Current Affairs :-
3 JULY 2021 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk :-
1) Swimmer Maana Patel became the first female and third Indian swimmer to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
➨ She will be the third Indian swimmer at Tokyo Games after Srihari Nataraj and Sajan Prakash qualified to secure direct entries.
➨Indian woman swimmer Maana Patel's participation in the Tokyo Olympics has been confirmed through 'Universality quota'.
2) Senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and seasoned diplomat Reenat Sandhu has been appointed as Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and she took over the charge from senior bureaucrat Vikas Swarup, who retired on June 30.
3) Taking forward the activities and programmes of National Horticulture Board, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India opened centre in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
➨Sh. Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture Farmers Welfare inaugurated the new Centre of National Horticulture Board (NHB) at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
4) NASSCOM Centre of Excellence with support from Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Gujarat Department of Science & Technology (DST) & MSME Department successfully organised the 2nd Edition of virtual conference on UDYAM 4.0 NAYI DISHA (Digital Innovative Solutions for Helping Atmanirbharta).
▪️Gujarat:-
➨ CM :- Vijay Ramniklal Rupani
➨Governor :- Acharya Devvrat
➨Nageshwar Temple
➨Somnath Temple
5) The oldest commercial bank in the country, State Bank of India, SBI, is celebrating its 66th year on 1 July 2021.
➨SBI descends from the Bank of Calcutta founded in 1806 through the Imperial Bank of India.
▪️ State Bank of India :-
Founded - 1 July 1955
Headquarters - Mumbai, Maharashtra
Chairman - Dinesh Kumar Khara
6) Air Marshal VR Chaudhari took over as the new Vice Chief of Air Staff (VCOAS) on July 1 with the retirement of Air Marshal HS Arora.
➠The guard of honour parade was carried out to honour Air Marshal Chaudhari at Air Force Headquarter.
▪️Indian Air Force:-
➨Founded - 8 October 1932
➨Headquarters - New Delhi
➨Commander-in-Chief - President Ram Nath Kovind
➨Chief of the Air Staff - Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
7) As the nation celebrates the 75th anniversary of its Independence, Ministry of Defence (MoD) has initiated a project to create an interactive virtual museum of the country’s Gallantry award winners to honour the heroic deeds of the bravehearts of India.
▪️Ministry of Defence :-
Headquarters - New Delhi
Founded - 15 August 1947
➨Chief of Defence Staff (CDS):- General Bipin Rawat
➨ Chief of the Navy Staff - Admiral Karambir Singh
8) China was officially certified ‘malaria-free’ by the World Health Organization (WHO), becoming the second country in the Asia Pacific region to get the tag, after Sri Lanka in 2016.
▪️ World Health Organization :-
Headquarters - Geneva, Switzerland
Founded - 7 April 1948
Director-general - Tedros Adhanom
9) Lt Gen Sanjeev Kumar Sharma will be the new Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Strategy), a post created last year to oversee the 1.3 million-strong Army's operations and intelligence directorates.
➨Lt Gen Sharma succeeds Lt Gen Paramjit Singh who became the first DCOAS(strategy) earlier this year.
➨Army Day is celebrated on 15th January since 1949.
➨The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army.
➨Headquarters :- Integrated Defence Headquarters, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi
Founded :- 1 April 1895
➨Chief of Defence Staff (CDS):- General Bipin Rawat
➨Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) :- General Manoj Mukund Naravane
10) Andhra Pradesh Chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the YSR Bima scheme with new guidelines and paid Rs 750 crore as the premium. The guidelines were changed to facilitate the state government paying the insurance amount directly to the family of the deceased.
▪️Andhra Pradesh :-
➨CM - Jaganmohan Reddy
➨Governor - Biswabhusan Harichandan
➨ Venkateswara Temple
➨Sri Bhramramma Mallikarjuna Temple
11) The 7th edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS), a biennial event, was hosted by the French Navy at La Réunion from 28 June to 01 July 2021.
➨Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy, participated virtually in the inaugural session of the event and provided his congratulatory remarks to the Outgoing and Incoming Chairmen.
12) India called on Pakistan to ensure early release and repatriation of Indian civilian prisoners and missing defence personnel languishing in Pakistani jails.
➨The two countries exchanged lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in each other’s custody in line with the provisions of a 2008 agreement.
13) The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched its Saral Pension, an Individual Immediate Annuity Plan, with effect from July 1, 2021. An annuity is a financial product that makes regular payment to its buyer as per the agreed terms and conditions.
✸Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) :-
➨Founder - Government of India
➨Founded - 1 September 1956
➨Headquarters - Mumbai
14) Grene Robotics, a Hyderabad-based company into building autonomous technologies, has developed an indigenous autonomous drone defence dome called Indrajaal.
➨Indrajaal is capable of protecting a large area of 1,000-2,000 sq km per system against threats such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), incoming weapons (missiles), loitering munitions and Low-Radar Cross Section (low flying) targets autonomously.
15) A Special Assistance Scheme for COVID Mortalities (SASCM) has been announced by the Jammu and Kashmir Administration to aid the families who are bearing the brunt of the lethal Coronavirus in the Union Territory.
▪️Jammu and Kashmir :-
➨L. Governor of J&K - Manoj Sinha
➨Dachigam National Park
➨Salim Ali National Park
➨Rajparian Wildlife Sanctuary
16) Odia poet Dr. Rajendra Kishore Panda has been selected for the Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar, the national award instituted in memory of the late poet laureate, for 2020. The award carries a cash award of ₹5 lakh, a silver medal and a citation.
▪️Odisha CM - Naveen Patnaik
➨ Governor - Ganeshi Lal
➨ Similipal Tiger Reserve
➨ Satkosia Tiger Reserve
➨ Bhitarkanika Mangroves
➨ Nalabana Bird Sanctuary