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Daily GK Current Affairs News viable of 2nd August 2021. – Here is the Regular current affairs viable of 2nd August 2021. covering the following news headlines: Hungarian GP 2021, PV Sindhu, Lokmanya Tilak National Award, United Nations Security Council, G20 Culture Ministers’ Meeting.

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Economy News

GST Collections Touched ₹ 1.16 Lakh Crore In July 2021

Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections for July 2021 were ₹ 1.16 lakh crore, 33 per cent more than the corresponding period of last year. GST collections in July 2020 had stood at ₹ 87,422 crore, while sequentially they had stood at ₹ 92,849 crores in June this year.
According to figures released by Finance Ministry, gross GST revenue collected in July 2021 are ₹ 1,16,393 crore, out of which Central GST is ₹ 22,197 crores, State GST is ₹ 28,541 crore and Integrated GST is ₹ 57,864 crore (including ₹ 27,900 crores collected on import of goods) and cess of Rs 7,790 crore (including ₹ 815 crores collected on import of goods).

Business News

LIC Cards Services, IDBI Bank launch RuPay credit cards Lumine, Eclat

LIC Cards Services Limited (LIC-CSL) has partnered with IDBI Bank to launch ‘Lumine’ Platinum Credit Card and ‘Eclat’ Select Credit Card on RuPay platform.
The cards will initially be available to LIC policyholders, agents as well as employees of the corporation and its subsidiaries. The cards will offer a wide range of benefits to the users.
Lumine and Eclat cardholders will have a credit limit that suits their lifestyle. Cardholders will earn 3 ‘Delight’ points on every Rs 100 spent through Lumin Card and 4 points on Eclat Card.
The cards also offer the exclusive benefit of 2x Reward Points while paying LIC’s renewal insurance premium. The card also has a ‘Welcome Aboard’ offer for early customers.

Awards News

Cyrus Poonawalla wins Lokmanya Tilak National Award

Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, president of Pune-based vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII), has been selected for the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2021.
They have been named for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic, by manufacturing the Covishield vaccine. He will receive the award on August 13. The award consists of a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and a memento.
The Lokmanya Tilak national award is given annually since 1983 on August 1, the death anniversary of Lokmanya Tilak, by the Lokmanya Tilak Trust. However this year the date has been changed due to the coronavirus situation.

Sports News

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PV Sindhu Wins Bronze in Women’s Badminton at Tokyo Olympics

Ace Indian badminton player PV Sindhu won the bronze medal by defeating He Bingjiao of China in the women’s singles event at the Tokyo Olympics on August 01, 2021.
With this win, Sindhu created history by becoming the first Indian woman and only second Indian athlete to win two Olympic medals in individual events.
Earlier, she won a silver medal in women’s singles badminton at the 2016 Rio Olympics. This is India’s second medal in Tokyo Olympics 2020.

Esteban Ocon wins Hungarian GP 2021

Esteban Ocon, Alpine-Renault/France, has won the Hungarian Grand Prix 2021 held on August 01, 2021 at Hungaroring in Mogyorod, Hungary. This is Esteban Ocon’s first F1 race win.
Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin-Mercedes/Germany) finished second. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain) finished third.
With this win, he took the Formula One championship lead from Max Verstappen. Hungarian Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship.

Sri Lanka bowling all-rounder Isuru Udana retires from international cricket

Sri Lanka’s left-arm fast bowler all-rounder Isuru Udana has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect.
Udana had a very modest international career with sporadic appearances over 12 years, playing only 21 ODIs and 35 T20 Internationals with only 45 wickets to show for his efforts.
The left-arm medium-pacer had made his T20I debut in 2009 against Australia at the T20 World Cup in which Sri Lanka lost the final to Pakistan. His maiden ODI game came against India in 2012.

Obituaries News

World Masters gold medal winner Man Kaur passes away

Multiple World Masters Championship gold medalist and multiple Asian Masters Championship medalist athlete Mann Kaur, 105, passed away.
She started running and won her first medal at the Chandigarh Masters Athletics Meet in 2007, before winning gold medals in the 100m as well as the 200m race at the National Masters Athletics Meet in 2011.
Kaur would become the 100 m and 200 m champion in the World Masters Athletics Championships in the USA and was also adjudged the best athlete.
But it was her feat of becoming the champion in the 100 m in the 100+ category in the World Masters Athletics Championships in Auckland in 2017, which got her into the limelight.

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