INSTITUTE FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT
JULY 5
INDIA
– CoWIN, India’s technology platform for COVID vaccination, is being made open source and will be available to all countries: PM said in his address at the CoWIN Global Conclave
– Twitter failed to comply with to comply with Information Technology (IT) Rules 2021, losing its immunity as
‘intermediary’: Govt tells Delhi High Court
– CBSE announces new rules Class 10 & 12 board examsfor 2021-22; session to be split into two terms, 50% syllabus in each term
– Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, accused in Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case of December 2017, dies at 84 in Mumbai hospital
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– National Health Authority CEO Ram Sewak Sharma and Infosys non-executive chairman Nandan Nilekani appointed as members of an advisory council for creating an Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)
– Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrests Kewal Krishan Kumar, CMD of Shakti Bhog Foods Limited, on money-laundering charge
– Ministry of Tourism signs MoU with travel & tourism portal Yatra.com to strengthen Hospitality & Tourism Industry WORLD
– Tropical Storm Elsa brings strong winds, steady downpour to Cuba
SPORTS
– M. C. Mary Kom (boxing), Manpreet Singh (hockey) to be flag bearers of Indian contingent at opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics; wrestler Bajrang Punia will be flag bearer at the closing ceremony
JULY 6
NEW GOVERNORS APPOINTED – P.S. Sreedharan Pillai: Goa
– Satyadev Narayan Arya: Tripura – Ramesh Bais: Jharkhand
– Bandaru Dattatreya: Haryana
– Thaawarchand Gehlot: Karnataka – Hari Babu Kambhampati: Mizoram
– Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel: Madhya Pradesh – Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar: Himachal Pradesh NEW DIPLOMATS IN INDIA
– Mariana Pacheco Montes: Ambassador of Colombia
– Alberto Antonio Guani Amarilla: Ambassador of Uruguay – Jason Keats Matthew Hall: High Commissioner of Jamaica – Youri Babakhanyan: Armenia
DILIP KUMAR
– Legendary actor Dilip Kumar dies at 98 in Mumbai – Filmfare Awards for Best Actor 8 times
– Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994 – Padma Bhushan (1991)
– Padma Vibhushan (2015)
– Pakistan’s Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1998)
– Nominated Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra in 2000–2006
INDIA
– J&K: Indian Army names firing range in Gulmarg after Vidya Balan
– IAF to procure 10 anti-drone systems for deployment in border areas
– Delhi govt. launches ‘Mukhyamantri COVID-19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana’ to provide financial assistance to families of COVID-19 victims
JULY 6
– Indian Army chief Gen. M.M. Naravane meets U.K.’s Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Sir Carter
– BRICS Education Ministers meeting hosted by India virtually ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Centre creates new Ministry of Cooperation for strengthening cooperative movement
– Online course mobile app ‘Matsya Setu’ launched for aquaculture farmers by Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Giriraj Singh
– CII organising Indo Pacific Business Summit on 6-8 July virtually, theme: ‘Developing a Road Map for Shared Prosperity’
– First commercial shipment of Mishri variety of cherries from Kashmir exported to Dubai
– MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) Minister Nitin Gadkari becomes “Brand Ambassador” of Khadi Prakritk Paint made from cow dung by KVIC (Khadi and Village Industries Commission)
WORLD
– Israel’s Parliament fails to extend controversial law barring Palestinians from being granted citizenship rights upon marrying Israeli citizens
– Ethiopia resumes filling disputed ‘Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’ on Nile river ignoring opposition from Egypt and Sudan
– ‘Superman’, ‘Lethal Weapon’ director Richard Donner dies at age of 91
JULY 7
NEW CABINET MINISTERS
– Narayan Rane: Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
– Sarbananda Sonowal: Ports, Shipping & Waterways and AYUSH
– Virendra Kumar: Social Justice & Empowerment – Jyotiraditya M Scindia: Civil Aviation
– Ramchandra Prasad Singh: Steel JULY 7
– Ashwini Vaishnaw: Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology
– Pashupati Kumar Paras: Food Processing Industries
– Bhupender Yadav: Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Labour & Employment
– Kiren Rijiju: Law & Justice
– Raj Kumar Singh: Power and New & Renewable Energy – Mansukh Mandaviya: Health & Family Welfare and
Chemicals & Fertilizers
– Hardeep Singh Puri: Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing
& Urban Affairs
– G. Kishan Reddy: Culture, Tourism and Development of North Eastern Region
– Anurag Thakur: Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs
& Sports
– Parshottam Rupala: Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying – Narendra Modi: Science & Technology
– Amit Shah: Cooperation NEW MINISTERS OF STATE
– Pankaj Choudhary: Ministry of Finance
– Anupriya Singh Patel: Commerce & Industry – Satya Pal Singh Baghel: Law & Justice
