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Current Affairs Today – 21st & 22nd July 2019
BUSINESS and ECONOMY Current Affairs
India will achieve economic growth of 8% plus from FY 2020-21 onwards: NITI Aayog VC
- NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar has announced that India will achieve economic growth of 8 per cent plus from the fiscal year 2020-21 onwards.
- The current government is focused on accelerating growth from the current about 7% cent to more than 8% and it will propel the country to easily achieving the target of becoming a five trillion dollar economy.
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NITI Aayog: The NITI Aayog is a policy think tank of the Government of India, established with the aim to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.
- Formed: 1 January 2015
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- CEO: Amitabh Kant
- Chairman: PM Narendra Modi
- Vice-Chairman: Rajiv Kumar
NATIONAL Current Affairs
Over 7 crore 32 lakh farmer families receive first two instalments of under PMKSNY
- Over seven crore 32 lakh farmer families across the country have received the first and second instalments of 2 thousand rupees each under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana amounting to 14 thousand 646 crore rupees.
- PM-KISAN envisages covering approximately 14 crore 50 lakh beneficiaries across the country subject to exclusion criteria.
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PMKSNY: Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana is a national mission to improve farm productivity and ensure better utilization of the resources in the country.
20 thousand wellness centres to be completed this year under Ayushman Bharat
- 20 thousand wellness centres will be completed by the end of the current year under Ayushman Bharat programme.
- Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan announced that a total of 1.5 lakh wellness centres are to be established in the country under this programme
- Dr Harsh Vardhan termed the Ayushman Bharat programme as a successful model in implementing universal health.
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- Health and Family Welfare Minister: Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Ayushman Bharat Yojana or Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) or National Health Protection Scheme [1]is a centrally sponsored scheme launched in 2018, under the Ayushman Bharat Mission.
- Launched: 23 September 2018
Country’s first body protector for women personnel in combat unveiled by CRPF
- The CRPF Director General R R Bhatnagar unveiled the country’s first prototype of a body protector for women personnel.
- It is jointly developed with the Defence Research and Development Organisation.
- It is “gender-specific protective gear” , weighs 6 kg and black colored.
- Its estimated cost is Rs 9,000.
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CRPF: The Central Reserve Police Force is India’s largest Central Armed Police Force and also considered to be World’s largest Paramilitary Force.
- Founded: 27 July 1939
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- Motto: “सेवा और निष्ठा”
STATE Current Affairs
Meghalaya: Indigo Airlines begins its Kolkata-Shillong-Kolkata service at Umroi Airport
- In Meghalaya, Indigo Airlines today began its Kolkata-Shillong-Kolkata service at the Umroi Airport.
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- Meghalaya: Capital City(Shillong) CM(Conrad Kongkal Sangma) Governor(Tathagata Roy)
Kerala to set up India’s first space tech park in Thiruvananthapuram
- The Kerala government will set up the country’s first space tech park at Thiruvananthapuram’s Knowledge City.
- The move is aimed at making the city a manufacturing hub for space-related technology.
- A space museum named after former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam will also be a part of the infrastructure.
- The entire investment will be made by the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), a major space research centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
- The government will lease 20.01 acres of land to the Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd (KSITIL) to develop the space park.
- CEO of Kerala government owned ICT Academy, Santhosh Kurup, has been appointed as the special officer of the space park project.
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- Kerala: Capital City(Thiruvananthapuram) CM(Pinarayi Vijayan) Governor(Palanisamy Sathasivam)
Rajasthan government launches ‘police training’ programme for school students
- The Rajasthan government has formally launched a training programme for school students, in line with the National Cadet Corps practice.
- It aims to curb rising adolescent delinquency and make them aware of basic laws and legal procedures.
- The training programme initiated jointly by the state education and police departments will be available in selected government schools in the current academic session.
- The two-year programme for students of classes 8 and 9 aims to curb rising adolescent delinquency, strengthen the teenagers mentally and physically, and make them aware of basic laws and legal procedures.
- Under the programme, the government school students would be trained as Student Police Cadets (SPC).
- The schools selected for the SPC training programme would be granted Rs 1 lakh for the two-year course.
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- Rajasthan: Capital City(Jaipur) CM(Ashok Gehlot) Governor(Kalyan Singh)
In J&K Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates two bridges
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday inaugurated 1000 meter long Ujh Bridge in Kathua district and 617.40-meter Basantar Bridge in samba district and dedicated them to the nation.
- Terming construction of Ujh and Basantar bridges a great achievement by Border Roads Organisation.
