Today's Event – 25th July 2021

• 306- Constantine I become Roman Emperor

• 1547- Henry II crowned King of France

• 1788- Mozart completed his 40th Symphony in G minor

• 1837- William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone demonstrated the commercial use of electrical telegraph

• 1976- Viking I of NASA takes the Face on Mars photograph

• 1984- Russian cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya makes history as the first female to space walk 

• 2010- Classified war documents of War in Afghanistan released by Wikileaks

National Events- 

•  UP government is to provide free WIFI from 15th August 2021

•  9 people are dead and 3 are missing as rainfall hits Kerala

•  9 people died in an LPG gas explosion in Gujarat

•  1.5 lakh cases registered in Kerala

• Three terrorists were killed in an encounter in the Bandipora district of J&K

International Events- 

•  Myanmar prisoners protest against the current government with songs and chants as covid situation goes haywire 

•  The US government stated that peace in Afghanistan is possible through a political solution

•  The Pakistan government has deployed soldiers at the Pak-Afghan border to tackle hostile situations

•  Chinese president Xi Jinping visits top military officials to increase the training of soldiers stationed at the border of Arunachal Pradesh

• Israeli security agency NSO group stated that millions are safe due to the surveillance software Pegasus

Job alerts-

• NTPC Jobs for Executive and other posts. Last date 6th August 2021

• Fazilka Court Jobs for Peon and other posts. Last date 5th August 2021

• Mazagon Jobs for Apprentice and other posts. Last date 10th August 2021

• IAF Group C Jobs for LDC, Steno, Cook and other posts. Last date 23rd August 2021

• NIFT Group C Jobs for Non-teaching and other posts. Last date 20th August 2021

Sports-

•  Mirabai Chanu wins Silver at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in weightlifting

•  Union minister Amit Shah and CMs of North East states congratulate Mirabai Chanu for her Olympic triumph

• Indian women’s table tennis players start with a triumph in the 2020 Olympic Tokyo Games 

•  Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal becomes the third Indian to win a singles match in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

• Indian shooters fail to win any medals in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics 

Technology-

•  Microsoft has cautioned people of malware that could affect their crypto balance

Economy – 

•  Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma states that Indian is on a recovering stage

•  IATA states that air travel must be open for fully vaccinated passengers

•  Finance minister Nirmala Sitharam stated that tax-payers must be recognized for their honest tax payments

•  SBI has opened a branch in the President’s estate

• Indian pharmaceutical industry is estimated to reach 130 billion dollars by 2030

Environment –

• Help requests for the protection of the Great Barrier Reef requested from all over the world 

         Local –

•  Chhattisgarh HS results declared today

•  Two men arrested for murdering a woman in Chhattisgarh

•  Four naxals responsible for the 2015 Dantewada blast surrendered to police

•  1.5 lakh residents of Jharkhand vaccinated

•  3 people arrested in Jharkhand for causing chaos across the state 

GK – 

Which state Government is to set up district-level Industry and Investment promotion agencies (DIPAs)?

[A] Andhra Pradesh
[B] Odisha
[C] Kerala
[D] Karnataka

Which is the nodal department in India in monitoring the “Enforcing Contracts” regime for Ease of Doing Business?

[A] Department of Justice
[B] Department of Land Resources
[C] Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
[D] Department of Legal Affairs

Pithampur, where Asia’s longest high-speed test track- NATRAX has been inaugurated, is located in which state?

[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Madhya Pradesh
[C] Maharashtra
[D] Gujarat

Green Freight Corridor 2, seen in the news recently, is located in which state?

[A] Maharashtra
[B] West Bengal
[C] Kerala
[D] Tamil Nadu

Which is the first mRNA vaccine, to get Emergency Use License in India?

[A] Sputnik
[B] Sinovac
[C] Moderna mRNA 1273
[D] Pfizer vaccine