Current Affairs Quiz 8th July 2021 : Daily GK Update Quiz

Exp. Central government has decided to bring Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) under finance ministry.

DPE was earlier under Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. It has been brought under finance minister in a bid to ease coordination regarding future disinvestment plans.

Finance ministry now comprises of six departments, after inclusion of DPE.

Other five departments are:

Department of Economic Affairs,

Department of Expenditure,

Department of Revenue,

Department of Investment & Public Asset Management and

Department of Financial Services.

Exp. Modi Cabinet 2.0 Ministers 2021

PM Modi 2.0 Reshuffle Cabinet Ministers: The Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expanded its council of ministers, the first such exercise in the third year of his second term.

While the cabinet reshuffle was on the cards for a long time, the move comes at a time when the Modi government faces criticism over the alleged mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship: Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Constituency: Rajhya Sabha, MP

Exp. Modi Cabinet 2.0 Ministers 2021

PM Modi 2.0 Reshuffle Cabinet Ministers: The Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expanded its council of ministers, the first such exercise in the third year of his second term.

While the cabinet reshuffle was on the cards for a long time, the move comes at a time when the Modi government faces criticism over the alleged mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology: Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw

Constituency: Rajya Sabha from Odisha

Exp. Modi Cabinet 2.0 Ministers 2021

PM Modi 2.0 Reshuffle Cabinet Ministers: The Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expanded its council of ministers, the first such exercise in the third year of his second term.

While the cabinet reshuffle was on the cards for a long time, the move comes at a time when the Modi government faces criticism over the alleged mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment: Shri Bhupender Yadav

Constituency: Rajya Sabha (Rajasthan)

Exp. Modi Cabinet 2.0 Ministers 2021

PM Modi 2.0 Reshuffle Cabinet Ministers: The Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expanded its council of ministers, the first such exercise in the third year of his second term.

While the cabinet reshuffle was on the cards for a long time, the move comes at a time when the Modi government faces criticism over the alleged mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of AYUSH: Shri Sarbananda Sonowal

Constituency: Majuli, Assam

Exp. N Venudhar Reddy, an Indian Information Service, IIS Officer of 1988 batch took charge as Director General of All India Radio. Currently Working as Principal DG of News Services Division, All India Radio, he was given additional charge of AIR, upon the approval of the Appointments Committee of the cabinet.

All India Radio, officially known since 1957 as Akashvani.

Exp. Social Media Giant Facebook has announced a set of publishing and subscription tools named Bulletin, aimed to promote independent writers in the US.

Bulletin will include support focused on creation of content, monetisation and audience growth. It also aims to integrate its existing tools to support writing and audio content — from podcasts to Live Audio Rooms in one place.

Exp. Payments solution provider Razorpay on 6th July said it has partnered with Mastercard to launch ‘MandateHQ’ – a payment interface that will help card-issuing banks to enable recurring payments for its customers.

Razorpay, which is backed by Sequoia Capital, GIC, and others, aims to integrate MandateHQ with more than 50 banks in the next 12 months.

Exp. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance and Bank of India have entered into a corporate agency agreement.

This will enable distribution of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance’s products through the bank’s vast network of 5,084 branches, 80 retail business centres and 60 SME city centres across the country.

Exp. Women’s Asian Cup 2020 in India will be held in Mumbai and Pune after the Asian Football Confederation dropped Bhubaneswar and Ahemdabad as venues to minimise the travelling time for participants and ensure an “optimum environment” for a bio-secure bubble.

AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022 which is on schedule to take place from January 20 to February 6, 2022.

Exp. Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister and senior Congress leader Virbhadra Singh passed away on 8th July. he was 87.

Virbhadra Singh, a nine-time MLA and five-time member of Parliament, was Himachal Pradesh’s chief minister for six terms – from April 8, 1983 to March 5, 1990, December 3, 1993 to March 23, 1998 and from March 6, 2003 to December 29, 2007 and for the sixth time from December 25, 2012 to December 26, 2017.