IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS
OF JULY 21st, 2019
IMPORTANT
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JULY 21st, 2019
1.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is on a 3 day
visit to US.
a. During this
visit, Khan is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump at
the White House on Monday.
b. The
cricketer-turned-politician arrived aboard a commercial Qatar Airways flight
and is staying at the official residence of the Pakistan's Ambassador to the
US, Asad Majeed Khan.
2. Protection of
Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019 introduced in Lok Sabha
by Union Minister of Home Affairs, Amit Shah has been passed by Lok
Sabha.
a. The Bill
amends Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 that provides for
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), State Human Rights Commissions (SHRC)
and Human Rights Courts.
3. US-based
aerospace and defence company Lockheed Martin has signed MoUs
with 3 Indian startups - Terero Mobility, Sastra Robotics, and NoPo
Nanotechnologies.
a. They will
integrate with Lockheed's supply chain, and contribute to the evolution of
aerospace and defence industry.
b. The startups
were identified through the India Innovation Growth Programme (IIGP).
4. The 20-hour
countdown for India’s second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 began
this evening at the national spaceport at Sriharikota.
a. India’s most
powerful booster, GSLV-Mark-Three, will take off at 2.43 hrs in the
afternoon tomorrow, carrying the high-stake Chandrayaan-2 probe from the second
launch pad of the space station. ehearsal made by the ISRO today has
found that all mission parameters are normal.
b. The 978 crore
rupees worth mission would propel India as the fourth country ever in the elite
club of nations having their own probes soft landing on the moon.
c. ISRO
Chairman : Dr K Sivan
5. Senior
Congress leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit (81)
passed away.
a. Dikshit was
the longest serving Chief Minister of Delhi, serving for a period
of 15 years from 1998 to 2013.
6.
Former Delhi BJP President Mange Ram Garg (82)
passed away.
a. Garg was
elected to the Delhi Legislative Assembly in 2003.
7. President Ram
NathKovind appointed New
governors for 6 States namely UttarPradesh, MadhyaPradesh,
Bihar, WestBengal, Tripura and Nagaland. They are :
a. Uttar
Pradesh - Anandi Ben Patel
b. Madhya
Pradesh - Lal Ji Tandon
c. Bihar - Phagu
Chauhan
d. Nagaland - R.
N. Ravi
e. Tripura - Ramesh
Bais
f.
West Bengal - Jagdeep Dhankhar
8.
1999 Gujarat batch IAS officer, Ajay Bhadoo has
been appointed as Joint Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind.
a. He is
currently serving as the Vadodara Municipal Commissioner.
9.
Amit Burman has been appointed as the new Chairman of FMCG major Dabur
India replacing cousin Anand Burman, who stepped down as a director
and Chairman.
10. Indian
bodybuilder Ravinder Kumar Malik has clinched Mr.
South Asia title.
a. He has
crowned the overall champion at 12th South Asian Bodybuilding and
Physique Sports Championship in Kathmandu yesterday.
b. A total of 91
bodybuilders participated in the championship organised by South Asian
Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Federation under the auspices of Nepal
Bodybuilding and Fitness Association.
11. India's
19-year-old sprinter Hima Das won her 5th
international Gold in 19 days after winning the 400-metre race by
clocking 52.09 seconds at an international meet in Czech Republic today.
a. She won her
1st competitive 200-metre race of 2019 on July 2 at Poznan Athletics Grand
Prix, followed by 200-metre golds at Kutno, Kladno and Tabor meets.
12. Wolverhampton
Wanderers defeated Premier League champions Manchester City to claim
the Premier League Asia Trophy 3-2 in a penalty shootout in
Shanghai today.
13. 4-time Asian
Championships medallist Shiva Thapa won India's
first Gold at 2019 President's Cup boxing tournament after
getting a walkover in the final in Kazakhstan today.
14. India's Asian
Games 2018 silver in 4x400 mixed relay is set to be upgraded to Gold after
Bahrain's Kemi Adekoya was handed a 4-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit
(AIU) for failing a dope test.
a. Adekoya had
also won the 400m hurdles gold at the Asian Games with India's Anu Raghavan
finishing fourth, who will be upgraded to bronze.
15. Algeria won the Africa
Cup of Nations football championship for the second time after beating
Senegal 1-0 in the final today.
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