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- J&K: Capital City(Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter)) CM(Vacant) Governor(Satya Pal Malik)
INTERNATIONAL Current Affairs
The US and South Korean military exercises to be held in August despite warning from North Korea
- The 19-2 Dong Maeng (alliance) exercise, an annual military exercise between the US and South Korean military exercises, will be held in the month of August.
- The announcement was made by Choi Jong-kun, the secretary for peace planning to South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
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- US (Capital/Currency): Washington, D.C./ United States Dollar
- President: Donald Trump
- South Korea (Capital/Currency): Seoul/ South Korean won
- 41st Prime Minister: Lee Nak-yeon
- President: Moon Jae-in
SUMMITS and CONFERENCES
DefExpo India-2020 to be held in Lucknow for the first time
- The Eleventh biennial edition of DefExpo India – 2020 is scheduled to be held for the first time in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow in February 2020.
- The main theme of the DefExpo India- 2020 will be — India – the Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub and the focus will be on Digital Transformation of Defence.
- The four-day event will begin from 5th of February.
- The exhibition will also highlight the emergence of Uttar Pradesh as an attractive destination for investment in the defence sector and act as a platform for alliances and joint ventures in the defence industry.
- The DefExpo will provide an opportunity to the major foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers to collaborate with the Indian defence industry and help promote Make in India initiative.
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- Uttar Pradesh: Capital City(Lucknow) CM(Yogi Adityanath) Governor(Anandiben Patel)
AGREEMENTS and MoU signed
CCEA approved the 2,880 megawatts Dibang hydro power project in Arunachal Pradesh
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the 2,880 megawatts Dibang hydro power project in Arunachal Pradesh.
- It approved a Rs.1,600 crore pre-investment and clearance expenditure for the Rs.28,080.35 crore strategic project.
- The project will produce 11223MU (Million Units) of energy in 90% dependable year.
- Dibang project is a storage based hydro-electric project. It is the largest ever Hydro Electric Projects to be constructed in India, so far. The Project is located on Dibang River, Arunachal Pradesh.
- The planned height of the Concrete Gravity Dam is 278 metres.
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- Arunachal Pradesh: Capital City(Amravati) CM(Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy) Governor(Biswa Bhushan Harichandan)
Indian Navy signed a major deal worth $50 million with ISI to supply MSRAM systems
- Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed a major deal worth USD50 million with Indian Navy.
- Aim: to supply complementary Naval Medium Range Surface-to-air missile (MRSAM) systems to the Indian Navy and the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders.
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Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM):
MRSAM system is equipped with a modern ground-based multi-function 3D rotating active phased array radar. It has an intercept range between 70-100 km. MSRAM is capable of operating at the extreme condition of -30deg C and an altitude of 3.5 km.
- Israel (Capital/Currency): Jerusalem/ Israeli new shekel
APPOINTMENTS
Rajya Sabha MP D Raja was appointed as the General Secretary
- Rajya Sabha MP D Raja was appointed as the General Secretary of CPI.
- He replaced S Sudhakar Reddy.
Vivek Kohli elected chairman of Commonwealth TT Federation
- India’s Vivek Kohli and M P Singh have been elected as chairman and secretary general respectively of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation (CTTF).
- MP Singh, who is secretary general at Table Tennis Federation of India (TTF), was unanimously elected as secretary general of CTTF.
- The CTTF president is Dushyant Chautala.
- It is for the first time that all the three positions in CTTF are held by Indians.
SPORTS Current Affairs
India A win final one-dayer against West Indies A to clinch series 4-1
- In Cricket, India-A defeated West Indies-A by eight wickets in the fifth and final unofficial one-dayer, completes a 4-1 series triumph in Antigua.
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- Antigua (Capital/Currency): Saint John’s/ Eastern Caribbean dollar
Tennis: Women’s world rankings unchanged
In Tennis, the women’s world rankings were unchanged today.
- Ashleigh Barty of Australia
- Naomi Osaka of Japan
- Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic
- Simona Halep of Romania
- Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands
Indian bodybuilder Ravinder Malik clinches Mr South Asia title
- Indian bodybuilder Ravinder Kumar Malik has clinched Mr. South Asia title.
- He has crowned the overall champion at 12th South Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship in Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Malik, the winner of 80 kg category, was adjudged best bodybuilder among the winners of nine senior men’s weight categories.
- Afghanistan won team championship by securing a top position with 535 points and won a total of 15 medals including six gold, four silver and five bronze.
- Host Nepal finished second with 445 points, while India remained third with 380 points and bagged three gold, seven silver and six bronze medals.
- India claimed four gold, five silver and one bronze medal.
- The Maldives won three gold and two bronze medals.
- Pakistan bagged one gold, two silver and two bronze.
- Bhutan finished last with a bronze medal.