– Rajeev Chandrasekhar: Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship and Electronics & Information Technology – Shobha Karandlaje: Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
– Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma: Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
– Darshana Vikram Jardosh: Textiles and Railways – Meenakshi Lekhi: External Affairs and Culture – Annpurna Devi: Education
– A. Narayanaswamy: Social Justice & Empowerment – Kaushal Kishore: Housing & Urban Affairs
– Ajay Bhatt: Defence and Tourism
– B. L. Verma: Development of North Eastern Region and Cooperation
– Ajay Kumar: Home Affairs
– Devusinh Chauhan: Communications
– Bhagwanth Khuba: New & Renewable Energy and Chemicals
& Fertilizers
– Kapil Moreshwar Patil: Panchayati Raj
– Pratima Bhoumik: Social Justice & Empowerment – Subhas Sarkar: Education
– Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad: Finance
– Rajkumar Ranjan Singh: External Affairs and Education – Bharati Pravin Pawar: Health & Family Welfare
– Bishweswar Tudu: Tribal Affairs and Jal Shakti – Shantanu Thakur: Ports, Shipping & Waterways
– Munjapara Mahendrabhai: Women & Child Development and AYUSH
– John Barla: Minority Affairs
– L. Murugan: Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and Information & Broadcasting
– Nisith Pramanik: Home Affairs and Youth Affairs & Sports NEW AMBASSADORS IN INDIA
– Pattarat Hongtong: Thailand
– Daniela Mariana Sezonov Tane: Romania – Nurlan Zhalgasbayev: Kazakhstan
– Firat Sunel: Turkey INDIA
– Congress leader Virbhadra Singh, former Himachal Pradesh CM & Union Minister, dies at 87 in Shimla
– Swamy Prakashananda, former head of Sivagiri Madhom (Mutt), dies at 99 in Thiruvananthapuram
– External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar calls on Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Sensex closes above 53,000 for the first time ever, closes at new lifetime high of 53,054; Nifty also closes at a new lifetime high of 15,879.65
– Fitch cuts India’s GDP growth forecast for 2021-22 to 10%
from 12.8% earlier
– Govt. sets up 25-member development council for cement industry under Dalmia Bharat Group CMD Puneet Dalmia – Exports of Geographical Indications certified Bhalia wheat
from Gujarat begins WORLD
– Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated at home in capital Port-au-Prince
– Sri Lanka issues commemorative coin marking centenary of Chinese Communist Party
– U.S. Defense Department cancels its $10 billion JEDI cloud- computing project that had been awarded to Microsoft during President Donald Trump’s rule
SPORTS
– Former hockey player Keshav Chandra Datt dies in Kolkata at 95, was member of gold medal winning team at 1948 (London) and 1952 (Helsinki) Olympic Games
JULY 8 INDIA
– Abnormal hot and cold temperatures cause more than 7.4 lakh excess deaths in India every year: Lancet Planetary Health journal
– DRDO and AICTE launch regular M. Tech. Program in defence technology
– West Bengal Assembly passes resolution to set up Legislative Council
– New Delhi: Kashmere Gate metro station gets India’s first FASTag-based parking facility
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– LIC to have Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director;
government does away with Chairman post
– Cabinet approves modifications to the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund to increase investment
– Cabinet approves ?23,123 crore package to boost emergency response & healthcare systems
JULY 8
– Cabinet decides to amend Coconut Development Board Act of 1979; Board Chairperson to be a non-executive person of experience in agriculture sector
– Cabinet approves MoU between Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICoAl) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK
– Cabinet approves Memorandum on Cooperation (MoC) between Competition Commission of India (CCI) and Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC)
– NIIT, Axis Bank partner to launch digital banking academy – Cairn says it has got court nod to attach 20 Indian assets in
Paris over the settlement of a $1.2 billion award fromthe Permanent Court at The Hague delivered in December 2020 WORLD
– World passes ‘tragic milestone’ of four million Covid-19 deaths: WHO
SPORTS
– Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin wins Serbia Open chess title in Belgrade
– Japan declares state of emergency in Tokyo because of Covid- 19, spectators will not be allowed at venues of Olympic Games
JULY 9 INDIA
– Defence Minister Rajnath Singh holds telephonic conversation with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Gantz – External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar holds talks with his
Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow
– BRICS members agree on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)-led cooperation
– BRICS member countries agree to a Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)-led BRICS Innovation Cooperation Action Plan (2021-24) proposed by India
– WhatsApp tells Delhi HC it won’t compel users to opt for new privacy policy till data protection bill comes into force JULY 9
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Country’s foreign exchange touch a lifetime high of $610.012 billion in the week ended July 2
– Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman participates virtually in G20 High-Level Tax Symposium on Tax Policy and Climate Change
– Bharat Dynamics Ltd signs Rs 499-crore deal with IAF for surface-to-air Akash missiles of range 30 kms
– NFRA (National Financial Reporting Authority) extends deadline for comments on consultation paper till July 30 WORLD
– Norway’s Telenor quits Myanmar over military coup
– At least 52 people died in a fire that engulfed Hashem Food and Beverage Ltd. factory in Rupganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka
– Oxfam: 11 people die of hunger each minute around the globe
– UNICEF inks deal with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV to supply of 220 mn Covid-19 vaccine doses of Johnson & Johnson to all 55 member states of the African Union (AU) by the end of 2022
– US: Zaila Avant-garde (14) becomes first African-American to win National Spelling Bee contest in its 96-year history JULY 10
INDIA
– PM Modi speaks to Vietnam’s PM Pham Minh Chinh
– Indian Navy prohibits flying of drones within 3 kms of Naval assets
– Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill, 2021 introduced; no govt job, subsidy to those having more than if over two children
– Dr P. K. Warrier, doyen of Ayurveda medicine, dies at 100 in Malappuram, Kerala
– J&K Govt. dismisses 11 employees, including 2 policemen, for allegedly working as over ground workers for terrorist organisations
JULY 10
– 15 EU countries recognise India’s Covishield vaccine for travellers
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– National Fish Farmers Day celebrated by National Fisheries Development Board on July 10
– Geographical Identification (GI) certified Fazil mango variety sourced from Malda district of West Bengal exported for the first time, to Bahrain
– Industrialist N.S. Srinivasa Murthy appointed Honorary Consul General of Vietnam for Karnataka
WORLD
– G20 Finance Ministers &Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting held in Venice
– Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti nominated as new US ambassador to India by President Joe Biden
– EAM S. Jaishankar hands over relics of 17th century Georgian Queen St. Ketevan to Georgia in capital Tbilisi
SPORTS
– Australia's Ashleigh Barty wins women’s singles title at Wimbledon tennis
JULY 11 INDIA
– IT rules compliance: Twitter appoints Vinay Prakash as resident grievance officer for India
– Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath unveils new population policy 2021-30
– Uttarakhand: India’s first cryptogamic (non-seed-bearing plants) garden inaugurated at Deoban in Chakrata town of
‘s Dehradun district
– Assam govt. to set up “department of indigenous faith and culture”
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurates country’s first private Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Nagpur; set up by Baidyanath Ayurvedic Group
JULY 11
– Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) shifted to Finance Ministry; was part of Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
WORLD
– Afghanistan: India evacuates diplomats, security personnel from Kandahar as Taliban captures new areas
– G20 Finance Ministers approveglobal corporate tax rate of at least 15% during two-day talks in Venice
– Cuba develops three-shot Soberana 2, world’s first conjugate vaccine for COVID-19
– Conjugate vaccines can be stored in regular refrigeration settings of 2–8 degree Celsius
– Cambridge University chemists Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman declared winners of 2020 Millennium Technology Prize for their development of revolutionary sequencing techniques
– Virgin Galactic space tourism company founder Richard Branson conducts space flight along with four other crewmates including Indian-origin woman Sirisha Bandla – Ethiopia: PM Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity party wins
parliamentary election
– World Population Day celebrated on July 11; theme: “Rights and Choices are the Answer: Whether baby boom or bust, the solution to shifting fertility rates lies in prioritising all people’s reproductive health and rights”
2021 COPA AMERICA FOOTBALL
– Argentina beats Brazil 1-0 in final at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro
– Argentina’s captain Lionel Messi finishes as tournament’s joint top goalscorer with Peru’s Luis Díaz with four goals – Messi elected joint best player along with Brazil’s Neymar EURO 2020 FOOTBALL
– Italy win 2020 UEFA European Football Championship by defeating England 3-2 in penalty shoot-out in the final played at Wembley Stadium in London
– Czech Republic’s Patrik Schick and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo were top scorers 5 goals each
– Italy’s goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was Best player of the tournament
2021 WIMBLEDON TENNIS: TITLE WINNERS – Men’s Singles: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic – Women’s Singles: Ashleigh Barty
– Men’s Doubles: Croatia’s Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic – Women’s Doubles: Chinese Taipei’s Hsieh Su-wei & Elise
Mertens of Belgium
– Mixed Doubles: United Kingdom’s Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk of US
CHESS
– Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France winsCroatia Grand Chess Tour at Zagreb
