Canada on July 19, 2021, announced that the ban on passenger flights from India will be extended till August 21, 2021, due to the Delta variant of COVID-19.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) inducted Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Switzerland as members at its 78th Annual General Meeting. Mongolia and Tajikistan as the 22nd and 23rd members of the Asia region.
Bank of Maharashtra and the National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU is to boost ongoing developmental initiatives linked to priority sector lending in Maharashtra.
China has reported the 1st human infection case with the Monkey B virus (BV). Monkey B virus is an alphaherpesvirus enzootic (endemic) in macaques, and it was initially isolated in 1932.
At the recent 47th G7 summit, the G7 (Group of Seven) Countries proposed a 'Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative to counter China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).