Current Affairs - July 26, 2021 Current Affairs

a global agricultural company, announced on Thursday that it has inked a three-year project with the World Bank Group's 2030 Water Resources Group (2030 WRG) to promote sustainable rice farming on 40,000 acres in Uttar Pradesh.

The Essential Defense Services Bill has been introduced recently in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. The purpose of which is to prevent the employees of all state-owned ordnance factories from going on strike across the country. In this bill, the government will be able to declare the services mentioned as essential defence services.

Odisha's National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) has recently completed the testing of the second unit of 800 MW capacity at Darlipali. With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC has now reached 66875 MW. At present, NTPC Group has 71 power stations including 29 renewable projects.

Renowned Marathi poet Satish Kalsekar passed away following a heart attack. He was 78.

In 2019, over 144 000 people drowned in the Asia Pacific region, accounting for 61% of global drowning deaths, according to the first World Health Organization (WHO) regional assessments on drowning prevention released today ahead of World Drowning Prevention Day.

Niti Aayog and IEA jointly launched the report titled Renewables integration in India 2021.

The Dhanlaxmi bank announced a strategic alliance with SMC Global Securities Limited for offering online trading services to customers.

Sunseap Group's floating solar farm will be located on the Duriangkang Reservoir in Batam Island, Indonesia spanning around 1,600 hectares. It will be the largest solar floating farm in the world.

The government of Taiwan has announced to set up its first office named "Taiwan" in Lithuania soon. Taiwan's government has made this announcement as it seeks to strengthen its diplomatic presence around the world with increasing pressure from Beijing.

The government of Arunachal Pradesh signed an MoU with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Centre for Policy Research and Analysis-IIM Shillong for collaborating as a knowledge partner for capacity building of State Government officers.

NASA selects SpaceX for the Europa clipper mission. It will be earth's first mission to conduct detailed investigations of Jupiter's moon Europa.

Folk music legend and freedom fighter Fakir Alamgir passed away in Dhaka. He was suffering from Coronavirus infection and suffered a heart attack. He was 71.

Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar was conferred with the award in 2019 but the award ceremony was delayed due to the ongoing Covid pandemic. The Alexander Dalrymple award has been named after the first hydrographer of the Admiralty and was instituted in 2006.

In a bid to boost exports of agricultural produce from Ladakh and enhance farmers' incomes, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority, or Apeda, has decided to promote and brand organic items from the region.

The Meghalaya cabinet has recently approved the Meghalaya Youth Policy 2021. The aim of which is to create a sector for the youth to achieve their full potential and become efficient, responsible, creative and empowered members of the state. This policy has been formulated by the Sports and Youth Affairs Department.