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Daily Current Affairs Update | 12 July 2021
Read Eazyprep’s exhaustive Daily Current Affairs Update to know about National & International Affairs, Economy, Persons In News, Sports, Important Days & more!
Read Eazyprep’s exhaustive Daily Current Affairs Update to know about National & International Affairs, Economy, Persons In News, Sports, Important Days & more!
Read Eazyprep’s exhaustive Daily Current Affairs Update to know about National & International Affairs, Economy, Persons In News, Sports, Important Days & more!
National News PAN to be declared ‘INOPERATIVE’ if not linked before 30th June The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) recently extended the deadline to link PAN with Aadhaar number to June 30, 2021. As per the new Section 234H of the Income-tax Act 1961, the unlinked PAN cards would Read more…
International News First country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender: El Salvador El Salvador became the first country in the world to grant legal tender status to bitcoin. The use of bitcoin as legal tender will become law in 90 days and will be optional to use. This would bring Read more…
1. Finance News Tenure of Private Banks MD & CEO Capped by the RBI at 15 Years The RBI has capped the tenure of MD and CEO of commercial banks to 15 years. This will also be applicable to whole-time directors (WTD), i.e., they cannot hold the post for more Read more…
1. Important Days India observed National Civil Services day on April 21 This day is celebrated to appreciate the work done by the officers engaged in public administration. On this day in 1947, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel addressed the newly appointed Administrative Services Officers. In his speech, he called the Civil Read more…
1. National News COVID-19 vaccine available for all adults from May 1st The central government has decided to make the COVID-19 available for citizens above the age of 18 from May 1, 2021. The eligible adults to get injected under the ‘liberalised and accelerated’ phase 3 strategy of vaccination. Vaccine Read more…
1. Miscellaneous – Discovery New Butterfly species discovered in Western Ghats This is the first time that a butterfly species was discovered by an all-Indian research team. A new taxon of Lycaenid butterfly belongs to the Nacaduba genus. The name of the butterfly species was suggested as Ramaswami’s Six Line Read more…
1. International Affairs France and Spain sign agreement to build Europe’s Largest Solar Power Plant Spain and France have signed an agreement to build Europe’s Largest Solar Power Plant: Francisco Pizzaro which will generate 590 MW of solar power. The agreement was signed between Spanish electric utility ‘Iberdrola’ and French Read more…