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1. Rajasthan Government launches ”Mission Niryatak Bano” to boost exports
from state
2. Legendary playback singer Asha Bhosle selected for Maharashtra Bhushan
Award for 2021
3. Serum Institute Chairman Cyrus Poonawalla wins Lokmanya Tilak National
Award
4. India takes over UNSC presidency for August 2021 with focus on maritime
security, peacekeeping, counter-terrorism
5. Deepak Das takes charge as new Controller General of Accounts (CGA)
6. PV Sindhu Wins Bronze in Women’s Badminton at Tokyo Olympics
7. Sri Lanka bowling all-rounder Isuru Udana retires from international cricket
with immediate effect
8. NPCI launches digital payment solution e-RUPI
9. SBI launches ‘SIM Binding’ feature for YONO and YONO Lite
10. Nikol Pashinyan Re-appointed as Prime Minister of Armenia
11. Centenarian Sprinter Man Kaur passes away at 105
12. Seven Indian Companies Feature in Fortune Global 500 list for 2021,
Walmart top Company by Revenue
13. HDFC Bank launches ‘Dukandar Overdraft Scheme’ for small retailers
14. Germany’s Alexander Zverev wins Tennis Men’s Singles Gold at Tokyo
Olympics
15. USA beats Mexico in extra-time to clinch 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup in
Football
16. Uttarakhand unveils India’s first earthquake early warning mobile app
‘Uttarakhand Bhookamp Alert’
17. INS Khanjar becomes first Indian Navy ship to call at heritage coastal port
of Gopalpur in Odisha
18. BRO Builds World’s Highest Motorable Road In Ladakh at 19,300 ft
19. Pakistani climber Shehroze Kashif becomes youngest mountaineer in the
world to scale Mt. K2
20. Indian Economists Dr Jagdish Bhagwati and Dr C Rangarajan conferred
with inaugural Prof CR Rao Centenary Gold Medal
21. World Bank approves $250 million project to make India’s existing dams
safe and resilient
22. Kumar Mangalam Birla steps down as Non-Executive Chairman of
Vodafone Idea
23. Mini Ipe takes charge as Managing Director of LIC
24. Ebrahim Raisi sworn in as new President of Iran
25. Balakot Air Strike: How India Avenged Pulwama written by Manan Bhatt
26. Boxer Lovlina Borgohain settles for bronze medal in Tokyo Olympics 2020
27. Indian Men’s Hockey Team Beats Germany To Win Bronze at Tokyo
Olympics
28. India’s first heart failure biobank unveiled in Thiruvananthapuram
29. Suryoday Small Finance Bank launches ‘Health and Wellness Savings
Account’
30. Dhriti Banerjee appointed first woman director of Zoological Survey of India
31. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award rechristened as Major Dhyan Chand Khel
Ratna Award
32. India’s Olympian footballer SS ‘Babu’ Narayan passes away at 86
33. TRIFED Celebrates 34th Foundation Day on August 06, 2021
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34. DBS Bank recognised as ‘Most Innovative in Digital Banking’ globally by
‘The Banker’
35. Centre Approves One-Year Extension to Rajiv Gauba’s term as Cabinet
Secretary
36. India-UAE Navy undertakes bilateral exercise ‘Zayed Talwar 2021’ off coast
Abu Dhabi
37. Indian Contingents Concludes with 7 Medals at 2020 Tokyo Summer
Olympics Games
38. Prime Minister Narendra Modi becomes first Indian PM to Chair a UNSC
Debate
39. Karnataka becomes first Indian state to issue order regrading
implementation of NEP 2020
40. ADB approves USD 300 million additional loan for rural roads projects in
Maharashtra
41. Centre Approves 3-year extension for Rekha Sharma as Chairperson of
National Commission for Women
42. Veteran Indian film and television actor, Anupam Shyam Ojha passes away
at 63
43. RBI raises limit for collateral free loans to Self-Help Groups (SHG) under
the DAY-NRLM (Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods
Mission) from Rs. 10 lakhs to Rs. 20 Lakhs.
44. RBI to impose monetary charges on banks if ATMs run out of cash from
October 1
45. Sudha Murty launches new book ‘How The Earth Got Its Beauty’
46. Novelist Anuradha Roy pens new novel ‘The Earthspinner’
47. SIDBI launches app based lending platform ‘Digital Prayaas’ for small
entrepreneurs
48. Quad Navies to undertake Ex-Malabar 2021 off the coast of Guam
49. India ranks 122 among 181 countries on new Global Youth Development
Index; Singapore Tops: Commonwealth Secretariat
50. Indore declared India’s first ‘Water Plus’ certified city
51. RBL Bank picks AWS as preferred cloud provider
52. India-Saudi Arabia holds first-ever naval exercise “Al-Mohed Al-Hindi 2021”
53. NPCI appoints Noopur Chaturvedi as CEO of NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd
54. Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla gets One-year extension
55. PM Modi addresses Investor Summit in Gujarat virtually and launches
‘Vehicle Scrappage Policy’
56. Indian Navy takes part in US Navy-led multinational SEACAT exercises in
Singapore
57. Pakistan successfully test-fires nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic
missile Ghaznavi
58. India sends largest ever 54-member contingent for Tokyo Paralympic
Games. Shot-putter Tek Chand was India’s flag-bearer at the Tokyo
Paralympics
59. PM Modi declares August 14 to be observed as ‘Partition Horrors
Remembrance Day’
60. Ministry of Social Justice launches TAPAS, an e-study platform for social
defence
61. MoHUA launches brand and logo for urban Self-Help Group (SHG)
products- ‘SonChiraiya’
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62. Dr. Jitendra Singh released “IndiGau’, India’s first Cattle Genomic Chip for 92. Kotak Mahindra Bank launches DIY Digital Repayment platform- ‘Neo
the conservation of indigenous cattle breeds Collections’
63. Ministry of Women and Child Development launches 2nd phase of 93. NPCI partners with Mashreq Bank to launch UPI in the UAE
SAMVAD (Support, Advocacy & Mental health interventions for children in 94. Amitabh Bachchan Becomes India’s First Celebrity Voice For Amazon’s
Vulnerable circumstances And Distress). Alexa
