Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: August 3, 2021

– Delta variants lineages reduces Covaxin antibodies, ICMR-National Institute of Virology study

– Culture Ministry invites people to upload their videos singing national anthem on www.RASHTRAGAAN.IN

– President attends function to mark Centenary Celebrations of Madras Legislative Council in Chennai

– AICTE demonstrates unique tool that translates English language content into 11 Indian languages

– Amarjeet Sinha, an Advisor in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), resigns

– PM launches e-RUPI, a cashless and contactless instrument for digital payment

– Aimed at strengthening Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) by assisting in targeted, transparent and leakage free delivery

– E-RUPI vouchers are purpose-specific and meant to ensure that the benefits of the voucher are availed for the service it is meant for

– E-RUPI is a QR code or SMS string-based e-Voucher, which is delivered to the mobile of the beneficiaries

– Parliament passes Inland Vessels Bill, 2021, seeks to introduce a uniform regulatory framework for inland vessel navigation across the country

– Economists Jagdish Bhagwati, C Rangarajan awarded Prof CR Rao Centenary Gold Medal (CGM) by Indian Econometric Society (TIES) Trust

– India records highest ever monthly merchandise export of 35.17 billion dollars in July 2021

– Indian Bank signs MoU with IIT Bombay for extending exclusive credit facility to Start-ups and MSMEs

– Fortune Global 500 list topped by Walmart of US with a revenue of USD 524 billion

– Companies ranked by total revenues for their respective fiscal years ended on or before March 31, 2021

– RIL (Reliance Industries Ltd) is highest ranked Indian company at 155th with a revenue of USD 63 billion

– The list has 7 Indian companies: RIL, State Bank of India (SBI), Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Rajesh Exports, Tata Motors and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL)

– Badminton: Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen wins gold medal in men’s singles; China’s Chen Yufei wins gold medal in women’s singles