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1.Leftist rural teacher Pedro Castillo declared president-elect in Peru
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? president of peruwho? pedro castillo
Highlights:Recent News
• Eswatini's King Mswatiappoints new prime minister
Peru Capitals: limaCurr: solPM : Violeta Bermúdez
appointed : pedro castillo
as: president of peru
replaces: Francisco Rafael Sagasti
Party: Free Peru National Political Party
• Rural teacher-turned-political novice Pedro Castillo became thewinner of Peru’s presidential election after the country’s longestelectoral count in 40 years.
• astillo, whose supporters included Peru’s poor and rural citizens,defeated right-wing politician Keiko Fujimori by just 44,000 votes.
MOU
2.MECL signs MoU with DMG, Goa EXPECTED QUESTIONSWhat? MoU with DMG, Goa
By? MECL
Highlights:
Recent News
• 52nd IFFI to be held inNovember 2021 in Goa
• Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) a mineral explorationagency signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Directorateof Mines & Geology (DMG), Government of Goa, offering integratedmineral exploration and consultancy services.
• With the signing of MoU, MECL will assess mineral resources by conductingan array of geo-scientific exploration and will finalise the mineral blocks tobe auctioned and establish the state’s mineral inventory.
Goa Capital: panajiGov: P.S. Sreedharan PillaiCM: Pramod Sawant
MECLCMD:Dr. Ranjit RathHQ:Nagpur,maharashtra
Partnership
3.Cisco, NSDC Partner For Digital Upskilling EXPECTED QUESTIONSWhat?partnerswith cisco
By?NSDC
Highlights:Recent News
• NSDC And WhatsAppLaunch “Digital SkillChampions Program”
• Cisco Networking Academy and the National Skill DevelopmentCorporation (NSDC) in a partnership that is aimed at addressing theshortage of tech-proficient workforce in India.
• The partnership will offer access to the Cisco Networking Academy coursesthrough NSDC's eSkill India platform to provide comprehensive digital skillscritical for the digital-first world.
• It aims to enable free access to an industry-relevant global curriculum andcontent in Networking, Cybersecurity, Programming, the Internet of Things(IoT), Digital Essentials, and Linux.
NSDCCEO: Manish KumarHQ: new delhi
cisco CEO: Chuck RobbinsHQ: California,US
4.Dhanlaxmi Bank announces strategic alliance with SMC Global Securities
EXPECTED QUESTIONSwhat? Partnered with SMC global
By? Dhanalakshmi bank
Highlights: Recent News
• Geojit sign an ink pactwith PNB to offer three-in-one account
SMCMD: Mahesh C Gupta
Dhanalakshmi bank.MD&CEO : Shivan J.KHq: Thrissur
• Dhanlaxmi Bank announced a strategic alliance with SMC Global SecuritiesLtd to provide online trading services to its customers.
• The tie-up will offer a unified 3-in-1 account, consisting of a savings,demat and trading account, to Dhanlaxmi Bank customers through amobile trading app (MSMC ACE) and desktop based software, apart fromthe portal 'smctradeonline.com'. Provides hassle free and convenienttrading experience.
Summits
5.Meeting of the BRICS (CGETI), chaired by India EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? BRICS (CGETI)host? india
Highlights:• Union Minister for Labour
& Employment BhupenderYadav chairs 7th BRICSLabour & EmploymentMinisters’ Meeting
Recent news
Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush goyalCons: maharashtra
• For the year 2021, India is the Chair of the various groups of BRICS, theContact Group on Economic and Trade Issues (CGETI) is responsible foreconomic and trade matters.
• The Department of Commerce is the national coordinator for the BRICSCGETI.
• the BRICS Members deliberated the proposals circulated by India, forstrengthening and increasing the Intra-BRICS cooperation and trade.
Books and authors
6.A book titled “SPACE. LIFE. MATTER.: The Coming of Age of Indian Science” by Hari Pulakkat
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
About Book:
• Space. Life. Matter. brings to readers the path-breaking advancesmade by India's scientists to original research and what they mean tothe nation's progress.
• Deeply informed, enlightening and inspiring, this singular,comprehensive account of the pride of place that Indian scienceoccupies in the world is essential reading for all.
What? SPACE. LIFE. MATTER
Who? Hari Pulakkat
Publisher? Hachette India
RECENT NEWS
• A book titled “RSS” by SudhanshuMittal now in Chinese
Book Title: SPACE. LIFE. MATTER
Author: Hari Pulakkat
Publisher: Hachette India
Banking
7.Kotak Mahindra Bank signs MoU with Indian Navy for Salary Account
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? MoU with Indian Navy by? KMBL
Highlights:
• Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMBL) and the Indian Navy announced thatthey have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for SalaryAccount.
