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The Genesis
August 2019 Issue I
Current Affairs
Jammu & Kashmir: A new dawn 3
GD: Man works for food alone 5

GD: ‘A’ certificate doesn’t mean producers can cross every line 6
India 7
Cover Story: 3
World 9
Sports 11
Economy 12
Cyber Buzz 13
Science & Technology 14
People Book Reviews: 16
Business Biography: Anita Roddick 15
Knowledge Corners
Book Reviews: Inside Central Asia & Happiness at Work 16
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www.endeavorcareers.com August 2019 Issue I THE GENESIS

Jammu & Kashmir: A new dawn
Article 370 that accorded special status to J&K has been scrapped and the state has been split
into two UTs of ‘J&K’ and ‘Ladakh’
Two major decisions October 1947: After the withdrawal of the British,
Scrapping Jammu and Kashmir’s special status in the barely months after independence, armed tribesmen
Indian Union granted by Article 370, the government on invaded Kashmir from the Pakistan border. Hari Singh
August 5 made applicable all provisions of the sought Indian’s help in repelling the invaders. He signed
Constitution of India to the State and empowered all Instrument of Accession to India as sign of loyalty.
Indian citizens to purchase property and vote there. According to the instrument, defence, external affairs and
communications were transferred to India’s governance
In the second major decision, the state of J&K has been and the rest would be retained by the ruler
split into two Union Territories (UTs) of ‘Jammu &
Kashmir’ and ‘Ladakh’. While the J&K UT will have an March 1948: Hari Singh announced setting up of a
Assembly, the UT of Ladakh will not. Ladakh will National Assembly and decide on a new constitution for
comprise Leh and Kargil districts while the UT of J&K the State. Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah was appointed as
will consist of the remaining districts of the erstwhile Prime Minister of an interim government in the State of
J&K state. Four sitting members of Rajya Sabha in the Jammu and Kashmir.
state will become MPs of UT of J&K. Five Lok Sabha
seats will go to the UT of J&K. The UT of Ladakh will January 26, 1950: The Indian Constitution came into
have one Lok Sabha seat. Legislative Assembly of J&K effect and the country became a democratic Republic.
UT will have 107 MLAs chosen by direct election as
before. The Centre has left open the return of statehood to May 1951: Hari Singh’s successor Karan Singh
J&K again if situation on the ground improved and the announces election for setting up a Constituent Assembly
UT becomes peaceful. in the State. Jammu & Kashmir National Conference won
all 75 seats. The task of the Constituent Assembly is to
The Centre’s decisions ending J&K’s special status under prepare a new Constitution for the state.
Article 370 and 35 (A) and splitting the state into two
UTs — were passed by the Rajya Sabha on August 5 and August 1953: Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed
Lok Sabha on August 6. Abdullah was dismissed by Karan Singh and Bakshi
Ghulam Mohammed was appointed as PM. Sheikh
Difference between state and UT Abdullah was imprisoned.
Ladakh will be a UT like Chandigarh which does not
have an assembly where administration is in the hands of February 1954: J&K’s Constituent Assembly approves
the Lieutenant Governor appointed by the President. J&K the State’s accession to India. This completed the process
will be a UT like Delhi or Puducherry which has an of integration into India. Internal administration was
assembly and has greater powers than Ladakh or retained by the State. But unlike most of the other
Chandigarh. Still a government in a UT like Delhi or J&K princely States, which accepted the Constitution of India
will have considerably lesser powers than those enjoyed in totality, J&K’s relationship to India was guided only
by governments of full-fledged states. In Delhi, important based on the Instrument of Accession of Oct 1947. Article
legislations passed by the Assembly can become laws 370 gave J&K a special status that was not accorded to
only after the Lt. Governor agrees. The scenario will be any other state of India.
the same in J&K.
Changes due to end of Article 370 & 35 (A)
J&K TIMELINE
Constitution
August 1947: At the time of Indian independence, there J&K had its own constitution and laws passed by
were 565 princely States. Jammu & Kashmir was one Parliament were applicable to the state only with the
such princely State ruled by kings of the Dogra lineage concurrence of the state government. The Constitution
under the British Unlike other princely states, J&K’s ruler (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954, lists
Maharaja Hari Singh did not sign the instrument of the Articles and provisions that apply to J&K. These
accession in favour of either India or Pakistan and special measures (including Article 370) can be altered
remained indecisive only on the recommendation of the Sadar-i-Riyasat (chief

minister) of Jammu and Kashmir, acting on the advice of 370 and any non-Indian living in J&K will have to apply
the Council of Ministers or by the “Constituent for Indian citizenship through the normal process.
Assembly” of that State. As there was no Constituent
Assembly in existence after 1954, the State Assembly has SC verdicts: Earlier the verdicts of the Supreme Court
to play that role. Currently Jammu and Kashmir is under of India were not applicable to J&K. Now rulings of the
President’s Rule and the State Assembly is non- apex court will apply to the UTs of J&K and Ladakh.
functional, hence the Indian parliament has to decide with Article 356: Unlike other states and UTs, The President
the consent of the Governor. This has been done. of India did not have the authority to dismiss the state
government of J&K under Article 356. Only Governor’s
Kovind’s Presidential Order supersedes the 1954 order. rule could be imposed for six months. Now J&K and
This effectively means that all the provisions that formed Ladakh will come under the purview of Article 356.
the basis of a separate constitution of J&K stand Under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, in the
abrogated. The order declares that the provisions of the event that a state government is unable to function
constitution of India will apply to J&K also. according to constitutional provisions, the Central
government can take direct control of the state machinery.
Now only Indian constitution will apply in the UTs of
J&K and Ladakh. Article 35 A
Along with Article 370, Article 35A has also been
IPC: Indian Penal Code (IPC) was not applicable in J&K abrogated. Included in the Constitution through a
and the state was governed by a special RPC (Ranbir presidential order of May 1954, Article 35 A is a
Penal Code). After scrapping of Article 370 only IPC will provision that is based on the principle of safeguarding
prevail. the interests of natives of Kashmir. This covered issues
such as eligibility for employment in the state government
Flag: J&K had its own flag and symbol. People in the and right to buy property in the state. Only permanent
state were not obliged to respect the Indian national flag residents of J&K were eligible. This prohibited Indian
as citizens in the rest of the country. Now the Indian citizens from other states to buy land in the state. This
tricolour will be the only official flag of J&K as in other restriction will end. Indians from other states and UTs can
states and UTs. Any disrespect to the national flag will be now apply for govt. jobs advertised by the UT of J&K.
punishable by law.
Why?
Voting rights: Only permanent residents of J&K could The government said that it has corrected a historical
get enrolled in voters’ list and vote in the assembly and mistake by scrapping Article 370 which had become a
Lok Sabha elections. Citizens from other states and UTs basis of separatism. In the last few decades, the separatists
living there could not get their names registered in the in the Kashmir valley and their masters sitting across the
voters’ list. Voting rights will be available to all Indian border in Pakistan had sought to create an identity for
citizens residing in J&K even if they are not permanent Kashmir that was distinct from India. This had become
residents there. the origin for terrorism aimed at severing the state from
India. Kashmiri youth were brainwashed into believing
Term of assembly: The term of J&K Assembly was six that Kashmir was an unfinished agenda of partition and
years. Now just like any other Indian state and UT, its being a Muslim majority state, its future was in merger
term will be five years. with Pakistan or independence from India. Since its
foundation, the BJP has steadfastly committed to its
Citizenship: People in J&K used to have dual slogan of ‘one nation one flag’ and the resounding
citizenship – Indian and Kashmiri. Now only Indian mandate in the recent Lok Sabha polls has given it the
citizenship will be applicable. Earlier any woman of J&K confidence to go ahead with implementation of this bold
used to lose her Kashmiri citizenship after marrying a promise made in its election manifesto. Critics have said
man from any other state/UT. Now this will end and any that the scrapping of Article 370 is illegal and it is sure to
woman from J&K can marry any Indian citizen without be challenged in the Supreme Court. But the government
any loss of citizenship. A Pakistani man marrying a is confident of the legality of its momentous decision that
woman in J&K used to automatically get Kashmiri it believes will end the insurgency in the state and lead to
citizenship. This will change with the scrapping of Article peace and development along with national integration.

