Current Affair July 3, 2021 at 07:48AM

Daily one liner current affairs:3 July 2021

1) 12-year-old Indian origin boy, Abhimanyu Mishra became the youngest-ever Grandmaster in chess.
➨Abhimanyu, who comes from New Jersey, broke the record of 12 years and 7 months set by GM Sergey Karjakin in 2002.
➨Abhimanyu, who is 12 years, 4 months, and 25 days, picked up his third GM norm in Budapest after having already crossed the 2500 Elo rating barrier. He achieved the feat at the Vezerkepzo GM Mix tournament in Budapest.

2) The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) and Intel India launched a first-of-its-kind initiative called ''Fund for Industrial Research Engagement'' (FIRE), that will enable Indians to pursue industry-relevant research in the areas of deep technologies.

3) Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launched the e-filing portal of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT).
➨The 'ITAT e-dwar' portal will enhance accessibility, accountability and transparency in day to day working of the ITAT.
✸Ministry of Communications and Information Technology :-
Founded - 19 July 2016
➠Headquarters - New Delhi
➠Departments: India Post and Department of Telecommunications
➠Cabinet Minister - Ravi Shankar Prasad,
➠Minister of State - Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre

4) With concerns mounting over the impact of climate change on Himalayan glaciers, the Ministry of Jal Shakti has released an updated atlas of glacial lakes that are part of the Ganga river basin.
➨About 4,707 glacial lakes have been mapped in the Ganga basin. Last December, a similar inventory of glacial lakes was prepared for the Indus river basin.

5) Aditi Sharma, 30, from Uttarkashi and Kajal from Dehradun have become first two transwomen in Uttarakhand to get their ‘official trans identity'. They were born in a male body but experienced constant surge in female hormones.
Uttarakhand CM :- Tirath Singh Rawat
Governor :- Baby Rani Maurya
➨Asan Conservation Reserve
➨Country's first moss garden
➨Country's first Pollinator Park
➨Integrated Model Agriculture Village Scheme
➨Rajaji Tiger Reserve
➨Jim Corbett National Park

6) Swashbuckling India opener Shafali Verma became the youngest player from the country to make debuts across all formats, when India took on England in the first ODI in Bristol.

7) Noted journalist P. Sainath has been selected as one of the three recipients of the Fukuoka Prize for 2021.
➨Mr. Sainath will receive the ‘Grand Prize’ of the Fukuoka Prize while the Academic Prize and the Prize for Arts and Culture will go to Prof. Kishimoto Mio of Japan and filmmaker Prabda Yoon of Thailand.

8) In Ladakh, Cooperative Banking Service with Micro ATMs where both deposition and withdrawal of cash can be availed by the users will be introduced in far-flung areas.
➨Hemis National Park is a high altitude national park in Ladakh.
➨Ladakh (UT) - Shri Radha Krishna Mathur (Lieutenant Governor)
➨Jammu and Kashmir (UT) - Shri Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor)

9) Justice Ravi Malimath, senior-most judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, has been appointed Acting Chief Justice.
Himachal Pradesh :-
CM :- Jai Ram Thakur
Governor :- Bandaru Dattatreya
➠Kinnaura tribe , Lahaule Tribe, Gaddi Tribe and Gujjar Tribe
➠Sankat Mochan Temple.
➠Tara Devi Temple
➠Great Himalayan National Park
➠Pin Valley National Park
➠Simbalbara National Park
➠Inderkilla National Park

10) In a first in India, Uttarakhand inaugurated 'Bharat Vatika' which has the state trees of 28 Indian provinces and five Union Territories.
➨ Established in a one-acre area in Haldwani of Nainital district, the Vatika aims is to promote national integration with the display of magnificent bio-diversity of the country.

11) Olympic-bound Rahi Sarnobat displayed sensational form to clinch the women's 25m pistol gold medal at the ISSF shooting World Cup but teen sensation Manu Bhaker ended seventh in the same event.