- This championship is organised by South Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Federation under the auspices of Nepal Bodybuilding and Fitness Association.
Hima Das wins gold in 400m race, 5th in a month
- Indian sprinter Hima Das won a gold medal in the 400-meter race with a season-best time of 52.09 seconds at Nove Mesto in the Czech Republic.
- It was Hima’s fifth gold medal since July 2 when she ran her first competitive race in Europe.
- Hima has already won gold in 200 meters race at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix and Kutno Athletics Meet in Poland.
- She won her third 200 meters gold at the Kladno Athletics Meet and fourth gold at the Tabor Athletics Meet in the Czech Republic.
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- Czech Republic (Capital/Currency): Prague/ Czech koruna
- President: Miloš Zeman
North Korea won Intercontinental Cup title
- North Korea won the second edition of Intercontinental Cup football by defeating Tajikistan in the final.
- The other participants are India and Syria.
- North Korea who USD 50000 as prize amount while the runners-up received USD 25000.
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- North Korea (Cpital/Currency): Pyongyang/Won
- President: Kim Jong-un
- Tajikistan (Capital/Currency): Dushanbe/ Tajikistani somoni, Ruble
- President: Emomali Rahmon
- Syria (Capital/Currency): Damascus/ Syrian pound
- Prime Minister: Imad Khamis
Arjun Bhati of India won Junior World Golf Championship 2019
- Fourteen-year-old Arjun Bhati represented India at the FGC CALLAWAY Junior World Golf Championship.
- He bagged the first position against Taiwan’s Jeremy Chen during the three-day final match in Palm Desert, CA.
- He scored a total of 199 strokes followed by Chen and New Zealand’s Joshua Bai at second and third position with 202 and 207 strokes respectively.
- Total 637 players from 40 counties participated in the tournament.
PV Sindhu wins her first silver medal of the year at Indonesia Open
- World number five PV Sindhu won her first silver medal of the year after finishing second at the Indonesia Open.
- Prithu Gupta of Delhi selected as Indias 64th Grandmaster
- Delhi’s Prithu Gupta becomes India’s 64th Grandmaster. He got Elo around 2500 points.
- He defeated IM Lev Yankelevich in the fifth round of the Portuguese League 2019.
- He received his first GM norm at the Gibraltar Masters.
- He achieved his second norm at the Biel Masters on the same year.
- He got the final norm at the Porticcio Open and finally achieved the required ELO points.
DEFENCE Current Affairs
India, China to carry out major military exercise ‘Hand in Hand’
- India and China will carry out a major military exercise called ‘Hand-in-Hand’ in Meghalaya this year.
- The planning conference for the exercise will be held next month.
- The exercise will take place at Umroi, Meghalaya.
- The exercise was previously held in December last year at Chengdu, China.
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- China (Capital/Currency): Beijing/ Renminbi
- President: Xi Jinping
AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
Repco Micro Finance won award from NABARD for SHG linkage in TN for 2018-19
- Repco Micro Finance, an NBFC-MFI promoted by Repco Bank has received Nabard’s award for outstanding performance in terms of self-help group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu for 2018-19.
- Currently it operates from 90 branches in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and has an employee strength of about 600 people.
- Repco Micro Finance has provided SHG loans worth Rs3,600 crore to over 12 lakh individual beneficiaries through 60,000 SHGs since its establishment in 2007
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Repco Micro Finance
- Headquarters: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Founded: 2007
NABARD: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development is an apex development financial institution in India. It is an institution fully owned by Government of India.
- Founded: 12 July 1982
- Headquarters: Mumbai
SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY
Chandrayaan 2 launched from Sriharikota at 2:43 pm today
- Chandrayaan 2 is scheduled to launch today from Sriharikota at 2:43 pm by using the heavy-lift launch vehicle GSLV-Mark-Three.
- The mission objectives of Chandrayaan-2 include studying mineralogy and chemical composition of lunar soil, to search for water or ice in the near-South Pole of the moon, examining its atmosphere, studying lunar seismic activities and to carry out mapping of the moon using high-resolution cameras.
- One of its main goals is to make a soft-landing of an indigenous lander on the uncharted territory of the moon.
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ISRO: The Indian Space Research Organisation is the space agency of the Government of India.
- Founded: 15 August 1969
- Headquarters: Bengaluru
- Founder: Vikram Sarabhai
- Director: Kailasavadivoo Sivan
OBITURIES
Former Delhi BJP chief Mange Ram Garg passed away
- Former Delhi BJP chief Mange Ram Garg passed away at an age of 82.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed condolence over the death of the former Delhi BJP President Mange Ram Garg.
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