 PM Modi launched Jal shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain campaign on world water day 2021.

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water day- March 22, 2021 theme- Valuing water.
 Bihar becomes 1st state to implement Ethanol Production Policy, 2021.
 During the union budget 2021-2022 the FM announces India’s National Rail plan to bring future
ready railway system by 2030. Expected DFC Western (Mumbai -Delhi) & Eastern (Delhi-
Ludhiana-Kolkata) to be commissioned by June 2022. 100% electrification of broad gauge by
December 2023.
 Sandes instant messaging app launched recently by Govt. of India, launched by National
Informatics center.
 Under Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat, J & k and Tamil Nādu are linked in march 2021 to promote
greater mutual understanding amongst them.
 Dr. Harsh Vardhan (then health minister) launched the Tribal TB Initiative in pursuit of TB Mukt
Bharat.
 Tata projects ltd. Won the bid to construct new parliament building.
 SC in January,2021 had stayed the implementation of all 3 contentious farm laws passed in
September 2020.
 Ministry of Education launched SARTHAQ (Student teacher holistic Advancement through
quality education). It is an implementation plan.
 Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is the union cabinet minister of Jal shakti.
 Currently 80 members represent the state of UP in Lok Sabha-highest in India, west Bengal have
42 Lok Sabha seats.
 Narendra Singh Tomar is the minister of agriculture and farmers welfare in India as of May 2021.
 Article 44 of Indian constitution deals with the uniform civil code.
 Ministry of defense is responsible for organizing the republic day parade.
 President addresses his resignation to vice president.
 Saving lives and livelihood was the foundational theme of economic survey 2021 of India.
 According to India today mood of the nation poll, yogi Adityanath has been rated as the best
performing CM in inda, followed by Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee. At state level Odisha’s Naveen
Patnaik emerged victorious.
 Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari published Dawn under the dome, a digital e-book.
 M C Mary Kom has been appointed as the international boxing Association’s (AIBA) champions
and veterans committee chairperson.
 Sanjeev Kumar was appointed as the chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
 Saurabh Garg has been appointed as the CEO of the UIDAI.
 Atish Chandra has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of the Food
Corporation of India.
 Matam Venkata Rao took over charge as the MD and CEO of Central Bank of India with effect
from 1st March 2021.
 Girish Chandra Murmu has been again appointed as the chairman of the Panel of external
auditors of the UN for 2021.
 Soma Mondal took over as first ever woman head of steel Authority of India ltd. In January 2021.
 Uday Kotak has been reappointed as MD of Kotak Mahindra bank. CEO of HDFC bank-
Shashidhar Jagdishan, CEO & MD of Yes bank – Prashanth Kumar, CEO of ICIC bank – Sandeep
Bakshi.
 M A Ganapathy has been appointed as DG of the National Security Guard in march 2021.
 DG of CRPF – Kuldeep Singh, DG of ITBP – S S Deswal, Director of CBI – Subodh Kumar Jaiswal
 Sushil Chandra has become the 24th Chief Election Commissioner of India.
 Pushkar Singh Dhami sworn in as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand in July 2021.
 Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. Has started the initiative to become the world’s first 100%
solar powered mertro.
 In April,2021 Indian Railways has given in-principle approval to transport liquid medical
container trucks of Oxygen gas on a Roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro) basis.
 508 KM is the distance covered by the proposed Buller Train coming up in India.
 Chenab bridge is the world’s highest bridge located in J & K.
 Jeevan is the name of Low-cost prototype ventilator developed by the Railways Rail Coach
Factory (RCF) at Kapurthala.
 Howrah-Kalka mail trains has been renamed as the Netaji Express.
 In march 2021 Indian Railways has integrated all railway helplines into 139.
 Western Railway has been awarded 1st Prize in the transport category at the National Energy
Conservation Awards 2020, 2nd- Eastern Railways, NE Railway and SC Railway got Certificate of
Merit, In Building category Divisional Railway Manager’s Office at Bhavnagar has won 1 st Prize.
 Bhopal Express passenger train has received an IMS (Integrated Management System) certificate
in March.
