The Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Shri Prakash Javadekar virtually inaugurated a High Speed Track (HST), NATRAX, in Indore on June 29, 2021. NATRAX is the longest high-speed track in Asia, measuring 11.3 km in length, developed in an area of 1000 acres of land.

Madhya Pradesh allrounder Anshula Rao has become the first women cricketer to be handed a four-year ban by the National Anti-Doping Agency, after failing the dope test. She was found guilty of consuming a banned anabolic steroid ’19- Norandrosterone, on March 14 at Baroda in 2020.

The United States has topped the GCI 2020.

India has been ranked as the 10th best country in the world in the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2020, released by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on June 29, 2021. The GCI 2020 is the fourth edition of the annual index and ranked 194 countries. India scored 97.5 points from 100 points to rank among the top ten best countries in the world.

Hyderabad-based company Grene Robotics has designed and developed India’s first autonomous drone defence dome called “Indrajaal”.

As per revised guidelines, such unclaimed term deposit will earn an interest rate as applicable to a savings account or the contracted rate of interest on the matured Term Deposit, whichever is lower.

Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel is the current and 19th Governor of Madhya Pradesh.

The Gujarat Maritime University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) in GIFT City to set up the Gujarat International Maritime Arbitration Centre (GIMAC). GIMAC will be the first of its kind centre in India to manage arbitration and mediation proceedings for disputes related to the maritime and shipping sector.

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In Tennis, Ashleigh Barty of Australia beat Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic), 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, to win her first Wimbledon women’s single title on July 10, 2021.

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The Ministry of Human Resource Development has launched the National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancements (NISHTHA)

Sri Lanka left-arm fast bowling all-rounder Isuru Udana has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect on July 31, 2021, bringing an end to his over decade long career.

As an Agency Bank, banks becomes eligible to carry out transactions related to all kinds of government led businesses. This decision is based on RBI guideline that authorises scheduled private sector banks as agency banks of the regulator for the conduct of government business.

India’s largest private lender, HDFC Bank, has launched an overdraft facility for small retailers called ‘Dukandar Overdraft Scheme’, to help shopkeepers and merchants in easing their cash crunch.

The government has set the loans disbursement target under the PM Mudra Yojana (PMMY) at Rs 3 trillion for 2021-22 (FY22).

Netherlands-based Prosus NV has announced to acquire the Indian digital payments provider BillDesk and merge it with its own fintech service business PayU. The size of the deal is $4.7 billion.

The total sanctioned strength Supreme Court is 34.

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Axis Bank has partnered with BharatPe for the point of sale (PoS) business of BharatPe named BharatSwipe.

The India-Kazakhstan joint military exercise “KAZIND-21” commenced on September 01, 2021 at Training Node Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan. KAZIND-21 is the 5th edition of annual bilateral joint exercise between the two armies and will continue till September 10, 2021.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will setup a committee to scrutinize applications and give recommendations on New Umbrella Entity (NUE) licenses. The 5 member committee will be headed by Shri. P. Vasudevan.

Senior bureaucrat JB Mohapatra, a 1985-batch Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) office, has been appointed the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) with effect from September 01, 2021.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has made an allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) 12.57 billion to India. (approx USD 17.86 billion). With this, the total SDR holding of India has gone upto SDR 13.66 billion (equivalent to around USD 19.41 billion).

Three Indian educational institutes have found place in the top 400 list of Times World University Rankings 2022, released on September 02, 2021. These are:IISc Bangalore, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar and IIT Indore. Top University- University of Oxford in United Kingdom has topped the list for the sixth consecutive year.

Ministry of Finance has approved the interest rate on employees’ provident fund (EPF) deposits for 2020-21 at 8.5%. The rate has been kept unchanged as for year 2019-20.

The United Nations designated World Cities Day (WCD) is marked every year on October 31.

NITI Aayog has released a comprehensive report titled “Health Insurance for India’s Missing Middle”, on October 29, 2021. The report highlights the gaps in the health insurance coverage across the country and offers solutions to address the situation.

The authorized share capital of the NaBFID is Rs one lakh crore. The initial paid-up capital of NaBFID is Rs 20,000 crore. The headquarters of NaBFID is in Mumbai.

France successfully launched a military communication satellite, named Syracuse 4A, into orbit recently from Kourou, in French Guiana. The state-of-the-art satellite was launched on Ariane 5 rocket.

Every year, October 27 is celebrated as Infantry Day by the Indian Army across the country, to honour the supreme sacrifice of the gallant soldiers in fighting the Pakistani invaders, in Jammu and Kashmir, in 1947. October 27, 2021 marks the 75th Infantry Day on October 27, 2021.

Noted mountaineer Harshwanti Bisht  has been elected as the first woman president of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF).

The Indian Railways is constructing the tallest pier railway bridge of the world in Manipur. The bridge is being built at a height of 141 metres.

Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Indian poet of Assamese literature Sananta Tanty has passed away after a prolonged illness. He was 69.

The initial paid-up voting equity share capital/ net worth required to set up a new universal bank has been increased to ₹1000 crore (from present ₹500 crore).

‘Public Service Ethics – A Quest for Naitik Bharat’, a book by former cabinet secretary and former Jharkhand governor Prabhat Kumar

Russia defeat Croatia 2-0 in Madrid to win Davis Cup tennis tournament in Madrid

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Fitch Ratings has cut India’s economic growth forecast to 8.4 per cent for the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, but raised GDP growth projection for the next financial year to 10.3 per cent. Fitch had in October forecast a GDP growth of 8.7 per cent in 2021-22 (April 2021 to March 2022) fiscal and 10 per cent in FY23.