Current Affairs,July 2024

31st July-2024, Current Affairs:

• Till now at least 143 people have died and about 186 others were injured after a series of landslides hit Kerala's Wayanad district amid heavy rain yesterday.
• Prime Minister of Vietnam, Pham Minh Chinh has arrived in New Delhi for a three-day state visit to India.
• India defeated Sri Lanka in the final T20 International Cricket, making a clean sweep of the three-match series.
• Iran's newly-elected President Masoud Pezeshkian today took the oath of office before the Parliament to formally start his four-year term.

30th July-2024, Current Affairs:

• Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh clinches the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team shooting event against South Korea on Day 4 of the Paris Olympics 2024. Manu Bhaker becomes first athlete in history of independent India to win two medals in a single Olympics edition.
• At least 43 people have died and hundreds are feared trapped after three landslides hit Kerala's Wayanad district in four hours amid heavy rain.
• Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has won a third term with 51 per cent of the vote.

28th July-2024, Current Affairs:

• Shooter Manu Bhaker clinched India's first medal of the Paris Olympics 2024, striking bronze in Women's 10m Air Pistol final at the Chatearoux Shooting Center.
• President Droupadi Murmu has appointed new Governors in different States. Former Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde has been appointed Governor of Rajasthan. Former Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura Jishnu Dev Varma has been appointed Governor of Telangana. Former Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan Om Prakash Mathur appointed as Governor of Sikkim. Former Union Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar has been appointed as Governor of Jharkhand. Former Lok Sabha MP from Assam Ramen Deka appointed as Governor of Chhattisgarh.
• The Charaideo Maidam, also spelled moidam, located in eastern Assam, has been included on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list as a cultural property. Similar to the pyramids of Egypt, these maidams are earthen burial mounds erected for members of the Ahom royalty, whose 600-year reign was brought to an end by the British takeover of the region. The Charaideo Maidam is the first site from northeastern India and the 43rd from India to be recognized as a World Heritage Site. Assam also has two other sites listed in the natural category: Kaziranga National Park and Manas National Park, both of which have been upgraded to tiger reserves.

26th July-2024, Current Affairs:

• Kargil Vijay Diwas, observed today to honours the bravery and sacrifice of Indian soldiers in the Kargil War of 1999. Additionally, it also commemorates the country’s victory over Pakistan in the Kargil War of 1999 and marks the successful culmination of Operation Vijay.
• President Droupadi Murmu has renamed two important halls of Rashtrapati Bhavan – ‘Durbar Hall’ and ‘Ashok Hall’ – as ‘Ganatantra Mandap’ and ‘Ashok Mandap’ respectively. The decision was taken to make the ambience of the stately building reflect Indian cultural values and ethos.
• The Paris Olympics 2024 will be officially launched on Friday with an opening ceremony in the French capital. For the first time in the event’s history, the opening ceremony will not be staged inside an Olympic stadium. Instead, the Parisian spectacle will be staged on the city’s main river, the Seine.

25th July-2024, Current Affairs:

• The latest ranking released by the Henley Passport Index puts India's passport at the 82nd spot, allowing Indians visa-free entry to 58 countries. Singapore passport has been named the world's most powerful passport, offering visa-free access to 195 countries, as per the list. France, Italy, Germany and Spain tied with Japan in second place, providing passport holders access to 192 countries.
• In the Paris Olympics 2024, India's journey will begin today, a day before the Opening Ceremony. A 117-member strong Indian contingent begins its journey in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, with the hopes of bettering the previous edition's tally of 7.

23rd July-2024, Current Affairs:

• The International Olympic Committee Executive Board has decided to award India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra with the Olympic Order for his outstanding services to the Olympic Movement.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024-25 in the Lok Sabha today. It is the first Budget of the Narendra Modi government in its third term.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman makes history by presenting her seventh consecutive Union Budget today, surpassing the record of six budgets held by former Finance Minister Morarji Desai.
• In the budget the standard deduction for those under new regime raised from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000. New tax slabs - No tax up to Rs 3 lakh, Rs 3-7 lakh at 5%, Rs 7-10 lakh at 10%, Rs 10-12 lakh at 15%, Rs 12-15 lakh at 20% and above Rs 15 lakh 30%. Salaried employee in New Tax Regime stands to save up to Rs 17,500 in income tax based on changes.

