Daily Current Affairs MCQ - July 11, 2021 - UPSC MCQ

In Tennis, Novak Djokovic defeated Matteo Berrettini in the Wimbledon final, 6-7(4-7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3, to win his sixth Wimbledon title and 20th Grand Slam trophy.

International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Manu Sawhney has resigned from his position on July 08, 2021, with immediate effect. Geoff Allardice will continue as the Acting CEO of ICC, until fresh appointment

Lionel Messi-led Argentina beat Neymar’s Brazil 1-0 to win the Copa America final match, held at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on July 10, 2021. With this win, Lionel Messi has secured his first major International trophy.

The United Nations designated 12 July to be observed as World Malala Day, on July 12, 2013, in honour of the young Pakistani human rights activist, Malala Yousafzai.

Veteran Indian Ayurveda practitioner, Dr P.K. Warrier, who was the most respected name in Ayurveda across the world, has passed away. He was 100.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the reappointment of Shyam Srinivasan as the MD & CEO of Federal Bank for a period of three years with effect from September 23, 2021, till September 22, 2024.

The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari, inaugurated India’s first private Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility plant at Nagpur in Maharashtra, on July 11, 2021. The plant has been set up on Kamptee Road near Nagpur Jabalpur Highway, by Baidyanath Ayurvedic Group, the makers of Ayurvedic medicines..

Theme of 2021 World Population Day is ‘the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on fertility’.

Twitter has named Vinay Prakash as the Resident Grievance Officer (RGO) for India, as per the information updated on it’s website. Users can contact Vinay Prakash using an email ID listed on the page.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has formed a seven-member working group, to look into the compensation package for the domestic players and the other aspects of domestic cricket. The group will have the following members: Rohan Jaitley (North Zone), Yudhvir Singh (Central Zone), Jaydev Shah (West Zone), Devajit Saikia (North-East Zone), Avishek Dalmiya (East Zone), and Santosh Menon and Mohammed Azharuddin (South Zone).