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CONTENTS National……………………………………………………...…...2 International……………………………………………….……12 Defence ………………………………………………….……..17 Appointments or Resign/Retired…………………………….....18 Honours/ Awards…………………………………………….....23 Sports…………………………………………………………...25 Obituaries…………………………………………………….....32 Important Days with theme…………………………………….34 www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs National India's first Design Development Centre launched in Gujarat ‘One nation one ration card’ scheme from July i. India's first Design 1, 2020 Development i. ‘One Nation One Center 'Fashionova' was Ration Card’ scheme will launched in the Textile city be available across the Surat. country from July 1, ii. The centre will promote the 2020. city in the field of the fashion design sector. ii. The scheme iii. It will also fulfill the business needs from co- will allow portability of food security working space, technicians, expert advises to benefits according to which the poor migrant cognitive workshops and exposure to the industry. workers will be able to buy subsidised rice and Do You Know- wheat from any ration shop in the country as long as their ration cards are linked to Aadhaar.  Gujarat CM: Vijay Rupani; Governor: Om Prakash Do You Know- Kohli; Capital: Gandhinagar.  Union Minister for Consumer Affairs,

Food and Public Distribution: Ram Vilas Longest electrified railway tunnel in India Paswan. commissioned

i. The South Central Money in Swiss banks: India ranked 74 Railway has commissioned i. According to the Swiss the longest electrified tunnel National Bank of India. (SNB), India has moved down ii. The tunnel which is one place to 74th rank in between Cherlopalli and terms of money parked by its Rapuru stations is 6.6 km long, is built at a total citizens and enterprises with Swiss banks. cost of ₹460 crore. ii. U.K. has retained its top position. iii. The horse shoe shaped tunnel is of 6.5 metres iii. India was ranked 73rd last year, after jumping height with ballastless track and LED lighting from its 88th rank a year ago. provided at 10 metre intervals inside.

Maharashtra ranks first in NITI Aayog's India ranked 86th in the Henley Passport Index AMFFR Index 2019 i. Maharashtra achieves first rank in NITI i. The Henley Passport Index 2019 have ranked Aayog launched "Agricultural Marketing and the Indian passport on the 86th positionwith a Farmer Friendly Reforms mobility score of 58. Index (AMFFRI)". ii. The score points out that Indian passport holders ii. The index ranks states can access 58 countries around the world without a based on the degree of prior visa. Japan and Singapore holds the top spot reforms they have with a score of 189. undertaken in agricultural marketing. iii. The index includes 199 passports and 227 iii. AMFFRI has a score that can have minimum travel destinations including micro-states and value “0” implying no reforms and maximum territories. value “100” implying complete reforms in the Army Chief releases Kargil selected areas. Tribute Song Do You Know- i. Army Chief General NITI Aayog CEO: Amitabh Kant; Vice  Bipin Rawat has released Chairman: Rajiv Kumar. a Kargil Tribute Song to

honour, salute and pay www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs homage to the Kargil martyrs and war veterans. ones. These centres are similar to Passport Seva ii. The song has been composed by eminent Hindi Kendras run by the Ministry of External Affairs. lyricist Sammer Anjaan and sung by Shatadru Do You Know- Kabir.  CEO of UIDAI: Ajay Bhushan iii. The song was released as part of the celebration Pandey; Founded: 12 July, 2016. of the 20th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas to be celebrated on 26th of July. Connaught Place 9th most expensive office location in the world Reliance Jio ties up with Facebook for 'Digital i. According to property Udaan' consultant CBRE, New Delhi's i. Reliance Jio ties up Connaught Place (CP) is with Facebook for digital the 9th most expensive office literacy initiative 'Digital location in the world. Hong Udaan'. Kong's Central district retained the top spot as ii. The initiative will have the world's most expensive market for prime office audio-visual training in 10 regional languages. The rents. initiative is announced for the first-time Internet ii. Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex and Nariman users in the country. Point CBD slipped to 27th and 40th position. iii. The programme is being launched in nearly 200 Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs different locations across 13 states. survey, CBRE tracks the cost of leasing prime Do You Know- office space globally.  Facebook Headquarters: California, US; CEO: Mark Zuckerberg. "Vivekadeepini" book released by the Vice President of India Tata Steel Kalinganagar joins WEF's Global i. The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Lighthouse Network Naidu has released the i. Tata Steel book ‘Vivekadeepini’ in ten languages. Kalinganagar has been ii. It is a concise book of aphorisms that contains included in World Economic glimpses of India’s wisdom. The book will be Forum's Global Lighthouse published by Vedanta Bharati. Network. TSK in Odisha's Jajpur district is the first and IPS officer Aparna Kumar completes Seven the only Indian manufacturing plant to be included Summit challenge in the WEF's Lighthouse Network. i. Aparna Kumar becomes first IPS officer to ii. Global Lighthouse Network is a community of complete Seven Summit challenge by scaling Mt manufacturers showing leadership in applying Denali. Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies to drive ii. Mt Denali is the tallest mountain in North financial and operational impact. America.

First 'Aadhaar Seva Kendra' in Delhi and "News bulletin" launched in National Museum Vijayawada of Indian Cinema i. Unique Identification Authority of India has i. A News bulletin of opened its first 'Aadhaar Seva Kendra' in Delhi the National Museum of and Vijayawada. Indian Cinema, brought out ii. The Aadhaar card issuing authority has by the Films Division,was an ambitious plan to set up 114 such centresby launched. the year end. ii. This bulletin will give them a physical document iii. These centres will provide the facility to apply to cherish and to get relevant information. for a new Aadhaar card or update the existing Do You Know- www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs

 National Museum of Indian  Union Environment Minister: Prakash Cinema: Mumbai (Maharastra) Javadekar.

Walmart Labs acqui-hires startups FloCare and Bimal Jalan panel report on surplus RBI BigTrade reserves 'finalised' i. Walmart Labs has acqui-hired health tech i. Bimal Jalan led six-member startup FloCare and B2B wholesale trading panel on Economic Capital platform BigTrade. The aim of acqui-hiring is Framework (ECF), formed by to strengthen its customer service. RBI has finalised its report on ii. As per the process, some founders and team surplus RBI reserves. members of the two companies will join Walmart ii. The panel has recommended Labs in the customer and supply chain technology that surplus reserves held by the central teams. bank should be transferred to the iii. Acqui-hires are typically made for the skills of government in tranches over three to five years. the team, rather than for the product. Do You Know-  RBI Governor: Shaktikant Milkbasket acquires Bengaluru’s e-grocery Das; Headquarters: Mumbai; Founded: 1 store PSR Supply Chain April 1935, Kolkata. i. Online grocery delivery platform Milkbasket has "Kargil: Untold stories from the War" Book acquired Bengaluru-based e- released grocery distributor PSR i. "Kargil: Untold stories from the War", the Supply Chain. book published by Penguin Random House, is ii. Founded in early 2015, Milkbasket has built a authored by Rachna Bisht Rawat. new-age technology platform to enable a smooth ii. On the 20th anniversary of the Kargil War, a grocery buying experience online. new book will revisit the freezing battle grounds of Do You Know- the 1999 conflict through untold stories of its  CEO of Milkbasket: Anant Goel. bravest soldiers.

Indian beaches in the race to crest the ‘Blue RIL's becomes top-ranked Indian company in Flag’ challenge Fortune Global list i. Union Environment i. Reliance Industries Ministry has selected 12 ltd has jumped 42 beaches in India to vie places to become for a ‘Blue the highest-ranking Flag’certification, an Indian firm on the international recognition Fortune Global 500 list. conferred on beaches that ii. Reliance Industries replace Indian Oil meet certain criteria of cleanliness and Corporation. RIL's present ranking in the environmental propriety. list 106and IOC's ranking in the list 117. ii. These beaches are at Shivrajpur (Gujarat), Do You Know- Bhogave (Maharashtra), Ghoghla (Diu),  Founder of Reliance Industries Miramar (Goa), Kasarkod and Padubidri Ltd: Dhirubhai Ambani. (Karnataka), Kappad (Kerala), Eden  CEO of Reliance Industries Ltd: Mukesh (Puducherry), Mahabalipuram (Tamil Nadu), Ambani. Rushikonda (Andhra Pradesh), Golden (Odisha), and Radhanagar (Andaman & Lt Gn. Ranbir Singh releases a book on Fire and Nicobar Islands). Fury Warriors Do You Know- www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs i. The coffee table book titled 'Fire and Fury Network yesterday announced that they are set to Corps - Saga of Valour, Fortitude and launch an innovative project to deliver emergency Sacrifice', was released by Northern Army medical supplies such as blood and vaccines via Commander Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh. drones. ii. This book showcases the courage and bravery of ii. This pilot project, called Medicine from the the Fire and Fury Warriors and portrays the rich Sky, will run in partnership with the State heritage and ethos of the Indian Army. Government and HealthNet Global Limited. Do You Know- Do You Know-  Chief of the Army Staff: General Bipin  CM of Telangana: K Chandrashekhar Rawat. Rao; Capital of Telangana: Hyderabad.  Governor of Telangana: ESL Narasimhan. PM Modi releases book on former PM Chandra Shekhar Chengalpet, Tenkasi to be new districts in Tamil i. PM Narendra Modi releases book "Chandra Nadu Shekhar - The Last Icon of Ideological i. The number of districts in Tamil Nadu will go up Politics" is written by Deputy Chairman in the to 35 as the government announced its decision to Rajya Sabha, Harivansh and Ravi Dutt carve out Tenkasi district from Tirunelveli Bajpai in New Delhi. district and Chengalpet district from ii. Prime Minister also announced a museum for all Kancheepuram district will become the 34th and former Prime Ministers of India, and invited their 35th districts of Tamil Nadu. families to share aspects of their lives. Do You Know-  CM of Tamil Nadu: E.K. Chandrayaan-2, India's second moon mission Palaniswami; Governor of Tamil launched Nadu: Banwarilal Purohit. i. Indian Space Research  Capital of Tamil Nadu: Chennai. Organisation launched Chandrayaan 2 from Satish Dhawan Space SC Garg led panel's report on legality of Center at Sriharikota. cryptocurrencies and blockchain ii. It was launched i. "Inter-Ministerial Committee" on legality of by GSLV MkIII-M1 cryptocurrencies and blockchain has submitted its Vehicle at 14:43 hours IST. report to the Finance Ministry. The Committee The lander-Vikram will recommends that: land near South Pole of  All private cryptocurrencies, except any the moon on Sep 7, 2019. cryptocurrency issued by the state, be iii. Chandrayaan 2 is India's 2nd moon mission. banned in India. Do You Know-  It has also drafted a law, the ‘Banning of  ISRO Director: K. Sivan; Headquarters: Cryptocurrency & Regulation of Official Bengaluru; Established in: 1969. Digital Currency Bill, 2019’, which  Chandrayaan-1 was launched mandates a fine and imprisonment of up to by ISRO on October 22, 10 years for offences. 2008 from Sriharikota ii. The committee was set up under the Chairmanship of Economic Affairs Secretary Telangana govt, WEF Centre set to send Subhash Chandra Garg in 2017. medical supplies via drones Do You Know- i. Telangana Government  Governor of RBI: Shaktikant and the World Economic Das; Headquarters: Mumbai, Founded: 1 Forum's Centre for April 1935, Kolkata. the Fourth Industrial Revolution www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs

