Daily Current Affairs MCQ - July 18, 2021 - UPSC MCQ

The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Minister of Electronics & Information Technology  Shri Ashwini Vaishnav jointly launched a digital platform ‘Kisan Sarathi’ to help farmers in getting ‘right information at right time’ in their desired language. 

The annual state festival ‘Bonalu’ began on July 11, 2021 in Telangana. It is celebrated in the month of Ashada Masam which falls in July/August. The Hindu Festival is celebrated in Twin Cities Hyderabad, Secunderabad and other parts of Telangana to worship Goddess Mahakali.

Nelson Mandela International Day (also Mandela Day) is held every year on July 18 globally to honour the legacy of the late President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela. The day 18 July marks the birth anniversary of the great South African leader, who was born in 1918.

A virtual trilateral table top exercise, TTX-2021, among the top defence officials from India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives was held from July 14 to July 15, 2021.

Former President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain has passed away after a prolonged illness. He was 80. He served as the 12th President of Pakistan between September 2013 and September 2018.

The Indian Navy received the first two MH-60R Multi Role Helicopters (MRH) from the United States Navy on July 16, 2021, at Naval Air Station in North Island, San Diego. In February 2020, the Indian Navy and the US Navy had signed Rs 15,157 crore ($2.13 billion) deal to buy 24 MH-60 Romeo helicopters, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, under foreign military sales from the US government.

The Zurich Airport International has signed a shareholder agreement with the Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL)  in Lucknow for the development of the Noida International Airport at Jewar.

The first-ever pod taxi service in India is soon to start running between the upcoming Noida International Greenfield Airport (or Jewar Airport) and Noida Film City in Greater Noida, having a distance of around 14 km.

The Science Exploration Day (also called Moon Day) is marked every year on 20 July.

Former RBI governor Bimal Jalan has written a new book titled ‘The India Story’, which focuses on India’s economic history and aims to provide lessons for the future of India’s political economy.