National Chartered Accountants Day: July 01
National Chartered Accountants Day (CA Day) is celebrated every year on 1 July.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the world’s second largest accounting body, was established on 1 July 1949.
Celebrate the day to commemorate the establishment of ICAI.
ICAI Headquarters: New Delhi
President: CA Nihar N Jambusaria
National Postal Workers Day: 01 July
National Postal Workers Day is celebrated every year on 1st July.
Celebration of this day was started in the country in 1977 to pay respect to the people associated with the Indian Postal Service.
Lord Clive established the first postal system in the country in 1766.
Warren Hastings established the first post office in Kolkata in the year 1774.
On October 1, 1854, the Government of India established a Department for Posts.
World Post Day: 9 October
Turkey and Azerbaijan begin joint military exercises
Turkey and Azerbaijan have started joint military exercise named “Mustafa Kemal Ataturk 2021” in Baku.
Turkey’s capital: Ankara
Currency: Turkish Lira
President: Rajab Tayyip Erdugan
Capital of Azerbaijan: Baku
Currency: Azerbaijani manat
Prime Minister: Ali Asadov
President: Ilham Aliyev
Ashgabat declared world’s most expensive city for foreign workers
Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat in Central Asia has been named the world’s most expensive city for foreign workers in a 2021 cost-of-living survey by consultancy firm Mercer.
Top 4 expensive cities in the world:
Ashgabat – 1
Hong Kong – 2
Beirut (capital of Lebanon) – 3
Tokyo (capital of Japan) – 4
Indian Cities:
Mumbai – 78
New Delhi – 117
Chennai – 158
Bengaluru – 170
Kolkata – 181
The report ranks 209 cities across five continents.
WhatsApp appoints Manesh Mahatme as its Head of Payments in India
WhatsApp has appointed former Amazon executive Manesh Mahatme as the head of its payments business in India.
WhatsApp founded: 2009
Headquarters: California, United States
CEO: Will Cathcart
Founders: Jan Koum, Brian Acton
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven resigns after no-confidence motion
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has resigned after losing a vote of confidence in parliament.
Löfnen is the first Swedish leader to lose a vote of confidence in parliament a week ago.
Capital of Sweden: Stockholm
Currency: Swedish krona
SBI launches “Arogyam Healthcare” business loan
The country’s largest bank State Bank of India (SBI) has launched ‘Arogyam Healthcare Business Loan’ to provide better support to the healthcare sector amid the pandemic.
In this, businessmen will be able to get a minimum loan of 10 lakhs and a maximum of Rs 100 crore.
Establishment of SBI: 1st July 1955
Headquarters: Mumbai
President: Dinesh Kumar Khara
India ranks 10th in Global Cyber Security Index 2020
India has been ranked 10th in the world out of 193 countries in the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Global Cyber Security Index (GCI) 2020.
In the ranking of the year 2018, India was 47th.
Ranking:
America – 1
UK and Saudi Arabia – 2
Estonia – 3
India – 10
China – 33
Bangladesh – 53
Pakistan – 79
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) founded: 17 May 1865
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Shefali Verma becomes youngest Indian player to debut in all formats of cricket
Indian women’s cricket team batsman Shefali Verma became the youngest Indian cricketer to debut in all formats as soon as she debuted in the first Women’s One Day International against England.
Shefali of Haryana made her debut in all formats at the age of 17 years and 150 days.
He is fifth in the all-time list of youngest debutants, with Afghanistan’s Mujeeb ur Rahman at the top.
Mujeeb made his debut in all formats of the game at the age of 17 years and 78 days.
Next is former England wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor.
Australia’s Ellyse Perry is at the third spot in the list, followed by Mohammad Amir.
India to host Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable 2022
India has agreed to host the 9th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable (AMER9) next year, the International Energy Forum (IEF) announced.
International Energy Forum (IEF): The world’s largest energy organization, accounting for 90% of the global energy market.
Established: 1991
Headquarters: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
IEF has 72 member countries including India.
Secretary General: Joseph McMonigal
PM Modi inaugurates Zen Garden and Kaizan Academy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a Japanese-style Zen Garden and Kaizen Academy at the Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA).
‘Zen’ is a Japanese school of Mahayana Buddhism that emphasizes the values of meditation and intuition rather than ritual worship or the study of scriptures.
‘Kaizen’ refers to ‘change for the better’ or ‘continuous improvement’.
Capital of Japan: Tokyo
Currency: Japanese yen
Prime Minister: Yoshihide Suga
President: Shinzo Abe
Cash deposits made by housewives during demonetisation 2016 not taxable: ITAT
Cash amount up to Rs 2.5 lakh deposited by housewives after demonetisation scheme 2016 will not come under the purview of Income Tax Investigation.
Because the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that such deposits cannot be treated as income.
Demonetization was done by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi on 8 November 2016.
From this day the old 500 and 1000 rupees currency were discontinued and new currencies were introduced.
The first currency was demonetised in 1978 by the fourth Prime Minister of India, Morarji Desai, in which 1000 and 5000 notes were discontinued.
“Kashmiri Century: Portrait of a Society in Flux” by Khemlata Wakhlu
The book “Kashmiri Century: Portrait of a Society in Flux” by author, political leader and a social activist, Khemlata Wakhlu was released.
