{"id":111162,"date":"2022-07-07T12:02:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T06:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=111162"},"modified":"2022-07-07T12:02:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T06:32:06","slug":"current-affairs-for-competitive-exam-7-july-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-for-competitive-exam-7-july-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Affairs for Competitive Exam by Gkseries \u20137 July 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That\u2019s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post,\u00a0Daily Current Affairs 7 July 2022, we have tried to cover each and every point and also included all important facts from National\/ International news that are useful for upcoming competitive examinations such as UPSC, SSC, Railway, State Govt. etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current Affairs for Competitive Exam \u2013 7 July 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Uganda announces discovery of 31 million metric tonnes of gold deposits<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The African country, Uganda has recently announced the discovery of a deposit of 31 million tonnes of gold ore, with extractable pure gold estimated to gross 320,000 tonnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will attract big investors to develop the Sector hitherto dominated by small wildcat miners. To boost the country\u2019s economy, the Ugandan Government has\u00a0licensed Wagagai Gold Mining Company, a Chinese firm to start producing gold products in the Busia district.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indian American, Jayshree V Ullal on Forbes list of richest self-made women<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Jayshree V Ullal, the president and CEO of Arista Networks, a computer networking firm has been named on the eighth edition of Forbes\u2019 list of America\u2019s richest self-made women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has been heading Arista Networks since 2018. She is also on the board of directors of Snowflake, a cloud computing company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Indian American: Neerja Sethi, Neha Narkhede, Indra Nooyi, Reshma Shetty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diane Hendricks,\u00a0co-founder and chairman of ABC Supply has\u00a0topped the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burman family becomes official promoter of Eveready Industries<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Dabur India promoter Burman family has now become official promoter of Eveready Industries. The investment firms of the Burman family entities had acquired a 14.55% share of Eveready Industries from the open market and now collectively own a majority stake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to this,\u00a0the family had acquired a 23.83% stake in Eveready Industries. Besides Dabur, the Burman family owns other businesses which include Aviva Life Insurance Co, Lite Bite Foods, HealthCare atHOME (HCAH).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indian Navy commissions first ALH Squadron INAS 324<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Indian Navy has commissioned Indian Naval Air Squadron 324 in the presence of Vice Admiral, Biswajit Dasgupta at INS Dega, Visakhapatnam. This is the first Naval Squadron on the Eastern Seaboard operating indigenously designed and built Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) MK III (MR) helicopters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has been named as \u2018Kestrels\u2019, after a bird species, that has good sensory capabilities, symbolising the role envisaged of the aircraft and the air squadron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt. General Mohan Subramanian appointed as Force Commander of UN Mission in South Sudan<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres on Wednesday announced the appointment of Lt Gen Mohan Subramanian of India as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). He succeeds Lt Gen Shailesh Tinaikar also from India. United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres announced the appointment on July 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almost 20,000 peacekeepers serve with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to protect civilians and build durable peace in the conflict-affected country. The civilian, police and military personnel from 73 countries carry out many duties under the mandate provided by the United Nations Security Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt Gen Subramanian has a distinguished military career with the Indian Army spanning over 36 years. Most recently, he served as the General Officer Commanding, Military Region (Operational and Logistic Readiness Zone) in central India, contributing to the Army\u2019s operational and logistic preparedness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously, he has served as the Additional Director General for Procurement and Equipment Management at the Integrated Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence (Army) (2019-2021), General Officer Commanding a Strike Infantry Division (2018-2019), Deputy General Officer Commanding of Infantry Division (2015-2016) and Commander of a Mountain Brigade (2013-2014) among other appointments within the Indian Armed Forces. He also served as India\u2019s Defence Attach\u00e9 to Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia (2008-2012) and as a Staff Officer with the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone in 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edelweiss General Insurance launches SWITCH, comprehensive motor insurance<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Edelweiss General Insurance has launched a comprehensive motor insurance product named SWITCH. This product was launched under Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority\u2019s (IRDAI) Sandbox initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SWITCH is a digital mobile telematics-based motor policy. This app detects the motion and automatically activates insurance when the vehicle is driven. SWITCH is about \u2018Drive less, pay less; Drive better, pay less\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CEO, Edelweiss General Insurance: Shanai Ghosh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India signs MoU with Armenia on High Impact Community Development Projects<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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India has signed an MoU with Armenia on High Impact Community Development Projects in Armenia with financial and technical assistance from India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MoU was signed at the 8th India-Armenia Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological, Cultural and Educational Cooperation (IGC) held in Yerevan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, Mahatma Gandhi Auditorium was inaugurated at the Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n