GoM on sexual harassment at workplace i. Andhra Pradesh has become the first state in reconstituted the country to reserve jobs for locals. The Andhra i. GoI has reconstituted the Group of Ministers Pradesh Assembly passed the Andhra Pradesh (GoM) looking after the issues of how to prevent Employment of Local Candidates sexual harassment at workplace and strengthen in Industries/Factories Act, 2019. legal frameworks. The GoM will be lead by Home ii. Industries/Factories Act, 2019 reserves 75% Minister Amit Shah. private jobs across all categories inindustrial ii. The other members of the reconstituted GoM units, factories, joint ventures as well as the are: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, project that are in public-private partnership HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, (PPP) mode. and Women and Child Development Minister Do You Know- Smriti Irani.  CM of Andhra Pradesh: Y S Jaganmohan Do You Know- Reddy.  Union Minister of Home Affairs: Amit  Governor of Andhra Shah. Pradesh: Biswabhusan Harichandan.

DCC approves Rs 3,050 cr penalty on Airtel, India’s first dragon blood-oozing tree Vodafone Idea i. Researchers i. The Digital Communications discover Dracaena Commission (DCC) approved the cambodiana, a dragon tree cumulative penalty of Rs 3,050 crore on Bharti species in the Dongka Sarpo Airtel and Vodafone Idea. area of West Karbi Anglong ii. The penalty was imposed by Telecom district in Assam. Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for not ii. This is for the first time that a dragon tree providing points of interconnection to Reliance species has been reported from India. Dragon tree Jio when it entered the market. species whose sap turns bright red after coming in contact with air. Nishagandhi Sangeetha Awards conferred by Do You Know- Kerala Tourism  Capital of Assam: Dispur; CM of i. Kerala Minister of Assam: Sarbananda Tourism presented the Sonowal; Governor of Assam: Jagdish inaugural Nishagandhi Mukhi. Sangeetha Puraskaramto musicians Lucknow to host DefExpo 2020 Parassala B. i. Lucknow will host the 11th biennial Ponnammal and T V. Gopalakrishnan in the edition of DefExpo from February 5 to 8, 2020. Nishagandhi Monsoon Ragas Music Festival. ii. The focus of the Expo will be on "Digital ii. Nishagandhi Sangeetha Puraskaram is transformation of defence". Instituted by Kerala Tourism, the award iii. The main theme of DefExpo India-2020 will carries₹1.5 lakh in cash, citation and memento. be “India: the emerging defence manufacturing Do You Know- hub”.  Minister for Tourism of Do You Know- kerala: Kadakampally Surendran.  Defence Minister of India: Rajnath  CM of Kerala: Pinarayi Singh. Vijayan; Governor of Kerala: P. Sathasivam. 5th International Police Expo 2019, New Delhi i. The International Police Expo 2019, focused on Andhra Pradesh first state to reserve 75% everything related to police forces, their welfare private jobs for locals www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs and fitness, also showcases the latest equipment  Union Minister of Health and Family required for safety and protection of society. Welfare: Dr. Harsh Vardhan. ii. Over 25 countries are showcasing advanced firearms, combat or armoured vehicles a plethora of Panel to prevent extinction of Great Indian disruptive technologies in cyber security, drones, Bustard and the Lesser Florican homeland security, and safety and rescue at this i. The Supreme Court of India has constituted Expo at Pragati Maidan, in New Delhi. a high powered committee to urgently frame and Do You Know- implement an emergency response plan for  The International Criminal Police the protection of two Indian birds- Great Indian Organization (INTERPOL): Lyon, Bustard and the Lesser Florican. France. ii. The 3 member panel constitutes Dr Deepak Apte, Dr Asad R Rahmani and Dr Dhananjai Cabinet approves 2,880MW hydel project in Mohan. Dibang i. The Cabinet Committee L&T Infotech acquires AI firm Lymbyc for Rs on Economic Affair gave 38 crore the approval to the 2,880 i. Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd acquires AI megawattsDibang firm Lymbyc for Rs 38 crore. hydropower ii. Lymbyc’s expertise in data discovery, agile project in Arunachal analytics and ability to process large data sets, will Pradesh, approving a Rs 1,600 crore pre- enhance LTI’s Mosaic platform to provide investment and clearance expenditure for the Rs differentiated analytics solutions. 28,080.35 crore strategic project. iii. Lymbyc is a Bengaluru-headquartered ii. The Dibang river is a tributary river of company known for its capabilities in analytics and the Brahmaputra that originated and flows data sciences space. through the Mishmi Hills & northeast India from Do You Know- the state of Arunachal Pradesh.  CEO of Larsen & Toubro Infotech Do You Know- Ltd: Sanjay Jalona.  CM of Arunachal Pradesh: Pema  CEO of Lymbyc: Satyakam Mohanty. Khandu.  Governor of Arunachal Pradesh: B. Ebix acquires Yatra Online in $337.8 million D. Mishra. i. US company, Ebix has announced the acquisition of travel portal Yatra Online for $337.8 million. Cabinet approves setting up of NMC ii. Now, Yatra has become the part of Ebix’s i. The Union Cabinet has EbixCash travel portfolio, forming India’s one of approved National the “largest and most profitable” travel services Medical Commission Bill, companies. 2019. The bill provides for iii. Yatra will continue to serve customers under its setting up of a National brand, alongside EbixCash’s two other travel Medical Commission in brands 'Via' and 'Mercury'. place of Medical Council of India and repeal the iv. Ebix is a provider of on-demand software and e- Indian Medical Council Act 1956. commerce services. ii. The features of the bill include, the Common Do You Know- final year MBBS Exams will be know as National  CEO of Yatra Online: Dhruv Exit Test(NEXT) which would serve as Licentiate Shringi; CEO of Ebix: Robin Raina. Exam, for entrance to Post Graduate medical course and as screening test of foreign medical Uttarakhand to host first ever Himalayan states graduates. conclave Do You Know- www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs i. Uttarakhand will host Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, the first ever Himalayan in association with Indian Documentary Producer’s states conclave here on July Association (IDPA). 28 where the prime focus ii. The acclaimed documentary film “Secret Life of will be on sustainable Frogs” by Ajay & Vijay Bedi will bescreened as development. the inaugural film. ii. The conclave will host the Chief Ministers of the Himalayan states - Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Assam, “Operation Thirst” launched by RPF Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, i. RPF launched “Operation Thirst” to crack Tripura, Mizoram and Nagaland, along with down selling of unauthorised Packaged administrators and specialists. Drinking Water in the railway premises. During Do You Know- the operation, 1371 persons were arrested for  CM of Uttarakhand: Trivendra Singh selling of packaged drinking water of unauthorised Rawat. brands.  Governor of Uttarakhand: Baby Rani Do You Know- Maurya.  Union Minister for Railways: Piyush  Capital of Uttarakhand: Dehradun. Goyal.

IIT Kharagpur team develops app CARE4U Agri-Business Incubation Centre started in i. ‘CARE4U’ the android-based app which will Chhattisgarh connect the caregiver to the elderly person. i. Agri-Business Incubation Centre has started in ii. The app has been built by an interdisciplinary Chhattisgarh. The centre is set up by the Union team of the institute of IIT Kharagpur. Agriculture Ministry in the Indira Gandhi iii. This app will inform the caregiver when the Agriculture University of Raipur. Incubation elderly person falls down with the exact location. Centre is set up under the National Agriculture Development Scheme Remunerative Approaches RBI names Kanungo to run monetary policy for Agriculture and Allied sector portfolio Rejuvenation(RAFTAAR). i. Reserve Bank of India has assigned deputy ii. This Incubation centre is focused on innovations, governor B.P. Kanungo to run the monetary skill-building and entrepreneurs development in policy portfolio and forecasting agriculture and allied sectors. department. After the exit of Viral Do You Know- Acharya, Kanungo has become the 6th member of  Union Agriculture Ministry: Narendra the RBI's Monetary Policy Committee. Singh Tomar. ii. Now, all the three deputy governors N S Vishwanathan, B P Kanungo and M K Jain have 14th conference of Parties to be hosted by India been made responsible for 12 departments each. i. India will host the 14th Do You Know- conference of the  Governor of RBI: Shaktikant parties from September 02 to Das; Headquarters: Mumbai; Founded: 1 13 in Greater Noida. 197 April 1935, Kolkata. countries are expected to participate in the conference. Film Divisions to launch documentary film club ii. Three crucial issues in this in Mumbai conference are desertification, land degradation i. Film Divisions will launch documentary film and drought. club “KSHITIJ” in Mumbai. The club will be Do You Know- launched by Films Division, Ministry of www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs

 Union Minister of Environment, Forest released the 2019 global Multidimensional and Climate Change: Prakash Javadekar. Poverty Index. Highlights of the reports are:

India-Myanmar: Exchange crucial information 1. India’s MPI value reduced from 0.283 in on drug trafficking 2005-06 to 0.123 in 2015-16. i. 4th Director General 2. India has lifted 271 million people out of level talks between poverty between 2006 and 2016, recording Narcotics Control Bureau the fastest reductions in the (India) and Central multidimensional poverty index. Committee for Drug 3. India and Cambodia has reduced Abuse Control (Myanmar) was held in New Delhi. their MPI values the fastest among the 10 ii. India and Myanmar have resolved to exchange selected countries for which changes over crucial information relating to drug trafficking and time were analysed. precursors. 4. Gains for India according to the report: Do You Know-  deprivation in nutrition from 44.3% in  Capital of 2005-06 to 21.2% in 2015-16. Myanmar: Naypyitaw; Currency of  child mortality dropped from 4.5% to 2.2%. Myanmar: Burmese Kyat.  people deprived of cooking fuel reduced from 52.9% to 26.2%. 2nd formal discussion on holy Gurdwara of  deprivation in sanitation from 50.4% to Kartarpur Sahib 24.6%. i. 2nd formal discussion on holy Gurdwara  people deprived of drinking water reduced of Kartarpur from 16.6% to 6.2%. Sahib between India and Pakistanwas held Do You Know- in Wagah.  Administrator of UNDP: Achim Steiner. ii. Agreements made in the discussion were:

 Pakistan agreed to allow visa-free travel for Kalyani JV gets missile kits order the Indian passport holders and Overseas i. A joint venture of a Kalyani group firm headed Citizenship of India by Baba Kalyani(georgian) and Israel’s Rafael card holders seven Advanced Systems has secured a $100 days a week. million contract for manufacturing 1,000 Barak-8  5,000 pilgrims will MRSAM missile kits. be allowed to visit ii. Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems will the Kartarpur Sahib manufacture the kits at its production facility near Gurdwara per day throughout the year. Hyderabad and supply them to Bharat Dynamics  The pilgrims will be allowed to travel as for further integration. The product will be used by individuals or in groups and also on foot. the Indian Army and the Air Force. Do You Know- Do You Know-  Pakistan Capital: Islamabad; PM: Imran  Capital of Israel: Jerusalem; Currency of Khan; President: Arif Alvi. Israel : Israeli New Shekel.

