Weekly Current Affairs - 4th Week July 2024

25th - 31st July 2024

CURRENT AFFAIRS

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  1. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the 7th budget of her consecutive tenure

● On July 23, 2024

● Previously, Morarji Desai presented the Union Budget for six times consecutively

  1. The Supreme Court has again refused to conduct the

● ‘NEET UG 2024’ examination

  1. The Arunachal Pradesh Assembly has unanimously passed the

● Arunachal Pradesh Public Examination Bill, 2024

● Any person convicted of an offence under the Public Examination Bill, 2024 will be punished with imprisonment up to not less than three years and with a fine of up to one crore rupees

  1. India has qualified for the semi-finals by defeating 'Nepal' by 82 runs

● In Women's Asia Cup T-20 cricket

  1. New Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Bank

● Krishnan Venkat Subramanian

  1. The President of the ‘Institute of Cost Accountants of India’ (ICMAI)

● Vibhuti Bhushan Nayak

  1. Green charcoal plant will be set up in ‘Haryana’ by

● NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited

  1. Azerbaijan has announced the launch of

● ‘Climate Finance Action Fund’

● To help developing countries fight climate change

  1. India has been ranked ‘82nd’ in the ranking of

● Henley Passport Index (Henley Passport Index 2024)

  1. The Delhi government has set a target of planting and distributing more than 64 lakh saplings in the capital under the

● Tree plantation campaign in the year 2024

● The government's plantation/distribution campaign will start from 11th July

  1. Reliance Foundation Chairperson Nita Ambani has been unanimously re-elected as a member of the

● International Olympic Committee (IOC), ahead of the Paris Olympics

  1. The Grevin Museum in Paris has released a 'golden coin' in honour of Bollywood actor

● Shahrukh Khan

● Now he became the first Indian actor to receive such an honour there

  1. Bullfighting is banned in

● Colombia

  1. The new Prime Minister of Estonia

● Kristen Michael

  1. Indian women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has become the highest run scorer for India in

● T20 cricket

  1. The northeastern state of Meghalaya has launched its OTT platform

● Hello Meghalaya

● To promote filmmakers and musicians from the state

  1. ‘Durbar Hall’ and ‘Ashoka Hall’ in Rashtrapati Bhavan have been renamed as

● ‘Ganatantra Mandap’ and ‘Ashoka Mandap’ respectively

  1. The 33rd Summer Olympics will be held in Paris, the capital of France

● From 26 July to 11 August 2024 in France

  1. ‘Jiyo Parsi Scheme’ is being run by the Central Government

● To increase the population of Parsis

  1. Indian Army contingent left for multinational military exercise

● ‘Khan Quest’ in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on July 25

● Scheduled to run from July 27 to August 9, 2024

● One woman officer and two women soldiers are also part of the contingent

  1. The orientation program of ‘Centre for Independence and Partition Studies’ (CIPS) was organised in

● Delhi University on 25th July

  1. Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Jayant Chaudhary has launched the

● ‘Model Skill Loan Scheme’ in New Delhi

● The scheme aims to empower the country's future-ready workforce

● Under the scheme, education and upskilling opportunities will be provided to 25 thousand youth across the country

  1. Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has launched the frigate

● INS Triput

  1. Myanmar's Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing has been given the responsibility of

● Acting President

  1. National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval has addressed the

● BIMSTEC meeting in Naypyidaw, Myanmar

  1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the 9th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog

● On July 27 at the Cultural Center of Rashtrapati Bhavan

  1. The statue of Kargil hero ‘Captain Haneef uddin’ has been unveiled at his school in

● Kerala

  1. Veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur has been appointed

● The festival director for the India International Film Festival (IFFI) for the 55th and 56th editions in Goa

  1. The ‘Charaideo Maidam’ of Assam have been awarded the

● 43rd UNESCO World Heritage Site status in the cultural category

● The Charaideo Maidam is also the first ever such site for the northeastern region in the category of cultural property

  1. Hansraj College of Delhi University has celebrated its

● 77th foundation day on July 29, 2024

  1. India's first integrated agri-export service will be launched from

● Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai

  1. According to SOFI report, 55.6% of India's population cannot afford a

● Healthy diet

● State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024" (SOFI 2024)

● There are 194.6 million malnourished people in the country

● India remains home to nearly 194.6 million undernourished people- the highest in any country across the globe

  1. Mandela Heritage Sites in South Africa Got

● UNESCO heritage tag

  1. India has established Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)

● ADPC is an autonomous international organisation focused on disaster risk reduction and climate resilience in Asia and the Pacific region

● India and 8 countries Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand are the founding members of ADPC

  1. Gujarat to set up

● Gujarat State Institution for Transformation (GRIT) think tank modelled

● To improve quality of life and economic growth

  1. India sent prawns worth Rs 40,000 crore to

● America Exported

  1. ISRO and ESA have identified 375 metre

● Asteroid Apophis

● Apophis will come within 32,000 km of the Earth in 2029

  1. Sri Lanka has won the title of

● Women’s Asia Cup 2024

  1. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has been awarded the

● ‘Global Water Tech Award 2024’ for its environmental initiatives

  1. The Ministry of Education will celebrate the fourth anniversary of the implementation of the

● National Education Policy, 2020 along with the All India Education Summit, 2024 at the ‘Manekshaw Center Auditorium’ in New Delhi on July 29

  1. UNESCO has included 24 new heritage sites -19 cultural, 4 natural, and 1 mixed site in the World Heritage List at

● Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi

  1. The Supreme Court will organise a special Lok Adalat week from

● July 29 to August 3,2024

  1. The country of 'Laos' in SouthEast Asia has issued a postage stamp with the picture of

● Lord Ram and Lord Buddha

  1. Shooting player Manu Bhaker has won the bronze medal in the final match of the

● Women's 10 metre air pistol event at the Paris Olympics 2024

  1. Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has been honoured with the prestigious

● Lifetime Achievement Award

  1. IIT Kharagpur has honoured Google CEO Sundar Pichai with

● An honorary doctorate degree

  1. ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’ (Kargil Vijay Diwas 2024) is celebrated in India on

● 26th July

  1. World Hepatitis Day on

● 28th July

● Theme24 : “It's time for action”

● Dr Baruch Blumberg who discovered the hepatitis B virus (HBV)

● As per WHO, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal & Thailand achieved Hepatitis B control.

● Target elimination of Hepatitis C by 2030

● The liver disease Hepatitis-B is caused by-DNA Virus

● There is no vaccine for hepatitis C

  1. The 85th Raising Day of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will be celebrated in India on

● 27th July

  1. World Nature Conservation Day is celebrated on

● 28th July

● It is celebrated with an objective to increase awareness about natural resources and protect them

  1. ‘World Drowning Prevention Day’ is celebrated across the world on

● 25th July

  1. International Tiger Day is celebrated on

● 29th July

● Tiger's scientific name : Panthera tigris

● Project Tiger started in 1973

● Total tiger reserve in India : 53

  1. International Day of Friendship is celebrated on

● 30th July

● Theme24 : Highlight the importance of friendship and its positive effects on people and communities

● Celebrated across the globe on July 30, 2022, the day aims to bridge the gaps between factors such as race, language and culture

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