This article gives a concise overview of recent events in July 2021 to help you prepare for the next Kerala PSC, UPSC, SSC, Banking, Railways, and other competitive examinations.

In this post, we tried to integrate around 400 current GK questions with national and international news that is important for the forthcoming PSC Degree Level Exam and other competitive examinations.

Current Affairs July 2021

• World Chocolate Day – July 7.
• World Population Day – July 11. 
• Theme – The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on fertility.
• National Fish Farmers' Day – July 10. 
• National Campaign – Ecosystem-based Management for sustainable fisheries.
• Kerala State Campaign – എവിടെയെല്ലാം ജലാശയം അവിടെയെല്ലാം മത്സ്യം.
• MIMI Fish – a mobile app created by the States Fisheries Department for retail fish sales and home delivery.
• World Youth Skills Day – July 15. 
• Theme – Reimagining Youth Skills Post-Pandemic.
• Nelson Mandela International Day – July 18.
• Science Exploration Day (Moon Day) – July 20.
• Aaykar Diwas (Income Tax Day) – July 24.
• by Central Board of Direct Taxes.
• New Indian Air Force Vice Chief – Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari.
• Director-General of All India Radio – N. Venudhar Reddy.
• Newly appointed MD of National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. – Satish Agnihotri.
• New Governors in the Month of July – 
• Goa – P.S. Sreedharan Pillai.
• Tripura – Satyadev Narayan Arya.
• Haryana – Bandaru Dattatraya
• Mizoram – Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati.
• Karnataka – Thawarchand Gehlot.
• Jharkhand – Ramesh Bais.
• Himachal Pradesh – Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
• New US Ambassador to India – Eric Garcetti.
• Indian origin Atul Keshap also served as the interim envoy to India in July,  following the retirement of the previous Ambassador Daniel Smith.
• First Gulf nation to open embassy in Israel – UAE.
• First Indian to be appointed Honorary Consul General of Vietnam – N.S. Srinivasa Murthy.
• Cabinet Ministry Reorganization – 43 ministers.
• The Malayali member of the new reshuffled cabinet ministry – Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Electronics & IT).
• Leader of House in Rajya Sabha – Piyush Goyal.
• Deputy Leader of Rajya Sabha – Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
• Name the new Chief Electoral Officer of Kerala – Dr. Sanjay Kaul.
• Newly appointed Chairman and MD of Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd – B. Ashok.
• New Chairman of Kerala State Farmer's Debt Relief Commission – Retd. Justice K. Abraham Mathew. 
• World's first conjugate vaccine for COVID-19 was developed by – Cuba (vaccine name: Soberana 2 by BioFarma).
• First country in the world to make Covid Vaccination mandatory for people over the age of 18 – Tajikistan.
• First Union Territory in India to vaccinate all adults with the first dose of the Covid 19 vaccine – Ladakh.
• First 100% vaccinated panchayat (first dose, tourism destination) in Kerala – Vythiri (Wayanad).
• First private LNG Facility plant in India – Nagpur (Maharashtra).
• By – Baidyanath Ayurvedic Group.
• First indigenous drone defense dome of India – Indrajaal.
•  Developed by – Grene Robotics.
• First maritime arbitration center of India will be set up at – Gandhinagar.
• India's first cryptogamic garden – Dehradun district, Uttarakhand.
• After Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams, who is the third woman of Indian origin to travel to space? Sirisha Bandla.
• ‘VSS Unity’ of Virgin Galactic.
• First High Court in India to live stream court proceedings – Gujarat High Court.
• New Indian High Commissioner to Tanzania – Binaya Srikanta Pradhan
• First country in the Western Pacific Region to be awarded WHO's Malaria free certification – China.
• The other country which received the malaria-free certification of WHO in 2021 – El Salvador. (first central American country to do so)
• India's first FASTag or UPI-based parking facility to minimize entrance and payment times was established by which metro rail corporation? Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
• National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd's has recently appointed a Managing Director in July. Who is it? Satish Agnihotri.
• New Managing Director of Bangalore Metro Transport Corporation - Dr. M.T. Reju.
• First Indian state to reserve jobs for transgender persons – Karnataka.
• Name Israel's fifth-generation autonomous long-range precision-guided missile system – Sea Breaker.
• India's first (first in Asia as well) National Dolphin Research Centre will be at – Patna (Bihar).
• World’s biggest floating solar panel farms (60 megawatt-peak) was inaugurated in – Singapore. 
• First Movable Fresh Water Tunnel Aquarium in India was launched in – Bengaluru.
• Launched by – Indian Railways in collaboration with the HNi Aquatic Kingdom.
• Founding father of Bengaluru – Nadaprabhu Kempegowda.
• How many Kempegowda heritage sites did the Karnataka Govt. decided to set up in Bengaluru – 46.
• India's Second School of Mining is going to be set up at – Ballari (Karnataka).
• Mining Hub of Karnataka – Ballari.
• First of its kind in Karnataka.
•  India’s first ‘Grain ATM – Gurugram (Haryana).
• Part of World Food Programme.
• First Zika virus reported in Kerala in the year 2021 was in - Thiruvananthapuram.
• Name the country that reported the first human fatality caused by the Monkey B Virus – China.
• Host of 2022 Women’s Asian Cup – Pune & Mumbai.
• Name the world’s first commercial small modular reactor – Linglong One (by China).
• Which country's president was assassinated by militants at his residence in July? Haiti (President Jovenel Moise).
• Capital of Haiti – Port-au-Prince.
• Currency – Haitian gourde.
• interim President – Joseph Lambert.
• Newly elected Prime Minister & Acting President of Haiti – Ariel Henry.
• First Indian (Malayali as well) male athlete to qualify for the 400m hurdles in Olympics – M.P. Jabir.
