Current Affairs - 27 July 2021

Oneliner Current Affairs

 At which place, the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will build India’s first ‘green hydrogen’ plant? -- Mathura Refinery
 What is the name of Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin spacecraft that travelled past the Kármán line - boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space; after Richard Branson founded Virgin Galactic’s space plane V.S.S. Unity did the same? -- New Shepard
 Name the Oxygen Rationing Device developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) that supplies a required volume of oxygen to the patient during inhalation and trips when the patient exhales CO2? -- AMLEX
 Which scheme of the Government of India that facilitates loans to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and women borrowers, to promote entrepreneurship has been extended up to the year 2025 recently? -- ‘Stand Up India Scheme’
 Which country recently test-fired its new S-500 air defence missile systems? -- Russia
 Which village of Kutch district in Gujarat has come out with a unique idea of holding Balika Panchayat that were successfully held recently? -- Kunariya Village
 Which country has recently ended male guardian requirement for women attending hajj, to which India had in 2017 announced the same rule? -- Saudi Arabia
 Under the National Pension System (NPS), the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in pension fund management has been hiked from 49% to  -- 74%
 Name the Chinese translator of Sudhanshu Mittal’s book on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) - “RSS: Building India Through SEWA”, which talks of RSS”s history, ideology and policies, and their subsequent impact on the nation? -- Jack Bo
 Name the former India goalkeeper who stood out against Pele-led Cosmos Club in an exhibition match in 1977 selected for Mohun Bagan Ratna posthumously? -- Shibaji Banerjee
 Which two shortlisted Indian applicant companies have been issued Request of Proposal (RFP) by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the first acquisition programme under the Strategic Partnership Model for construction of six AIP fitted Conventional Submarines inder Project 75(India) [P-75(I)] for the Indian Navy? -- Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and Larsen & Tubro (L&T)