22nd July-2024, Current Affairs:

• Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee.
• The Budget Session of Parliament begins today. The Session which will conclude on August 12th, will have 16 sittings.
• Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has added 19.50 lakh net members in May this year.
• Bangladesh Supreme Court scrapped most of the quota in the government jobs that sparked countrywide clashes between police and university students claiming over 100 lives.
• In Swedish Open Tennis, Nuno Borges of Portugal defeated Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the final, 6-3, 6-2, to win the men's singles tennis title at Bastad in Sweden.
• India's Yuki Bhambri and his French partner Albano Olivett clinched the men's doubles title at the Swiss Open ATP Tour tennis tournament defeating French pair of Ugo Humbert and Fabrice Martin in the final.
• National Flag Day in India is celebrated annually today to commemorate the historic day when the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the present-day tricolour flag as the official National Flag of the country.

21st July-2024, Current Affairs:

• Guru Purnima, also known as Vyasa Purnima, is being celebrated today.
• In Bangladesh, Violent clashes between anti-quota protesters and security forces have resulted in the killing of at least 104 and injuring over 2,500 people so far.
• The All India Football Federation has appointed current FC Goa coach Manolo Marquez as the new manager of the Indian men's senior team.

19th July-2024, Current Affairs:

• Millions of people around the globe have been affected by widespread Microsoft software outage. It has impacted IT network of multiple businesses, banking services and international airlines worldwide.
• Vinay Mohan Kwatra was on Friday appointed India's next Ambassador to the United States.
• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was elected for a second term.

17th July-2024, Current Affairs:

• The Ashoora-e-Muharram is being observed across the country today.
• Minister of State for Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated Asia’s first health research-related “Pre-clinical Network facility” at the Translational Health Science & Technology Institute” (THSTI), Faridabad.
• The Government has revised the composition of NITI Aayog. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has been included as an Ex-Officio Member along with Home Minister Amit Shah, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
• Former US President Donald Trump has been officially nominated as Republican presidential candidate.

15th July-2024, Current Affairs:

• Carlos Alcaraz successfully defended his Wimbledon men's singles title after beating Novak Djokovic in straight sets 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4) at the Centre Court.
• Spain beat England 2-1 in the final of the European Football Championships, Euro 2024.
• Argentina clinched the Copa America 2024 title with a 1-0 win over Colombia. Also Lionel Messi became the most decorated player in football history with 45 trophies.
• Sabeera Haris won the bronze medal for India in the Shotgun Junior World Cup in Italy.
• World Youth Skills Day is observed today.
• Nepal President Ram Chandra Paudel appointed Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist chairman KP Sharma Oli as the next Prime Minister.

14th July-2024, Current Affairs:

• The Congress and All India Trinamool Congress have won four seats each out of the 13 assembly seats that went to polls on Wednesday across seven states. BJP candidates have won two seats, while AAP and DMK won one seat each.
• Barbara Krejcikova won her second Grand Slam title, and her very first Wimbledon after beating Jasmine Paolini in the final, at Centre Court by 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.
• India will organize the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit from 20th to 24th November in Goa.
• Former US President Donald Trump has been injured in a shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania last night.

13th July-2024, Current Affairs:

• The veteran England speedster James Anderson has signed off from international cricket with his 704th and final Test wicket, ending a glittering 21-year career. Anderson claimed three second-innings wickets in his 188th and final Test to end up with 704 in his career, third on the all-time list behind Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and Shane Warne (708).
• The second phase of construction of the “world’s largest Ramayan temple” began in East Champaran district of Bihar. The construction of the three-storey temple, spread over an area of 3.76 lakh sq.ft., began in June 2023 and is expected to be complete in 2025.
• Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda was sworn in for a second five-year term yesterday.
• Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, 'Prachanda' lost top executive post after failing to secure a vote of confidence in the parliament.