The 2019 global IFFI's Golden Jubilee Edition Multidimensional Poverty to be celebrated in Goa Index i. The Golden Jubilee Edition i. UN Development of International Film Festival Programme (UNDP) has of India, will be held from 20th Nov till 28th November 2019 in Panaji, Goa. www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs ii. President of Oscar Academy John Bailey and Gujarat tops in rooftop solar installation across other eminent cinematographers and producers the country have been invited for the event. Russia will be IFFI i. Gujarat ranks on top in the installation partner in this edition. of rooftop solar projects with an installed Do You Know- capacity of 261.97 megawatts.  Minister for Information and ii. Total rooftop solar installation in India Broadcasting: Prakash Javadekar. currently stands at 1,700.54 MW. iii. Gujarat is followed by Maharashtra and First printing press heritage gallery opened by Tamil Nadu with 198.52 MW and 151.62 MW. Railway's Do You Know- i. The Western Railway  CM of Gujarat : Vijay Rupani; Governor General Stores Depot of Gujarat: Acharya Dev Vrat. (GSD) has become the first in  Capital of Gujarat: Gandhinagar. Indian Railways to opened a heritage gallery of the Team India gets a new sponsor printing and allied i. The Board of Control for Cricket in India machines used in the Western Railway Printing (BCCI) has announced that Bengaluru- Press since (1948) at Mahalaxmi in Mumbai. based education and learning app Byju's, which Do You Know- is owned by Think and Learn Private  Union Railway Minister: Piyush Goyal. Limited,has replaced Oppo India as the official  Headquarter of Western Team India sponsor. Railway: Churchgate (Mumbai). 5th Dharma-Dhamma conference was held in Kaiga Atomic Energy station sets a World Rajgir record i. The 5th international i. Kaiga Atomic Energy Dharma-Dhamma station (Karnataka) sets a conference was inaugurated World Record in continuous by Union Minister of State operation of 962 days by Kiren Rijiju. Unit-1 of Kaiga Generating ii. The aim of the conference is to address Station (KGS-1) among nuclear power plants of all people about the terror, violence and global technologies. warming prevalent in the world. ii. KGS-1 (220 MW) in an indigenous Pressurised iii. The conference will also address the subjects Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) fuelled by of Sat-Chit-Ananda and Nirvana which are the domestic fuel which started commercial operation pivotal topics of Buddhism. on November 16, 2000. Do You Know-  Chief Minister of Bihar: Nitish Kargil veteran Lt Col Dr Samir Rawat invited Kumar; Governor of Bihar: Phagu to ICP Chuhan. i. Kargil veteran Lt Col Dr Samir Rawat has been invited as an eminent keynote speaker at NITI Aayog partners with WhatsApp to the 32nd International Congress of Psychology promote women 2020 (ICP) in Prague which is the most entrepreneurs prestigious and biggest international event in the i. WhatsApp has partnered psychological world with over 8000 delegates with NITI Aayog, under participating in ICP.. the Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) to announce its plan to support and promote women entrepreneurs in India. www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs ii. WhatsApp will also partner with the Women Premchand is celebrated on 31 July every year. Transforming India (WTI) Awards 2019,flagship ii. He was born on 31st July 1880 in Lamhi initiative of NITI Aayog. Village near Varanasi. iii. Premchand's stories confront the truth of this society underlining the importance of truth, justice LCU L56 ship was commissioned into Indian and loyalty. Navy iv. His renowned stories includes 'Kafan', 'Namak i. Indian Navy Ship LCU Ka Daroga', 'Panch Parmeshwar', 'Poos Ki Raat' are L-56, the sixth of the timeless and ever relevant. Landing Craft Utility (LCU) MK IV class 'Pink coaches' introduced by the Northest ships, was commissioned frontier railway into the Indian Navy by Vice-Admiral Atul i. Indian Railways 'Northeast Frontier Railway Kumar Jain, Flag Officer Commanding-in- zone' has started a unique initiative to earmark a Chief, Eastern Naval Command, at Naval special portion of the SLR coach with pink Dockyard. colour. ii.Commissioning the ship, the Vice-Admiral ii. This is done to specially help the congratulated the GRSE (Garden Reach women passengers with better safety and Shipbuilders and Engineers) for being the first security. shipyard in the country to have built the 100th iii. 8 trains in Rangiya division of the Northeast warship. Frontier Railway have begun operations with Do You Know- some pink coaches.  Chief of the Naval Do You Know- Staff: Admiral Karambir Singh.  Headquarter of Northeast Frontier Railway zone: Maligaon, Guwahati. Odisha Rasagola gets Geographical Indications Tag India signs deal to acquire R-27 Missiles from i. The rasagola, a Russia popular dessert of i. India has signed a deal Odisha, has received worth around Rs 1,500 the geographical crore to acquire R-27 air-to- indication tag from the air missiles from Russia to Registrar of Geographical be equipped on the Su-30MKI combat aircraft. Indication. ii. The R-27 missile is a medium-to-long- ii. The GI number 612 has been registered in range air-to-air missile for MiG and Sukhoi series favour of the Odisha Small Industries Corporation of fighter jets. Limited. iii. Historical records submitted say the ‘Odisha Rasagola’ is associated with world famous Puri Jagannath Temple. Do You Know-  CM of Odisha: Naveen Patnaik; Governor of Odisha: Ganeshi Lal.

Birth anniversary of Premchand being celebrated i. The birth anniversary of a great novelist and celebrated storyteller Munshi www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs ii. The Shawala Teja Singh temple, located in city’s congested Dhaarowal locality, some 100 km from Lahore, is more than 1,000 years old, according to the book ‘History of Sialkot’ by the late Rashid Niaz. Do You Know-  Capital of Pakistan : Islamabad; PM of Pakistan: Imran Khan.  President of Pakistan: Arif Alvi.

Russia launched Soyuz Carrier Rocket with 33 satellites i. Russia successfully launched Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a hydrometeorological satellite and 32 small satellites. ii. The satellite will provide images of clouds, the surface of the Earth, ice and snow covers in the International visible, infrared and microwave ranges. Iraq's Babylon listed as World Heritage Site by Do You Know- UNESCO  President of Russia: Vladimir i. UNESCO's World Putin; Capital of Russia: Moscow. Heritage Committee has  Currency of Russia: Ruble. listed Iraq's Babylon as a World Heritage Site. France to impose green tax on plane tickets ii. Babylon is developed from 2020 as a walled city of i. France will mudbrick temples and towers, constituting the impose green tax up to Tower of Babel, and the Ishtar Gate. €18 on plane tickets from iii. The city was the centre of the ancient 2020. The move aims Babylonian empire more than 4,000 years ago. to fund less-polluting Do You Know- transportation projects.  Capital of Iraq: Baghdad; Currency: Iraqi ii. A similar tax was introduced in Sweden in April dinar. 2018, which imposed an added charge of up to €40  Headquarters of UNESCO: Paris, on every ticket in a bid to lessen the impact of air France; Director General: Audrey travel on the climate. Azoulay. Do You Know-  President of France: Emmanuel Pakistan opens historic Hindu temple in Punjab Macron; Capital: Paris; Currency: Euro, i. Pakistan has opened CFP Franc a 1,000 year old Hindu temple in eastern city New Zealand bans single-use plastic shopping Sialkot for worship for the bags first time since partition on the i. New Zealand has officially banned demand of the local Hindu single-use plastic shopping bags. community. Under the new rules, thin plastic www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs single-use shopping bags can no longer be provision National Defense Authorisation supplied, but reusable carriers are allowed. Act for India. ii. Companies that break the ban will face heavy ii. The act will bring India at par with America’s penalties, including fines of up to 100,000 New NATO allies which will increase U.S.-India Zealand dollars. defence cooperation in the Indian Ocean in the Do You Know- areas of humanitarian assistance, counter terrorism,  New Zealand counter-piracy and maritime security. Capital: Wellington, Currency: New iii. The act has been passed for the fiscal year Zealand dollar. 2020. Do You Know- USA designates Baloch Liberation Army as  President of USA: Donald terror group Trump; Capital: Washington, D.C i. The Department of State of USA has designated France celebrates 14th july as its "National day" the Balochistan Liberation i. The French government marked the national Army (BLA)and Hizballah day on July 14th. The day is also known as Bastille operative Husain Ali Day. This is the 230th anniversary of the storming Hazzima as Specially of the Bastille prison which took place in Paris Designated Global Terrorists. on 14 July 1789. ii. The USA has also blamed ii. Armed forces from France and allied countries the organizations for the attacks on Chinese assets will march, drive, ride and fly over the central amid an ongoing civil war like situation in Champs Elysee. Pakistan’s biggest province Balochistan. Do You Know-  President of France: Emmanuel Macron; Capital of France: Paris. Sharjah issues 1st permanent residency visa to  Currency of France: Euro, CFP Franc. Lalu Samuel i. Sharjah's first Golden Russia launches space telescope Spektr-RG Card visa was issued to an i. Russia launched a space Indian expat telescope from businessman Lalu Samuel. the cosmodrome in ii. The move is a part of the Baikonur, Kazakhstan. It permanent residency system was a joint project tailored for investors. with Germany. The iii. The Golden Card is a 10-year long-term Russian space agency, showed a Proton-M visa eligible for investors and entrepreneurs to rocketcarrying the Spektr-RG taking off from the engage them in the renaissance and development launch pad. of the UAE. ii. The Spektr-RG, is a space observatory intended iv. Lalu Samuel is a Chairman and Managing to replace the Spektr-R, known as the “Russian Director of Kingston Holdings and Chairman of Hubble”, Spektr-R was launched in 2011 to Sharjah Industry Business Group. observe black holes, neutron stars and magnetic Do You Know- fields. Its successor will take up similar duties.  Capital of UAE: Abu Dhabi; Do You Know- Currency: Dirham.  President of Russia: Vladimir Putin; Capital of Russia: Moscow. U.S. Senate passes provision to give India NATO  Currency of Russia: Ruble. ally-like status i. The U.S. Senate has passed a legislative www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs

First Global Conference for Media Freedom in  UK Capital: London; Currency: Pound London sterling. i. The first Global Conference for Media Tropical Storm Barry hits Louisiana in US. Freedom co-hosted by i. In the United States, Tropical Storm Barry began the UK and hitting Louisiana. President Donald Trump has Canada in London. declared a state of emergency in Louisiana. ii. A three members Indian media delegation, Do You Know- including Prasar Bharati Chairman A.Surya  President of USA: Donald Trump; Capital Prakash, Rajya Sabha MP and journalist of USA: Washington, D.C. Swapan Dasgupta, and journalist and political analyst Kanchan Gupta, have attended the first Global Conference for Media Freedom. ‘Robot umpires’ debut in U.S. baseball league i. The Independent Atlantic League became the Do You Know- first American professional baseball league to let a  World Press Freedom Index 2019: Rank computer call balls and strikes. The umpires have of India 140th out of 180. the ability to override the computer, which

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Do You Know- USISPF second annual leadership summit held in Washington  National game of USA: Baseball. i. The US India Strategic and Partnership Ukraine inaugurates world's largest Metal Forum 2nd annual Dome leadership summit held i. Ukraine has in Washington. "US India inaugurated Bilateral Trade Report" the world's largest was released on the occasion. movable metal ii. Some findings of the report are: dome encasing the  US India bilateral trade could reach USD destroyed reactor at 238 billion by 2025. the infamous Chernobyl plant. It is a 108- meter high dome which weighs 36,000 tonnes. Do You Know- Do You Know-  President of United States: Donald  Capital of Ukraine: Kyiv; Currency of Trump; Capital: Washington, DC. Ukraine: Ukrainian Hryvnia.

19th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers North Korea revises constitution Meeting in London i. North Korea has revised its constitution to i. The 19th make Kim Jong Un as official head of state, a Commonwealth Foreign promotion that could help normalise the isolated Affairs Ministers country’s diplomatic relations with the rest of the Meeting was held in world. London. External Affairs ii. Earlier Kim ruled as a chairman of state Minister conveyed India’s Affairs Commission. The previous constitution stand at the meet. stated that the chairman of SAC served as Do You Know- a Supreme Leader.  External Affairs Minister of India: S. Do You Know- Jaishankar. www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs

 North Korea i. U.S. celebrates the Apollo 11 mission’s 50th Capital: Pyongyang; Currency: North year anniversary. In the celebrations, new statues Korean won. of Astronaut Neil Armstrong were unveiled and an education centre was dedicated to him in Ohio, IBM acquired American software company Red US. Hat Inc Do You Know- i. International Business Machines Corp acquired a  Present Administrator software company Red Hat Inc in $34 billion for of NASA : James the ramp-up its cloud computing business. This is Frederick Bridenstine. the company’s biggest acquisition in its more than  HQ of 100-year. NASA: Washington, Do You Know- D.C. Founder of IBM: Charles Ranlett Flint; Established in June 16, 1911. U.S. sets $5 bn fine for Facebook i. U.S.'s Federal Trade Commission have Taylor Swift Topped 100 highest-paid Forbes approved a $5 billion penalty to be levied Celebrity list on Facebook. i. Singer Taylor Swift has ii. The penalty have been approved to settle a topped the Forbes' probe into the social network’s privacy and data Celebrity 100 list and protection lapses. It would be the largest penalty emerged as the highest- ever imposed by the FTC for privacy violations. paid celebrity with her Do You Know- 2019 estimated earnings of  Facebook Headquarters: California, over USD 185 million. US; CEO: Mark Zuckerberg. ii. Taylor Swift replaced Kylie Jenner. Jenner is  US President: Donald now 2nd in the list. Trump; Capital: Washington, iii. India's Akshay kumar is placed 33rd in the D.C; Currency: US Dollar. list. UN Report: Over 820 million people suffering Isha Kanth bags ICJ internship programme from hunger i. Indian girl, Isha i. A UN report has said, more than 821 million Kanth is one of the two people suffered from hunger worldwide last year. It persons in the world to is the third year in a row that the number has risen. have bagged an internship ii. The report named, 'The State of Food Security programme at and Nutrition in the World', produced by the UN the International Court of Food and Agriculture Organization and other UN Justice. agencies, including WHO, was released. ii. She has earlier worked in rural Bihar spreading iii. The report is part of tracking progress towards awareness on the right to education and women Sustainable Development Goal to Zero empowerment among children belonging to the Hunger, which aims to end hunger, promote food marginalised sections. security and end all forms of malnutrition by Do You Know- 2030.  Headquarters: The Hague iv. Number of hungry people in the world in (Netherlands); Established: June 1945. 2018: 821.6 million (or 1 in 9 people)  President: Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (Somalia).  in Asia: 513.9 million.  in Africa: 256.1million. U.S. celebrates 50 years of the Apollo 11 mission www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs

 in Latin America and the Caribbean: 42.5 Apple acquires Intel's smartphone modem million. business for $1bn Do You Know- i. Apple has announced the  President of UN: Antonio Guterres; UN acquisition of chip-maker Headquarters: New York, USA. Intel''s smartphone modem  Established in: 24 October 1945. business for $1 billion. ii. This agreement enables Palau Becomes 76th Country to Join ISA to focus on developing technology for the 5G i. Palau, an archipelago of over 500 network while retaining critical intellectual islands in Oceania, became the 76th signatory property and modem technology. countryto join the International Solar Alliance. iii. Intel had been working on a chipset for the ii. The International Solar Alliance is a group iPhone maker, with the chip expected to be part of 121 solar resource-rich of iPhones by 2020. countries with headquarters in Gurugram, Do You Know- India.  Present CEO of Apple: Tim Cook. iii. The organisation aims to deploy over 1,000 gigawatts of solar energy and mobilise more 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee than USD 1,000 billion into solar power by of UNESCO 2030, according to the United Nations Framework i. 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). of UNESCO was held in Baku, Republic of Do You Know- Azerbaijan from 30 June to 10 July 2019.  Capital of Palau: Ngerulmud; Currency of ii. In the meeting, UNESCO named 29 new Palau: U.S. Dollar. World Heritage sites for 2019 including Jaipur city. European Union fines chipmaker Qualcomm Do You Know- $271 million  Director General of UNESCO: Audrey i. European Union has fined US based chipmaker Azoulay; Headquarters: Paris, France. Qualcomm $271 million, accusing it of "predatory Baba Guru Nanak University Foundation stone pricing" to drive a laid in Pakistan competitor out of the market. i. Pakistan Punjab’s chief minister laid the ii. Baseband chipsets are key foundation stone of Baba Guru Nanak components of mobile University at Nanakana Sahib. devices which enables it to connect to the internet. ii. The University was dedicated to Guru Nanak Qualcomm sold these products at a price below Dev at his birth place. This university would be cost to key customers with the intention of spread over 10 acres. eliminating a competitor. Do You Know-  PM of Pakistan: Imran Pakistan to send its first man to space in 2022 Khan; Capital of Pakistan: Islamabad. i. Pakistan announced that it will send its first  President of Pakistan: Arif Alvi. astronaut to space in 2022. ii. It will be using close ally China's satellite NASA to send “first woman and next man” on launching facilities to execute the mission. Moon in 2024 Do You Know- i. U.S. space agency NASA prepares to send “first  Pakistan Capital: Islamabad; PM: Imran woman and next man” on Moon as part of its Khan; President: Arif Alvi. ambitious Artemis programme in 2024. ii. NASA has marked the 50th anniversary of the historic first Moon landing. www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs Do You Know-  Headquarters of NASA: Washington DC USA; Founded: 29 July 1958.  Administrator of NASA: Jim Bridenstine.

Plastic-like Jute material developed in Bangladesh i. Scientists in Bangladesh have developed a method to convert Jute fibre into low cost bio- degradable cellulose sheets named "Sonali". ii. The Eco-friendly jute poly bags made up of Sonali can be used in garments and food packaging work and they are not harmful for human health.

Non Aligned Movement Ministerial Meeting held in Venezuela i. The Non Aligned movement ministerial meeting was held in Caracas, Venezuela. ii. The ministerial meeting brought together 120 member nations as well as 7 observer countries, 10 multilateral international organisations including the United Nations (UN), and 14 specially invited nations. iii. India’s Permanent Representative to Defence the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin Indo-French Joint Air Exercise Garuda-VI represented India in the meeting. Begins i. The Indian and French China launches first private rocket capable of Air Force has carrying satellites started Garuda VI i. Beijing-based exercise at Mont de startup "Interstellar Glory Marsan in France. Space Technology" also ii. The exercise is scheduled known to take place from 1 July to July 12, 2019, in as iSpacesuccessfully France. launched the china’s first commercial rocket. iii. The Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent ii. The 20 m (66-foot) rocket designed by iSpace comprises of 120 air-warriors and four Sukhoi 30 named Hyperbola-1 reached an altitude of 300 MKI along with an IL-78 flight refuelling aircraft. kilometres (186 miles). Do You Know- iii. The rocket is capable of carrying satellites into  Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa is the orbit. present Chief of the Air Staff of IAF. Do You Know-

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Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act(AFSPA) ii. This excercise will lead to an assessment of the for another six months in Nagaland. “imminent threats” in the expanse beyond earth and ii. The Act is implemented with effect from June the drafting of a joint space doctrine for futuristic 30 and will be in force till December end. battles. Ministry of Defence will organize exercise Do You Know- with all three forces together.  Union Home Minister of India: Amit Do You Know- Shah.  Minister of Defence: Raj Nath Singh.

DRDO successfully tested Nag missiles in India, China to carry out major military Pokhran exercise ‘Hand in Hand’ i. DRDO successfully tested Nag i. India and China will missiles in Pokhran ranges. The carry out a major military system includes a third exercise called ‘Hand-in- generation Anti-Tank Guided Hand’ in December, 2019. Missile, the NAG, along with the ii. The exercise will take place at Umroi, Missile Carrier Vehicle (NAMICA). Meghalaya. It will be based on counter- ii. The Nag Missile has top attack capabilities that terrorism, humanitarian assistance and disaster can effectively engage and destroy all known relief operations. enemy tanks. Do You Know-  DRDO Chairman: G Satheesh Reddy, Established: 1958, Headquarte rs: New Delhi.