64. India’s first Drone Forensic Lab comes up in Kerala 95. Govt forms Committee for doubling the production of handlooms;
65. Kaziranga becomes India’s first national park with satellite phones Chairman- Sunil Sethi
66. WHO forms Advisory Group named SAGO to study the emergence of future 96. Apple tops Hurun Global 500 Most Valuable Companies list 2021; Reliance
emerging pathogens with pandemic potential top Indian
67. Government announces Rs 100 lakh crore ‘Prime Minister Gatishakti 97. Shanti Lal Jain appointed MD and CEO of Indian Bank
Scheme’ for holistic infrastructure growth and employment 98. India’s highest herbal park inaugurated in Uttarakhand
68. Union Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar flags off ‘Operation Blue Freedom’ to 99. India’s largest Floating Solar PV Project commissioned in Andhra Pradesh
create a World Record at Siachen Glacier by NTPC
69. Chhattisgarh gets 4 new districts to take total administrative districts to 32. 100. Delhi-Chandigarh Highway becomes India’s first e-vehicle friendly
The four new districts are: Mohla Manpur, Sarangarh-Bilaigarh, Shakti, highway
Manendragarh. 101. Hisar Airport in Haryana renamed as Maharaja Agrasen International
70. HCL Foundation launches ‘My e-Haat’ portal to empower artisans Airport
71. German Football Legend Gerd Müller passes away at 75 102. World Bank Unveils New Cybersecurity Multi-Donor Trust Fund
72. Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurates world’s second-largest 103. CVC re-appoints T M Bhasin as Chairman of Advisory Board for
refurbished gene bank in New Delhi Banking Frauds
104. BPCL launches AI-enabled chatbot ‘URJA’
73. AIIMS Delhi becomes first Indian hospital to house fire station inside 105. Former UP CM Kalyan Singh passes away
premises 106. India’s first smog tower inaugurated in Connaught Place, Delhi
74. Chhattisgarh becomes first state to recognise Community Forest Resource 107. IIT Madras develops ‘NeoBolt’- India’s first indigenous motorised
rights in an urban area wheelchair vehicle
75. President Ram Nath Kovind confers 144 Gallantry awards in 2021 108. Finance minister launches ‘Ubharte Sitaare Fund’ for export-oriented
76. Former U-19 World Cup winning India captain Unmukt Chand announces MSMEs
retirement to play for USA T20 League 109. HDFC Bank, Paytm tie up to build comprehensive solutions across
77. Pune-based Harshit Raja becomes India’s 69th Chess Grandmaster payment gateway
78. RBI introduces the Financial Inclusion Index 110. India, ADB sign $500 million loan to expand Metro Rail Network in
79. INS Tabar Participates in Exercise Konkan 2021 with Royal Navy of UK Bengaluru
80. Indian GM Raunak Sadhwani wins 2021 Spilimbergo Open Chess 111. Senior Tamil Nadu BJP Leader La Ganesan appointed as Manipur
Tournament Governor
81. Hakainde Hichilema Wins 2021 Zambia Presidential Election 112. Nakul Chopra appointed as Chief Executive Officer of BARC India
82. Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin resigns . Ismail Sabri Yaakob 113. India’s Evacuation Mission From Afghanistan named as ‘Operation
appointed as new Prime Minister of Malaysia Devi Shakti’
83. Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan written by Bimal Prasad and Sujata 114. Swedish company ‘HYBRIT’ develops world’s first fossil-free steel
Prasad to hit stands on August 23 115. New Delhi ranks 48th while Copenhagen tops EIU’s Safe Cities Index
84. Maki Kaji, creator of Sudoku puzzle passes away at 69 2021
85. Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur confers National Youth Awards for 116. ‘Mission Domination: An Unfinished Quest’ by Boria Majumdar and
2017-18 and 2018-19 to 22 awardees Kushan Sarkar
86. Mirabai Chanu appointed as brand ambassador of Amway India 117. Ritu Menon authors new book titled “Address Book: A Publishing
87. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launches Defence India Startup Challenge- Memoir In the time of COVID“
DISC 5.0 118. 2nd edition of India-Qatar bilateral maritime exercise ‘Zair-Al-Bahr’
88. J&K Army organises 400 Km “JAZBAA-E- TIRANGA” Relay Marathon culminates in Persian Gulf
89. All-women team of three armed forces summits Mt Manirang in Himachal 119. Ministry of Electronics & IT launches SAMRIDH programme to boost
under ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ start-up ecosystem in India
90. RBI to launch PRISM platform to strengthen compliance by supervised 120. Ministry of Jal Shakti launches 100 days ‘SUJALAM’ Campaignto
entities create more and more Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus villages by
91. Nitin Chugh resigns as MD & CEO of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank undertaking waste water management at village level
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121. India’s first green hydrogen electrolyser manufacturing unit starts at 152. Indian cricketer Stuart Binny announces retirement from all forms of
Bengaluru cricket
122. World’s tallest observation wheel ‘Ain Dubai’ to be unveiled in UAE 153. Ladakh based Dorje Angchuk becomes first Indian to be inducted as
123. India Ranks Second In Global Manufacturing Risk Index 2021, China Honorary Member of the International Astronomical Union
Tops: Cushman & Wakefield Report 154. PayU to acquire Indian digital payments provider BillDesk for $4.7 bn
124. 5th India-Kazakhstan Joint Training Exercise “KAZIND-21” to 155. South African Pacer Dale Steyn announces retirement from all forms of
Commence from August 30 cricket
125. RBI approves re-appointment of Sandeep Bakhshi as ICICI Bank MD & 156. Axis Bank ties up with BharatPe for PoS business of Bharat Pe,
CEO BharatSwipe
126. HDFC Bank divests over 2% stake in Central Depository Services 157. SBI unveils floating ATM on houseboats at Dal Lake in Srinagar
(India) Ltd (CDSL) for Rs 222.71 crore 158. 5th India-Kazakhstan Joint Military Exercise “KAZIND-21” Beginsat
