Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 23 July 2021

SSC CGL Current Affairs

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The Indian Navy took part in a two-day bilateral Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG)-21, led by HMS Queen Elizabeth, in the Bay of Bengal from July 21 to 22.
The bilateral maritime exercise was designed to hone the two navies' ability to operate together in the maritime domain.
The maiden exercise between the Indian Navy and the Royal Navy's latest aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth included CSG-21, which included Type 23 Frigates and an Astute-class submarine in addition to the other surface combatants.
The Indian Navy was represented by INS Satpura, Ranvir, Jyoti, Kavaratti, Kulish, and a submarine. The exercise also included the P8I, a long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft capable of anti-submarine warfare.
The presence of the CSG-21 in the Indian Ocean has provided an excellent opportunity to engage in a variety of maritime operations, including ASW, anti-air, and anti-surface warfare.
The ongoing exercise has provided an excellent opportunity to engage in a wide range of maritime operations, including ASW, anti-air, and anti-surface warfare, due to the presence of the CSG-21 in the Indian Ocean.

Indian American Democrat ShrinaKurani has said she will challenge 15-term Republican Ken Calvert in California’s 42nd Congressional District for the mid-term elections in November 2022.
“I’m running for Congress to make things work better in Washington so we can develop a sustainable future and build an Inland Empire where people feel safe, healthy, and have opportunities to succeed in fulfilling jobs," ShrinaKurani, born to Indian immigrant parents in Riverside.
Indian American Kurani described herself as "an engineer, entrepreneur, and a fact-based problem solver and not a politician" on her website. "Opportunities are out of reach for far too many people while career Washington politicians like Ken Calvert are focused on helping themselves, their political parties, and their corporate donors.
Kurani graduated from La Sierra High School when she was 16 and has a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Riverside. A media release said she has worked to start companies aimed at reducing waste and creating sustainable solutions for food and water. She has also served as an advisor to start-up businesses developing ways to make healthcare and education more affordable, accessible, equitable, and effective.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has issued a show-cause notice to Amazon.com Inc., seeking to know why certain facts were not disclosed about its 2019 purchase of a 49% stake in a Future Group entity.
The competition watchdog’s notice comes as Amazon, armed with a favourable arbitration award, is fighting a legal battle in India and overseas to restrain Future Retail Ltd from selling its assets to rival Reliance Retail Ltd for 24,713 crore.
Amazon claims the terms of its 2019 stake purchase in Future Coupons (Pvt.) Ltd prohibits the sale. The Supreme Court is hearing the matter. In 2019, Amazon.com secured CCI approval for its 49% stake purchase in Future Coupons for 1,493 crore.
A spokesperson for Amazon acknowledged the CCI notice but did not comment on the merits of the allegations, given the dispute with Future Group is sub judice. “We are in receipt of a show cause-notice from CCI based on the complaint filed by Future. We are committed to complying with the laws of India and will extend full cooperation to CCI on this matter. We are confident we will be able to address CCI’s concerns,” the spokesperson for Amazon said in a statement.

In charge of rebuilding boxing's Olympic credibility after the judging fiasco in the 2016 Games, the IOC Task Force on Friday promised a clean competition at the mega-event here, warning the referees and judges that even "one injustice" would make the sport's future "dark".
International Olympic Committee (IOC) sports director Kit McConnell, chair of the Boxing Task Force (BTF) Watanabe Morinari and head of the BTF Lenny Abbey addressed the media on the eve of the boxing competition, which will feature 289 boxers from 81 countries, nine of them Indian.