Group Discussion
Man works for food alone
Those in favour say attainment of knowledge should be the major objective of the human race
which separates it from other living beings while those against say food is the most basic need.
FOR AGAINST
The very survival of man on the earth depends upon food. It is only because man is superior to all other animals in
Unless and until this basic necessity is fulfilled, a man this world that his mental and spiritual qualities occupy a
cannot think of anything else. It has been scientifically pride of place in this universe as against mere physical
proved now that it is the type of food one eats that qualities that he has in common with other creatures. It is
determines one’s quality or temperament. We can get the satisfaction of his intellectual, emotional and spiritual
better food only if we have better capability and needs that imparts meaningfulness to a man’s life. His
resources. Therefore, the primary aim of our work is to aspirations and a will to become well-known encourage
earn food—of better quality—not for mere subsistence him to pursue adventure and discoveries. This ultimately
but for upliftment. kindles a passion for power in him—a primordial instinct
that has led to the establishment of civilisations, great
Food is so basic to us that it is used as a weapon in war kingdoms, empires and nations in this modern era.
against enemies or hostile regions. If their food supplies
are cut off, they are left with no option but to surrender. The majestic art pieces, architectural marvels, soul
stirring melodies, awe-inspiring scientific discoveries and
All art, music, games, sports, etc. have any meaning for all the joys and comforts of modern living were made
the well-off only whose bellies are full, and, therefore, possible because of the basic urge in man to follow
they can indulge in such pursuits. But a vast majority, intellectual pursuits. Devoid of this urge, man would
particularly in a poor country like ours, which does not become a mere animal—without any charm in life,
get even two square meals a day, cannot dream of such leading a monotonous life.
indulgences. If we accept that man does not work for food
alone, we must admit that he can neither survive by Were mere physical strength the sole criterion for a man’s
working for intellectual or spiritual satisfaction alone. status, he would not be constantly striving for further
improving his quality of life in all aspects. It is his
Even without means for intellectual pursuits, an intellectual contribution to society that is evaluated and
intellectual can survive. Inspite of his physical comforts respected by others. Therefore, he has brought about an
being reduced to zero, he can still somehow be alive. But incentive-oriented society where he is suitably awarded
withdraw his food and first his mind will cease to for his performances in diverse fields of human
function and eventually he will die from hunger. Thus, we knowledge and endeavour was such as literature, science,
find that it is food alone that sustains us physically, economics, culture, sports, films entertainment, etc. Thus,
mentally and spiritually, and must, therefore, he given we find that food alone is not motivating factor for a
priority over other things. man’s multifarious undertakings.
Food is the sole purpose of work in a poor country like Man can forgo even his food for higher purposes of life.
ours. Unlike developed countries where people don’t have He is known to have resorted to hunger strikes as a form
to worry about basic necessities of life, we have not of agitation and protest. He would willingly embrace
reached a stage of human development where we can death through starvation but not give up his ideology or
devote time to intellectual pursuits. Time spent in such freedom of action. Scientists, philosophers and saints do
activities is unproductive. not much bother about food when set upon their goals.
Neglect of food has a negative impact on human health. All food and no love or entertainment will turn a child
An ill-fed person is unlikely to have the mental ability to into a dull personality—without mental or athletic
give expression to his creative instincts. On the other development. Society does not progress because of such
hand, a well-fed population will have the physical lifeless souls. It is nurtured by people bubbling with
strength to produce more food to make our country self- enthusiasm, culture and creativity. An emphasis on food
sufficient in foodgrain production. alone will take man back to the stone age.

Group Discussion
An ‘A’ certificate doesn’t mean producers can cross every line
‘Kabir Singh’ has received lots of negative publicity for exalting violence and promoting
misogyny but the movie has already been rated a box office success. While its admirers say the
movie is a realistic depiction of urban youth, its critics argue that it crosses all norms of public
decency and tries to justify vulgarity.
FOR AGAINST
An ‘A’ certificate doesn’t mean you can cross every line. No producer or director drags you to watch her/his film. If
Absolutely true. Let’s take the most recent example of you have a problem with ‘A’ rated movies, then you
‘Kabir Singh’. The movie had everything a movie should avoid them. Like the choice rests with a viewer to
shouldn’t have - highly abusive language, over the board like/dislike a movie, it’s the filmmaker’s discretion how
sexuality, unjustified depiction of the modern youth. It her/his film should be made.
was a highly unacceptable movie.
Movies over everything else are primarily meant for
A movie should be a fair reflection of reality. Reality and entertaining their viewers. If abusive language, excessive
especially negative aspects of reality shouldn’t be sexuality and exaggeration of reality entertain people, so
exaggerated to levels which are well and truly out of be it. Anyways, the movie is certified to be watched only
proportion. People are misinterpreting and misusing the by adults.
meaning of realistic cinema.
The fact that movies like ‘Kabir Singh’ work, and garner
Such movies tend to become trendsetters especially for great support and popularity goes to show that such
today’s youth. Unacceptable things are suddenly deemed movies have mass appeal and acceptability. There’s a
to be acceptable and morality takes a sharp beating. Also, perfect phrase to sum up the situation. If it isn’t broken,
the precedent is set for other movies to cross the line even don’t try to fix it.’
further.
How can you say the movie was unacceptable when it
Agreed that it’s the filmmaker’s discretion to decide how fared so well at the box office? A group of so-called
her/his movie looks and sounds, but somewhere you need intellectuals and pseudo-intellectuals cannot decide
to draw the line. The sensitivities of people need to be what’s right for people and what’s not. An average adult
taken into account, also the fact that what kind of an is matured enough to differentiate between right and
impact the movie will have on the mindsets of people. wrong.
Just handing a movie an ‘A’ certificate does not ensure If reality is dark and immoral, so will be its depiction. A
that minors will not be able to see it. In this age of movie like ‘Kabir Singh’ only sums up how and average
technology and piracy, it is very easy for even a teenager modern Metropolitan Indian youth is. If one has a
to get his hands on such a movie. Pirated DVDs are freely problem with that, one should try and change the fact
available and nothing stops impressionable minors from rather than trying to change a fair assessment of the truth.
buying them.
If a movie depicts consumption of narcotics, one wouldn’t
If lifting prohibition in Gujarat is put to vote, a large take inspiration from that and go ahead and do the same.
chunk of men would support it. Only because a certain Reel life should not be confused with real life. A person
thing has mass appeal and popularity, doesn’t mean it’s over the age of 18 learns only what she/he wishes to learn
the right thing. People need to come together to decide and not everything thrown at her/him. We need to leave
what works in the favour of society and what doesn’t. certain things for people’s sensitivities to judge. The use
of “dirty words” in “a sincere and honest movie” do not
Movies such as ‘Kabir Singh’ should be heavily subjected make the movie dirty.”
to censors’ scissors even if they are granted ‘A’
certificate. Government has laws for strict suppression of In many cases of obscenity brought before them, the
obscene movies. Movies that tend to deprave and corrupt courts have ruled that actions against obscenity should be
those whose minds are open to such immoral influences taken by applying “present-day community standards”
should be boycotted. rather than obsolete societal standards.

Current Affairs: India
HAPPENINGS
 The Environment Ministry has selected 12 beaches in They will now get a specially designed full body
India to vie for a ‘Blue Flag’ certification, an protector that fits them. It has been designed by
international recognition conferred on beaches that scientists of the Defence Institute of Physiology and
meet certain criteria of cleanliness and environmental Allied Sciences (DIPAS), a unit of DRDO.
propriety. These beaches are at Shivrajpur (Gujarat),  DRDO carried out three successful Nag missile tests in
Bhogave (Maharashtra), Ghoghla (Diu), Miramar Pokhran on July 7. The third-generation anti-tank
(Goa), Kasarkod and Padubidri (Karnataka), Kappad guided missiles were test-fired during both day and
(Kerala), Eden (Puducherry), Mamallapuram (TN), night. The missile can hit a target up to seven km.
Rushikonda (AP), Golden (Odisha), and Radhanagar  The Defence Ministry has suspended all business
(Andaman & Nicobar Islands). The Blue Flag dealings with Switzerland-based Pilatus Aircraft
programme for beaches and marinas is run by the Limited for one year following charges of payment of
international, non-governmental, non-profit kickbacks in the sale of 75 basic trainer aircraft for the
organisation FEE (the Foundation for Environmental Indian Air Force.
Education). Spain tops the ‘Blue Flag’ certification list  Taking note of the extinction threat faced by two Indian
with 566 such beaches; Greece and France follow with bird species -- Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser
515 and 395, respectively. Florican -- the Supreme Court set up a committee in
 Oceanographic research vessel INS Sagardhwani July to urgently frame emergency response plan for
embarked on a two-month-long SAGAR-MAITRI their protection.
Mission-2 from Kochi on July 18. The Mission is in  On July 10, 10 of the total 15 Congress MLAs in the
line with government’s SAGAR (Safety And Growth Goa legislative assembly split to merge with the BJP.
for All in the Region) policy to promote closer Now the 40-member Goa assembly currently has 27
cooperation in ocean research among Indian Ocean Rim BJP MLAs, five Congress MLAs, three each from Goa
(IOR) countries. INS Sagardhwani has been designed Forward Party and independents, and one each from
and developed by the Naval Physical and Nationalist Congress Party and Maharasthrawadi
Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi, a laboratory Gomantak Party (MGP).
of the DRDO.  Rajasthan High Court issued a notice in July requesting
 Parliament passed the Protection of Human Rights the counsels and others to “desist” from addressing the
(Amendment) Bill, 2019 in July. This will expedite the judges as “My Lord” and “Your Lordship”.
process of appointment of chairperson and members of  Lucknow will host the 11th biennial edition of DefExpo
NHRC (National Human Rights Commission) and from February 5 to 8, 2020, the Defence Ministry
SHRCs (State Human Rights Commissions). Tenure of announced in July.
chairpersons of NHRC and SHRCs has been reduced to  Two Skill Centre of Excellence (CoE)s will be set up in
three years from the current five years or till the age of UP with joint collaboration between State and Central
seventy years, whichever is earlier. Besides a former Government. The CoE for Plumbing will be set up in
chief justice of India (as is the current requirement) a Greater Noida while the CoE for Services Sector will be
former Supreme Court judge can also become NHRC established in Varanasi.
chairperson. The number of members in NHRC has  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited in Jammu &
been increased from two to three. Kashmir on July 20 and inaugurated the 1 km long Ujh
 Parliament passed the National Investigation Agency bridge in Kathua district and the 617.40 m long
(Amendment) Bill, 2019 in July. The Bill aims at Basantar bridge in Samba district in the state.
enhancing the jurisdiction of NIA to investigate  The Delhi Police rescued 333 children from the city and
scheduled offences committed outside India targeting handed them over to their families in different parts of
Indians as well as Indian assets abroad. The Lok Sabha the country under ‘Operation Milap’. These children
has already passed this Bill. The NIA was set up in were missing since January 2019 from various parts of
2009. the country and found in Delhi.
 Women personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force  ‘Monsoon Ragas’ was organised by Kerala Tourism in
(CRPF) deployed in anti-riot Rapid Action Force Thiruvananthapuram from July 20 to 24. The festival
(RAF), were using the body gear designed for men. featured classical and ethnic musical traditions of the

