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Jamsetji Tata tops the donor list

The author of Tata Group, Jamsetji Tata, has arisen as the world's greatest humanitarian somewhat recently by giving $102 billion. The rundown of 50 top suppliers was delivered by the Hurun Report and EdelGive Foundation. Azim Premji is the just other Indian in the best 50 rundown and has gained twelfth position.

New Zealand wins ICC World Test Championship Final

New Zealand has been delegated as the ICC World Test Champions subsequent to beating the Indian group on the last day of the World Test Championship. With this, New Zealand has become the first-since forever group to win the debut ICC World Test Championship.

India got USD 6.4 billion FDI in April 2021

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has educated that India got an all out FDI inflow of USD 6.4 billion in April 2021. It is 38% higher than the FDI inflow of USD 4.53 billion that the nation pulled in April 2020. Mauritius has become the top contributing nation to add to FDI inflows.

JioPhone Next to be dispatched on September 10

During the 44th Reliance AGM 2021, the Chairman of Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani declared that the super reasonable telephone 'JioPhone Next' will be dispatched on September 10, 2021. He additionally educated that Reliance has been attempting to make India 5G-Yukt.

Delhi govt makes entrance for 'Mukhyamantri Covid-19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana'

The Delhi government has fostered an entrance through which groups of Covid-19 casualties will apply for "Mukhyamantri Covid-19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana" to profit monetary help.

Under the plan, an ex-gratia of Rs 50,000 will be given to the individuals who have lost a relative to Covid.

The entrance, probably, will be dispatched by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal one week from now, authorities said.

The public authority's Social Welfare Department told the plan recently under which Rs 50,000 ex-gratia will be given to each family that lost a part to Covid-19 and an extra Rs 2,500 annuity each month if the expired was the sole provider.

Uttarakhand CM home being ready for Covid-19 patients during third wave

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Thursday said he is setting up his authority home for the treatment of Covid patients during the third wave.

 

"There is no absence of readiness to handle the third wave. There are more Covid committed emergency clinics now. Two 500-bed emergency clinics each were created with the assistance of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in Rishikesh and Haldwani notwithstanding the current ones," he told columnists here.

Rawat said locale judges (DMs) have been approached to keep a couple of inns fit to be changed over into Covid care focuses if the need emerges.

"We will successfully manage the third wave. I'm additionally setting up the CM home to oblige Covid patients during the third wave," he expressed.

More than 13,000 jail detainees immunized against Covid-19 in Maharashtra: Govt reveals to Bombay HC

In excess of 13,000 jail detainees in Maharashtra have so far been immunized against Covid and the quantity of dynamic Covid-19 cases among them has diminished altogether, the state government told the Bombay High Court on Thursday. The high court noticed that there had been a "significant improvement" in detainment facilities of the state in the execution of steps to control the spread of Covid-19.

Backer General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni told a seat of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni that as of now, 23,372 detainees are held up in 47 jails across the state.

Out of them, 13,567 detainees had gotten the counter Covid-19 antibody. A sum of 3,641 staff individuals at these penitentiaries had additionally been inoculated, he said.

Dependence communicates obligation to Green energy, to assemble 4 Giga processing plants

At its 44th Annual General Meeting, Reliance reported its obligation to environmentally friendly power energy. Mukesh Ambani expressed that the organization will enter the new energy market "determined to connect the environmentally friendly power energy partition in India and internationally," like how Jio did with the advanced gap.

More than 2,000 individuals given phony Covid-19 antibodies in Mumbai, Maharashtra govt reveals to Bombay HC

The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court today that in excess of 2,000 individuals have been exploited by counterfeit Covid-19 inoculation camps in Mumbai. As of not long ago, no less than nine phony camps have been held in the city, with four separate FIRs documented in such manner.

