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1) India’s highest sporting honour Khel Ratna Award rechristened in honour of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand.
A) It was named after Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
B) Major Dhyanchand was an Indian field hockey player regarded as the greatest in the history of sport.
C) Government of India awarded him Padma Bhushan in 1956.
2) Geneva based Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to release the first phase of its Sixth Assessment Report.
A) Periodic status has become the most widely accepted scientific view of the state of Earth’s climate.
B) Fourth Assessment report came out in 2007 and won the IPCC the Nobel Peace Prize.
C) Sixth assessment report will put more emphasis on regional assessment
3) India condemns the act of removal of Nishan Sahib atop the roof of Gurudwara Thala Sahib in Afghanistan.
A) The historical Gurudwara was visited by Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
B) It is located in Chamkani province of Afghanistan.
4) Thailand bans sunscreens containing chemicals that damage coral from all of its marine national parks.
A) Concerns AR growing that lotions are harming slow growing corals.
B) Banned lotions contain Oxybenzone,Octinoxate, 4 methylBenzylidene camphor or butylparaben.
5) National Handloom Day organised on August 7 by the Ministry of Textiles, Handlooms.
A) The theme of 2021 National Handloom Day is Indian Legacy.
B) 7th August is celebrated as National Handloom Day to commemorate the Swadeshi Movement.
C) Objective is to generate awareness about the Handloom Industry among Public.
6) Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment to launch “PM-DAKSH” portal and “PM-DAKSH” Mobile app.
A) It was developed by the ministry in collaboration with the National e-governance division (NeGD).
B) Youth of target groups will be able to avail benefits of skill development training programmes in an easier manner.
C) PM DAKSH stands for Dakshta Aur Kushalta Sampann Hitgrahi Yojana.
7) 25 countries and 7 International Organisation join Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) till date.
A) CDRI was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi in 2019.
B) It was set up with the objective of promoting resilience of new and existing infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks to support sustainable development.
