10) The Union Home Ministry informed Lok Sabha that there are | Railway RRB NTPC, JE, ALP, Group D, Technician
10) The Union Home Ministry informed Lok Sabha that there are presently about 22,691 active organisations registered under The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 in India.
11) Indian Naval Ship (INS) Khanjar becomes the first Indian Navy ship to call at the heritage coastal port of Gopalpur in Odisha. The two-day visit which concluded on 02 Aug 21, was organised as part of Aazadi ka Amrit Mahotsav to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Independence.
12) Sports minister Anurag Thakur virtually launched the theme song 'Kar De Kamaal Tu' for the country's Paralympic contingent and urged the public to cheer the para athletes during the upcoming Games in Tokyo.
➨ The song is composed and sung by divyang cricket player Sanjeev Singh, who is a resident of Lucknow.
13) The Satpura Tiger Reserve of the Madhya Pradesh state has been awarded the NatWest Group Earth Heroes award in the Earth Guardian category for best management.
➨The Satpura Tiger Reserve in the Hoshangabad district is an area spread over 2,130 square kilometers and is part of the Deccan Bio-Geographic area. It is the oldest forest wealth in the country due to its unprecedented natural beauty.
Madhya Pradesh
➨CM - Shivraj Singh Chouhan
➨Governor - Mangubhai Chhaganbhai
➨Bhimbetka Caves
➨Buddhist Monument at Sanchi
➨Khajuraho Temple
14) The Bengal government has won five Skoch Awards 2021 (a platinum, a gold and three silver awards) in four categories of governance.
➨ The MSME & textile department led from the front and won four out of the five awards, including the top two.
West Bengal :-
CM - Mamata Banerjee
GOVERNOR - Jagdeep Dhankhar
Folk Dances - Lathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul, Chhau, Santhali Dance
Kalighat Temple
15) Indian Wrestler Labhanshu Sharma has created history by winning the Bharat Kesari Wrestling Dangal 2021 organised in Tamil Nadu this year. 20 years since the formation of Uttarakhand, Labhanshu has broken the drought and won the title of Bharat Kesari for the state.
Tamil Nadu :-
➨ CM - M K Stalin
➨Governor - Banwarilal Purohit
➨Sathyamangalam tiger reserve (STR)
➨Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve (KMTR)
16) India’s Neeraj Chopra won the first ever athletics medal for India in Olympics. At the javelin throw final, Neeraj Chopra threw 87.58m in his second attempt. This won him the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
➨Neeraj Chopra became second Indian to get gold after Abhinav Bindra.
➨Neeraj Chopra was the best prospect for India to get a medal. On August 4, he became the first Indian javelin thrower in history to qualify for the final at the Olympic Games.
☞ Indian Olympic Association :-
➨The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international athletic meets.
➨Created - 1927
➨President - Narinder Batra
➨Secretary General - Rajeev Mehta
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