• First Malayali athlete to qualify for the 400m hurdles in Olympics – P.T. Usha.
• The political party of which country celebrated its centenary (100th anniversary) of its founding on July 1, 2021? China & Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
• The newspaper published by CCP – People's Daily.
• Who is the eleventh Chief minister of Uttarakhand who got elected in July 2021? Pushkar Singh Dhami.
• Youngest CM of Uttarakhand (45 years old).
• Governor of Uttarakhand – Baby Rani Maurya.
• First state in India to use blockchain technology to issue educational documents – Maharashtra.
• Name the Kerala Govt. Scheme for Women Fish Vendors – Samudra (Free bus travel scheme).
• Name the only person who has served twice as Pentagon chief (defense secretary) and a one-time presidential candidate who has passed recently – Donald Rumsfeld.
• India's rank in  ITU’s (International Telecommunication Union) Global Cybersecurity Index 2020 – 10.
• 1st – USA; 2nd – UK & Saudi Arabia & 3rd – Estonia.
• Recipient of First Sanjay Chandrasekhar award instituted by the Kottayam Press Club – P. Jazeela (അവസാനിക്കാത്ത ഇര ജീവിതങ്ങള്‍ series, Madhyamam).
• Which country tops the Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2021? The USA.
• India – 20th.
• Winner of Best Film Award in the Documentary section of Toronto International Women’s Film Festival – Decoding Shankar (Director: Deepti Pillay Sivan).
• Biopic on the musician Shankar Mahadevan.
• Who is the newly appointed Lokayukta of Tripura? Kalyan Narayan Bhattacharjee.
• Recipient of Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar of 2020 – Dr. Rajendra Kishore Panda (Odia poet).
• Youngest ever Chess Grandmaster in the World – Abhimanyu Mishra (Indian-origin, 12 years, four months, and 25 days).
• The first government-run school in India to participate in a satellite launch – Government Boys High School, Malleshwaram (Karnataka).
• Author of 'Nathuram Godse: The True Story of Gandhi’s Assassin' – Dhaval Kulkarni. 
• Which country chaired the 7th edition of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium? France.
• Oldest running newspaper of India – Mumbai Samachar (1822).
• Founded by – Fardoonji Murazban.
•  Malayali who won the Spices Board for Best Cardamom farmer 2021 – K.P.N. Krishnankutty (Chitra Krishnankutty -  Krishnankutty of Chitra plantations).
• Ambedkar Memorial and Cultural Centre and a 25ft high statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar will be set up at – Lucknow. 
• Where was the new Indian Army Memorial (outside of India) situated? Cassino, Italy.
• for commemorating the 5,000 Indian troops who died opposing fascist forces in the Battle of Monte Cassino during World War II.
• Which bank was fined Rs 25 lakh by the RBI for failing to comply with certain aspects of the 'Cyber Security Framework in Banks' directive? Punjab & Sind Bank.
• Identify Bangladesh's own alternative social media networks that will compete with Facebook and Whatsapp – Jogajog & Alapan.
• 'HAUSLA- Inspiring her growth' – a comprehensive initiative to promote women's entrepreneurship in Jammu & Kashmir.
• In which part of the country did FACT (Fertilisers And Chemicals Travancore Limited) recently opened a PSA Oxygen plant? Basti, Uttar Pradesh.
• J&K Chief Secretary, Arun Kumar Mehta, inaugurated SDRF first Battalion’s 24×7 mental health helpline called SUKOON
• A newly discovered Black-bellied Coral snake was found in the forests of which State? Uttarakhand (Bhadraj Block of Benog Wildlife Sanctuary).
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Digital India project on? July 1, 2015.
•  Which bank launched the ‘Salute Doctors' banking service for doctors? ICICI Bank.
• Winner of Chief Minister's Trophy 2020 for the Best Police Station –Thampanoor Police Station (Thiruvananthapuram).
• The award for World’s most innovative Investment Promotion Agency 2021 by OCO Global was given to – Invest India.
• NIPUN Bharat programme was launched by which cabinet ministry? Education Ministry.
• NIPUN –  National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy.
• Aim –  By 2026-26 every child in India to have foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) by the end of Grade 3.
• HDFC Bank introduced a platform to thank physicians for their arduous service throughout the epidemic, to pay respect to doctors around the country. What is its name? Salaam Dil Sey.
• Name the former Indian footballer from Kerala who passed away recently – M. Prasannan.
• Author of 'Saving the World from Hitler: India's Battles in the Second World War' – R. Prasannan.
• In the East China Sea, an Indian Navy cruiser recently performed a military practice with which vessel? South Korean vessel.
• Author of 'India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends' – Kanti Bajpai.
• The motto of Tokyo Olympics – Faster, Higher, Stronger -Together.
• Flag-bearers (India) at Tokyo Olympics – 
• Opening Ceremony – M.C. Mary Kom & Manpreet Singh.  
• Closing Ceremony – Bajrang Punia. 
• Tokyo Paralympics – Mariyappan Thangavelu.
• Olympics cheer song 'Hindustani Way' is composed by – A.R. Rahman.
• Singer – Ananya Birla.
• Union Sports Ministry has started a nationwide campaign to encourage athletes to compete in the Olympics. What is it? #Cheer4India.
• Official Partner of the Indian Olympic Team at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 - Sports For All (SFA).
• Security & Press Attache of India’s Olympic contingent – B. K. Sinha.
• Sponsor for the Indian contingent at the Tokyo Games – Adani Group.  
• First Gold Medal of Tokyo Olympics – Yang Qian (China; Women’s 10m air rifle).
• First Olympics medal for India in the Tokyo Olympics – Mirabai Chanu (Silver,  Women’s 49kg category weightlifting).
• Winner of Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix 2021 – Max Verstappen.
