CURRENT AFFAIRS

 Mumbai city conducted a Serosurvey and found antibodies against Covid-19 in over 50% of children.

 Odisha state Government is to set up district-level Industry and Investment promotion agencies (DIPAs).

 Department of Justice is the nodal department in India in monitoring the “Enforcing Contracts” regime for Ease of Doing Business.

 SERB institution has launched the research initiative called ‘Fund for Industrial Research Engagement (FIRE)’.

 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting instituted National Community Radio (CR) Awards.

 Spain approved the bill allowing ‘Gender Self Identification’.

 Israel launched autonomous long range missile system named ‘Sea Braker’.

 Bagram airbase is located in Afghanistan.

 United States has imposed moratorium on death penalty at federal level in July 2021.

 India is the largest milk producing country in the world.

 Levon Aronian won the Goldmoney Asian Rapid online chess title 2021.

 NASA got for two-year mission extension, is the telescope of which space agency.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

 8 new routes connecting MP to Maharashtra and Gujarat launched by Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia under centre’s UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) scheme.

 Union Education Minister and Union Tribal Affairs Minister jointly launch School Innovation Ambassador Training Program (SITAP) for training teachers in tribal areas.

 Digital Platform Kisan Sarathi launched to facilitate farmers to get ‘right information at right time’ in their desired language.

 Power Ministry releases 9th Integrated Ratings of State Power Distribution Utilities and Rankings.

 Union Minister of Power, New and Renewable Energy R.K. Singh announces start of NEERMAN Awards, (National Energy Efficiency Roadmap for Movement towards Affordable & Natural Habitat) to encourage efficient building designs.

 Bureau of Energy Efficiency organises conference “Aiming for Sustainable Habitat: New Initiatives in Building Energy Efficiency 2021”.

 SBI-led consortium realises ₹792.11 cr. by sale of Kingfisher Airlines’ shares in Vijay Mallya case.