current affairs magazine for 2021

1) The Harappan city of Dholavira, in present-day Gujarat, was named the 40th Indian site on UNESCO’s World Heritage list.

➨ UNESCO’s announcement came just days after another site, Ramappa Temple in Telangana, was admitted to the list.

➨The ancient city of Dholavira is one of the most remarkable and well-preserved urban settlements in South Asia dating from the 3rd to mid-2nd millennium BCE (Before Common Era). Discovered in 1968, the site is set apart by its unique characteristics, such as its water management system, multi-layered defensive mechanisms, extensive use of stone in construction and special burial structures.

2) Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) in Mawiong, Meghalaya.

➨ It will improve road connectivity of northeast and will make the region an 'economic hub'.

➨Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy were also present at the inauguration event.

▪️Meghalaya :-

👉Governor - Satya Pal Malik

👉Conrad Kongkal Sangma

👉Umiam Lake 

👉Nartiang Durga Temple

👉Khasi, Garo and Jaintia hills

3) Arunachal Pradesh government has inked an agreement with the Indian Institute of Management Shillong here to foster better financial and policy management aimed at improving livelihoods.

➨ Arunachal Pradesh chief secretary Naresh Kumar and IIM Shillong director DP Goyal signed the MoU in the presence of Chief Minister Pema Khandu.

◾️Arunachal Pradesh :-

➨CM - Pema Khandu

➨Deputy Chief Minister - Chowna Mein

➨Governor :- B. D. Mishra 

➨Namdapha Tiger Reserve 🐅

➨ Kamlang Tiger Reserve 🐅

➨Mouling National Park

4) Runaya, a metals startup founded by brothers Annanya and Naivedya Agarwal announced the commencement of its aluminium dross processing and refining unit in Jharsuguda in Odisha.

➨The facility is said to provide end-to-end green and sustainable solutions for the recovery of aluminium from dross and processing residual waste to manufacture steel slag conditioners.

▪️Odisha CM - Naveen Patnaik

➨ Governor - Ganeshi Lal

➨ Similipal Tiger Reserve

➨ Satkosia Tiger Reserve

➨ Bhitarkanika Mangroves 

➨ Nalabana Bird Sanctuary

5) Chief Minsiter Yogi Adityanath laid foundation stone of 16 projects of Rs 187.51 crore including Rs 154 crore project of Sainik School at Fertilizer plant campus in Gorakhpur.

➨The Centre has proposed to open 100 new Sainik Schools in the country in Union budget and the state government is working on opening Sainik School in each comissionary.

6) The book titled, 'Shifting Orbits: Decoding the Trajectory of the Indian Start-up Ecosystem', co-edited by Professor Rohan Chinchwadkar, a finance professor at the Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management at IIT Bombay, was launched yesterday evening by Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog.

7) Philippines – Filipino farmers will become the first in the world to be able to cultivate a variety of rice enriched with nutrients to help reduce childhood malnutrition, after receiving the green light from regulators.

➨Golden Rice was developed by the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) in partnership with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to contain additional levels of beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A.

8) President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated a new branch of State Bank of India (SBI) at the President''s Estate.

➨ This is the first branch of SBI which is being opened within the premises of Rashtrapati Bhavan.

▪️ State Bank of India :- 

Founded - 1 July 1955

Headquarters - Mumbai, 

Maharashtra

Chairman - Dinesh Kumar Khara

9) Scientists have developed piezoelectric molecular crystals that repair their own mechanical damage without the need for any external intervention.

➨ Piezoelectric crystals are a class of materials that generate electricity when it undergoes a mechanical impact.

10) The Delhi government will give a ‘Samman Rashi’ of ₹1 crore each to the families of six “bravehearts of Delhi” who lost their lives in the line of duty.

➨ A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Delhi Cabinet. The Revenue Department proposed to provide ex-gratia, which was approved by the Cabinet on the instructions of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

11) A course on disaster management will be taught as a compulsory subject during the first year at colleges in Odisha.

➨ The move comes after the Odisha government had decided on May 29 to include disaster and pandemic management in high school and college curricula.

12) World No. 1 para shuttler Pramod Bhagat was named Differently Abled Sportsman of the Year at Indian Sports Honour for 2019.The delay in announcement was due to COVID-19 pandemic.

➨Indian Sports Honours are awards given annually by the RPSG Group in association with the Virat Kohli Foundation to outstanding sports personalities of India. the awards were founded in 2017.

13) As an initiative under the humanitarian project of the Indian Army, "Operation Sadbhavana", a medical and veterinary camp was organised in the remote village of Tyakshi in Jammu and Kashmir.

▪️Jammu and Kashmir :-

➨L. Governor of J&K - Manoj Sinha 

➨Dachigam National Park

➨Salim Ali National Park

➨Rajparian  Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Hirapora  Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Gulmarg  Wildlife Sanctuary

14) NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for Earth’s first mission to conduct detailed investigations of Jupiter's moon Europa.

▪️NASA :- 

👉Headquarters - Washington, D.C.

👉Formed - July 29, 1958

👉Preceding agency - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

15) A report on “Renewables Integration in India 2021” has been jointly launched by Dr. Rakesh Sarwal, Additional Secretary, NITI Aayog & Keisuke Sadamori, Director of Energy Markets and Security, IEA.

➨The report is based on the outcome of three states workshops held with the Governments of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat to understand the specific energy transition challenges faced by these renewable-rich states.

16) In a choice that underlined a keenness to protect the Lingayat vote base rather than indulge in risky experiments, the BJP chose 61-year-old Basavaraj Bommai as the next Chief Minister of Karnataka.

➨Lingayat leader Basavaraj Bommai will take oath as the 23rd Chief Minister of Karnataka at 11 am today. Bommai was announced as the new Chief Minister of the state following a party meeting at a private hotel in Bengaluru.

▪️Karnataka:- 

CM :- Basavaraj Bommai

Governor :- Thawarchand Gehlot

Formation :- 1 November 1956

Language :- Kannada

Port :- New Mangalore Port

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