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July 7 to   16th   2021
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ORG            Virgin galactic        Blue origin            Space x

FOUNDER         Richard Branson        Jeff Bezos            Elon musk

Spaceship    VIRGIN GALACTIC          NEW SHEPARD             STARFISH
name         Four members              Six members           Seven members

DATE            JULY 11 2021            JULY 20,2021 sir
                           ace current affairs@santhosh        SEPT 2021

Time in          1.30min                 10-25 min              Four days
space

commercial           2022                  2022                   2023
             2.5lakh dollar per     2lak dollar per person    not decided
             person

kArmAn line-spAce
• The most widely accepted boundary of space is known as the
  Kármán line, 100km above mean sea level. But the United
  States uses 80km as the cutoff point. Branson’s Virgin Galactic
  flight reached a height of 86km while Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin
  flight is expected toacegocurrent
                              about      106km high.
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• The Kármán line has been compared to international waters,
  as there are no national boundaries and human laws in force
  beyond the line. Above this level, there would be free space.
• It was named after aerospace pioneer Theodore von Kármán

Free legAl Aid

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tele lAw progrAmme
• This programme was launched by Ministry of Law and Justice in
  collaboration with Ministry of Electronics and Information
  Technology (MeitY).
• It was launched in 2017 to tackle cases at pre–litigation stage
• This service is free for
                         acethose
                             current who    are eligible
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  accordance with Section 12 of Legal Services Authority Act, 1987.

• This programme connects disadvantaged and needy who are
  seeking legal advice from Panel Lawyers with the help of an e-
  interface platform available in Common Service Centres.

• Programme is currently operational in 633 districts. It includes
  115 Aspirational Districts in 34 States and Union Territories by
  a network of 50 thousand Common Service Centres.
• Recently, Department of Justice commemorated the
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  milestone of crossing nine lakh beneficiaries under its Tele-
  Law programme.

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mAtysA setu
• Matsya Setu app was developed by ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater
  Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA), Bhubaneswar.
• Funding support was provided by National Fisheries Development Board
  (NFDB), Hyderabad.
• This app comprises of species-wise or subject-wise self-learning online course
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  modules.
• On the app, renowned aquaculture experts will explain basic concepts and
  practical demonstrations regarding breeding, seed production and grow-out
  culture of commercially important fishes such as carp, murrel, catfish, scampi,
  ornamental fish and pearl farming.

lArgest solAr pArk-rAnn oF kutch
• This solar park will have the capacity of 4.75 gigawatt (GW).
• It will be set up in Rann of Kutch in Gujarat from where NTPC
  will also generate green hydrogen on commercial scale.

• NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd got the go-ahead from ministry
  of new and renewable     energy
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                                 affairs@santhosh for this project under
  “ultra-mega renewable energy power parks (UMREPP)
  scheme”.
• NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd has also signed pact with Union
  territory of Ladakh to set up green hydrogen mobility project
  in region.

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green hydrogen mobility project
• NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd (NTPC REL) will set up the
  country’s first green Hydrogen Mobility project in Ladakh.
• NTPC REL is a 100 per cent subsidiary of NTPC.
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First lng plAnt
The country’s first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility plant at
  Nagpur .

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IndIa’s fIrst cryptogamIc garden
• Inaugurated recently in the Chakrata town of Dehradun,
  Uttarakhand.

• The garden will be housing nearly 50 species of lichens, ferns and
  fungi (collectively known    as Cryptogamae).
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• This site is chosen because of its low pollution levels and moist
  conditions which are conducive for the growth of these species

nAtionAl dolphin reseArch centre (ndrc)
• Project Dolphin was started on the lines of Project Tiger, which has
  helped in increasing tiger population.
• This initiative got in-principle approval in December 2019 at first
  meeting of National Ganga Council (NGC), headed by the Prime
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• National Dolphin Research Centre (NDRC) will soon come up in
  Patna. Process to set up the research centre has started.
• Bihar is home to half of estimated 3,000 Gangetic dolphins in
  India.

lightening strikes-bihAr
• On July 11, 2021 lightning strikes killed about 70 people in different parts
  India, including Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
•          Findings of second annual Lightning Report
• As per the report, Bihar has reported most deaths because of lightning. In
  between April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 about 401 deaths were reported.

• Bihar is followed by Uttar Pradesh where 238 deaths were reported in
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• UP is followed by Madhya Pradesh with 228, Odisha with 156 deaths and
  Jharkhand with 132 deaths.

