US-based Space Exploration and Research Agency (SERA) and Blue Origin have partnered with India for their human spaceflight program.
They will offer six seats on a future New Shepard mission to citizens from countries with limited space presence.
New Shepard, a reusable suborbital rocket, will take the selected astronauts on an 11-minute journey past the Kármán line, the internationally recognized space boundary at 100 km.
3. Which organization has recently captured an epic view of the largest volcano in our solar system named Olympus Mons using the Mars Odyssey orbiter? – NASA
The Under-23 Asian Wrestling Championship 2024 was held in Amman, Jordan where India topped the competition by winning a total of eight medals.
Young Indian wrestlers won four gold, two silver and two bronze medals in freestyle wrestling.
Abhimanyu in the 70 kg category, Jointy Kumar in the 92 kg category, Sahil Jaglan in the 97 kg category and Anirudh Kumar in the 125 kg category won the gold medal.
6. Who has been appointed as batting coach and mentor by Royal Challengers Bangalore? – Dinesh Karthik
IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore has appointed former India wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik as batting coach and mentor.
Dinesh Karthik has played 257 matches in the IPL, representing five franchises Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab and RCB.
Playing for India, Karthik scored 1,752 runs in 94 ODIs and hit nine half-centuries.
7. Which Indian chess player won the Lyon Masters Chess Championship – 2024? – Viswanathan Anand
The Indian Army contingent is participating in the 13th edition of the India-Thailand Joint Military Exercise Maitree being held from July 1 to 15 at Fort Wachiraprakan in Tak Province, Thailand.
The last edition of this exercise was held in September 2019 at Umroi, Meghalaya.
Important Days & Weeks
10. When is World Sports Journalists Day celebrated every year? – 2 July
Every year, World Sports Journalists Day is celebrated on 2 July.
Many people who have special interest and deep passion towards sports and journalism often do ‘sports journalism’.
The International Sports Press Association (AIPS) established World Sports Journalists’ Day on 2 July to commemorate the founding day of AIPS as an organisation during the 1994 Summer Olympics in Paris.
State Current Affairs
11. In which state will South Asia’s largest flying training organization be established? – Maharashtra
On July 1, 2024, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu launched the ‘NTR Bharosa’ pension scheme ‘NTR Bharosa’ pension scheme is a social security scheme.
Under the scheme, pension ranging from Rs 4,000 to Rs 10,000 is provided to old age persons, widows, toddy pullers, weavers, single women, fishermen, traditional cobblers, transgenders and dappu artists.
Miscellaneous
13. Recently, which organization has approved a $1.5 billion loan to support India’s green hydrogen initiatives? – World Bank
The World Bank approved $1.5 billion to support India’s low-carbon energy development.
The funding will boost green hydrogen, electrolysers, and renewable energy.
This aligns with India’s National Green Hydrogen Mission and energy goals: achieving 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2070.
14. Project Nexus is related to which field? – Banking
