the
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lifespan of products and to keep them from ending up in
landfills.
• The movement traces its roots back to the very dawn of the
computer era in the 1950s.
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• US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order calling
on the Federal Trade Commission to curb restrictions imposed
by manufacturers that limit consumers’ ability to repair their
gadgets on their own terms.
• The UK introducedace
right-to-repair rulessirthat should make it
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much easier to buy and repair daily-use gadgets such as TVs
and washing machines.
 lemru elephAnt reserves
• To be located in Chattisgarh.
• Proposed in 2005 and got central approval in 2007.
• It is planned to prevent human-animal conflict in the region,
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Jharkhand
 nAvegAon-nAzAriA tiger reserves
• A rare Melanistic Leopard (commonly known as Black Panther) has
been recorded in Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) of
Maharashtra.
• The tiger reserve comprises the notified area of Navegaon National
Park, Navegaon Wildlife Sanctuary,
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Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary and Koka Wildlife Sanctuary.
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 viper
• VIPER is a mobile robot.
• NASA has announced that it will launch its Volatiles
Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER in 2023.

• It is the first resource mapping

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body.
• NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) will be
providing the launch vehicle and lander for what’s going to be
a 100-day mission.
• To explore the Moon’s South Pole region.
• Help create lunar resource maps.
• Evaluate the concentration of water as well as other potential
resources on its surface.
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 cAssini mission
• Launched in 1997.
• The mission is a cooperation between NASA, the European
Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.
• This was the first landing ever accomplished in the outer
Solar System.
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• Cassini is the fourth space probe to visit Saturn and the first
to enter orbit.
• Its design includes a Saturn orbiter and a lander for the
moon Titan. The lander, called Huygens, landed on Titan in
2005
• Titan has methane in its atmosphere.
• Enceladus has a liquid ocean with erupting plumes of gas and
water.

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 mAlAriA Free-chinA
• China is the first country in the WHO Western Pacific
Region to be awarded a malaria-free certification in more
than 3 decades.
• Other countries in the region that have achieved this
status include Australia
ace (1981), Singapore sir
current affairs@santhosh (1982) and
Brunei Darussalam (1987).
• Globally, 40 countries and territories have been granted a
malaria-free certification from WHO – including, most
recently, El Salvador (2021), Algeria (2019).
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 rbi retAil direct FAcility
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced “RBI Retail Direct
facility” scheme on July 12, 2021
• RBI’s Retail Direct Scheme is a one-stop solution to facilitate
investment in Government Securities (G-Sec) by individual
investors. ace current affairs@santhosh sir
• Under this scheme, retail investors will be provided a facility to
open and maintain Retail Direct Gilt Account (RDG Account)
with RBI.
• This facility was launched as part of continuing efforts towards
increasing retail participation in government securities.
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 kongu nAAdu
• Kongu Nadu is a commonly used name for part of the western
Tamil Nadu region.
• This place is referred in Tamil literature. to as one among five
regions of ancient Tamil Nadu. Sangam literature also mentions of
‘Kongu Nadu’ in as a separate territory.
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• In present day Tamil Nadu, this term is informally used to refer a
region comprising of districts of Nilgiris, Tirupur, Coimbatore,
Karur, Erode, Namakkal and Salem besides, Oddanchatram &
Vedasandur in Dindigul district and Pappireddipatti in district of
Dharmapuri.
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 p8i AircrAFt
• Contract for eight P81 aircraft was signed by defence
ministry in 2009.In 2016, ministry signed a contract for four
additional P-8I aircraft.
• 10th P-81 aircraft is the second aircraft to be delivered under
option contract for four additional
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ministry was awarded in 2016.
• P-81 aircrafts have been deployed to assist during disaster
relief & humanitarian missions in addition to unmatched
maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare
capabilities.
 leAder oF rAjyAsAbhA
• Union minister for commerce, consumer affairs and food &
textiles, Piyush Goyal, is set to replace Thaawar Chand Gehlot as
leader of House in Rajya Sabha.

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 AdAni group
• Adani Group led by Gautam Adani has completed the takeover
of ‘Mumbai International Airport’ from GVK group
• With this takeover, Adani group has become the top company in
terms of airport infrastructure companies in India.
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 world populAtion dAy- july 11
• The day is observed every year with a specific theme. Theme
for World Population Day 2021 is “Rights and choices are the
answer: Whether baby boom or bust, the solution to shifting
fertility rates lies in prioritizing the reproductive health and
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 world First conjugAte vAccine
• Cuba has developed world’s first conjugate Covid-19
vaccine Soberana 2
• Soberana 2 vaccine is administered in three dose
regimens. It comprises of two shots of Soberana 2 and
one shot of Soberana Plus.
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• It is administered in 0-28-56-day regimen.

• The type of vaccine combining weak antigen with
strong antigen as a carrier so that an immune system
strongly response to a weak antigen, is called as
conjugate vaccine
 bitcoin hArdwAre wAllet
• Square’s hardware head, Jesse Dorogusker, announced
recently that company is going to start building a hardware
wallet and accompanying service for cryptocurrency.

• Hardware wallet is a special

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which maintains and secures private crypto keys of users in
hardware device.
• This wallet is known for providing security and utility when
users interact with blockchains
 europeAn chAmpionship
• It is the primary association football competition among
senior men’s national teams of members of Union of
European Football Associations (UEFA).
• Competition has been held every four years since 1960.
• Euros 2020 was postponed
ace currentuntil 2021 because
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19 pandemic in Europe.
• Italy has won second European Championship trophy after
defeating England by 3-2 in penalty shoot-out in final of
Euros 2020 trophy at Wembley Stadium in London.
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 copA AmericA -1916
• HOST COUNTRY-BRAZIL
• FINAL- ARGENTINA VS BRAZIL
• WINNER -ARGENTINA
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wimbeldon 2021

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 wimbeldon 2021
• Novak Djokovic VS Matteo Berrettini
• 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
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• Ashleigh Barty VS Karolína Plíšková

• 6–3, 6–7, 6–3