Important Current Affairs Revision for all Upcoming Exams #Eng | SSC CGL CPO CHSL MTS JE
Important Current Affairs Revision for all Upcoming Exams #English
Part - 4
1) Odisha's Bhubaneswar has become the first city in India to achieve 100 per cent vaccination coverage against Covid-19. Additionally, about one lakh migrant workers have also been administered the first dose of Covid vaccines in the capital city of Odisha.
Odisha CM - Naveen Patnaik
➨ Governor - Ganeshi Lal
➨ Similipal Tiger Reserve
➨ Satkosia Tiger Reserve
➨ Bhitarkanika Mangroves
➨ Nalabana Bird Sanctuary
2) DXC Technology and Nasscom Foundation have jointly launched the Employability Skills Programme to train 7,500 underserved students in new-age technologies.
➨ The programme will train students from over 35 tier-2 and tier-3 technical and non-technical colleges in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra.
3) Deepak Das, a 1986-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officer, is appointed by the Government of India as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.
➨ Das is the 25th officer to hold the position of CGA.
4) Having vaccinated 5.17 lakh people in every 10-lakh population, Gujarat has bagged the top position in the country in terms of vaccinations per million people. Gujarat has so far administered 3,32,65,975 doses of vaccines as a preventive step against coronavirus, as part of the intensive statewide drive till July 31, 2021, including 75 lakh vaccinations in the month of July alone.
5) A hotline has been set up between the Indian and Chinese armies in the North Sikkim sector to further boost confidence along the Line of Actual Control in the region.
➨The hotline is between the Indian Army in Kongra La, North Sikkim and China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) at Khamba Dzong in Tibetan Autonomous Region.
6) Maharashtra has reported its first case of Zika virus in Belsar village in Purandar taluka of Pune district.
➨ A 50-year-old woman, developed fever earlier this month but has now recovered completely. No one in her family has shown any symptoms of the disease.
Maharashtra :-
CM - Uddhav Thackeray
Governor - Bhagat Singh Koshiyari
Trimbakeshwar Temple
Bhimashankar Temple
Grishneshwar Temple
7) Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of Rs 150 crore Vindhyachal Corridor Project (VCP) in Mirzapur.
➨He also inaugurated a ropeway costing Rs 16 crore in Vindhyachal.
➨ The Vindhyachal Corridor project is being built on the lines of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham Corridor project in Varanasi.
Uttar Pradesh :-
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister - Yogi Adityanath
Governor - Smt. Anandiben Patel
➨Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Dudhwa National Park
➨National Chambal Sanctuary
8) The Ministry of Ayush has collaborated with the U.K.'s London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to conduct a study on ‘Ashwagandha’ for promoting recovery from COVID-19.
Ministry of AYUSH :-
Founded - 9 November 2014, India
Headquarters - New Delhi
9) A new mathematical analysis conducted by researchers from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) and IIM Bangalore has established a relationship between the carbon footprint of companies and the potential risks of investing in these firms.
Karnataka:-
CM :- Basavaraj Bommai
Governor :- Thawarchand Gehlot
Formation :- 1 November 1956
Language :- Kannada
Port :- New Mangalore Port
10) Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar, AVSM, NM, Chief Hydrographer to the Govt. of India received the Alexander Dalrymple award from the British High Commissioner, Mr Alex Ellis at a presentation ceremony held at the High Commissioner’s residence today at New Delhi.
11) The Bihar assembly passed a Bill to establish the first sports university of the state, where one-third of the seats will be reserved for women. All sports-related institutes, training centres and colleges of physical education in Bihar will be affiliated to this new university, which will be the country's sixth such varsity.
