Current Static GK in News

Current Static GK in News – July 2021

Static GK is an important part of the Banking and Insurance exams. Most of the static GK Questions asked in these exams are from the recent news. For example, the capital or currency of a country may be asked for such a country with whom India has signed an agreement recently or where our politicians made a visit recently.

In this post, we will cover up such Static GK that is in news in the month of July 2021. The content is arranged category wise for your quick revision.

Current Static GK in News – July 2021

Headquarters

International

  • International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – Geneva, Switzerland [July 01. 2021]
  • World Bank – Washington, D.C., United States [July 02. 2021]
  • United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Rome, Italy [July 16. 2021]
  • Mastercard – New York, United States [July 16. 2021]
  • International Criminal Court (ICC) – The Hague, Netherlands [July 17, 2021]
  • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – Nairobi, Kenya [July 19 & 20, 2021]
  • World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – Gland, Switzerland[July 19 & 20, 2021]
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – New York, United States [July 19 & 20, 2021]
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB) – Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines [July 21. 2021]
  • The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) – Bangkok, Thailand [July 24. 2021]
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – Paris, France [July 24. 2021]
  • World Trade Organisation (WTO) – Geneva, Switzerland [July 26 & 27. 2021]
  • International Solar Alliance (ISA) – Gurugram, Haryana, India [July 26 & 27, 2021]
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – Washington, D.C., United States [July 26 & 27. 2021]
  • SpaceX – California, United States [July 26 & 27, 2021]
  • World Health Organisation (WHO) – Geneva, Switzerland [July 26 & 27, 2021]
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF) – Washington, D.C., U.S [July 28, 2021]
  • Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Beijing, China [July 28, 2021]
  • US Agency for International Development (USAID) – Washington, D.C., U.S [July 29, 2021]

National

  • Reserve Bank of India (RBI) – Mumbai [July 03. 2021]
  • Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management (AJNIFM) – Faridabad, Haryana [July 04. 2021]
  • Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) – Bengaluru [July 05 & 06. 2021]
  • Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) – Mumbai [July 05 & 06. 2021]
  • Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) – Hyderabad [July 10, 2021]
  • National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) – Kolkata [July 14, 2021]
  • Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) – Mumbai [July 21. 2021]
  • Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) – New Delhi [July 22. 2021]
  • National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)– New Delhi [July 23. 2021]

Sports Federation

  • Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) -Mumbai [July 01. 2021]
  • International Cricket Council (ICC) – Dubai, United Arab Emirates [July 11 & 12, 2021]
  • Badminton World Federation (BWF) – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [July 15. 2021]
  • All India Football Federation (AIFF) – New Delhi [July 17. 2021]
  • International Chess Federation (FIDE) – Lausanne, Switzerland [July 19 & 20, 2021]
  • International Olympic Committee (IOC) – Lausanne, Switzerland [July 22, 2021
  • All India Chess Federation (AICF) – Chennai, India [July 31, 2021

Banks

  • HDFC Bank -Mumbai [July 04, 2021]
  • ICICI Bank – Vadodara [July 04, 2021]
  • Axis Bank -Mumbai [July 04. 2021]
  • State Bank of India (SBI) – Mumbai [July 09, 2021]
  • Punjab National Bank – New Delhi [July 09, 2021]
  • IDFC First Bank– Mumbai [July 10, 2021]
  • Federal Bank – Aluva, Kochi, Kerala [July 11 & 12, 2021]

Country – Capital, Currency

  • Denmark – Capital: Copenhagen; Currency: Danish krone [July 09, 2021]
  • Haiti – Capital: Port-au-Prince: Currency: Haitian gourde [July 10, 2021]
  • Ethiopia – Capital: Addis Ababa; Currency: Ethiopian birr [July 13, 2021]
  • Nepal – Capital: Kathmandu; Currency: Nepalese rupee [July 14, 2021]
  • BhutanCapital: Thimphu; Currencies: Bhutanese ngultrum, Indian rupee [July 16, 2021]
  • ChinaCapital: Beijing; Currency: Renminbi [July 17, 2021]
  • Singapore – Capital: Singapore; Currency: Singapore dollar  [July 17, 2021]
  • Sri Lanka – Capital- Colomo; Currency: Sri Lankan rupee [July 18, 2021]
  • MaldivesCapital: Male; Currency: Maldivian rufiyaa [July 18, 2021]
  • RussiaCapital: Moscow; Currency: Russian ruble [July 21, 2021]
  • Mongolia Capital: Ulaanbaatar; Currency: Mongolian togrog [July 21, 2021]
  • Tajikistan Capital: Dushanbe; Currency: Tajikistani somoni[July 21, 2021]
  • Switzerland -Capital: Bern; Currency : Swiss franc[July 21, 2021]
  • Peru – Capital: Lima; Currency: Sol [July 23, 2021] [July 23, 2021]
  • Haiti – Capital: Port-au-Prince; Currency: Haitian gourde [July 23, 2021]
  • Bangladesh – Capital: Dhaka; Currency: Bangladeshi taka [July 25, 2021]
  • Philippines – Capital: Manila; Currency: Philippine peso [July 26 & 27, 2021]
  • SwedenCapital: Stockholm; Currency: Swedish krona [July 26 & 27, 2021]
  • Uzbekistan – Capital: Tashkent; Currency: Uzbekistani soʻm [July 28, 2021]
  • Lebanon – Capital: Beirut; Currency: Lebanese pound [July 30, 2021]
  • Indonesia – Capital: Jakarta; Currency: Indonesian rupiah [July 31, 2021]

Books & Author

  • Nathuram Godse: The True Story of Gandhi’s Assassin”- Dhaval Kulkarni [July 04. 2021]
  • Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India’s First Women in Medicine – Kavitha Rao [July 05 & 06 2021]
  • The Light of Asia: The Poem that Defined the Buddha – Jairam Ramesh[July 10, 2021]
  • The Ramayan of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji’ – Late Baljit Kaur Tulsi. [July 13, 2021]
  • The Struggle Within: A Memoir of the Emergency – Ashok Chakravarti [July 14, 2021]
  • The India Story – Bimal Jalan [July 19 & 20, 2021]
  • Bank with a Soul: Equitas – Dr. C K Garyali [July 24, 2021]
  • An Ordinary Life: Portrait of an Indian Generation – Ashok Lavasa [July 25, 2021]

Indexes and Ranking

  • Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) – International Telecommunication Union (ITU) [July 01, 2021]
  • Global Startup Ecosystem Index  Startup Blink [July 02, 2021]
  • The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report – UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO). [July 15, 2021]

Miscellaneous

  • Wembley Stadium – London, England [July 14, 2021]
  • Sudirman Cup – world mixed team badminton championship [July 15, 2021]
  • Manduadih Railway Station (renamed as Banaras Railway Station) – Varanasi [July 17, 2021]
  • Noida International Greenfield Airport (or Jewar Airport) – Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh [July 18, 2021]
  • Zurich Airport International – Switzerland [July 18, 2021]
  • ‘Bonalu’ festival – Telangana [July 18, 2021]
  • Rudreswara Temple, (also known as the Ramappa Temple) – Palampet, Mulugu district, near Warangal in Telangana [July 26 & 27, 2021]
  • Dholavira: a Harappan city – Rann of Kutchch, Gujarat [July 28, 2021]
  • The Sitio Burle Marx site, a landscape garden in Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro has been added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites. [July 29, 2021]
  • ‘Raja Mircha,’ also known as king chilli, is Geographical Indications (GI) items from Nagaland [July 31, 2021]

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