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Q.1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the National Sickle Cell Anemia Eradication Mission 2047 in which state?
Exp. PM Modi inaugurates National Sickle Cell Anemia Eradication Mission
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the National Sickle Cell Anemia Eradication Mission 2047 in Lalpur village of Madhya Pradesh.
The Prime Minister also participated in several programs in Shahdol district including distribution of 3.57 crore Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana cards.
What is the mission?
The National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission, announced in the union budget 2023, aims to address the pressing health challenges posed by sickle cell disease, particularly among the tribal population.
The mission aims to eliminate sickle cell disease as a public health problem by 2047.
The mission will be implemented in 278 districts of 17 states in India, viz., namely Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Bihar, and Uttarakhand.
The mission entails focus on awareness creation, universal screening of approximately seven crore people in the 0-40 years age group in affected tribal areas, and counseling through collaborative efforts of central ministries and state governments.
What is sickle cell anaemia?
According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA) is described as a collection of inherited red blood cell conditions that have an impact on haemoglobin, which transports oxygen throughout the body.
When a person has SCA, their haemoglobin becomes defective, which makes the red blood cells hard and sticky, giving them the appearance of the C-shaped farm implement known as a ‘sickle.’
According to Forbes, India has the second-highest global prevalence of Sickle Cell Disease. As per a National Health Mission report, MP also ahs the highest burden of sickle cell anaemia.
About Madhya Pradesh
Capital – Bhopal
Chief Minister – Shivraj Singh Chauhan
Governor – Mangubhai C. Patel
Q.2. Which state has become India’s Top Electronics Exporter of 2023 with the export worth USD 5.37 billion?
Exp. Tamil Nadu emerges as India’s top electronics exporter in 2023
Tamil Nadu has become India’s Top Electronics Exporter of 2023 with the export worth USD 5.37 billion while Uttar Pradesh was second.
Companies like Tata Electronics and Pegatron starting production have helped Tamil Nadu overtake three states – Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra – to become India’s top exporter of electronic goods in FY23.
In 2020-21, of India’s total electronics goods export of $15.59 billion, Tamil Nadu’s share was 11.98 percent. However, this zoomed to 22.83 percent, out of a total value of $23.57 billion, according to Central government data.
Tamil Nadu is now home to over 15 leading electronics manufacturers, including Foxconn, Tata Electronics, Salcomp and Pegatron.
About Tamil Nadu
Capital – Chennai
Chief Minister – M K Stalin
Governor – R N Ravi
Q.3. A National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) will be developed in which state at a cost of Rs 4,500 crore under the government’s Sagarmala programme?
Exp. Government to develop National Maritime Heritage Complex in Gujarat
A National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) will be developed in Lothal, Gujarat at a cost of Rs 4,500 crore under the government’s Sagarmala programme.
NMHC would be developed as an international tourist destination at Lothal, where the maritime heritage of India from ancient to modern times would be showcased and an “edutainment approach” using the latest technology would be adopted to spread awareness about the country’s maritime heritage.
About Gujarat
Capital- Gandhinagar
Chief Minister- Bhupendra Rajnikant Patel
Governor- Acharya Devvrat
Q.4. India’s first indigenously developed 700 MW nuclear power reactor at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in which state started commercial operations?
Exp. India’s first indigenous nuclear reactor starts operation in Gujarat
India’s first indigenously developed 700 MW nuclear power reactor at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in Gujarat started commercial operations.
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is building two 700 MW pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) at Kakrapar, which is also home to two 220 MW power plants.
Various commissioning activities were underway at KAPP 4, which had achieved 96.92 percent progress by May end.
The NPCIL plans to build sixteen 700 MW PHWRs across the country and has granted financial and administrative sanction for the same.
Construction of 700 MW nuclear power plants is underway at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan (RAPS 7 and 8) and at Gorakhpur in Haryana (GHAVP 1 and 2).
About Gujarat
Capital- Gandhinagar
Chief Minister- Bhupendra Rajnikant Patel
Governor- Acharya Devvrat
Q.5. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Coal India Limited (CIL)?
P M Prasad has been appointed as the new Chairman of Coal India Limited (CIL).
He succeeds Pramod Agrawal who stepped down on 30 June.
He has over 30-year experience in the coal mining sector and is a post-graduate in mining engineering from the Indian School of Mines IIT Dhanbad.
Prasad began his CIL career in 1984 as a management trainee at Western Coalfields Limited and served in different capacities across different CIL’s subsidiaries.
He also had a three year stint in NTPC as Executive Director (coal mining).