 The entire rail network in the country will be fully electrified by December 2023, while all rail
networks will run on renewable energy by 2030.
 Current railway minister is Ashwini Vaishnaw from July 2021.
 2nd edition of Indo-Uzbekistan joint field training exercise, EXERCISE DUSTLIK-2 culminated in
march 2021 after 10 days of mutual learning.
 India along with the USA conducted VAJRA PRAHAR 2021 at special forces trainig school located
at Bakloh, HP.
 IAF and France’s French Air and Space Force have held 6 th edition of air force exercise named
Garuda in Rajasthan in January 2021.
 Yudh Abhyas 20 is a joint military exercise between India and USA.
 Indian Navy on 17 March 2021 undertook Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with Royal Bahrain Naval
Force Corvette Al Muharraq in the Persian Gulf under Operation Sankalp.
 Indian Air Force (IAF) and French Air and Space Force conducted a bilateral Air exercise, Exercise
Desert Knight-21 at Air Force Station Jodhpur from 20 to 24th Jan 2021. The exercise is unique
as it includes fielding of Rafale aircraft by both sides. Beginning September 2020, the IAF has
inducted and operationalized eight Rafale fighter jets of the 36 jets contracted from France in a
7.87-billion euro deal in 2016.
 A large-scale tri-service joint amphibious exercise AMPHEX – 21 was conducted in Andaman &
Nicobar group of islands from 21 – 25 Jan 2021. Ex KAVACH for the defence of Andaman &
Nicobar Islands formed a part of AMPHEX – 21.
 The Indian Naval Ship Pralaya participated in the Naval Defense Exhibition (NAVDEX 21) and
International Defense Exhibition (IDEX 21) at Abu Dhabi in UAE.INS Pralaya, a ship of the
indigenously built Prabal Class Missile Vessels, was commissioned in the Indian Navy in 2002.The
ship, built indigenously at Goa Shipyard Limited, bears testimony to the capabilities of the Indian
 shipbuilding industry and is a versatile platform capable of performing a wide variety of surface
warfare missions.
 Indian Air Force is participating for the first time in Exercise Desert Flag-VI. Ex Desert Flag is an
annual multi-national large force employment warfare exercise hosted by the United Arab
Emirates Air Force. The Indian Air Force is participating for the first time along with air forces
of the United Arab Emirates, United States of America, France, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and
Bahrain. It is scheduled from 03 Mar 21 to 27 Mar 21 at Al-Dhafra airbase, UAE.
 Indian Navy Ships INS Satpura and INS Kiltan along with P8I Long Range Maritime Patrol
Aircraft participated, for the first time in multilateral maritime exercise La Pérouse, being
conducted in the Eastern Indian Ocean Region from 5th to 7th April 2021. The first edition of
the La Pérouse joint exercise, initiated by France in 2019, included ships from Australia, Japan,
and the US. The exercise is named after the eighteenth-century French Naval explorer. India’s
participation in 2021 completed the QUAD force representation in the French-led Naval
Exercise.
 Deodhar trophy is related to Cricket, named after Prof. D.B.Deodhar, known as Grand old man
of Indian Cricket.
 Dhyan Chand trophy is related to hockey.
 P.V. Sindhu settled for a silver medal in the BWF Swiss open super 300 at Basel, in the final of
the women’s singles event in march 2021.
 World championships silver medalist Deepak punia settled for a silver medal in the Asian
wrestling championship organized in Kazakhstan in April 2021.
 Elavenil Valarivan has been honoured with the sportsperson of the year award at FICCI Indian
sports Awards. She is related to Shooting sport.
 Mumbai Cricket Team was the winner of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021.
 Yashaswini Deswal bagged the 1st gold medal for India in the women’s 10-meter Air Pistol final
of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) world cup in march 2021.
 Tamil Nadu has won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021.
 India ended with 7 medals from the women’s event at the Asian Championship titles in April
2021 at Almaty, Kazakhstan.
 Walker cup is associated with Golf.
 Janardan Gehlot is the writer of the book named “Sangharsh se Shikar tak”.
