Today's current affairs in English ( 11 july 2021)

Today's current affairs in English ( 11 july 2021)  update for bank, ssc, railway, upsc and state govt ...

                                      

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1) IPS chief executive Subodh Kumar Jaiswal was appointed as the new head of the CBI for two years, according to the staff service order.

👉 1985-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Maharashtra cadre, Jaiswal is currently the general director of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

▪️Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI): -

👉The CBI head office is located at the CGO Complex, near Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.

Established - in 1942 as a Special Police Station

Headquarters - New Delhi, India

👉Motto - Industry, Impartiality, Integrity

2) Dronacharya's first boxing award-winning coach, O P Bhardwaj, has died after a long battle with age-related illnesses and problems here.

He was 82 and sadly lost his wife Santosh due to an illness about 10 days ago.

👉 Bhardwaj was awarded the highest national award in joint training with Balchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat (wrestling) and O M Nambiar (athletes), when it was launched in 1985.

3) India and New Zealand discussed measures to improve ‘depth and strength’ of engagement between the two countries in different areas.

👉During the third foreign diplomatic talks, the two countries also emphasized the importance of close co-operation with international law and the free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region.

4) Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have praised nuclear cooperation between the two neighbors as they attended the launch of a major nuclear power project to build four nuclear power plants in China worth about USD 3 billion.

5) Minister of Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar introduced National Mobile Monitoring Software, NMMS application and Area Officer Monitoring system.

The NMMS App allows real-time staff capture at Mahatma Gandhi NREGA worksites to increase citizen civic control of the program.

6) Telecom operator Reliance Jio is building India's largest cable line with India and global partners and water cable provider Subcom to address growing data demand.

7) The FIFA Women's Under-17 World Cup will be held in India from October 11 to 30, 2022. India was due to host the 2021 U-17 Women's World Cup before being canceled due to the Covid- 19.

8) The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has ruled that Bengaluru is the venue for the Indian Grand Prix 4 and Inter-State Athletics Championships to be held next month, which is the last domestic competition to win the Tokyo Olympic qualifiers for Indian athletes.

Karnataka: -

CM: - Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa

Composition: - November 1, 1956

Tongue: - Kannada

Port: - New Mangalore Port

9) A book entitled "Nehru, Tibet and China" written by Avtar Singh Bhasin. Based on years of careful research, this book, with its fascinating details, traces the events from 1949 to the Indo-China war in 1962 and beyond to find answers to these burning questions.

10) The Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) has appointed Rajesh Bansal as its chief executive officer.

👉 Bansal was a member of the founding team of Aadhaar and previously worked on the RBI in various fields in the areas of technology, investment and payment systems.

11) Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that the United Kingdom will work with the World Health Organization, other partners and nations to establish a high-level pathogen monitoring network to detect COVID-19 variants and emerging diseases.

The Prime Minister also said that the "Global Pandemic Radar," as the network was called, would ensure the early detection of new species and emerging viruses, so the vaccines and treatments needed to prevent them could be quickly developed.

12) The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to seek water and other resources for the month by 2023.

👉 The US agency, as part of its Artemis program, plans to ship its first mobile robot to the moon by the end of 2023 to search for ice and other resources within and below the moon,

NASA: -

Headquarters - Washington, D.C.

formed - July 29, 1958

Previous agency - National Aeronautics Committee

13) An Indian student of Human Sciences from Magdalen College at Oxford University has been announced as a graduate of the Student Union (SU) conference.

14) The Mohali International Hockey Stadium was officially renamed after three-time Olympic champion and Padma Shri host Balbir Singh Senior during his first day of death.

Punjab: -

👉CM: - Captain Amarinder Singh

👉GOVERNOR: - VP Singh Badnore

Ropar Wetlands

Harike Wetland

Wildlife sanctuary

Keshopur-Miani National Park

15) Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has launched the Health Assistance and Tele-consultation (SeHAT) Service Center, which will provide telecommunications services to military personnel, veterans and their families.

Department of Defense: -

Headquarters - New Delhi

Established - 15 August 1947

 Chief of Defense Forces (CDS): - General Bipin Rawat

👉The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS): - General Manoj Mukund Naravane

👉 Marine Staff Officer - Admiral Karambir Singh

👉The Air Force Chief of Staff - Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria

16) The Indian government approved the opening of a new embassy in Addu City of the Maldives this year to add to the country's complex of complexes on the Indian Ocean island.

