Daily Current Affairs: July 06, 2021

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Important Days

World Zoonoses Day – 06 July

• World Zoonoses Day is observed annually on 06 July to commemorate the first vaccination administered against a zoonotic disease like Ebola, Avian influenza and West Nile virus. Zoonosis is an infectious disease that spreads from non-human animals to humans.
• The first vaccination against a zoonotic disease was successfully administered on 06 July 1885 by a French biologist, Louis Pasteur.
• 2021 Theme: “Let’s Break the Chain of Zoonotic Transmission”

National News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the Co-WIN Global Conclave 2021

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Co-Win Global Conclave 2021 as India presented the indigenously developed Co-WIN platform to the representatives from 142 countries of the world at the virtual global meet.
• Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan chaired the inaugural session and shared India’s learnings and experiences with regards to planning, strategising and executing the world’s largest vaccination drive through the Co-WIN platform.

President Ram Nath Kovind appoints new Governors for 8 states

• President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed new governors for eight states. While many governors were transferred to new states, others were new appointments.

1. PS Sreedharan Pillai, who was the Governor of Mizoram, was transferred and appointed as the new Governor of Goa.
2. Satyadeo Narain Arya, who was the Governor of Haryana, was transferred and appointed as the new Governor of Tripura.
3. Ramesh Bais, who was Governor of Tripura, was transferred and appointed as the new Governor of Jharkhand.
4. Thaawarchand Gehlot was appointed as the new Governor of Karnataka.
5. Bandaru Dattatraya, who was the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, was transferred and appointed as the new Governor of Haryana.
6. Hari Babu Kambhampati was appointed as the new Governor of Mizoram.
7. Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel was appointed as the new Governor of Madhya Pradesh.
8. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar was appointed as the new Governor of Himachal Pradesh.

The 52^nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is scheduled to be held in Goa

• The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is reckoned as one of Asia’s oldest and India’s biggest international film festivals. The 52^nd edition of IFFI will be held in Goa from November 2021.
• The festival is being organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in collaboration with the Goa Government and the Indian Film Industry.

Goa 

• Capital: Panaji
• Chief Minister: Pramod Sawant
• Governor: PS Sreedharan Pillai
• National Park: Mollem National Park

Union Ministry of Education launches NIPUN Bharat Mission

• Union Ministry of Education has launched the NIPUN (National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy) Bharat Mission to help children attain foundational literacy.
• The main objective of the NIPUN Bharat Mission is to create an enabling environment to ensure the universal acquisition of foundational literacy and numeracy so that every child achieves the desired learning competencies in reading, writing and numeracy by the end of Grade 3, by 2026–27.

Cochin International Airport launches a flood mitigation project named ‘Operation Pravaah’

• The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has rolled out ‘Operation Pravaah’, a multifaceted infrastructure programme scoping to integrate flood mitigation projects already initiated by CIAL with the District Administration and various local self-governments at one platform.
• CIAL is spending around 130 crores for comprehensive flood mitigation activities.

Kerala

• Capital: Thiruvananthapuram
• Chief Minister: Pinarayi Vijayan
• Governor: Arif Mohammed Khan
• National Parks: Anamudi Shola National Park, Eravikulam National Park, Mathikettan Shola National Park, Pambadum Shola National Park, Periyar National Park, Silent Valley National Park

NTPC and ONGC plan to boost the development of offshore wind energy in India

• State-run power giant National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) and upstream oil firm Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) have planned to boost the development of offshore wind energy in
• NTPC and ONGC had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to accelerate their footprint in the renewable energy space. This MoU assumes significance in view of almost doubling the target of renewable energy capacity addition to 60 GW by 2032.

