CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 21st JULY 2022
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Daughter of a tribal family coming from a very ordinary house in Odisha, Draupadi Murmu has been elected as the 15th President of India. Murmu becomes India’s first woman tribal President.
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Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has won the presidential election held in the Sri Lankan Parliament with 134 votes.
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The organisers of the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympic Games have announced that the opening for the mega event will take place on 14 July, 2028.
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Indian passport was ranked 87th in the Henley Passport Index. Japan, Singapore and South Korea have the most powerful passports in the world.
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The Union Cabinet on 20 July, 2022 approved the signing of an MoU for Judicial cooperation between India and the Judicial Service Commission of the Republic of Maldives.
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A new industry body ‘The Indo-UAE Economic Chamber of Commerce’ was launched in Chennai on 17 July, 2022.
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Malayalam filmmaker KP Kumaran has been honoured with Kerala’s highest film award, the JC Daniel Award.
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The National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) has bagged the Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institute Award 2021.
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Himachal Pradesh has become the first state in the country to connect all registered commercial vehicles equipped with Vehicle Location Tracking Device (VLTD) with Emergency Response Support System (ERSS).
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Retired Army officer Raj Shukla has been appointed as a member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
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RattanIndia Power announced hiring Brijesh Gupta as its new managing director.
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Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami released the book ‘BEYOND THE MISTY VEIL’, Temple Tales of Uttarakhand written by Ms Aradhana Johri (Senior IAS) on the temples of Uttarakhand.
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As per the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List, India’s richest person, Gautam Adani has now also become the fourth richest person in the world, leaving behind Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
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Karnataka, Manipur and Chandigarh have topped in their respective categories in the Third edition of NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index.