• The highest run-getter in women’s cricket across all formats – Mithali Raj. 
• Author of the book titled ‘Janak Suta Sut Shaurya’ – Dr. Gouri Shankar Sharma.
• Which country's Prime minister participated in the 'Chess Kerala' tournament to support Kerala’s COVID preventive efforts? Czech Republic (Andrej Babis).
• Author of the book 'Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India’s First Women in Medicine' – Kavitha Rao.
• CoWin Global Conclave was inaugurated virtually by – PM Modi.
• The second most-valued listed Public Sector Bank – Indian Overseas Bank.
• Which company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Tourism to improve the country's hospitality and tourism industry? Yatra.com.
• The government recently increased the retirement age of IPO-bound LIC Chairman to – 62 years (by amending Life Insurance Corporation of India (Staff) Regulations of 1960).
• Which state/UT has put an end to its 149-year-old biannual darbar move tradition? Jammu & Kashmir.
•  Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir – Manoj Sinha.
• Shifting offices between summer capital Srinagar & winter capital Jammu.
• Two people of Indian origin were included in the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s annual list of Great Immigrants. Name them – Gita Gopinath & Kamlesh Lulla.
• Which Indian city will host the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI)? Goa.
• 'The Fourth Lion: Essays for Gopalkrishna Gandhi' is authored by –Srinath Raghavan & Venu Madhav Govindu.
• DRDO gave the license to market and produce which drug to the Hyderabad-based pharmaceuticals Laurus Labs? 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose (2-DG), the covid 19 drug. 
• Who is the author of the book titled ' The Struggle Within: A Memoir of the Emergency'? Ashok Chakravarti.
• First South Indian artist to receive New York-based Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation award – Pradeep Puthoor.
• What is the name of the International Cooperation and Convention Centre in Varanasi (UP) launched by PM Modi? Rudraksh.
• On July 4, 2021, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission launched Project BOLD (Bamboo Oasis on Drought Lands). 
• Which tribal community was it launched from? Nichola Mandwa Village in Udaipur, Rajasthan.
• Name the 14th player in first-class cricket to take 1000 wickets? James Anderson (Fast bowler, England).
• A famous film director of the Malayalam film industry passed away in the month of July. Who was he? Anthony Eastman.
• CEO of ‘Waze,’ a crowd-sourced GPS navigation app – Neha Parikh.
• Founded in – Israel (2008).
• Acquired by Google in 2013.
• First place in the Thematic Category of the National Community Radio Awards 2020-21 was won by – Community Radio Mattoli 90.4 FM (Wayanad).
• Brand Ambassador of Khadi Prakritk Paint – Nitin Gadkari.
• Nitin Gadkari – Cabinet Minister for Road Transport, Highways & MSME.
•  First (& only) paint made from cow dung – Khadi Prakritk Paint.
• Second-largest cricket stadium in India is going to be built at – Jaipur.
• Largest cricket stadium in India – Narendra Modi Stadium (Ahmedabad).
•  First actor to win the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Dilip Kumar (1954). (passed away)
• Original name – Muhammad Yusuf Khan.
• Tragedy King of Bollywood – Dilip Kumar. 
• Holds the record for the max no. of Filmfare Award wins (8 times) with Shahrukh Khan.
• Second Indian to win Nishan-e-Pakistan, the highest civilian award of Pakistan – Dilip Kumar. 
• An online payment app in India announced the launch of 'Postpaid Mini' to provide small-ticket instant loans from Rs. 250 – Rs. 1000, in partnership with Aditya Birla Finance. Name the app – Paytm.
• Venue of National Federation Cup Junior (U20) Athletics Championship 2021 – Patiala (Punjab).
• Name the volcano that recently erupted in the Philippines – Taal Volcano.
• UEFA European Football Championship 2020 Winners – Italy.
• 2nd – England.
• Player of UEFA EURO 2020 – Gianluigi Donnarumma (Goal Keeper, Italy).
• Winner of Golden Boot in EURO 2020 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal). 
• The Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, has launched an online course mobile app to educate the newest freshwater aquaculture technology to Indian aqua farmers. What is its name? Matsya Setu.
• Giriraj Singh – Cabinet Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying.
• A multi-faceted infrastructure flood mitigation project launched by CIAL (Cochin International Airport Limited)– Operation Pravah.
• Which company was granted permission by the Drugs Controller General to manufacture the Sputnik V vaccination in India? Panacea Biotec.
• Drugs Controller General of India – Dr. V. G. Somani.
• Headquarters of Central Drugs Standard Control Organization – New Delhi.
• Author of 'Operation Khukri: The untold story of Indian Army’s bravest peacekeeping mission abroad'– Major General Rajpal Punia.
• Operation Khukri – a multinational operation initiated by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Sierra Leone from July 13 - 16, 2000 to break the two-month siege imposed by armed cadres of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) on two companies of the Gorkha Rifles Infantry Battalion Group.
• Nations participated – India, Ghana, UK & Nigeria.
• Winner of John Abraham Pravasi Award 2019 – Manoj Kana (Film director, Malayalam).
• Instituted by – John Abraham Cultural Venue, Qatar.
• The iconic Hollywood director who passed away in July – Richard Donner.
• Director of famous films like Superman (Christopher Reeves), The Goonies, & Lethal Weapon.
• Who has collaborated with Mastercard to launch 'MandateHQ,' a payment interface designed to help card-issuing banks enable their clients to make recurring payments? Razorpay.
• Fourth Tiger Reserve of Rajasthan –  Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve (Bundi district).
• Which sector has lately been designated as MSMEs by the government for Priority Sector Lending? Retail & Wholesale trade.
• Chairman of 25-member Development Council set up by Government for Cement Industry – Puneet Dalmia (CMD, Dalmia Bharat Group).