Recent Appointment
Senior advisor of Deloitte – Manoj Kohli
Special Director of CBI – Ajay Bhatnagar
Additional Director of CBI – Anurag
MD and CEO of Hindustan Unilever – Rohit Jawa (replace Sanjiv Mehta)
President of BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry Women’s Vertical – Ruby Sinha
Q.6. Who took oath as the Deputy chief minister of Maharashtra after joining the Eknath Shinde-led government?
Exp. Ajit Pawar sworn in as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, Ajit Pawar took oath as the Deputy chief minister of Maharashtra after joining the Eknath Shinde-led government.
He is the son of Sharad Pawar’s elder brother Anantrao. He made his first foray into politics by being elected to the board of a sugar cooperative in 1982.
In 1991, Ajit became the chairman of Pune District Cooperative Bank, a post he served for the next 16 years.
Elected as an MP to the Lok Sabha from Baramati in 1991, Ajit later vacated the seat for Sharad Pawar who was the defence minister in the P.V. Narasimha Rao government. He later went on to become a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Baramati Assembly
Before the ceremony, Ajit submitted a letter of support of 35 NCP MLAs to Governor Ramesh Bais.
About Maharashtra
Capital – Mumbai
Chief Minister – Eknath Sindhe & Ajit Pawar
Governor – Ramesh Bais
Q.7. Who was re-appointed as the Solicitor General of India for a term of three years?
Exp. Tushar Mehta reappointed as Solicitor General of India
Senior advocate Tushar Mehta was re-appointed as the Solicitor General of India for a term of three years.
Mehta was appointed as Solicitor General on 10 October 2018 and since then he had been granted extension twice.
Besides Mehta, six Additional Solicitors General for the Supreme Court were also re-appointed for a period of three years.
Six ASGs who were re-appointed for the top court are Vikramjit Banerjee, K M Nataraj, Balbir Singh, S V Raju, N Venkataraman and Aishwarya Bhati.
Additional Solicitors General Chetan Sharma for Delhi High Court, Satya Pal Jain for Punjab and Haryana High Court, Devang Girish Vyas for Gujarat High Court and Krishna Nandan Singh for Patna High Court were also re-appointed for a period of three years.
Recent Appointment
President of BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry Women’s Vertical – Ruby Sinha
Chairman of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) – Umesh Kumar (replace Rajeev Kr. Shrivastava)
MD & CEO of PTC India Financial Services Ltd (PFS) – Mahendra Lodha
Chairman of GIFT City – Hasmukh Adhia (replace Sudhir Mankad)
CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) – Amit Agrawal
Q.8. Who has stepped down as HDFC chairman after 46 years recently?
Exp. Deepak Parekh steps down as HDFC chairman after 46 years
Deepak Parekh has announced his decision to step down as HDFC chairperson after serving as the chairman for 46 years.
He left his Manhattan Bank job in 1978 to join HDFC when he was 33 and built it
The board of the HDFC and HDFC Bank conduct a meeting on 30 June to approve the merger, Deepak Parekh told reporters. He dubbed the merger as the biggest transaction in India’s corporate history and the proposed entity will have combined assets of ₹18 lakh crore.
The reverse merger of parent HDFC Ltd with HDFC Bank is effective from July 1.
The reports said that HDFC vice chairman and CEO Keki Mistry and HDFC MD Renu Karnad will be members of the board of HDFC Bank.
Q.9. Charanjit Surinder Singh Attra has recently resigned from her post as chief financial officer (CFO). He was the CFO of which bank?
State Bank of India (SBI)’s chief financial officer, Charanjit Surinder Singh Attra has resigned.
Attra, who took on the role on October 2, 2020, had previously worked as a Partner at EY India and held a senior executive position at ICICI Securities.
Before Attra, the CFO position was held by Prashant Kumar, who moved to Yes Bank as part of a rescue plan led by SBI.
SBI also appointed four directors on the bank’s central board for a period of three years.
Ketan Shivji Vikamsey and Mrugank Madhukar Paranjape, have been re-elected.
while, other two directors who have appointed are Rajesh Kumar Dubey and Dharmendra Singh Shekhawat.
About State Bank of India (SBI)
Founded – 1 July 1955
Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra
Chairman – Dinesh Kumar Khara
Imperial Bank of India was previous name of SBI.
The presidency Banks of Bengal, Bombay and Madras with merged in 1921 to Imperial Bank of India.
Tagline – (1) Pure Banking Nothing Else
(2) With you all the way
(3) A bank of the common man
(4) The banker to every Indian
(5) The Nation banks on us
Q.10. Who has been awarded the prestigious PEN Pinter Prize 2023 for his work in poetry and literature for children?
Exp. Michael Rosen wins 2023 year’s PEN Pinter Prize
Michael Rosen has been awarded the prestigious PEN Pinter Prize 2023 for his work in poetry and literature for children.