 

 

Sri Lanka discharges 93 detainees, including 16 LTTE fear suspects

Sri Lanka on Thursday delivered 93 detainees, including 16 LTTE dread suspects held without charges, after they were exonerated by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Will ask Center, PM Modi to reexamine Article 370 revocation choice: CPI(M)

"Our assumptions are that it ought to be a decent starting to determine the issues, worries of individuals of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Whatever has been done to us isn't inside the constraints of the Constitution. Our privileges, ensured under the arrangements of the Constitution of India, have been grabbed from us. We will request the Center and PM Modi to rethink and reestablish those rights which have been ensured by the Constituent Assembly of India," said Yousuf Tarigami, CPI(M), on All-Party Meeting called by PM Narendra Modi.

Bombay HC grants the State government to additionally change its allure against Tarun Tejpal

The Vacation Bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa has allowed the state government to revise its allure against Tarun Tejpal, the previous manager in-head of Tehelka magazine, in a supposed rape case. The following hearing on the matter is booked for June 29.

Public Conference boss Farooq Abdullah shows up in Delhi in front of meet with PM Modi

Public Conference boss Farooq Abdullah showed up in Delhi on Thursday. He will go to an all-party meeting of Jammu and Kashmir ideological groups called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi sometime in the afternoon.

Congress boss Sonia Gandhi asks partymen to attempt to address immunization aversion

Congress President Sonia Gandhi communicated worry over the speed of immunization in India today and said the country needs to get ready for the third rush of Covid-19 and ensure kids. Tending to a gathering of AICC general secretaries and in-charges from different states, she expressed that the gathering should guarantee that antibody aversion is survived and immunization wastage is limited.

Iran probably had bombed rocket dispatch, getting ready for another

Iran probably directed a bombed dispatch of a satellite-conveying rocket as of late and presently has all the earmarks of being planning to attempt once more, the country's most recent work to propel its space program in the midst of pressures with the West over its worn out atomic arrangement.

Satellite pictures, a U.S. official and a rocket master all affirmed the bombed dispatch, recently, at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran's Semnan territory. The endeavor comes as Iran's space program has experienced a progression of high-profile misfortunes, while its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard runs its own equal program that dispatched a satellite into space last year.


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1-India named striker Rani Rampal as skipper and Deep Grace Ekka and Savita as two vice-captains of the national women's hockey team for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics to be held from July 23 to August 8. 

2-The Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi launched a nationwide “JaanHaiToJahaanHai” awareness campaign to create awareness on Corona vaccination in rural and remote areas of the country and also to “Crush and Curb” the rumours and apprehensions, being spread by some vested interests regarding the on-going vaccination drive. 

3-The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi launched ‘WHO M-Yoga’ App while addressing on the occasion of 7th International Day of Yoga. 

4-The Union Government has launched free COVID-19 vaccine to all the citizens above 18 years of age. 

5-On the occasion of International Day of Yoga, Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre launched NIOS Diploma course in Yogic Science. 

6-Government extended the waiver of Inter-State Transmission system (ISTS) charges on transmission of electricity generated from solar and wind sources up to 30th June 2025. 

7-The ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition along with the Telangana government will be holding for the first time the sero-surveillance survey among children in the state. 

8-Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and state COVID Task Force head Dr C N Ashwatha Narayana rolled out Sakshama COVID helpline 0120 690 4999 for specially abled in Bengaluru. 

9-India received USD 64 billion in Foreign Direct Investment in 2020, the fifth largest recipient of inflows in the world, according to a UN report. 


10-Armenia's acting Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, and his Civil Contract Party won a parliamentary election with 53.92 per cent votes. 








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Current Affairs in One Minute

1-Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired enhanced range versions of indigenously developed 122mm Caliber Rocket from a Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) at Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. 

रक्षा अनुसंधान और विकास संगठन (डीआरडीओ) ने ओडिशा के चांदीपुर तट पर एकीकृत परीक्षण रेंज (आईटीआर) में एक मल्टी-बैरल रॉकेट लॉन्चर (एमबीआरएल) से स्वदेशी रूप से विकसित 122 मिमी कैलिबर रॉकेट के उन्नत रेंज संस्करणों का सफलतापूर्वक परीक्षण किया।

2-Vikram Bharatsinh of Madhya Pradesh won gold in men's 10,000 metres on the opening day of the National Inter State Athletics Championships. 

