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Govt readies two more Central Drug Laboratories in Pune and Hyderabad to test Covid vaccines

Government has set up two additional labs from the PM Cares fund; each located in Hyderabad & Pune. The additional labs would help the government “to facilitate expedited testing and the pre-release certification of vaccines.

At present, there are 2 vaccine-testing laboratories in India:- the Central Drug Laboratory at Kasauli and National Institute of Biologicals at Noida.

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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Austrian Grand Prix 2021

Red Bull's Max Verstappen reeled off his third win in a row from pole in the Austrian Grand Prix to consolidate his world championship lead over Lewis Hamilton who came in fourth.

Hamilton's Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas took second with McLaren's Lando Norris in third.

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Max recently won:- Monaco Grand Prix 2021,French Grand Prix 2021,Styrian grand prix 2021

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Maana Patel becomes first Indian female swimmer to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

Maana (21yr) will take part in the 100m backstroke at the Tokyo Games and is the third Indian swimmer to have qualified after both Srihari Nataraj and Sajan Prakash achieved Olympic Qualification Timing (OQT) 'A' level recently.

She won a gold medal at a meet in Uzbekistan in April and then competed in Serbia and Italy.

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She is from Ahmedabad, gujarat

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Mithali Raj becomes highest run-scorer in women's international cricket

Indian skipper Mithali Raj became the leading run-getter in Women's international cricket across formats. She scripted the history during India's successful run-chase against England in the final ODI in Worcester.

Mithali Raj and Charlotte Edwards are the only players to scale the 10,000-run mark in women.

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Paytm launches 'Postpaid Mini' to provide small-ticket instant loans

Paytm, in partnership with Aditya Birla Finance Ltd, has launched Postpaid Mini - an extension of its Buy Now, Pay Later service - to drive affordability amongst those new to credit.

These small-ticket instant loans will give flexibility to users and also help manage their household expenses to maintain liquidity during the ongoing pandemic.

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It will offer access to loans ranging from Rs 250 to Rs 1000.

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PM Modi Addresses CoWIN Global Conclave

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared his thoughts at the CoWIN Global Conclave as India will offer the CoWIN platform as a digital public good to other countries to run their own COVID-19 inoculation drives.

About 50 countries, including Canada, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama and Uganda, have shown interest in adopting CoWIN, a digital platform, to run their vaccination drives.

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Education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal launch NIPUN Bharat to help children attain foundational literacy

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ launched the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat) for ensuring that every child in the country necessarily attains foundational literacy and numeracy by the end of grade 3, by 2026-27.

NIPUN Bharat aims to cover the learning needs of children in the age group of 3-9

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Cochin International Airport launches flood mitigation project 'Operation Pravaah'

The Cochin International Airport Limited, Kerala rolled out 'Operation Pravaah', a multifaceted infrastructure programme scoping to integrate flood mitigation projects already initiated by CIAL with District Administration and various local self governments.

CIAL is spending around Rs 130 crores for comprehensive flood mitigation activities.

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Govt looks to raise Rs 3,600cr by divesting 7% in NMDC

The government is planning to raise over Rs 3,600 crore by offloading nearly 22 crore shares or about 7.5% in NMDC (National Mineral Development Corporation) through an offer for sale (OFS).

Citigroup Global Markets India, ICICI Securities and SBICap Securities are managing the OFS.

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HQ: Hyderabad. Formed:-1958

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Mary Kom, Manpreet Singh to be India’s flag-bearers at Tokyo Olympics

MC Mary Kom, the six-time world boxing champion, and Manpreet Singh, the men’s hockey team skipper, will be India’s flag-bearers at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.

In a first, India is having two flag-bearers -- one male and one female -- at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics to ensure "gender parity".

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Bajrang Punia (Wrestler) will be the the flag-bearer at the closing ceremony.

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Telangana to Pay Old-age Pension for People Above 57 from August

The Telangana government will provide old-age pensions to people aged above 57 years. The decision to reduce the eligibility age limit for old-age pensions from 65 years to 57 years will be implemented from August. The monthly pension for various categories of beneficiaries was also increased from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,016 as per the election promise.

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CM:K.Chandrasekhar Rao;
Governor:Tamilisai Soundarajan

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Equitas SFB waives off non-maintenance fees for current account holders

Equitas Small Finance Bank has waived the non-maintenance charges across CASA accounts, making it one of the first private sector banks to launch the initiative aimed at benefiting small businesses hit by COVID-19.

Equitas will be one of the first private sector banks to waive off NMC across CASA (current account, savings account), thereby making banking simple & limitless.

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World Zoonoses Day | July 6

World Zoonoses Day is observed on July 6 every year to commemorate the scientific achievement of administering the first vaccination against a zoonotic disease (Rabies).

Zoonosis is the spread of infectious disease from animals to humans.

The French biologist, Louis Pasteur, successfully administered the first vaccine against a Zoonotic disease on July 6, 1885.

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Theme 2021: “Let’s Break the Chain of Zoonotic Transmission.”