subcontinent, featuring both vocalists and  The Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was
instrumentalists of various streams. passed by the Parliament in July. The Bill seeks to
 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami announced establish two new universities -- the Central University
in July that Tenkasi and Chengelpet districts would be and the Central Tribal University in Andhra Pradesh.
carved out of Tirunelveli and Kanchipuram These were promised to AP during creation of
respectively, taking the total number of districts in the Telangana.
state to 35.  The Forest & Environment Ministry has given
 Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami launched the permission for exploration of Uranium in Amrabad
Tamil Nadu Water Resources Conservation and Tiger Reserve in Telangana.
Augmentation Mission in July. According to the state  The Bardhaman railway station in West Bengal will be
government, the Mission will be a people’s movement named after revolutionary freedom fighter Batukeshwar
to conserve and manage water and to ensure that there Dutt, who was born in that district, the Minister of State
was no water crisis in future. for Home Nityanand Rai said on July 21.
AWARDS
 Tabla player Zakir Hussain, classical dancer Sonal Fellow carries purse money of Rs.3 lakh and Akademi
Mansingh, Bharatanatyam exponent K. Award carries Rs 1 lakh, besides a Tamrapatra and
Kalyanasundaram Pillai and Sattriya dance exponent Angavastram.
Jatin Goswami were selected for Sangeet Natak  Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) the best innovation
Akademi Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) honour for award in Indian Railways for the 2018-19 fiscal in July.
2018 in July. Also, 44 artists from the field of Music, NPR won for its Plan Bee, an amplifying system
Dance, Theatre, Traditional/Folk/Tribal imitating the buzz of a swarm of honey bees to keep
Music/Dance/Theatre, Puppetry and Overall wild elephants away from railway tracks.
contribution/scholarship in the Performing Arts were  Ashalata Devi won Women’s footballer of the year
selected for the 2018 Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards award while Sunil Chhetri was Men’s footballer of the
(Akademi Puraskar). The honour of Akademi Award year at the All India Football Federation (AIFF) awards
has been conferred since 1952. The honour of Akademi for the 2018-19 season announced in July.
PERSONS IN NEWS
 The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ)  All the six candidates belonging to the alliances led by
stayed the death sentence of Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is the ruling AIADMK and the DMK, including MDMK’s
in prison in Pakistan on charges of on charges of Vaiko, were declared elected unopposed to the Rajya
espionage and terrorism. On July 17, the court directed Sabha from Tamil Nadu in the biennial elections in
Pakistan to provide effective review and July. Muhammath John and N. Chandrasekaran (both
reconsideration of his conviction and sentences. Court AIADMK), Anbumani Ramadoss (PMK) and M.
affirmed Jadhav’s right to consular access and Shanmugham and P Wilson (both DMK) and Vaiko
notification and directed Pakistan to give him consular were declared elected.
access. 15 out of 16 judges ruled in favour of India.  Rajya Sabha MP D. Raja took over as the general
India’s Justice Dalveer Bhandari has been a judge at secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) after
ICJ since November 2017. The ICJ was established in incumbent S Sudhakar Reddy resigned on health
1945. Its role is to settle, in accordance with grounds in July.
international law, legal disputes submitted to it by states  Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit died on July
and to give advisory opinions on legal questions. Ronny 20 at the age of 81. She served as CM for 15 years from
Abraham of France is the current President of ICJ. 1998-2013 and also served as the governor of Kerala in
 The Centre appointed new Governors in several states March-September 2014. She lost in recent Lok Sabha
in July. UP: Anandiben Patel, MP: Lalji Tandon, West elections and also lost in 2015 Assembly polls. Dikshit
Bengal: Jagdeep Dhankhar, Tripura: Ramesh Bais, became an MP for the first time from Kannauj Lok
Bihar: Phagu Chauhan, Nagaland: R. N. Ravi, Gujarat: Sabha seat in UP in 1984.
Acharya Devvrat, Himachal Pradesh: Kalraj Mishra,  Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MP from Samastipur, Bihar
Chhattisgarh: Anusuiya Uikey and AP: Biswa Bhusan Ramchandra Paswan died in New Delhi on July 21 at
Harichandan the age of 57.

Current Affairs: World
HAPPENINGS
 India, the number of undernourished people declined  The city of Fuzhou (China) will host the next session of
from 253.9 million in 2004-06 to 194.4 million in 2016- the World Heritage Committee in 2020. This was
18. This was stated in the ‘State of Food Security and announced at the annual session of the World Heritage
Nutrition in the World 2019’ report released in July by Committee (WHC) held in Baku, Azerbaijan from June
United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization 30 to July 10. During this year’s session, the WHC
(FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural inscribed a total of 29 new sites on the World Heritage
Development (IFAD), the UN Children’s Fund List. The List now features 1,121 sites in 167 countries.
(UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Removal from the List of World Heritage in Danger
World Health Organization (WHO). Globally over 820 (WHD) in 2019: Humberstone & Santa Laura Saltpeter
million people are suffering from hunger according to Works (Chile) and Birthplace of Jesus: The Church of
the report. The UN has set a target of achieving the the Nativity & Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem
Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger by (Palestine). Addition to WHD list: The Islands and
2030. Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico).
 In a first, a cargo ship from Dhubri in Assam  The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-
transported Bhutan’s consignment to Narayanganj in General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the
Bangladesh in July. This marked the first time that an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the
Indian waterway was used as a channel for transport of Congo (DRC) to be a Public Health Emergency of
cargo between the two countries. The Inland International Concern (PHEIC) on July 18. In 1976,
Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) ship -- MV AAI Ebola was first identified and named after a river in
– travelled over the Brahmaputra River, using the Indo- DRC.
Bangladesh Protocol Route.  Iran confiscated a British tanker named Stena Impero in
 India handed over 250 pre-fabricated houses to the strategic Strait of Hormuz on July 19 for breaking
Myanmar in Maung Daw in July for use of displaced “international maritime rules”. Meanwhile, the United
Rohingya returnees. India had taken up the project States launched Operation Sentinel to increase
under its Rakhine State Development Programme under surveillance of and security in key waterways in the
which 25 million dollars are allocated for a period of Middle East. The objective is to ensure safe passage of
five years. Due to rising violence against Rohingya in cargo ships in international waters throughout the
Myanmar, thousands of them have entered India and Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, the Bab el-Mandeb
Bangladesh to seek refuge. Strait (BAM) and the Gulf of Oman.
 Pakistan agreed in July to give year-long visa-free  A man burst into an animation studio in Kyoto, Japan
access for Indian pilgrims to the holy Gurdwara of doused it with a flammable liquid and set it on fire on
Kartarpur Sahib. Throughout the year, 5,000 pilgrims July 18, killing 33 people.
will be allowed to visit the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara  Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano,
per day. erupted on July 19, with lava flows and explosive
 Pro-Khalistan group The Sikhs for Justice was banned burps. A heavy emission of ash into the sky forced the
by the government in July for its alleged anti-national closure of two airports in Sicily’s of Catania city.
activities. US-based The Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) pushes  Tropical Storm Barry hit Louisiana state of United
for Sikh Referendum 2020 as part of its separatist States in July.
agenda.  China warned the US government in July that it would
 The Indian government launched a Coffee Table Book impose sanctions on U.S. companies involved in a
commemorating 50 years of partnership with UNWFP potential arms sale worth $2.2 billion to Taiwan. China
(United Nations World Food Programme) towards food views Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to
and nutrition security in India on July 8. one day seize it, by force if necessary.
 British Prime Minister Theresa May announced the  A court ruling in Ecuador has prevented the
creation of a new 40-million pound Fast-Track Start-up government from selling land in the Amazon rainforest
Fund, focused on India’s emerging technology to oil companies, a move that is being termed a historic
enterprises as part of the wider UK-India Tech win for the Waorani indigenous tribe living there.
Partnership. The announcement came as May marked  French President Emmanuel Macron has announced
the ‘India Day’ in London on July 16. setting up of a national military space force command
that would eventually be part of his country’s air force. scientist Dr Baruch Blumberg (1925-2011), who
The declaration was made on the eve of France’s discovered hepatitis B virus (HBV) and developed a
Bastille Day national celebrations on July 14. diagnostic test and vaccine for the virus.
 The World Hepatitis Day was observed on July 28 with  The World Population Day was observed on July 11.
its theme as ‘Invest in eliminating hepatitis’. July 28 is  The World Emoji Day was celebrated on July 17.
the birth anniversary of Nobel Medicine-prize winning  World Youth Skills Day was observed on July 15.
AWARDS
 The “Find the Incredible You” campaign of India’s the ‘Sustainable Energy’ category. The award is named
Tourism Ministry has won the Pacific Asia Travel after the ruler of Dubai and vice-president of the UAE.
Association (PATA) Gold Award, 2019. The campaign  ‘Nagarkirtan’ (Bengali), directed by Kaushik Ganguly,
won the award under the “Marketing - Primary won the ‘Best Feature Film’ award at the SAARC film
Government Destination” category. The campaign festival in Colombo in July. The film also won ‘Best
focuses on promotion of niche tourism products. Director’, ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Best Original Score’
 Two Indian organisations -- GARV Toilets and A2P awards.
Energy Solutions -- working in the field of environment  Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt starrer ‘Gully Boy’ won
and sanitation won the Mohammed Bin Rashid the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at the
Initiative for Global Prosperity award at the second Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN)
edition of Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation in South Korea in July. The film was directed by Zoya
Summit (GMIS) held in Yekaterinburg, Russia in July. Akhtar.
GARV Toilets (providers of smart sanitation services  Hilary Swank will be honoured with the Leopard Club
that deploy Internet of Things) won in the ‘Sustainable Award at the 2019 Locarno International Film Festival.
Cities’ category, while A2P Energy Solutions (which The actor won Best Actress Academy Awards for her
seeks to prevent stubble burning by converting performance in “Boys Don’t Cry” (1999) and “Million
agricultural waste into energy) bagged the honours in Dollar Baby” (2004).
PERSONS IN NEWS
 Centre-right candidate Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn-  The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has
in as the new prime minister of Greece on July 8 chosen Romanian diplomat Cornel Feruta as its acting
following the landslide victory of his New Democracy director-general to replace Yukiya Amano, who died on
Party in the country’s parliamentary elections. July 22 at the age of 72. Amano was in the position
 Boris Johnson was elected as the Conservative Party since December 2009. The IAEA seeks to promote the
leader and appointed Britain’s new PM on July 23. He peaceful use of nuclear energy. The IAEA was
appointed three Indian-origin leaders in his ministerial established in 1957 and is headquartered in Vienna.
team: Priti Patel is new Home Secretary, Alok Sharma  Bangladesh’s former military dictator and President
is the International Development Secretary and Rishi Hussain Muhammad Ershad died in Dhaka on July 14
Sunak is the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. at the age of 91. Ershad was Chief of the Jatiya Party
 The party of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and also the leader of the opposition in Parliament. A
won an absolute majority in parliamentary elections in former army chief, Ershad took over the state power in
July. Zelensky’s Servant of the People party won close a bloodless coup in 1982 and subsequently ran the
to 254 seats in the 450-seat Verkhovna Rada. country for eight years.
 Former Indian Supreme Court judge, Justice AK Sikri,  South African legendary singer Johnny Clegg, who
has been appointed as an international judge of the blended Zulu rhythms with Western styles and defied
Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC). The apartheid segregation, died on July 16 at the age of 66.
President of Singapore made the appointment of Justice  Italian author Andrea Camilleri, who earned worldwide
Sikri with effect from August 1. acclaim for his series of novels starring inspector Salvo
 Upender Singh Rawat was appointed as India’s next Montalbano in the fictitious Sicilian city of Vigata, died
Ambassador to Panama in July. Sanjeev Kumar Singla in Rome on July 17 at the age of 93. First Montalbano
was appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to Israel. novel “The Shape of Water” came in 1994.
 Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen was appointed new  Former Argentine President Fernando de La Rua passed
President of the European Commission in July. away in Buenos Aires on July 9 at the age of 81.

