current affairs 09 July 2021 (In English)

The Bengal Legislative Assembly passed a resolution to form a "Legislative Council".

Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) government passed a resolution in state assembly
For creation of a legislative council in state under Article 169 of Constitution.
The resolution was passed with 196 votes in favour and 69 against it.
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly has a strength of 294 members but only 265 were present during the voting.
West Bengal's upper house, Legislative Council was abolished in 1969 by the coalition government of Left parties
As it was considered a symbol of elitism.

FASTag or Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based parking facility to reduce the time for entry and payment.
The parking facility was launched by Dr Mangu Singh, Managing Director of DMRC,
In the presence of senior officials of DMRC and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
As part of the Multi-Model Integration (MMI) initiative,
Dedicated Intermediate Public Transport (IPT) lanes for autos, taxis and r-Rickshaws were also inaugurated at the station.

The new site will be a place for writers and podcasters to publish content and build a subscriber base.
Bulletin offers a set of publishing and subscription tools that creators can use to share their articles with readers.
The creators have the option to share their content directly with readers or across Facebook.

MandateHQ – a payment interface that will help card-issuing banks to enable recurring payments for its customers.
Razorpay, which is backed by Sequoia Capital, GIC, and others, aims to integrate MandateHQ with more than 50 banks in the next 12 months.
MandateHQ will also enable businesses and fintechs, especially subscription-based businesses, to get access to a wider customer base,
Who use debit cards, as recurring payments were mostly supported via credit cards previously

Neha Parikh, the former Indian-American president of the travel website Hotwire,
has been appointed as the new CEO of Waze, a crowd-sourced navigation app and a subsidiary of tech giant Google.
Waze currently has over 140 million active monthly users in more than 185 countries who drive more than 24 billion miles every month.
The 41-year-old Neha replaces Noam Bardin,
Who stepped down as the CEO in November 2020,
After leading the Israeli company for 12 years.