National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)

• Headquarters: New Delhi, India
• Chairman and Managing Director: Gurdeep Singh
• Founded: 1975

Banking and Economy

Paytm partners with Aditya Birla Finance Limited to launch ‘Postpaid Mini’ to provide small-ticket instant loans

• Digital financial services platform Paytm has launched Postpaid Mini, an extension of its “Buy Now, Pay Later service” to drive affordability amongst those new to credit in partnership with Aditya Birla Finance Limited.
• These small-ticket instant loans will provide flexibility to users and also help manage their household expenses to maintain liquidity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Paytm

• Headquarters: Noida, Uttar Pradesh
• Founder: Vijay Shekhar Sharma
• Founded: 2010

Aditya Birla Finance Limited

• Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
• MD & CEO: Rakesh Singh

PhonePe partners with Flipkart to digitise cash-on-delivery payments

• Digital payments platform PhonePe has partnered with Flipkart to enable a pay-on-delivery service for the e-commerce major’s orders.
• PhonePe’s dynamic QR code solution will enable customers who earlier opted for ‘cash on delivery’ to pay digitally through any UPI app at the time of delivery.

PhonePe

• Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka
• Chief Executive Officer (CEO): Sameer Nigam

Equitas Small Finance Bank waives off non-maintenance fees for current account holders

• Equitas Small Finance Bank (ESFB) has waived off non-maintenance charges (NMC) for its current account holders.
• Equitas SFB will be one of the first private sector banks to waive off non-maintenance charges (NMC) across Current Account and Savings Account (CASA), thereby making banking simple and limitless.

Equitas Small Finance Bank

• Headquarters: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
• Managing Director & CEO: PN Vasudevan
• Tagline: “It’s Fun Banking”

PayU partners with WooCommerce to accelerate digitalisation for small and medium-sized businesses

• India’s leading online payment solutions provider PayU has partnered with WooCommerce, an open-source, customisable e-commerce platform, to enable WooCommerce merchants with digital payments infrastructure and end-to-end digitalisation for small and medium-sized businesses.
• The partnership will offer merchants exclusive pricing on transactions, no hidden charges and contactless payment solutions to scale growth and profitability.

PayU

• Headquarters: Gurgaon, Haryana
• CEO, India: Anirban Mukherjee
• Established (India): 2011

Science and Technology

China launches ‘Fengyun-3E’ meteorological satellite

• China has launched the new Fengyun-3E (FY-3E) meteorological satellite from the Satellite Data System (​SDS-2) launch site at China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, Northwest China.
• The satellite was launched onboard the Long March-4C carrier rocket, which placed it into its planned orbit.

China

• Capital: Beijing
• President: Xi Jinping
• Currency: Renminbi

Appointments

Andy Jassy takes over as the CEO of Amazon

• The former head of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Andy Jassy officially took over as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Amazon after the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, stepped down as the head of Amazon.

Books and Authors

A new book titled “Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India’s First Women in Medicine” was authored by Kavitha Rao

• Freelance journalist Kavitha Rao’s new book titled “Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India’s First Women in Medicine” is set to be released on 12 July 2021. The book will be published by Westland Publications.

A new book titled “Operation Khukri: The True Story behind the Indian Army’s Most Successful Mission as part of the United Nations” was authored by Major General Rajpal Punia and Damini Punia

• A new book titled “Operation Khukri: The True Story behind the Indian Army’s Most Successful Mission as part of the United Nations” was authored by Major General Rajpal Punia and Damini Punia.
• The book was published by Penguin Random House India (PRHI).

Sports News

Viacom18 bags Spanish Football League LaLiga’s broadcasting rights for 3 years

• Viacom18’s flagship youth brand MTV has now teamed up with LaLiga to bring the Spanish Football League exclusively to the Indian sub-continent for the next 3 years.
• LaLiga will air exclusively on MTV in India, along with select national and regional network channels and will be live-streamed on Voot & Jio platforms.

Mary Kom and Manpreet Singh to be India’s flag bearers for the Tokyo Olympics Games 2020 opening ceremony

• Legendary six-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom and men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh will be India’s flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
• World Championships silver medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia will be India’s flag-bearer for the closing ceremony on 8 August 2021.

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