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Northern Coalfields Ltd - Ministry of Coal
Inaugurates CSR initiatives in Singrauli District
• Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), an arm of Coal India Limited (CIL) under the Ministry of Coal has launched
various CSR schemes and projects focused on village infrastructure, education, skill development, women
empowerment, employment generation, sanitation and provision of clean drinking water amounting to Rs. 2.25 Crore
to benefit the villagers of Singrauli. These pro-people programmes have been launched as part of Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav(AKAM) celebrations.

• A new road constructed under NCL-CSR at a cost of ₹ 1.6 crores in Semuar Panchayat benefiting about ten
thousand villagers living in Pali, Semur and nearby places has also been inaugurated

• To further empower local women/girls and make them self-reliant, sewing machines and skill certificates were
distributed to 27 women/ girls, trained in the centres under the ongoing skill development programme of NCL.

• As part of ensuring modern education amenities in remote villages, eight sets of Smart TV and computers were
distributed to nearby Govt. schools. Advanced laboratory equipment were also distributed to four government
schools, helping more than 500 students to get practical knowledge in Science.

• NCL is Singrauli based MiniratnaCompany under the Ministry of Coal and operates with 10 highly mechanized
opencast coal mines and accounts for 15 percent of national coal production. The companycontributed over 115
Million Tonnes of coal to the nation during the last financial year.
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Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurates Doppler Weather Radar &
Indigenous GPS based Pilot Sonde at IMD, Jammu
• Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State
(Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic
Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today inaugurated the latest upgraded state-of-the-art
Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) & Indigenous GPS based Pilot Sonde at Indian Meteorological
Office in Jammu

• In addition to DWR system installed today, Dr Jitendra Singh referred to several new scientific
establishments set up in the region during the last few years under the Modi government which
included North India's first Biotech Industrial Park at Kathua, North India's first Space/ISRO Centre
at Central University, India's lavender led Purple Revolution and first Cannabis Medicinal Plant
launched by IIIM Jammu, the first -ever National Institute of High Altitude Medicine at Bhaderwah,
the first- ever Mega -quintal Seed Processing Plant at Kathua, latest Weather forecast instrument
installed at SanjhiChhat for convenience of Vaishano Devi pilgrims, high altitude Radio Relay
Station at Patnitop,etc
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Coal India Ltd Launches New Software For
Enhanced Assessment of Coal Resources
• Coal India Ltd (CIL), under the Ministry of Coal has launched a new software named “Spectral Enhancement”
(SPE), which will help in identifying thin coal seams under the earth crust and improve assessment of coal
resources using seismic survey during coal exploration process.

• The launch of SPE software assumes significance as the present seismic survey techniques for coal resource
exploration have limitations in identifying the thin coal seams under the earth, which will now be possible as
this new software helps in enhancing resolution of seismic signals leading to delineation of thinnest coal
seams.

• CIL’s research and development (R&D) arm Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI) has
developed this first of its kind software in association with Gujrat Energy Research and Management Institute
(GERMI) and the company will also file for its copyright protection.

• This ‘Made in India’ software will also help to save time and cost of coal exploration and thus boost the
mission of Atmanirbhar Bharat in coal production.

• CIL CMD Shri Pramod Agrawal launched the software in the presence of the R&D Board of CIL comprising of
senior directors and expert members from the reputed organizations and institutions.
• CIL accounts for 80 per cent of India’s coal output.
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BCCL, Ministry of Coal Organizes Programme
to Spread Awareness on Sanitation

• Under the nation wide celebrations of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM), Bharat
Coking Coal Ltd.( BCCL), a Miniratna Company under the Ministry of Coal has
organized a special programme to spread awareness about sanitation and
COVID-19 related precautionary measures.

• As part of the ongoing drive, the CSR Department of BCCL distributed 125
packets of hand sanitisers and face masks to the residents of Algoria Basti, a
predominantly SC/ ST/ OBC village in PootkiBalihari (PB) Area of Dhanbad,
Jharkhand.
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28th Edition of Singapore-India
Maritime Bilateral Exercise ‘Simbex’

• The 28th edition of Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise

(SIMBEX) was conducted

• The Indian Navy was represented by Guided Missile Destroyer INS

Ranvijay with a ship borne helicopter, ASW Corvette INS Kiltan and
Guided Missile Corvette INS Kora and one P8I Long Range Maritime
Patrol Aircraft.

• Initiated in 1994, SIMBEX is the Indian Navy’s longest uninterrupted

bilateral maritime exercise with any foreign navy.
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DAHD & MoRD signed MoU for Rural Economic Growth
• Memorandum of Understanding was inked between Department of Animal
husbandry & Dairying of Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
and Ministry of Rural Development for rural economic growth.

• A new accredited model namely ‘A-HELP (Accredited Agent for Health and
Extension of Livestock Production)’ is introduced which will be implemented pan-
India.

• This accreditation will be provided to the individuals already trained under DAY-
NRLM (Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-NRLM) for livestock (Pashusakhis) by
providing further training as A-HELP workers.

• Central Government approved the implementation of a Special Livestock Sector

Package for focused development of AHD in next 5 years starting from 2021-22.
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NMCG signs MoU with SAIARD
• National Mission for Clean Ganga & South Asian Institute for Advanced Research & Development signed an
Memorandum of Understanding for creating an academic platform for researchers and young minds and to
boost Research and Developing capacity building hubs in the eastern region.

• With this MoU SAIARD will be considered as a regional capacity building centre for NMCG in the eastern
region of India.

• Building policy making capacity for riverine ecosystem and Provide database support.

• Development of Digital River Library, River museum and online news portal.

National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG):

• Director General- Rajiv Ranjan Mishra
• Headquarters- Delhi

South Asian Institute for Advanced Research and Development (SAIARD):

• Chairman– Dr. Biswajit Roy Chowdhury
• Headquarter– Kolkata, West Bengal
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NSCMB signs MoU with CSIR-NIO
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – National Institute of Oceanography
(CSIR-NIO) virtually signed a MoU with Russia’s A.V. Zhirmunsky National
Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of
Science (NSCMB FEB RAS) towards collaboration in the field of Marine research.

National Institute of Oceanography (NIO):

• Headquarter – Dona Paula, Goa
• Regional Centers – Kochi (Kerala), Mumbai (Maharashtra), Visakhapatnam
(Andhra Pradesh)
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CBDT Notified IT Rules for Taxable Interest on PF Account
• The Central Board of Direct Taxes notified new rules regarding the taxation on the ‘interest income’ which is earned
through the Employees Provident Fund) contributions, beyond Rs 2.5 lakh a year and Rs 5 lakh a year.

• ₹2.5 lakh annual contribution limit shall apply for EPF members, while in General or Statutory Provident Fund (GPF)
or other Provident Fund where there is no contribution from the employer, the threshold has been set at ₹5 lakh.

• The government has made amendments over the Income-tax (IT) named IT (25th Amendment) Rules, 2021 to
include the new IT rule (Rule 9D) over PF income.

• The government had in the Finance Act of 2021 introduced a new provision that makes interest accrued in the PF
account on contribution above ₹2.5 lakh a year taxable.

