Current Affairs - 01 July 2021 - Daily Current Affairs for General Knowledge and to prepare for competitive exams

1. Bharti Group would invest $500 million to become the largest shareholder in the satellite communications company OneWeb.
2. Scientists have discovered new species of spiders in Maharashtra.
3. The central government has extended for another one year the tenure of Amitabh Kant, the CEO of NITI Aayog (National Institution for transforming India) till June 2022.
4. The US has announced an additional USD 41 million assistance to help India respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen the country's preparedness for future health emergencies.
5. The US has appointed Indian-American career diplomat, Atul Keshap, as country's Charge d'Affaires in Delhi.
6. Aditi Ashok has become the first female Indian golfer to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
7. The ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) has entered into a strategic partnership with RIL (Reliance Industries Limited) to join a new world-scale chlor-alkali, ethylene dichloride, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production facility at TA'ZIZ in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi.
8. NXP Semiconductors N.V and Jio Platforms Ltd. (JPL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), have announced a collaboration to implement a 5G NR O-RAN small cell solution.
9. Researchers at IIT Madras have developed algorithms for drones to help study how fire behaves in space stations, shuttles and satellites.
10. The Assam Police has rolled out 3 initiatives that will strengthen its capabilities in the handling cyber crime and ensuring speedy delivery of services to the people.