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1. c; In a big achievement for the Yogi 9. c; Tathagat Roy is Governor of Meghalaya

Adityanath dispensation, UNICEF India
has lauded his government for
successfully immunising all children of the
state against Japanese Encephalitis and 10. d; As per clause 32 of the Act a provision has
Acute Encephalitis Syndrome.
2. d; Union Human Resource Development
Minister, is Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'
and Minister of State for HRD is Sanjay
Shamrao Dhotre. Chairman of draft
national education policy was Dr. 11. a; In a first, the Goa government is planning
Kasturirangan.
3. b; Several Panchayats have already adopted
a resolution on 26th June on the occasion
12. c; Railway Protection Force (RPF) launched
of International Day against Drug abuse
and illicit trafficking. Administration will
implement the provisions of the cigarette
and other Tobacco Products Act 2003.
4. c;
5. d; Along with Chief Ministers of Karnataka
and Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh,
Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,
Union Agriculture, Rural Development and
Panchayati Raj Minister Narendra Singh
Tomar and NITI Aayog member Ramesh 14. b;
Chand will be the members of the
committee. Maharashtra Chief Minister, 15. c;
Devendra Fadnavis would head the
committee of chief ministers. 16. c; In a first–ever development, Indian
6. d; The panel will also suggest a mechanism
for linking of market reforms with e–NAM,
GRAM and other relevant Centrally
Sponsored Schemes
and Chief Minister of the state is Conrad
K. Sangma.
been made to register Community Health
Providers (CHPs) who will be modern
medicine professionals and not those
dealing with any alternative system of
medicine.
to ply ‘water taxis’ in its inland waterways.
Water taxis will be introduced for Panaji to
Old Goa route with the help of experts.
“Operation Thirst”, an All India Drive to
crack down selling of unauthorised
Packaged Drinking Water.
13. d; Union Home Minister Amit Shah will head
the Group of Ministers, while the other
members are Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman, Human Resource
Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
“Nishank”, and Women and Child
Development Minister Smriti Irani.
waterways is being used to transport cargo
between 2 countries. Stones were
transported from Phuentsholing in Bhutan
to Narayanganj in Bangladesh via Dhubri
in Assam with help of waterway.

7. d; Scheme ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination 17. b; The 19th meeting of Commonwealth
Centre (I4C)’ has been launched by Foreign Affairs Ministers was held at
Ministry of Home Affairs for the period Marlborough House in London on 10 July
2018–2020, to combat cyber crime in the 2019.
country, in a coordinated and effective
18. a;
manner. The scheme has seven
components. 19. d;
8. c; “Paramarsh” scheme will also facilitate 20. d; The country's three cities, Bengaluru,
sharing of knowledge, information and Mumbai and New Delhi, also featured in
opportunities for research collaboration the world's top 100 science and technology
and faculty development in Mentee clusters, according to the Global
Institutions. Innovation Index (GII) 2019.

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21. b; The French government is to impose a tax
of up to 18 euros ($20) on plane tickets for
all flights from airports in France to fund
less–polluting transportation projects.
22. b; ECO currency would be based on a flexible
exchange rate regime, coupled with a
monetary policy framework focused on
inflation targeting. The aim is to have the
currency in place by next year.
23. d; The whaling ships have a permit to catch
227 minke, Bryde's and sei whales this
year in Japanese waters. According to the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species,
minke and Bryde's whale are not
endangered. Sei whale are classified as
endangered, but their numbers are
increasing.
24. a; Jadhav, 49, a retired Indian Navy officer,
was sentenced to death by a Pakistani
military court on charges of “espionage
and terrorism” in April 2017 based on an
“extracted confession”.
25. d; PTA is primary raw material in the
manufacture of polyester chips, which in
turn are used in a number of applications
in textile, packaging, furnishings,
consumer goods, resins and coatings.
26. c; Switzerland retained its number–one spot 32. c; Nandan Nilekani has launched an account
followed by Sweden, the US.
27. d; The cable car will run between Heihe, in
the far north–eastern reaches of China,
and Blagoveshchensk in Russia, taking in
views of the Amur River, a waterway that
marks the border between the two
countries.