• The new income tax Rules on PF income will be applicable for contributions made from FY22 onwards (i.e. from
April 2021).

Central Board of Direct Taxes:

• Chairperson – J.B. Mohapatra
• Headquarter – New Delhi
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Samarth Training Centres
• As per the data of the Ministry of Textiles, more than 1,500 artisans have been
benefited by training in 63 Samarth Training Centres.

• The Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector was named SAMARTH.

• The scheme is being implemented by the textile ministry to provide demand-

driven, placement oriented skilling programmes to handicrafts artisans to create
employment in textile and related sectors.

• SAMARTH was formed to train 10 lakh persons in 3 years (2017-20) with an

estimated budget of 1300 crore.
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WHO Hub for Pandemic & Epidemic Intelligence
• The World Health Organization as a part of its Health Emergencies Programme
has set up first hub of its kind ‘WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence’
which was inaugurated

• The hub will receive an initial investment of $100 million from the Government of
Germany and will be led by Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the current DG of the Nigeria
Centre for Disease Control

• The hub will currently operate from a centre provided by the Charite –
Universitatsmedizin Berlin, a University.

• MoU was also created between the WHO and the Robert Koch Institute of
Germany under which RKI scientists along with WHO experts and other global
partners will work in this hub
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“The Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from
Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970–2019)”
• World Meteorological Organization has released a report titled, “The Atlas of Mortality and
Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970–2019)” which states that
number of disasters, such as floods and heatwaves, driven by climate change have increased
fivefold over the past 50 years.

• There were more than 11,000 reported disasters attributed to these hazards globally, with just over
two million deaths and $3.64 trillion in losses.

• The recent hurricane named’ Ida’ in the US Gulf Coast, considered as the costliest weather
disaster.

World Meteorological Organization:

• Secretary General- Petteri Taalas
• Headquarters- Geneva
• Members- 193 member
 Kapil Kathpal
PFRDA Increased the NPS Entry Age from 65 to 70 Years
• The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority increased the maximum age for joining the National Pension System
(NPS) from 65 years to 70 years of age.

• Any Indian Citizen, resident or non-resident and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) between the age of 65-70 years are eligible to
join NPS and continue their NPS Account up to the age of 75 years.

• The customers could exercise the choice of Pension Fund (PF) and Asset Allocation with the maximum equity exposure of 15
percent and 50 percent under Auto and Active Choice respectively.

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority

• Chairperson – Supratim Bandyopadhyay
• Headquarters – New Delhi

Type of Exit Maximum % of Amount could be Withdrawn as Lump Minimum % of Amount should be
Sum used for Annuity Purchase
Normal Exit (i.e exit after 3 years) 60% 40%
Normal Exit-If the corpus is equaltoorlessthan₹5.00lakh the Subscriber may opt to withdraw the entire accumulated pension
wealth in lump sum.

Premature Exit (i.e.Exit before completion of 3 years) 20% 80%

Premature Exit-If the corpus is equalto or less than ₹2.5lakh the Subscriber may opt to withdraw the entire accumulated pension
wealth in lump sum.
Unfortunate Death of the Subscriber Entire corpus payable to the nominee as a lump sum
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International Astronomical Union has inducted India’s
Dorje Angchuk as one of its Honorary Members
• International Astronomical Union has inducted India’s Dorje Angchuk as one of its
Honorary Members, along with 10 other inductees.

• He is the 1st and only Indian to become an Honorary member of IAU.

• He currently serves in the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) in Ladakh

International Astronomical Union:

• President –Debra Meloy Elmegreen
• Headquarter – Paris, France

Astronomical Society of India:

• President – G C Anupama (1st Woman President of ASI)
 Kapil Kathpal
IIT Madras launches ‘e-Source’
• “e-Source”, an open source platform for tracking & recovery of electronic wastes
(e-waste) is under beta level of testing by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Madras.

• The initiative is promoted by the Indo-German Centre for Sustainability in IIT

Madras.

• ‘NeoBolt’, India’s 1st indigenous motorized wheelchair was developed by IIT

Madras

IIT Madras Director – Bhaskar Ramamurthi

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Ladakh signs MoU with BRO
• Union Territory of Ladakh signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Border
Roads Organisation for construction & upgradation of its road network. T

• In August, BRO constructed the World’s highest motorable pass at Umling La Pass
in eastern Ladakh at an altitude of 19,300 feet.

Border Roads Organisation:

• Director General – Rajeev Chaudhary
• Headquarter – New Delhi
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PM Chaired the 37th PRAGATI Meeting 2021

• Prime Minister chaired the 37th edition of PRAGATI (Pro-Active

Governance and Timely Implementation) meeting and reviewed 8
projects and One Nation – One Ration Card

• PRAGATI is an ICT based communications multi-modal platform

involving both the Centre and state governments.

• The cost of 8 projects amounting to Rs 1,26,000 crore pertaining to 14

states.
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Manipur launched Electronic Inner Line Permit (e-ILP) portal
• Manipur virtually launched an electronic Inner Line permit (ILP) or e-ILP platform at Imphal, Jiribam
and Mao.

• It is developed by Cubeten Technologies Pvt. Ltd to monitor the entry, exit and tracking of visitors to
the state under the Manipur Inner Line Permit Rules, 2019 with immediate effect.

• The purpose of e-ILP is to protect the identity of its people.

• With this portal, a person outside the state can apply online for ILP and get the permit from issuing
centres at Imphal Airport, Mao Gate, Jiribam Railway Station and Jiribam ILP Exit Counter after
proper onsite verification.

• The reason behind this development is the overstaying of visitors without renewing of permit.

• ILP is an official travel document issued by the Government of India to allow inward travel of an
Indian citizen into a protected area or state for a limited period.
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“Mera Watan, Mera Chaman” “Mushaira” &“Kavi Sammelan”

• Union Minority Affairs Ministry organised “Mera Watan, Mera

Chaman”, “Mushaira”and “Kavi Sammelan” in New Delhi as a part of
“Amrit Mahotsav” of 75 years of India’s Independence.

• It will continue across the country till 2023.

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‘Mission Vatsalya’ for Women

• Ministry of Women and Child Development of Maharashtra

has launched “Mission Vatsalya” with an objective to serve
around 18 benefits, schemes, services to the women who
lost their husband due to Covid-19.
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“Ayush Aapke Dwar” Campaign

• Ministry of Ayush launched the “Ayush Aapke Dwar” Campaign from

Ayush Bhawan by distributing medicinal plants to staff.

• The Ministry of AYUSH launched the scheme from more than 45

locations across 21 states of India by distributing around 2 lakh
medicinal plant saplings.

• The campaign aims to distribute medicinal plant sapling to 75 lakh

households across India in 1 year.
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Sai Life Sciences Becomes Signatory
of United Nations Global Compact
• Sai Life Sciences, a leading global Contract Research, Development &
Manufacturing Organization has become a signatory of the world’s largest
sustainability initiative, United Nations Global Compact

• With this it has committed itself to adopt the Ten Principles of the UNGC on
human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, reinforcing the company’s
commitment to corporate responsibility and sustainability.

