Current Affairs – Today’s Headlines: July 11, 2021
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for July 11, 2021
INDIA
– PM Modi speaks to Vietnam’s PM Pham Minh Chinh
– Indian Navy prohibits flying of drones within 3 kms of Naval assets
– Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill, 2021 introduced; no govt job, subsidy to those having more than if over two children
– Dr P. K. Warrier, doyen of Ayurveda medicine, dies at 100 in Malappuram, Kerala
– J&K Govt. dismisses 11 employees, including 2 policemen, for allegedly working as over ground workers for terrorist organisations
– 15 EU countries recognise India’s Covishield vaccine for travellers
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– National Fish Farmers Day celebrated by National Fisheries Development Board on July 10
– Geographical Identification (GI) certified Fazil mango variety sourced from Malda district of West Bengal exported for the first time, to Bahrain
– Industrialist N.S. Srinivasa Murthy appointed Honorary Consul General of Vietnam for Karnataka
WORLD
– G20 Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting held in Venice
– Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti nominated as new US ambassador to India by President Joe Biden
– EAM S. Jaishankar hands over relics of 17th century Georgian Queen St. Ketevan to Georgia in capital Tbilisi
SPORTS
– Australia’s Ashleigh Barty wins women’s singles title at Wimbledon tennis
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021