NABARD organise ”Digital Choupal” on its 39th foundation day

1.India’s Only Golden Tiger ‘KAZI 106F’ in Kaziranga National Park

‘Kazi 106F’, described as the country’s only Golden Tiger, has emerged as the social media sensation right after its picture tweeted by an IFS officer went viral.Kazi 106 F, the tigress, resides in world heritage Kaziranga National Park of Assam. It is also known as ‘Tabby tiger’ or ‘Strawberry tiger’.The skin of tigers is orange-yellow with black stripes and whitish abdominal region.The yellowish background is controlled by a set of ‘agouti genes’ and their alleles and the black colour stripes are controlled by ‘tabby genes’ and their alleles. Suppression of any of these genes may lead to colour variation in tiger.

2.Guidelines on digital education announced by HRD Ministry

The Human Resource and Development Ministry has announced guidelines for online classes operationalised by schools amid the COVID pandemic.Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank virtually released the PRAGYATA guidelines on digital education.The HRD Ministry has suggested that the online classes for pre-primary students should not be for more than 30 minutes a day.For Classes 1st to 8th, it has suggested that not more than two online sessions of upto 45 minutes each should be conducted in a day.For the senior students, from class 9th to 12th, the Ministry has suggested to limit the online classes to a maximum of four sessions of upto 45 minutes each.

3.NABARD organise ”Digital Choupal” on its 39th foundation day

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) conducted its first ”Digital Choupal” via video conferencing.Nabard organised Digital Choupal on July 13 to mark its 39th foundation day.During the ‘Digital Choupal’ session, NABARD also announced Rs 5,000 crore of refinance scheme for banks and financial institutions.It also assigned another Rs 5,000 crore to transform Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) into multi service centres.

4.UNICEF India partners with FICCI for #Reimagine campaign

UNICEF INDIA has announced its partnership with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s (FICCI), Socio Economic Development Foundation (SEDF) to jointly develop UNICEF’s#Reimagine Campaign.The campaign aims to support the most vulnerable populations and children during the COVID-19 response and its after-math in India.It will also help in avoiding the potential long-term damage to business operations as well as employment pipeline.

5.Hand sanitisers are essential commodity but will attract 18% GST

Even as the government classifies hand sanitisers as an essential commodity, it will attract a 18 per cent GST on them.The Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has said that a GST of 18 per cent will be levied on all alcohol-based hand sanitisers.Merely classifying any goods as an essential commodity will not be the criteria for exempting such goods from GST, the AAR ruling added.Essential Commodities are goods that are considered essential to maintain a minimum acceptable standard of living.

6.Suriname elects Indian-origin ‘Chan’ Santokhi as President

South American country Suriname brought an end to dictatorial rule by electing a new President Chan Santokhi.Santokhi is an Indian-origin former police chief, who won a landslide victory in the election that took place in May this year.61-year-old Santokhi belongs to the Progressive Reform Party and will be sworn in as President on July 16.Santokhi was the sole nomination for President of Suriname.Suriname Capital: ParamariboCurrency: Suriname Dollar

7.Gurbux Singh, Palash Nandi to be conferred with prestigious Mohun Bagan Ratna

Indian hockey great Gurbux Singh and former Bengal cricketer and coach Palash Nandi will be conferred with the prestigious Mohun Bagan Ratna this year.Last year Keshav Datt became the first sportsperson from a non-footballing background to get the award.The awards are given on July 29 every year which is celebrated as Mohun Bagan Day.July 29 was the date of Bagan’s IFA Shield triumph in 1911 when they defeated East Yorkshire Regiment 2-1.

8.Former Socceroos captain Mile Jedinak announces retirement from football

Former Australia captain Mile Jedinak said he has retired from football, having stepped down from internationals in 2018 and not played a professional game since then.The 35-year old, who earned 79 caps for the Socceroos and led them to the 2015 Asian Cup title.Socceroos is the official nickname of the Australia national soccer team that represents Australia in international men’s soccer.

9.Dutch football legend Suurbier passes away

Netherlands and Ajax defender Wim Suurbier, a key member of the 1970s Dutch squad who played in two World Cup finals, died at the age of 75.With Ajax from 1964 to 1977 he won three European Cups and seven national titles.The club described him as the “first modern back of the Netherlands”, able to attack deep as well as defend.Suurbier was also part of the Dutch sides that lost in the 1974 and 1978 World Cup finals, to West Germany and Argentina.

10.Pema Khandu releases book “The Tangams: An Ethnolinguistic Study Of The Critically Endangered Group of Arunachal Pradesh”

The book titled ‘The Tangams: An Ethnolinguistic Study Of The Critically Endangered Group of Arunachal Pradesh’ was released by Arunachal Chief Minister  Pema Khandu.The Tangams are a little-known community within the larger Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh and reside in the hamlet of Kugging in Upper Siang district’s Paindem circle.Tangams are now concentrated in only one village (Kugging), with 253 reported speakers.As per the UNESCO World Atlas of Endangered Languages (2009), Tangam — an oral language that belongs to the Tani group, under the greater Tibeto-Burman language family — is marked ‘critically endangered’.