Russia launches "Nauka" module to International Space Station.

  • A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying the new Nauka laboratory module for the International Space Station lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
  • The module's long-planned journey to the ISS will take eight days
  • And is expected to dock to the nadir port of Russia's Zvezda service module on July 29.



Perumkulam becomes 1st "village of books" in Kerala.

  • Perumkulam is a small Village in Kulakkada near Kottarakkara in Kollam District.
  • Bapuji Smarak Grandshala, a village library, is at the forefront of this effort to make it the first book village in the state.
  • The library instills a passion for reading by setting up bookshelves, or book nests, in different corners of the village.
  • Anyone can pick up, read and put back books from the Book Nest.
  • Perumkulam has 10 little boxes of 50 books each, one at every important junction.



"Telangana Dalit Bandhu" scheme for Dalit empowerment.

  • Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will launch his government's new Dalit empowerment scheme.
  • The scheme will be launched as a pilot project in Huzurabad constituency.
  • Under the scheme, eligible Dalit families will be given Rs 10 lakh in cash directly in their account.
  • The sanctioned amount will be deposited in the bank accounts of the eligible beneficiaries.



Mongolia, Tajikistan and Switzerland became the three new members of the ICC.

  • The International Cricket Council (ICC) welcomed its newest member countries, Mongolia, Tajikistan and Switzerland, to the 78th Annual General Meeting of the ICC.
  • The meeting, which was held virtually, welcomed Mongolia and Tajikistan as the 22nd and 23rd members of the Asia region,
  • while Switzerland is the 35th member of Europe, with the ICC now totaling 106 members, including 94 associates.



The book titled "Riding Free: An Olympic Journey" presented by HarperCollins Imtiaz Anees.

  • The story of an Indian equestrian rider and his Olympic dream.
  • This is the story of a young boy with an impossible dream—competing at the Olympics.
  • Imtiaz is the only Indian rider to have completed a three-day equestrian event at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000,
  • At the age of thirty, in an elite sport involving royalty and wealth and primarily the military in India.
  • A beautiful real life story of struggles, relationships, dreams and how Imtiaz overcomes all odds to reach his goal.

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