World Population Day: 11 July
World Population Day is celebrated every year on 11 July.
Theme of World Population Day 2021: “The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on fertility”
The day was established in 1989 by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
According to the 2011 census, Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India followed by Maharashtra and Bihar.
UNDP Establishment: 1969
Headquarters: New York, United States
Executive Director: Natalia Kanem
World Malala Day: 12 July
World Malala Day is celebrated every year on 12 July to honor the rights of women and children around the world.
The United Nations has declared the birthday of Pakistan’s child and women’s rights activist Malala Yousafzai as this day.
Malala Yousafzai, a public voice for girls’ education, was shot by Taliban gunmen on October 9, 2012.
She became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at the age of 17.
She has founded the Malala Fund, a non-profit organization that helps young girls go to school.
She is also the co-author of the famous book titled ‘I am Malala’.
The documentary ‘He Named Me Malala’ made on him was shortlisted for the Oscars in the year 2015.
The first train reached Manipur, the state included in the railway map
A passenger train ‘Rajdhani Express’ arrived for trial run from Silchar railway station in Assam at Wangichunpao railway station in the country’s northeastern state of Manipur.
With this trial run, Manipur got a place on the map of Indian Railways.
This train covered a distance of 11 km between the two Northeast stations.
On 16 April 1853, the first train in India ran between Bori Bunder (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) to Thane (Mumbai), a distance of 35 km.
The train was pulled by three steam locomotives Sultan, Sindhu and Sahib.
The Indian Railways network is divided into 18 zones.
South Coast Railway Zone (DTR) is the 18th Indian Railway zone, headquartered at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Lord Dalhousie is called the father of Indian Railways.
New Railway Minister of India: Ashwini Vaishnav
Wimbledon 2021
World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic won the title by defeating Italy Matteo Berrettini in the final match of Wimbledon 2021.
Djokovic has won the Wimbledon title for the sixth time.
This is his overall 20th Grand Slam title. With this, he has tied up with Roger Federer of Switzerland and Rafael Nadal of Spain. Both have won 20-20 Grand Slam titles.
List of winners:
| Catagory | Winner | Runner-up |
| men’s singles | Novak Djokovic (Serbia) | Matteo Berrettini (Italy) |
| women’s singles | Ashleigh Barty (Australia) | Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) |
| men’s doubles | Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic | Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos |
| women’s doubles | Hsieh Su-wei and Alice Mertens | Veronika Kudermatova and Elena Vesnina |
| mixed doubles | Neil Skupsky and Desira Kravsky | Joe Salisbury and Harriet Darte |
Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world.
It has been held in Wimbledon, London since 1877 and is played on outdoor grass courts.
Wimbledon is one of four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the others being the Australian Open, the French Open and the US Open.
The Australian Open is the first Grand Slam of the year that takes place in January.
This is followed by the French Open (May–June), Wimbledon (June–July) and the US Open (August–September).
Italy won the Euro Cup 2020 title for the second time
In the Euro Cup 2020, Italy’s football team has won the Euro 2020 title by defeating England 3-2.
Earlier, Italy had won the Euro Cup title in 1968 as well.
The competition was held from June 11 to July 11, 2021.
It was organized in 11 cities in 11 countries.
The Euro is also known as the UEFA European Football Championship.
It started in 1958.
It is organized after 4 years.
So far, Spain and Germany have won this competition for the most number of times.
Portugal won the tournament title for the first time in 2016.
Argentina won the Copa America 2021 title
Under the leadership of Lionel Messi, Argentina defeated Brazil 1-0 to win the Copa America 2021 title.
Argentina has won this trophy after 28 years.
The team last won this title in 1993.
The Copa América was the 47th edition of the annual international men’s football championship, organized by CONMEBOL, the football ruling body of South America.
India’s first ‘Maritime Arbitration Center’ to be built in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
An MoU has been signed between ‘Gujarat Maritime University‘ and ‘International Financial Services Center Authority’ at ‘GIFT’ City (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City) in Gujarat for setting up of ‘Gujarat International Maritime Arbitration Center’ (GIMAC). went.
It will be the first center of its kind in the country to handle arbitration proceedings in disputes related to the maritime and shipping sector.
There are over 35 arbitration centers in India but none of them are specifically related to the maritime sector.
Defense Ministry launched ‘System for Pension Administration Raksha- SPARSH’ system
The Defense Ministry has implemented an integrated system, ‘System for Pension Administration Raksha- SPARSH’, for automation of sanction and disbursement of defense pensions.
The two largest banks State Bank of India (SBI) and Punjab National Bank (PNB) have been selected as service centers related to defense pensioners.
Union Defense Minister: Rajnath Singh
India’s first cryptogemic garden opened in Uttarakhand
India’s first cryptogamic garden was inaugurated in Deoban area of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.
This garden is situated at an altitude of 9000 feet.
It contains about 50 different species of cryptograms.
Cryptograms are plants that do not spread through seeds.
They have no seeds, no flowers etc.
This includes algae, mosses, ferns, fungi, and lichens.
Amazon sets up its first ‘digital center’ in Surat
Amazon India has launched its first digital center in Surat, Gujarat.
Which is part of the company’s initiative to digitize one crore Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) of India by 2025.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani virtually inaugurated this digital centre.
Amazon Founded: 5 July 1994
Headquarters: United States
CEO: Andrew R. Jesse
Founder: Jeff Bezos