मध्य प्रदेश के विक्रम भरतसिंह ने राष्ट्रीय अंतरराज्यीय एथलेटिक्स चैंपियनशिप के पहले दिन पुरुषों की 10,000 मीटर स्पर्धा में स्वर्ण पदक जीता।

3-President of India, in exercise of the power conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, appointed Satyen Vaidya, to be an Additional Judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. 

भारत के राष्ट्रपति ने संविधान के अनुच्छेद 224 के उपबन्ध (1) में निहित अधिकारों का प्रयोग करते हुए सत्येन वैद्य को हिमाचल प्रदेश उच्च न्यायालय में अपर न्यायाधीश नियुक्त किया है।

4-The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves acquisition of the Zuarinagar plant of Zuari Agro Chemicals Limited by Paradeep Phosphates Limited. 

भारतीय प्रतिस्पर्धा आयोग (सीसीआई) ने पारादीप फॉस्फेट्स लिमिटेड द्वारा जुआरी एग्रो केमिकल्स लिमिटेड के जुआरीनगर संयंत्र के अधिग्रहण को मंजूरी दी है।

5-NITI Aayog convened the National Convention on Prevention of Maternal, Adolescent and Childhood Obesity under the chairmanship of Dr. V.K. Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog and Co-chairmanship of Dr. R Hemalatha, Director, Nutrition Institute of India. 

नीति आयोग ने नीति आयोग के सदस्य (स्वास्थ्य) डॉ वी के पॉलकी अध्यक्षता और भारतीय पोषण संस्थान की निदेशक डॉआर हेमलता की सह अध्यक्षता में मातृ, किशोरावस्था और बचपन के मोटापे की रोकथाम पर राष्ट्रीय सम्मेलन का आयोजन किया।

6-Minister of State for Education, Sanjay Dhotre launched a Rapid Antigen Test kit for COVID-19 developed by IIT Delhi. 

केंद्रीय शिक्षा राज्‍य मंत्री संजय धोत्रे ने आईआईटी, दिल्‍ली द्वारा विकसित कोविड-19 के लिए रैपिड एंटीजन जांच किट का शुभांरभ किया।

7-Heads of the global health, intellectual property and trade bodies have announced a joint platform to help countries plug the gaps in accessing Covid-19 vaccines, treatments and technologies. 

विश्‍व स्वास्थ्य, बौद्धिक संपदा और व्यापार निकायों के प्रमुखों ने कोविड के टीकों, उपचारों और प्रौद्योगिकियों तक पहुँचने में अंतराल को पाटने में दुनिया के देशों की मदद करने के लिए एक संयुक्त मंच की घोषणा की।

8-US President Joe Biden said that he has reached a deal with a bipartisan group of senators on a roughly $1.2-trillion infrastructure plan. 

अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति जो बाइडन ने कहा कि उन्होंने लगभग 1.2 ट्रिलियन डॉलर की बुनियादी ढांचा की योजना पर सीनेटरों के एक द्विदलीय समूह के साथ एक समझौता किया है।

9-The World Bank approved a $400 millionloan to support reforms that will assist the Philippine government in achieving a resilient financial sector and help ensure a more inclusive recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. 

विश्व बैंक ने सुधारों का समर्थन करने के लिए 400 मिलियन डॉलर के ऋण को मंजूरी दी, जो एक लचीला वित्तीय क्षेत्र प्राप्त करने में फिलीपीन सरकार की सहायता करने और कोविड महामारी से ज्यादा समावेशी वसूली सुनिश्चित करने में मदद करेगा।

10-Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail announced the signing of an agreement with Masdar, a renewable energy developer based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to establish a solar energy project. 

इराकी तेल मंत्री एहसान अब्दुल-जब्बार इस्माइल ने सौर ऊर्जा परियोजना स्थापित करने के लिए संयुक्त अरब अमीरात (यूएई) में स्थित एक अक्षय ऊर्जा डेवलपर मसदर के साथ एक समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर करने की घोषणा की है।



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1-Indian men's hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and former women's player Deepika were nominatd by Hockey India (HI) for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. 

