9) The Prime Minister released the “Report of the Expert Commi | Current Affairs MCQs

9) The Prime Minister released the “Report of the Expert Committee on Road Map for ethanol blending in India 2020-2025”.
He also launched the ambitious E-100 pilot project in Pune for the production and distribution of ethanol across the country.

10) India has advanced the target date for achieving 20% ethanol-blending in petrol by five years to 2025.
Ethanol extracted from sugarcane as well as damaged food grains such as wheat and broken rice and agriculture waste is less polluting and its use also provides farmers with an alternate source of income.

11) India has been elected to the Economic and Social Council, one of the six main organs of the United Nations, for the 2022-24 term.
The 54-member Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is at the heart of the United Nations system to advance the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental.
United Nations’s Six Organs :- General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice (ICJ), and the UN Secretariat.

12) Delhi University to provide full fee-waiver to students who lost parents to Covid. The fee waiver, which will be 100 per cent, will be applicable for students who have lost either of the parents or both to the virus in both the waves of the pandemic.

13) The National Human Rights Commission has issued an advisory to the Centre, States and Union territories to ensure protection of human rights of all Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs).
National Human Rights Commission :-
The National Human Rights Commission of India is a Statutory public body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993.
Headquarters: New Delhi
First executive: Ranganath Misra
Preceding executive: K. G. Balakrishnan

14) Senior administrator and former power secretary Sanjeev Nandan Sahai is set to take over as next chairman of Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB).
Sahai, who made last minute virtual entry into the list of probables for the top post has been selected as the new chairman of oil regulator PNGRB.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board :-
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board is a statutory body in India, constituted under the act of Parliament of India, namely Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006.
Headquarters - New Delhi

14) A two-time former minister and BJP legislator from Jubbal-Kotkhai, Himachal Pradesh, Narinder Bragta, died at PGIMER, Chandigarh due to post covid complications.
He was also the Chief Whip of the BJP in Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. Born in September, 1952, Bragta was 69.
Himachal Pradesh :-
CM :- Jai Ram Thakur
Governor :- Bandaru Dattatreya
Kinnaura tribe , Lahaule Tribe, Gaddi Tribe and Gujjar Tribe
Sankat Mochan Temple.
Tara Devi Temple
Great Himalayan National Park
Pin Valley National Park
Simbalbara National Park
Inderkilla National Park


16) The first Solar Eclipse of 2021 will be observed. The eclipse will be visible from India but only in a few states in the east like Arunachal Pradesh. NASA stated that it will be visible from parts of Russia, Canada, and Greenland.
Solar eclipses are natural phenomena that are a result of the Sun’s light not being able to reach the Earth. This usually happens due to the Moon coming between the Earth and the Sun.

17) Ranjitsinh Disale, a school teacher from Maharashtra who received the Global Teacher Prize in 2020, has been named World Bank Education Advisor for the period June 2021 to June 2024.
The World Bank recently established a new Coach project aimed at improving in-service teacher professional development to help students learn their lessons at a faster pace.
World Bank :-
Founded - 1944
President - David Malpass
Headquarters - Washington, D.C.

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