current affairs 03 July 2021 (In English)

Indian American "Abhimanyu Mishra" becomes the youngest Grandmaster in the world.

• Abhimanyu Mishra was born in 2009 in New Jersey.
• He became the youngest Grandmaster at the age of 12 years and 7 months.
• Mishra secured the highest title in chess by defeating 15-year-old Indian GM Leon Luke Mendonca.

Cabinet approves MoU signed between India and Republic of The Gambia on "Refurbishing Personnel Administration and Governance Reforms".

• The MoU will help in understanding the personnel administration of both the countries
• And enable in improving the system of governance through replicating, adapting
• and innovating some of the best practices and processes.
• The areas of cooperation under this MoU would include, but shall not be limited to:
  • Improving Performance Management System in Government.
  • Implementation of contributory Pension Scheme
  • E-recruitment in Government

NITI Aayog released report on "not-for-profit" hospital model in India.

• This study was conducted in the backdrop of low investment in expansion of health sector in private sector.
• The study provides insights into the operation model of not-for-profit hospitals.
• NITI Aayog highlights the growing disparity between hospitalisation cases in for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals.
• As per report, not-for-profit hospitals account for 1.1% of treated ailments, as of June 2018..
• For-profit hospitals account for 55.3% of in-patients. On the other hand, not-for-profit hospitals account for 2.7% of in-patients in India.
• NITI Aayog calls to strengthen not-for-profit hospitals by giving 100% income tax exemption for donations,
• Fast release of dues from government schemes and grants.

Regional Conference on "Good Governance Practices" was held in Srinagar.

• A two day Regional Conference on the theme "Replication of Good Governance Practices" was held in Srinagar.
• The conference was organized by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG).
• The conference took place at Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Center (SKICC) through semi-virtual mode.

India's 1st indigenous drone defense dome "Indrajal" has been developed by Hyderabad-based Green Robotics.

• The drone defence dome has the capability to autonomously protect an area of 1000-2000 sq km against the aerial threats
• By assessing and acting on aerial threats such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), loitering munitions, and Low- Radar Cross Section (RCS) targets.
• Salient features of Indrajaal
  • Real-time situational awareness
  • Integrated and Intelligent meshed network
  • Integrated all current weapons suite and infrastructure
  • Honeycombed cell structure for seamlessly built
  • Synergic combination of 9-10 technologies
  • 24×7 persistent and autonomous monitoring, action and tracking