127. BharatPe launches P2P lending app ‘12% Club’ Training Node Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan.
128. Infosys becomes 4th Indian company to touch $100 bn market cap 159. Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit gets additional charge of
129. Govt replaces UAS Rules, 2021 with the liberalised Drone Rules, 2021 Punjab and Chandigarh
130. Finance Minister unveils 4th edition of Public Sector Bank Reforms 160. Snow Leopard and Black Necked Crane declared state animal and bird
Agenda (EASE 4.0) of Ladakh
131. RBI includes PM SVANidhi Scheme beneficiaries under PIDF Scheme 161. New Development Bank approves UAE, Uruguay and Bangladesh as a
132. SBI becomes the Overall winner of the EASE Reforms Index Award new member
2021 162. RBI to setup committee on New Umbrella Entity (NUE) licenses: Head-
133. RBI clears appointment of Hitendra Dave as CEO of HSBC India P. Vasudevan
134. Carol Furtado named interim CEO of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank 163. RBI imposes Rs 25 lakh fine on Axis Bank for flouting KYC norms
135. Former Union Minister K J Alphons presents his book ‘Accelerating 164. Pankaj Kumar Singh takes over as new DG of Border Security Force
India: 7 Years of Modi Government’ to PM Modi (BSF)
136. NITI Aayog Releases North Eastern Region District SDG Index 2021– 165. 12th Defence Expo-2022 to be held at Gandhinagar in Gujarat in
22; Top- East Sikkim March
137. Mansukh Mandaviya appointed Chairperson of Stop TB Partnership 166. I&B Ministry constitutes 12-member Committee to review guidelines of
Board Journalist Welfare Scheme; Head-Ashok Kumar Tandon
138. China, Pakistan, Thailand, Mongolia to hold military exercise- “Shared 167. IMF increases India’s quota of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) to 13.66
Destiny-2021” billion SDR
139. Former England Skipper Ted Dexter passes away at 86 168. HDFC Life to acquire Exide Life Insurance for Rs 6,687 crore in stock
140. Rajnath Singh names Army Sports Institute, Pune as “Neeraj Chopra and cash deal
Stadium” 169. India third largest Unicorn ecosystem in the world; Top- USA: Hurun
141. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh Commissions Indigeneously built ICGS Research Institute
‘Vigraha’in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Built by Larsen & Toubro Ship Building 170. Dr. PPK Ramacharyulu appointed as Secretary General of Rajya
Limited. Sabha
142. RBI enhances limit under Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility to Rs 2 lakh 171. India becomes first Asian nation to launch ‘Plastics Pact’
143. RBI enhances the incentive for distribution of coins over the counter by 172. 28th Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise ‘SIMBEX-2021’
banks to Rs 65 Concludes
144. World’s Highest Altitude Movie Theatre launched in Ladakh at 11,562 ft 173. Indian Army to take part in military exercise ‘ZAPAD 2021’ in Russia
145. LIC launches ANANDA mobile app for Agents/Intermediaries 174. PhonePe launches first Indian digital payment interactive geospatial
146. NSG commandos undertake mock counter-terrorist drills ‘Gandiv’ platform- Pulse platform
147. PFRDA increases the entry age in National Pension System (NPS) to 175. LIC buys 3.9% stake in Bank of India via open market acquisition
70 years 176. Angelina Jolie Pens new Book ‘Know Your Rights And Claim Them: A
148. IDBI Bank to divest its entire stake of 19.18% in Asset Reconstruction Guide For Youth’
Company (India) Limited (ARCIL). 177. “A Rude Life: The Memoir” by Vir Sanghvi
149. Govt sets up panel to develop technological platform for streamlining 178. India secures record 19 medals at Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020.
revenue litigation; Head- Ashish Shiradhonkar Complete List of Indian Medal Winners
150. Former SBI Chief Rajnish Kumar appointed as independent director of 179. Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques
HSBC Asia Rogge passes away at 79
151. PhonePe receives direct broking licence from IRDAI 180. India’s first dugong conservation reserve to come up in Tamil Nadu
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181. India’s first bio-brick based building inaugurated at IIT Hyderabad 215. Aziz Akhannouch elected as new PM of Morocco
182. ADB approves $150 million loan for urban poor housing project in 216. Daniil Medvedev (Russia) and Emma Raducanu (Great Britain)
Tamil Nadu wins 2021 US Open Tennis Title
183. 4th bilateral Naval exercise between India and Australia- ‘AUSINDEX’ 217. Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays foundation stone of Raja Mahendra
begins Pratap Singh University in UP’s Aligarh
184. Tamannaah Bhatia launches her book titled ‘Back to the Roots’ 218. RBI announces Opening of Third Cohort under the Regulatory
185. Equitas Small Finance Bank appoints hockey player Rani Rampal & Sandbox- Theme ‘MSME Lending’
cricketer Smriti Mandhana as brand ambassadors 219. India and Singapore to link their Fast Payment Systems – Unified
186. Harsha Bhupendra Bangari appointed as MD of EXIM Bank Payments Interface and PayNow
187. SL Tripathy appointed as CMD of United India Insurance 220. Subramanian Swamy comes out with book titled Human Rights and
188. Government Approves Appointment of Arun Kumar Singh as CMD of Terrorism in India
BPCL 221. Brendan Taylor of Zimbabwe Announces Retirement From
189. India to host G-20 summit in 2023; Piyush Goyal to be the Sherpa International Cricket
190. India’s tallest air purifier tower installed in Chandigarh 222. Niti Aayog launches ‘Shoonya’ programme to promote zero-pollution
191. IIT Madras Retains Top Spot in Overall Category of NIRF India delivery vehicles
Ranking 2021 223. Cabinet approves 100% FDI under automatic route in Telecom Sector
192. Centre Forms Panel To Frame New Law For Drugs, Cosmetics, 224. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launches
Medical Devices; Head – Dr VG Somani Mission ‘One Gram Panchayat-One DIGI-Pay Sakhi’
193. RBI takes UCO Bank out of PCA Framework 225. Power Finance Corporation (PFC) issues India’s first-ever Euro Green
194. Bank of Baroda’s launches digital platform ‘bob World’ Bond
195. RBI approves re-appointment of V. Vaidyanathan as MD & CEO of 226. Ministry of Defence constitutes High Level Expert Committee for a
IDFC FIRST Bank comprehensive review of NCC; Chairman: Shri Baijayant Panda
196. Govt appoints 10 merchant bankers for managing IPO of LIC 227. Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually addresses 21st SCO Meeting of
197. ADB approves $112 million loan to improve water supply infrastructure the Council of Heads of Stateunder the Chairmanship of President of
in Jharkhand Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon.