Indian Navy commissions fifth Dornier Aircraft Squadron Appointments or i. The Indian Navy commissioned its new Dornier Resign/Retired Aircraft Squadron in Chennai. This is Indian Arun Kumar appointed as DGCA chief Navy's 5th Dornier i. Arun Kumar has been Aircraft squadron. appointed as the Director ii. The Dornier squadron General of aviation under Eastern Naval regulator Directorate General of Command would Civil Aviation. He will replace strengthen Indian Navy’s BS Bhullar. efforts in maintaining constant Do You Know- surveillance and safe guarding maritime  HQ of DGCA: New Delhi; Established interests in the eastern seaboard of India. in: Jan 1978. Do You Know-

 Chief of the Naval Staff: Admiral Rahul Dravid appointed NCA’s Head of Cricket Karambir Singh. i. BCCI has formally appointed Rahul Dravid as the National Cricket Academy’s Head of India to launch first-ever space war exercise Cricket. 'IndSpaceEx' ii. Dravid will oversee all cricket related i. The Indian armed forces activities at NCA and will be involved are all set to conduct the in mentoring, coaching, country’s first-ever training and motivating players, coaches and simulated space warfare support staff at the NCA. exercise “IndSpaceEx”. www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs

MN Rao appointed DG of Fire Services, Civil Ursula von der Leyen elected as next EU Defence and Home Guard president i. The Central government appointed M Nageswar i. European Commission has Rao, as the Director General of Fire Services, elected Ursula von der Leyen as its Civil Defence and Home Guard. Rao will replace new president. former CBI Chief Alok Verma. ii. She will replace Jean Claude Juncker. She has become the first LinkedIn appoints Ashutosh Gupta as country woman to be elected to lead the manager for India EU’s executive arm. i. LinkedIn has Do You Know- appointed Ashutosh Gupta as  Headquarters of European the new country manager for Commission: Brussels, Belgium. India operations. Gupta will replace Mahesh Kyriakos Mitsotakis becomes Greece's new PM Narayanan, who was the i. Kyriakos Mitsotakis was country manager for India for period from January- sworn in as the prime minister June 2019. of Greece. Do You Know- ii. Mitsotakis is the son of former  LinkedIn’s CEO: Jeff prime minister Constantine Weiner; HQ: California, United States. Mitsotakis, one of the country's longest serving parliamentarians. Do You Know- Vikas Swarup appointed as Secretary of  Capital of Overseas Indian Affairs Greece: Athens, Currency: Euro. i. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has K. Natarajan has sworn in as the 23rd chief of approved the appointment ICG of Shri Vikas Swarup, High i. K. Natarajan took over as the Director-General Commissioner in of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG). He has become Ottawa as Secretary (Consular, Passport, Visa the 23rd chief of India’s coastal security force. and Overseas Indian affairs) in the Ministry of He took over from Rajendra Singh. External Affairs with effect from 01.08.2019. Do You Know- P.K. Purwar appointed as the CMD of BSNL  Capital of Canada: Ottawa; Currency of i. The GoI has appointed Canada: Canadian dollar. MTNL CMD P.K. Purwar as  Minister of External Affairs: Dr. the Chairman and Managing Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. He has been India’s Anshula Kant is World Bank MD and appointed for a period of three CFO months starting July 1. i. The World Bank Group announced that Anshula ii. He will replace Anupam Shrivastava as the Kant, an Indian national, has been appointed CMD of BSNL. Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer. Do You Know- Ms. Kant will be the first woman CFO of the Bank.  Union Minister of Communications Do You Know- and Electronics & Information  Headquarter of World Bank: Washington Technology: Ravi Shankar Prasad. DC (USA).

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 Established in: 1944; President: David ii. The F&CA assists the ICC in discharging its Malpass. responsibilities in relation to all financial and commercial matters. Kalraj Mishra appointed Himachal Pradesh Do You Know- Governor  Chairman of ICC : Shashank i. President Ram Nath Manohar; Headquarter of ICC: Dubai, Kovind has appointed Kalraj UAE. Mishra as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh. Priti Patel appointed as Britain’s Home ii. Acharya Devvrat has been Secretary transferred from Himachal i. Priti Patel has been Pradesh and appointed as the governor appointed as Britain’s Home of Gujarat. Secretary in the newly- Do You Know- unveiled Boris Johnson  CM of Gujarat : Vijay Rupani; CM of Cabinet. Himachal Pradesh: Jai Ram Thakur. ii. She has become the Britain’s first Indian-origin Home Secretary. Chandrakant Kavlekar to be the new Deputy Ajay Bhalla appointed as Home Secretary CM of Goa i. Ajay Kumar Bhalla has been appointed Officer i. Chandrakant Kavlekar to be the new Deputy on Special Duty (OSD) to the Ministry of Home Chief Minister of Goa. He will replace Vijai Affairs. Sardesai as the deputy chief minister of Goa. ii. Bhalla will take over as Home Secretary from Do You Know- incumbent Rajive Gauba. Bhalla is currently  Chief Minister of Goa: Pramod serving as Power Secretary. Sawant; Governor: Mridula Sinha. Do You Know-  Union Minister of Home Affairs: Amit Shah. Cong's Adhir appointed as PAC chairman i.The leader of the Congress Mark Esper appointed as Pentagon chief party in Lok Sabha, Adhir i. The U.S. Ranjan Chowdhury was Senate confirmed former appointed as the Chairman of soldier Mark the Public Accounts Esper as Secretary of Committee (PAC). Defence, filling America’s ii. The PAC has 15 members from Lok longest-ever Pentagon Sabha and seven from Rajya Sabha. leadership vacuum as Washington faces mounting iii. The term of office of members of the committee tensions with Iran. does not exceed one year at a time. Do You Know- Do You Know-  President of USA: Donald Trump; Capital  Present Lok Sabha Speaker: Om Prakash of the USA: Washington DC. Birla. Ajay Bhadoo appointed as Joint Secretary to the Ehsan Mani named chief of ICC committee President i. Pakistan Cricket Board’s chairman Ehsan i. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet Mani has been appointed as the head of the ICC’s approved the appointment of Ajay influential Finance and Commercial Affairs Bhadoo as Joint Secretary to President Ram committee. Nath Kovind. www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs ii. Bhadoo, a Gujarat batch IAS officer is New appointments are as follows: currently serving as the Vadodara Municipal  Madhya Pradesh: Lalji Tandon will Commissioner. replace Anandiben Patel.  Uttar Pradesh: Anandiben Patel will BS Yeddyurappa to take oath as karnataka CM replace Ram Naik. i. BS Yeddyurappa, 3-  West Bengal: Jagdeep Dhankhar will time chief minister of replace Keshari Nath Tripathi. Karnataka, will once again  Bihar: Phagu Chuhan will replace Lalji take the oath as Karnataka Tandon. CM as the Bharatiya Janata  Nagaland: R.N. Ravi will replace P.B. Party has staked the claim for government Acharya. formation three days after HD Kumaraswamy's  Tripura: Ramesh Bais will replace Kaptan government failed to prove majority. Singh Solanki.

Coca cola appoints Sarvita Sethi in M&A role M.M. Naravane to be next Vice-Chief of Army i. Global beverages major Coco- Staff Cola announced top level changes i. Lieutenant-General in its india and southwest asia M.M. Naravane, has been unit with the appointment appointed as the next Vice- of Sarvita Sethi as Vice Chief of the Army Staff. He president, M&A and New will replace Lt. Gen. D. Ventures and Harsh Anbu. Bhutani as Vice-president finance(CFO). ii. He is currently serving as General Officer Do You Know- Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Army Command.  CocaCola President and COO: Brian Do You Know- Smith.  Chief of the Army Staff: General Bipin  Cocacola HQ: Atlanta, Georgia, United Rawat. States. IFS officer Vivek Kumar appointed private Christine Lagarde resigns as IMF chief secretary to PM i. International Monetary Fund chief Christine i. Indian Foreign Service officer Vivek Lagarde has submitted her Kumar was appointed as private secretary to resignation as IMF chief. She Prime Minister Narendra Modi. had served as the IMF chief ii. The Appointments Committee of the since 2011. Cabinet, headed by the prime minister, cleared ii. David Lipton will remain the new assignment for Kumar, who is currently the IMF Acting Managing working as Director in the Prime Minister's Director in the interim period. Office. iii. Christine Lagarde was the first woman to head the IMF.

New governors appointed to 6 Indian States i. President Ram Nath President appoints Governors for Chhattisgarh, Kovind has transferred 2 Andhra Pradesh Governors and made 4 new i. President Ram Nath appointments across 6 Kovind has States. www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs appointed Anusuiya Uikey as Governor country’s largest border guarding force, Border of Chhattisgarh. Security Force(BSF). ii. Biswa Bhusan Harichandan has been named as ii. He is presently serving as the Special Secretary Governor of Andhra Pradesh. in the external intelligence agency RAW, under Do You Know- the Cabinet Secretariat.  CM of Chhattisgarh: Bhupesh iii. The order has been issued by the Appointments Baghel; CM of Andhra Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) that is headed Pradesh: Jaganmohan Reddy. by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Do You Know-  BSF Established in : 1 December Justice AK Sikri appointed as judge in SICC 1965; Headquarters of BSF: New Delhi. i. Former Supreme Court judge, Justice AK Girish Bapat appointed as chairman of Sikri, has been appointed estimates committee as an international judge i. Girish Bapat has of the Singapore been appointed the International Commercial chairman of the court (SICC). "Estimates ii. The President of the Republic of Committee" of the Singapore has made the appointment of Justice parliament. Sikri. It currently has 16 international judges as ii. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla made the part of its panel. appointment. iii. The SICC is a division of the Singapore high iii. Estimates committee is one of the three court and part of the Supreme Court of that financial standing committees of the parliament country, designed to deal with transnational apart from the public accounts committee and commercial disputes. committee on public undertakings. Do You Know-  Capital of Singapore: Pulau Rajiv Kumar appointed Finance Secretary Ujong; Currency of i. Rajiv Kumar, Secretary Singapore: Singapore dollar. Financial Services in  President of Singapore: Halimah the Ministry of Finance, was Yacob. designated as Finance Secretary. Boris Johnson announced as Britain’s next ii. Rajiv Kumar will prime minister replace Subhash Chandra Garg was shunted out i. Boris Johnson will replace Theresa of the Ministry and posted as Secretary, Ministry May as Britain’s next Prime Minister. of Power. ii. Boris Johnson, who was the face of the 2016 Do You Know- Brexit referendum, won the votes of  Minister of Finance and Corporate 92,153members of the Conservative party. Queen Affairs: Nirmala Sitharaman. Elizabeth will formally appoint Johnson before he will enter Downing Street.