28. b; Volga is considered as the longest river of
Europe. Next in length is Danube, it is the
longest river in European Union area. Ural
River is the third longest river in Europe,
flows through Russia and Kazkhstan. The
Amur River or Heilong Jiang is the world's
tenth longest river.
33. a; The survey, written by Chief Economic
29. a; The L&T Infrastructure Finance Company
Limited (LTIF) has become the first Non–
Banking Finance Company (NBFC) to get
$100 million loan from Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for
on–lending to wind and solar power
infrastructure projects in India. India is
committed to reducing its carbon intensity
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by 30–35% of the 2005 levels by 2030
under the Paris agreement.
30. a; An Agri–Business Incubation Centre has
been set up by the Union Agriculture
Ministry in the Indira Gandhi Agriculture
University of Raipur in Chhattisgarh. The
Centre is set up under the National
Agriculture Development Scheme–
RAFTAAR. The objective of the scheme is
to make farming a remunerative economic
activity by strengthening farmer’s efforts,
risk mitigation and promoting agri–
business entrepreneurship. Under the
scheme, guidance, technology and
infrastructure will be provided to youth
and entrepreneurs for start–ups in
different areas of agriculture.
31. a; In a bid to promote electric mobility, the
GST Council has decided to reduce GST
Rate on Electrical Vehicles from 12% to 5%
and on charger or charging stations for
Electric vehicles from 18% to 5%. The new
rates will come into effect from the 1st of
August 2019. The Council also approved
an exemption from GST on the hiring of
Electric Buses by local authorities. This is
the first GST Council meeting after the
presentation of 2019 Union Budget in
Parliament on 5th of July.
aggregator model – Sahamati – via which,
individuals and small businesses can
share their digital financial data with 3rd
parties in a safe and secure manner. So
far, 6 AAs have received in–principle
approval from the RBI. These include
NESL Asset Data, CAMS Finserv Financial
Services, Cookiejar Technologies Pvt Ltd,
FinSec AA Solutions Pvt Ltd, Yodlee Finsoft
Pvt Ltd, and Jio Information Solutions. In
order to support the ecosystem, Sahamati
has been formed as a Section 8 non–profit.
It will be headed by BG Mahesh who
founded OneIndia.com.
Adviser Krishnamurthy Subramanian and
tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman, has set a target of
achieving a sustained 8 per cent growth
rate on the back of investments to support
exports–led growth to achieve the Prime
Minister’s goal of making India $5 trillion
economy by 2024–25. The Economic
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Survey is prepared under the guidance of 39. a; The first comprehensive census of orchids
Chief Economic Advisor and is presented
in both the houses of Parliament, a day
before the announcement of the Union
Budget.
34. c; Ten countries including India are
participating in the competition, along
with New Zealand, Belgium, Japan, China, 40. c; Researchers at Assam’s Tezpur University
South Korea, Russia, Oman and Ireland.
“WorldSkills India” is an NSDC initiative
launched in 2011 to provide a platform to
the youth, along with industries and
educators to compete, experience, learn
and develop key professional skill sets
required for Industry 4.0.
35. c; The fiscal deficit target is lower than the
revised estimate of 3.4% in 2018–19. The 41. c; In a bid to preserve the drug’s efficacy in
government is estimated to breach its
budgeted target for fiscal deficit (3.3%) in
2018–19 and the medium term fiscal
target of 3.1% in 2019–20.
36. d; In Madhya Pradesh, continuous rain has
damaged Asia’s largest solar Power project
in Rewa. Generally, this solar plant
produces 740 MW of electricity.
37. c; Uttarakhand hosted the first–ever
Himalayan states’ conclave in Mussoorie
on July 28 where the prime focus was on
sustainable development. The conclave
deliberated on the problems faced by
Himalayan states. It was attended by the
chief ministers of all Himalayan states –
Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir,
Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Assam,
Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland,
Tripura, Mizoram and Nagaland, along
with administrators and specialists.
38. b; The Union Environment Ministry has
selected 12 beaches in India to vie for a
‘Blue Flag’ certification. These beaches are
at Mahabalipuram (Tamil Nadu),
Shivrajpur (Gujarat), Bhogave
(Maharashtra), Ghoghla (Diu), Miramar
(Goa), Kasarkod and Padubidri 44. b; The innovative pilot project – Medicine
(Karnataka), Kappad (Kerala), Eden
(Puducherry), Rushikonda (Andhra
Pradesh), Golden (Odisha), and
Radhanagar (Andaman & Nicobar Islands).
