International Tiger Day: 29 July
International Tiger Day is celebrated every year on 29 July.
This year the 11th International Tiger Day is being celebrated.
Theme of International Tiger Day 2021: “Their Survival is in our hands”
In 2010, at the Tiger Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia, it was decided to celebrate this day every year on 29 July.
In this conference, a target has been set to double the number of tigers by the year 2022.
‘Project Tiger’ for the conservation of tigers: 1973
Total Tiger Reserve in the country: 52
1st Tiger Reserve: Jim Corbett (Uttarakhand)
52nd Tiger Reserve: Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary (Rajasthan)
Largest Tiger Reserve of India: Nagarjuna Sagar Srisailam (Andhra Pradesh)
Smallest Tiger Reserve: Pench (Maharashtra)
‘Tiger Man of India’: Kailash Sankhla
India has 70% of the world’s tigers
Number of tigers in India as per 2019 report: 2967
Most tigers: Madhya Pradesh (526)
Karnataka (524)
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defense Ministers meeting held in Tajikistan
The Annual Meeting of Defense Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries is being held from July 27-29, 2021 in Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan.
Union Defense Minister of India Rajnath Singh participated in the meeting.
Establishment of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO): June 15, 2001
Headquarters: Beijing, China
Secretary General: Vladimir Norov
Member countries: 8 (Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan)
Tajikistan Capital: Dushanbe
Currency: Tajikistan Somoni
President: Emomali Rahman
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India-Russia joint military exercise ‘Indra-2021’
The 12th edition of the joint exercise “INDRA 2021” between the armies of India and Russia will be conducted from August 1 to August 13, 2021.
This exercise will be organized in Volgograd, Russia.
250 soldiers from both the countries will participate in this exercise.
The ‘Indra’ military exercise was started in the year 2003.
Capital of Russia: Moscow
Currency: Russian ruble
President: Vladimir Putin
Puri becomes first city in India to provide quality drinking water
Puri city in the state of Odisha has become the first city in India to get high quality drinking water directly from tap for 24 hours without storing drinking water and without any filtration.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has implemented the “Drink from Tap Project” under which this facility is being provided.
IMF forecasts India’s GDP growth rate at 9.5% in FY 2021-22
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected India’s GDP growth rate at 9.5% for the financial year 2021-22.
and has projected up to 8.5% for the financial year 2022-23.
Formation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF): 27 December 1945
Headquarters: Washington, DC
Managing Director and President: Kristalina Georgieva
Chief Economist: Gita Gopinath
Nigeria to launch its cryptocurrency called “e-Naira”
Nigeria plans to launch its own cryptocurrency named “e-naira” by October 2021.
First country to legalize cryptocurrency bitcoin: El Salvador
Capital of Nigeria: Abuja
Currency: Naira
President: Muhammadu Buhari
Lolo Jones wrote the book ‘Over It: How to Face Life’s Hurdles with Grit, Hustle, and Grace’
American Olympian athlete Lori Susan “Lolo” Jones has written a book titled ‘Over It: How to Face Life’s Hurdles with Grit, Hustle, and Grace’
India’s legendary badminton player Nandu Natekar passed away
Legendary Indian badminton player Nandu Natekar passed away at the age of 88.
He was the first Indian badminton player to win an international title in the year 1956.
He was the first sportsperson to be awarded the Arjuna Award in the year 1961.
Establishment of Arjuna Award: 1961
Prize money of the winner: increased from Rs.05 lakh to Rs.15 lakh
Nobel Prize winning scientist Steven Weinberg passed away
Famous American physics scientist Steven Wainberg passed away.
In 1979, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
MP government made ‘Devaranya’ scheme
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has started ‘Devaranya’ scheme with the aim of promoting Ayurveda and linking it with employment.
RBI fined Rs 5 crore on Axis Bank
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a fine of Rs 5 crore on Axis Bank.
This fine has been imposed for violating the rules of RBI.
Establishment of Axis Bank: 1993
Headquarters: Mumbai
MD & CEO: Amitabh Choudhary
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