हॉकी इंडिया ने भारतीय पुरुष हॉकी टीम के गोलकीपर पीआर श्रीजेश और पूर्व महिला खिलाड़ी दीपिका के नाम राजीव गांधी खेल रत्न अवॉर्ड के लिए नामित किए हैं।

2-Sajan Prakash became the first Indian swimmer ever to qualify for Olympics by achieving A qualification mark when he clocked 1 minute 56.38 seconds in the men's 200 metres butterfly event at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome. 

साजन प्रकाश रोम में सेटे कोली ट्रॉफी में पुरुषों की 200 मीटर बटरफ्लाई स्पर्धा में 1 मिनट 56.38 सेकेंड का समय लेकर ओलंपिक के लिए क्वालीफाई करने वाले पहले भारतीय तैराक बन गए।

3-Former Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Rangana Herath has been appointed the Bangladesh cricket team's spin-bowling consultant until the T20 World Cup, while South Africa's former left-handed middle-order batsman Ashwell Prince will be their batting consultant during the upcoming Zimbabwe tour. 

श्रीलंका के पूर्व स्पिन गेंदबाज रंगना हेराथ टी20 विश्व कप तक बांग्लादेश टीम के स्पिन गेंदबाजी सलाहकार और दक्षिण अफ्रीका के पूर्व बल्लेबाज एशवेल प्रिंस को आने वाले जिम्बाब्वे दौरे के दौरान टीम का बल्लेबाजी सलाहकार नियुक्त किया गया है।

4-Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated mega quintal capacity Seed Processing plant at Kathua District of Jammu and Kashmir. 

केंद्रीय मंत्री डॉ. जितेंद्र सिंह ने जम्मू-कश्मीर के कठुआ जिले में मेगा क्विंटल क्षमता वाले बीज प्रसंस्करण संयंत्र का उद्घाटन किया।

5-In a major boost to export of exotic fruit, a consignment of fibre and mineral rich ‘Dragon Fruit’, also referred as Kamalam, has been exported to Dubai. 

विदेशी प्रजातियों वाले फलों के निर्यात को बढ़ावा देने के लिए, फाइबर और खनिज से भरपूर 'ड्रैगन फ्रूट', जिसे कमलम भी कहा जाता है, की एक खेप दुबई को निर्यात की गई है।

6-The Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Thawaarchand Gehlot launched the website for the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan on the occasion of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. 

सामाजिक न्‍याय और अधिकारिता मंत्री थावरचंद गहलोत ने अंतरराष्‍ट्रीय नशा और नशीले पदार्थों की तस्‍करी विरोधी दिवस के अवसर पर नशामुक्‍त भारत अभियान के लिए वेबसाइट शुरू की।

7-Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala laid the Foundation Stone of Jan Nayak Chaudhary Devi Lal Model Colony in Israna village of Panipat district to provide urban facilities in the villages. 

हरियाणा के उपमुख्यमंत्री दुष्यंत चौटाला ने गांवों में शहरी सुविधाएं उपलब्ध कराने के लिए पानीपत जिले के इसराना गांव में जन नायक चौधरी देवी लाल मॉडल कॉलोनी की आधारशिला रखी।

8-The Centre acceded to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's request for extending the tenure of Chief Secretary Aditya Nath Das by three more months. 

केंद्र सरकार ने शनिवार को आंध्र प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री वाई.एस.जगन मोहन रेड्डी के मुख्य सचिव आदित्य नाथ दास का कार्यकाल तीन महीने और बढ़ाने का अनुरोध स्वीकार कर लिया।

9-Two Ayurveda doctors, who are originally from India's Kerela state and now based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have received the Gulf nation's coveted Golden Visa. 

मूल रूप से भारत के केरल और अब संयुक्त अरब अमीरात (यूएई) में रहने वाले दो आयुर्वेद डॉक्टरों को खाड़ी देश का प्रतिष्ठित गोल्डन वीजा मिला है।

10-In a crackdown on political interference, the Reserve Bank of India has barred MPs, MLAs and members of municipal corporations or other local bodies from holding the office of managing director (MD) or whole-time director (WTD) in urban cooperative banks. 

भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक ने राजनीतिक हस्तक्षेप पर कार्रवाई करते हुए सांसदों, विधायकों और नगर निगमों या अन्य स्थानीय निकायों के सदस्यों को शहरी सहकारी बैंकों में प्रबंध निदेशक (एमडी) या पूर्णकालिक निदेशक का पद संभालने से रोक दिया है।

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Current Affairs in One Minute

1-Defence Research and Development Organisation has successfully flight tested a New Generation Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile Agni P from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam island off the coast of Odisha, Balasore. 

रक्षा अनुसंधान और विकास संगठन ने ओडि़सा के बालासौर के निकट डॉ. ए.पी.जे. अब्‍दुल कलाम द्वीप से नई पीढ़ी की परमाणु हथियार ले जाने में सक्षम बैलेस्टिक मिसाइल अग्नि-2 का सफलतापूर्वक परीक्षण किया।

2-Union Minister Prakash Javadekar has expressed pride that six Indian Medical Colleges have found a place in list of 100 best medical colleges of the world in 2021. 

केन्‍द्रीय मंत्री प्रकाश जावड़ेकर ने प्रसन्‍नता व्‍यक्‍त की है कि भारत के छह मेडिकल कॉलेज 2021 में विश्‍व के सौ श्रेष्‍ठ मेडिकल कॉलेज की सूची में शामिल किये गए हैं।

3-Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated 63 bridges built by Border Roads Organization in 8 states. 

रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने सीमा सड़क संगठन द्वारा आठ राज्यों में निर्मित 63 पुलों का उद्घाटन किया।

4-Dr. Reddys, a leading multinational pharmaceutical company today announced the commercial launch of 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG). 

जानी मानी दवा निर्माता कंपनी डॉ. रेड्डीज ने 2-डीऑक्सी-डी-ग्लूकोज का उत्‍पादन शुरू कर दिया है।

5-Olympic-bound Rahi Sarnobat displayed sensational form to clinch the women's 25m pistol gold medal at the ISSF shooting World Cup but teen sensation Manu Bhaker ended seventh in the same event. 

ओलंपिक का टिकट हासिल कर चुकी भारतीय निशानेबाज राही सरनोबत ने आईएसएसएफ विश्व कप में महिलाओं की 25 मीटर पिस्टल स्पर्धा में स्वर्ण पदक जीता जबकि युवा खिलाड़ी मनु भाकर सातवें स्थान पर रही।

6-WhatsApp has appointed former Amazon executive Manesh Mahatme as a director to lead the growth of its payments business in India. 

व्हॉट्सएप ने अमेजन के पूर्व कार्यकारी मनेश महात्मे को भारत में अपने भुगतान कारोबार का प्रमुख नियुक्त किया है।

7-The central government has decided to extend the tenure of K K Venugopal as the Attorney General by one year. 

केंद्र सरकार ने अटॉर्नी जनरल के के वेणुगोपाल का कार्यकाल एक साल बढ़ाने का फैसला किया है।

8-Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced ₹1.1 lakh crore loan guarantee scheme for COVID-19 affected sectors. 

वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण ने कोविड -19 प्रभावित क्षेत्रों के लिए ₹1.1 लाख करोड़ की ऋण गारंटी योजना की घोषणा की।

9-Justice Ravi Vijaykumar Malimath was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. 

न्यायमूर्ति रवि विजयकुमार मलिमथ को हिमाचल प्रदेश उच्च न्यायालय का कार्यवाहक मुख्य न्यायाधीश नियुक्त किया गया।

10-The Indian cricket board has decided to inform the International Cricket Council (ICC) that it won't be able to host the T20 World Cup, leaving the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which was kept as standby for the tournament, as the host. 

भारतीय क्रिकेट कंट्रोल बोर्ड (बीसीसीआई) ने यह फैसला किया है कि वह अंतरराष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट परिषद (आईसीसी) को इस बारे में सूचना देगा कि भारतीय बोर्ड इस साल होने वाले टी20 विश्व कप की मेजबानी नहीं कर पाएगा और इस टूर्नामेंट को संयुक्त अरब अमीरात (यूएई) में कराया जाए।