Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 22 July 2021

SSC CGL Current Affairs

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Five kilometres from the Kottarakkara town in Kollam district, in the small Kerala village, Perumkulam, a nest-like structure on a stilt by the roadside overlooks a lush tapioca farm.
Schoolchildren leisurely sift through books in the box on a sultry June day. Newspapers are neatly stacked inside it, too. The otherwise bustling road, running through green fields, has been quietened by the pandemic.
A board, with thermocol letters on coconut palm leaves, welcomes you at the “PusthakaGramam” (book village).

When LinaMokhtar and her two sisters saw the news last month that Saudi Arabia would for the first time officially allow women to perform the hajj without a male guardian, the three of them immediately put in their applications.
MsMokhtar and one of her sisters will be part of a limited group of some 60,000 worshipers to begin the pilgrimage—the second time the Covid pandemic has led Saudi authorities to cut the numbers of those permitted to perform the rite, a once-in-a-lifetime obligation for all Muslims able to physically and financially able to make the journey. In normal years more than two million pilgrims gather for the hajj.
MsMokhtar was surprised by the move to do away with the requirement that women pilgrims need a mahram, a close male relative, to accompany them, but hailed the decision.
“It is kind of difficult depending on someone else or asking a mahram of yours, ‘Please let us go to hajj,’" said the Jeddah-based market researcher in her late 40s. “You can make that decision yourself."
Several of her female friends also registered for the hajj this year when they heard the news, wanting to seize the opportunity. While most of their applications weren’t approved by the hajj ministry, the chance to decide on their own whether to apply or not was a welcome change, she said.

Kotak Mahindra Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Army for salary account.
“The MoU enables Kotak to offer its salary account proposition, combined with exclusive benefits for the Indian Army, to all army personnel – both active and retired,” the lender said in a statement.
The MoU was signed by Lt Gen RP Kalita of the Indian Army and ViratDiwanji, Group President – Retail Liabilities and Branch Banking, Kotak Mahindra Bank.

Russia has handed over to India a commercial offer to deliver 21 MiG-29 fighters, a spokesperson for Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation said on Tuesday.
"The Indian Air Force staff received a tender request for the supply of 21 aircraft in 2021. The Russian side has transferred to Indian partners the commercial offer that is now being considered by the customer," spokesperson Valeria Reshetnikova told reporters on the sidelines of the MAKS-2021 international aerospace show.
Last year, India's council for defense purchases approved the acquisition of 21 Russia's MiG-29 fighters. The Russian federal service said in February that the Indian government also decided in favour of purchasing the aircraft.
The international aerospace show is taking place in the Moscow Region from July 20-25.

In summer 2032, the world's largest sporting event will head to Brisbane, Australia.
The International Olympic Committee announced in Tokyo that Australia will host the Summer Olympic games for the third time.
Brisbane will also host the Paralympic Games.
Adrian Schrinner, the lord mayor of Brisbane, said the effort to make Brisbane a host city began six years ago under his predecessor.
"Our purpose was to seek an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our region and for our city," Schrinner said in a message shared on Twitter celebrating the announcement.