The Blue Flag certification is an
international recognition conferred on
beaches that meet certain criteria of
cleanliness and environmental propriety.
of India has been published by the
Botanical Survey of India (BSI) under the
title “Orchids of India: A Pictorial Guide”.
As per the census, the 1256 species or taxa
of orchids belong to 155 genera and 388
species are endemic to India.
have developed a simple and cost effective
filtration system ‘Arsiron Nilogon’ that may
help reduce the health burden caused by
arsenic and iron contaminated
groundwater. The system filters out 99.9%
of the arsenic contamination from the
groundwater to make it suitable for
drinking.
humans, the Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare has banned the manufacture, sale
and distribution of Colistin and its
formulations for food producing animals,
poultry, aqua farming and animal feed
supplements. The ban has been imposed
under provisions of section 26A of the
Drugs and Cosmetics Act of 1940.
42. b; The researchers in the United States (US)
have found that Electronic Cigarettes
(ECs) produce a stress response in brain
stem cells. They identified the mechanism
underlying EC–induced stem cell toxicity
as “Stress–Induced Mitochondrial Hyper–
fusion (SIMH) using cultured mouse
neural stem cells. The study showed that
exposure of stem cells to e–liquids,
aerosols, or nicotine produces a response
that leads to SIMH.
43. d; In 2019, the AIIMS Centre for Dental
Education and Research will undertake
the largest nationwide oral health survey
in collaboration with the Ministry of Health
to collect data that would act as a baseline
for planning preventive and treatment
strategies.
from the Sky – will be launched by the
Telangana government and the World
Economic Forum (WEF)’s Centre for the
Fourth Industrial Revolution Network. The
aim of the pilot project is to deliver
emergency medical supplies such as blood,
vaccines, medical samples and organs via
drones.

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45. c; Russia & Germany. The Spektr–RG space
telescope is a joint venture of Russia &
Germany that will map X–rays across the
entire sky in unprecedented detail. It has
been successfully launched into the space
from the cosmodrome in Baikonur,
Kazakhstan on 13th July 2019. The
Spektr–RG is a space observatory intended
to replace the Spektr–R (Known as the
“Russian Hubble”).
46. b; Beijing–based Interstellar Glory Space 51. b; The jump was accomplished by Chaudhri
Technology –– also known as iSpace, a
Chinese startup –– said it launched two
satellites into orbit around 1:00 pm Beijing
time (0500 GMT) from Jiuquan, a state
launch facility in the Gobi desert. The
three–year–old company is one of dozens of
Chinese rivals jostling for a slice of the 52. b; The Squadron will be operating from
global space industry, estimated to be
worth about $1 trillion by 2040 according
to Morgan Stanley.
47. a; Virgin Orbit, the sister company of
spaceflight company Virgin Galactic,
tested its first–ever drop test on using a
dummy Launcher One rocket deployed
from a Boeing 747 carrier named Cosmic
Girl.
48. d; The Maharashtra government has recently
increased financial aid to families of
jawans martyred in war or war–like
situations or conflict related to national 53. c; The sixth ship of the Landing Craft Utility
security from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 1 crore.
Personnel wounded in conflict will get
monetary compensation ranging from Rs
20 lakh to Rs 60 lakh each, depending on
the severity of their injury. The rule will be
applicable retrospectively from January 1,
2019.
49. a; Jordan has recently launched its first
Underwater Military Museum on the bed of
Red Sea off the coast of Aqaba. The dive
site includes several tanks, a troop carrier
and a combat helicopter.
The kingdom is hoping the 19
decommissioned pieces of military
hardware, submerged at depths up to
28m, will attract tourists to the already
popular diving resort of Aqaba.
50. d; Representatives of 50 law enforcement
agencies of the International Security
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Alliance took part in the first joint security
exercise in Abu Dhabi. The participants
include representatives from tactical
teams, rapid intervention units,
communications, civil defence, and
explosive ordnance disposal, teams. The
International Security Alliance, launched
in 2017 in Abu Dhabi, is an international
working group to confront organised,
transnational and extremist crimes.
from a Mi–17 helicopter from an altitude of
8500 feet. The jump was undertaken
during the Kargil Diwas celebrations at Air
Force Station Jodhpur on 21–22 July
2019.
