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The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has decided to establish 1,000 Khelo India centres across the country out of which 360 centres have already been notified.

➨Athletes are being selected under Khelo India scheme and will be provided with an annual financial assistance of Rs 6.28 lakh.

➨ He informed 236 sports academies are being accredited across the country under the "Support to National, Regional, State Sports Academies".

▪️Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports :-

👉Headquarters - Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

👉Minister - Anurag Thakur

👉Formed - 1982 (as Department of Sports)

27 May 2000 (as Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports)

1) Odisha's Bhubaneswar has become the first city in India to achieve 100 per cent vaccination coverage against Covid-19. Additionally, about one lakh migrant workers have also been administered the first dose of Covid vaccines in the capital city of Odisha.

▪️Odisha CM - Naveen Patnaik

➨ Governor - Ganeshi Lal

➨ Similipal Tiger Reserve

➨ Satkosia Tiger Reserve

➨ Bhitarkanika Mangroves 

➨ Nalabana Bird Sanctuary

2) DXC Technology and Nasscom Foundation have jointly launched the Employability Skills Programme to train 7,500 underserved students in new-age technologies.

➨ The programme will train students from over 35 tier-2 and tier-3 technical and non-technical colleges in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra.

3) Deepak Das, a 1986-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officer, is appointed by the Government of India as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.

➨ Das is the 25th officer to hold the position of CGA.

4) Having vaccinated 5.17 lakh people in every 10-lakh population, Gujarat has bagged the top position in the country in terms of vaccinations per million people. Gujarat has so far administered 3,32,65,975 doses of vaccines as a preventive step against coronavirus, as part of the intensive statewide drive till July 31, 2021, including 75 lakh vaccinations in the month of July alone.

5) A hotline has been set up between the Indian and Chinese armies in the North Sikkim sector to further boost confidence along the Line of Actual Control in the region.

➨The hotline is between the Indian Army in Kongra La, North Sikkim and China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) at Khamba Dzong in Tibetan Autonomous Region.

6) Maharashtra has reported its first case of Zika virus in Belsar village in Purandar taluka of Pune district. 

➨ A 50-year-old woman, developed fever earlier this month but has now recovered completely. No one in her family has shown any symptoms of the disease. 

▪️Maharashtra :- 

CM - Uddhav Thackeray

Governor - Bhagat Singh Koshiyari

Trimbakeshwar Temple 

Bhimashankar Temple 

Grishneshwar Temple

7) Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of Rs 150 crore Vindhyachal Corridor Project (VCP) in Mirzapur.

➨He also inaugurated a ropeway costing Rs 16 crore in Vindhyachal.

➨ The Vindhyachal Corridor project is being built on the lines of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham Corridor project in Varanasi.

▪️Uttar Pradesh :- 

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister - Yogi Adityanath

Governor - Smt. Anandiben Patel

➨Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Dudhwa National Park

➨National Chambal Sanctuary

8) The Ministry of Ayush has collaborated with the U.K.'s London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to conduct a study on ‘Ashwagandha’ for promoting recovery from COVID-19.

▪️Ministry of AYUSH :-

Founded - 9 November 2014, India

Headquarters - New Delhi

9) A new mathematical analysis conducted by researchers from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) and IIM Bangalore has established a relationship between the carbon footprint of companies and the potential risks of investing in these firms.

▪️Karnataka:- 

CM :- Basavaraj Bommai

Governor :- Thawarchand Gehlot

Formation :- 1 November 1956

Language :- Kannada

Port :- New Mangalore Port

10) Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar, AVSM, NM, Chief Hydrographer to the Govt. of India received the Alexander Dalrymple award from the British High Commissioner, Mr Alex Ellis at a presentation ceremony held at the High Commissioner’s residence today at New Delhi.

11) The Bihar assembly passed a Bill to establish the first sports university of the state, where one-third of the seats will be reserved for women. All sports-related institutes, training centres and colleges of physical education in Bihar will be affiliated to this new university, which will be the country's sixth such varsity.

✸Bihar CM - Nitish Kumar

➭ Governor - Phagu Chauhan

➭Mangala Gowri Temple

➭Mithila Shakti Peeth Temple

➭Valmiki National Park

12) Vice Admiral SN Ghormade, AVSM, NM has assumed charge as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff from Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC at a formal ceremony held at South Block, New Delhi. Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar is retiring after glorious service of 39 years.

▪️Ministry of Defence :-  

➨Headquarters - New Delhi

➨Founded - 15 August 1947

➨Navy day - 4 December 

 ➨Chief of Defence Staff (CDS):- General Bipin Rawat

➨ Chief of the Navy Staff - Admiral Karambir Singh

13) Bvlgari has added Priyanka Chopra Jonas as one of its brand ambassadors. 

➨In her role for the brand, the actress-producer will support the Roman high jewellery house in the amplification of its brand around the world, with a particular focus on the themes of women empowerment, diversity and inclusion.

▪️Gujarat:-

➨ CM :-  Vijay Ramniklal Rupani

➨Governor :- Acharya Devvrat

➨Nageshwar Temple 

➨Somnath Temple

14) Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh released a set of guidelines to provide a well-defined framework and guiding principle to facilitate sharing of biological information and data generated by research groups in the country.

➨Singh also launched the website of the Indian Biological Data Centre (IBDC).

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