• Benefits of the Kotak Salary Account designed especially for theIndian Navy includes Personal Accident Insurance Cover , SpecialEducation Benefit for children, Exclusive benefits on loans and creditcards
• Axis Bank signs MOU withIndian Army to offer defenceservice salary package
Recent news
KMBLCEO: Uday KotakHeadquarters: Mumbai
8.LIC launches benefit based health insurance plan Arogya Rakshak
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? Arogya Rakshakby? LIC
Highlights:
• The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India has introduced a newhealth insurance plan called Arogya Rakshak .
• The plan is aimed at providing timely support in case of medicalemergencies and helping the insured and his/her family to remainfinancially independent in difficult times.
• It differs from the conventional health insurance plan in terms ofmethod of payment , It pays a lump sum benefit irrespective ofactual medical costs.
• LIC to have CEO, managingdirector as Centre scrapschairman post
Recent news
LICHq: mumbaichairman: M R kumar
9.ICICI Bank HPCL Co-Branded Credit Card EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? ICICI Bank HPCL Super Saver Credit Cardby? ICICI bank
Highlights:
• ICICI Bank launched a co-branded credit card with HindustanPetroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) to provide customers withbenefits and reward points of using multiple credit cards in one.
• The ‘ICICI Bank HPCL Super Saver Credit Card' provides in-classrewards and benefits to customers on daily fuel spends as well asother categories such as departmental stores, electricity andmobile, and e-commerce portals, among others.
• The co-branded credit card is powered by VISA
• BUSY Accounting Software tieswith ICICI Bank for bankingsolutions
Recent news
ICICI BANKHq: mumbaiCEO: Sandeep Bakhshi
HPCLHq: mumbaiCEO: Mukesh Kumar Surana
10.Paytm gateway enables payment from fixed deposit account held with IndusInd
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? Partner with indusind bankby? paytm
Highlights:• Paytm Payments Bank's customers can now make instant
payments through its payment gateway using balances available intheir fixed deposit account held with its partner bank, IndusIndBank.
• Paytm Payment Bank Ltd, whose account holders can now usetheir fixed deposits with IndusInd Bank to make instant paymentsacross online platforms. The innovation will help customersmanage their liquidity in real-time to make payments seamlessly.
• Paytm launches ‘PostpaidMini’ to provide small-ticketinstant loans
Recent news
paytmHq: Noida, Uttar PradeshCEO: Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Indusind bankCEO: Sumant KathpaliaHQ:pune, maharashtra
Defence
11.Indian Air Force's Sarang Helicopter Team To Perform At Air Show In Russia
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? Sarang helicopter aerobatic teamIn ? MAKS international air show
Highlights: Recent News
• India’s 1st indigenous dronedefence dome‘Indrajaal’developed by Grene Robotics
• The Sarang helicopter aerobatic team of the Indian Air Force is allset to perform for the first time at the prestigious MAKSinternational air show is taking place at Zhukovsky airport, Russia.
• This is the first occasion when the Sarang team is performing itsfour helicopter aerobatics display in Russia, with its "Made inIndia" "Dhruv" Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH)
• These helicopters, manufactured by state-owned aerospace giantHindustan Aeronautics Limited.
International
12.China unveils 600 kph maglev train makes public debut EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? maglev trainBy ? china
Highlights:
Recent News
• China begins constructionof world’s 1st commercialsmall modular reactor inChangjiang NuclearPower Plant
• China unveiled a maglev train capable of a top speed of 600 kph.• The maximum speed would make the train, self-developed by China and
manufactured in the coastal city of Qingdao, the fastest ground vehicleglobally.
• Using electromagnetic force, the maglev train “levitates” above the trackwith no contact between body and rail.
ChinaCapital: Beijing;Currency: Renminbi;President: Xi Jinping
13.Jeff Bezos launches to space aboard New Shepard rocket ship EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? New Shepard.By ? Jeff bezoz
Highlights:Recent News
• China begins constructionof world’s 1st commercialsmall modular reactor inChangjiang NuclearPower Plant
• Billionaire Jeff Bezos has made a short journey to space, in the firstcrewed flight of his rocket ship, New Shepard.
• He was accompanied by Mark Bezos, his brother, Wally Funk, and an 18-year-old student.
• They travelled in a capsule with the biggest windows flown in space,offering stunning views of the Earth.
• New Shepard, built by Bezos’ company Blue Origin, is designed to servethe burgeoning market for space tourism.
