20) The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry | Railway RRB NTPC, JE, ALP, Group D, Technician
20) The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education has launched National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat).
➨ Ministry of Education :-
➨Formed :- 15 August 1947
➨Headquarters :- New Delhi
➨India had the Ministry of Education since 1947. In 1985, Rajiv Gandhi government changed its name to Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and with the public announcement of newly drafted "National Education Policy 2020" by the Narendra Modi government, Ministry of Human Resource Development was renamed back to Ministry of Education.
21) E-commerce giant Amazon has launched its first Digital Kendra in India in Surat, Gujarat.
➨ Amazon Digital Kendras are brick and mortar resource centers that will provide micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) the opportunity to learn about the benefits of e-commerce.
Amazon :-
Founder - Jeff Bezos
Founded - 5 July 1994
Headquarters - Seattle, Washington, United States
22) Bengaluru Police has started a new facility allowing traffic violators to pay fine in cashless mode. The city police said Bengaluru residents will be able to pay fine through PayTM electronic wallet mode.
Karnataka:-
CM :- Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa
Governor :- Thawarchand Gehlot
Formation :- 1 November 1956
Language :- Kannada
Port :- New Mangalore Port
23) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced a special assessment scheme for Class 10 and 12 board exams for the 2021-22 academic session. The board exams for the 2021 batch will now be held in two terms with 50 percent of the syllabus in each term.
24) Marking a significant step towards worldwide visibility for Ayurveda-based clinical trials, five portals and four publications were launched by Ministry of Ayush.
➨He launched the Clinical Trials Registry-India (CTRI) portal pertinent to Ayurveda Dataset along with AMAR, RMIS, SAHI and e-Medha portals at a virtual event.
Ministry of AYUSH :-
Founded - 9 November 2014, India
Headquarters - New Delhi
25) A book titled ‘The Fourth Lion: Essays for Gopalkrishna Gandhi’ has been released.
➨It has been authored by Venu Madhav Govindu and Srinath Raghavan.
26) Indian neuroscientists will map the brains of people who either recovered from covid-19 or were asymptomatic to the disease to understand the reasons behind rising cases of depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder among such patients.
27) Union minister Nitin Gadkari declared himself the "Brand Ambassador'' of Khadi Prakritk Paint, a paint made of cow dung.
➨The minister was inaugurating the new automated manufacturing unit of the brand which has been hailed as the country's first and only paint made from cow dung. It has been set up on the campus of Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute (KNHPI), Jaipur, which is a unit of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
28) Authorities in Bihar's Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) have started planning for conservation of vultures after 150 of the birds were sighted recently in the protected area.
✸Bihar CM - Nitish Kumar
➭ Governor - Phagu Chauhan
➭Mangala Gowri Temple
➭Mithila Shakti Peeth Temple
➭Valmiki National Park
29) Veteran actor Dilip Kumar has died at the age of 98. He leaves behind a legacy of films that spanned six decades, and gave Hindi cinema some of its most enduring classics.
30) The Cochin International Airport Limited rolled out ‘Operation Pravaah’, a multifaceted infrastructure programme scoping to integrate flood mitigation projects already initiated by CIAL with District Administration and various local self governments.
➨Phase 1 of Operation Pravaah will be completed in the last week of July, while the second phase incorporates major construction activities including the construction of a regulator-cum-bridge (RCB) on the mouth of the Chengal Canal for Rs 20.40 crores.