198. ADB approves $300 million loan to expand rural connectivity in 228. Indo-Nepal joint military exercise Surya Kiran -XV to begin from
Maharashtra September 20 at Pithoragarh
199. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs 13th BRICS Summit 229. Ministry of Law and Justice launches “Ek Pahal” campaign for Justice
200. India’s first emergency landing strip on national highway inaugurated Delivery at doorstep
in Barmer, Rajasthan 230. Deadline to link PAN-Aadhaar extended by six months till March 2022
201. World’s largest Plant to capture Carbon Dioxide from Air commissioned 231. Centre forms GoM for better implementation of schemes meant for SC,
in Iceland ST, OBC, minorities, women; Head-Rajnath Singh
202. NPCI launches RuPay credit card stack, ‘nFiNi’ to enable fintech to co- 232. Manipur’s Sirarakhong Chilli and Tamenglong Orange gets GI tag
create bank-sponsored credit cards 233. ‘Katley’ declared as state fish of Sikkim
203. ICICI Lombard ceases to be subsidiary of ICICI Bank post merger with 234. Rajnath Singh launches ‘Shining Sikh Youth of India’ written by Dr
Bharti AXA Prabhleen Singh
204. Income Tax Returns filling deadline for FY21(AY 2021-22) extended till 235. Pankaj Advani wins Asian Snooker Championship 2021
December 31 236. M.S. Dhoni named mentor for Indian Men’s Team for T20 World Cup
205. Tata AIA Life Insurance appoints Neeraj Chopra as Brand Ambassador 2021
206. PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Sardardham Bhavan in Ahmedabad 237. IRCTC Partners with Cordelia Cruises to launch India’s first indigenous
207. Sanjeev Barnwal appointed as CEO of Ujjivan Financial Services luxury cruise liner
208. Yahoo Appoints Jim Lanzone as its new CEO 238. India ranked 46th in the Global Innovation Index 2021; Top-
209. India’s largest open air fernery inaugurated in Uttarakhand Switzerland: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
210. India’s first long-range nuclear missile tracking ship INS Dhruv 239. Warangal-based R. Raja Rithvik becomes India’s 70th Chess
commissioned Grandmaster
211. Bhupendra Patel named as the new CM of Gujarat 240. Iran becomes 9th member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
212. Chhattisgarh Launches ‘Millet Mission’ To Become Millet Hub Of India (SCO)
213. Nuakhai, harvest festival celebrated in Odisha 241. Centre forms panel to firm up India’s sustainable finance road map;
214. Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace becomes first Spacetech startup Head-DEA Secretary Ajay Seth
to formally tie-up with ISRO
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242. Third India – Indonesia bilateral maritime exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’ 273. Padmaja Chunduru appointed MD, CEO of National Securities
begins in Sunda Strait Depositories (NSDL).
243. Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari appointed as next Chief of Air Staff 274. PK Purwar to continue as MTNL CMD till Oct 2022
244. Justin Trudeau wins historic third term as Prime Minister of Canada 275. Mukesh Ambani tops Hurun India Rich List 2021 for 10th straight year
245. Zee Entertainment sign merger deal with Sony Pictures Networks India 276. Kiren Rijiju Inaugurates India’s First Sports Arbitration Centre in
Private Limited Ahmedabad
246. Government sets up India Debt Resolution Company Ltd (IDRCL) for 277. Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari takes over as “The Chief of the Air
managing bad loans Staff (CAS)”
247. Pankaj Advani wins 6Reds Snooker World Cup 2021 278. Amish Mehta appointed as MD & CEO of CRISIL
248. Chetan Bhagat releases cover of his upcoming book ‘400 Days’ 279. Indra Nooyi launches her memoir “My Life in Full: Work, Family, and
249. World’s Highest EV Charging Station Inaugurated At Kaza in Himachal Our Future”
Pradesh 280. World’s largest Khadi National Flag hoisted in Leh, Ladakh
250. Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto’s first-ever statue unveiled in 281. 8th India-Sri Lanka Joint Exercise – Mitra Shakti 21
Budapest, Hungary 282. Government launches web portal ‘Waste to Wealth’ to find solutions to
251. Education ministry constitutes panel to develop new national India’s waste problems
curriculum frameworks (NCFs); Head- Former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan 283. Government reconstitutes Expert group for determining minimum
252. First in-person Quad Leaders’ Summit held in Washington wages and national-floor wages. Head- SP Mukherjee
253. Former Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale pens “The Long Game: How 284. Paytm acquires 100% ownership of lending startup CreditMate
the Chinese Negotiate with India” 285. World Bank approves $150 million for Chennai Sustainable Urban
254. Nirupama Rao Pens book titled “The Fractured Himalaya: How the Services Programme
Past Shadows the Present in India-China Relations” 286. Najla Bouden Romdhane appointed as first woman Prime Minister of
255. PM Narendra Modi addresses 76th UNGA in New York Tunisia
256. RBI fixes minimum ticket size for issuance of securitisation notes at 287. American Scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian wins 2021
Rs.1 crore Nobel Prize in Medicine
257. Jyothi Surekha Vennam wins silver medal at World Archery 288. Fumio Kishida sworn in as 100th Prime Minister of Japan
Championship. 289. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed takes oath for second five-year
258. “Sweet Cucumber” of Nagaland gets geographical indication (GI) tag term
259. Mastercard ropes in World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen as its 290. FC Goa beat Mohammedan Sporting 1-0 to lift maiden Durand Cup
Global Brand Ambassador football trophy
260. Lt Gen Gurbirpal Singh takes charge as DG of National Cadet Corps 291. 5th India-Japan Bilateral Maritime Exercise JIMEX-21 held in Arabian
(NCC) Sea