Current Affairs: Sports
 Copa America: Hosts Brazil beat Peru 3-1 in the final to final to win the men’s singles title at the Indonesia Open
win 2019 Copa America football tournament of 12 badminton tournament in Jakarta on July 21. Japan’s
countries at the Maracana Stadium in Rio De Janeiro on Akane Yamaguchi clinched the women’s singles title by
July 7. For Brazil, Everton Soares, Gabriel Jesus and beating India’s P. V. Sindhu 21-15, 21-16. India’s
Richarlison scored, while Paolo Guerrero scored the Parupalli Kashyap’s lost in the men’s singles final of the
only goal for the losing team. Brazil’s Everton Soares Canada Open Super 100 tournament in Calgary to
and Paolo Guerrero of Peru were joint top scorers with 3 China’s Li Shi Feng 22-20, 14-21, 17-21 on July 8.
goals each. Everton Soares was given Golden Boot  Table tennis: India won all gold medals, including both
Award. Brazil’s Dani Alves won Golden Ball Award for men’s and women’s team titles, at the Commonwealth
Best Player of the tournament. Golden Glove Award for Table Tennis Championships in Cuttack in July. India
Best Goalkeeper was given to Alisson of Brazil. Brazil won men’s team title by beating England (3-2) in final
also won the Fair Play Award. and women’s title by defeating Singapore (3-0). Men’s
 Other football news: At the Cairo International Stadium Singles title was won by Harmeet Desai. Women’s title
on July 19, Algeria defeated Senegal 1-0 to win the was won by Ayhika Mukherjee. Other golds won by
Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament. North India were: Men’s Doubles: A. Amalraj & Manav
Korea won the Intercontinental Cup football tournament Thakkar, Women’s Doubles: Pooja Sahasrabudhe &
beating Tajikistan 1-0 in the final played in Ahmedabad Krtittwika Sinha Roy and Mixed Doubles: G. Sathiyan
on July 19. The four-nation tournament also had hosts & Archana Kamath.
India and Syria. Former India football goalkeeper A. U.  Bodybuilding: India’s Ravinder Kumar Malik clinched
Celestine died in Chennai on July 9 at the age of 73. the Mr South Asia title in the 12th South Asian
Sahal Abdul Samad was declared as the emerging player Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships in
of the year in the men’s category whereas Manipur’s Kathmandu on July 20. Afghanistan won team
Dangmei Grace was announced as the emerging player championship ahead of hosts Nepal and India.
of the year in the women’s category at the All India  Chess: Prithu Gupta became India’s 64th Grandmaster,
Football Federation (AIFF) awards for the 2018-19 crossing the Elo threshold of 2500 points recently.
season announced in July. Best grassroots development  Racing: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the
programme was won by Jammu and Kashmir FA. Best Formula 1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 14.
referee was R. Venkatesh (Tamil Nadu) Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
 Wrestling: Indian wrestlers won three gold medals at the were 2nd and 3rd respectively
Yasar Dogu 2019 Ranking Series tournament in Istanbul  Tatyana Kolpakova Athletics: India’s Mohammed
in July. The winners are: Rahul Aware (men’s 61kg Salahuddin (16.53m) won gold medal in men’s triple
freestyle), Seema (women’s 50 kg freestyle) and Manju jump at the Tatyana Kolpakova memorial international
Kumari (women’s 59 kg freestyle). athletics meet in Bishkek, Kazakhstan in July. Inderjeet
 Boxing: Shiva Thapa won gold medal for India in men’s Singh won gold in men’s shot put with 18.67m. Other
63 kg at the President’s Cup boxing tournament in gold winners included Gajanand Mistry (men’s 200m,
Astana, Kazakhstan on July 20. Former Olympic boxing 21.50s), M. Sreeshankar (men’s long jump, 7.97m),
gold medallist and world champion Pernell Whitaker Sahil Silwal (men’s javelin throw, 78.50m) and S.
died at 55 in a road accident in US on July 14, 2019. Archana (women’s 100 m, 11.74 s).
Whitaker won gold as a lightweight at the 1984  Kladno Athletics: India’s Vipin Kasana won gold medal
Olympics in Los Angeles. in men’s javelin throw in 82.51m at the Kladno
 Cricket: Sachin Tendulkar has been inducted into the international meet athletics in the Czech Republic in
International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame alongside July. Tajinderpal Singh Toor won gold in men’s shot put
South African bowler Allan Donald. Two-time World with a throw of 20.36m. Hima Das won gold in
Cup-winning Australian woman cricketer Cathryn women’s 200 m in 23.43 s. In the women’s 400m, V. K.
Fitzpatrick was also inducted. Vismaya won gold medal in 52.54 s.
 Weightlifting: India topped the medals tally at the  Kutno Athletics: India’s Hima Das won gold medal in
Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship in Apia, women’s 200m in 23.97 s at the Kutno Athletics Meet
Samoa in July. in Poland in July. In men’s 200m race, Muhammed
 Badminton: Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen defeated Anas won gold medal in 21.18 s. In men’s 400m
Denmark’s Anders Antonsen 21-18, 24-26, 21-15 in the hurdles, MP Jabir won the gold in 50.21 s.

