DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 25TH JULY 2024

1) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Announced The New Scheme - 

PRADHAN MANTRI JANJATIYA UNNAT GRAM ABHIYAN ( PMJUGA) 

- Will Launch For Improving The Socio-economic Condition Of Tribal Communities. This Will Cover 63,000 Villages Benefitting 5 Crores Tribal People. 

2) 3 New Schemes Launched For Employment- Linked Incentives 

* FIRST TIMERS - 

A Direct Benefit Transfer ( DBT) Of One Month's Salary Upto Rs 15000 Will Be Provided In 3 Instalments 

* JOB CREATION IN MANUFACTRING 

Direct Incentives To Both Employee And Employer As Per EPFO Contribution In First 4 Years Of Employment 

* SUPPORT TO EMPLOYERS REIMBURSEMENT - 

Upto Rs 3000 Per Month For 2 Years Towards EPFO contributions fOR Each Additional Employee. 

3) The 16th Session Of The Conference Of The Parties To The UN Convention To Combat Desertification Will Be Held In Saudi Arabia On 2-13 December 2024.

4) Distinguished Economist And Former Professor Of Madras Christian College C T Kurien Passed Away.

5) Indusland Bank Launched The WRESTLE FOR GLORY To Empower Female Wrestler.

6) 21st Edition Of Khaan Quest 2024 Multinational Joint Military Exercise Held At Mongolia From 27th July to 9th August 2024.

7) The Bihar Assembly Passed The Anti Paper Leak Bill.

8) BJP MLA Bhawani Shankar Bhoi Has Been Appointed As The Deputy Speaker Of Odisha Assembly.

9) A Plane Was Crashed At Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal.

10) Indian Actor Shahrukh Khan Has Been Honoured With a Customized Coin Bearing His Name By The Grevin Wax Museum, Paris.

11) Oil India Limited And Numaligarh Refinery Limited Signed MoU To Establish Railway Connectivity For Crude Oil Transport 

12) 2003 IFS Mayank Joshi Has Been Appointed As The India's High Commissioner To The Commonwealth Of The Bahamas.

13) Ronald L Rowe Junior Has Appointed AS The Acting Chief Of US Secret Service.

14) DRDO Successfully Tested Fire Its Interceptor Missile From Abdul Kalam Island & Interceptor Prithvi-2 Nuclear Ballistic Missile  From Chandipur, Odisha.

15) Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav Announced Budget For Railways Infrastructure - 

2582 Crores For Delhi 

2,698 Crores For Himachal Pradesh 

3,383 Crores For Haryana

3,694 Crores For Jammu and Kashmir

5,147 Crores For Punjab 

5,336 Crores For Telengana 

5,131 Crores For Uttarakhand

7,559 Crores For Karnataka

8,743 Crores For Gujarat 

9,151 Crores For Andhra Pradesh

9,959 Crores For Rajasthan 

10,033 Crores For Bihar 

10,586 Crores For Odisha

10,376 Crores For North East

13,941 Crores For West Bengal 

14,738 Crores For Madhya Pradesh 

15,940 Crores For Maharashtra 

19,848 Crores For Uttar Pradesh

16) Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Sekhawat Has Unveiled a Commemorative Stamp To Honour Veteran Singer Mukesh On His 100th Birth Anniversary.

17) India Ranked 82 In Henley Passport Index 2024.

( Singapore Ranked one)

18) India Has Secured A Contract To Operate Mongla Port In Bangaldesh.

19) Nita Ambani Has Reelected As IOC Member.