Current Affairs For (July 14, 2021)

Answers With Explanation : (C) The Badminton World Federation has allotted the BWF World Championships to India for 2026. India had hosted the BWF World Championships in Hyderabad in 2009. Since 2009, India has played host to various major badminton tournaments including the 2014 Thomas and Uber Cup Finals, the Asian Championships apart from the annual BWF Super 500 event, the Yonex-Sunrise India Open.

Answers With Explanation : (B) 33-year-old Deepak Kabra became the first Indian to be selected for judging the gymnastics competition of the Olympic Games. Kabra will be seen officiating the men's artistic gymnasts at the Tokyo Games, which gets underway on July 23.

Answers With Explanation : (A) Khelo India Youth Games 2022 will be held in Haryana which has scheduled to take place in November in Ambala, Chandigarh, Delhi, Panchkula and Shahbad. The last edition of the Khelo India Youth Games was held in Guwahati, Assam in January 2020.

Answers With Explanation : (B) Leader of the Nepali Congress, Sher Bahadur Deuba is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Nepal. The 75-year old centrist politician was sworn to office by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari.

Answers With Explanation : (B) The Uttar Pradesh state government has announced hefty cash awards for medal-winning athletes at the forthcoming Tokyo Olympics. Athletes who win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games will be awarded Rs 6 crore each by the state government, while silver and bronze medallists will get an amount of Rs 4 crore and Rs 2 crore, respectively.

Answers With Explanation : (A) APEDA and NAFED have recently signed a MoU to facilitate registered exporters get assistance under various government schemes and help cooperatives sell their products globally and build capacities. The MoU also entails providing assistance towards capacity building of cooperative societies and self-help groups for their social & environmental compliances and skilling as per international standards.

Answers With Explanation : (C) The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is going to launch the geo-imaging satellite GISAT-1 on board GSLV-F10 rocket on August 12. GISAT-1 will facilitate near real-time observation of the Indian sub-continent, under cloud-free conditions, at frequent intervals.

Answers With Explanation : (D) Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the R&D Centre of Excellence for Research and Analysis of NDPS (narcotics and psychotropic substances) at the National Forensic Science University (NFSU). Illegal drugs seized across India would now be sent here for accurate analysis of its contents and also to find the country of origin of such banned substances.

Answers With Explanation : (D) Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently interacted with the Indian athletes’ contingent bound for Tokyo Olympics which are from 22 States. A total of 126 athletes across 18 sports disciplines from India will be heading to Tokyo. This is the biggest-ever contingent India is sending to any Olympics.

Answers With Explanation : (D) The Kerala state government announced to launch a campaign called 'Mathru Kavacham' to provide COVID-19 vaccines to all the pregnant women in the state. As part of the campaign, all pregnant women will be registered for vaccination at the ward level by ASHA workers.