• CEO & Managing Director-Krishna Kanumuri

• Headquarter – Malkajgiri, Telangana.
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Dr. Basant Kumar Misra wins AANS Award
• Neurosurgeon Basant Kumar Misra received the ‘’International Lifetime
Achievement Award in Neurosurgery ‘’ by American Association of Neurological
Surgeons.

• Basant Kumar will be the first Indian who received the prestigious AANS award.
The award was presented at a virtual ceremony during the AANS Annual Scientific
Meeting 2021 held in Orlando, Florida.

• He received the Dr BC Roy National Award in 2018.

• President: Regis W. Haid, Jr.

• Headquarters: Illinois, United States
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Exim Bank Extended LOC to Maldives
• Exim Bank has extended a line of of USD 40 million to Maldives for
the development of sports infrastructure.

• Till date Exim Bank has extended 5 LOC to the Maldives taking the
total value of LOCs to USD 1.33 billion.
 Kapil Kathpal
PhonePe Launched India’s 1st Interactive Geospatial Website ‘Pulse’
• PhonePe launched India’s 1st interactive geospatial website named
‘Pulse’ to provide data and insights about the evolution of Digital
Payments of India.

• The geospatial website showcases more than 2000+ crore digital

transactions by consumers on an interactive map of India.

• CEO – Sameer Nigam

• Headquarters – Bangalore, Karnataka
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HDFC Bank Became 1st Lender to List $1 Billion AT-1 Bonds on IFSC

• HDFC Bank became the 1st Indian lender to list Additional Tier-I bonds on the
Gujarat International Finance Tec-City – International Financial Services Centre

• HDFC Bank listed its $1 billion (3.7 percent) foreign currency AI-1 bonds

• India INX is India’s 1st international exchange set up at the GIFT IFSC.
 Kapil Kathpal
HDFC Life to Acquire 100% Stake in Exide Life

• HDFC Life Insurance Company is set to acquire 100% share capital of

Exide Life Insurance Company for a total cash consideration of Rs
6687 crore.

HDFC Life Insurance Company:

• MD & CEO- Vibha Padalkar
• Headquarters- Mumbai
 Kapil Kathpal
Ashish Singhal - MD of SVC Bank

• Ashish Singhal appointed as the Managing Director of SVC Bank.

• Before joining SVC Bank, he was the Managing Director of Experian

CIC in India.

• Chairman– Durgesh S. Chandavarkar

• Headquarters– Mumbai
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HSBC Asia Appoints Rajnish Kumar As
Non-Executive Independent Director

• Rajnish Kumar has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation’s (HSBC) Asia.

• He was also appointed as the member of the Audit Committee and Risk
Committee of HSBC Asia.
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Suman Sharma- Managing Director of SECI

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed Suman

Sharma as the Managing Director of Solar Energy Corporation of
India.

• She will succeed Jatindra Nath Swain and he will remain the
chairman of the company.

• Headquarter– New Delhi

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Book “Haryana Environment and Pollution Code”
• Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister of Haryana, released the new book titled “Haryana Environment and
Pollution Code” compiled by former IAS officer and poet Dheera Khandelwal.

• This book will be useful for entrepreneurs, who do not have access to the knowledge of Laws and regulations
related to the environment for setting up new ventures.
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Chandan Mitra Passed Away

• Chandan Mitra former Rajya Sabha MP and a senior journalist have

passed away in Delhi.

• He has served as the Editor and Managing Director of the Pioneer

newspaper, Delhi.

• He was first nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha in August

2003 and served till 2009.

• He has been a part of the Bharatiya Janata party till 2018 and later
joined the All India Trinamool Congress.
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Former IOC President Jacques Rogge Passed Away
• Former International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge Passed away
in Belgium.

• He served as the President of IOC for 12 Years.

• He represented Belgium in rugby and was a world champion in sailing

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APEDA signs MoU with ICAR-Indian Institute of Millet Research
• The Agricultural and Processed Food Product Export Development Authority has signed an
Memorandum of Understanding with Indian Council of Agriculture Research- Indian Institute of
Millet Research to increase export production by increasing quality and processing.

• In order to increase export production APEDA has also signed a series of MoUs with Tamil Nadu
Agricultural University, Coimbatore, University of Agricultural Sci ences, Bengaluru, National
Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) and others.

Agricultural and Processed Food Product Export Development Authority:

• Chairman- Dr. Madhaiyaan Angamuthu
• Headquarters-New Delhi, Delhi

Indian Institute of Millet Research:

• Director-Dr. Vilas A Tonapi
• Headquarters – Hyderabad, Telangana
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CII’s 16th Sustainability Summit 2021
• Narendra Singh Tomar, the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, addressed the 16th Sustainability
Summit 2021 of the Confederation of Indian Industry named ‘16th Sustainability Building a Resilient Future
Leveraging Science, Technology & Finance’.

• To make agriculture profitable for small and medium farmers, infrastructure is being developed near the farms. An
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund of Rs 1 lakh crore has been created and through which, Projects worth more than
Rs 4000 crores have been approved.

• World-Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF India) and the CII have collaborated to develop a platform named ‘India
Plastics Pact (IPP)’ to promote a circular system for plastics.

• The pact was launched by the British High Commission in India, Alexander Ellis, at the 16th Sustainability Summit
2021 of the CII.

• India became the 1st Asian country to develop a plastics pact.

Confederation of Indian Industry:

• Director General – Chandrajit Banerjee
• Headquarter – New Delhi, Delhi
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Punjab signed MoU with AMCHAM India to promote investment
• Punjab state government and the American Chamber of Commerce in India
signed a first-of-its-kind Memorandum of Understanding during the virtual 29th
annual general meeting of the Amcham India.

• It will promote investment in the state and enhance ease of doing business for the
US member companies.
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Himachal Pradesh Govt Signed with Various Industrial Organisations
• Himachal Pradesh has signed 27 Memorandums of Understanding worth Rs. 3307
crore with various industrial organisations which are capable of providing direct
and indirect employment opportunities to more than 15000 people.

• 6 MoUs worth Rs 1000 crore were signed to establish ethanol plants in Himachal
Pradesh.
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Odisha’s Manda Buffalo as 19th Unique Breed Found in India

• The Indian Council of Agricultural Research – National Bureau of

Animal Genetic Resources Karnal, Haryana, has recognised the
Manda Buffalo of Odisha as the 19th unique breed of buffalo found in
India.

• The Dharwad Buffalo of Karnataka has also been recognised as a

unique breed of buffalo found in India.
 Kapil Kathpal
Manipur Launched COVID-19 Affected Livelihood Support Scheme

• Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh launched a COVID-19 Affected Livelihood Support Scheme to
provide assistance to those who had been severely affected by the COVID-19 in the state.

• Under the start-up scheme, the first installment of Rs 2500 was planned
 Kapil Kathpal
Geological Survey of India Training
Institute launches its dedicated website

• The Geological Survey of India Training Institute Hyderabad, launched

its 24×7 Website to offer round the clock accessibility to various online
courses on earth sciences to its stakeholders.

