1) India successfully test-fired the Vertically Launched-Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) off the coast of Odisha.
➨The air defence system, which can engage targets at around 15 km, is being developed by DRDO for naval warships and the test was done in the presence of senior navy officers.
▪️Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :-
➠ Founded - 1958
➠ HeadQuarter - New Delhi
➠ Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy
➠ Recent News - Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW
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2) The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize will be awarded for the year 2021 and 2022 together.
➨ The annual award, won by Journalist-author Raj Kamal Jha in 2020 for his novel The City and The Sea, will now be held for both the years in New Delhi in October, 2022.
3) Elon Musk's electric car company Tesla has officially moved its headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas.
4) Shri Ram Nath Kovind, Hon'ble President of India, awarded the President’s Standard to the 22nd Missile Vessel Squadron, also known as the Killers Squadron of the Indian Navy, at an impressive ceremonial parade held at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
5) Former Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora had joined the board of advisers for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, a Stockholm-based inter-governmental organisation of 34 member countries.
6) Sarada Menon, considered India’s first woman psychiatrist, passed away at the age of 98.
➨ She has been a recipient of several awards, including the Padma Bhusan in 1992 for her work in the field of mental health.
7) India has become the top food exporter to the 22-nation League of Arab States for the first time in 15 years, replacing Brazil.
8) United Arab Emirates announced to change its existing five-day workweek to a four-and-a-half day starting January 1, becoming the world's first country to make the employee-friendly transition as part of its efforts to improve productivity and work-life balance.
9) Sanket Mahadev Sargar won the gold medal in the Men's 55kg snatch category at the ongoing Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2021 in Tashkent. For the top-podium finish, the Indian lifted the weight of 113kg. With this lift, Sargar also created the new snatch national record.
10) To empower India's workforce for a career in cybersecurity, tech giant Microsoft launched a cybersecurity skilling programme that aims to skill over 1 lakh Indians by 2022.
11) The Centre has approved the production of over five lakh AK-203 assault rifles at Korwa in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi in order to boost self-reliance in defence manufacturing in the country.
▪️Uttar Pradesh :-
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister - Yogi Adityanath
Governor - Smt. Anandiben Patel
➨Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Dudhwa National Park
➨National Chambal Sanctuary
➨Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar Lake
➨Kashi Vishwanath Temple
12) Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr won the 56th Jnanpith Award and Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo won the 57th Jnanpith Award.
➨ The country’s highest literary award, the Jnanpith is bestowed on writers for “their outstanding contribution to literature”.
▪️Assam
➨Dibru Saikhowa National Park
➨Kaziranga National Park
➨Nameri National Park
➨Manas National Park
13) United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has granted Observer Status to International Solar Alliance (ISA).
➨International Solar Alliance has become an example of positive global climate action through partnerships to benefit global energy growth and development.
▪️International Solar Alliance (ISA) :-
Headquarters - Gurugram
Founded - 30 November 2015
Leader - Upendra Tripathy
Founded at - Paris, France
Founders - François Hollande, Narendra Modi
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