Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 31 July 2021 #E | Railway RRB NTPC, JE, ALP, Group D, Technician
Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 31 July 2021
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1) The Union Health Ministry has announced 27% reservation for the OBCs (Other Backward Classes) and 10% quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the All India Quota (AIQ) scheme for undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) medical / dental courses (MBBS / MD / MS / Diploma / BDS / MDS) from 2021-22 onwards.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Founded :- 1976
HeadQuarter - New Delhi
Minister of Health and Family Welfare - Shri Mansukh Mandaviya
2) On the occasion of International Tiger Day on Thursday, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav announced that 14 tiger reserves in India have received accreditation of the Global Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS).
➨ CA|TS is a globally accepted conservation tool that sets best practice and standards to manage tigers and encourages assessments to benchmark progress.
3) The UP government is providing interest-free loans to women’s self-help groups (SHGs) in rural areas for the purchase of four- and three-wheelers to generate employment under the Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY).
➨The target is to provide 400 vehicles – goods/passenger carriers, mini four-wheelers and e-rickshaws. SHGs across the state have already purchased 265 vehicles under the scheme.
Uttar Pradesh :-
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister - Yogi Adityanath
Governor - Smt. Anandiben Patel
➨Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Dudhwa National Park
➨National Chambal Sanctuary
4) Finance Ministry in association with MyGov India is announcing a contest to crowdsource the name, tagline and logo of the new Development Financial Institution. Participants can win cash prizes of up to five lakh rupees in each category. The last date for entries is 15th of October.
5) Delhi government has decided to send the names of doctors and healthcare workers for this year's Padma awards.
➨the Delhi government has formed a screening committee that will screen the names in the next 15 days and recommend the names to the Delhi government.
6) India and Russia will hold the 12th edition of the joint military exercise at Volgograd city in Russia next month.
➨The exercise will include the conduct of counter-terror operations under the United Nations (UN) mandate by a joint force against international terror groups. The 13-day activity will include at least 250 personnel from both India and Russia. Volgograd is situated on Russia's western bank of the Volga river.
Russia :-
➨President - Vladimir Putin
➨State Historical Museum in Moscow
➨Hermitage Museum
➨Russian Museum in St Petersburg
➨Kazan Kremlin in Kazan
7) 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.
✸Bihar CM - Nitish Kumar
➭ Governor - Phagu Chauhan
➭Mangala Gowri Temple
➭Mithila Shakti Peeth Temple
➭Valmiki National Park
8) India cracked into the top ten list of agricultural produce exporters in 2019 with a significant share within the export of rice, soya beans, cotton and meat, according to a World Trade Organisation (WTO) report on trends in world agricultural trade in recent 25 years.
World Trade Organisation :-
Headquarters - Geneva, Switzerland
Founded - 1 January 1995
Membership - 164 member states
➨Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organisation (WTO)- Brajendra Navnit
9) China's industry ministry has announced a six-month campaign to clean up what it says are serious problems with internet apps violating consumer rights, cybersecurity and "disturbing market order".
10) Tata Communications announced the launch of IZO financial cloud platform in India, that aims to enhance performance and security of organisations in the banking and financial services space.
