1.Sports
INOX Group to be official sponsor of Indian team during Tokyo Olympics
INOX Group has signed a sponsorship agreement with Indian Olympic Association to support Team India for Tokyo Olympics
Indian Olympic Association is the governing body for the Olympic Movement in India
Tokyo Olympics will be held from July 23 to August 8, 202
2.Person in News
G P Garg appointed as Executive Director of SEBI
G P Garg has been appointed as the Executive Director of Securities and Exchange
Board of India (SEBI)
Before this appointment, he was the Chief General Manager-Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) in SEBI.
He joined SEBI in 1994 and has headed various departments of the organisation
Quick Fact: Ajay Tyagi is the chairperson of SEBI
3.Sports
Dream11 wins IPL 2020 title sponsorship rights
Dream 11 has replaced Chinese mobile phone company Vivo by winning IPL 2020 title sponsorship rights
Dream 11 is a fantasy sports platform
It is an Indian company founded by Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth
Quick Fact: Sourav Ganguly is the President of BCCI
4.Person in News
Ashok Lavasa to join ADB as Vice President
Ashok Lavasa is the election commissioner of India
He will be resigning from his post to become the Vice President of Asian Development Bank
He has submitted his resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind
Quick Fact: Masatsugu Asakawa is the president of ADB
5.Person in News
Russell Kirsch, the inventor of Pixel, passes away
Computer scientist Russell Kirsch was the inventor of Pixel
He scanned the world’s first digital photograph by creating 2-by-2-inch black-and-white digital image of his son
He is also the developer of the world’s first programmable computer, SEAC (Standards Eastern Automatic Computer)
6.Economy
New logo of Labour Bureau launched
The new logo comprises a Blue wheel (representing work), a tricolored Graph (signifying data), and wheat ears (signifying rural labour).
It represents Labour Bureau as a data based organization dealing in data related to
workers and work
It depicts Accuracy, Validity and Reliability- the three goals that Labour Bureau strives to achieve in generating quality data
Quick Fact: Santosh Gangwar is the Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment
7.Economy
Google launches ‘Kormo’ app for finding entry-level jobs
Kormo is an employment application launched by Google
It aims to help young professionals in India who lost their jobs due to the ongoing Corona pandemic.
Google launched a similar employment app for the first time in 2018 for Bangladesh
8.Economy
Apple becomes First U.S. company to reach $2 trillion stock market value
Apple Inc. is now the first publicly traded U.S. company to reach over $2 trillion
market stock value
It has also become the world’s second company to hit $2 trillion market capitalisation
Oil Major Saudi Aramco was the first company to reach $2 trillion market value
9.Person in News
IISc professor Biman Bagchi selected for 2021 Joel Henry Hildebrand Award
IISc Professor Biman Bagchi is the 2021 recipient of the Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids
The awards are conferred by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and is sponsored by
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.
The award consists of $5,000 and a certificate