• A member of the two-time Olympic gold medalist Indian hockey team died lately. identify the personality – Keshav Datt.
• Name the newsletter platform released by Facebook – Bulletin.
• A Padma Bhushan-winning Indian economist has recently received the renowned Humboldt Research Award for Economics. Determine the personality – Kaushik Basu.
• Prize – 60,000 euros & an offer to work on research projects in a German scientific institution for 12 months.
• Author of the book 'The Light of Asia' – Jairam Ramesh.
•  Based on 'The Light of Asia' (poem) – Sir Edwin Arnold. 
• The new system for automated sanction and disbursement of defense pension was launched by the Ministry of Defence – SPARSH (System for Pension Administration (Raksha)).
• First Digital Kendra of Amazon in India – Surat (Gujarat).  
• Who is the new Higher Education Secretary of Kerala? Dr. V. Venu.
• The central government has moved the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) to which ministry? Finance Ministry.
• According to the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization, the high temperatures (18.3 °C) in Antarctica are the result of a huge high-pressure system created by – Föhn winds.
• Tallest sandcastle in the world – Denmark.
• Which country's frontline frigate recently engaged in military drills with an Indian navy ship, and what is the name of the Indian naval ship? Italy &  INS Tabar.
• Newly appointed Director of Kudumbashree – P.A. Sreevidya.
• Which Indian state is going to set up its own OTT (over-the-top) platform? Kerala.
• Which Indian state launched 'CM's COVID-19 Widows Support Scheme' for those who lost their husbands in the pandemic? Assam.
• First African-American contestant to win the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee 2021 in its 93 years history – Zaila Avant-garde.
• 'The Pregnancy Bible' is written by – Kareena Kapoor.
• Which bank has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Indian Army to give a defense service wage package to the Indian Army as part of its ‘Power Salute' initiative? Axis Bank.
• Third largest private bank in India – Axis Bank.
• Axis bank has entered into a Bancassurance partnership with which company? Max Bupa Health Insurance.
• The new name of Max Bupa Health Insurance – Niva Bupa Health Insurance.
• Author of 'The Struggle Within: A Memoir of the Emergency' – Ashok Chakravarti.
• Ashok Chakravarti – Senior Economic Advisor of Zimbabwe.
• Where is the Kerala State Fisheries Department's call centre for quick responses and redressal of issues and complaints in the fisheries sector located? Thiruvananthapuram.
• Which film was recently added to the National Film Archive of India (NFAI)? PK (Director: Rajkumar Hirani, 2014).
• Bharat Dynamics Ltd signed a Rs 499 crore contract with the Indian Air Force to develop and deliver which missiles? Akash.
• Which Indian state is added to the Railway Map of India, with the arrival of its first passenger train? Manipur.
• Rajdhani Express, 11 km between Silchar railway station (Assam) & Vaingaichunpao railway station (Manipur).
• Name the new Flipkart app that allows small business owners to start a free online business – Shopsy.
• Persons who got their term extended in the month of July
• Amitabh Kant – Niti Aayog CEO (1yr extension).
• Abiy Ahmed – Ethiopian PM.
• Stefan Lofven – Prime Minister of Sweden.
• Sher Bahadur Deuba – Prime Minister of Nepal (5th time).
• Bashar Al-Assad – President of Syria (4th time).
• P.K Krishnadas – Chairman of Railway Passenger Amenities Committee (PAC). 
• Kerala Real Estate Regulatory Authority has created a web portal to minimize fraudulent activities in the real estate business. Name the portal – rera.kerala.gov.in.
• First Cryptogamic Garden of India is in – Uttarakhand.
• Twitter's new resident grievance officer for India – Vinay Prakash.
• In compliance with the Indian rules, Twitter appointed Vinay Prakash along with Global Legal Policy Director Jeremy Kessel 
• Commonwealth Points of Light award Winner – Syed Osman Azhar Maqsusi (for his 'Hunger Has No Religion' food drive).
• Winners of Wimbledon 2021 – 
• Men’s Singles – Novak Djokovic (Serbia).
• Women’s Singles – Ashleigh Barty (Australia).
• Men’s Doubles – Nikola Mektić & Mate Pavić.
• Women’s Doubles – Hsieh Su-Wei & Elise Merten.
• Mixed Doubles – Neal Skupski & Desirae Krawczyk.
• Winner of Wimbledon Junior Men’s title 2021 – Samir Banerjee (Indian -origin).
• Who was the Veteran Malayali Ayurveda practitioner who passed away recently – Dr. P.K. Warrier (Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala).
• Autobiography – Smrithiparvam (Kerala Sahitya Academy Award, 2009).
• Padmasree (1999) & Padma Bhushan (2010).
• Who is the Bangladeshi cricketer who announced his retirement from Test cricket? Mahmudullah Riyad.
• To honor Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, an Indian university decided to establish the 'Bangabandhu Chair' in conjunction with the ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations). What is the name of the university? Delhi University. 
• Bangabandhu – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
• Founding father of Bangladesh – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
• Which country has prohibited the construction of the world's highest skyscrapers (above 500 meters) due to public safety concerns? China.
• Winners of Copa America 2021 – Argentina.
• Venue – Brazil.
• Defeated Brazil (1-0), Columbia – 3rd place.
• Lionel Messi – Argentina, Neymar – Brazil.
• Kerala Health Department launched a special Covid19 vaccination campaign for pregnant women. What is its name? Mathrukavacham (മാതൃ കവചം).
• What is 'Neighbourhood First' policy? It is a diplomatic policy that prioritizes strengthening India's relations with the rest of the South Asian countries.
• As part of its Neighbourhood First strategy, India signed a Letter of Exchange (LoE) with which country to enhance the rail cargo movement? Nepal.
• As part of its Neighborhood First policy, India introduced BHIM-UPI QR-based payments in which country? Bhutan.
• Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam (BKS)’s Literary Award for 2021 was given to – Omchery N. N. Pillai.
• Host of 2022 Khelo India Youth Games – Haryana.
• Author of '‘The Art of Conjuring Alternate Realities: How Information Warfare Shapes Your World' – Shivam Shankar Singh & Anand Venkatanarayanan.
• ‘SAMVEDAN 2021 – Sensing Solutions for Bharat’ is a national level hackathon organized by IIT Madras and______? Sony India Software Centre Pvt Ltd.
• What has Arunachal Pradesh partnered with the National Insurance Company Ltd to insure? The Himalayan Yak.
• First Indian gymnastics judge in Olympics – Deepak Kabra.
• The special train service launched by the Rubber Board carries rubber saplings from Kerala to the North Eastern States of Mizoram, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh & Manipur – Bharathapuzha - Brahmaputra Rubber Express. 
• Host of World Badminton Championships 2026 – India.
• Headquarters of Badminton World Federation – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Which Indian state stirred controversy by proposing a population policy that encourages couples to have no more than two children? Uttar Pradesh.
• Uttar Pradesh CM – Yogi Adityanath.
• New President of Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) – O. M. Shankaran.
• National Forensic Science University is situated at – Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
• Youngest Author who published the book titled 'The Great Big Lion' – Chryseis Knight (Age: 4).
• Former Indian cricketer who participated in the 1983 World Cup Winning team who passed away in the month of July – Yashpal Sharma.
• New Director of Kerala State Industry & Commerce department – S. Harikishore.
• India’s largest solar power park will be set up at – Rann of Kutch region in Khavada, Gujarat (by NTPC).
•  First Green Hydrogen Mobility Project in India – Ladakh (by NTPC).
• First Green Hydrogen plant is going to be set up by IOC in – Mathura.
• Cisco's new president of IT & Networking for India and the SAARC region – Daisy Chittilapilly.
• Name the rocket engine that ISRO successfully tested for the Gaganyaan Program – Vikas Engine.
• The union territory which signed a tripartite MoU with SSOCA (Sikkim State Organic Certification Agency) to become organic by 2025? Ladakh.
• Name of the political party which was dissolved by the Tamil veteran actor  Rajinikanth – Rajini Makkal Mandram.
• The Central govt. approved the continuation of which centrally sponsored scheme for 5 years? National AYUSH Mission.
• RBI restricted which financial service company for non-compliance of RBI 2018 circular, citing all information linked to payments systems must be kept in India? Mastercard.
• Which bank's licence was recently canceled by RBI? Dr. Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd, Latur.
• RBI imposed Rs 5-crore monetary penalty on which bank? Axis Bank.
• Kasargod's District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) recently started a tourist initiative to boost the district's tourism potential. What is its name? Little India Kasaragod.
• Which Indian state, after Punjab and Delhi, has decided to provide up to 100 units of free electricity to home users each month? Uttarakhand.
• Fastest batsman to score 14 ODI centuries – Babar Azam (Pakistan Captain).
• First cricketer to score 14000 runs in T-20 cricket – Chris Gayle.
• 'The Hunger Virus Multiplies' is a report issued lately by which international charity organization?  Oxfam International.
• National Award-winning actress who passed away in the month of July – Surekha Sikri.
• Electric Bike Taxi scheme 2021 was launched by which Indian state? Karnataka.
• First AI-based grievance analysis mobile app in India launched by the Ministry of Defence – CPGRAMS (Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System).
• Who will represent India in AFC Women’s Club Championship?  Gokulam Kerala FC.
• Author of 'The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India' – Vijay Gokhale.
• The Indian Academy of Highway Engineers has signed an agreement with the University of New South Wales to establish the Centre for Advanced Transportation Technology and Systems at _____? Noida (UP).
• What is the new name of Manduadih railway station, Varanasi? Banaras Railway Station.
• Skill India Mission celebrated its ___ anniversary on July 15, 2021? 6th.
• The country which signed an MOU with India for cooperation in the field of health and medicine? Denmark.
• Author of 'Urdu Poets and Writers – Gems of Deccan' – J.S. Ifthekhar.
• What is the name of an AI algorithm developed by IIT-Madras to spot cancer-causing mutations? NBDriver.
• Deepest Swimming Pool in the world – Deep Dive, Dubai (depth: 60.02m).
• Which state recently announced the initial phase of 10% reservation for the Kapu community and other Economically Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)? Andhra Pradesh.
• Second Missile Testing Range of India would be at – Gullalamoda (Andhra Pradesh).
• The north Indian state which passed the Cattle Preservation Act, 2021 – Assam.
• ‘Bonalu’ is a traditional folk festival of – Telangana.
• Identify the digital platform that will assist farmers with technological interventions – KisanSarathi.
• Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare – Narendra Singh Tomar.
• A virtual trilateral tabletop exercise 'TTX-2021' was held between the top defence personnel of which countries? India, Sri Lanka & the Maldives.
• India’s first pod taxi is to operate between – Jewar Airport & Film City (Noida).
• Which state recently began India's first monk fruit growing exercise? Himachal Pradesh (Kulu).
• Monk Fruit – Native to Thailand & China.
• What is the official name of 'Common High Court for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh'? High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
• Author of the book ‘The India Story’ – Bimal Jalan (Former RBI Governor).
• Haryana govt launched a new scheme to encourage and promote small industries in the rural areas. Name the scheme – One Block, One Product scheme.
• Winner of British Grand Prix 2021 – Lewis Hamilton.
• What % of India's tiger ranges are outside protected areas, according to the WWF-UNEP report 'A Future for All – A Necessity for Human-Wildlife Coexistence'? 35.
• Which all countries formed a quadrilateral diplomatic platform to enhance regional connectivity? USA, Pakistan, Afghanistan & Uzbekistan.
