{"id":47924,"date":"2021-07-21T07:29:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T07:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=47924"},"modified":"2021-07-21T07:29:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T07:29:55","slug":"daily-current-affairs-21-july-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/daily-current-affairs-21-july-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Current Affairs 21 July 2021 \u2013 Gkseries"},"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, Daily Current Affairs 21 July 2021, 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

Daily Current Affairs 21 July 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BBNL invites global bids for Rs 19,041 cr BharatNet broadband project<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Bharat Broadband Network Limited recently invited global tender for the Development of BharatNet through Public Private Partnership model in 9 separate packages across 16 states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under this project, the government will provide a maximum Grant of 19 thousand 41 Crore rupees as Viability Gap Funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Project will cover an estimated three lakh 61 thousand Villages across Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scope of BharatNet has now been enhanced to connect all the Inhabited Villages of the country to around six lakh 43 thousand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eid-ul-Azha 2021<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Eid al-Adha is being celebrated all over the world. It is one of the most important days in the Islamic calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah as per the Islamic lunar calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this day, people visit their family and friends and celebrate the festival with gifts, greetings, hugs and spreading love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is believed that on the day of the Sacrificial Feast, no one should be left hungry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the main trials of Abraham’s life was to face the command of God by sacrificing his beloved son Isaac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UP Govt starts trial run of electric buses in Lucknow<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Pradesh Government has started the trial run of electric buses in state capital Lucknow. Very soon the buses will be running in 14 cities of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prototype type trial of buses started today in state capital Lucknow during which four buses will ply for around 180 km daily. After the success of the trial 700 buses will start running in 14 cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These AC luxury AC buses have comfortable seats and many security features also which includes GPS tracking system cctv. Panic button and automatic doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These buses will have normal fare like any other bus and it can run for 120 km in 45 minutes after one time charging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

600 buses will run in cities like Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, prayagraj, Varanasi, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Jhansi, Aligarh, Moradabad and Bareilly with the help of Central Government funding while state government will fund for the buses in Mathura Vrindavan Gorakhpur and Shahjahanpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boosting Production of Pulses under the National Food Security Mission<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The seed minikits of pulses are distributed to the farmers of major pulse growing States under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The district wise allocation and distribution of seed minikits is managed by the respective State Governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) is implemented by the States under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The States transfer the benefit to the targeted beneficiaries through DBT by using Aadhar enabled system. Many states viz., Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra etc have reported Aadhaar enabled distribution of seed minikits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The production and productivity of pulses under seed minikits programme is primarily monitored by State Government field functionaries and State Food Security Mission Executive Committee (SFSM-EC) headed by Chief Secretary\/Agriculture Production Commissioner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government making efforts to enhance the production of nano urea<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Government is encouraging the production of Nano fertilizers in the country. Nano Urea (Liquid) is a source of nitrogen which is a major essential nutrient required for proper growth and development of a plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IFFCO has developed nanotechnology based Nano Urea (Liquid) fertilizer that aims to address the imbalanced and excessive use of conventional Urea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It further aims to improve crop productively, soil health and nutritional quality of the produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nitrogen is a key constituent of amino acids, enzymes, genetic materials, photosynthetic pigments and energy transfer compounds in a plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meeting of the BRICS Contact Group on Economic and Trade issues<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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India has chaired the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) meeting on Contact Group on Economic and Trade issues for the year 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Contact Group on Economic and Trade Issues (CGETI) is responsible for economic and trade matters. The Department of Commerce is the national coordinator for the BRICS CGETI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the BRICS Members deliberated on the following proposals circulated by India, for strengthening and increasing the Intra-BRICS cooperation and trade:<\/p>\n\n\n\n