Current Affairs: Economy
 A Bill to set up an independent and autonomous regime growth is expected to rise to 7.2% in 2020, down by the
for institutionalised domestic and international projected growth rate of 7.5% in the earlier report. The
arbitration was passed by the Parliament in August. The downward revision of 0.3 percentage point for both
objective is to encourage institutional arbitration for years reflects a weaker-than-expected outlook for
settlement of disputes and make India a centre of robust domestic demand. Similarly, the global growth forecast
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism. The for FY20 has been cut down by 0.1% to 3.2%.
Bill will also transfer functions and authority of the  India’s industrial output growth slipped to 3.1 per cent
International Centre For Alternative Dispute Resolution in May. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) had
(ICADR) to the New Delhi International Arbitration expanded by 3.8 per cent in May 2018.
Centre (NDIAC) with effect from March 2, 2019. Cases  Rising for sixth month in a row, retail inflation rose to
at NDIAC would have to be disposed within a year. 3.18 per cent in June. The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-
 The Centre has proposed a model tenancy law that based retail inflation was at 3.05 per cent in the
States and Union Territories can enact to regulate preceding month of May 2019.
renting of premises. Under the Model Tenancy Act,  The Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation
2019, advance security deposit for residential properties declined to 2.02 per cent in June because of decline in
would be capped at two months’ rent and one month’s prices of vegetables as well as fuel and power items. It
rent for non-residential properties. Owner will have to was 2.45 per cent in May.
give three months’ notice for raising the rent.  The present total installed nuclear power capacity in the
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board has finalised a country is 6780 Mega Watts (MW), the government
three-year roadmap to improve regulation and disclosed in July.
supervision, among other functions of the central bank.  The maximum speed limit for cars has been fixed at 120
This medium-term strategy is named Utkarsh 2022. km per hour on expressways by the Road Transport and
 The government will start the third phase of Pradhan Highways Ministry. The maximum speed of buses has
Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to construct been fixed as 100 kmph on expressways and 90 kmph
1,25,000 km of rural roads an estimated cost of Rs on 4 lane and above divided carriageway.
80,250 crore over the next five years. PMGSY was  India’s Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) that
launched in year 2000 during the tenure of Prime provides free cooking gas (LPG) connections to poor
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. families has been praised by the International Energy
 India has reduced its poverty rate drastically from 55% Agency (IEA), which said it is a “major achievement” in
to 28% in ten years. 271 million people moved out of improving the environment and health of women.
poverty between 2005/6 and 2015/16, according to the “Providing access to LPG across India by 2020 is a
UN’s latest Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) major achievement. It is not an energy issue, it is an
report. While progress has been remarkable, the country economic issue, it is a social issue,” IEA Executive
still has the largest number of people at 364 million Director Fatih Birol said at a conference in New Delhi.
living in multidimensional poverty in the world. PMUY was launched on May 1, 2016, in Ballia, Uttar
 The Bharat Chamber of Commerce, (BCC) and the Pradesh
BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry, New  The Health Ministry has banned the manufacture, sale
Delhi, signed an MoU on July 9 for promoting trade and and distribution of antibiotic, Colistin and its
investments between the BRICS countries and the formulations for food producing animals, poultry, aqua
eastern part of India, in particular. farming and animal feed supplements in a bid to
 The Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Ministry preserve the drug’s efficacy in humans. The ban has
started ‘Kaushal Yuva Samwaad’ in July for creating an been imposed under provisions of the Drugs and
open dialogue with the youth across all skill training Cosmetics Act, 1940.
centres to hear their ideas and recommendations to help  Care Ratings sent its MD and CEO Rajesh Mokashi on
scale up existing programmes. leave in July after complaints received by SEBI. Under
 The foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 1.113 Mokashi, the rating firm is alleged to have given good
billion to USD 428.797 billion in the week to July 12. ratings to debt raising firms that did not deserve them.
 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its forecast  The government has approved the extension of the term
for India’s economic growth by 0.3% to 7% in 2019 in of Finance Commission up to 30 November 2019. Nand
its World Economic Outlook (WEO) update. The Kishore Singh is its Chairman.

Cyber Buzz
 Frances imposes tax on online giants: shopping on Flipkart, but also across more than 100
Parliament in France enacted a new law to impose a partner brands including Zomato, OYO, UrbanClap,
pioneering tax on internet giants like Google, Amazon PhonePe and MakeMyTrip.
and Facebook. The new law primarily targets those that  TCS iON ties up with AICTE: TCS iON, a unit
use consumers’ data to sell online advertising. 3% tax of IT major TCS, has partnered with All India Council
will be levied on the French revenues of digital for Technical Education (AICTE) to provide students
companies with global revenue of more than 750 million with a digital learning course to equip them with career
euros, and French revenue over 25 million euros. The skills. TCS iON has curated a free, 20 hour-career skills
bill aims to stop multinationals from avoiding taxes by course that will cover topics like corporate etiquette,
setting up headquarters in low-tax EU countries. effective e-mail writing, impactful presentations and IT
Currently, the companies pay nearly no tax in countries awareness that will be available to students throughout
where they have large sales like France. The Bill goes to the duration of their degree course.
the Senate where it is expected to win final approval.  U.S. warns India over Huawei: Indian entities
 Indian finds bug in Instagram: India’s Laxman that will supply U.S.-origin equipment, software,
Muthiyah has won $30,000 as a part of a bug bounty technology to Chinese telecom major Huawei may face
programme after he spotted a flaw in Facebook-owned penal action under American regulations. The US
photo-sharing app Instagram. Muthiyah said the government has added Huawei Technologies to the
vulnerability allowed him to “hack any Instagram entity list under its U.S. Export Administration
account”. He discovered it was possible to take over Regulations. The U.S. government has directed its
someone’s Instagram account by triggering a password companies, including Google, not to supply software
reset, requesting a recovery code, or quickly trying out and hardware to Huawei, alleging security risk from the
possible recovery codes against the account. Facebook company. Huawei has teamed up with Vodafone Idea to
and Instagram security teams fixed the issue and conduct 5G trials in India.
rewarded him $30,000.  iPhone designer quits Apple: Apple announced
 Twitter to act against errant politicians: recently that its design chief Jony Ive, who played a key
Social networking company Twitter announced it would role in the development of the iPhone, iPod, Macbook
take down tweets by politicians for violating its rules and other products, was leaving to set up his own firm.
and if reviews do not find it in favour of the public Ive will depart later this year “to form an independent
interest. The new policy applies to political candidates design company which will count Apple among its
and government officials who have more than 100,000 primary clients,” Apple said in a statement. Ive will
followers. Before users can view tweets that the pursue “personal projects” but also continue to work
company has flagged as a violation of its policy, they closely “on a range of projects with Apple,” the
will need to click on a screen that says, “The Twitter California tech company said.
Rules about abusive behaviour apply to this Tweet.  Facebook launches VC Brand Incubator:
However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the Facebook India launched its “VC Brand Incubator
public’s interest in the Tweet to remain available.” The Program” in July. The social networking company will
new decision comes at a moment when technology collaborate with venture capital (VC) funds to help the
companies are under immense pressure to better monitor growth of small and medium businesses (SMB) they
and polices their platforms for extremism, hate speech, invest in. As a part of this initiative, Facebook will work
violence and abuse. U.S. sets $5 bn fine for Facebook with VC funds with the aim of skilling and mentoring
over privacy and data protection lapses SMBs by sharing insights on best practices, proven
 U.S. fines Facebook $5 bn: U.S. regulators have solutions, insights among other key learning.
imposed a $5 billion penalty on Facebook for the social  Ebix buys Yatra: US-based software firm Ebix is
network’s privacy and data protection lapses. Facebook set to acquire Gurugram-based online travel agent Yatra
has faced questions about whether it improperly shared Online for an enterprise value of $338 million or Rs
user data with business partners in violation of an earlier 2,327.4 crore in an all-stock deal. Once the transaction is
settlement. completed, Yatra will be a part of Ebix’s travel
 Flipkart launches SuperCoins: E-commerce portfolio, EbixCash. “Fundraising was not the objective
firm Flipkart said it will roll out multi-brand rewards behind the transaction,” said Dhruv Shringi, co-founder
ecosystem ‘SuperCoins’ which will work for not only and CEO of Yatra Online.

