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The Harappan city of Dholavira gets UNESCO’s World Heritage site status

The Harappan city of Dholavira, in Gujarat named the 40th Indian site on UNESCO’s World Heritage list. Located in the Kutch district, Dholavira is the larger of the two most remarkable excavations of the Indus Valley Civilisation dating back to about 4,500 years ago. This archaeological site is one of the best-preserved urban settlements from the period in Southeast Asia.

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UNESCO also declared Mexico's Tlaxcala Cathedral as a World Heritage site.

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Parliament passes the Marine Aids to Navigation Bill, 2021

Parliament passed a bill that will replace an over nine-decade-old law governing lighthouses and provide a fresh framework to establish and manage vessel traffic services. The Bill will provide for the development, maintenance and management of aids to navigation in India; for training and certification of the operator of aids to navigation, development of its values.

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This bill repeals the 90-year-old colonial Lighthouse Act, 1927

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Trial run conducted between VangaiChungPao railway station in Tamenglong with Jiribam RS moves towards Imphal

Closing in on Imphal, Indian Railways has successfully conducted a trial run connecting Vangaichungpao railway station in Tamenglong, Manipur with Jiribam Railway station. The Vangaichungpao railway station will be linked to Silchar and to the rest of the country. Flagged off from Silchar railway station.

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The 110-km long Jiribam-Imphal railway line project is targeted to be completed by 2022.

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Center to set up Garima Grihas for transgender persons to provide safe shelter

The Centre is setting up the Garima Grihas for the transgender persons are with the help of community-based organizations. Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment A. Narayanaswamy informed Lok Sabha, 12 pilot shelter homes have been initiated with the aim of providing safe and secure shelter to transgender persons. Such shelter homes are in Maharashtra, Delhi.

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These homes are also in the states of WB, Rajasthan, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, TN, and Odisha.

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UN Adopts its first ever resolution on vision, aims to help 1 billion

The U.N. The General Assembly approved its first-ever resolution on vision, calling on its 193 member nations to ensure access to eye care for everyone in their countries which would contribute to a global effort to help at least 1.1 billion people with vision impairment who currently lack eye services by 2030.

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The anti-poverty organisation Oxfam releases its “The Hunger Virus Multiplies” report

The anti-poverty organisation Oxfam in its report titled as ‘the Hunger Virus Multiplies’ said 11 people die of hunger each minute and that the number facing famine-like conditions around the globe has increased six times over the last year. The report listed a number of countries as “the worst hunger hot spots” including Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Syria, and Yemen

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Headquarter of Oxfam : Nairobi, Kenya

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Typhoon In-Fa makes landfall in East China's Zhejiang Province

Typhoon In-Fa made the second landfall in the coastal area of Pinghu City, east China's Zhejiang Province, packing winds of up to 28 meters per second at its center, according to the provincial flood control headquarters. The typhoon which is the sixth of this year landed in the coastal waters near Pinghu, a county-level city under the administration of Jiaxing City

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Capital of China : Beijing, Currency of China : Yuan or Renminbi

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Basavaraj Bommai sworn in as new Chief Minister of Karnataka

Basavaraj Bommai is the three-time MLA from Shegaon in Haveri district in North Karnataka and was the Home Minister and Parliamentary Affairs Minister in the Yediyurappa Cabinet. This came after the resignation of the former CM Y.S Yediyurappa

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Madhya Pradesh govt prepares the Ayush-based economic upgradation scheme – Devaranya Yojana

The MP Government has prepared the Ayush-based economic upgradation scheme – Devaranya Yojana with the twin objectives of improving people’s health and livelihood of tribals. AYUSH and tourism will be brought together to boost employment opportunities in tribal areas under the scheme.

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Chief Minister of MP : Shivraj Singh Chouhan

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects 9.5% growth rate for India in 2021 and 8.5% for 2022

IMF projects 9.5% growth rate for India in 2021 and 8.5% for 2022. India's economy is gradually recovering from a deep contraction in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021 (7.3 per cent) and a subsequent severe second wave of COVID-19

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IMF headquarters: Washington DC, United States, MD: Kristalina Georgieva

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Google’s parent Alphabet to launch a new robotics and AI firm- Intrinsic

Google-parent Alphabet will launch a new robotics company - Intrinsic, which will focus on building software for industrial robots. Intrinsic is developing software tools with an aim to make industrial robots easier to use, less costly and more flexible. The segment comes out of X, Alphabet’s Moonshot factory that houses futuristic firms such as Waymo, Wing and Verily

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CEO of Intrinsic: Wendy Tan White, Alphabet CEO: Sundar Pichai

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World Nature Conservation Day is observed on 28th July every year

World Natural Conservation Day is celebrated every year on July 28 to raise awareness about the importance of working for a healthy environment and protecting nature and conserving natural resources. The Theme of the World Nature Conservation Day 2021 is ‘Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet’.

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Former CJI Bobde conferred with honorary Doctor of Laws degree

Former Chief Justice of India, Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde was conferred with the degree of Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at the 108th convocation of the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU).

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Haridham Sokhada founder, Yogi Divine Society head Hariprasad Swami passes away at 87

Haridham Sokhada founder, Yogi Divine Society head and spiritual leader Hariprasad Swami took his last breath at a private hospital in Vadodara. He was the head of one of the Swaminarayan sects, headquartered in Sokhda town of Vadodara, who spent 56 years as a monk since 1965.

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