• Who acquired cybersecurity firm 'RiskIQ' for $500M? Microsoft.
• Who will receive the Olympic Laurel at the Tokyo Olympics? Muhammad Yunus (Bangladesh).
• UNDP Equator Prize 2021 was given to two Indian organizations. Which are they? Snehakunja Trust & Aadhimalai Pazhangudiyinar Producer Company Ltd.
• Author of 'RSS: Building India Through SEWA' – Sudhanshu Mittal.
• Identify the Israeli malware that was used to target the phones of journalists and activists – Pegasus.
• The organization that created a toolkit to detect the presence of Pegasus spyware on mobile phones – Amnesty International.
• What is the name of the firm that just took over the administration of Mumbai International Airport Ltd? Adani Airport Holdings Limited.
• Which country along with India will host the first 2+2 ministerial meeting in 2021? Russia.
• The Oeil d'Or (Golden Eye) award for Best Documentary award in Cannes Film Festival 2021 was given to – Dog Brothers (Director: Viswan).
• Malayalam short film that was recently selected for the Cannes Film Festival's Best First Time Filmmaker Short category – A Night of Knowing Nothing (Director: Payal Kapadia).
• Appointments of persons of Indian descent under the Biden administration in the US, 
• Solicitor for the Department of Labor – Seema Nanda.
• Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy – Rahul Gupta.
• Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Global Health at the US Agency for International Development –  Atul Gawande.
• Which feature on Twitter will be phased off as of August 3? Fleets.
• The first police force in the world to have one million Instagram followers – Kerala Police.
• Founder of the National Institute of Design (NID) and creator of the Calico Museum of Textiles – Gira Sarabhai (passed away).
• Kendra Sahitya Akademi Awards (Malayalam)
• Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2020 – Gracy (വാഴ്ത്തപ്പെട്ട പൂച്ച).
• Yuva Sahitya Puraskar 2020 – Abin Joseph (കല്യാശേരി തീസീസ്).
• The Thiruvananthapuram-based startup developed a monovalent snake-venom detecting biosensor device that can detect venom in minutes. What is the company's and device's name? Indriyem Biologics Pvt. Ltd & V-sens.
• Who was conferred with Mohun Bagan Ratna posthumously? Shibaji Banerjee.
• The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority has permitted foreign firms to invest (FDI) in pension funds up to? 74% (from 49%). 
• Who are the new members of ICC (International Cricket Council)? Mongolia, Tajikistan & Switzerland.
• Headquarters – Dubai, UAE.
• Established – 15 June 1909.
• Newly appointed acting CEO of ICC – Geoff Allardice.
• Chairman – Greg Barclay.
• New Chief Executive Committee of ICC – Sumod Damodar (Malayali, reelected).
• The Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist who was recently murdered in a confrontation between the Afghan Navy and the Taliban – Danish Siddiqui.
• What is the name of the AI-powered virtual assistant that Federal Bank launched to assist clients with banking-related inquiries 24x7?FEDDY.
• The first Christian priest to be appointed to the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) – A. Raj Mariasusai.
• Delhi govt collaborated with which tech giant to provide real-time bus tracking – Google.
• Which country has abolished the requirement for women to be accompanied by a male guardian when performing Hajj? Saudi Arabia.
• Winner of Sparkassen Trophy at Dortmund – Viswanathan Anand.
• The new artificial intelligence (AI)-based risk analysis platform acquired by Razorpay – TERA Finlabs.
• Expand EAGLE Act – Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment.
• It was an act presented in the House Foreign Committee of the American Congress to strengthen US ties with the Quad nations of India, Australia, and Japan, as well as Southeast Asian countries, to counter China's threats in the Indo-Pacific area.
• Recipient of 20th Tomyas Award – M.T. Vasudevan Nair.
• In memory of freedom fighter & Journalist V.A Kesavan Nair.
• Prize – Two lakh rupees & a sculpture.
• First Women's Football Academy under the aegis of the Kerala State Sports Council (KSSC) will be at – Ernakulam.
• Name the air defence missile systems that Russia recently tested – S-500.
• Winner of Norman Borlaug National Award 2021 – Kajal Chakraborty (Principal scientist, CMFRI).
• Stand Up India Scheme – to make loans available to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and women borrowers to foster entrepreneurship among them.
• Launched on – April 05, 2016.
• Extended to 2025.
• Kerala Police has recently initiated a project to address the issue of dowry-related insults, online atrocities, and insults directed at women in public places. Name the Project – Pink Protection Project.
• Pink Romeo – A female police officer bullet patrol team
• Name the first-of-its-kind Oxygen Rationing Device created by IIT Ropar to increase the life of Medical Oxygen Cylinders – AMLEX.
• Kerala politician who passed away recently – K.Sankaranarayana Pillai (Transport Minister of 1987 E.K.Nayanar Ministry).
• Goldman Sachs, a banking and financial services conglomerate, has built a new global hub in – Hyderabad.
• Author of the controversial book 'എന്റെ ഒഎൻവി–അറിവുകൾ, അനുഭവങ്ങൾ, ഓർമപ്പെടുത്തലുകൾ' – Pirappancode Murali.
• Which state government promises to give employment and sports pensions to all national games medalists? Assam.
• The Indian Institute of Heritage will be set up at – Noida.
• Name the rocket ship in which billionaire Jeff Bezos made his maiden journey to space – New Shepard.
• Company –  Blue Origin (owned by Jeff Bezos).
• Oldest person to travel to space as a space tourist – Wally Funk (82 years, USA).
• Youngest person to reach space as a space tourist – Oliver Daemen (18 years, Netherlands).
• Recipient of Dr. Sukumar Azhikode award 2021 – Pannyan Raveendran.