 In May 2021 former diplomat Preet Mohan Singh Malik has come up with the book Sikkim: A
history of intrigue and alliance.
 The trees of Dehra is the latest book written by Rushkin Bond, before this to symbolize his 70
years career in literature he released a book called A song of India in July 2020
 A book titled “Believe – What Life and cricket Taught me “is the autobiography of Suresh Raina.
 Recently a book titled “The terrible, horrible, very bad good news “has been launched, authored
by award winning journalist and speaker Meghna Pant.
 Sabarna Roy unveiled his 7th book, Fractured Mosaic in February 2021.
 Stories I must tell: the emotional journey of an actor is the autobiography of Kabir bedi.
 In April 2021 PM Modi has releades the hindi translation of the book “Odisha Itihaas “ authored
by ‘Utkal Keshari’ Dr, Harekrushna Mahtab, a notable figure in the Indian independence
movement.
 In Jan, the Vice President Shri. M. Venkaiah Naidu virtually released the book titled – ‘A textbook
of urban planning and Geography’ authored by Dr. Sameer Sharma, DG and CEO of Indian
Institute of Corporate Affairs.
 An ‘evidence’ based book to prove the birth of Lord Hanuman on one of the seven hills of
Tirumala would be released in April,2021 by TTD.
 In January 2021, the tableau of Uttar Pradesh was awarded first prize in Republic Day Parade
Tableau with the theme “Ayodhya: Cultural Heritage of Uttar Pradesh”. Dept. of Biotechnology
tableau won the top honour. The tableau of the central public works dept. with the theme
‘Amar Jawan’ bagged a special prize.
 Naomi Osaka won the Australian open 202 women’s singles title.
 Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassai won the 2021 Pritzker Prize, the highest honour in the
field of architecture.
 Dr Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted won the prestigious 2021 World Food Prize.
 Shri Braj Basi Lal, who received Padma Vibushan Award 2021, the second highest civilian award
of India on this Republic Day, related to Archaeology field.
 CM Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy has been conferred the Skoch CM of the year award.
 Anamika from Muzaffarpur won the Hindi Sahitya Akademi award for the year 2020.
 67th National Film Awards 2019, Sikkim has bagged the award for being Most Film Friendly State.
 Nomadland has won the best picture award at 93 rd Academy Award 2021.
 Well known Hindi Writer Prof. Sharad Pagare was conferred with the prestigious Vyas Samman-
2020.
 UNSC meeting took place in May 2021 as hostilities between Israel and Palestine entered the 7 th
day. UNSC HQ is in New York.
 The HQ of BRICS is located in Shanghai. For 2021, 13th BRICS summit will be hosted by India.
 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) commenced its 3-day plenary meeting in February 2021, its
HQ is located in Paris.
 World Development Report is published by The World Bank
 The HQ of WHO is in Geneva, Switzerland.
 SpaceX Org. created a new world record by launching 143 satellites on a single rocket.
 APEC stands for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, HQ is in Singapore. India is not a member.
 OPEC – Organization of petroleum exporting countries, HQ – Vienna, Austria
 IMF - HQ – Washington DC, USA
 NATO – HQ – Brussels, Belgium
 SAARC – HQ – Kathmandu, Nepal
 IUCN – HQ – Gland, Switzerland
 UNESCO – HQ – Paris, France
 World Bank – HQ – Washington DC, USA
 India is not a member of G-8 Org.
 ILO HQ – Geneva, Switzerland
 FAO HQ – Rome, Italy
 UNICEF HQ – New York, USA
 WTO HQ – Madrid, Spain
 UNIDO HQ – Vienna, Austria
 IFSCA (International Financial Services Centers Authority (HQ – GIFT City, Gandhinagar, Gujarat))
has become an Associate Member of the International Organization of Securities Commissions
(IOSCO). IOSCO HQ – Madrid, Spain.
 In Indian banking RTGS mean Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS is for large value with min.
amount of 2,00,000/- and no upper limit), IFSC mean Indian Financial System Code.
 The terms WazirX, CoinDCX, Zebpay are related to Cryptocurrency Exchange Platforms.