Chennai International Airport. With
commissioning of INAS 313, the State of
Tamil Nadu will have three naval air bases;
which is the highest number for any
Coastal State. INS Rajali at Arakkonam
and INS Parundu at Ramnad are the other
two air bases in Tamil Nadu. INAS 313
derives its name ‘Sea Eagle’ from the bird
of prey family Accipitridae. Dornier aircraft
is a multi–role Short Range Maritime
Reconnaissance (SRMR) aircraft
manufactured by HAL, under license from
RUAG Aerospace.
(LCU) MK IV class, IN LCU L56, was
commissioned into the Indian Navy in a
ceremony held at Naval Dockyard,
Visakhapatnam. LCU L56 would be
administered and based in Port Blair
under the NAVCC in ANC.
54. b; The Defence Center is an expansion of
services delivered through the Infosys
Digital Innovation Center which opened in
Bucharest earlier this year.
55. c; The critically acclaimed Bengali movie,
Nagarkirtan has won the Best Feature Film
award at the 9th edition of SAARC film
festival 2019 in Colombo. The movie,
which was directed by Kaushik Ganguly,
has also won the ‘Best Director’, ‘Best
Actor’ and Best Original Score awards. It’s
a love story of a transwoman and a flautist.
Two other Indian films have won awards at
the fest. ‘Na Bole Wo Haram’, a 20 minute
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film by debutant director Nitish Patankar, The legendary writer and playwright P L
bagged the ‘Best Short Film’ award, while Deshpande played a major role along with
‘Walking with the Wind’ by Praveen his wife Sunita Deshpande.
Morchhale received the Special Jury award
for direction and story. 61. b; Italy’s Prosecco hills northeast of Venice,
which have been cultivated for centuries,
56. c; Veteran star Meryl Streep will become the were added to the World Heritage list by
first – ever recipient of the TIFF Tribute the UN cultural organisation.
Actor award at the 44th Toronto
International Film Festival (TIFF – 2019). 62. a; The announcement was made after the
She will receive the award in person on 9th 43rd Session of the UNESCO World
September for her tremendous Heritage Committee, underway at Baku
contribution to cinema, television and the (Azerbaijan) from June 30 to July 10.
stage spans five decades. Streep is a three
time Oscar winner for ‘The Iron Lady’, 63. d; In Table Tennis, the Indian pair of G.
‘Sophie’s Choice and Kramer vs. Kramer. Sathiyan and Anthony Amalraj won the
bronze at the 2019 World Tour Platinum
57. a; Dr. Achyuta Samanta is Founder of Australian Open after they went down 12–
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology 14, 9–11, 8–11 to top seed Korean pair of
(KIIT) and Kalinga Institute of Social Jeoung Youngsik and Lee Sangsu in
Sciences (KISS). The ‘Gandhi Mandela Geelong near Melbourne on July 13. This
Peace Initiative’ is an annual event brought was India’s first ever medal in the
together by Dr. Annurag Batra of Believe Australian Open, which is a Platinum
Foundation (India) and Tarina Patel of Dr. event.
Ramanbhai Patel Foundation (South
Africa) to celebrate victory of Love over 64. d; In Tennis, Serbian Novak Djokovic won his
Hatred and celebrate 150 years of Gandhi fifth Wimbledon title after defeating Swiss
and 100 years of Mandela’s inspirational tennis ace Roger Federer in a match that
lives. lasted for more than 4 hours. The match
had to be decided in the fifth set, as both
58. b; The Sangeet Natak Akademi has named Federer and Djokovic won two sets each in
four eminent personalities in the field of the longest ever final to be played so far.
performing arts – tabla virtuoso Zakir This is Djokovic’s 16th Grand Slam and
Hussain, dancer Sonal Mansingh, dancer 5th Wimbledon title. He is now level with
and choreographer Jatin Goswami and Bjorn Borg as a five–time Wimbledon
Bharatnatyam exponent K. winner.