Science & Technology
GSLV MkIII-M1 launches Chandrayaan-2 computer, as well as the computer password, died on July
India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GSLV 12 in US at the age of 93.
MkIII-M1, successfully launched the 3840 kg
Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft into an earth orbit on July 22. Corbató, who spent his entire career at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, oversaw a project in the early
GSLV MkIII-M1 vehicle lifted off from the Second 1960s called the Compatible Time-Sharing System, or
Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR CTSS, which allowed multiple users in different locations
(SDSC SHAR), Sriharikota at 2: 43 PM. All the to access a single computer simultaneously through
subsequent flight events occurred as scheduled. telephone lines.
About 16 minutes 14 seconds after lift-off, the vehicle At the time, computing was done in large batches, and
injected Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft into an elliptical earth users typically had to wait until the next day to get the
orbit. Immediately after spacecraft separation from the results of a computation. In 1963, Corbató described
vehicle, the solar array of the spacecraft automatically got batch processing as “infuriating” for its inefficiency.
deployed and ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command
Network (ISTRAC), Bengaluru took control of the The advent of time-sharing, however, reinforced the
spacecraft. notion, still in its infancy, that computers could be used
interactively. It was an idea that would animate the
GSLV Mk III is designed to carry 4 tonne class of computing field for decades.
satellites into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) or
about 10 tons to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Chandrayaan-2 ”Long before personal computers made it possible for
is India’s second mission to the moon. It comprises an each person to have a computer,
Orbiter, Lander (Vikram) and Rover (Pragyan). The time-sharing transformed the way
Rover Pragyan is housed inside Vikram lander. people used computers,” said
Stephen Crocker, a computer
The mission objective of Chandrayaan-2 is to develop and scientist and internet pioneer who
demonstrate the key technologies for end-to-end lunar worked on time-sharing systems.
mission capability, including soft-landing and roving on Computers, Corbató said on the programme, were so
the lunar surface. On the science front, this mission aims expensive to use that any idle time was a huge waste. But
to further expand our knowledge about the Moon through with time-sharing, computer time was carefully metered
a detailed study of its topography, mineralogy, surface and wasted time all but eliminated.
chemical composition, thermo-physical characteristics
and atmosphere leading to a better understanding of the 7,000 species added to IUCN ‘Red List’
origin and evolution of the Moon. The destruction of nature by human beings is driving
species to the brink of extinction at an “unprecedented”
The lander will separate from the Orbiter and soft land in rate, the International Union for the Conservation of
the South polar region of the Moon on September 7, Nature (IUCN) warned on July 18, as it added more than
2019. Following this, the Rover will roll out from the 7,000 animals, fish and plants to its endangered “Red
lander and carries out experiments on the lunar surface for List”.
a period of 1 lunar day, which is equal to 14 Earth days.
The mission life of the lander is also 1 lunar day. The The group has now assessed more than 1,05,000 species
Orbiter will continue its mission for a period of one year. worldwide, around 28,000 of which risk extinction. While
each group of organisms face specific threats, human
The orbiter had a lift-off weight of about 2,369 kg, while behaviour, including overfishing and deforestation, was
the lander and rover weighed 1,477 kg and 26 kg the biggest driver of plummeting populations.
respectively. The rover can travel up to 500 m (half a
kilometre) and relies on electric power generated by its Seven species of primate are closer to extinction on the
solar panel for functioning. new list, including the Roloway Monkey of Cote d’Ivoire
and Ghana, with fewer than 2,000 individuals left in the
Computer pioneer Fernando Corbató dies wild. Prime culprits are humans hunting the animals for
Fernando Corbató, whose work on computer time-sharing bushmeat and “severe habitat loss” as forest is converted
in the 1960s helped pave the way for the personal to land to grow food.

Business Biography
Anita Roddick (1942-2007): Businesswoman with a conscience
Anita Roddick (1942-2007), the founder of the Body consumers its loyal buyers and by the 1980s the chain had
Shop cosmetics chain, is remembered not only for her become a fashion legend in Great Britain.
business acumen in producing and marketing nature-
Roddick’s promotion of social and environmental causes
based cosmetics but also for her passionate espousal of
burnished her brand’s image further. Her company
social and environmental causes and business ethics that
supported efforts by NGOs to prevent hunting of whales.
built her brand’s image without having to resort to
She also joined environmentalists in opposing rampant
expensive advertising campaigns or celebrity
deforestation in rainforests of poor countries in Africa.
endorsements.
Her campaigns calling for a ban on testing cosmetics on
animal received widespread support and also publicity for
Though Anita Roddick created an immensely lucrative
her brand Body Shop. Ethics in business was always dear
corporate empire of thousands of retail outlets and
to Anita’s heart. While her rival cosmetics companies
accumulated a considerable fortune, it’s not for her
negotiated with middlemen to buy raw materials at the
entrepreneurial achievements that she will be
lowest prices, Anita firmly believed that the growers
remembered. Rather, her position in corporate history is
deserved to get the best prices and middlemen should be
certain because she was the first businessperson really to
denied any commission. She travelled to far-flung places
fuse commerce and social activism. She understood that
like Amazon forests of South America to buy directly
business was one of the most significant driving forces in
with cultivators of herbs used as raw materials in her
the modern world - and she was committed to use it to
company’s cosmetics products. Body Shop was known to
promote social and environmental causes even though
spend little on advertising campaigns and its products
they did not concern businesses directly.
sold on word of mouth publicity. The company did not
believe in celebrity endorsements and for many years,
Anita Perilli was in October 1942 in West Sussex in
Anita Roddick was the sole brand ambassador for Body
England during the Second World War. Her parents had
Shop’s products. Her support for women’s causes also
come to England from Italy. She married Gordon Roddick
endeared Roddick to her customers who were mostly
in 1970 and started a restaurant and later a hotel. The
women. Her involvement in various campaigns always
Body Shop was interestingly created out of necessity. In
kept her in public limelight and helped her brand.
1976, Gordon Roddick embarked on a tour to South
America. Before departing, he assisted Anita obtain a
By the 1990s, Body Shop started losing its aura. The
£4,000 loan, the objective being that she would begin a
company’s critics accused it of not living up to its lofty
retail shop to provide for herself and her children. Anita
ideals. In a way Body Shop became a victim of its own
did not have any understanding of what a profitable
high standards. People started seeing the brand as a
retailing business really meant, but she did have ‘a
benchmark for ethical business and even a minor
treasure of experience’ from her journeys. During her
deviation from its standards had a disproportionately
trips Roddick was fascinated by the skin and hair of
larger negative impact on the brand’s image.
native women who used nothing more than homegrown
herbs. She toiled to create skin-friendly products from From 1990s, Roddick started focussing more on her non-
natural ingredients instead of using the widely available profit Body Shop Foundation. Roddick’s autobiography
chemical ingredients that had become the norm among titled ‘Body and Soul’ was released in 1991. She gave up
cosmetics companies during those times. He products day-to-day management of Body Shop in 2002. In 2006,
were not only free from any side effects but were also French cosmetics giant L’Oreal bought Body Shop from
environment-friendly in term of production as well as her for $1.14 billion. She died at 64 in 2007. She had
disposal. In 1976, Anita started her first Body Shop outlet donated her entire £51 million fortune to organisations
in Brighton town. By the time her husband came bac k doing charitable work. The legacy left by her was much
from his South American trip by the end of the year, she more than sales and profits. She altered forever the
had started a second outlet. Body Shop products were concept of what business is capable of accomplishing.
advertised with their USP of being natural. The brand’s These days, even companies selling cigarettes, alcohol
aura grew further when its ad campaigns highlighted the and armaments claim to believe in social responsibility of
fact that they were not tested on animals but were yet safe business. This is in no small measure due to the
for humans. These campaigns made Body Shop’s pioneering trendsetter that Anita Roddick was.

Book Reviews
‘Inside Central Asia’ by Dilip Hiro backyard. Hiro argues that Russian leader Vladimir
Dilip Hiro’s ‘Inside Central Asia’ is a gripping saga of Putin’s brand of ‘authoritarian’ democracy is being seen
the origin of sovereign central Asian countries such as as the appropriate model of governance by the Central
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Asian rulers. Hiro has shown remarkable dexterity in
Tajikistan with a burdensome baggage of history from the getting to the root of the issues that led to the rise of
remains of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist secular authoritarianism in Central Asia. The book is an
Republics, of simply the Soviet Union), and their insightful introduction to political and cultural history of
attempts to become stable countries, with a national the region.
distinctiveness of their own.
‘Happiness at Work’ by Srikumar S Rao
The author talks about the grave difficulties of nation-
Problems in working lives can at times have a harsh
building the rulers of Central Asian nations have
impact on the health, family life and emotional well-
confronted since their emergence as independent entities.
being of many professionals. Srikumar S Rao’s book
titled ‘Happiness At Work: Be Resilient, Motivated, And
The presence of important ethnic and culturally diverse
Successful - No Matter What’ attempts to help readers
minorities in the administrative building blocks of the
find harmony in their working lives by overcoming
erstwhile Soviet Union is a dynamic that has in recent
worries through self-introspection.
times caused substantial social instability. Inter-ethnic
strains have flared in Central Asia, reverberating across
The book is arranged in 35 chapters, each of which
the recently established national borders.
elucidates on a golden rule to be followed in life. Some of
these are: ‘What You Need is a Paradigm Shift’;
Hiro has elucidated on the challenge posed by political
‘Happiness is your birthright-grab it now!’; ‘Invest in the
Islam to the continuance of Central Asian countries as
process, not the outcome’ and ‘Where does your journey
secular entities. The diabolic presence of the
take you? Each of these golden rules helps the readers to
fundamentalist Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan and
explore their inner self, assess and rethink on their lives.
Pakistan has emerged as a major threat to the post-Soviet
The exercises given after each chapter further emphasize
regimes of Central Asia.
the utility of these golden rules. The caring tone of the
writing centres on advising readers on how to bring about
Assertion of their ethnicity by majority communities is a
a perceptible shift in their lives and avoid getting bogged
major source of worry for Central Asian rulers. Slavic
down by occasional adverse situations or incidents. It
minority groups, especially ethnic Russians, comprise a
motivates one to develop the ability to bounce back from
significant share of population and form the core of
difficult situations in life and at work.
skilled manpower in these fledgling countries. Their
migration to safer destinations such as Russia could
The mid chapters throw light on the essence of one’s
deprive these infant nations of the key human resources
vocation by asking oneself relevant questions about one’s
necessary for their development.
work, getting over the fear of hurdles and finding answers
to who one really is. The aim is to bring about a
The Central Asian rulers have taken to dictatorial ways to
transformation in one’s way of thinking and conduct,
deal with the challenges created by the forces of political
which in turn produces a direct effect on the immediate
Islam and sectarian nationalism. The absence of a culture
environment. The last few chapters take one on a spiritual
of democracy is the major reason for survival of
voyage and describe the essence of life and the soul.
authoritarianism in the region. Massive corruption by the
ruling class, especially in energy-abundant Kazakhstan
The communication of the book is simple and easy to
and Turkmenistan, is the norm.
understand. Citing attention-grabbing examples, it
Regarding foreign policy, Central Asia’s attempts to enables the readers to readily relate to the instances
nurture friendly relations with the West, especially with mentioned and to learn from them. It will be an insightful
the US have not borne much fruit despite their strategic read for those willing to bring about a constructive
significance. Their despotic rulers are worried over the change in their lives to find a deeper meaning to it.
Western countries’ championing of democracy and Engrossing and thought-provoking, the book will strike a
human rights. The distancing of the Americans has chord with those prepared to unwrap their minds, think
brought the Russians right back into their Central Asia out of the box and explore happiness all over again.