 Recently RBI has launched Legal Entity Identifier for all payment transactions of value Rs.50
crore and above. Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is a 20-digit number.
 HDFC bank has adjudged the India’s Best Bank for SMEs at the Asian money Best Bank Awards
2021.
 Home Bias term recently seen in the news is used in the context of Credit Rating Agencies.
 The term Ethereum, Ripple, Stellar seen in news recently, related to cryptocurrencies.
 Recently, the FDI limit in insurance sector has been raised from 49% to 74%.
 NITI Aayog has decided to empanel transaction advisor for monetization of assets and carry
forward the process of disinvestment of public sector enterprises.
 To boost infrastructure, FM Nirmala Sitharaman has announced 1.1 Lakh crores allocation for
Indian Railways in the union Budget 2021.
 Deflation: It is a persistent fall in the general price level of goods and services, it leads to a
problem of increased unemployment due to slack in demand.
 Inflation: Persistent rise in the general price level of goods and services.
 Stagflation: A condition of slow economic growth and relatively high unemployment.
 Reflation: A fiscal or monetary policy designated to expand a country’s output and curb the
effects of deflation. It includes reducing taxes, changing the money supply, and lowering interest
rates.
 Disinflation: A slowing in the rate of price inflation, used to describe when the inflation rate has
reduced marginally over the short term.
 Currency Depreciation: It is a sudden fall in the value of a currency against other currencies.
 The armed forces have launched operation CO-JEET to aid anti covid-19 efforts, it includes
strengthening medical infrastructure, Oxygen supply chains, Measures to ensure the mental
wellbeing of people.
 The dept. of biotechnology has approved additional funding for clinical studies of mRNA based
covid-19 vaccine HGCO19, developed by Pune based bio-tech. company Gennova
Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. This funding has been provided under Mission COVID Suraksha.
 India hosted the online workshop on COVID-19 Management: Experience, Good Practices, and
Way Forward in February 2021. Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Maldives, Mauritius,
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan participated in it.
 DRDO developed an AI (ATNAB AI) algorithm to detect the presence of COVID-19 disease in
chest X-Rays.
 35,000 crores are allocated in budget 2021-2022 by Govt. for covid-19 vaccines.
 Different allocations of budget 2021-2022:
 India dispatched the covid vaccines to Bhutan and Maldives under the vaccine Maitri initiative,
in January 2021.
 Odisha has decided to construct Covid Warrior Memorial at Biju Patnaik public park in
Bhubaneswar in February 2021.
 COVID -19 antibody detection DIPCOVAN kit has been developed by Defense Institute of
Physiology and Allied Sciences.
 K.V Kamath committee is related to Resolution Framework for covid-19 related stress.
 In May 2021, Defense Ministry has approved a total 50 AFMS hospitals designated as Dedicated
and Mixed COVID hospitals. AFMS stands for Armed Force Medical Services.
 The first undersea tunnel of India will be built in Mumbai by the year 2023, which will be part of
Coastal Road project of the city.
 Oman country names the cyclone “Yaas”, in Bay of Bengal.
 Soumya Santosh was the name of the Kerala woman killed in Israel after Palestine militants fire
rockets.
 UP is the first state in India to have two airstrips on expressways for landing.
 In may 2021, PM Narendra Modi announced financial assistance of 1000 crores for immediate
relief activities in Gujarat after reviewing the situation caused by cyclone Tauktae, named by
Myanmar.
 The Union FM inaugurated India’s first 3D printed house in IIT Madras.
 In may 2021 IIT Ropar developed a portable tech traditional echo friendly mobile cremation
system.
 Noted environmentalist Sunder Lal Bahuguna, pioneered in Chipko movement died of covid-19
in may 2021. He was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan in the year 2009.
 Manish Kumar become the first person to receive the covid-19 vaccine in India at Delhi’s All
India Institute of Medical Sciences.
 Kolkata Port is the oldest port operating in India built by British East India Company.
 The CM of UP inaugurated the Strawberry Festival, in January 1702021.
 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) began in January 2021 in Goa.
