July 2021 Monthly Current Affairs

•  Amitab Kant is given a one year extension as the CEO of NITI Aayog.
• China became Malaria Free After 70 year said the WHO said. Malaria day is celebrated on 25th April.
• Kudankulam Nuclear reactor in Tamil Nadu the 5th nuclear power unit will be developed with the help of Russia.
• India ranks 10th in the global cyber security index, released by the international telecommunication union.
• The Philippines was added to the Grey list by the FATF(financial action task force).
• 1st July is celebrated as the Doctor and GST day.
• Rahi Sarnabat won the Gold medal in ISSF, shooting World cup.
• Van Mahotsav observed every 1st week of July, to plant the tree all week. Started in 1950 by MS Randhawa.
• India ranks 20th in Global Startup Ecosystem index 2021 released by startup blink.
• Indian Railways opens first movable freshwater tunnel aquarium at Bengaluru Kranti Vira Station.
• Tirath Singh Rawat resigned as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Pushkar Singh Dhami appointed new Chief Minister.
• Maana Patel was the first women and third swimmer to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic.
• Mariyappan Thangavelu will be flag bearer for the Tokyo Paralympics.
• Mithali Raj became the highest run scorer in women’s International cricket.
• MM Narvane inaugurated the Indian Army memorial in Italy.
• Project BOLD launched by the Ministry of MSME, in this project Bamboo species of Assam will be planted in the drought region of Udaipur, Rajasthan.
• Sirisha Bandla from Andhra Pradesh became the 3rd woman from India to go to space under the Unity 22 mission from Mexico.
• Max Verstappen from the Netherlands won the Austrian Grand Prix 2021.
• Mary Kom along with Manpreet Singh will be flag bearers at the opening ceremony at Olympic and Bajarang Punia will be flag bearer in closing ceremony.
• Mukhyamantri COVID-19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana launched by New Delhi. 50000 rupees will be given to the family of COVID Death persons.
• Thawarchand Gehlot appointed as the Governor of Karnataka.
• The Central Government created the new ministry of Cooperation and Amit Shah will head this ministry.
• New Cabinet ministers are appointed to check the list. Click Here
• Indian Army names firing range in Gulmarg Jammu and Kashmir after Vidya Balan.
• Matsya Setu mobile app launched by Giriraj Singh for the fishermen, in the app the online course on aquaculture technology will be teached.
• The Odisha Government approved the 5 new steel plants to be developed by 2030.
• Dilip Kumar a veteran Actor passed away. He was given the Dadasaheb Palkya award in 1994.
• Haiti President Jovenel Moise killed in the attack on his home. Capital of Haiti is Port-au-Prince. It is situated in North America.
• INS Tabar to participate in the military exercise with the Italian Navy in Italy.
• World’s Tallest sandcastle built in Denmark. Its height is 21.16 meter.
• Virbhadra Singh former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh passed away. He was the longest serving Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
• Amazon India launched its first Digital Kendra in Surat, Gujarat. It will help people to sell their product on Amazon Platform.
• Twitter appointed Vinay Parkash as it’s grievance officer. Ashiwani Vasinav is the new IT Minister.
• Uttar Pradesh Government on world Population day 11 July passed the Two Child Policy.
• Ash Barty in women and Novak Djokovic in men won the Wimbledon 2021 tennis title.
• Copa Cup wins by Argentina by defeating Brazil in Rio-de-Janeiro.
• Sher Bahadur Deuba appointed as the new Prime Minister of Nepal.
• India’s first Dolphin research centre established at Patna, Bihar. Project
• Dolphin started on 15 August 2020.
• India’s first cryptogamic garden established in Uttarakhand. To control the air pollution.
• Assam to create a new Culture Department to protect and preserve indigenous faith and culture.
• Singapore established the world’s largest floating solar panel farm. It will be completed by 2025.
• Bhutan will use India’s UPI system Bhim App along the QR Code.
• UAE becomes first Gulf Country to establish its embassy in Israel.
• PM Modi inaugurated the International Cooperation and convention center known as “Rudraksha” in Varanasi.
• Ladakh signed an MOU with Sikkim to become the Organic and Carbon free UT.
• Piyush Goyal appointed as leader of House in Rajya Sabha.
• Grain ATM setup in Gurugram, Haryana with the help of World Food Program.
• Indian Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui  killed in Afghanistan. He was Pulitzer prize winner in 2018.
• Manduadih railway station renamed as the Banaras Railway Station.
• Trilateral Tabletop exercise “TTX-2021” conducted in online mode between India, Srilanka and Maldives.
• Lewis Hamilton won the British Grand Prix 2021.
• Mouhammad Yunus got the Olympic Laurel award, from Bangladesh.
• China unveils Maglev Train with the speed 600kmph, working on the principle of magnetic field.
• The National Games winner will be given a government job in Assam announced by the CM Himanta Biswa Sharma.
• UNESCO removed Liverpool city in the UK from the World heritage list.
• The Philippines became the first country to approve genetically modified “golden rice ”. This rice has a high amount of Beta carotene and Vitamin A.
• Kakatiya Rudreswara Temple in Telangana was added as the 39th  UNESCO site of India. Other names of this temple are Ramappa temple and 1000 pillar temple.
• Mirabai Chanu became the first person to win a Silver medal for India in the Tokyo Olympic 2020 in weightlifting 49kg category.
• Green Sohra afforestation campaign launched in Meghalaya, inaugurated by Home minister Amit Shah.
• Puri, Orissa became the first city in India to have every house with safe drinking tap water.
• B.S Bommai is appointed as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka.
• 12th edition of INDRA military exercise conducted between India and Russia.
• Harappan –era city Dholavira in Gujarat listed as a UNESCO site, now India has a total of 40 UNESCO sites.
• WHO observed “World Hepatitis Day” on 28 July with the theme: “Hepatitis can’t wait”.
• Satpura Tiger Reserve wins NatWest group Earth Heroes Award.
• National Gallery of Australia returns 14 artworks Including Chola Idols to India.