• Which insurance firm has launched 'Arogya Rakshak,' a non-linked, non-participating, regular premium, individual health insurance plan? LIC.
• New President of Peru – Pedro Castillo.
• Which bank has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Navy for salary accounts? Kotak Mahindra.
• The first village to establish a Balika Panchayat addresses issues confronting girls and women – Kunariya Village (Kutch, Gujarat).
• Author of 'Over It: How to Face Life's Hurdles with Grit, Hustle, and Grace' – Lolo Jones.
• Mammooty and the Care & Share International Foundation have launched a programme to provide impoverished children with smartphones for online education – Vidyamrutham (വിദ്യാമൃതം).
• Who got the additional charge of the Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) – Aramane Giridhar.
• Secretary of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH).
• World Universities Summit 2021– 
•  Organized by – O.P. Jindal Global University.
•  Theme – Universities of the Future: Building Institutional Resilience, Social Responsibility, and Community Impact.
• Host of 2032 Olympic & Paralympic games – Brisbane (Australia).
• Which govt. institution has successfully flight-tested a low-weight Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile developed indigenously? DRDO (Defence Research & Development Organisation).
• DRDO has also successfully flight-tested a new generation surface-to-air missile, What is its name? Akash Missile (Akash-NG).
• A hydroelectric power project that is built on the Hari River in Afghanistan's Herat province is recently attacked by Taliban militants. What is its significance? Afghan-India Friendship Dam (AIFD; formerly Salma Dam), a project funded and constructed by the Govt of India as a part of the Indian aid project.
• New world champions of the Cadet World Championship 2021 – Aman Gulia & Sagar Jaglan.
• Venue – Budapest, Hungary.
• Winner of World Cadet Wrestling Championship (Women) – Priya Malik (73kg weight category).
• Which bank has partnered with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited to create a co-branded credit card? ICICI Bank (ICICI Bank HPCL Super Saver Credit Card).
• Girish Karnad award 2021 winners –  
• Instituted by –  Smaraka Vedi & Nationwide Theater.
• Pramod Payyanur – Overall Contribution.
• Raju Abraham – Philanthropy & social work.
• Shaji Illath – Lyricist.
• Dr. Raja Warrier – Drama Book.
• V.V. Prakash Wigs – Hairstyle, makeup.
• Murali Atot – Folklore.
• Name the new Dalit empowerment scheme that will be implemented on a trial basis in the Huzurabad assembly constituency of Telangana – Dalita Bandhu.
• World’s first 3D-printed steel bridge – Amsterdam (Netherlands).
• Indian district which won the prestigious National Silver SKOCH award under health category – Cachar district, Assam (for the project Pushti Nirbhor).
• The oldest student in India, who happened to be a Malayali, died in July at the age of 107. Name him/her – Bhageerathi Amma (Kollam).
• National Corporate Business Correspondent selected by SBI – Paisalo Digital.
• Which cities in India have been chosen by UNESCO as part of its 'Historic Urban Landscape Project'? Orchha & Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh).
• New Prime Minister of Eswatini, a south African country formerly known as Swaziland – Cleopas Dlamini.
• Indian Institute included in the ‘50 Rising Institutions’ list of Nature Index 2021 Materials Science –  The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru (23rd).
• Who has been selected to the United Nations Tax Committee for the term 2021-2025? Rashmi R. Das (Joint secretary of the Finance Ministry).
• The score of India in 2021 UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade? 90.32% (2019 - 78.49%).
• 'Titanic of the mountains' – Canfranc International Railway Station (Spain).
• being rebranded as a five-star hotel.
• All India Football Federation (AIFF) Women’s Footballer of the Year 2020-21 –  Ngangom Bala Devi.
• The largest Family Health Centre in India will be launched at – Vazhakad (Malappuram).
• The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has initiated a campaign to reach out to traditional folk performers and local artists/artisans from rural regions and offer them the opportunity to perform. What is the name of the campaign? Kala Vishwa.
• First Transgender Radio Jockey of Kerala – Anannyah Kumari Alex (passed away).
• International Solar Alliance – 
• Headquarters – Gurugram.
• Founded in – Paris, France (Nov. 30, 2015). 
• The last country to join ISA – Sweden (July 17, 2021).
• Author of 'SPACE. LIFE. MATTER.: The Coming of Age of Indian Science' – Hari Pulakkat.
• New Director-General of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security – Nasir Kamal.
• Hockey India has created a digital platform to link former and current Indian hockey players. What is its name?  Heroes Connect.
• The mobile app developed under the leadership of Kerala Crop Merchant Association to collect scraps – ആക്രിക്കട.
• Newly appointed Vice-Chairman of Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ADCCI) – M. A. Yusuff Ali.
• Kargil Vijay Diwas – July 26.
• Differently Abled Sportsman of the Year 2019 – Pramod Bhagat.
• Byju's, an India-based Edtech company, has paid $500 million for a popular US digital reading platform. What's the name of it? Epic.
• Also acquired Singapore-based Great Learning for $600 million.
• 39th UNESCO World Heritage Site located in India – Kakatiya Rudreswara Temple (Warangal, Telangana).
• Dholavira (Gujarat), a city-state of the Harappan era is also included as the 40th UNESCO World Heritage Site in India.
• Paseo del Prado boulevard & Retiro Park of Madrid (Spain) are also included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. 
• Sitio Burle Marx site, a landscape garden of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
• A city in Britain was recently removed from the UNESCO World Heritage List – Liverpool.
• 'An Ordinary Life: Portrait of an Indian Generation' is written by – Ashok Lavasa.
• New MD of HCL Technologies – Vijayakumar.
• Famous Malayalam actor and theater artist who passed on 22nd July – K. T. S. Padannayil.
• Name the bank that received a $250 million loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank Group's investment arm – HDFC.