👉 The union's cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has canceled a proposal to open the Maldives first embassy, ​​which has a key role in government policy "Neighborhood First".

17) As masks have proven to be an important part of our lives while fighting Covid-19, a student from Kerala has created a new gadget that makes communication easier, especially for front-line medical staff who wear layers of protective gear. Kevin Jacob, a first-year B.Tech student at Thrissur Government Engineering College, developed a mask that supports a microphone and speaker.

Kerala: -

👉 Cherry Lake

👉Vallam Kali boat race in Kerala.

👉Kerala: Idukki Dam on Periyar River

👉Kerala: - Cotton River

👉GOVERNOR: - Arif Mohammad Khan

18) Arjan Singh Bhullar became the first Indian fighter to win the ONE Heavyweight World Title at the prestigious Mixed Martial Arts Championship in Singapore.

19) Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company (SPARC) has announced that Dilip Shanghvi has resigned as CEO of the company.

👉 Shanghvi, however, will continue to be affiliated with the company board in his capacity as non-executive director and chairman.

20) The Institute has appointed Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Chhattisgarh, as the Acting Judge of the Supreme Court with effect from June 1, 2021. Notice dated May 24 is issued according to the next retirement. of Chief Justice PR Ramachandra Menon on May 31.

21) The Department of Sport has donated 143 Khelo India facilities in seven provinces with a total budget of Rs 14.30cr.

👉 These centers will be given one discipline per sport.

👉 Provinces include Maharashtra, Mizoram, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur.

Department of Youth Affairs and Sport: -

Headquarters - Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

👉Minister - Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State (Independent Compensation)

Done - 1982 (as Department of Sport)

27 May 2000 (as Minister of Youth Affairs and Sport)

22) India's first drones to deliver covid-19 drugs are expected to start in Telangana in the next two to three weeks, said a pilot, taking 10,000 vessels from the central area to nearby primary health facilities.

Telangana: -

👉CM - Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao

Telangana Governor - Tamilisai Soundararajan (First Telangana Women's Manager)

Amrabad Tiger Area

Kawal Tiger Reserve

23) The E-Committee of the Supreme Court of India on Sunday released its "e-Courts Services Mobile app" in 14 languages.

The app is available in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarathi, Kannada, Page, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu.

👉 The "e-Courts Services Mobile" program aimed at benefiting the plaintiffs, citizens, lawyers, law firms, police, government agencies and other institutional authorities has so far downloaded 57 lakh.

24) The Bihar government has introduced the 'HIT Covid App' to ensure regular monitoring and follow-up of those Civid-19 patients, who live alone at home across the country.

👉Bihar CM - Nitish Kumar

👉 Emperor - Pagu Chauhan

Mangala Gowri Temple

Mithila Shakti Peeth Temple

Valmiki National Park

25) Former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Dr Srikumar Banerjee passed away in May 2021.

He retired as Secretary of the Atomic Energy Department in 2012.

Prior to the Atomic Energy Commission, he served as Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC).

India's Atomic Energy Commission: -

Construction - 3 August 1948

Previous agency - Department of Scientific Research

Headquarters - Mumbai

Chairman - K.N. Vasas

26) Hockey India has won the prestigious Etienne Glichitch Award in recognition of its contribution to the growth and development of sport in the country.

The awards were announced by the game governing body FIH during the HockeyInvites conference which was featured as part of its 47th FIH Congress conference hosted by the FIH Honorary Awards.

International Hockey Federation (FIH): -

Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland

Chief Executive Officer: Thierry Weil

Supported: 7 January 1924, Paris, France

27) The Padma Bhushan Award Dr D Nageshwar Reddy, who is also the chairman of AIG hospitals, has received a great honor from the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) - the Rudolf V Schindler Award.

👉 Dr. Nageshwar Reddy is the first Indian to receive this award, named after Dr. Schindler, who is regarded as the father of gastroscopy.

28) Indian economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Kumar Sen has been awarded the Princess of Asturias Award in Spain in the field of social sciences.

👉 Sen, 87, has been nominated from 41 candidates from 20 countries nominated for the Social Sciences Award.

His research on poverty and his vision for human development, social economics and the causes of poverty have contributed to the fight against injustice, inequality, disease and ignorance.