Current Affairs 2021

The bill provides that the centre will be responsible for the development, maintenance, and management of all general aids to navigation and vessel traffic services.  

Antony Blinken's meeting with PM Modi, EAM Jaishankar, and NSA Ajit Doval will be crucial as it comes at a time when the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan may have sent the country into a Civil War and when China has become an acute challenge for both the US and India. 

Odisha’s Puri has become the first city in India to have a Drink from Tap project that will dispense safe hygienic drinking water directly from a tap 24x7. Read all about the Drink from Tap project.

With the passing of the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2021, two educational institutes have become Institutions of National Importance (INI). 

Assam Government has announced a 3-day state mourning to pay respects to the five police personnel and one civilian who lost their lives in a firing at the Assam-Mizoram border on July 26.

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is on a three-day visit to Dushanbe, Tajikistan from July 27-29, 2021, where he attended the Defence Ministers Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

A report by the American Federation of Scientists on July 26 said that the satellite images have shown that China was building a new field of nuclear missile silos near Hami in the eastern part of its Xinjiang region.

Saudi Arabia's red list comprises countries such as India, Indonesia, UAE, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Iran, Turkey, Armenia etc. 

Every year on July 28, World Hepatitis Day (WHD) is observed to raise awareness about viral hepatitis. Read all you need to know.

Najib Mikati became Lebanon’s new Prime Minister with 72 votes in parliament. Read all you need to know.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: As the multisport event started on July 23, 2021, Indian athletes have been putting their best. With Mirabi Chanu winning the first medal for India, check the list of all other Indian athletes who will be performing in the Olympics 2020 below and find who made it through the cut and has a chance of bringing medals home. 

India at Tokyo Olympics 2020, July 27 Highlights: Indian boxer Pooja Rani stormed into the quarterfinals of women's middleweight (69-75kg) category after defeating Algeria's  Ichrak Chaib in Round of 16.

Nandu Natekar won the men’s singles championship in the Selangor International Tournament in Kuala Lumpur in 1956. Natekar’s victory was also the first international victory by an Indian Badminton player.

Complete Schedule of Indian athletes: PV Sindhu has advanced to the knockout stage after defeating Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi 21-9, 21-16 to top Group J. Get Complete Schedule of Indian athletes- Date, Medal Events and all other details. 

India’s weightlifter Mirabai Chanu who bagged a silver medal in the 49-kg women’s weightlifting competition at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 stands a chance for a medal upgrade to gold.

The researchers discovered that Ganymede's surface temperature varies strongly throughout the day, becoming sufficiently warm around noon, leading the icy surface to release some small amounts of water molecules. 

Researchers from IISER, Kolkata, in collaboration with IIT Kharagpur, have developed piezoelectric molecular crystals that can repair their own mechanical damages. Read all you need to know.

The giant asteroid is expected to fly past Earth on Saturday, July 24 in Europe, which would be early morning on Sunday, July 25 in Indian Standard Time.

Jeff Bezos will be accompanied by Wally Funk, an 82-year-old pioneer of the space race, Mark Bezos, his brother, and an 18-year old student, Oliver Daeman. The group will travel in a capsule with the biggest windows flown into space, offering stunning views of the Earth.

The 53 years old male vet in China started showing the early onset symptoms of Monkey B Virus, a month after he had dissected two monkeys in early March.

The forecast by IMF for the fiscal year 2021-22 is lower than the 12.5% economic growth that the agency had projected in April 2021, before the deadly second wave took a grip.

The Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 aims to liberalize the Factoring Regulation Act, 2011 by widening the scope of entities that can engage in factoring business.

The Companies and Insolvency Court of the UK declared Vijay Mallya bankrupt allowing the consortium of Indian banks to pursue his assets worldwide.

Deputy RBI Governor T Rabi Shankar stated that conducting pilots of the digital currency in wholesale and retail segments may be a possibility in near future. 

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimated that the global growth for 2021 will be approximately 6 per cent, but some countries are growing faster and other more slowly. Read to know why.

The World Nature Conservation Day is observed on July 28 annually with an aim to conserve the trees and animals that are on the verge of going extinct from the Earth’s natural environment.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Green Sohra Afforestation Campaign at Sohra (Cherrapunji) during his visit to Meghalaya. Read all you need to know.

Scientists believe that the fossil will help them in understanding how these reptiles went from being terrestrial to aquatic. Along with other fossils, the discovery also supports the idea that South America was a cradle of evolution for crocodiles.

Sunseap Group's floating solar farm will be located on the Duriangkang Reservoir in Batam Island, Indonesia spanning around 1,600 hectares. It will be the largest solar floating farm in the world.

More than 6.5 million acres of land in Russia’s coldest city Yakutsk has been charred and the smoke of the wildfires is traveling to Alaska due to strong wind currents. What is fueling these wildfires?

Turkmenistan’s weightlifter Polina Guryeva won a silver medal in the 59-kg weightlifting category in the Tokyo Olympics thereby securing the country’s first Olympic medal.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: As the multisport event started on July 23, 2021, Indian athletes have been putting their best. With Mirabi Chanu winning the first medal for India, check the list of all other Indian athletes who will be performing in the Olympics 2020 below and find who made it through the cut and has a chance of bringing medals home. 

The day’s updated quizzes cover topics such as India's GDP growth forecast for FY-22, Karnataka's new Chief Minister, World Hepatitis Day and largest moon in our solar system among others. 

Senior BJP leader Basavaraj Somappa Bommai has become the 23rd Chief Minister of Karnataka.

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is on a three-day visit to Dushanbe, Tajikistan from July 27-29, 2021, where he attended the Defence Ministers Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

The objective to create the Current Affairs QnA video is to assist you in your preparation for various competitive exams like IAS, PCS, Banking, SSC, Railways etc. This video covers important Current Affairs questions and its explanations.

The objective to create the Current Affairs QnA video is to assist you in your preparation for various competitive exams like IAS, PCS, Banking, SSC, Railways etc. This video covers
important Current Affairs questions and its explanations.

The objective to create the Current Affairs QnA video is to assist you in your preparation for various competitive exams like IAS, PCS, Banking, SSC, Railways etc. This video covers
important Current Affairs questions and its explanations.

The objective to create the Current Affairs QnA video is to assist you in your preparation for various competitive exams like IAS, PCS, Banking, SSC, Railways etc. This video covers
important Current Affairs questions and its explanations.

The objective to create the Current Affairs QnA video is to assist you in your preparation for various competitive exams like IAS, PCS, Banking, SSC, Railways etc. This video covers
important Current Affairs questions and its explanations.