261. England all-rounder Moeen Ali announces retirement from Test cricket 292. Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi wins Nobel
262. Sojat Mehndi from Rajasthan and Judima rice wine from Assam gets Prize in Physics 2021
GI tag 293. BC Patnaik sworn in as new managing director of LIC
263. RBI sets WMA Limit for Central Government for (October 2021 to 294. Alibaug white onion from Maharashtra gets GI tag
March 2022) at Rs. 50,000 crore 295. RBI superseded the board of directors of SIFL and SEFL; appoints
264. Centre extends existing foreign trade policy (FTP) till March 2022 Rajneesh Sharma as administrator
265. Govt sets up GoM to rationalise GST rates; Head- Karnataka CM 296. Moody’s upgrades India’s rating outlook to ‘stable’ from ‘negative’
Basavaraj S. Bommai 297. Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan wins 2021 Nobel Prize in
266. MCA extends the tenure of Company Law Committee by 1 year Chemistry
until September 16, 2022; Head- Rajesh Verma 298. Professor Eric Hanushek and Dr Rukmini Banerji wins 2021 Yidan
267. CAG GC Murmu appointed as external auditor of International Atomic Prize
Energy Agency (IAEA) for 6 years 299. Wada Kolam Rice (Zini Rice) from Maharashtra’s Palghar gets GI Tag
268. 11 Scientists Receive 2021 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes 300. BharatPe launches ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ platform- “postpe”
269. United States Wins 2021 Ryder Cup Golf Tournament 301. Mukesh Ambani tops Forbes India Rich List 2021 with net worth of
270. Government extends ECLGS Scheme till 31.03.2022 (or till Rs 4.5 lakh $92.7 billion
crore guarantee) 302. Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins 2021 Nobel Prize in
271. RBI takes Indian Overseas Bank out of PCA Framework Literature
272. IFSCA Constitutes an Expert Committee on Sustainable Finance; Head 303. Economist Gandhi: The Roots and the Relevance of the Political
– Shri C.K. Mishra Economy of the Mahatma by Jaithirth Rao
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304. Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov wins 2021 Nobel Peace Prize 335. Jonas Gahr Store Assumes Charge as Prime Minister of Norway
305. Chhattisgarh gets its fourth Tiger Reserve. The combined areas of 336. India beat Nepal 3-0 to win 2021 SAFF Championship
the Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife 337. Centre forms panel to suggest alternative model of Pradhan Mantri
Sanctuary in Chhattisgarh has been declared as a Tiger Reserve by Fasal Bima Yojana; Head – CEO of PMFBY, Ritesh Chauhan
the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) 338. India ranks 40th in 2021 Mercer CFS Global Pension Index survey;
306. RBI announces the Theme for Fourth Cohort under Regulatory Top- Iceland
Sandbox as ‘Prevention and Mitigation of Financial Frauds’ 339. RBL Bank working on a new digital platform Abacus 2.0
307. 6th India-UK joint military exercise ‘AJEYA WARRIOR’ begins in 340. Gulzar pens book titled “Actually… I Met Them: A Memoir”
Uttarakhand 341. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Kushinagar International
308. Bathukamma, the unique festival of flowers begins in Telangana Airport in Uttar Pradesh
309. UNDP Releases 2021 Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Report 342. NPCI launches card tokenisation platform ‘NTS’
310. Former SBI Chief Rajnish Kumar launches memoir ‘The Custodian of 343. India ranks 71st on 2021 Global Food Security Index among 113
Trust’ nations
311. USA economists David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens Wins 344. Indonesia and China Lifts 2020 Thomas Cup and Uber Cup
2021 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences respectively
312. Centre accords “Maharatna” status to state-owned PFC Ltd. 345. India Ranks 79th in WJP Rule of Law Index 2021; Denmark tops
313. World’s first driverless-automated train launched in Germany’s 346. Australian Pacer Pattinson announces retirement from international
Hamburg cricket
314. India Ranks Third in 2021 EY Index; The US Retains Top Position 347. Barbados elects Sandra Mason as its first-ever president to replace
315. Varanasi To Become India’s first City to Start Ropeway Service in British Queen as head of state
Public Transportation 348. Tamil drama film Koozhangal is India’s official entry for Oscars 2022
316. Telangana develops India’s first smartphone-based eVoting solution 349. “Writing for My Life” anthology of Ruskin Bond released
317. Assam launches app ‘Fishwaale’, India’s first e-fish market 350. South Korea flight tests first homegrown space rocket “Nuri”
318. Punjab National Bank launches ‘6S Campaign’ under customer 351. Viktor Axelsen and Akane Yamaguchi wins 2021 Denmark Open
outreach programme 352. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches pan-India Rs. 5,000-crore
319. Tata Sons wins bid to acquire Air India for Rs 18,000 crore ‘Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission’ from Varanasi
320. 17th Edition of Indo-US Joint Military Exercise “Ex Yudh Abhyas 2021” 353. NITI Aayog launches “Innovations for You” Digi-Book
organised in Alaska (USA) from Oct 15 to 29 354. India, UK and Australia to jointly launch Infrastructure for Resilient
321. Ritesh Chauhan appointed as CEO of PM Fasal Bima Yojana Island States (IRIS)” initiative at COP26
322. Indian entrepreneur Sajjan Jindal elected Chairman of World Steel 355. Government sets up National Steering Committee for implementation
Association for 2021-22 of the NIPUN Bharat Mission; Head: Education Minister Dharmendra
323. UCO Bank chief A K Goel elected as Chairman of Indian Bank’s Pradhan
Association (IBA) 356. Legendary Actor Rajnikanth conferred upon 51st Dadasaheb Phalke
324. India ranks 101 in Global Hunger Index 2021 Award
325. India re-elected to UN Human Rights Council for new three year term 357. Former NIO Scientist Dr. Rajiv Nigam Selected for 2022 Joseph A.
