- Appointments
- Manoj Kumar takes charge as chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
- Manoj Kumar will succeed Vinai Kumar Saxena who was appointed as Lt Governor of New Delhi in May.
- Manoj Kumar has worked as an Expert member (Marketing) at KVIC.
- SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) has cleared the BSE(Bombay Stock Exchange) MD and CEO Ashish Kumar Chauhan to be the next MD and CEO of NSE(National Stock Exchange).
- Ashish Chauhan will succeed Vikram Limaye who demitted the office of the MD&CEO of NSE.
- Ashish Chauhan's second five-year tenure at BSE ends in November.
- Science and Technology
- Repos Energy launched organic waste-powered, 'mobile electric charging vehicle' solutions.
- Ratan Tata-backed mobile energy distribution startup Repost energy signed a memorandum of understanding with' waste to power ' organization Urja biosystem private Ltd for the distribution of clean electrical power to EVs through second-life batteries.
- Important Days
- July 17- World day for international Justice
- World day for international Justice celebrates the approval of the Rome statute and the formation of the new international criminal justice system in 1998.
- Theme - Achieving Social Justice through Formal employment.
- Sports
- Word athletics championship: Murali Sreeshankar becomes the first Indian male long jumper to qualify for the World Athletics Championship finals.
- Sreeshankar had a best jump of 8 m, to finish second in qualifying round group B and seventh overall.
- Anju Boby George was the first Indian to qualify for World Championship long jump finals and the first to win a medal (bronze) in the 2003 edition in Paris.
- State news
- CM of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami launches e-FIR facility and Uttarakhand police App at state police headquarters in Dehradun.
- State Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar and other senior police officers were present at the launching ceremony.
- Through the e-FIR facility, people can file online FIR in cases relating to the theft of vehicles and other objects.
- Assam government to provide text book grant to over 1.1 lakh students
- DCI suspends GYV Victor, Managing Director & Chief executive Officer for forgery
- PM Modi to address NIIO seminar " Swavlamban "
- PV Sindhu wins Singapore open Super 500 trophy
- IndiGo airlines appoints M Damodaran as non-independent non-executive director
Question:
Q.1 Who was appointed as the chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)?
a. Manoj Kumar
b. Vinai Kumar Saxena
c. V.K Nagar
d. Satpal Saini
a. Manoj Kumar
b. Vinai Kumar Saxena
c. V.K Nagar
d. Satpal Saini
