NSE Foundation, a Section 8 subsidiary of National Stock Exchange of India Limited, has launched an innovative programme called Cavach (COVID-19 and Vaccination Assistance Campaign for Health) in partnership with UNICEF and NITI Aayog. Dr Vinod K. Paul, Member NITI Aayog, launched Project CAVACH in the presence of District Collectors and NSE Officials.
Releasing the book 'Palleku Pattabhishekam' by former MP Shri Yalamanchili Sivaji at Dr Marri Channa Reddy Human Resource Development Institute in Hyderabad, the Vice President said that villages and agriculture are intrinsically connected and we must address their issues holistically to bring 'Gram Swarajya' to our villages.
Shri. Duvvuri Subbarao released Dr. C K Garyali’s book, ‘Bank with a Soul: Equitas’.
Dr. C K Garyali is a founder trustee of EDIT (Equitas Development Initiative Trust) and the book chronicles the journey of Equitas and EDIT in transforming the lives of women with frequent social reform initiatives helping them setup micro-enterprises.
India successfully flight-tested the New Generation Akash Missile (Akash-NG) off the Odisha coast.
The missile system has been developed by the Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories.
The surface-to-air missile was launched from the Integrated Test Range (ITR).
DRDO HQ:New Delhi; Founded: 1958
To increase the life of medical oxygen cylinders threefold, the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar has developed a first-of-its-kind Oxygen Rationing Device – AMLEX that supplies a required volume of oxygen to the patient during inhalation and trips when the patient exhales CO2. This process saves oxygen which otherwise unnecessarily get wasted.
The Amazon rainforest is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it is able to absorb, scientists have confirmed for the first time.
The emissions amount to a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, according to a study. The giant forest had previously been a carbon sink, absorbing the emissions driving the climate crisis. Most of the emissions are caused by fires.
Nearly two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest is found in Brazil.
U GRO Capital announced the launch of a co-lending partnership for micro, small and medium enterprises with Bank of Baroda.
It is a ₹1,000-crore co-lending programme that will allow MSMEs to avail customised lending solutions at a competitive rate of interest with a significant reduction in turn-around time.
The loan amount ranges from ₹50 lakh to ₹2.5 crore
Sanjiv Chadha, managing director and CEO, Bank of Baroda.
Brisbane was announced as the host of the 2032 Olympics, thus becoming the third Australian city to host the Games.
Australia became only the second country in the world, after the United States, to host the Olympics in three different cities.
Brisbane had been chosen as the "preferred host" in February.
Australia -Capital: Canberra; Currency: Australian dollar;
Prime minister: Scott Morrison
Shooter Rubina Francis (21) has set a world record at the ongoing Para Sport Cup in Peru. She has won gold in the 10-metre air pistol para-event for women. Scoring 238.1 points, she went past the world record of Aysegul Pehlivanlar of Turkey. This win also secured her the quota for India at the Tokyo Summer Paralympics 2020.
Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana released former Supreme Court judge RV Raveendran’s book Anomalies in Law and Justice.
The book is an attempt to explain to the layman that the law and the legal system is still evolving and that it requires more critical thinking to resolve issues which have persisted in the system for a long time.
The pioneer of design education in the nation has played a vital part in establishing several other institutions and also made remarkable contributions in the field of art and architecture.
She was the daughter of industrialist Ambalal Sarabhai & sister of Dr Vikram Sarabhai.
She also established Calico Museum of Textiles.
The Turkish and Azerbaijani militaries completed joint drills in Baku.
The two countries deployed tanks, helicopters, and drones in the drills in an effort to improve the two countries' combat interoperability.
The drills, called "Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 2021,The name is a reference to modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Turkey Capital: Ankara; Currency: Turkish lira -
Azerbaijan Capital:Baku; Currency:Manat
China unveiled a homegrown magnetic levitation train capable of reaching 600 kph, the fastest train ever built by the country.
The new train's speed approaches the 603 kph world record set by a Japanese maglev built by Central Japan Railway, ushering in an intense competition for technical supremacy in the high-speed train market.
China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation had been fine-tuning the maglev
Rural teacher-turned-political novice Pedro Castillo became the winner of Peru’s presidential election after the country’s longest electoral count in 40 years. Castillo, whose supporters included Peru’s poor and rural citizens, defeated right-wing politician Keiko Fujimori by just 44,000 votes.
Peru, the world’s second-largest copper producer.
He is the first peasant to become president of Peru.
Peru Capital:Lima; Currency: Sol
The World Federation of Neurology (WFN) celebrates World Brain Day on every July 22, focusing on a different theme each year.
Many public awareness programmes and educational & social media activities are promoting the movement to stop multiple sclerosis, commencing July 22, 2021& continuing until October 2022,
The theme for this World Brain Day is “Stop Multiple Sclerosis”.