RAW officer appointed as new BSF Director Lt Gen Paramjit Singh to be new DGMO of General Army i. IPS officer V.K. Johri has been appointed as the i. Lt Gen Paramjit Singh, who has vast next Director General (DG) of the experience in counter-terror operations, will be the www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs next Director General of Military Operations Ajay Banga, Azim Premji to receive excellence (DGMO) of the Indian Army. awards from USISPF ii. Lt Gen Singh, currently serving as General i. The US-India Strategic Officer Commanding of the Army's Nagrota- Partnership Forum has based XVI Corps, will take over as the new announced that Mastercard DGMO on October, succeeding Lt Gen Anil CEO and President Ajay Chauhan. Banga and Wipro Chairman Azim Kapil Dev led CAC to pick Team India's head Premji will receive the 2019 Global Excellence coach Awards. i. Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) led ii. This is the Second Annual Leadership Summit of by World Cup-winning former captain Kapil USISPF. Deventrusted with the responsibility of selecting iii. They have been honored with the awards for India's new coach. their significant contribution to strengthening ii. Apart from Kapil, former women's economic ties between the US and India. captain Shantha Rangaswamy and former men's coach Anshuman Gaekwad have also in the panel. NALCO to get President’s award for excellent CSR i. National Aluminium Company Limited has been selected for President's award for utilisation of Corporate Social Responsibility fund in social development. ii. NALCO started a scheme "Aliali Jhia" in 2015 to promote the education of Girls of BPL families. NALCO is an Odisha based Navaratna Company. Do You Know-  Chairman cum Managing Director of NALCO: T.K. Chand.

'Gully Boy' wins NETPAC award in Bucheon film festival i. Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar's directorial 'Gully Boy' has won the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Award at the 23rd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) in South Korea. Do You Know-  Capital of South Korea: Seoul; Currency of South Korean: South Korea won.

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 SJFI Medal (Highest  Club felicitates Indian Honour): Prakash Padukone Peacer: Mohammed Shami (Cricket). (Badminton).  Lifetime Achievement award: Ashok  Sportsperson of the Year Chatterjee (Football). Award: Pankaj Advani (Billiards and  Best Football Player for the season 2018- Snooker) and Bajrang Punia 19: Arijit Bagui (Football). (Wrestling). ii. On July 29 Mohun Bagan Club celebrates  Emerging Talent of the Year the 'Mohun Bagan Day'. Award: Saurabh Choudhary (Shooting). iii. Dutt will be the first  Team of the Year Award: Vidarbha sportsperson from outside the football Cricket Team. fraternity to be bestowed with the Ratna. This is also the first time that there will be 2 Mohun 'Best Innovation Award' won by NEFR Bagan Ratna recipients. i. Northeast Frontier Railway has won the'Best Do You Know- Innovation Award' for unique strategy adopted to  Mohun Bagan Club Established in: 1889. keep wild elephants away from train tracks.  President of Mohun Bagan Club: Mr. ii. The cash prize awarded of Rs 3 lakh. The Gitanath Ganguly. NEFR, in a bid to tackle the problem, came up with 'Plan Bee' in 2017. 'Nagarkirtan' wins big at SAARC film fest Do You Know- i. Director Kaushik  Railway Minister: Piyush Goyal. Ganguly's Bengali film 'Nagarkirtan', has India Football Federation’s AIFF Awards won 4 awards in SAARC announced film festival. The movie was honoured with 'Best The full list of AIFF awards: Feature Film', 'Best Director', 'Best Actor' and  Best Grassroots 'Best Original Score' awards. Development ii. Two other Indian films have won awards at the Programme: Jammu & fest,'Na Bole Wo Haram', a 20-minute film by Kashmir Football debutant director Nitish Patankar, bagged the 'Best Association. Short Film' award, while 'Walking With the  Best Referee: R. Wind' by Praveen Morchhale received the Special Venkatesh (Tamil Nadu). Jury award for direction and story.

 Women’s Footballer of the Sharath Kamal voted IOC Sportsperson of the Year: Ashalata Devi. Year  Men’s Footballer of the Year: Sunil i. Sharath Kamal was Chhetri. voted the Sportsperson of the Year in the Keshav Dutt, Prasun Banerjee to be honoured annual Indian Oil Sports with Mohun Bagan Ratna Conclave. i. Mohan Bagan club to confer awards in Various ii. The other nominees were Disciplines. The Awardees are: cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara, Grandmaster B  Mohan Bagan Ratan: Keshav Dutt Adhiban, hockey player Simranjeet Singh and table (Hockey). tennis player Manika Batra.  Mohan Bagan Ratan: Captain Prasun iii. Sharath Kamal is a professional table tennis Banerjee (Football). player from Tamil Nadu, India.

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6 firms honoured with CSR Journal Excellence Awards Vidisha Baliyan was crowned the Miss Deaf i. 3rd Edition of the CSR Journal Excellence World 2019 title Awards honoured 6 firms for the best practices in i. Vidisha Baliyan, a 21 year Corporate Social Responsibility. old girl from Uttar Pradesh's ii. The theme of the event was ‘India First’. The Muzaffarnagar city, was winners of the awards are: crowned the Miss Deaf World  Tata Power won in the category 2019 title. "Education & Skill Training". ii. The international beauty  ReNew Power won in the category pageant was held in Mbombela, South Africa. "Women Empowerment & Child Welfare". iii. She is a former international tennis  YES Bank Ltd. won in the category player who represented India in "Health & Sanitation". the Deaflympicsand also won a silver medal.  Mahindra & Mahindra won in the category "Environment".  Hindustan Zinc won in the category "Agriculture & Rural Development".  Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. won in the category "Sports".

Sudarsan Pattnaik wins Peoples Choice Award in the U.S. i. Padma Awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the People’s Choice Award at aprestigious sand sculpting festival in the U.S. ii. Pattnaik was participating in the 2019 Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival in Boston, Massachusetts. iii. He won the People’s Choice Award for his sand sculpture ‘Stop Plastic Pollution, Save Our Ocean’.

'Indian Woman of Influence Award' received by Priya Priyadarshini Jain i. Eminent fashionista, social entrepreneur and philanthropist Priya Priyadarshini Jain has been felicitated with the prestigious 'Indian Woman of Influence' award at the House of Lords, the United Kingdom Parliament, London. ii. Priyadarshini Jain for it also marked the grand launch of coffee table book on '50 most influential Indian women worldwide' featuring her as one of the most prominent personalities from India.

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Chess Tour title i. Magnus Carlsen won the 2019 Croatia Grand Hima bags gold in Poznan Athletics Grand Prix Chess Tour title. He scored 8 points. i. Hima Das, the under-20 World champion has ii. Wesley So finished second with 7 points. India's won the gold medal in women’s 200m in the Viswanathan Anand ended up with 4.5 points and Poznan Athletics Grand Prix. finished 11th. ii. Poznan Athletics Grand Prix is taking place in

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Championships Indian Pro Boxer Wins WBC Asia Title i. 4 gold medals for India in Commonwealth i. Indian pro boxer Vaibhav Senior Weightlifting Championships. Yadav has become ii. Following is the list of winners in the different the WBC Asia Silver categories: Welterweight Mirabai Chanu wins gold in the senior  Champion. He women’s 49 kg event. defeated Thailand's Fahpetch  Jhilli Dalabehra wins gold in the senior Singmanassak in the title women’s 45 kg event. bout held in Pattaya, Thailand.  Soroikhaibam Bindyarani ii. The fight was conducted by the Asian Boxing Devi wins gold while Matsa Santoshi wins Council and approved by the World Boxing the silver medal in the senior women’s Council (WBC). 55kg event. Do You Know-  Rishikanta Singh grabbed the gold in the  Thailand senior men’s 55kg event. Capital: Bangkok, Currency: Baht.

Vinesh, Divya wins gold at Wrestling Grand Ambati Rayudu retires from international Prix of Spain cricket i. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has i. Indian batsman Ambati Rayudu has announced won a gold medal in his retirement from international cricket. the 53kg category, while Divya ii. He has played 55 ODIs for India, scoring 1694 Kakranhas won the gold runs at an average of 47.05 with three hundreds and medal in the 68kg category at 10 half-centurie the Grand Prix of Spain. ii. Pooja Dhanda (57kg) has won a silver after losing the title clash to Russia’s Veronika India loses to Pakistan in the IBSF Snooker Chumikova. World Cup finals Do You Know-  Capital of Spain: Madrid; Currency of i. The Indian team lost to Spain: Euro. Pakistan in the final of the IBSF Snooker World Cup in Dutee Chand wins gold in Summer University Doha. India lost the summit Games clash by 1-3. i. Dutee Chand from Odisha ii. Pankaj Advani and Laxman has won the gold medal in Rawat represented the Indian team in the world the women's 100 metre cup. sprint at the 30th Summer University Games in Naples, Italy. Max Verstappen wins Austrian Grand Prix www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs i. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Austrian i. Li Shi Feng has won the men's singles title Grand Prix for the second year in a row of Canada Open Badminton. He defeated while champion Mercedes lost for the first time in India's Parupalli Kashyap in the title clash. this season. 4 Gold medals for India in Kutno Athletics Meet 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis C'ship to be Indian athletes have won 4 hosted in Odisha gold medals in the Kutno i. Odisha will host the 21st Athletics Meet held in Commonwealth Table Tennis Poland. Championship Following is the list of in Cuttack, from July 17 to 22. winners in the different ii. The tournament has received categories: entries from 14 associations,  Hima Das won the gold while V.K. consisting of India, Singapore, Malaysia, Vismaya bagged the silver in the women’s Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, England, Scotland, 200m race. Wales, Jersey, Australia, Cyprus, South Africa,  Muhammed Anas won the gold in men’s Nigeria, Pakistan. 200 m race. Do You Know-  M P Jabir won the gold while Jithin  CM of Odisha: Naveen Patnaik; Governor Paul bagged the bronze medal in of Odisha: Ganeshi Lal. the men’s 400m hurdles.  P Saritaben (gold), Sonia Baishya (silver) U.S. wins FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 and R Vithya (bronze) won the women’s i. United States wins FIFA Women’s World Cup 400 m race. 2019 held in Lyon, France. ii. They defeated the Netherlands with a scrore of 2-0. This is the 4th world cup title for the US's women football team. Hima Das returns to 400m run, grabs 5th gold