• Bihar recorded a jump of 81% in deaths from 221 deaths in 2019-20 to 401
  during April 2020 and March 2021.

khAdi prAkritik pAint
• it is India’s first paint made from Cow Dung.
• Union MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari is the brand ambassador of
  Khadi Prakritik Paint.
• The Paint has been launched with the twin objectives of
  increasing farmers’ income        and
                           ace current     creating self-employment
                                       affairs@santhosh sir         across
  the country.

gAndhinAgAr rAilwAy stAtion
• 5-star hotel building has been over railway tracks and is one of the tallest
  buildings in Gandhinagar. It has the height of 76.99 metres with three towers
  of 9-11-11 floors. Building has been arranged in triquetra shape symbolizing
  ‘Trinity form’.
• hotel atop the railway station is having 318 rooms. It will be operated by a
  private entity. Hotel is spread  across
                            ace current     7,400 squaresirmeters. It was built at a cost
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  of Rs 790 crore

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to virtually inaugurate a newly-built
  five-star hotel on the top of redeveloped Gandhinagar railway station on July
  16, 2021

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bhim-upi
• Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) is India’s digital payment application
  (app) that works through UPI, a system that powers multiple bank
  accounts into a single mobile application.
• Developed by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
• Launched in December, 2016.
• Bhutan has become the first country to adopt India’s Unified Payment
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  Interface (UPI)standards for its quick response (QR) code. It is also the
  second country after Singapore to have BHIM-UPI acceptance at
  merchant locations.
• Bhutan will also become the only country to both issue and accept
  RuPay cards as well as accept BHIM-UPI.

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lower Arun project
• It is the largest trans-Himalayan River that passes through Nepal.
  River drains into Sapta Kosi river system.
• This project has the capacity of 679 MW of electricity.
• It is located in Sankhuwasabha and Bhojpur districts of Province 1
  of Nepal
• This will be the secondace mega   venture
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• It is the single largest foreign investment project.
• Nepal has inked a USD 1.3 billion deal with Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam
  (SJVN) of India
• 900-MW Arun-3 hydroelectric project in Nepal
• ( first venture 1.04 billion)

khAdi trAde mArk
• KVIC is a statutory body established in April 1957. It was
  established during 2nd Five Year plan, under the ‘Khadi and Village
  Industries Commission Act of 1956’
• KVIC obtained trademark registration in Bhutan on July 9.
• UAE granted the trademark registration on June 28, 2021.
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• Thus, KVIC has successfully secured trademark registration in a
  gulf country for the first time.
• KVIC received trademark registration for “Khadi” in Mexico in
  December 2020.
• United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Russia and China besides
  European Union, till date.

Flowering plAnts
• Sikkim, the smallest State with less than 1% of India’s
  landmass, is home to 27% of all flowering plants found in
  the country, reveals a recent publication by the Botanical
  Survey of India (BSI).
• The total number of ace
                        naturally    occurring flowering
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  the country is about 18,004 species, and with 4,912
  species, the diversity of flowering plants in Sikkim, spread
  over an area of 7,096 sq. km, is very unique.

mAdurAi mAlle
• Consignments of Geographical Indications (GI) certified
  Madurai malli and other traditional flowers such as button
  rose, lily, chamanthi and marigold were exported to USA and
  Dubai from Tamil Nadu.
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spArsh
• Ministry of Defence has implemented SPARSH
• System for Pension Administration (Raksha),
• an integrated system for automation of sanction and
  disbursement of defence pension.
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nArgol port
• Public protests have rekindled in South Gujarat, nearly 21
  years after the state government decided to float global bids
  for a second time to develop an all-weather, multipurpose
  port at Nargol village in Umargam taluka of Valsad district.
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hAribAnghA & mAldA mAngoes
• Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had sent a consignment of
  Haribhanga mangoes for President Ram Nath Kovind and
  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 4. She also sent
  mangoes for the Chief Ministers of West Bengal, Mizoram,
  Tripura, Assam andace
                      Meghalaya        as a gesture
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• A consignment of Geographical Identification (GI) certified
  Fazil mango variety sourced from Malda district of West
  Bengal was exported today to Bahrain.

brics
• All BRICS countries have agreed to the STI-led BRICS
  Innovation Cooperation Action Plan (2021-24) proposed by
  India during 12th Meeting of BRICS S&T Steering Committee.
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United Kingdom exported apple to India for the first time in 50 years.