• The site hosts more than 33 recorded training courses and awards
completion certificates.
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review State SVEEP Plans for forthcoming elections

• Election Commission of India organised a 2-day long SVEEP (Systematic Voters’
Education and Electoral Participation) Consultation Workshop to plan voter &
booth centric strategies and also to guide new voters on ethical voting.
 Kapil Kathpal
Lovlina Borgohain named Brand Ambassador
of Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan in Assam
• Assam appointed Olympian Lovlina Borgohain as the brand ambassador of the Samagra Sikhsha Abhiyan.
She had won the Bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo summer Olympic under 69kg category and also became
the 2nd Indian female boxer, after MC Mary Kom, to win an Olympic Bronze.

• Assam presented Anundoram Baruah Award 2018 to Professor Taburam Taid.

• In order to increase digital learning, Tata Institute of Social Sciences is also collaborating with the state
government.

• Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for School Education of students from pre-
school to class XII, was launched in 2018.

• It aims to provide support for the implementation of the ‘Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education’
(RTE) Act, 2009.

• It subsumed Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and Teacher Education.

• It is implemented by the Department of School Education and Literacy

 Kapil Kathpal
India to Reconstruct Projects Damaged by 2015 Earthquake
• India and Nepal signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the reconstruction of 14 cultural heritage
and 103 health sector projects which were damaged by the 2015 earthquake.

• The projects will be reconstructed at a cost of 420 crore Nepalese Rupees

• The Indian government has allocated a grant of $250 million under the post-quake package

• In total, the Nepal government has undertaken 71 education sector projects, 28 cultural heritage sector
projects, 147 health facilities, and the construction of 50,000 houses with India’s grant assistance.

Nepal:
• Capital – Kathmandu
• Currency – Nepalese rupee
• President – Bidya Devi Bhandari
• Prime Minister – Sher Bahadur Deuba
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NeGD Signed MoU with NLU Delhi and NLIU Bhopal
• National e-Governance Division under the Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology Government of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding
with National Law University, Delhi and National Law Institute University, Bhopal
to establish a Cyber Lab for the “Online capacity building Programme on Cyber
Law, Crime Investigation and Digital Forensics”.

• This collaboration of NeGD with NLIU and NLU will offer a 9 months online Post
Graduate(PG) Diploma to 1000 Officials through its Learning Management
System (LMS)
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MIB constitutes Committee to Review
Guidelines of Journalist Welfare Scheme
• Ministry of Information and Broadcasting constituted a 11-member committee to review the
existing guidelines of the Journalist Welfare Scheme.

• The Member of Prasar Bharati Board Ashok Kumar Tandon is named as its chairperson.

• The media domain has lost a large number of journalists due to COVID-19, therefore it is required
to revise the quantum of ex-gratia payment in case of death as well as in other cases under the
scheme.

• Presently, JWS provides one time ex gratia on urgent basis to journalists and their families.

• MIB also provided ex-gratia payment 5 lakh each to the families of journalists who unfortunately
died due to COVID-19 and such assistance has been given in over 100 cases.
 Kapil Kathpal
• Sachidanand Murthy, Resident Editor, The Week

• Shekhar Aiyar, Freelance Journalist

• Amitabh Sinha, News 18

• Sishir Kumar Sinha, Business Line

• Ravinder Kumar, Special Correspondent, Zee News

• Hitesh Shankar, Editor, Panchjanya

• Ms. Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Hindustan Times

• Amit Kumar, Times Now

• Ms Vasudha Venugopal, Economic Times

• Kanchan Prasad, Addl. DG, Press Information Bureau (PIB)

 Kapil Kathpal
6th BRICS Energy Ministers Meeting 2021
• Minister of State, Krishan Pal Gurjar, Ministry of Power virtually chaired the 6th meeting of BRICS
(Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Energy Ministers 2021 under the Chairship of
India.

• Under the BRICS Energy Cooperation Framework, the implementation of its Road Map up to 2025
will continue to be monitored by the Committee of Senior Energy Officials.

• The MoS also virtually launched the BRICS Energy Report 2021, BRICS Energy Technology
Report 2021, and BRICS Energy Research Directory 2021.

• For 2022, the Presidency of BRICS will be taken over by China.

• The 25th World Energy Congress will be held in Saint-Petersburg, Russia in October 2022.
 Kapil Kathpal
Rabobank 2021 Global Dairy Report

• Global Dairy Top 20 report released by a Dutch multinational banking and financial services
company Rabobank.

Global position in 2021 Company Country of Origin

1 Lactalis France
2 Nestle Switzerland
3 Dairy Farmers of America USA
18 Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation India

• India is the World’s largest Milk producing country.

• New Zealand is the World’s largest Milk exporter, while China is the top Milk importing country.
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New Members of BRICS’s NDB
• The New Development Bank formerly known as ‘BRICS Development Bank’ which
was set up by the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India,China and South Africa) admitted
that Uruguay, United Arab Emirates and Bangladesh joined as the 1st batch of
new members of NDB.

• It has authorised capital of USD 100 billion, which is open for subscription by the
members of the United Nations.

• President- Marcos Troyjo

• Headquarters- Shanghai, China
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Nasscom CoE-IoT partners with Taiwan-India AI Centre
• The National Association of Software and Service Companies Centre of Excellence for Internet of
Things has signed an intent of cooperation with Taiwan-India Artificial Intelligence Technology
Innovation Research Centre to support the Indian tech startups to source hardware components
from Taiwan during their prototyping or production phases with an aims to provide incubation
support, mentorship and market access.

NASSCOM CoE-IoT:
• CEO– Sanjeev Malhotra
• Headquarters– Bengaluru
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China organises “Shared Destiny-2021”

• The 1st ever joint Military exercise – “Shared Destiny-2021” to be

held between China, Pakistan, Mongolia & Thailand at China’s
Henan’s Queshan county.
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ADB approves $150 million loan to improve
Tamil Nadu housing for urban poor
• The Asian Development Bank has approved a USD 150 million loan for building
sustainable housing projects for Urban Poor in Tamil Nadu.

• The ADB is providing assistance to the USD 1.5 million Technical Assistance(TA)
grant from its Technical Assistant Special Fund.

Asian Development Bank:

• President- Masatsugu Asakawa
• Headquarters- Manila
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India & Australia conducts,– ‘AUSINDEX 21’
• Indian Navy and Royal Australian Navy conducts the 4th Edition of biennial Maritime Warfare
exercise “AUSINDEX 21” in the North Australian Exercise Area

• INS Shivalik & Kadmatt participated in the Naval exercise.

• The Naval Exercise comes ahead of the 1st ever “2+2” Foreign and Defence Ministers meeting
that is scheduled to be held between India & Australia in November 2021 at New Delhi.

• The 1st edition of AUSINDEX Naval exercise was conducted in 2015 between India & Australia.

• In the 2019 edition that was held in Bay of Bengal witnessed the 1st ever anti-submarine drills
between the navies.

