World Ranger Day: 31 July
World Ranger Day is celebrated every year on 31st July in honor of Rangers.
World Ranger Day was first celebrated in the year 2007.
International Ranger Federation (IRF) established: 1992
Central government announced 27% reservation for OBC, 10% reservation for EWS in medical courses
The Central Government has announced 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) and 10% for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) under the All India Quota (AIQ) scheme in undergraduate and post graduate medical and dental courses. .
All India Quota (AIQ) Scheme: was introduced in the year 1986 to provide domicile-free merit based opportunity to the students of any state to study in a medical college of another state.
AIQ covers 15% of total UG seats and 50% reservation of PG seats in government medical colleges.
Paytm Payments Bank becomes first bank to issue 1 crore FASTag
Paytm Payments Bank has become the first bank in India to issue 1 crore FASTag.
Paytm Payments Bank has around 28% market share as a FASTag issuing bank.
Paytm Established: 2009
Headquarters: Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Founder & CEO: Vijay Shekhar Sharma
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Shehrooz Kashif becomes world’s youngest mountaineer to climb K2 mountain
Pakistan’s 19-year-old mountaineer Shehrooz Kashif has become the youngest mountaineer in the world to climb the K2 mountain.
K2 mountain is the second highest mountain in the world with a height of 8,611 meters.
Known as K2 because of its location in the Karakoram ranges of Kashmir.
Mount K2 is also known as ‘Mount Godwin-Austin’.
Highest mountain in the world: Mount Everest (8,848.86 m)
World’s third highest mountain: Kangchenjunga (elevation 8586 m)
Asia’s first and world’s third blind climber to climb Mount Everest: Zhang Hong
First male climber to climb Mount Everest at the fastest speed: Sherpa guide Lakpa Gelu (10 hours 56 minutes)
First female climber to climb Mount Everest at the fastest speed: Tsang Yin Hung (25 hours and 50 minutes)
Oldest climber to climb Mount Everest: Arthur Muir (75 years old)
Most male climbers on Mount Everest: Kami Rita Sherpa (25 times)
Most female climbers on Mount Everest: Lakhpa Sherpa (9 times)
Vaidehi Dongre won the title of ‘Miss India USA 2021’
Vaidehi Dongre, 25, from Michigan has won the title of ‘Miss India USA 2021′.
Along with this, Hey Vaidehi also won the title of ‘Miss Talented’ for her brilliant performance of Kathak dance.
Arshi Lalani of Georgia was adjudged the runner up.
Meera Kasari of North Carolina finished third.
NatWest Group Earth Heroes Award for Satpura Tiger Reserve
Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh has been given the ‘Natwest Group Earth Heroes’ award in the Earth Guardian category.
Satpura Tiger Reserve is located in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh.
It was established in the year 2000.
Recently Satpura Tiger Reserve has been included in the probable list of World Heritage along with 6 sites of India.
International Tiger Day: 29 July
Theme of International Tiger Day 2021: “Their Survival is in our hands”
‘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)
14 tiger reserves of India given CA|TS recognition
On the occasion of International Tiger Day (July 29), 14 tiger reserves in India have been recognized by Global Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS) for better conservation of tigers.
CA|TS Recognized 14 Tiger Reserves:
| Tiger reserve | State |
| 1. Mudumalai Tiger Reserve 2. Annamalai Tiger Reserve | Tamilnadu |
| 3. Bandipur Tiger Reserve | Karnataka |
| 4. Parambikulam Tiger Reserve | Karela |
| 5. Sunderban Tiger Reserve | West Bengol |
| 6. Dudhwa Tiger Reserve | Uttar Pradesh |
| 7. Valmiki Tiger Reserve | Bihar |
| 8. Pench Tiger Reserve | Maharashtra |
| 9. Satpura Tiger Reserve 10. Kanha Tiger Reserve 11. Panna Tiger Reserve | Madhya Pradesh |
| 12. Satpura Tiger Reserve 13. Kanha Tiger Reserve 14. Panna Tiger Reserve | Assam |
Sanjeev Sahota’s book ‘China Room’ among 13 contenders for Booker Prize
The book ‘China Room’ by Indian-origin British novelist Sanjeev Sahota has been included in the list of 13 contenders for this year’s Booker Prize.
He had previously featured in the 2015 Booker Prize contenders for his book “The Year of the Runaways”.
Man Booker Prize: Considered the biggest prize in the field of literature after the Nobel Prizes.
It is given only for English novels.
Prize money: 60 thousand pounds
Established: 1969
Booker Prize of the Year 2020: Douglas Stuy (Book: Shaggy Ben)
International Booker Prize Established: 2005
The award is given annually to a fiction novel in any language, translated into English and published in Britain or Ireland.
International Booker Prize 2021: David Diop (‘At Night All Blood is Black’)
Translator: Anna Moskovakis
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RBI approves Ladakh to acquire 8.23% stake in J&K Bank
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the acquisition of 8.23% of the paid-up equity capital of Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited for the Union Territory of Ladakh.
Establishment of Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited: 1 October 1938
Headquarter: Shrinag
CEO: R K Chhibber
Establishment of Reserve Bank of India: 1 April 1935
Headquarters: Mumbai
Governor: Shaktikanta Das
Asha Bhosle to be honored with ‘Maharashtra Bhushan Award’ 2021
Noted singer Asha Bhosle will be honored with the prestigious ‘Maharashtra Bhushan Award’ for the year 2020.
Asha Bhosle has been honored with Dadasaheb Phalke Award in the year 2000 and Padma Vibhushan in 2005.
Establishment of Maharashtra Bhushan Award: 1996 (the highest award given by the Government of Maharashtra)
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