AmazonCEO: Andrew R. Jassy;HQ:Washington ,US
National
14.IIT Ropar develops first-of-its-kind Oxygen Rationing Device ‘AMLEX’
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? Oxygen Rationing Device called AMLEX BY? IIT,Ropar
Highlights:
Recent News
• IIT Ropar developsIndia’s first power-freeCPAP device ‘Jivan Vayu’
• The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar has developed a first-of-its-kind Oxygen Rationing Device called AMLEX, to save the oxygen whichotherwise gets wasted unnecessarily, and in turn, increase the life ofmedical oxygen cylinders three folds.
• The device will supply a required volume of oxygen to the patient duringinhalation and will trip when the patient exhales carbon dioxide.
15.IOC to set up first ‘green hydrogen’ plant at UP EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? ‘green hydrogen’ plant BY? IOC
Highlights:Recent News
• Indian Oil signs pact withGreenstat Norway forhydrogen fuel
• Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will build the first ‘green hydrogen’ plant ofthe country at its Mathura refinery, to meet the growing demand forboth oil and cleaner forms of energy. This will be the nation’s first greenhydrogen unit.
• For this, the company will make use of 250 MW of electricity which itproduces from renewable sources like solar power, to produce absolutelygreen hydrogen
IOCchairman: Shrikant Madhav VaidyaHQ:Mumbai.
State
16.Perumkulam is Kerala’s first ‘Book Village’
Highlights:
What? Book Village’.In? kerala
Recent news
• Covid vaccination campaignfor pregnant women inKerala, “Mathrukavacham”
• Perumkulam, in Kollam District, has been bestowed with the title Kerala’sfirst ‘Book Village’. This claim to fame results from years of concertedefforts aimed at encouraging the habit of reading.
• The library inculcates passion towards reading by setting up bookshelves,or ‘Book Nests’ placed at different corners of the village. Anybody can takebooks from the book nests, read them, and keep them back.
• Bapuji Smaraka Grandhasala’, a library in the village is at the forefront inthis effort of making it the first book village of the State.
keralaCapital: thiruvananthapuramCM: pinarayi vijayanGov: arif mohammad khan
GDP
17.ADB projected India’s economic growth forecast at 10% in FY22
Highlights:
GDP? 10%by? ADB
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has downgraded India’seconomic growth forecast for the financial year 2021-22 (FY22)to 10 per cent, in its Asian Development Outlook (ADO)Supplement for July. Earlier this was estimated at 11%.
Recent news
• Fitch Ratings projectsIndia GDP growth forFY22 at 10%
ADBPres:Masatsugu AsakawaHq: Mandaluyong, Philippines
What Is a Letter of Credit?A letter of credit, or "credit letter" is aletter from a bank guaranteeing that abuyer's payment to a seller will bereceived on time and for the correctamount. In the event that the buyer isunable to make a payment on thepurchase, the bank will be required tocover the full or remaining amount ofthe purchase.
Organisation / Bank: Country / State:Peru Capitals: limaCurr: solPM : Violeta Bermúdez
SMCMD: Mahesh C GuptaDhanalakshmi bank.MD&CEO : Shivan J.KHq: Thrissur
ICICI BANKHq: mumbaiCEO: Sandeep BakhshiHPCLHq: mumbaiCEO: Mukesh Kumar Surana
MECLCMD:Dr. Ranjit RathHQ:Nagpur,maharashtra
NSDCCEO: Manish KumarHQ: new delhicisco CEO: Chuck RobbinsHQ: California,US
MINIS/CONSCommerce & Industry Minister Piyush goyalCons: maharashtra
Goa Capital: panajiGov: P.S. Sreedharan PillaiCM: Pramod Sawant
KMBLCEO: Uday KotakHeadquarters: Mumbai
LICHq: mumbaichairman: M R kumar
paytmHq: Noida, Uttar PradeshCEO: Vijay Shekhar SharmaIndusind bankCEO: Sumant KathpaliaHQ:pune, maharashtra
ChinaCapital: Beijing;Currency: Renminbi;President: Xi JinpingkeralaCapital: thiruvananthapuramCM: pinarayi vijayanGov: arif mohammad khan
AmazonCEO: Andrew R. Jassy;HQ:Washington ,USIOCchairman: Shrikant Madhav VaidyaHQ:Mumbai.
ADBPres:Masatsugu AsakawaHq: Mandaluyong, Philippines
1. International Chess Day: 20 July: observed by???
UNESCO
2. Eswatini's King Mswati appoints new prime minister:name??
Cleops Dlamini
3. Bangladesh Nobel laureate ________to get Olympic Laurel
Muhammad Yunus
4. Who hands over 12.7 mm M2 NATO Stabilized Remote Control Gun???
Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli
5. ________ to issue Certificates using Blockchain Technology
Maharashtra