Kalyanasundaram Pillai – for the
prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellow 65. d; The captain of the New Zealand, Kane
or Akademi Ratna awards. Williamson has been adjudged player of
the tournament at the 2019 ICC Cricket
59. b; During the festival, the first 50 minutes of World Cup for his excellent returns with
each day, all children studying in Delhi the bat and inspiring leadership. On 14th
govt schools will take part in various July 2019, England lifted their first–ever
activities. Activities like plays, poems, ICC World Cup cricket trophy after
exhibitions will be part of the 15 day defeating New Zealand in a nerve–wracking
festival. final that was decided via a dramatic Super
Over in London.
60. d; A Video Home System (VHS) cassette
containing about 35 minute footage of the 66. a; Pardeep Singh from Punjab has created a
film is part of the collection that was new Commonwealth record in the clean
donated to NFAI by Dinesh Thakur and and jerk category on the way to gold in the
film historian Satish Jakatdar, along with 109kg category by lifting 202 kgs at the
U–Matic tapes containing rare footage of 2019 Commonwealth Championships
Harmonium playing by P.L. Deshpande. (CWC) in Apia (Samoa). India’s Vikas
The film ‘Vande Mataram’ is considered a Thakur clinched the silver in the men’s 96
very important as the story was based on kg event. Vikas lifted a total of 338 kg
India’s freedom movement and struggle. (153kg & 185kg). India ended their

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campaign with a rich tally of 35 medals in 72. c; The 14 year old Indian golfer Arjun Bhati
the youth, junior and senior categories,
breaking numerous national,
Commonwealth, world and Asian records.
67. a; Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has won
gold in the 53kg category at Yasar Dogu
International in Istanbul. Phogat beat her
Russian opponent Ekaterina Poleshchuk
9–5 in the final match to bag the gold
medal. It was third gold in the women’s
competition for India after Seema (50kg)
and Manju (59kg) triumphed in their
respective categories.
68. b; In Tennis, Simona Halep defeated Serena
Williams in the final by 6–2, 6–2 to win the
Ladies’ Singles tennis title at the 2019
Wimbledon Championships. Halep became
the first Romanian female player to reach
and win the Wimbledon final. At 37 years
291 days, Williams is the oldest Grand
Slam women’s singles finalist to compete 74. a; Anshula Kant, Managing Director of State
since the start of the Open Era in 1968.
This was the first Wimbledon where a final
set tie break rule was introduced.
69. a; In shooting, Vijayveer Sidhu picked up his
third gold medal of the ongoing ISSF
Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany. With 75. a; Kalraj Mishra, the former Union Minister
Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu and Adarsh
Singh, he clinched the men’s 25m pistol
event.
70. a; Star Indian sprinter Hima Das clinched
gold in the 200m race in 23.25 seconds
creditable timing in the Tabor Athletics
Meet in Czech Republic. Another Indian 76. b; Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri, an eminent
sprinter VK Vismaya was second with a
season of best 23.43 seconds. Hima has a
200m personal best of 23.10 seconds. This
was Hima’s 4th gold since 2nd July 2019.
has won the FCG Callaway Junior world
Golf Championship 2019 by defeating
Taiwan’s Jeremy Chen in Palm Desert,
California. Out of 637 golfers from 40
counties that participated in the
tournament, Arjun secured the first
position with a total of 199 strokes in the
3 day final. He was followed by Chen and
New Zealand’s Joshua Bai at second and
third positions with 202 and 207 strokes
respectively.
73. b; The 3rd edition of Khelo India Youth
Games (KIYG – 2020) is scheduled to be
held in Guwahati, Assam from 18th
January 2020. The Games will see
participation of more than 10,000 athletes
and officials. The 1st edition was held in
New Delhi, while Pune hosted the 2nd one
in 2019.
Bank of India (SBI), has been appointed as
MD and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of
the World Bank. She will be responsible for
financial and risk management of the
organisation.
of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(MSME), has been appointed the new
Governor of Himachal Pradesh. He
replaced Acharya Devvrat, who has been
transferred and appointed as the Governor
of Gujarat.
jurist and a former judge of the Supreme
Court of India (SCI), has been appointed as
an International Judge of the Singapore
International Commercial Court (SICC).

