Current Affairs Quiz 1st July 2021 : Daily GK Update

Exp. India has jumped three spots up in the global start-up ranking this year. India stands at the 20th spot among the top 100 countries that have been ranked in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2021 by Startup Blink.

Like last year, the US, the UK, Israel, Canada and Germany are in the top five spots this year too and continue their lead. The report has a score for each location, which is calculated as the sum of three parameters — quantity, quality and business environment.

Exp. India has jumped three spots up in the global start-up ranking this year. India stands at the 20th spot among the top 100 countries that have been ranked in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2021 by Startup Blink.

Like last year, the US, the UK, Israel, Canada and Germany are in the top five spots this year too and continue their lead. The report has a score for each location, which is calculated as the sum of three parameters — quantity, quality and business environment.

Exp. Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari will be the new Vice Chief of Indian Air Force succeeding Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora.

Air Marshal Chaudhari is currently serving as commander-in-chief of the IAF’s Western Air Command (WAC) that looks after the security of the country’s air space in the sensitive Ladakh sector as well as various other parts of north India.

Director General Naval Operations: Rajesh Pendharkar

Deputy Chief of Naval Staff: Ravneet Singh

Exp. The central government has extended for another one year the tenure of Amitabh Kant, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) till June 2022 — third extension since he took charge of the public policy think tank in 2016.

NITI Aayog for a further period of one year beyond June 30, 2021 i.e. up to June 30, 2022 or until further orders.

Exp. Freelance filmmaker Deepti Pillay Sivan’s most touted documentary, “Decoding Shankar” about the life and career of the celebrated musician Shankar Mahadevan, recently won the Best Film Award in the Documentary section (Best Biographical) at the Toronto International Women Film Festival, 2021.

The 52-minute docu-film released a few years ago is a sketch of the life of the prolific musician focusing on how he balances his career as a singer, music composer, and teacher.

Exp. The oldest commercial bank in the country, State Bank of India, SBI, is celebrating its 66th year on 1st July. SBI descends from the Bank of Calcutta founded in 1806 through the Imperial Bank of India.

The Bank of Madras merged into the other two presidency banks, the bank of Calcutta and the bank of Bombay to form the Imperial Bank of India which in turn became the State Bank of India on this day in 1955.

Exp. National Postal Workers Day is celebrated annually on July 1 to show appreciation for the postal workers’ hard work that they put in to deliver our mail and deliveries on time. Postal workers walk or travel miles a day to deliver letters and packages to our doorsteps.

July 1 was declared National Postal Worker Day in 1997 by a Seattle-area postal carrier to honour fellow employees and since then it is celebrated every year on this day.

Exp. India celebrates Chartered Accountants Day every year on July 1 to commemorate the findings of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) by Parliament in 1949.

The only licensing and regulatory body for the financial audit and accounting profession in India will celebrate the 73rd Chartered Accountants day this year.

Exp. India observes National Doctor’s Day on July 1. The day is marked to honour the immense contribution that doctors make in our everyday lives.

The date of July 1 was decided to mark the day as it is the birth and death anniversary of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy. Dr Roy was not only a great doctor but was also the second Chief Minister of West Bengal.

Exp. Chairman: Dinesh Kumar Khara

CFO: Charanjit Singh Attra

Exp. Amitabh Kant: (CEO of NITI Aayog)

Narendra Modi: (Chairperson)

Rajiv Kumar: (Vice Chairperson)