 Road Security Month was observed from 18 th January02021. Rajasthan secured 1st rank in Road
Security in 2021. The MoRT&H observes National Road Safety Week every year in the 2 nd week
of January. Tamil Nadu is worst.
 The highest ever loading figures registered by Indian Railways in January 2021 is 119.79 MT.
 DRDO conducted the successful launch of Akash-NG (NEW GENRATION) Surface to Air Missile
from Odisha in January 2021.
 National Girl Child Week was being observed from 21 to 26 January 2021.
 Alan Burgess passed away in January 2021. He was related to Cricket.
 Khadi and Village Commission (KVIC) rolled out a massive employment drive in Mandla District
of West Bengal in January 2021.
 SpaceX created a new world record by launching 143 satellites on a single rocket in January
2021.
 Soma Mondal took over as first ever woman head of Steel Authority of India ltd. In January
2021.
 MoD Rajnath Singh launched the website of Aero India 2021, which will be held between Feb 3 –
7, 2021 in Bengaluru.
 Mandu Festival 2021 will be organized in Madhya Pradesh in February 2021.
 LG Chandi Prasad Mohanty will take over as the new vice-chief of army staff in February 2021.
 Former USA Secretary of state, George Shultz passed away in February, 2021.
 Deepika Padukone and Akshay Kumar bagged Dadasaheb Phalke International Awards for Best
Actor on February 2021 for their movies chhapaak and laxmii.
 In February 2021 Amit Shah released a book Rashtra Pratham – 82 Varshon ki Swarnim Gatha in
New Delhi. The book has the glorious history of CRPF (Largest Central Armed Police Force).
 Faf du Plessis of South Africa announced his retirement from Test cricket in February 2021.
 16th edition of YUDH ABHYAS is the military exercise going to be conducted between Indian
Army and USA army on February 2021.
 In February 2021, the congress has nominated Mallikarjun Kharge as the new leader of
Opposition (LoP) in the Rajya Sabha.
 Bangladesh celebrated 50 years of its independence in March 2021.
 In March 2021 the first high level US- China meeting began in Alaska.
 Asia’s largest Tulip Garden is scheduled to be opened in Srinagar city for the general public and
tourists from March 2021.
 Bhuvneshwar Kumar won the ICC player of the month award in March 2021. Since January 2021
ICC has started giving out player of the month awards.
 India won the gold in the women’s 25m pistol team event in March 2021 as the ISSF World Cup.
 The 2nd meeting of the Sherpas of G7 and guest countries was held on 30 th March 2021. Suresh
Prabhu was India’ Sherpa.
 China has not received the vaccines under ‘Vaccine Maitri’ programme of the Govt. of India as of
March 2021.
 As of march 2021, India is world’s 6th largest economy.
 In boxing Manish Kaushik clinched a gold medal at the Boxam International Tournament in
Castellon, Spain in March 2021.
 Narendra Modi was awarded the CERA Week global energy and environment leadership award
in March 2021.
 The Education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank launched SARTHAQ in April 2021.
 The 14th edition of IPL will begin in April 2021.
 In April 2021 Rajnath Singh granted emergency financial powers to the 3 defense services.
 Hubert Hurkacz of Poland won Miami Open final in Aril 2021.
 Narendra Modi will participate in the leader’s summit on climate in April 2021.
 142 is the rank of India in the world press freedom index, released in April 2021.
 B P Kanungo has stepped down from the post of RBI’s Deputy Governor in April 2021.
 The 1st bath of Covid-19 Vaccine Sputnik V of Russia will be delivered to India in April 2021.
 The 10 day long multinational military exercise named ‘Shantir Ogrosena’ culminated in April
2021 in Bangladesh.
 The 5th batch of Rafale fighter aircraft arrived in India in April 2021 flying a distance of 8000 KM
from Merignac Air Base in France.
 Nepalese climber Kami Rita scaled Mt. Everest for the 25 th time in May 2021.
 16th India-EU summit proposed for May 2021 was held in Portugal.
 Poland’s Iga Swiatek won the Italian Open Women’s Singles title in May 2021.
 In May 2021 Narinder Batra has been re-elected as the International Hockey Federation (FIH)
President for a second term.
