Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Raising Day: 27 July
Raising Day of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is celebrated every year on 27th July.
This year the 83rd Raising Day of CRPF is being celebrated.
CRPF was established on 27 July 1939.
At that time it was called the Crown Representative’s Police (CRP).
Its name was changed to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on 28 December 1949.
Headquarters of CRPF: New Delhi
Director General of CRPF: Kuldeep Singh
Bangladesh to develop its own social media platforms named “Jogajog” and “Alapan”
Bangladesh is working to develop its own social media platform named “Jogajog” and “Alapan”.
Where ‘Jogajog’ will be an alternative to Facebook.
‘Alapan’ will be an alternative to WhatsApp.
Capital of Bangladesh: Dhaka
Currency: Bangladeshi Taka
President: Abdul Hameed
Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina
Indian Ambassador to Bangladesh: Vikram Duraiswami
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IIT Kanpur launches Center for Technology Innovation
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) has launched the first technology innovation center to find cyber security solutions for anti-drone technologies, intrusion detection systems, blockchain and cyber physical systems.
IIT Kanpur Established: 1959
Philippines becomes first country to approve ‘Golden Rice’
The Philippines has become the first country in the world to allow commercial production of genetically modified “golden rice”.
‘Golden Rice’ specially supplies Vitamin A (beta carotene).
Golden rice has been developed to deal with the increasing diseases due to deficiency of Vitamin-A in developing countries.
Night blindness, zero ophthalmia, malnutrition, etc. are caused by the deficiency of vitamin A.
Chemical name of Vitamin A: Retinol
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI): Los Baos, Philippines
National Rice Research Institute: Cuttack, Odisha
Capital of Philippines: Manila
Currency: Philippine Peso
President: Rodrigo Duterte
Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa resigns from his post
On July 26, 2021, Chief Minister of Karnataka B.S. Yeddyurappa has resigned from his post when the BJP government in Karnataka completes two years.
On 26 July 2019, he became the Chief Minister of Karnataka for the fourth time.
Governor of Karnataka: Thaawarchand Gehlot
World Drowning Prevention Day: 25 July
World Drowning Prevention Day was observed for the first time on 25 July 2021.
April 2021 The United Nations General Assembly has designated 25 July every year as World Drowning Day.
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched “Nadi Ko Jano” app
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the “Know the River” app on 25 July 2021 with an aim to gather information about rivers in India.
Every information related to the rivers of India will be available in this app.
Pramod Bhagat awarded ‘Differently Abled Sportsman of the Year’ 2019
World No. 1 Para Shuttle Pramod Bhagat was awarded the ‘Differently Abled Sportsman of the Year’ 2019 at the Indian Sports Honors.
The Indian Sports Awards are awards given annually to outstanding sports personalities of India by the RPSG Group in association with the Virat Kohli Foundation.
The award was instituted in 2017
Japanese athlete Momiji won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics at the age of 13
Japan’s Momiji Nishiya (13 years 330 days) won the gold medal in the Skateboard event at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
With this, Nishia has become the youngest player to win a gold medal.
Reysa Leal (13 years 203 days) of Brazil won the silver medal in this competition.
While Nakayama (16 years) of Japan won the bronze medal.
Skateboarding is included in the Tokyo Olympics for the first time.
This time 5 new sports have been included in the Olympics: surfing, skateboarding, sports climbing, karate and baseball.
The ancient city of Gujarat Dholavira has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage
In the 44th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, UNESCO has included the huge site of Indus Valley Civilization Dholivara in Gujarat in its World Heritage List.
This session of the committee is being chaired from Fuzhou, China.
With this it has become the 40th World Heritage Site of India.
Gujarat now has four World Heritage Sites:
- Champaner near Pavagadh
- Rani ki Vav in Patan
- Ahmedabad
- Dholivara
Recently ‘Kakatiya Rudreshwar Ramappa Temple’ located at Palampet in Mulugu district of Telangana has been included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Founded: 16 November 1945
Headquarters: Paris, France
Head: Audrey Azoulay
Member Countries: 193 (India is a founding member)
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