July 2023 Flashcards
First country in the world to
implement a ban on thin plastic
bags
New Zealand
First Indian to play in the
Women’s Caribbean Premier
League (WCPL)
Shreyanka Patil - Guyana Amazon Warriors
First ever Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) campus to be
set up outside India
IIT Madras - Zanzibar, Tanzania
India’s first 100% dimethyl ether
(DME) fueled vehicle for on land & off-road applications was developed by?
IIT Kanpur & Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE)
Piramal Finance’s first allwomen branch - “Maitreyi” is located in?
Tripunithura, Kochi
India’s First Navigation with
Indian Constellation (NavIC) –
Based PNT (Positioning,
Navigation and Timing) Device is developed by?
Elena Geo Systems
(Bengaluru based Space Technology
Company) & Optimus Logics (Bengaluru based company). The 5G mobile phone used as part of
the PNT device is manufactured by
Optimus Logics, under the brand
‘Rhino’
India’s first virtual branch in
Metaverse
PNB Metaverse
India’s first transnational power
project to supply electricity to
Bangladesh electricity grid is constructed by?
Adani Power
First Indian Prime Minister to
have been conferred with the
Grand Cross of the Legion of
Honour
Narendra Modi
France’s highest civilian and
military honour.
Grand Cross of the Legion of
Honour
First professional meteor
scientist from India
Aswin Sekhar (Kerala)
First-ever General Insurance
Festival of India (GIFI)
Bajaj Allianz, Pune
First Central Public Sector
Enterprise (CPSE) in India to get
certified for Anti-Bribery
Management System (ABMS) & by whom
ONGC by InterCert USA
India’s first Artificial intelligence
(AI) news anchor
Lisa - Odisha TV
World’s first methane-liquid
oxygen space rocket
Zhuque-2 (Pvt Chinese company)
First female head of Reserve
Bank of Australia (RBA)
Michele Bullock
First time India has gifted a fully
operational, in-service corvette to any friendly
foreign country. Which corvette and to whom?
INS Kirpan to Vietnam
First state with 2 IIMs
Maharashtra (NITIE - IIM Mumbai, IIM Nagpur)
India’s first ‘satellite network
portal site’ to be set up
MoU between Guj govt and One Web communications
Country’s first
Construction Innovation Hub
(CIH)
Kerala by Kerala Startup
Mission (KSUM)
First woman member from
Nagaland to Preside over Rajya
Sabha
Phangnon Konyak
First ever
women member to be appointed to the panel of Vice- Chairpersons of RS.
Phangnon Konyak
First Permanent Aadhaar
Enrolment Centre (PAEC) for
Army by whom and where?
Dept of Posts, New Delhi
India’s first Atal Incubation
Centre (AIC) in fisheries
Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (Kufos)
First women police station in
the Union Territory of Ladakh
Kargil, Ladakh
India’s first online gaming academy
MP State Esports Academy by MP govt
Amazon India’s first-ever floating store
Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir
Vande Bharat Trains mfg where?
Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at Perambur in Chennai
World’s biggest maritime museum complex
National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) at Lothal in Gandhinagar (Gujarat)
eSARAS mobile App?
eSARAS will help for marketing of the
products made by women of self-help
group under DAY-NRLM
Standards Coordination Portal and Standard on “Fairness Assessment and Rating of Artificial Intelligence Systems”
Launched by: DoT
AI for India 2.0
A free online training programme on Artificial Intelligence launched by Skill India & GUVI (IIT Madras startup)
Operation “Broader Sword”
To Stop International Shipments of Illegal and Dangerous Drugs, Medical Devices by India & US
Sagar Sampark?
Differentiated Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS). Provide more accurate information
to the ships for safe navigation
‘Gajah Kotha’ campaign - What is it & by whom?
Aim: to promote coexistence between humans and elephants.
Focus Areas: HEC-affected villages in
Eastern Assam.
By Assam Govt
Mobile-Dost-App
empower the people of Jammu & Kashmir by providing a comprehensive platform to access all the Government to Citizen Services (G2C) directly from their mobile devices.
Kui is the language of?
Kondh tribe, Odisha
Chief of Army Staff
Gen Manoj Pande
Sashakt Mahila Rin Yojna
A collateral-free loan scheme for Bonafide Himachali women for pursuing their entrepreneurial dreams, engage in livelihood activities, fulfill their day-to-day needs and uplift their families.
XR Startup Programme
An initiative between Meta and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). HCLTech joined as a knowledge partner
“Speak Up!” portal?
Set up by National anti - doping agency to speak up against drug abuse & doping activities.
“Khanan Prahari” mobile app
Ministry of Coal, in coordination with Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Application and Geo-informatics (BISAG), Gandhinagar and Ministry of Electronics
& Information Technology (MeitY). To report unauthorized coal mining activities to aid monitoring and taking suitable action obey Law & Order
authorities concerned.
India-Africa International Millet
Conference. Venue?
Nairobi, Kenya
11th meeting of the Executive
Board of Association of World
Election Bodies (A-WEB)
Cartagena, Columbia
India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2023 (seventh edition)- Asia’s Premier Digital Technology Exhibition
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
Third World Hindu Conference, Venue & Theme
Bangkok, Thailand. Theme: “Jayasya Aayatnam dharmah” (dharma, the abode of victory”)
12th Mekong - Ganga Cooperation Foreign Ministers
Meeting, Venue & Countries
Bangkok, Thailand.
India, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand,
Viet Nam and India.
G20 Energy Ministers’ Meet
Goa
W20 Janbhagidari Event, Venue & Theme
Venue: Anand, Gujarat. Theme: Women-led Sustainable Development through Dairy
Cooperatives.
Regional Conference on ‘Drugs Trafficking and National Security
New Delhi, Chaired by Union HM
2nd SemiconIndia 2023 Conference, Venue & Theme
Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Organised by: India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) in partnership with industry and industry associations.
Theme: Catalysing India’s Semiconductor Ecosystem.
National Conference on ‘Moving Mental Health Beyond Institutions
Venue: New Delhi. Organizer: National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC)
Example of antecedent rivers
Indus, Satluj, Sarju (Kali), Arun, Tista & Brahmaputra
To facilitate use of local currencies and cooperation for interlinking their payment and messaging
systems the RBI and ________ have entered into an agreement.
Central Bank of UAE (CBUAE)
Agreement for the Enhancing Connectivity and Sustainability in Bihar Roads Project between?
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India (GOI)
Asia’s oldest stock exchange
BSE (1875)
Euclid Mission
Initiative of: European Space Agency (ESA)
Aim of the Mission: to investigate the “dark side” of the universe, focusing on dark matter and dark energy
launched by SpaceX through its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, USA.
Scientific name of brain eating amoeba
Naegleria fowleri
Rocket of Chandrayaan 3
LVM3-M4 rocket, the largest and heaviest in its class
and dubbed as ‘Fat Boy’
Name of lander & rover - Chandrayaan 3
Lander - Vikram
Rover - Pragyaan
Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV)
It is a is a 3-stage solid launch vehicle capable to carry a payload of up to 500Kg to a 500Km circular orbit.
James Webb Space Telescope was developed by?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Mission
NISAR is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) observatory. Will observe almost every region of our planet at least once every 12 days, providing valuable insights into the dynamics of forests, wetlands, and agricultural lands, among other aspects.
Launch vehicle of NISAR?
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark II (GSLV MK II) in 2024
world’s largest commercial communications satellite
JUPITER 3 - Launched by: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy
Raman-II rocket engine of which?
Skyroot’s launch vehicle Vikram 1
Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is caused by?
viral disease that primarily affects cattle and
buffalo