Dr P. K. Warrier, doyen of Ayurveda medicine, dies at 100 in Malappuram, Kerala .
Commercial farming of endangered species in Myanmar may boost demand for rare animals, warns WWF .
Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill, 2021 introduced; no govt job, subsidy to those having more than if over two children .
Malala day celebrated by UN on July 12; Pakistan-born Malala Yousafzai won 2014 Nobel Peace Prize .
Virgin Galactic space tourism company founder Richard Branson conducts space flight along with four other crewmates including Indian-origin woman Sirisha Bandla .
FICCI’s Economic Outlook Survey projects annual median GDP growth for 2020-21 at (–) 4.5% .
Indian Navy prohibits flying of drones within 3 kms of Naval assets .
Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurates country’s first private Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Nagpur; set up by Baidyanath Ayurvedic Group .
J&K Govt. dismisses 11 employees, including 2 policemen, for allegedly working as over ground workers for terrorist organisations .
G20 Finance Ministers approve global corporate tax rate of at least 15% during two-day talks in Venice .
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti nominated as new US ambassador to India by President Joe Biden .
PM Modi speaks to Vietnam’s PM Pham Minh Chinh .
Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath unveils new population policy 2021-30 .
Industrialist N.S. Srinivasa Murthy appointed Honorary Consul General of Vietnam for Karnataka .
Assam govt. to set up “department of indigenous faith and culture” .
Cuba develops three-shot Soberana 2, world’s first conjugate vaccine for COVID-19 .
Australia’s Ashleigh Barty wins women’s singles title at Wimbledon tennis .
15 EU countries recognise India’s Covishield vaccine for travellers .
IT rules compliance: Twitter appoints Vinay Prakash as resident grievance officer for India .
Indian Railways transport dry chillies from Guntur in AP to Benapole in Bangladesh for first time .
EAM S. Jaishankar hands over relics of 17th century Georgian Queen St. Ketevan to Georgia in capital Tbilisi .
Veteran Gujarati writer and journalist Nagindas Sanghvi dies at 100; awarded Padma Shri in 2019 .
Cambridge University chemists Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman declared winners of 2020 Millennium Technology Prize for their development of revolutionary sequencing techniques .
World Population Day celebrated on July 11; theme: “Rights and Choices are the Answer: Whether baby boom or bust, the solution to shifting fertility rates lies in prioritising all people’s reproductive health and rights” .
G20 Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting held in Venice .
NTPC wins CII-ITC Sustainability Award 2019 under Outstanding Accomplishment in Corporate Excellence Category .
National Fish Farmers Day celebrated by National Fisheries Development Board on July 10 .
US remains India’s top trading partner in 2019-20 with bilateral trade at $88.75 billion; India had trade surplus of $17.42 billion .
Ethiopia: PM Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity party wins parliamentary election .
Uttarakhand: India’s first cryptogamic (non-seed-bearing plants) garden inaugurated at Deoban in Chakrata town of ‘s Dehradun district .
Conjugate vaccines can be stored in regular refrigeration settings of 2–8 degree Celsius .
Geographical Identification (GI) certified Fazil mango variety sourced from Malda district of West Bengal exported for the first time, to Bahrain .
Afghanistan: India evacuates diplomats, security personnel from Kandahar as Taliban captures new areas
2021 COPA AMERICA FOOTBALL
Argentina beats Brazil 1-0 in final at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro .
Argentina’s captain Lionel Messi finishes as tournament’s joint top goalscorer with Peru’s Luis Díaz with four goals .
Messi elected joint best player along with Brazil’s Neymar
EURO 2020 FOOTBALL
Italy win 2020 UEFA European Football Championship by defeating England 3-2 in penalty shoot-out in the final played at Wembley Stadium in London .
Czech Republic’s Patrik Schick and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo were top scorers 5 goals each .
Italy’s goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was Best player of the tournament
2021 WIMBLEDON TENNIS: TITLE WINNERS
Men’s Singles: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic .
Women’s Singles: Ashleigh Barty .
Men’s Doubles: Croatia’s Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić .
Women’s Doubles: Chinese Taipei’s Hsieh Su-wei & Elise Mertens of Belgium .
Mixed Doubles: United Kingdom’s Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk of US
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France wins Croatia Grand Chess Tour at Zagreb.
