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1ST AUGUST
 India’s first Rapid electronic Covid-19 RNA Test kit that allows self-
testing at home called ‘COVIHOME’ has been developed by a research
group at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH).
 Gandhinagar will host DefExpo2022
 Vandana Kataria made hattrick in Hockey in Olympics 2020
 Nigeria made its own cryptocurrency called E-Naira
 Miss India USA 2021 – Vaidehi Dongre
 PV SINDHU becomes the first Indian woman ever to win two individual
Olympic medals.
Bronze in 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Silver in 2016 RIO Olympics.
 2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched e-RUPI on 2nd AUGUST,
➨ e-RUPI is a cashless and contactless instrument for digital payment.
➨The instrument has been developed by the National Payments
Corporation of India on its UPI platform, in collaboration with the
Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
and National Health Authority.
 Vantika Agarwal has won the National Women Online Chess title 2021

 Indian-origin British author Sunjeev Sahota is longlisted for the 2021

Booker Prize for fiction for his novel 'China Room',

 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik rolled out the 'One Nation-
One Ration Card' (ONORC) program under which the National
Food Security Act beneficiaries from other States can get ration in
Odisha

 Mission NIRYARAK BANO: RAJASTHAN

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 Lokmanya Tilak Prize 2021: CYRUS POONAWALA

 KRISHNAKARNA SCHEME: KERALA

 Karnataka: THE FIRST STATE TO RESERVE for

TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IN ALL GOVT SERVICES

 Indrajaal: An INDIGENOUS autonomous drone defence dome by

GRENE ROBOTICS a Hyderabad based company

 A Special Assistance Scheme for COVID Mortalities (SASCM) has

been announced by the Jammu and Kashmir Administration to aid
the families who are bearing the brunt of the lethal Coronavirus in
the Union Territory

 .NEENA SINGH became 1st women DG of Rajasthan Police

 Odisha's Bhubaneswar has become the first city in India to achieve

100 per cent vaccination coverage against Covid-19

 “Karde kamal tu" song for paraolympics team in 2020 Tokyo

paraolympucs

 The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) constructed and black-

topped the highest motorable road in the world. The road is situated
at a height of 19,300 ft. in Umlingla Pass, Eastern Ladakh. It has
created a record in high-altitude road construction. The road
constructed by BRO connects the important towns in the Chumar
sector of Eastern Ladakh.

 The European Space Agency (ESA) has planned to put the world’s
first wooden satellite, WISA Woodsat, on Earth’s orbit by the end of
this year.

 The Odisha government has allowed the transgender community to

apply for the posts of constables and sub-inspectors in the state police
department.
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 India has ranked 122nd in GLOBAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

POSITION.

 Sher Bahadur Deuba- NEW PM OF NEPAL

 Social Justice And Empower Ministry has recently launched THE
PM-DAKSH PORTAL
 NEERAJ CHOPRA HAS BEEN INCLUDED in RBI AWARENESS
campaign.
 Haryana government has set up India's first-ever 'Grain ATM' as a
pilot project in Gurugram.
 India will host the World Badminton Championships in 2026.
➨This will only be the second time that India will be hosting the
world championship, with Hyderabad having played host to the
prestigious event in 2009

 Union minister Piyush Goyal was appointed as the leader of the

house in Rajya Sabha
 The Kerala government is all set to launch a campaign called
'Mathru Kavacham' to provide COVID-19 vaccines to all the
pregnant women in the state.
 DURAND CUP 2021- HOST KOLKATA
 INDIA'S 1ST WATER PLUS CITY-INDORE
 Theme of 75th India's INDEPENDENCE DAY: NATION
FIRST,Always first
 According to skytrax world's best airport- HAMAD
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
 Yes bank has appointed MAHESH RAMMURTHY AS CHIEF
INFORMATION OFFICER.
 India’s attempt to place a geoimaging satellite (GISAT-1) with its
GSLV-F10-EOS-3 mission did not succeed