{"id":112237,"date":"2022-07-27T11:52:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T06:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=112237"},"modified":"2022-07-27T11:52:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T06:22:12","slug":"current-affairs-for-competitive-exam-27-july-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-for-competitive-exam-27-july-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Affairs for Competitive Exam by Gkseries \u201327 July 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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 27 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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Affairs for Competitive Exam \u2013 27 July 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-base-2-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/india-will-host-icc-womens-odi-world-cup-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">India will host ICC Women\u2019s ODI World Cup 2025<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>India will host the ICC Women\u2019s ODI World Cup in 2025, as confirmed by the apex cricketing body on Tuesday. The announcement was made&nbsp;by the ICC Board on Tuesday in Birmingham, on the final day of the global cricket body\u2019s annual conference.&nbsp;BCCI will leave no stone unturned to make it a memorable event for everyone concerned. The infrastructure is in place and will have a very successful edition of the World Cup. The hosts were selected via a competitive bidding process overseen by a Board sub-committee chaired by&nbsp;<strong>Martin Snedden<\/strong>&nbsp;along with&nbsp;<strong>Clare Connor, Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Skerritt.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ICC Board accepted the recommendations of the committee who conducted a thorough review of each bid along with ICC management.&nbsp;<strong>India, Bangladesh, England and Sri Lanka<\/strong>&nbsp;were named as the four hosts for ICC women\u2019s white-ball events from 2024-27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other ICC Women\u2019s tournaments hosts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bangladesh\u00a0will host the\u00a02024 Women\u2019s T20 World Cup,\u00a0while the 2026 edition will be held in\u00a0England.<\/li><li>Sri Lanka\u00a0has secured hosting rights for the\u00a0Women\u2019s T20 Champions Trophy,\u00a0slated for\u00a02027,\u00a0provided it qualifies for the event.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-base-2-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/cricketer-karuna-jain-announces-retirement-from-all-forms-of-cricket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cricketer Karuna Jain announces retirement from all forms of cricket<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/download-2022-07-27T110902.640.jpg\" alt=\"Cricketer Karuna Jain announces retirement from all forms of cricket\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;cricketer Karuna&nbsp;has&nbsp;announced her retirement from all forms of Cricket. She has&nbsp;played five Test matches&nbsp;out of which she made 195 runs with 40 as her highest score since making her debut against England at Delhi in November 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August 2014. she has played her\u00a0last Test for India against England at Wormsley. She has also played\u00a044 ODIs\u00a0and scored 987 runs with a solitary hundred and nine fifties and 103 as her highest score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-base-2-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/nakul-jain-appointed-as-ceo-of-paytm-payment-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nakul Jain appointed as CEO of Paytm Payment Service<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/download-2022-07-27T111104.076.jpg\" alt=\"Nakul Jain appointed as CEO of Paytm Payment Service\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Parent company of Paytm, One97 Communications&nbsp;has&nbsp;appointed Nakul Jain&nbsp;as the&nbsp;CEO of Paytm Payments Services Ltd (PPSL). He replaced&nbsp;Praveen Sharma, who is now serving as the acting CEO of PPSL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Praveen Sharma has been promoted to oversee the organisation\u2019s commerce vertical in addition to his other duties. Nakul Jain has served as managing director of private banking, priority banking, deposits and branch banking\u00a0at Standard Chartered Bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-base-2-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wasfia-becomes-first-bangladeshi-to-scale-k2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wasfia becomes first Bangladeshi to scale K2<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/download-2022-07-27T111249.183.jpg\" alt=\"Wasfia becomes first Bangladeshi to scale K2\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mountaineer Wasifa Nazreen (39)&nbsp;has become the&nbsp;first Bangladeshi to scale the second highest mountain peak K2 in Pakistan. She has&nbsp;climbed the 8611 metres high K2 mountain peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wasifa Nazreen has also\u00a0climbed Mount Everest in\u00a02012 and became the\u00a0second woman from Bangladesh to do so. The team consisted of 21 mountaineers, including some of the most renowned climbers in the world like Mingma Tenzi Sherpa, Mingma David Sherpa, and Nirmal Purja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-base-2-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/city-union-bank-aditya-birla-health-signs-bancassurance-pact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">City Union Bank, Aditya Birla Health signs bancassurance pact<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/download-2022-07-27T111822.888.jpg\" alt=\"City Union Bank, Aditya Birla Health signs bancassurance pact\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>City Union Bank and Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co Ltd (ABHICL),&nbsp;have signed&nbsp;a bancassurance partnership&nbsp;for the distribution of health insurance products through the former\u2019s network of branches across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CUB has already signed bancassurance pacts with\u00a0Star Health and Alliance Insurance, and Care Health (formerly known as Religare Health Insurance Co). The CUB has also\u00a0signed bancassurance pact with Royal Sundaram General Insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-base-2-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/renowned-marathi-writer-anant-yashwant-khare-passes-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Renowned Marathi writer Anant Yashwant Khare passes away<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/download-2022-07-27T112122.406.jpg\" alt=\"Renowned Marathi writer Anant Yashwant Khare passes away\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Renowned Marathi writer Anant Yashwant Khare&nbsp;has passed away in Pune at 76.