Australia:
• Prime Minister – Scott Morrison
• Capital – Canberra
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Indian Army set to procure over 100 “SkyStriker”
• Indian Army signed a Rs. 100 crore worth contract with the Joint Venture between
India’s Alpha Design & Israel’s Elbit Security Systems, for the procurement of over
100 ‘SkyStrikers’ under its emergency procurement powers.

• All the ‘SkyStriker’ known as “Suicide Drones will be manufactured in the

Bangalore manufacturing unit of Alpha Design.

• SkyStriker can carry a warhead of up to 10 kg within its fuselage; It has a Range of

100 km; It can reach a distance of 20 kms within 10 minutes.
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RSBVL acquires stake in Strand Life Sciences
• Reliance Strategic Business Ventures Limited acquired 57.06% stake in Strand
Life Sciences

• RIL is also planning to invest another Rs 160 crores in Strand Life Sciences by
March 2023, increasing its total share in the company by about 80.3%, with a total
of Rs 553 crore investment.
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HDFC Bank signs MoU with NSIC
• HDFC Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with National Small
Industries Corporation to offer credit support to Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises across the country.

HDFC Bank:
• MD & CEO – Sashidhar Jagdishan
• Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra

National Small Industries Corporation:

• Chairman-Cum-Managing Director –Vijayendra
• Headquarters – New Delhi
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ICICI Lombard gets final IRDAI approval for Bharti Axa acquisition

• ICICI Lombard got the final in-principle approval from IRDAI for the acquisition
Bharti Axa General Insurance.

• Bharti AXA General Insurance is a joint venture of Bharti, an Indian business group
with 51% and AXA, a global insurance and asset management company with 49%
stake.

ICICI Lombard:
• CEO: Bhargav Dasgupta
• Headquarters: Mumbai
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Visa partnership with Innoviti

• Visa has partnered with payment solutions firm Innoviti to enable the service of
storing money in the cards upto Rs 2,000. It will enable transactions without
connectivity.

• The new Visa cards will be equipped with a chip, which holds a stored value of a
daily spend limit of Rs 2,000 and has a per transaction limit of Rs 200.

Innoviti Payment Solutions:

• MD & CEO-Rajeev Agrawal
• Headquarters- Bengaluru
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UCO Bank partners with ‘Fisdom’
• UCO Bank partnered with ‘Fisdom’ to offer wealth management services & products to its
customers.

• Under this collaboration, UCO bank customers can now make seamless investments in Mutual
Funds through its ‘mBanking Plus App’.

Fisdom:
• CEO – Subramanya S V
• Head Office – Bangalore

UCO Bank:
• MD & CEO – Atul Kumar Goel
• Headquarter – Kolkata
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BOI & MAS Financial Services Enters Co-Lending Arrangement

• The Bank of India has entered into a co-lending arrangement with the MAS
Financial Services Limited for MSME to offer Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
loans

Bank of India:
• Managing Director & CEO– Atanu Kumar Das
• Headquarters– Mumbai

MAS Financial Services Limited:

• CMD– Kamlesh Gandhi
• Director & CEO– Darshana Pandya
• Headquarter – Ahmedabad
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Talent Development 2021 BEST Award
• Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) under Ministry of Power
won the prestigious global “Association for Talent Development (ATD) 2021 BEST
Award” and became the only PSU to win this award.

• POWERGRID has secured the 8th rank among the 71 organisations from across
the globe and became one of the 2 companies of India in the Top 20, Larsen &
Toubro Technology Services Limited has secured the 1st Rank.

• The POWERGRID talent development initiatives are driven by the POWERGRID

Academy of Leadership(PAL).

• The award was established in 2003.

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‘National Energy Leader’ and ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ 2021

• Delhi International Airport Limited led by GMR Group won 2

Confederation of Indian Industry National Energy Leader 2021 and
Excellent Energy Efficient Unit 2021 at the 22nd National Award
Ceremony for ‘Excellence in Energy Management” organised by CII
Green Business Centre.

• Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has clinched the awards of CII

“National Energy Leader” and “Excellent Energy Efficient Unit” for the
3rd and 5th years in a row.
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ESFB Appoints Rani Rampal & Smriti
Mandhana as Brand Ambassadors
• Equitas Small Finance Bank has appointed Indian Women’s hockey player Rani
Rampal and Indian women’s cricketer Smriti Mandhana as its brand ambassadors.

• Rani Rampal is the youngest player to represent the national hockey team
representing India at the age of 15 at the 2010 World Cup.

• Smriti Mandhana was recognised as the Best Women’s International Cricketer by

the Board of Control for Cricket in India

Equitas Small Finance Bank:

• MD and CEO– Vasudevan Pathangi Narasimhan
• Headquarters- Chennai
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Dutch Grand Prix F1 : Max Verstappen Wins to
Take Championship Lead from Lewis Hamilton
• Red Bull Racing Honda’s Max Verstappen from the Netherlands won the 2021
Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix held in Netherlands

• Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton (United Kingdom(UK)) and Valtteri

Bottas(Finland) finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

• Dutch Grand Prix was held after 36 years & Max Verstappen was its 1st winner.
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Indian Cricketer and Coach, Vasoo Paranjape Passed away

• Former Indian cricketer and coach, Vasoo Paranjape passed away.

• He played cricket between 1956 and 1970 for Mumbai and Vadodara, Gujarat and
served as a coach

• His son Jatin co-authored a book along with cricket journalist Anand Vasu based
on the life story of Vasudeo Paranjape titled ‘Cricket Drona: For the Love of Vasoo
Paranjape’.
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Former Union Health Secretary Keshav Desiraju Passed Away

• Keshav Desiraju, former Union Health Secretary and grandson of former first
President of India Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, passed away

• Keshav Desiraju has written a book on legendary Carnatic singer M.S.

Subbulakshmi, titled Of Gifted Voice: The Life and Art of M.S. Subbulakshmi.
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Book “Bullets Over Bombay: Satya and the Hindi Film Gangster”

• The new book titled ‘Bullets Over Bombay: Satya and the Hindi Film
Gangster’ authored by Film Critic Uday Bhatia details the making of
Ram Gopal Varma’s 1998 film ‘Satya’.
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ASBC Asian Youth and Junior Boxing Championship 2021
• 2021 ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championship had been held together at Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates for the first time in history. It was organised by the Asian Boxing
Confederation.

• The combined overall medal table was topped by Kazakhstan with 19 Gold medals, followed by
Uzbekistan and India in the 2nd and 3rd positions respectively.

• Indian Contingent completed with 20 Medals (6 Gold, 9 Silver & 5 Bronze)

Category Personality
Women’s 54 kg Neha
Women’s 60 kg Preeti Dahiya
Women’s 66 kg Sneha Kumari
Women’s 75 kg Khushi
Men’s 51 kg Bishwamitra Chongtham
Men’s 80 kg Vishal
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Gujarat Govt Signed MoU with Amazon India
• Amazon India, a leading e-commerce company signed a
Memorandum of Understanding with the Industries and Mines
Department, Government of Gujarat to boost the e-commerce
exports from Gujarat.
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Life Insurance Corporation has picked
up around 3.9% stakes of Bank of India
• Life Insurance Corporation of India has picked up around 3.9% stakes of Bank of
India

• With this acquisition the stake of LIC in Bank of India has increased from 3.17%
to 7.05%

• According to the SEBI regulations, on substantial acquisition of shares and

takeovers, companies have to inform the stock exchange when the entity holds
more than 5% shares of a listed firm.