from 2022-2024 Cushman Award
326. China- Russia holds naval drill “Joint Sea 2021” in Sea of Japan 358. Ahmedabad and Lucknow are the two new teams of the Indian Premier
327. SEBI constitutes 4-member high powered advisory committee on League (IPL)
settlement orders; Head – Vijay C Daga 359. India’s first state-owned Wildlife DNA testing facility unveiled in Nagpur
328. RBI approves re-appointment of Amitabh Chaudhry as MD,CEO of 360. India-UK conducts maiden Tri-Service exercise ‘Konkan Shakti 2021’
Axis Bank 361. India and ADB inks $4.5 million project readiness financing loan to
329. Pradeep Kumar Panja appointed as Chairman of Karnataka Bank support urban mobility in Mizoram
330. Navrang Saini gets additional charge as Chairperson of Insolvency 362. AU Small Finance Bank launches QR Code Sound Box
and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) 363. PM Modi addresses 16th East Asia Summit virtually under the
331. Chennai Super Kings wins 2021 IPL title Chairmanship of Brunei.
332. NASA launches Lucy Mission to study the Jupiter Trojan asteroids 364. Microsoft launches AI Innovate initiative to empower startups in India
333. Hubble finds evidence of persistent water vapour in Jupiter’s moon 365. CCI approves acquisition of 4.99% stake in HDFC ERGO by HDFC
‘Europa’ Bank
334. 90-year-old Canadian Actor William Shatner becomes oldest person in 366. ADB and India sign $251 million loan for Integrated Urban Flood
history to fly to space Management in Chennai
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367. Biography titled “Kamala Harris: Phenomenal Woman” written by 397. Indian-origin C.S. Venkatakrishnan appointed as CEO of Barclays
Chidanand Rajghatta released 398. Indian Boxer Akash Kumar settles for bronze in 2021 AIBA Men’s
368. PM Modi attends 18th ASEAN-India summit virtuallyunder the World Championships
Chairmanship of Sultan of Brunei. 399. Meghalaya Cabinet approves creation of new district named Eastern
369. RBI approves appointment of Baldev Prakash as MD & CEO of J&K West Khasi Hills District
Bank 400. Sudha Murty authors “The Sage with Two Horns”
370. Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev wins second 5-year term 401. Dronacharya Awardee Eminent Cricket Coach Tarak Sinha passes
371. France successfully launches military communications satellite away at 71
‘Syracuse 4A’ 402. Cabinet approves to observe November 15 as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas
372. Karnataka tops State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI) 2020 403. Srinagar joins UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN)
373. Maharashtra becomes first state launch its own Wildlife Action Plan 404. Tripura launches India’s first cricket bats and stumps made of Bamboo
374. Facebook Inc. Rebrands Corporate name as ‘Meta’ 405. 17 Scientists Receives SwarnaJayanti Fellowships Award 2020-21
375. Government approves reappointment of Shaktikanta Das as Governor 406. USA becomes 101st member country of International Solar Alliance
of RBI for three-year term (ISA)
376. Netherlands all-rounder Ryan ten Doeschate announces retirement 407. India Placed at 10th Ranks in the Climate Change Performance Index
from international cricket (CCPI) 2022
377. India’s biggest aromatic garden opened in Nainital, Uttarakhand 408. Gujarat Retains Top Spot in Logistics Ease Across Different States
378. National Small Matchbox Manufacturers Association increases price of (LEADS) Index 2021
matchbox from Re 1 to Rs 2 409. RBI launches its First Global Hackathon named HARBINGER 2021
379. World’s Largest Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power Plant Inaugurated in South 410. India bags 5 medals at inaugural ISSF President’s Cup
Korea 411. Odisha government launches road safety initiative ‘Rakshak’
380. Govt approves interest rate on employees’ provident fund (EPF) for 412. Nykaa CEO Falguni Nayar becomes India’s richest self-made woman
FY21 at 8.5% 413. Rajeev Srivastava appointed as CEO of Standard Chartered Securities
381. ADB approves $250 million loan for India’s National Industrial Corridor 414. India’s first National Yogasana Sports Championships organised in
Development Program (NICDP) Bhubaneswar
382. Chennai-Mysore-Chennai Shatabdi Express becomes first train of 415. Novak Djokovic beat Daniil Medvedev to win 2021 Paris Masters title
Southern Railway to receive Integrated Management Systems (IMS) 416. West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo retires from international cricket
certification. 417. Nobel Laureate and former South African President FW de Klerk
383. Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh dedicates ‘Sardar Patel Leadership passes away at 85
Centre’ to the Nation in Mussoorie 418. Ram Nath Kovind confers honorary rank of ‘General of Indian Army’ on
384. Centre appoints former SC Judge Ashok Bhushan as National Nepal Army Chief Gen Prabhu Ram Sharma
Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) Chairperson 419. 6th India-France bilateral Army exercise EX SHAKTI 2021 to begin on
385. New Zealand names critically endangered native long-tailed bat as Bird November 15 in Frejus, France
of the Year 420. Book titled “Sunrise over Ayodhya” authored by Salman Khurshid
386. ‘Vax’ selected as Oxford English Dictionary’s 2021 Word of the Year released
387. India and World Bank sign USD 40 million agreement to strengthen 421. Professor Bimal Patel of India elected to International Law Commission
health systems in Meghalaya for 5-yr term
388. Australian Cricket legend, Alan Davidson, passes away at 92 422. Satya Narayan Pradhan appointed as Director-General of Narcotics
389. Azim Premji tops Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021 Control Bureau (NCB)
390. PM Narendra Modi Unveils Shri Adi Shankaracharya Samadhi and 423. Centre brings ordinance to extend tenure of CBI & ED Directors to 5
Statue in Kedarnath years from present 2 years
391. China launches earth science satellite, Guangmu 424. Bhopal’s Habibganj Railway Station renamed as Rani Kamlapati
392. RBI issues revised PCA Framework for banks Station
393. Finance Ministry issues uniform staff accountability framework for NPA 425. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates first operationalised
