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Current Affairs 22 July 2021
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National
Government plans to set up Indian Institute of Heritage at Noida
- The Government of India is set to establish the Indian Institute of Heritage at Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar.
- The Indian Institute of Heritage is being set up as deemed to be a university, and will be a standalone institution of its type in the country.
- The world-class university will focus on conservation and research in India’s rich tangible heritage.
- It will offer research, development, and dissemination of knowledge, excellence in the education of its students and activities associated with a heritage that contributes to the cultural, scientific and economic life of India.
- The university will provide Masters and Ph.D. courses in History of Arts, Conservation, Museology, Archival Studies, Archaeology, Preventive Conservation, Epigraphy and Numismatics, Manuscriptology as well as conservation training facilities to in-service employees and students of the institute.
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu addresses the World Universities Summit 2021
- The Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated and addressed the World Universities Summit as Chief Guest on 21 July 2021.
- The Union Education and Skill Development Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan also addressed the summit.
- The Summit was organized by O.P. Jindal Global University, located at Sonipat, Haryana.
- The theme of the summit was “Universities of the Future: Building Institutional Resilience, Social Responsibility and Community Impact”.
- The World Universities Summit 2021 provided a platform to bring together over 150 thought leaders to deliberate on the ways in which higher education institutions can strengthen their vision and commitment towards institutional resilience, social responsibility and community impact.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi appointed as Deputy Leader of Rajya Sabha
- The Union minister for minority affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has been appointed as the Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha.
- Naqvi takes over from Piyush Goyal, who has been appointed as the Leader of the House in the Upper House (Rajya Sabha).
Defence
DRDO successfully flight-tests indigenously developed MPATGM for minimum range
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested indigenously developed third generation Man Portable Antitank Guided Missile (MPATGM) on July 21, 2021 for its minimum range.
- The missile was launched from a man-portable launcher integrated with a thermal site, and all the mission objectives were met.
- The missile has already been flight tested for the maximum range.
- MPATGM is a low weight, fire and forget missile, incorporated with state-of-the-art Miniaturized Infrared Imaging Seeker along with advanced avionics.
- It is being developed to strengthen the combat capabilities of the Indian Army.
DRDO successfully test-flights surface-to-air missile ‘Akash-NG’
- The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested the New Generation Akash Missile (Akash-NG), from Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the coast of Odisha on July 21, 2021.
- The Akash-NG weapon system is a surface-to-air Missile that can strike targets at a distance of around 60 km and fly at a speed of up to Mach 2.5.
- The missile system has been developed by Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories.
Business
Byju’s acquires US-based digital reading platform Epic for $500 mn
- The Edtech startup Byju’s has acquired US-based digital reading platform Epic for $500 million.
- Byju’s partnership with Epic will enable the company to create engaging and interactive reading and learning experiences for children globally.
- Through this acquisition, Byju’s aims to expand its education services beyond the Indian market and across categories.
- Founder and CEO of Byju’s – Byju Raveendran
Sports
Australia’s Brisbane to Host 2032 Olympic and Paralympic games
- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has voted Australian city of Brisbane as the host city for 2032 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games.
- Brisbane is the third Australian city to host the Olympic Games after Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.
- With this, Australia will also become the only second country in the world, after the United States, to stage summer Olympic Games in three different cities.