• LIC, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company and Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
Company are the three investors which subscribed to more than 5% of the equity
offered in the qualified institutional placement issue.
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India, US sign pact for cooperation in
development of air-launched UAV
• Ministry of Defence has signed a Project Agreement with the United
States Department of Defence for co-development of Air-Launched
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle under the Joint Working Group Air Systems
in the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative

• Under this PA, a prototype for ALUAV will be co-developed by US’s Air
Force Research Laboratory, Indian Air Force and Defence Research
and Development Organisation
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11th India-United Kingdom Economic and Financial Dialogue
• Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended the11th India-
United Kingdom Economic and Financial Dialogue

• Under the EFD, both the countries have signed a USD 1.2-billion
package of public and private investment in green projects and
renewable energy to boost India’s green growth objectives.
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PM Addressed 6th Eastern Economic Forum

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually addressed the plenary session of the 6th
Eastern Economic Forum i.e. the 2021 edition of EEF, which was held in
Vladivostok, Russia.

• The main theme for the EEF 2021 is: ‘Opportunities for the Far East in a World
under Transformation’.

• Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep
Singh Puri participated in the EEF.

• ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC),
and the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with Russia’s Gazprom for cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector. The MoU
was signed at the 6th EEF.
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External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam
Jaishankar visit to Slovenia
• India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar paid a visit to Slovenia Croatia and Denmark to
review the bilateral relationship and strengthen India’s cooperation with the 3 European countries.

• EAM was invited to attend the 2021 Bled Strategic Forum (BSF), an annual international conference which
was held in Slovenia and participate in the panel discussion on ‘Partnership for a Rules-Based Order in the
Indo- Pacific’.

• India was the only Asian country and one of 3 non-European countries along with the USA and Kenya to be
invited for the 2021 BSF.

• Slovenia currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

• EAM visited Denmark and co-chaired the 4th round of the Indo-Danish Joint Commission Meeting (JCM)
along with Jeppe Kofod, Foreign Minister of Denmark.

• Denmark is the only country with which India is having a green strategic partnership, which was held in
September 2020.
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NTPC REL receives Letter of Award from Madhya Pradesh
• NTPC Renewable Energy Limited received a Letter of Award from Madhya
Pradesh for developing 325 MW Solar Power Project in Rewa Ultra Mega Solar
Limited at Shajapur Solar Park, Shajapur district

• NTPC is planning to achieve 60 GW renewable energy capacity by 2032

• NTPC is working with International Solar Alliance in Cuba, Niger, and Malawi to set
up solar parks.

National Thermal Power Corporation Limited:

• CMD-Gurdeep Singh
• Headquarters-New Delhi
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THE World University Rankings 2022
• World University Rankings 2022 takes into account 1,662 universities across 99 countries

• The maximum universities in the top 200 list are from the US (57) followed by the UK (28), and Germany (22).

• India is having 35 universities in the global top 1,000 list

Rank University Name Country/State
1 University of Oxford UK
2 California Institute of Technology (Caltech) US
2 Harvard University US
4 Stanford University US
5 Cambridge University UK
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) US
301-350 Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru (Karnataka)
351-400 IIT (Indian Institute of Technology)- Ropar Punjab
351-400 JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research Mysuru, Karnataka
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Leaded Petrol Eradicated Globally: UNEP
• The United Nations Programme on Environment formally stated that, toxic leaded
Petrol was Eradicated from the World.

• It was achieved after the Campaign, that was launched by UNEP in association
with the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles to eradicate the toxic leaded
Petrol in 2002.

• Algeria was the last country that eradicated the leaded petrol

United Nations Environment Programme:

• Executive Director: Inger Andersen
• Headquarters : Nairobi
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Sand and Dust Storms Risk Assessment in Asia and the Pacific
• The Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management, the regional institution of the
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific has released the report on sand and dust storms
named ‘Sand and Dust Storms Risk Assessment in Asia and the Pacific’.

• As per the risk assessments of the report, more than 500 million people in India are exposed to medium and high levels of
poor air quality due to sand and dust storms.

• India has 1,584 gigawatt-hours (GWh) energy loss in 2019, in economic terms, the impact is greater than USD 107 million
a year.

• Around 60 million people from the cities of Karachi (Pakistan), Lahore (Pakistan), and Delhi have experienced more than
170 dusty days a year in 2019 due to sand and dust storms.

• More than 80 percent of the populations of Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Iran are exposed to medium
and high levels of poor air quality due to sand and dust storms.

• 6 million residents of 8 cities (3 in China, 2 in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2 in Pakistan, and 1 in Uzbekistan) across the
Asia Pacific region were breathing air with unhealthy concentrations of particulate matter every day for at least 10 months
in 2019.

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific:
• Executive Secretary – Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
• Headquarters – Bangkok
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Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd Received Dun &
Bradstreet – Corporate Award 2021
• Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd has got the Dun & Bradstreet Corporate
Award for 2021 under the category of Best Growth Performance-
Power.

• Theme of the Event was ” Laying the Foundation for an

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)- Ready Corporate
India”.
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Behler Turtle Conservation Award 2021
• Indian biologist Shailendra Singh has conferred with 2021 Behler Turtle Conservation Award also known as
‘’Nobel Prize for Turtle Conservation” for bringing three critically endangered turtle conservation species back
from the edge of extinction.

• Shailendra Singh has been named to lead the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA)/Wildlife Conservation Society
(WCS) India Turtle programme.

• There are 29 species of freshwater turtles and tortoises in the country.

• He was awarded for bringing three critically endangered turtle conservation species back from the brink of
extinction. These species are red-crowned roofed turtle (Batagur kachuga), northern river terrapin (Batagur
baska), and black softshell turtle (Nilssonia nigricans).

• The Northern River Terrapin (Batagur baska) is being conserved at the Sunderbans.

• The Red-crowned Roofed Turtle (Batagur kachuga) of Chambal River region.

• The Black Softshell Turtle (Nilssonia nigricans) at different temples in Assam.

• The KURMA app was launched by the government for the conservation of turtles in India
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Central Government has signed a tripartite Karbi Anglong Agreement
• Central Government has signed a tripartite Karbi Anglong Agreement under which all conditions of
the Karbi people will be fulfilled in a stipulated time.

• It was signed between the Central Government, Assam Government, and Karbi Anglong
Autonomous Council

• Investment of Rs 1,000 crore by the Union and Assam government for development of the Karbi
Anglong area in the next 5 years

• On 23 February 2021, over 1,000 cadres of five different organizations of Karbi Anglong laid down
their arms to join the mainstream. They also surrendered a total of 338 weapons and 11000
rounds of ammunition including AK-series rifles, M16 rifles, LMGs, rocket launchers etc.