accounts up to Rs 50 crore private sector defence manufacturing facility in Lucknow
394. PhonePe launched tokenisation solution ‘SafeCard’ to help users meet 426. 32nd Indo-Thai CORPAT Begins in Andaman Sea
RBI norms 427. Former CBDT Chief PC Mody appointed as new Secretary General of
395. Damon Galgut wins 2021 Booker Prize for “The Promise” Rajya Sabha
396. Rahul Dravid appointed head coach of Indian men’s cricket team till 428. Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar releases a book titled ‘FORCE IN
2023 ODI World Cup STATECRAFT’
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429. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses in New Delhi has been 457. President Ramnath Kovind Presents 6th Swachh Survekshan Awards
renamed as Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses 2021; Indore wins Cleanest City title for 5th Straight Year
(MP-IDSA). 458. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi attends 56th Conference of Director
430. India launches 41st Scientific Expedition to Antarctica Generals of Police (DGP) and Inspector Generals of Police (IGP) organised
431. India, Singapore and Thailand Trilateral Maritime Exercise SITMEX – at Police Headquarters in Lucknow by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) in hybrid
21 held in Andaman Sea format.
432. Indian Teenage brothers Vihaan (17) and Nav Agarwal (14) wins 2021 459. Veteran actress Hema Malini and lyrics writer Prasoon Joshi conferred
International Children’s Peace Prize for waste project with the Indian Personality of the Year award for 2021 at the 52nd
433. India inks USD 61 mn loan pact with ADB for development projects in International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa
Agartala 460. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi attends 56th Conference of Director
434. Australia Defeat New Zealand to win their maiden T20 World Cup Generals of Police (DGP) and Inspector Generals of Police (IGP) organised
435. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Purvanchal Expressway at at Police Headquarters in Lucknow by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) in hybrid
KarwalKheri in Sultanpur district of UP format.
436. ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’ declared as Arunachal Pradesh’s State Butterfly 461. Veteran actress Hema Malini and lyrics writer Prasoon Joshi conferred
437. Malayalam writer M. Mukundan’s ‘Delhi: A soliloquy’ wins 2021 JCB with the Indian Personality of the Year award for 2021 at the 52nd
Prize for Literature International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa
438. VVS Laxman named as new head of National Cricket Academy (NCA) 462. Andhra Pradesh Police tops ‘IPF Smart Policing’ Index 2021, among
439. Eminent Hindi writer Mannu Bhandari passes away at 90 29 states and Union Territories, released by Indian Police Foundation (IPF)
440. India’s first ‘Grass Conservatory’ inaugurated in Uttarakhand’s 463. Union Minister Smriti Zubin Irani has come out with her debut novel
Ranikhet titled “Lal Salaam: A Novel”.
441. India’s first fisheries business incubator launched in Gurugram 464. Legendary player and former South Africa captain AB de Villiers
Haryana announces retirement from all forms of cricket
442. BCCI President Sourav Ganguly appointed Chairman of ICC Men’s 465. AYUSH Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announces expansion of North
Cricket Committee Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR) in
443. Union Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurates India’s first food museum in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh by developing new infrastructure within the
Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur campus.
444. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates Adarsh Village ‘Sui’ in 466. The Sadar Bazar police station in Delhi has been ranked as the best
Haryana’s Bhiwani police station of India for the year 2021 in the annual list of the top 10 police
445. Uttar Pradesh’s first Anti-Air Pollution Tower inaugurated in Noida stations in India released by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
446. AIIB approves USD 150 million loan for implementation of Sustainable 467. Geoff Allardice appointed as new CEO of International Cricket Council
Urban services program for Chennai Metropolitan Area (ICC)
447. Centre extends Sanjay Kumar Mishra’s tenure as ED Director for one 468. India Concludes with 7 medals at 2021 Asian Archery Championships
year till November 2022 in Dhaka
448. India re-elected to UNESCO Executive Board for 2021-25 term with 469. Andhra Pradesh has been named as the best marine state in the
164 votes country by the Department of Fisheries on the occasion of the ‘World
449. Spain’s Garbine Muguruza wins 2021 WTA Finals Fisheries Day’ 2021
450. Veteran sports commentator and football pundit Novy Kapadia passes 470. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launches Centres For
away at 68 Nanotechnology & Centre for Indian Knowledge System at IIT Guwahati
451. Telangana’s Pochampally village named among Best Tourism Villages 471. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organises 20th edition of its
by UNWTO flagship event ‘Connect 2021’ in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
452. Paytm Money launches AI-powered ‘Voice Trading’ facility 472. El Salvador Plans to Build World’s First ‘Bitcoin City’
453. SIDBI joins hand with Google for $15 million financial assistance 473. Russia successfully test-fires Hypersonic Cruise Missile ‘Zircon’
programme to help MSMEs 474. 8,573 Venezuelan musicians “El Sistema” set Guinness Record for
454. India Ranks 82nd in TRACE Global Business Bribery Risk Rankings world’s largest orchestra
2021 475. EPFO gets approval to park 5% of annual deposits in InvITs and other
455. Alexander Zverev Beats Frances Tiafoe to win 2021 Erste Bank Open alternative funds
456. India has received USD 87 billion in remittances in 2021 as per the 476. Anita Desai conferred with 2021 Tata Literature Live! Lifetime
report titled “Migration and Development Brief 35” released by World Bank Achievement Award and Poet Laureate award for 2021 has been conferred
and KNOMAD. India is also the top country in receiving remittances in upon Indian poet Adil Jussawala.