• An initiative developed by Kerala State Women & Child Development Dept. to end all domestic and dowry violence, empower women, and raising awareness among the general public – കനൽ.
• Name the recently deceased iconic folk singer who took part in Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War – Fakir Alamgir.
• New Commander of Coast Guard in Kerala & Mahe – Deputy Inspector General N. Ravi.
• World Brain Day – July 22.
• Theme – Stop Multiple Sclerosis.
• A help desk run by children for children, a project of Our Responsibility to Children (ORC) under the Dept. of Women & Child Development – Kutty Desk.
• NASA and Canada's space agency are constructing a Hubble replacement telescope. What is the name of this next generation of space telescopes? SuperBIT (Super-pressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope).  
• First Kerala-based company to be included in the Top-10 List published by Great Place to Work Institute – Harrisons Malayalam Ltd.
• Ranked 16th of Best Workplaces in Asia 2021.
• First country in the world to approve Golden Rice for planting – Philippines.
• The first Centre for Excellence in Intelligent Internet of Things (IIoT) Sensors in India would be established at? Maker Village (Kochi).
• Name of the new Sukhoi stealth fighter jet unveiled by Russia – Checkmate.
• International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem – July 26.
• Sunseap Group of Singapore would build the world's largest floating solar farm and energy storage system ($2 billion) in which country? Indonesia.
•  Author of the book titled 'Bank With A Soul: Equitas' – Dr. C. K. Garyali.
• Host of Central-South Asia: Regional Connectivity conference 2021 – Uzbekistan.
• Alexander Dalrymple Award 2019 – Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar.
• Winner of first-ever skateboarding competition at the Tokyo Olympics – Yuto Horigome (Japan).
• Name the Indian naval ship which is participating in the Exercise Cutlass Express 2021 (July 26 to Aug 6) along with the East Coast of Africa – INS Talwar.
• The veteran actress known as 'Abhinaya Sharadhe' who died lately – Jayanthi.
• World Hepatitis Day & World Nature Conservation Day – July 28.
• Theme of World Hepatitis Day – Hepatitis Can’t Wait.
• Who discovered the hepatitis B virus (HBV), its test, and vaccine? Dr. Baruch Blumberg.
• Keralite who is selected as a member of the Public Sector Financial Management Committee (PSFMC) of the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA)? Babu Abraham Kallivayalil.
• New Chief Minister of Karnataka – Basavaraj Bomma.
• Madhya Pradesh government's scheme to promote Ayurveda & AYUSH – Devaranya.
• First city to provide high-quality drinking tap water 24x7 in India – Puri.
• Sambasivan Memorial Award 2021 – Prof. M.K. Sanu.
• Instituted by – Kerala Art Lovers Association, Kuwait.
• What is the name of the Indo-Russia Joint Military Drill in the Baltic sea that will be conducted in August? Exercise INDRA 2021.
• Youngest gold medal winner in Tokyo Olympics – Momiji Nishiya (Japan, 13 years & 330 days).
• Youngest gold medal winner in Olympics – Marjorie Gestring (USA, 1936, 13 years & 268 days).
• Which company has launched a collaboration with Maharashtra's Savitribai Phule Pune University to train young people in automobile retail? Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
• The new podcast series hosted by Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen – Renegades: Born in the USA.
• What is the name of the Reserve Bank of India's phased deployment strategy for its digital currency? Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
• Global Tiger Day – July 29.
• Theme – Their Survival is in our hands.
• New Prime minister of Lebanon – Najib Mikati.
• First Indian to win the international title in Badminton (Selangor International Tournament, 1956) & First Arjuna award winner (1961) – Nandu Natekar (passed away).
• Which Indian city is the country's sole recipient of USAID's International Clean Air Catalyst Program? Indore (MP).
• The new robotics company launched by Alphabet? Intrinsic.
• What is the significance of the company Alphabet? The parent company of Google.
• Malappuram district administration started a project to take the required efforts to lower the TPR rate of local bodies to less than 5% by increasing Covid preventative actions. Name the project – Operation A Plus. 
• First bank in India to reach the milestone of issuing one crore FASTags – Paytm Payments Bank.
• Scientists recently discovered evidence of water vapor on the largest moon's surface in the Solar System. Which is the largest moon in the solar system? Ganymede (Jupiter).
• First man from the Maldives to become the President of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)? Abdulla Shahid. 
• Which airport has agreed to ten-year cooperation with IBM to establish the ‘Airport in a Box' platform? Bangalore International Airport.
• Part-Time Expert member of Kerala State Planning Board – Santhosh George Kulangara.
• Name the Malayali who was appointed as the CEO of Property consultant Colliers – Ramesh Nair.
• Miss India USA – Vaidehi Dongre (Michigan).
• Covid RNA test kit developed by IIT Hyderabad – COVIHOME.
• Winner of National women's online chess title – Vantika Agarwal.
• Kerala's government recently decided to mark which day as 'Dowry Prohibition Day' – November 26.
• Indian Army Skiing Expedition conducted in Himalayan mountain ranges – ARMEX 21.
• World Day Against Trafficking in Persons – July 30.
• Portable oxygen bottle for medical emergencies developed by IIT Kanpur – Swasa Oxyrise.
• King Chilli/Bhoot Jolokia from India is going exported to London for the first time. From where it is exported? Nagaland.
• What is the name of the campaign initiated by Ernakulam's Women and Child Development Department to promote children's mental health? ഞങ്ങളില്ലാ.
• Name of the typhoon which recently hit China – Typhoon In-fa.
• New CEO of Bharat BillPay – Noopur Chaturvedi.
• On July 7, 2021, a veterinary doctor-turned-inventor from Kerala got a patent from the Indian Patent Office for creating biodiesel from butchered chicken waste. What is his name? Dr. John Abraham.

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