  Apples were exported under the Enhanced Trade Partnership,
  which was agreed by Prime Ministers of both the countries in
  May 2021. Enhanced Trade Partnership is considered as
  predecessor of Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
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• Later, Truss and Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush
  Goyal formally signed the agreement, setting the goal of
  doubling bilateral trade between the United Kingdom and India
  by 2030.

AvicenniA mArinA
• Scientists at the Department of Biotechnology (DBT)-Institute
  of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar have reported for the first time
  a reference-grade whole genome sequence of a highly salt-
  tolerantand salt-secreting true-mangrove species, Avicennia
  marina.
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nAtionAl Forensic science university
• The Union Home Minister inaugurated the newly built Center
  of Excellence for Research & Analysis of Narcotics and
  Psychotropic Substances of the National Forensic Science
  University in Ahmedabad.
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gene editing committee
  Indian stem cell and
developmental biologist Prof.
Maneesha S Inamdar has been
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Committee on Developing Global
Standards for Governance and
Oversight of Human Genome
Editing.

judiciAry inFrAstructure
• The Union Cabinet has approved continuation of the Centrally
  Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure
  Facilities for Judiciary for further five years from 01.04.2021 to
  31.03.2026 at a totalace cost
                           currentof  Rs.9000 crore.
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coAl Fields
• The Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India, organized a day-long
  workshop on “way ahead for Jharia and Raniganj Master Plan”
  at Central Coalfields Limited, a Jharkhand-based subsidiary of
  Coal India Ltd.     ace current affairs@santhosh sir

rudrAksh
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the
  International Cooperation and Convention Centre – Rudraksh
  in Varanasi, which has been constructed with Japanese
  assistance         ace current affairs@santhosh sir

white FlAg movement
• In Malaysia, some residents of low-income families have
  started waving white flags as part of the so-called “White Flag
  Campaign”, or the #benderaputi (white flag) movement.

• As part of the movement      that
                     ace current       was initiated
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  that are facing hunger or need any other kind of assistance
  are encouraged to wave a white flag or put a piece of white
  cloth outside their homes to signal that they need help.

white FlAg movement

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right to repAir movement
• It is the right of consumers to be able to repair their own
  electronics and other products.
• The goal of the movement is to get companies to make
  spare parts, tools and information on how to repair devices
  available to customers aceand   repair
                             current        shops tosirincrease the
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  lifespan of products and to keep them from ending up in
  landfills.
• The movement traces its roots back to the very dawn of the
  computer era in the 1950s.

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• US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order calling
  on the Federal Trade Commission to curb restrictions imposed
  by manufacturers that limit consumers’ ability to repair their
  gadgets on their own terms.
• The UK introducedace
                     right-to-repair     rulessirthat should make it
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  much easier to buy and repair daily-use gadgets such as TVs
  and washing machines.

lemru elephAnt reserves
• To be located in Chattisgarh.
• Proposed in 2005 and got central approval in 2007.
• It is planned to prevent human-animal conflict in the region,
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  Jharkhand

nAvegAon-nAzAriA tiger reserves
• A rare Melanistic Leopard (commonly known as Black Panther) has
  been recorded in Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) of
  Maharashtra.
• The tiger reserve comprises the notified area of Navegaon National
  Park, Navegaon Wildlife   Sanctuary,
                       ace current         NagzirasirWildlife Sanctuary, New
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  Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary and Koka Wildlife Sanctuary.

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viper
• VIPER is a mobile robot.
• NASA has announced that it will launch its Volatiles
  Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER in 2023.

• It is the first resource  mapping
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  body.
• NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) will be
  providing the launch vehicle and lander for what’s going to be
  a 100-day mission.

• To explore the Moon’s South Pole region.
• Help create lunar resource maps.
• Evaluate the concentration of water as well as other potential
  resources on its surface.
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cAssini mission
• Launched in 1997.
• The mission is a cooperation between NASA, the European
  Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.
• This was the first landing ever accomplished in the outer
  Solar System.
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• Cassini is the fourth space probe to visit Saturn and the first
  to enter orbit.
• Its design includes a Saturn orbiter and a lander for the
  moon Titan. The lander, called Huygens, landed on Titan in
  2005

• Titan has methane in its atmosphere.
• Enceladus has a liquid ocean with erupting plumes of gas and
  water.