2021.
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477. Kento Momota and An Seyoung wins 2021 Indonesia Masters 502. Kuwait reappoints Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as Prime
Badminton Tournament Minister
478. Home Minister Amit Shah lays foundation for ‘Rani Gaidinliu Tribal 503. Sweden’s first woman PM Magdalena Andersson steps down within
Freedom Fighters Museum’ in Manipur hours of being elected
479. Traditional Odia festival Boita Bandana Celebrated in Odisha with 504. Book titled ‘Contested Lands: India, China and the Boundary Dispute’
fervor released by Maroof Raza
480. India & World Bank inks $250 million loan agreement to improve quality 505. RBI announces higher cap on promoter stake in private banks at 26%
of learning in Andhra Pradesh after 15 yrs. Earlier it was 15%.
481. ICICI Bank launches online platform ‘Trade Emerge’ for exporters and 506. RBI imposes Rs 1 Crore penalty on SBI for violating norms stated in
importers to offer them digital banking and value-added services. sub-section (2) of section 19 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. The bank
482. 37th edition of India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) held in held shares in the borrower companies of an amount exceeding 30 percent
Indian Ocean of the paid-up share capital of those companies.
483. Mumbai-based NGO Pratham wins Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace for 507. Bihar has highest level of multidimensional poverty while Kerala is least
2021 poor state as per NITI Aayog’s inaugural Multi-dimensional Poverty Index
484. India Vs UK: The Story of an Unprecedented Diplomatic Win- Book by 508. Madhya Pradesh announces launch of India’s first Cyber Tehsil
Syed Akbaruddin 509. Indian Armed Forces undertake military exercise ‘Dakshin Shakti’ in
485. Shimla tops NITI Aayog’s inaugural SDG Urban Index and Dashboard Jaisalmer in the deserts of Thar to the Rann of Kutch.
2021–22 510. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Director Praveen Sinha
486. NASA launches world’s first DART Mission to crash Spacecraft into has been elected as ‘Delegate for Asia’ on the executive committee of the
Asteroid International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).
487. JP Morgan Chase has topped the 2021 list of globally systemic banks 511. Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been
(G-SIBs) released by the Financial Stability Board (FSB). elected as the new President of INTERPOL
488. India and ADB sign USD 300 million loan agreement to improve 512. The fifth edition of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) released
primary health care in India by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) shows the signs of a
489. “Resolved: Uniting Nations in a Divided World”, an autobiography of demographic shift in India. As per NFHS-5 the proportion of women
Ban Ki-moon exceeded men with 1,020 women for every 1,000 men.
490. Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjeepens book titled ‘Cooking to Save your 513. Indian Railways Constructing World’s Tallest Pier Bridge in Manipur
Life’ 514. 7th India International Science Festival (IISF) to be held in Panaji, Goa
491. Alexander Zverev beat Daniil Medvedev to win his second ATP Finals in December 2021
title 515. National Cadet Corps celebrates 73rd Raising Day in November 2021
492. Tamil Nadu defeats Karnataka to win 2021-22 Syed Mushtaq Ali 516. Centre Constitutes 5 member committee to monitor implementation of
Cricket Trophy Central Vista Project; Head- Ratan P Watal
493. Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays foundation Stone of Noida 517. Merriam-Webster Dictionary Declares “Vaccine” As Word Of The Year
International Airport at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh For 2021
494. Cabinet approves extension of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann 518. South Korea to get world’s first floating city by 2025
Yojana (PMGKAY) till March 31, 2022 519. RBI approves to increase LIC’s stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank to 9.99%
495. 15th Biennial Trilateral Coast Guard Exercise ‘Dosti’ Between India, from 4.96%
Maldives & Sri Lanka Concludes in Maldives 520. 6th BRICS Film Festival awards
496. Ministry of Labour & Employment has changed the base year for Wage Best Film – jointly shared by South African film ‘Barakat’ and Russian film
Rate Index (WRI) from 1963-65=100 to 2016=100. ‘The Sun above Me Never Sets’
497. ADB approves USD1.5 bn loan to India for COVID-19 vaccine Best Actor (Male) – Dhanush for Asuran (Hindi)
procurement Best Actor (Female) – Lara Boldorini for On Wheels (Brazil)
498. Art historian BN Goswamy pens book on Indian arts titled Best Director – Lucia Marat for Ana (Brazil)
‘Conversations’ Special Jury Mention Award – Director Yan Han for A Little Red Flower
499. Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw launches Ministry of (China)”
Railways’ new theme-based circuit trains for tourism sector under the name 521. Vivek Johri appointed as new chairman of Central Board of Indirect
Bharat Gaurav Trains. Taxes and Customs (CBIC)
500. “Union Minister Jitendra Singh launches World’s First Multimodal Brain 522. Harshwanti Bisht appointed as first women President of Indian
Imaging Data and Analytics ‘SWADESH’ Mountaineering Foundation
501. Collins Dictionary names ‘NFT’ as the Word of the Year 2021 523. Petr Fiala appointed as new Prime Minister of Czech Republic
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524. Saurav Ghosal becomes first Indian to win Malaysian Open Squash
Championship. Women’s single title won by Malaysia’s Aifa Azman.
525. Jaishankar represent India at 20th Meeting of SCO Council of Heads of
Government (CHG) in Nur-Sultan under the chairmanship of Kazakhstan.