• Karbi Anglong is the largest district in Assam and also an autonomous district under the Sixth
Schedule of the Indian Constitution. It is divided into two parts — East Karbi Anglong (EKA) and
West Karbi Anglong (WKA) — with its administrative headquarters at Diphu town
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Byju’s Acquired Gradeup- Rebranded as Byju’s Exam Prep

• Byju’s has acquired the online exam preparation platform Gradeup to boost the ed
tech’s presence in the online competitive exam preparation category.

• Following the acquisition of Gradeup, it has been rebranded as Byju’s Exam Prep.

• Gradeup headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh by Shobhit Bhatnagar, Sanjeev

Kumar, and Vibhu Bhushan.
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Harsha Bangari Takes Charge as MD of EXIM Bank
• The government of India has appointed Harsha Bhupendra Bangari as the
Managing Director of Export- Import Bank of India for a period of 3 years

• She succeeds David Rasquinha, whose tenure as MD of Exim Bank ended in May
2021.

• Prior to this appointment, she has been serving as the Deputy Managing Director
of the India EXIM Bank.

• Headquarter– Mumbai, Maharashtra

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Prashant Kumar Elected to the Board of ILAC

• Prashant Kumar the president of the Bar Association of India has been
unanimously elected to the board of directors of the International Legal Assistance
Consortium

• He became the 2nd Asian to serve on the board of directors of ILAC.

• ILAC is a Sweden based international non-governmental organisation dedicated to

strengthening the rule of law, empowering legal professionals, and ensuring equal
access to justice.

• President– Elizabeth Howe

• Headquarters– Enskede, Sweden
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Atul Bhatt Appointed as the New CMD of RINL

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of

Atul Bhatt as the new Chairman and Managing Director of the Rashtriya Ispat
Nigam Limited (also known as Visakhapatnam steel plant) following the
retirement of Pradosh Kumar Rath

• He has been serving as the CMD of MECON

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Govt sets up three BARs to help with tax matters

• The Central Board of Direct Taxes has set up three Boards for Advance Rulings
which will offer help on tax implications of transactions, which in turn will help
avoid income tax disputes.

• This will replace Authority for Advance Rulings which was set up in 1993

• Two will be in Delhi and one in Mumbai

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India finalises deal to procure over AK-203 assault rifles from Russia

• India finalised deal with Russia for the purchase of around 70,000 AK-203 assault
rifles to replace the existing Indian Small Arms System assault rifle.

• This comes as a result of the Inter-Governmental Agreement signed between

India & Russia to manufacture rifles, where a joint venture called Indo-Russian
Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL) was formed with 50.5% of the company owned by
Ordnance Factory Board of India and the rest belongs to Rosoboron Exports and
Kalashnikov of Russia.IRRPL was set up at Korwa in Uttar Pradesh.
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Krivak class stealth frigates to be delivered in Mid-2023
• United Shipbuilding Corporation of Russia confirmed that the delivery of first
Krivak or Talwar Class stealth frigate to India by the mid of 2023

• In 2016, India and Russia signed an agreement for for four Krivak Class stealth
Frigates.

• The two will be procured directly from Russia while the other 2 will be built in Goa
Shipyard Limited

• India currently operates 6 Krivak class frigates.

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India- Moroccan Navies Conducted
1st Maritime Partnership Exercise
• The Indian Navy has conducted the 1st ever Maritime Partnership Exercise with
the Moroccan Navy.

• INS Tabar participated in a Maritime Partnership Exercise with Royal Moroccan

Navy ship

• INS Tabar reached Egypt.

• Navy ships visited Alexandria for Exercise Bright Star with Egypt

• Egypt Army hosted the joint military exercise ‘Bright Star 2021’, the largest
multinational military training in the Middle East.

• 21 countries have participated in the exercise

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Hansa New Generation aircraft successfully made its Maiden Flight
• Hansa New Generation aircraft successfully made its maiden flight

• It is designed and developed by Council of Scientific and Industrial

Research National Aerospace Laboratories Bengaluru, Karnataka.

National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL):

• Director– Jitendra J Jadhav
• Headquarter– Bengaluru
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‘International Army Games – 2021’ hosted by Russia
• The 7th edition of the International Army Games 2021 that was held

• A 101-member contingent was sent by the Indian army to participate in various army games that
were hosted by Russia.

• The event saw the presence of a total 260 teams from 45 countries participating in 34 categories

• Russia, with a total of 34 medals was ranked 1st in the event.

• It is an International Military Sporting event that is annually hosted by Russia since 2015.

• International Army Games is also known as the “War Olympics”.

• India ranked 1st in the 2019 Army Scouts Master Competition that was held in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
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Odisha Launched e-Receipt 2.0
• Odisha introduced the new model of electronic receipt “e-Receipt 2.0”.

• The revamped e-receipt “e-Receipt 2.0” will avail the new modes of payment of
taxes and other dues to the people of Odisha.

• In e-Receipt 2.0, The Odisha Treasury Portal has integrated with the Payment
Gateway Service providers of the Indian Bank and Axis Bank to avail services of
the bank through their Payment Gateway Service providers.
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Delhi implements “Business Blasters” programme
• Delhi launched the “Business Blasters” programme, which will be implemented in
all the Government run schools across Delhi. This program aims to inculcate
entrepreneurship mindset at the school-level, it is an initiative under Delhi’s
ambitious “Entrepreneurship Mindset Curriculum”

• Under the Business Blasters programme, Classes XI and XII of Delhi government
schools will be provided with a Seed Money of Rs. 2,000 to start a business.

• Top 10 projects under the Business Blasters programme will be directly admitted to
the BBA course in Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSTU) and Delhi
Technological University (DTU).
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‘Main Bhi Digital 3.0’ Campaign

• Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in association with the Ministry of

Electronics and Information Technology launched the “Main Bhi Digital 3.0” -A
special Campaign for Digital Onboarding and Training for street vendors under
Pradhan Mantri Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme on
the pilot basis in 223 cities in the country.

• The drive is in line with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision of
“SabkaSaathSabkaVikas”

• BharatPe, Mswipe, PhonePe, Paytm, Aceware are participating in this drive to

issue UPI IDs, QR codes and provide digital training.
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Bail Pola Festival 2021
• Bail Pola festival or the Festival of cattle, is a thanksgiving festival celebrated by
the farmers to recognise and acknowledge the importance of oxen and bulls in
agriculture and farming activities.

• The Bail Pola is also celebrated as Pola Amavasya in parts of Madhya Pradesh
and Chhattisgarh. ‘Bail’ in Marathi means ‘Bull’

• The Bail Pola is annually celebrated on Pithori Amavasya or Amavasya in Shravan

month which falls between late August and early September.

• The Bail Pola festival is celebrated by the farmers across the states of
Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka after the
monsoon sowing and fieldwork.
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Tamil Nadu announced 1st ever Dugong
Conservation reserve in Palk Bay
• Tamil Nadu announced the plan to establish India’s first-ever Dugong (also known as Sea cows)
Conservation Reserve in the marine region of Palk Bay, in the southern coastal region of Tamil
Nadu.

• The conservation reserve aims to protect the Dugong and its habitat.