71. b; The International Cricket Council (ICC) 77. a; German Defence Minister Ursula von der
has suspended Zimbabwe Cricket with Leyen has been elected as the first female
immediate effect over violation of global president of European Commission (EC)
body’s constitution which doesn’t allow following a secret ballot among MEPs. She
any government intervention. will succeed Jean–Claude Juncker on 1st
November 2019. The Commission drafts
Zimbabwe Cricket was found to have been EU laws, enforces EU rules and has the
in breach of Article 2.4 (c) and (d) of the power to impose fines on member states if
ICC Constitution for failing to provide a necessary.
process for free and democratic elections
and to ensure that there is no government 78. a; He has been appointed as the CMD, BSNL,
interference in its governance and/or for a period of five years.
administration for cricket respectively.

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79. c; Congress floor leader in the Lok Sabha,
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been
appointed chairman of the Public
Accounts Committee (PAC). Chowdhury is
the lone member of the party in the PAC
from the House. The appointment was
made by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. The 86. a; Santosh Rana was an Indian politician. In
PAC has 15 members from the Lok Sabha
and seven from Rajya Sabha.
80. d; VK Johri, a 1984–batch Indian Police
Service (IPS) officer of Madhya Pradesh
cadre, has been appointed as the new
Director General (DG) of Border Security
Force (BSF). The BSF is the India’s largest
border guarding force and is tasked to
secure two of India’s most important and
sensitive fronts with Pakistan and
Bangladesh.
81. b; M J Radhakrishnan (60), the well–known
Malayalam cinematographer has passed
away in Trivandrum, Kerala on July 12.
His well acclaimed works include:
Deshadanam, Karunam and Naalu
Pennungal. Radhakrishnan had won three
International awards besides being a 7
time winner of the Kerala State Award for
Best Cinematography.
Xiaoping, Li was seen as an unapologetic
hardliner responsible for ordering the
assault that crushed weeks of
demonstrations by protesters in central
Beijing.
the 1960s, he was a firebrand figure in the
armed struggle of the Naxalites led by
Charu Majumdar. Rana received Ananda
Puraskar for his book Rajnitir Ek Jibon in
2018.During the turbulent years of the
Naxalite uprising in West Bengal in the
sixties and seventies, he also chose the
path of armed revolution and became a
camp follower of the charismatic CPI (ML)
leader Charu Mazumdar.
87. a; The World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) is
observed every year on 15th of July to
generate awareness and discussion about
skill development for the youths to have a
better livelihood. The 2019 theme is
“Learning to learn for life and work”. This
year, ‘TikTok’ and National Skill
Development Corporation (NSDC) have
collaborated to support Skill Development
in India and to celebrate World Youth
Skills Day (WYSD) 2019.

82. c; Swarup Dutta (78), the veteran Bengali 88. b; The International Shark Awareness Day
actor, has passed away on July 17. Born (ISAD) is observed every year on 14th of
on 22nd June 1941, Dutta was considered July to recognize the importance of sharks
to be one of the distinguished actors of the play in the ecosystem. The 2019 theme
Bengali silver screen during the late 60s “The sharks in crisis: a call to action for the
and early 70s. Mediterranean”.

83. a; Computer pioneer Fernando Corbato, who 89. a; The World Day for International Justice
first used passwords to protect user (WDIJ) is observed every year on July 17 to
accounts, has died aged 93.Dr Corbato promote international criminal justice and
introduced the basic security measure as a way of supporting the work of the
while developing methods that let more International Criminal Court (ICC).
people use a computer at the same time.
90. c; The day recognizes Mandela’s values and
84. b; Hussain Muhammad Ershad (89), the his dedication to the service of humanity
former military dictator of Bangladesh, has in: conflict resolution; race relations;
passed away in Dhaka on July 14, 2019. promotion and protection of human rights;
He was the Jatiya Party chief and also the reconciliation; gender equality and the
leader of the opposition in Parliament. rights of children and other vulnerable
groups; the fight against poverty; the
85. a; The former Chinese premier Li Peng, promotion of social justice.
reviled by rights activists and many in the
Chinese capital as the “Butcher of Beijing”
for his role in the crackdown on the
Tiananmen Square protests, has died.
Along with then–paramount leader Deng

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