 Apurva Chandra Sec. Labor and Employment chaired 1 st BRICS Employment Working Group
(EWG) Meeting held in May 2021. India has assumed BRICS Presidency for the year 2021.
 In May 2021 CM of Punjab has rolled out a new initiative Mission Fateh 2.0 as a part of the
‘Corona Mukt Punjab Abhiyan’.
 In May 2021 6 sites were added to India’s tentative list of UNESCO world heritage sites. With
these 6 the total went to 48 which are on the tentative list. Currently there are 38 World
Heritage Sites in India.
 In May 2021 the WHO approved a covid 19 vaccine produced by drugmaker Sinopharm for
emergency use based in China.
 USA is at top position on EY’s Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index, released in May
2021. India moved up a spot to 3rd position, China is 2nd position.
 The UN chief has appointed Martin Griffiths as the new UN Humanitarian Chief, in May 2021.
 In June 2021 James Anderson became the most capped player for England in Teats.
 In June 2021 Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh assumed charges as the Deputy Chief if Naval Staff.
 India’s wholesale price inflation eased in June 2021 to 12.07% from a record 12.94% in May
2021 amid a decline in food and fuel inflation.
 Mohit Chauhan composed India’s Official Olympic Theme Song in June 2021.
 Nigeria has officially joined the Indian Twitter alternative ‘Koo’ and blocked access to Twitter in
June 2021.
 Dr. Virendra Kumar is the current union minister for Social Justice and Empowerment.

 Another imp. Portfolio as of July 2021:

 In June 2021 Assam decide to apply ‘Population Norms’ in all govt. schemes.
 In June 202 ISRO has developed Prana, Vau, SVASTA ventilators to battle covid -19.
 In June 2021 Naftali Bennett was sworn in as the new PM of Israel.
 Narendra Modi addressed the CoWIN Global Conclave in July 2021.
 Italy was crowned Euro Cup 2020 champions after winning over England in July 2021.
 Richard Donner passed away in July 2021. He was related to Filmmaking.
 In July 2021, India stood 4th in terms of largest foreign exchange reserves holder in the world.
 G. Kishan Reddy chaired the BRICS tourism ministers meeting in july 2021 as a part of India’s
BRICS chairship.
 Andy Jassy succeeded Jeff Bezos as the new CEO of Amazon in July 2021.
 Jyotiraditya Scindia was sworn in as the new Cabinet Minister of Civil Aviation in July 2021 agter
the cabinet reshuffle.
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 M C Mary Kom and Manpreet Singh were India’s flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the
Tokyo Olympics on 23rd July 2021.
 22nd Anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas was celebrated across the country on 26 th July 2021.
 Ramesh Bais took oath as the Governor of Jharkhand in July 2021.

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 Ashwini Vaishnav MoE&IT launched “Amrit Mahotsav Shri Shakti Challenge “in August 2021, in
MyGov platform.
 Minister of state for Education Subhas Sarkar participated in the G20 Research Ministers
meeting in August 2021.
 In August 2021 Amit Rohidas the Indian Hocket Defender from Odisha, Trailokyanath Parida won
the Biju Patnaik Sports Award.
 Deepak Das took charge as the 25th new Controller General of Accounts in August 2021.
 S.P. Sethuraman won the Barcelona Open chess tournament title in August 2021.
 Justice Vidyasagar M Kanade former Bombay HC judge was sworn in as the new Lokayukta of
Maharashtra in August 2021.
 Narendra Modi chaired the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security against the backdrop
of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021.
 In August India together with Saudi Arabia conducted their first ever naval exercise named Al-
Mohed-Al-Hind 2021.
 Bureau of Police Research and Development and All India Council for Technical Education
launched hackthon MANTHAN 2021 in August 2021.
 Operation Blue Freedom is related to the people with disabilities from across India to the
world’s highest battlefield Siachen Glacier. It was flagged by Union Social Justice and
empowerment Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar.
 The recommended disinfectant specific to killing corona virus is ‘sodium Hypo chloride’. It kills
the virus by destroying its RNA.
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