12th July-2024, Current Affairs:

• Nagaland won the ‘Best State in Horticulture Award 2024’ in the Agriculture Leadership Awards.
• England all-rounder Ben Stokes become the third player and first England player to secure a double of 6,000-plus runs and 200-plus wickets in Test cricket. Stokes accomplished this feat against West Indies in the first Test of the three-match series at Lord's.

10th July-2024, Current Affairs:

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Austria last evening. This is the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Austria in over 40 years. Indira Gandhi was the last Indian Prime Minister to visit the country in 1983.
• Gautam Gambhir has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian men's cricket team.
• India recently got a new light tank called the “Zorawar.” It is a big addition to their military and is meant to help them fight better in difficult terrains and at high elevations.
• Elisa de Anda Madrazo of Mexico has taken over as head of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) until June 2026.
• Olympic medallist Gagan Narang replaced boxing legend Mary Kom as the Chef-de-Mission of India’s Paris 2024 Olympics contingent.
• Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and table tennis ace Achanta Sharath Kamal will be India's flag-bearers for the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024.

9th July-2024, Current Affairs:

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi co chair the 22nd Annual Summit between India and Russia with Russia President Vladimir Putin in Moscow today.
• Maharashtra won the Best Agriculture State Award for 2024 by the 15th Agriculture Leadership Awards Committee.
• India ranks fifth in Generative AI (GenAI) innovations, trailing behind China, the US, Republic of Korea, and Japan. India has filed only 1,350 patents around this buzzing technology from 2014 to 2023 ranking fifth after China (38,210), US (6,276), Republic of Korea (4,155), and Japan (3,409) when it comes to total number of GenAI inventions patented.

7th July-2024, Current Affairs:

• Tamil Writer Sivashankari wins the National Literary Award for her contributions to Tamil literature.
• Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won a runoff presidential election against Saeed Jalili.
• Rachel Reeves becomes Britain’s First Woman Finance Minister after the Labour Party lost to the Conservatives.

5th July-2024, Current Affairs:

• Keir Starmer's Labour Party scored a landslide victory in the UK general elections. Led by Keir Starmer, the Labour Party has crossed the majority mark of 326 in the 650-member House of Commons. Rishi Sunak's party has managed to win just 60 seats.
• India Becomes the First Country to Prepare Full List of Fauna: India has launched the “Fauna of India Checklist Portal” which lists 1,04,561 species.
• Viswanathan Anand has won his 10th title at the Leon Masters in Spain after beating Jaime Santos Latasa 3-1 in the finals.

4th July-2024, Current Affairs:

• The flood situation in Assam further deteriorated with over 16.50 lakh population affected in 29 districts with the major rivers flowing above the danger level across the state.
• JMM leader Hemant Soren will take oath as Jharkhand Chief Minister on July 7 after Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan invited him to form government in the State.
• Dick Schoof was sworn in as the new Dutch Prime Minister.

2nd July-2024, Current Affairs:

• At least 116 people, including women and three children, were killed after a stampede broke out at a religious event in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras on Tuesday.
• In wrestling, India finished on top at the Under 23 Asian Wrestling Championship 2024, in Amman, Jordan. The young Indian grapplers clinched a total of eight medals in freestyle wrestling, including four gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

1st July-2024, Current Affairs:

• The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act from today.
• General Upendra Dwivedi took over as the next Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) from General Manoj Pande on Sunday. The 30th Chief of the Indian Army belongs to the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles and was Vice Chief of Army Staff from February this year. He hails from Madhya Pradesh and has studied in Sainik School Rewa (MP).
• India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Sunday announced his retirement from T20 internationals. Having made his debut in T20Is against Sri Lanka back in 2009, he played 74 matches, scoring 515 runs and taking 54 wickets.
• National Doctor’s Day is observed today. The theme for National Doctor's Day 2024 is “Healing Hands, Caring Hearts.”

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