Do you remember?
(All questions based on content of previous issue; Answers on last page)
1. Which are the best in overall performance on NITI 24. India opened the Mahatma Gandhi IT and
Aayog’s Health Index for large states, small states and Biotechnology Park (MGIT-BP) in which African
union territories? country on June 27?
2. Low Birth Weight (LBW) is used to describe babies 25. Who is US Secretary of State? Expand CCATSA.
who are borne with less than ___ grams. 26. What is UNWRA?
3. Which state has the highest Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB)? 27. What are the parliaments of Iceland, Norway,
4. Expand STRIDE launched by UGC to encourage Denmark, Poland and Latvia called?
research and innovation in universities and colleges. 28. Which day was celebrated on June 27 with its slogan
5. Expand EQUIP launched by the Centre aimed at as ‘Big Money For Small Business’?
doubling enrolment in higher education. 29. Which regional grouping having India celebrated its
6. Who has written the song ‘Tujhe Bhulega Na Tera foundation day on June 25?
Hindustan’ on Kargil War released by the Indian Army 30. Which two International Days were on June 30?
recently? 31. Which two International Days were on June 26?
7. Whose birth anniversary was Doctors Day in India on 32. When were World Social Media Day, International
July 1? Day of the Tropics and Day of the Seafarer observed?
8. Japan’s Kobe has decided to enter into sister-city 33. Edgbaston, Sophia Gardens, Headingley, Old Trafford,
partnership with which Indian city? Trent Bridge and Rose Bowl are cricket stadiums in
9. Sindhu Darshan Festival was organised in Leh (J&K) which cities of UK?
from June 24-27 on the banks of which river? 34. Who made most runs and took most wickets at the
10. Which is India’s first government school to have ICC World Cup?
CCTV camera coverage? 35. Who was Player of the tournament at ICC World Cup?
11. Which portal was launched by Haryana govt. to enable 36. Who won singles titles at 2019 Wimbledon Tennis?
farmers to take benefits of schemes directly after 37. What are the sports of Shyam Sundar Mitra (died: June
uploading their crop-related details? 27) and Rakesh Shukla (died: June 29)?
12. West Bengal observed July 12 as ‘Save ___ Day’. 38. Who won Formula One Austrian Grand Prix?
13. Who won RedInk Award for ‘Journalist of the Year’ 39. Divya Kakran represents India in which sport?
given by Mumbai Press Club? 40. Who won IBSF Snooker World Cup in Doha by
14. Which are the tallest mountain peaks in the continents defeating India in the final?
of Antarctica, Africa, Europe, South America and 41. Who won Commonwealth chess championship in New
North America? Delhi?
15. Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan 42. Unclaimed deposits in banks are transferred to DEAF.
Singh has recently written book on which former What is DEAF?
Prime Minister? 43. Which water conservation campaign was launched by
16. Who is the new Director General (DG) of the Indian the govt. in 256 districts recently?
Coast Guard (ICG)? 44. Viral Acharya resigned from which government post
17. Abhay is the new Director of Hyderabad-based Sardar recently?
Vallabhbhai Patel National ____ Academy. 45. Sarada Kumar Hota is the new MD of which
18. ‘A Prime Minister to Remember-Memories of a government-owned financial services company?
Military Chief’ is a book written by which former 46. What is QS in QS World University Rankings 2020?
Navy Chief on ex-PM A. B. Vajpayee? 47. What is the name of Sri Lanka’s first satellite launched
19. Which is the latest book written by Booker prize in June?
winning author Arundhati Roy? 48. NASA’s Curiosity rover is probing which planet? Its
20. UNSECO updated its World Heritage List in July. proposed Dragonfly mission will probe which planet?
Which is the latest inclusion from India? 49. Union Budget: 2019-20 has announced setting up of
21. Which Summit was organised on June 28-29 in Osaka, NRF to promote R&D in higher education. NRF is:
Japan? 50. Union Budget: 2019-20 has announced which
22. Which anti-tank missiles is India purchasing from programme to invite foreigners to study in Indian
Russia? colleges?
23. Which exercise was organised by air forces of India 51. Union Budget: 2019-20 has announced which scheme
and France in July? for improving infrastructure for fisheries?

Corporate Knowledge Quiz
(Questions based on content in previous issues)
(Answer Key on last page)
1. Facebook announced plans to launch which 14. Which of the following has acquired Double Fine
cryptocurrency in June? known for games such as Psychonauts and Broken Age?
a) Libra b) Virgo c) Gemini d) Taurus a) Twitter b) Google c) Microsoft d) Facebook
2. Which of the following has re-designated Abid Ali 15. Which of the following launched Forerunner
Neemuchwala as its CEO and MD? smartwatches in India?
a) TCS b) Infosys c) Tech Mahindra d) Wipro a) Garmin b) Seiko c) Casio d) Timex
3. Lee Iacocca designed Mustang car for which 16. Who is the new Chief of Research and Analysis Wing
company? (RAW)?
a) Chrysler b) Volkswagen c) Ford d) General Motors a) Samant Goel b) Sumeet Mahajan
4. Laxman Narasimhan is the new Chief Executive c) Anant Gupta d) Vineet Agarwal
Officer of which FMCG MNC? 17. Subroto Bagchi, N S Parthasarathy and Krishnakumar
a) Proctor & Gamble b) Unilever Natarajan are the founders of which IT company?
c) Amway d) Reckitt Benckiser a) Hexaware b) Impetus c) Mindtree d) Genpact
5. Which Indian business portal was founded by Dinesh 18. Govt.’s SFURTI is Scheme of Fund for Upgradation
Agarwal? and Regeneration of ____ Industries.
a) IndiaMart.com b) Naaptol.com a) Transformational b) Technological
c) Olx.com d) Quikr.com c) Tertiary d) Traditional
6. Which company’s Watson Decision Platform will 19. Merger of Bharti Infratel and __ has created India’s
provide weather forecast and soil moisture information to largest telecom tower entity with more than 163,000
Indian farmers? towers across India.
a) IBM b) Intel c) Cisco d) Oracle a) Beas Towers b) Indus Towers
7. July 1, 2019 was observed as the foundation day of c) Sutlej Towers d) Himalaya Towers
which of the following? 20. Zonel Sougaijam from Manipur was in news recently
a) Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India for discovering a bug in which of the following social
b) Institute of Cost and Works Accountants in India media and winning $5000 prize?
c) Institute of Chartered Accountants of India a) Snapchat b) Twitter
d) Institute of Company Secretaries of India c) Instagram d) WhatsApp
8. Which company was fined $282.7 million in June for 21. Which corporate group has acquired ‘Jaypore’ fabric
violating anti-corruption regulations of the US while brand?
operating its business in India, China, Brazil and Mexico? a) ITC b) M&M c) Aditya Birla d) Tata
a) General Electric b) Walmart c) Ford d) Microsoft 22. Which car company launched campaign titled
9. Who is the new Chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB)? ‘Discover the More in You’ in June aimed at buyers of
a) Navin Kumar b) Arvind Kumar utility vehicles?
c) Pravin Kumar d) Ravindra Kumar a) Honda b) Ford c) Toyota d) Hyundai
10. Which of the following has acquired data analytics 23. Union Budget: 2019-20 has announced the increase
company Looker for $2.6 billion? the minimum public shareholding (MPS) in listed private
a) Twitter b) Google c) Microsoft d) Facebook sector companies to:
11. Which is the digital ecosystem of Indian government a) 30% b) 35% c) 40% d) 45%
praised by the UN recently for enabling presence-less, 24. Which private sector bank has merged with Bharat
paperless and cashless delivery of govt. services? Financial Inclusion Ltd (BFIL)?
a) IndiaByte b) IndiaStack a) IndusInd Bank b) Bandhan Bank
c) IndiaForm d) IndiaFile c) IDFC Bank d) Kotak Bank
12. ‘Shine Bright’ is the latest book authored by: 25. Which snacks brand entered Guinness World Records
a) Robin Sharma b) Amish Tripathi for creating the ‘largest sentence made with packaged
c) Rashmi Bansal d) Chetan Bhagat food’ in June?
13. Virat Kohli is the only Indian in the __ magazine’s a) Kurkure b) Bingo c) Pringles d) Yellow Diamond
list of 100 highest-paid athletes in the world. 26. In digital payments parlance, MDR is ____ discount
a) Fortune b) Sports Illustrated rate.
c) The Economist d) Forbes a) Median b) Manufacturing c) Maximum d) Merchant

