Weekly Current Affairs - 4th Week July 2024
25th - 31st July 2024
CURRENT AFFAIRS
8/4/20244 min read
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
The Supreme Court has again refused to conduct the
● ‘NEET UG 2024’ examination
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
India has qualified for the semi-finals by defeating 'Nepal' by 82 runs
● In Women's Asia Cup T-20 cricket
New Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Bank
● Krishnan Venkat Subramanian
The President of the ‘Institute of Cost Accountants of India’ (ICMAI)
● Vibhuti Bhushan Nayak
Green charcoal plant will be set up in ‘Haryana’ by
● NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited
Azerbaijan has announced the launch of
● ‘Climate Finance Action Fund’
● To help developing countries fight climate change
India has been ranked ‘82nd’ in the ranking of
● Henley Passport Index (Henley Passport Index 2024)
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
Reliance Foundation Chairperson Nita Ambani has been unanimously re-elected as a member of the
● International Olympic Committee (IOC), ahead of the Paris Olympics
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
Bullfighting is banned in
● Colombia
The new Prime Minister of Estonia
● Kristen Michael
Indian women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has become the highest run scorer for India in
● T20 cricket
The northeastern state of Meghalaya has launched its OTT platform
● Hello Meghalaya
● To promote filmmakers and musicians from the state
‘Durbar Hall’ and ‘Ashoka Hall’ in Rashtrapati Bhavan have been renamed as
● ‘Ganatantra Mandap’ and ‘Ashoka Mandap’ respectively
The 33rd Summer Olympics will be held in Paris, the capital of France
● From 26 July to 11 August 2024 in France
‘Jiyo Parsi Scheme’ is being run by the Central Government
● To increase the population of Parsis
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
The orientation program of ‘Centre for Independence and Partition Studies’ (CIPS) was organised in
● Delhi University on 25th July
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
Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has launched the frigate
● INS Triput
Myanmar's Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing has been given the responsibility of
● Acting President
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval has addressed the
● BIMSTEC meeting in Naypyidaw, Myanmar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the 9th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog
● On July 27 at the Cultural Center of Rashtrapati Bhavan
The statue of Kargil hero ‘Captain Haneef uddin’ has been unveiled at his school in
● Kerala
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
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
Hansraj College of Delhi University has celebrated its
● 77th foundation day on July 29, 2024
India's first integrated agri-export service will be launched from
● Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai
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
Mandela Heritage Sites in South Africa Got
● UNESCO heritage tag
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
Gujarat to set up
● Gujarat State Institution for Transformation (GRIT) think tank modelled
● To improve quality of life and economic growth
India sent prawns worth Rs 40,000 crore to
● America Exported
ISRO and ESA have identified 375 metre
● Asteroid Apophis
● Apophis will come within 32,000 km of the Earth in 2029
Sri Lanka has won the title of
● Women’s Asia Cup 2024
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has been awarded the
● ‘Global Water Tech Award 2024’ for its environmental initiatives
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
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
The Supreme Court will organise a special Lok Adalat week from
● July 29 to August 3,2024
The country of 'Laos' in SouthEast Asia has issued a postage stamp with the picture of
● Lord Ram and Lord Buddha
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
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has been honoured with the prestigious
● Lifetime Achievement Award
IIT Kharagpur has honoured Google CEO Sundar Pichai with
● An honorary doctorate degree
‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’ (Kargil Vijay Diwas 2024) is celebrated in India on
● 26th July
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
The 85th Raising Day of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will be celebrated in India on
● 27th July
World Nature Conservation Day is celebrated on
● 28th July
● It is celebrated with an objective to increase awareness about natural resources and protect them
‘World Drowning Prevention Day’ is celebrated across the world on
● 25th July
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
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