• The dugong, a herbivorous marine mammal that is one of the four living species of the order
Sirenia, is facing extinction due to water pollution, habitat loss and loss of seagrass.

• In India, dugongs are found in Palk Bay, Gulf of Mannar in Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat and
Andaman and Nicobar islands.
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Only Locals In Ladakh To Get ‘Resident Certificate’

• Ladakh administration has decided to issue “Resident Certificate” only to the

Permanent Resident Certificate holders of Ladakh.‘Resident Certificate can be
received by any person who possesses a PRC issued by the competent authority
in the districts of Leh and Kargil.
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Paytm Money Partnered with WealthDesk Financial News

• Paytm Money has partnered with start-up WealthDesk to offer investment

portfolios called ‘WealthBaskets’ as the first step to build up the advisory
ecosystem.

• A ‘WealthBasket’ is a custom portfolio of stocks and exchange traded fund

created by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)-Registered investment
professionals and users will be able to invest in multiple Wealthbasket.
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SBM-India partners with OneCard to launch ‘mobile-first’ Financial News

• SBM Bank-India has partnered with OneCard to launch a mobile-based credit

card namely ‘mobile-first’

• This credit card will be powered by a slick, smart OneCard app which, for the first
time ever, gives the customer full control of their credit card i.e spends, rewards,
limits, payments and more.

OneCard:
• Chief Executive Officer – Anurag Sinha
• Headquarter– Pune

SBM Bank (India):

• MD & CEO– Sidharth Rath
• Headquarter– Mumbai
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Amicus Insurance Broking will Merge Financial News
with First Policy Insurance Broker
• First Policy Insurance Brokers will merge with Amicus Insurance Brokers.

First Policy Insurance Broker Private Limited:

• Director- Ashok Jain
• Headquarters– Pune

Amicus Insurance Broking Services Private Limited:

• CEO– K.V. Satheesh Kumar
• Headquarters– Mumbai
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Jana Bank tied up with Karnataka’s Namma Financial News
Shaale Nanna Koduge Programme
• Jana Small Finance Bank made tie up with Karnataka Government to provide the payment
gateway service for Namma Shaale Nanna Koduge (My School, My Contribution) programme

• Namma Shaale Nanna Koduge is an initiative to create a platform for the donors who are willing to
donate money to government schools of Karnataka in the motive of strengthen the public
education system.

• The donation amount will be received in single account of Karnataka Text Book Society –
Department of Public Instruction and then it will be sent to respective school account.

Jana Small Finance Bank:

• MD & CEO – Ajay Kanwal
• Headquarters – Bengaluru
• Tagline – ‘Paise ki Kadar’
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New Governors of Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland and Uttarakhand & Resignations

• Ram Nath Kovind, President of India has appointed new governors for 4 states – Punjab, Tamil Nadu,
Nagaland and Uttarakhand.

• Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of Tamil Nadu who has been holding the additional charge of Governor of
Punjab has been appointed as regular Governor of Punjab.

• Ravindra Narayan Ravi Governor of Nagaland has been appointed as the Governor of Tamil Nadu.

• Prof. Jagdish Mukhi, Governor of Assam, has been given additional charge as Governor of Nagaland in
addition to his

• Lieutenant General (retired) Gurmit Singh, former Deputy Chief of Army Staff has been appointed
Governor of Uttarakhand.

• Gurmit Singh will succeed Baby Rani Maurya, who resigned from her post as governor of Uttarakhand.
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Appointments
Vaidyanathan appointed as MD & CEO of IDFC FIRST Bank & Resignations

• Reserve Bank of India approved the re-appointment of V.

Vaidyanathan as the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of
IDFC FIRST Bank for a period of 3-years

• V. Vaidyanathan took charge as the MD & CEO in 2018 after the

merger of IDFC Bank with Capital First Bank.

• Headquarter – Mumbai, Maharashtra

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Nirlep Singh Rai Appointed as CMD of National Fertilizer Limited & Resignations

• Nirlep Singh Rai is appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of
National Fertilizer Limited.

• He takes over from Virendra Nath Datt, who serves as the additional charge as
CMD of NFL after the superannuation of Manoj Mishra.

• Headquarters– Noida
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Moody’s projects India’s GDP growth to 9.6% for CY2021
• Moody in its ‘Global Macro Outlook 2021-22’ projected India’s growth for calendar year 2021 at 9.6% and 7% for 2022.

• Morgan Stanley maintained its estimate of India GDP growth at 10.5% for FY22.

• Care Ratings has estimated India’s GDP growth forecast in FY22 at the range of 8.8 to 9%.

• Indian economy contracted by 7.3% (-7.3%) in FY21.

• GDP grew 20.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the Q2FY22 (quarter ending June 2021).

• On a two-year CAGR (Compound annual growth rate) basis, real GDP contracted 4.7% in Q2FY22.

Morgan Stanley:
• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer – James Gorman
• Headquarters– New York

Moody:

• Chief Executive Officer – Rob Fauber

• Headquarters– New York
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TANGEDCO signs MoU with IREDA Partnership

• Tamil Nadu Generation & Distribution Corporation Limited signed a Memorandum

of Understanding with the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd to
receive technical expertise in renewable energy projects.

• Tamil Nadu targets to create 25,000 MW of new energy capacity in the next 10
years at an estimated cost of ₹1,32,500 crores.

IREDA:
• CMD– Pradip Kumar Das
• Headquarters– New Delhi
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Neeraj Chopra become Brand Ambassador of TATA AIA Insurance Ambassadors

• Tata AIA Life Insurance signed a brand partnership with Neeraj Chopra

• Neeraj Chopra who won the gold medal in Javelin Throw at recently concluded
2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

• Indian Army named a stadium after Subedar Neeraj Chopra at the Army Sports
Institute, Pune Cantt. to honour his victory at 2020 Tokyo Games.

• MD & CEO – Mr. Naveen Tahilyani

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Books Authors
Book Titled “Back to the Roots”
• Indian Actress Tamannaah Bhatia coauthored a book on Indian wellness, titled “Back to the
Roots: Celebrating Indian Wisdom and Wellness” with Luke Coutinho.

Other Books (Luke Coutinho)

• ‘Great Indian Diet’ and ‘the Magic Immunity Pill – Lifestyle’ coauthored with Shilpa Shetty.

• ‘The Dry Fasting Miracle – from Deprive to Thrive’ coauthored with Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Ali Bin
Rashid Al Nuaimi

• ‘The Magic Weight-loss Pill: 62 Lifestyle Changes’ coauthored with Anushka Shetty

• ‘Circadian Rhythm: A New Way Of Living’

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Book ‘’Gita Govinda :Jayadeva’s Divine Odyssey ”
• The Union Minister of Culture, Gangapuram Kishan (GK) Reddy has launched the
book titled “ Gita Govinda: Jayadeva’s Divine Odyssey ” written by Dr Utpal K.
Banerjee.

• He also launched an exhibition on “Gita Govinda ” and a program ‘BujurgonkiBaat-

DeshKeSaath’ in New Delhi.

• Gita Govinda, an important text of the Bhakti Movement, depicts the relationship
between Lord Krishna and his consort Radha.