DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 3RD JULY 2024

International Plastic Bag Free Day - 3rd July 

1) India Overtakes Brazil And Indonesia To Become 3rd Largest Domestic Air Market In The World. 

2) 2011 batch IAS Officer Amit Kishore Has Been Appointed As Private Secretary To Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. 

3) Saudi Arabia Announced Discovery Of 7 New Oil And Natural Gas Deposits. 

4) Union Minister Of Forest Bhupendra Yadav Launched a Portal Documenting Indian Fauna: 641 New Faunal Species Recorded In 2023. ( Overall 104,561 Faunal Species) 

5) India Finishes Its Campaign With 8 Medals Including 4 Gold, 2 Silver And 2 Bronze At Under 23 Asian Wrestling Championship 2024. 

6) The Upcoming COP16 For Environment Will Host By Cali Colombia. 

7) Germany's Astrid Schomaker Assumed As Executive Secretary in Montreal ( UN BIODIVERSITY). 

8) External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar To Lead In 24th Edition Of SCO Summit 2024 At Astana, In Khazakasthan. 

9) Albanian Novelist And Poet Ismail Kadare Passed Away. 

10) A Hurricane BERYL Has Raised In Eastern Mexico And Caribbean. 

11) 16th Edition Of Joint Military Exercise NAMADIC ELEPHANT Between Indian Army And Mongolian Army Will Conduct From 3rd To 16th July At Umroi, Meghalaya. 

12) Hungary Has Taken Over The Rotating Presidency Of The Council Of The European Union ( EU) For 6 Months. 

13) Chief Justice Of India DY Chandrachud Has Laid Foundation Stone Of Court Complexes At Shashtri Park. 

14) Maharashtra Postal Circle Unveiled a Special Cancellation Stamp In Honour Of India's Victory In ICC T20I World Cup 2024. 

15) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Launched A Special Campaign For Redressal Of Family Pension Grievance's To Empower Widows, Unmarried And Divorced Daughter.

16) The Reserve Bank Of India Has Joined The Project NEXUS.

( It Is An International Initiative To Enable Instant Cross Border Retail Payments By Interlinking Domestic Fast Payment Systems (FPSs).

17) Surgeon Rear Admiral Ajith Gopinath Has Assumed As Command Medical Officer At Eastern Naval Command.

18) Mrs Sunita Dwivedi Has Took over As 24th President Of Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA).

19) Western Sydney University Ranked Topped Universities For Gender Equality 2024 

( 2nd Spot - Institut Mines Telecom Business School)

( 3rd - The Women University Multan)

20) Borneo Elephants Have Been Classified As Endangered On The IUCN Red List.

21) Digital India Completed 9 Years In India.

22) Professor Anand T N C Department Of Mechanical Engineer, IIT Palakkad Has  Received The Norman Chigier Award 2023 For The Outstanding Accomplishment As A Reviewer For Atomization And Sprays.

23) Chinese Badminton Player Zhang Zhi jie Passed Away.

24) Singapore To Host FIDE World Championship 2024.

25) INDIA Belarus Hold The First Consular Dialogue.

26) The First Meeting Of The Women Parliamentarian As Part Of P-20 Summit Held At Brazil.

27) Dr Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit Has Been Appointed As The India's Next High Commissioner To The Republic Of Montserrat.

28) The Uttar Pradesh State Government Has Launched The 2nd Phase Of The DASTAK Campaign To Combat Infections Disease. ( which is Actually Launched in 2017) 

29) The International Astronomical Federation (IAF) Host The 6th International Space Forum At Manama, Baharain.

30) Researchers From Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Has Discovered A New Species Of Forest Dwelling Horned Frog In Arunachal Pradesh's Talle Wildlife Sanctuary.

( Xenophrys Apatani)

( It Has Been Named After Dominat Apatani community Of Subaru District In Arunachal Pradesh).

31) Mrs Komal Seth Assumed As Southern Star AWWA.

32) Indian Actor Shahrukh Khan To Be Honoured With Locarno Film Festival Career Award.

33) Team India Deaf Team Has Won The Bilateral Series Against England Deaf Team.

34) Raghubar Das, Governor Of Odisha Has Attend The Silver Jubilee Celebration Of Magazine KADAMBINI (Odia Language).

35) 13.89 Billion Transaction Done Through UPI In June 2024.

36) Senior IAS Officer Aditya Mohapatra Has Been Appointed As The Private Secretary To Former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik.

37) Dick Schoof Has Been Sworn In As New Prime Minister Of Nederlands.

38) India's Female Paralympic Deepa Mallik Has Received The SPECIAL RECOGNITION Award At 6th Annual UK- India Awards 2024 At IGF London.

39) Padman Of India Arunachalam Muruganantham Has Been Honoured With Prestigious Global Indian Icon Award At The 6th Annual UK-India AWARDS IGF London.

40) Serum Institute Of INDIA & Oxford University Have Received Research And Innovation Award At 6th UK- INDIA AWARDS.

41) GRSE Wins Sustainable Governance Champion Award 2024.

42) Gabriella Arrigo And Michael Gold Have Won IAF Excellence In International Cooperation Award 2024.

43) Maharashtra Chief Minister Ekanth Sindhe Has Announced The Age Limit for Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana Has been Extended To 65 Years.

44) Ministry Of Defense Has Signed MoU With Unmanned Aerial System, electronic Warfare And Electro Optics Domains In Tamilnadu For Testing Facility.

45) Tamilnadu CM MK Stalin Launched TN-RISE (an Initiative by The State Government To Promote Women Led Startup)

46) Srilanka's Cabinet Has Approved The Construction Of 934 Rain Water Harvesting Tanks In Jaffana District By Government Of India.

47)  India's Coal Production For June 2024 Is Reached To 84.63 Millions Tonnes.