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noted work: &nbsp;\u2018Antajichi Bakhar\u2019, &nbsp;\u2018Bakhar Antakalachi\u2019 and \u2018Udya\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He received the Bhai Madhavrao Bagal Award for his book \u2018Kahani Manav Pranyachi\u2019 in 2010. He was awarded with Granthali, Vidarbha Sahitya Sangh, and Lokmangal. He was\u00a0offered the Sahitya Akademi award for his novel \u2018Udya\u2019 in 2020 \u00a0but he politely refused\u00a0as by then he had decided not to accept any awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-base-2-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/india-grants-usd-2-5-million-to-unrwa-for-palestine-refugees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">India grants USD 2.5 million to UNRWA for Palestine refugees<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/download-2022-07-27T112302.977.jpg\" alt=\"India grants USD 2.5 million to UNRWA for Palestine refugees\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>India&nbsp;has&nbsp;contributed USD 2.5 million&nbsp;to the&nbsp;United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). India is a dedicated donor to UNRWA and donated USD 20 million in support of core UNRWA services to Palestine refugees across the Middle East since 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0UNRWA was established as a humanitarian agency in 1949. This agency is\u00a0fully funded through voluntary contributions\u00a0and grants from donor countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-base-2-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/union-minister-anurag-thakur-releases-three-books-by-dpd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Union Minister Anurag Thakur releases three books by DPD<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/download-2022-07-27T112606.447.jpg\" alt=\"Union Minister Anurag Thakur releases three books by DPD\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>books&nbsp;published&nbsp;by Directorate of Publications Division. Upon release the Minister presented the first copy of the books to President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind in presence of Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, President-elect Smt. Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The three books are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The three books are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moods, Moments and Memories \u2013 Former Presidents of India (1950-2017) A Visual History<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Citizen \u2013 Pictorial Record of President Ram Nath Kovind\u2019s Term<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interpreting Geometries \u2013 Flooring of Rashtrapati Bhavan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kovind was sworn in as the 14th President of India on July 25, 2017, for a five-year term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-base-2-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/parshottam-rupala-launches-subsidiary-of-nddb-for-manure-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parshottam Rupala launches subsidiary of NDDB for manure management<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/download-2022-07-27T112749.644.jpg\" alt=\"Parshottam Rupala launches subsidiary of NDDB for manure management\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Parshottam Rupala (Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying)&nbsp;has launched&nbsp;NDDB MRIDA Limited,&nbsp;a&nbsp;wholly-owned subsidiary company of National Dairy Development Boar (NDDB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aim:&nbsp;To provide structured impetus to manure management efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NDDB has established NDDB MRIDA Limited (Unlisted Public Limited Company)\u00a0under the Companies Act, 2013 on July 1, 2022. This will help in savings to the farmers by virtue of the replacement of cooking fuel with biogas.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-base-2-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/sheikh-ahmad-nawaf-al-ahmed-al-sabah-named-as-prime-minister-of-kuwait\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al Ahmed Al-Sabah named as Prime Minister of Kuwait<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/download-2022-07-27T112947.180.jpg\" alt=\"Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al Ahmed Al-Sabah named as Prime Minister of Kuwait\"\/><figcaption>The\u00a0head of Kuwait,\u00a0Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah has\u00a0issued a decree\u00a0to appoint\u00a0Ahmad Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah as the Prime Minister the new government.<br>He\u00a0succeeded Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled,\u00a0who resigned in April 2022. He is retired Kuwaiti military\u00a0with the rank of Lieutenant-General at the Ministry of Interior and the\u00a0First Deputy Prime Minister\u00a0and Minister of Interior since March 9, 2022.<br>Kuwait Currency: Kuwaiti dinar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-base-2-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/world-bank-appoints-indian-national-indermit-gill-as-chief-economist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Bank appoints Indian national Indermit Gill as chief economist<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/download-2022-07-27T113143.679.jpg\" alt=\"World Bank appoints Indian national Indermit Gill as chief economist\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Indian national, Indermit Gill&nbsp;has been appointed as a&nbsp;new Chief Economist&nbsp;and Senior Vice President for Development Economics&nbsp;of World Bank, will be effective September 1, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He will\u00a0succeed American economist,\u00a0Carmen Reinhart. He is currently serving as the Vice President for Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions. He will be the\u00a0second Indian\u00a0to serve as chief economist\u00a0after Kaushik Basu who was Chief Economist of the World Bank from 2012 to 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-base-2-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/adb-approves-96-mn-loan-to-hp-for-safe-drinking-water-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ADB approves $96 mn loan to HP for safe drinking water project<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/download-2022-07-27T113316.514.jpg\" alt=\"ADB approves $96 mn loan to HP for safe drinking water project\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Asian Development Bank&nbsp;has&nbsp;approved $96.3 million loan&nbsp;for&nbsp;safe drinking water and sanitation project in Himachal Pradesh. The loan has been provided under the Himachal Pradesh Rural Drinking Water Improvement and Livelihood Project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aim:&nbsp;To provide piped water to all rural households by 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This also upgrade water supply infrastructure and strengthen institutional capacity to ensure safe, sustainable, and inclusive rural water supply and sanitation services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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? 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