Rohit Sharma records maximum hundreds in i. Indian sprinter Hima Das extended her the single World Cup sensational run by claiming her fifth gold of the i. Rohit Sharma has set a month as she returned to her pet 400m world record of maximum competition with a season-best time of 52.09 hundreds in the single World seconds in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic. Cup. ii. She is fondly called the 'Dhing Express'. ii. He has become the first batsman in the world to Copa America 2019: Brazil wins Title on home score five hundreds in a single World Cup and soil break the record of Former Sri Lankan skipper i. Ten-man Brazil held on to win the Copa Kumar Sangakarra. America on home soil iii. He has also equalled Sachin Tendulkar's despite Gabriel Jesus's record of the total number of World Cup hundreds. dismissal with a 3-1 Do You Know- victory over Peru.  Venue of ICC World Cup 2019 : England ii. Jesus scored the and Wales. decisive goal after a penalty from Peru captain Paolo Guerrero canceled Canada Open Badminton: Li Shi Feng won the out Everton's opener for hosts Brazil at Rio de men's singles title Janeiro's Maracana stadium. www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs iii. A last-minute penalty from substitute government interference in its running of the sport. Richarlison sealed a win for Brazil which handed ii. ICC funding has been withdrawn and the country the South American giants their ninth Copa triumph will be barred from participating at ICC and first since 2007. events. Zimbabwe's Test status was suspended by the ICC in June 2004. Indian Men & Women's teams win Do You Know- Commonwealth Table Tennis title  ICC Chairman: Shashank Manohar; ICC i. India has made a record by winning gold in of Headquarter:Dubai, UAE. both men’s and women’s  The 13th edition of ICC Cricket World category of Cup will be held in India from February 9 the 21st Commonwealth to March 26, 2023. Table Tennis Championship taking P T Usha nominated for IAAF Veteran Pin place in Odisha. i. Former Olympic track ii. The Indian men's team won the final and field athlete P T match defeating England 3-2. Usha has been nominated iii. The Indian women's team defeated England for the International 3-0 in final match to won the gold for the first Association of Athletics time in the history of the commonwealth games. Federations Veteran Pin for her ‘long and meritorious service to the cause of World Athletics’. India’s mixed relay silver at Asiad set to be ii. She will receive the pin during the opening upgraded to gold ceremony of the 52nd IAAF Congress in Doha. i. India is in line to get the Asian Games gold in Do You Know- 4x400 mixed relay  IAAF CEO: Jon Ridgeon. event held in Jakarta 2018, as Kemi Sachin Tendulkar 6th Indian to be inducted into Adekoya of Bahrain was ICC Hall of Fame handed a 4 year ban by i. International Cricket the Athletics Integrity Unit Council has inducted India's (AIU) for failing a dope test. batting icon Sachin ii. India’s mixed relay team of Muhammed Anas, Tendulkar, South African pace Hima Das, Arokia Rajiv and M. R. legend Allan Donald and two- Poovamma had won the silver in the event at times World Cup-winning the Asian Games 2018. Australian woman iii. Kemi Adekoya had also won the 400m hurdles gold at the Asian Games with India’s cricketer Cathryn Anu Raghavan finishing fourth. Hence, Anu Fitzpatrick into the ICC's Hall Raghavan is in line for the bronze medal. of Fame. Do You Know- ii. Other Indians on the list are Bishan Singh Bedi, Sunil  19th Asian Games are to be held Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Anil in Hangzhou, China (2022). Kumble, Rahul Dravid.

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 ICC Chairman: Shashank i. Shiva Manohar, Headquarters: Dubai, United Thapa became India’s Arab Emirates. first gold-medallist at  The 13th edition of ICC Cricket World the President’s Cup Cup will be held in India from February 9 boxing tournament after to March 26, 2023. getting a walkover in the finals in Astana, Kazakhstan. Amir Khan wins WBC international ii. Making his international debut in the newly- welterweight title introduced Olympic category of 63kg. i. Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan clinched iii. Thapa was to the WBC international welterweight title. He fight knocked out Australian Billy Dib in the fourth Kazakhstan's Zakir round of his bout in the inaugural Super Boxing Safiullin in the League held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. summit clash. ii. He is a British professional boxer who was also Do You Know- the Britain's youngest boxer to won a silver medal  PM of Kazakhstan : Askar in the lightweight division at the 2004 Olympics at Mamin; Capital of Kazakhstan: Nur- the age of 17. Sultan.  Currency of Kazakhstan: Kazakhstani India will host ISSF World Cup 2020 Tenge. i. International Shooting Sport Federation approved India's Indian bodybuilder Ravinder Malik clinches Mr application to host the ISSF World South Asia title Cup stages. i. Indian bodybuilder Ravinder ii. World Cup will be held in New Kumar Malik has clinched Mr. Delhi from March 15 to 26 South Asia title. He has ,2020. The last edition of ISSF World Cup was held crowned the overall champion in Munich, Germany. at 12th South Asian Do You Know- Bodybuilding and Physique  President of ISSF: Vladimir Lisin. Sports Championship in Kathmandu. Adam Peaty breaks 57 seconds barrier & 100m ii. Malik, the winner of 80 kg breaststroke world record category, Afghanistan won team championship by i. The Britain swimmer Adam Peaty has break securing a top position with 535 points. the world record in the men’s 100 metre Host Nepal finished second with 445 points, breaststroke at the World Championships in while Indiaremained third with 380 points. Gwangju, South Korea. ii. He smashed the previous record of 57.10 Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi wins Indonesia Open seconds that was set by him at last i. Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi wins Indonesia year’s European Championships, after winning Open BWF Tour Super 1000 tournamentheld in the semi finals in 56.88 seconds. Jakarta, Indonesia. iii. Adam Peaty has now swum the event 1.4 ii. She defeated India's P.V. Sindhu in the title seconds faster than anyone else in history. clash by 21-15, 21-16.

Manny Pacquiao wins WBA welterweight title i. Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao claimed the WBA welterweight championship after First Indian boxer to win gold at President’s scoring a split-decision win against Keith Cup Thurman. www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs ii. He ended the American Keith Thurman's Cricketers’ Association (FICA) and is only open undefeated run at the MGM Grand, where two to former men and women cricketers. judges had the fight 115-112 in favour of the 40- iii.Former India cricketers Kapil Dev, Ajit year-old Pacquiao. Agarkar and Shantha Rangaswamy are the directors at ICA. Do You Know- Shane Lowry wins British Open  BCCI President: C.K. i. Irishman Shane Khanna; Headquarter of BCCI: Mumbai. Lowry wins British Open to claim his first Virat Kohli maintains number one spot in ICC major golfing title Test Rankings at Royal Portrush. i. International Cricket ii. He became the 2nd Council has released the player from the Republic of Ireland, after Padraig latest rankings of teams Harrington in 2007 and 2008, to lift the Claret and players in different Jug. categories. 1. Men's Team Rankings: Kristof Milak breaks the Phelps record in 200m  India topped the Test Team Rankings. butterfly stroke  England topped the One Day i. Kristof Milak shattered Michael Phelps' long- International Team Rankings. standing world record in the 200 metres  Pakistan topped the T20 butterfly at the World Aquatics Championships International Team Rankings. in Gwangju. 2. Men's Batting Rankings: ii. Hungarian teenager Milak won the final  Virat Kohli (India) topped the Test in 1:50.73, breaking the previous record Batting Rankings. of 1:51.51, set by Phelps in 2009.  Virat Kohli (India) topped the ODI Batting Rankings. Hima Das wins gold in "Tabor Athletics"  Babar Azam (Pakistan) topped i. Star Indian sprinter the T20I Batting Rankings. Hima 3. Men's Bowling Rankings: Das clinched gold in  Pat Cummins (Australia) topped the Test a 200m race in 23.25 Bowling Rankings. seconds creditable timing in the Tabor Athletics  Jasprit Bumrah (India) topped the ODI Bowling Rankings Meet in Czech Republic. Do You Know-  Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) topped the T20I Bowling Rankings.  President of Czech Republic: Miloš Zeman. 4. Men's All-Rounder Rankings:  Jason Holder (West Indies) topped  Capital of Czech the Test All-Rounder Rankings. Republic: Prague; Currency of Czech Republic: Czech koruna.  Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) topped the ODI All-Rounder Rankings. BCCI approves Indian Cricketers Association  Glenn Maxwell (Australia) topped i.The BCCI has approved the T20I All-Rounder Rankings. the Indian Cricketers Do You Know- Association (ICA).  ICC Chairman: Shashank ii. The ICA is not affiliated to Manohar; Headquarters: Dubai, Federation of International United Arab Emirates. www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs

 The 13th edition of ICC Cricket  The 13th edition of ICC Cricket World World Cup will be held Cup will be held in India from February 9 in India from February 9 to March to March 26, 2023. 26, 2023. Dressel breaks the Phelps record in 100m Lewis Hamilton wins sixth British Grand Prix. butterfly stroke i. Lewis Hamilton made a thrilling victory in i. American star Caeleb Dressel destroyed Michael the Silverstone circuit to win his sixth British Phelps’s World record in the 100 Grand Prix, his seventh victory in ten races in metres butterfly at the World Aquatics 2019 and the 80th win of his career. Championships 2019 in Gwangju (South Korea). ii. Caeleb Dressel take 49.50 seconds in the semi- Vinesh Phogat wins gold at Yasar Dogu final event and breaking the old record of 49.82 International seconds set by Michael Phelps. i. India wrestler Vinesh Phogat has won her second The Championships, Wimbledon 2019 consecutive gold in 53kg, i. The Championships, at Yasar Dogu Wimbledon, commonly International in Istanbul. known as Wimbledon is ii. Phogat beat her Russian the oldest tennis opponent Ekaterina Poleshchuk in the final match tournament in the world. to bag the gold medal. It has been held at the All Do You Know- England Club in Wimbledon, London, since 1877  President of Wrestling federation of and is played on outdoor grass courts. The India: Brijbhushan Sharan Singh. Championships, Wimbledon (2019) was the 133rd edition of the tournament. England scripts history, claims maiden ICC ii. Here is the Complete List of Winners of the World Cup title 2019 Wimbledon 2019 (with their Respective i. England lifted the ICC Countries): Cricket World Cup Sl. Trophy 2019 at the Lord’s Category Winner Runner Up cricket stadium in No. London. N. Djokovic R. Federer ii. England defeated New 1. Men's Singles (Serbia) (Switzerland) Zealand with more number of boundaries in the Super Overthriller in the grand finale of ICC Women's S. Halep Serena Williams 2. Cricket World Cup Trophy 2019. Singles (Romania) (USA)  Player of the tournament: Kane Williamson (New Zealand).  Player of the Match Award: Ben Stokes Chandigarh gets BCCI affiliation (England). i. Chandigarh received affiliation from the Board  Highest run scorer of the of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) after tournament: Rohit Sharma (India). nearly four decades.  Highest wicket taker of the ii. After getting BCCI affiliation, Chandigarh tournament: Mitchell Starc (Australia). Cricket Association-Punjab had recently decided Do You Know- to merge with Union Territory Cricket  ICC Chairman: Shashank Association, thus paving way for the Union Manohar, Headquarters: Dubai, United Territory to be recognised as a separate entity. Arab Emirates. Do You Know- www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs

 President of BCCI: C.K.  The top 2 teams at the end will compete in Khanna; Headquarters of BCCI the ICC World Test Championship : Mumbai. Final in the UK in June 2021.