Rosen is known for making poetry accessible to children through his work and performances, and his themes are often social, political, and ethical.
Michael Rosen is one of our most tenacious and fearless writers. He is one of our most significant contemporary poets writing for young people.
In over 140 books, he has championed a way of writing for children which reflects their everyday worlds, using humour and wordplay to validate their imaginative ways of thinking and being, and which has informed his succinct interventions into the lifeless way that children are taught literacy in schools…”
Rosen’s first book of children’s poems, Mind Your Own Business, came out in 1974. At present, he is a professor of children’s literature at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Recent Awards
Points of Light Award 2023 by British PM – Rajindar Singh Dhatt
1st Kala Kranti Lifetime Achievement Award – Pt P. D. Baul
Indian Medical Association (IMA) Award – Dr K Venugopal
Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2023 – Priya A S (for Perumazhayathe Kunjithalukal)
Guinness World Record award – Cristiano Ronaldo
Q.11. Olympian Neeraj Chopra has won Lausanne Diamond League 2023 with a best throw of __________.
Exp. Olympian Neeraj Chopra wins Lausanne Diamond League 2023
Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra obtained the top spot in Lausanne Diamond League 2023 with a best throw of 87.66 m.
He opened his account with a throw of 83.52m in his second attempt, which put him in third place behind Julian Weber (86.20m) and Jakub Vadlejch (84.71m).
Chopra won his first Diamond League Trophy when he won the Lausanne League in August 2022.
He went on to win the Diamond League Trophy in the final in 2022.
The Tokyo Olympic gold medallist had won the Diamond League meeting in Doha on May 5 with a throw of 88.67 meters.
Q.12. Who has made history by becoming the first Indian cricketer to be signed for the Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL)?
Exp. Shreyanka Patil becomes first player to be signed up for Women’s CPL
Young spin bowler Shreyanka Patil has made history by becoming the first Indian cricketer to be signed for the Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL).
Patil is also the first Indian player to be offered a contract in an overseas league before making her international debut.
Shreyanka Patil made a name for herself when she was selected for Royal Challenger’s Bangalore (RCB) in the inaugural edition of the WPL. In the 7 matches she played for RCB, the all-rounder took 6 wickets and scored 62 runs.
Patil has been selected for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the WCPL, which will be held from 31 August to 10 September.
Q.13. International Plastic Bag Free Day is celebrated every year on which day?
International Plastic Bag Free Day is celebrated every year on July 3.
Objective – To increase public awareness of the damaging effects that single-use plastic bags have on the environment.
On July 3, 2008, Rezero, a member of Zero Waste Europe (ZWE), initiated the inaugural International Plastic Bag Free Day.
In its first year, the occasion was only observed in Catalonia. However, a year later, ZWE introduced the European Union to the International Plastic Bag Free Day.
Q.14. World Sports Journalists Day is observed every year on which day?
विश्वखेलपत्रकारदिवसहरसालकिसदिनमनायाजाताहै?
(a) 1 July / 1 जुलाई
(b) 2 July / 2 जुलाई
(c) 3 July / 3 जुलाई
(d) 4 July / 4 जुलाई
(e) 5 July / 5 जुलाई
Answer & Explanation
Ans.14.(b)
Exp. 2 July – World Sports Journalists Day
World Sports Journalists Day is observed every year on 2 July.
The purpose of the occasion is to support those who promote different forms of sports, spreading the culture among the general masses.
In 1994, the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) established World Sports Journalist Day, the day commemorates the formation of AIPS as an organization on July 2 during the Summer Olympics in Paris.
Over the years, numerous sports media professionals have been honored for their accomplishments on this special day.
Q.15. World UFO Day is observed every year on which day?
विश्वयूएफओदिवसहरसालकिसदिनमनायाजाताहै?
(a) 1 July / 1 जुलाई
(b) 2 July / 2 जुलाई
(c) 3 July / 3 जुलाई
(d) 4 July / 4 जुलाई
(e) 5 July / 5 जुलाई
Answer & Explanation
Ans.15.(b)
Exp. 2 July – World UFO Day
World UFO Day is observed every year on 2 July.
It aims to promote the gathering of people who are interested in observing the skies for unidentified flying objects (UFOs).
On July 2, 1952, a significant event took place in Washington, D.C., involving multiple sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs).
These sightings were not only reported by numerous individuals but were also confirmed by radar operators and witnessed by experienced pilots.
World UFO Day was officially established in 2001 by Haktan Akdoğan, a Turkish UFO researcher. Initially, it was celebrated on June 24 to commemorate the first widely reported UFO sighting in the United States.