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mAlAriA Free-chinA
• China is the first country in the WHO Western Pacific
  Region to be awarded a malaria-free certification in more
  than 3 decades.
• Other countries in the region that have achieved this
  status include Australia
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  Brunei Darussalam (1987).
• Globally, 40 countries and territories have been granted a
  malaria-free certification from WHO – including, most
  recently, El Salvador (2021), Algeria (2019).

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rbi retAil direct FAcility
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced “RBI Retail Direct
  facility” scheme on July 12, 2021
• RBI’s Retail Direct Scheme is a one-stop solution to facilitate
  investment in Government Securities (G-Sec) by individual
  investors.            ace current affairs@santhosh sir
• Under this scheme, retail investors will be provided a facility to
  open and maintain Retail Direct Gilt Account (RDG Account)
  with RBI.
• This facility was launched as part of continuing efforts towards
  increasing retail participation in government securities.

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kongu nAAdu
• Kongu Nadu is a commonly used name for part of the western
  Tamil Nadu region.
• This place is referred in Tamil literature. to as one among five
  regions of ancient Tamil Nadu. Sangam literature also mentions of
  ‘Kongu Nadu’ in as a separate territory.
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• In present day Tamil Nadu, this term is informally used to refer a
  region comprising of districts of Nilgiris, Tirupur, Coimbatore,
  Karur, Erode, Namakkal and Salem besides, Oddanchatram &
  Vedasandur in Dindigul district and Pappireddipatti in district of
  Dharmapuri.

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p8i AircrAFt
• Contract for eight P81 aircraft was signed by defence
  ministry in 2009.In 2016, ministry signed a contract for four
  additional P-8I aircraft.
• 10th P-81 aircraft is the second aircraft to be delivered under
  option contract for four     additional
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  ministry was awarded in 2016.
• P-81 aircrafts have been deployed to assist during disaster
  relief & humanitarian missions in addition to unmatched
  maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare
  capabilities.

leAder oF rAjyAsAbhA
• Union minister for commerce, consumer affairs and food &
  textiles, Piyush Goyal, is set to replace Thaawar Chand Gehlot as
  leader of House in Rajya Sabha.

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AdAni group
• Adani Group led by Gautam Adani has completed the takeover
  of ‘Mumbai International Airport’ from GVK group
• With this takeover, Adani group has become the top company in
  terms of airport infrastructure companies in India.
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world populAtion dAy- july 11
• The day is observed every year with a specific theme. Theme
  for World Population Day 2021 is “Rights and choices are the
  answer: Whether baby boom or bust, the solution to shifting
  fertility rates lies in prioritizing the reproductive health and
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world First conjugAte vAccine
• Cuba has developed world’s first conjugate Covid-19
  vaccine Soberana 2
• Soberana 2 vaccine is administered in three dose
  regimens. It comprises of two shots of Soberana 2 and
  one shot of Soberana Plus.
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• It is administered in 0-28-56-day regimen.
• The type of vaccine combining weak antigen with
  strong antigen as a carrier so that an immune system
  strongly response to a weak antigen, is called as
  conjugate vaccine

bitcoin hArdwAre wAllet
• Square’s hardware head, Jesse Dorogusker, announced
  recently that company is going to start building a hardware
  wallet and accompanying service for cryptocurrency.

• Hardware wallet is a special
                        ace currenttype    of cryptocurrency
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  which maintains and secures private crypto keys of users in
  hardware device.
• This wallet is known for providing security and utility when
  users interact with blockchains

europeAn chAmpionship
• It is the primary association football competition among
  senior men’s national teams of members of Union of
  European Football Associations (UEFA).
• Competition has been held every four years since 1960.
• Euros 2020 was postponed
                       ace currentuntil  2021 because
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  19 pandemic in Europe.
• Italy has won second European Championship trophy after
  defeating England by 3-2 in penalty shoot-out in final of
  Euros 2020 trophy at Wembley Stadium in London.

copA AmericA 2021

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copA AmericA -1916
• HOST COUNTRY-BRAZIL
• FINAL- ARGENTINA VS BRAZIL
• WINNER -ARGENTINA
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wimbeldon 2021

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wimbeldon 2021
• Novak Djokovic VS Matteo Berrettini
•           6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
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• Ashleigh Barty VS Karolína Plíšková
•                6–3, 6–7, 6–3