27. Which of the following has launched Seltos SUV in 41. Which MNC art auction house is being acquired
India in June? by Patrick Drahi?
a) Subaru b) Isuzu c) Kia d) SsangYong a) Sotheby’s b) Bonhams
28. Which real estate company has forayed into the c) Mullock’s d) Christie’s
furniture business under the Metercube brand? 42. The International Day of ____ was celebrated on July
a) DLF b) Sobha Developers 7.
c) HCC d) Gammon India a) Banks b) Cooperatives
29. Which of the following has announced a deal to raise c) NBFCs d) Insurance companies
its shareholding in Cigna TTK Health Insurance to 51% 43. Milk brand ‘Pride of Cows’ is marketed by:
by buying the entire stake of TKK Group? a) Patanjali
a) JK Organisation b) Havells Group b) Nestle
c) Manipal Group d) Bombay Dyeing Group c) Mother Dairy
30. Devendra Fadnavis is the Convener of the Committee d) Parag Milk Foods
of Chief Ministers on ‘Transformation for Indian___’ set 44. Which company’s two-wheeler became the first in the
up by the government in June. country to obtain BS-VI fuel emission norms (effective
a) Education b) Agriculture c) Services d) Industry from April 2020) certification in June?
31. Which of the following has acquired the entire 50.8% a) Bajaj Auto
stake of Apollo Hospitals group in Apollo Munich Health b) TVS Motors
Insurance? c) Hero MotoCorp
a) LIC b) HDFC c) Bajaj Finance d) ICICI Bank d) Royal Enfield
32. Which former finance minister’s autobiography is 45. Union Budget: 2019-20 has increased customs duty
titled ‘Relentless’? on imported cars to:
a) Yashwant Sinha b) P. Chidambaram a) 15%
c) Arun Jaitley d) Manmohan Singh b) 20%
33. Who launched Virat Kohli Signature Series c) 30%
toothbrushes recently? d) 25%
a) Johnson & Johnson b) GlaxoSmithKline 46. Which corporate group has launched Sunbean Beaten
c) Hindustan Unilever d) Colgate-Palmolive Caffe in competition with Bru and Nescafe?
34. According to Union Budget: 2019-20, TDS (tax a) ITC b) Tata
deducted at source) of ___ will be applicable on cash c) Dabur d) Godrej
withdrawal of more than Rs 1 crore from a bank account 47. What was India’s external debt at end-March 2019?
in one financial year. a) $243 billion b) $343 billion
a) 1.5% b) 1% c) 2% d) 0.5% c) $443 billion d) $543 billion
35. Who announced acquisition of US-based International 48. Which is the energy drink brand launched by Coca
TechneGroup Incorporated (ITI) for USD 45 million? Cola in India?
a) Wipro b) Infosys c) TCS d) HCL Technologies a) Stamina
36. Which of the following has acquired Fabula AI in a b) Red Bull
bid to detect network manipulation in time? c) Gatorade
a) Twitter b) Google c) Microsoft d) Facebook d) Powerade
37. According to Union Budget: 2019-20, corporate tax 49. Union Budget: 2019-20 has announced the launch of
rate for companies having annual turnover up to Rs. 400 Sabka ___ Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme to deal
crore has been reduced to: with pending cases related to service tax and excise duty.
a) 15% b) 20% c) 30% d) 25% a) Saath
38. Which company is famous for its Patriot air defense b) Bharosa
systems and Tomahawk cruise missiles? c) Sahyog
a) General Dynamics b) Northrop Grumman d) Vishwas
c) Raytheon d) BAE Systems 50. Which Indian IT company acquisition of United
39. Union Budget: 2019-20 has increased customs duty States-based digital services company Mobiquity for
on gold to___. $182 million?
a) 20% b) 12.5% c) 15% d) 17.5% a) Hexaware
40. Which social media company announced launch of b) Impetus
interactive game show “Confetti” in India? c) Mindtree
a) Twitter b) LinkedIn c) Instagram d) Facebook d) Genpact

Crossword: (Solution on last page) ACROSS

1. Dull and tedious, slang word (5)
4. Make an attempt or have a bash at? (2.3.2)
8. Fiber Optic Gyro (3)
10. Asian River ___ Darya (3)
11. Broken in like the horse that is no more wild? (5)
12. Christopher ______: “The Dark Knight” director (5)
13. Harry__: the famous escape artist? (7)
15. Milk as a prefix? (5)
16. Vincent famous painter? (3.4)
17. Footnote word (4)
20. Famous French Marquis, “ades” anagram? (4)
23. Joyous song or broken “pane”? (4)
24. Associated as comrades or chums – informally
speaking (6)
26. Recovers from? (4,4)
27. One who takes something for temporary use only (8)
28. Surface crust on antique vase (6)
31. Overlook or forget (4)
32. Get naturally corroded, in a way? (4)
ACROSS ACROSS
34. Scrape off outer layer or skin of (4) 42. Entice or lure (5)
35. Alleviate, mitigate or allay (7) 43. President Eisenhower’s nickname? (3)
36. Oddballs; eccentric persons (5) 44. Muslim festival (3)
38. Law passed by legislative body (7) 45. Tries hard; struggles or contends (7)
41. More than; higher in rank (5) 46. Strip of leather, often with buckle, etc. for fastening things (5)
DOWN DOWN
1. It may be a 5-star one (5) 21. Bedeck or garnish (5)
2. The hilly Pradesh (8) 22. Cages for keeping poultry (5)
3. A scene of confused uproar (8) 23. Cheekily forward! (4)
4. Eastern teacher (4) 25. Robbery proceeds (4)
5. Japanese mountain (4) 27. A purse or a wallet? (8)
6. Reactivate or revitalize (6) 29. They excel in physical games and exercises (8)
7. _____ up: making a statement etc. more harsh or emphatic? (6) 30. Tell-tale (8)
8. Topple to the ground (4,4) 33. Go into a ______: take a break? (6)
9. Capital of Gujarat (11) 34. Harass or bother (6)
14. Indian P.M. from June 1996 to April 1997 (4.5) 37. Arrangement? (3,2)
18. Discouragement (9) 39. Name of sea forming north-eastern arm of Black Sea (4)
19. Fit; timely and suitable (11) 40. Exodus author Leon _____ (4)
Sudoku (Solution on last page)
SUDOKU I SUDOKU II

Corporate Knowledge Quiz: Answer Key
1. a 2. d 3. c 4. d 5. a 6. a 7. c 8. b 9. b 10. b
11. b 12. c 13. d 14. c 15. a 16. a 17. c 18. d 19. b 20. d
21. c 22. b 23. b 24. a 25. c 26. d 27. c 28. b 29. c 30. b
31. b 32. a 33. d 34. c 35. a 36. a 37. d 38. c 39. b 40. d
41. a 42. b 43. d 44. c 45. c 46. a 47. d 48. d 49. d 50. a
Solutions
CROSSWORD SUDOKU I SUDOKU II
Do You Remember: Answers

1. Kerala, Mizoram, Chandigarh 20. Jaipur City 34. Rohit Sharma (India) and Mitchell
2. 2,500 grams 21. G20 Summit Starc (Australia)
3. Chhattisgarh 22. Strum Ataka 35. Kane Williamson, captain of New
4. Scheme for Trans-disciplinary 23. Garuda-VI Zealand
Research for India’s Developing 24. Cote d’Ivoire 36. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic (men’s) and
Economy 25. Michael Pompeo, Countering Romania’s Simona Halep (women’s)
5. Education Quality Upgradation and America’s Adversaries through 37. Cricket
Inclusion Programme Sanctions Act 38. Finland’s Max Verstappen of Red
6. Sameer 26. United Nations Relief and Works Bull
7. Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy Agency for Palestine Refugees in the 39. Wrestling
8. Ahmedabad Near East 40. Pakistan
9. Indus 27. Althing, Storting, Folketing, Sejm and 41. India’s Abhijeet Gupta (men’s) and
10. Shaheed Hemu Kalani Sarvodaya Bal Saeima Tania Sachdev (women’s)
Vidyalaya in Delhi 28. Micro-, Small and Medium-sized 42. Depositor Education and Awareness
11. Meri Fasal Mera Byora Enterprises Day (MSME) Day Fund
12. Water 29. BIMSTEC 43. Jal Shakti Abhiyan
13. Rachna Khaira of The Tribune 30. International Asteroid Day, 44. RBI Deputy Governor
14. Mt. Vinson, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. International Day of Parliamentarism 45. National Housing Bank (NHB)
Elbrus, Mt. Aconcagua and Mt. 31. International Day Against Drug Abuse 46. Quacquarelli Symonds
McKinley & Illicit Trafficking and International 47. Raavana-1
15. Chandra Shekhar Day in Support of Victims of Torture 48. Mars, Saturn’s moon Titan
16. K. Natarajan 32. June 30, June 29, June 25 49. National Research Foundation
17. Police 33. Birmingham, Cardiff, Leeds, 50. Study in India
18. Admiral Sushil Kumar Manchester, Nottingham, 51. Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada
19. My Seditious Heart Southampton Yojana

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