Max Verstappen wins German Grand Prix Collin Morikawa wins the US PGA title i. Red Bull's Max Verstappen wins German i. American Collin Grand Prix held in Hockenheim, Germany. Morikawa has won the US PGA ii. He defeated second placed Sebastian title at the Barracuda Vettel of Ferrari. Daniil Kvyat of Toro Rosso Championship. grabbed the 3rd position. This was his 1st win in the US Egan Bernal claims Colombia's 1st Tour de PGA title. France title ii. It is the only US tour event that uses the i. Egan Bernal became Modified Stableford scoring system. the 1st Colombian to win iii. US's Troy Merritt finished as the runner up of the Tour de France which the event. finished in Paris, France. ii. He beat the defending Dalilah Muhammad shatters 400m hurdles champion Geraint Thomas of Britain by 1 World record minute 11 seconds. i. Olympic champion Dalilah iii. The 22 year old Bernal has also become Muhammad shattered one of the youngest rider to win the race in 110 years. the longest standing records in iv. The Tour de France is an annual men's women’s athletics with a multiple stage bicycle race. superb display to clinch victory in the 400m hurdles Prithvi Shaw suspended by BCCI for doping at US Championships. violation ii. Dalilah Muhammad took more than a tenth of a i. Prithvi Shaw has been suspended by Board of second off a record that had stood for 16 years, Control for Cricket in India for 8 months for clocking 52.20 seconds to beat Russian Yuliya a doping violation. Pechonkina's previous mark of 52.34 seconds. ii. Shaw was charged with the commission of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) under the BCCI Anti-Doping Rules.

ICC launched the World Test Championship i. The International Cricket Council has launched the inaugural World Test Championship thus setting the stage for a long tournament in red- ball cricket to determine the World Test Champion. ii. It can also be inferred as the 'World Cup' of red-ball cricket. Some important facts about the tournament:  The top 9 Test teams will compete in the 2- year long tournament.  Each team will play three home and three away series. www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs Former Chinese premier Li Peng passes away i. Former Chinese premier and chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, Li Peng passed away. He was also known as the "Butcher of Beijing" for his role in the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Obituaries Do You Know- Professional motorcycle racer, Carlin Dunne  China Capital: Beijing; Currency: Renminbi. passes away i. Professional motorcycle racer, Carlin Dunne passes Australian tennis champion Peter McNamara away. passes away i. Australian tennis champion Peter ii. He unfortunately suffered a McNamara passed away. fatal crash during Ducati ii. McNamara won 5 singles titles and 19 doubles Streetfighter V4 prototype run titles. He also won Wimbledon twice in 1980 and at Pikes Peak Hill Climb. He was also known 1982. as “The King of the Mountain”.

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i. Three-time Delhi Chief US auto industry legend Lee Iacocca passes Minister and senior away Congress leader Shiela i. Automobile industry legend from USA Lee Dixit passed away in New Iacocca passed away. Delhi. She served as ii. He was known for creating the iconic Ford Mustang and saving Chrysler from bankruptcy. Delhi's chief minister for 15 years. She was the senior most Congress leader

in its Delhi unit. Veteran industrialist BK Birla passes away i. Birla Group patriarch and an Do You Know- ace of the Indian  Chief Minister of Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal. industry Basant Kumar Birla passed away in Mumbai. Computer genius Fernando Corbató passes ii. He was the chairman of away Century Textiles and Industries i. American computer and was active in business since the age of 15. scientist Fernando Corbato passed away. Bangladesh ex-dictator H.M. Ershad passes ii. He worked in 1960s on Computer away Time Sharing System which i. Bangladesh’s former military dictator H.M. allowed multiple users in different Ershad passed away. He became the president of locations to access a single computer Bangladesh in December 1983 and ruled the simultaneously through telephone country till 1990. lines which paved the way for the personal Do You Know- computer and the computer passwords. iii. Fernando Corbato was a professor emeritus at  Bangladesh Capital: Dhaka, Currency: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Taka, Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina.

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1971 war hero Lt Gen Gharaya passes away iii. Ramchandra, a four-time MP was first elected i. Retired Lt Gen Joginder Singh to the Lok Sabha in 1999 from Bihar’s Rosera Gharaya(georgian) who was (SC) constituency. awarded the Maha Vir Chakra in the 1971 Indo-Pak war and Kirti Former RBI Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn Chakra in the 1947 Hyderabad passes away operations, passed away. i. Former RBI Deputy Governor and Noted ii. Lt Gen Joginder economist Subir Vithal Gokarn passed away. Singh Gharaya was ii. He had the distinction of being the youngest commissioned into th e Frontier RBI Governor at the time. Force Regiment in 1945 and commanded a brigade iii. Gokarn was also Chief Economist of Standard in the Jessore Sector on the eastern front during the & Poor’s Asia-Pacific and Chief Economist of 1971 war. CRISIL. Tunisia's first democratically elected president iv. He was appointed as Executive Director on the Essebsi passes away board of the IMF in 2015. i. Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi, the first democratically elected leader of the North African Former Union Minister S. Jaipal Reddy passes country passed away. He away was the world's oldest i. Former Union sitting president. Minister and senior ii. Beji Caid Essebsi rose to Congress leader S. prominence in 2011 after the uprising that ended Jaipal Reddy passed the 23-year rule of former ruler Zine El Abidine away. Ben Ali. ii. Reddy was Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Union Minister for Urban Development, Union Minister for Petroleum and Boxing legend 'Sweet Pea' Whitaker passes Natural Gas before finally holding the subject of away science technology. i. Former oylmpic boxing gold medallist and four Former CM of Meghalaya Donkupar Roy weight World champion passes away "Pernell i. Meghalaya Assembly Speaker and former whitaker"passed away. Meghalaya Chief Minister Donkupar Roypassed ii. He won world titles at lightweight, light away. welterweight, welterweight and light ii. He was head of the United Democratic Party middleweight. (UDP). iii. He enjoyed a successful professional career after winning gold as a lightweight at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

LJP MP Ram Chandra Paswan passes away i. Lok Janshakti Party MP from Bihar’s Samastipur Ram Chandra Paswan passed away. ii. He was the younger brother of Union minister and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan. www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs International Day of Parliamentarism: 30 June i. The United Nations observe 30 June as the International Day of Parliamentarism. This day celebrates parliaments and the ways in which parliamentary systems of government improve the day to day lives of people around the world. ii. This day also acknowledges the formation of the Inter Parliamentary Union, the global organization of parliaments which was established in 1889. Do You Know-  United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. It was founded on 24 October 1945.  Mr Antonio Guterres is the Secretary Important Days with theme General of the United Nations.

2nd anniversary of GST to be celebrated today World Population Day: 11 July as "GST Day" i. The United i. India will celebrate 1st Nations observes 11 July July as the "Goods & every year as World Services Tax DAY". This Population Day. This year, it is the second year's World Population anniversary of the Day calls for global attention to the unfinished implementation of historic tax reform of Goods & business of the 1994 International Conference on Services Tax. Population and Development. ii. The introduction of GST in the Indian economy Do You Know- has replaced a multi-layered, complex indirect  United Nations Headquarters: New York, tax structure with a simple, transparent and USA; Founded: 24 October 1945. technology-driven tax regime.  Antonio Guterres is the Secretary General Do You Know- of the United Nations.  GST was launched on 1st July 2017 in New Delhi. Nelson Mandela International Day: 18 July  Chairperson of GST Council: Union i. The United Nations observes 18 July every year Finance Minister of India. as Nelson Mandela International Day. National Doctors' Day: 1 July ii. The day acknowledges i. India observe 1st July as the Nelson Mandela's the National Doctors' contribution to the Day. The day is celebrated struggle for democracy internationally and the to recognize the promotion of a culture of peace throughout the contributions of physicians world. Nelson Mandela Day is an occasion for all to individual lives and to take action and inspire change. communities. Do You Know- ii. National Doctor's Day is also celebrated to  Headquarters of United Nations: New honour the legendary physician Dr. Bidhan York, USA; Founded: 24 October 1945. Chandra Roy.  Mr Antonio Guterres is the Secretary- iii. Dr Roy was honoured with the country's highest General of the United Nations. civilian award, Bharat Ratna on February 4, 1961.

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World Day for International Justice: 17th july Baruch Blumberg, who discovered hepatitis B i. World Day for virus (HBV) and developed a diagnostic test and International Justice is vaccine for the virus. observed all around the iii. The theme for 2019 is “Invest in eliminating world on 17th July. hepatitis”. ii. The aim of the day is to iv. The host country for World Hepatitis Day 2019 promote international is Pakistan. criminal justice and as a way of supporting the work of the ICC. World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: 30 iii. It came about when 120 states adopted a statute July in Rome. It was known as the Rome Statute of the i. United Nations observes 30 July every year International Criminal Court, All the countries as World Day Against Trafficking. In 2013, the that agreed to adopt the statute were accepting the General Assembly designated July 30 as the World jurisdiction of the ICC. Day against Trafficking in Persons to raise Do You Know- awareness of the situation of victims of human  International Criminal Court HQ: The trafficking and for the promotion and protection Hague, Netherlands. of their rights. ii. On the 2019 World Day UNODC is focusing on National Broadcasting day: 23 July highlighting the importance of Government action i. India celebrates 23 July every with a tagline: year as the “National iii. Human Trafficking: call your government to Broadcasting day”. On this day action in 1927, the first ever radio Do You Know- broadcast in the country went on  Headquarters of the UN: New York, the air from the Bombay Station USA; Founded: 24 October 1945. under the Indian Broadcasting  Secretary General of the United Company. Nations: Antonio Guterres. ii. On 8th of June, 1936, the Indian State Broadcasting Service became All India Radio.Currently, AIR is one of the largest public broadcasting organisations in the world.

CBDT celebrates Aaykar Diwas 2019 i. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) celebrating the 159th Income Tax Day (AaykarDiwas) on 24th July. ii. On 24th July, 1860 that Income Tax was introduced for the first time in India by Sir James Wilson. Do You Know-  Chairman of CBDT: Pramod Chandra Mody.

World Hepatitis Day: 28 July i. World Health Organization observe 28 July every year as "World Hepatitis Day" to step up national and international efforts on hepatitis. ii. The date of 28 July was chosen because it is the birthday of Nobel-prize winning scientist Dr www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs