WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 15TH TO 21ST JULY 2024

1) Indian Navy's Ship INS Visakhapatnam & INS Aditya Conducted a Joint Maritime Exercise With The US Navy Carrier Strike Group-9 

( Maritime Partnership Exercise MPX) 

2) Shri Chhatrasal Singh Has Been Assumed As The General Manager Of East Central Railway Hajipur. 

3) Senior Journalist & Director Of The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited N. Ram, Eminent Economist And Member Secretary Of Justice Rajinder Sachar Committee Abusaleh Shariff Have Been Honoured With The Quaide Milleth Award For Political Public Life 

4) Subhash Prasad Gupta Has Been Appointed As The Indian Ambassador To The Republic Of Suriname. 

5) NITI Ayog Has Unveiled Gearshift Challenge To Accelerate Zero Emission Truck Adoption In India. 

6) India Champions Won The World Championship Of Legends 2024 After Beating Pakistan Champions in The Final.

7) Former Chairman And Director Of GAIL C R Prasad Passes Away.

8) Nepal President Ramchandra Paudel Appoints K P Sharma Oli As Prime Minister.( 3RD TERM) 

9) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated Prime Minister College Of Excellence in 55 Districts Of Madhya Pradesh. ( By Investing 458 Crores) 

10) Tripura State Celebrates KHARCHI Puja 

11) 235th National Day Of French Republic Celebrates At Puducherry.

12) The Launch Of Chandrayaan 3 Completed 1 Years on 14th July.

13) Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's Twitter Account Completed 100 Millions Followers.

14) Hamdan bin Mohhamed Has Been Appointed As The Deputy Prime Minister And Ministry Of Defense Of The UAE.

15) Institute Of Technology, Nirma University Wins The Robot Competition At DD Robocon 2024.

16) Yui Kamiji & Kgothatso Montjane Have Won The Women's Double Wheelchair At Wimbledon 2024.

17) Carlos Alcatraz Has Won Men's Single Title At Wimbledon 2024 After Beating Novak Djokovic.

18) China Navy And Russia Navy Conducted a Maritime Exercise At Southern China.

19) Hollywood Actress Shannen Doherty Has Passed Away.

WORLD Youth Skill Day - 15th July

Theme 2024 - Youth Skills For Peace And Development 

1) Argentina Won The COPA AMERICA Title 2024 After Beating Colombo In The Final. ( 14th Title For Argentina) 

2) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited ( HPCL) Completed 50 Years. 

3) Spain Won The EURO CUP 2024 After Beating England In The Final. 

( Spain Won Their 4th EURO CUP) 

4) Aditi Ashok Finishes At 17th In The Amundi Evian Championship In France. 

5) Researchers From Shenyang Agricultural University (SAU) China Found a Bacteria ( Wolbachia bacteria) Manipulated The Wasp Encarsia Formosa 

6) A Newly White Tiger Arrived At Nandankanan Zoological Park From Birsa Munda Zoological Park, Jharkhand. 

7) Ravi A Robert Jerard Has Been Appointed As CMD Of MTNL. 

8) Indore, Madhya Pradesh Has Recived Guinness World Record By Planting Most Plants In 24 Hours. 

9) India Wins GOLD Medal At The 35th International Biology Olympiad Held In Asthana, Kazakasthan. 

* Vedant Sakte ( Mumbai) - GOLD

* Ishan Pednekar ( Ratnagiri), Shrijit Sivakumar ( Chennai), Yashashwi Kumar (UP) - Silver 

10) Thomas Matthew Crooks Shots Former US President Donald Trump At The Election Rally. 

11) Govind Nanda Has Finishes As Runner Up At ITF M15 Lakewood . 

12) India Signing MoU For The Annual Grant To Implement Projects In The Republic Of The Marshall Islands. 

13) All INDIA Institute Of Ayurveda Host The SAUSHRUTAM 2024 

14) Arzu Rana Deuba Has Been Appointed As The Foreign Minister Of Nepal.

15) Uma Bhagwati Temple Of Jammu and Kashmir Has Opened After 34 Years.

16) Bihar State Power Transmission Company  Limited Has Won SKOCH GOLD Award In Power Energy Category.

17) A MoU Signed Between Indian Naval Tactical Evaluation GROUP (INTEG) And IIT Bombay For Academic Expertise.

18) India Announced The Release Of First Tranche Of $ 2.5 million To UN Relief And Work Agency For Palestine Refugees.

19) IPS Rajeev Kumar Has Been Appointed As The DGP Of West Bengal.

20) Dr Vijay Kumar Gupta Has Been Elected As Member Of The North India Regional Council (NIRC) Of ICAI.

21) N R Narayanan & K S Sampath And Ramkumar Krushnaswamy Has Been Appointed As Independent Director Of Equitas Small Finance Bank.

22) Sandeep Saxena Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of Tamilnadu Newsprint & Papers.

23) The Karman Project: Promoting International Cooperation In Space & NASA Indigenous CBE Programme Won 2024 IAF Excellence In 3G Diversity Award.

24) Indian Victim ology Expert K Chockalingam Has Been Elected For The Hans Von Hentig Award. By World Society Of Victimology. 

25) Haryana Cabinet Has Approved IT Saksham Yuva Scheme In State, Provide 5000 Jobs In First Phase.

 World Snake Day - 16th July

1) Justice Aalia Neelum Has Became The First Woman Chief Justice Of Lahore High Court in Pakistan.

2) Burkina Faso Has Declared Homosexuality As Crime In Country.

3) Shri Upendra Chandra Joshi Has Been Appointed As The General Manager Of North Central Railway Prayagraj.

4) Busan, South Korea Host The Global Conference On Space Research.

5) 2007 Batch IRS Officer Prasanth Ranjan Has Been Appointed As The Private Secretary To The Minister Of State For Home Affairs Nityanand Rai.

6) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan Has Inaugurated The 96th ICAR Foundation And Technology Day.

* THE ICAR ( Indian Council Of Agricultural Research) Launched The ONE SCIENTIST- ONE PRODUCT Programme In The Field Of Agriculture And Animals Husbandry.

7) India Aims To Become Leading Aviation Hub With $ 4 Billion MRO Industry By 2030.

8) Shaurya Bawa Became The First Male Player Reach Semi Finals Of World Junior Squash Championship After 10 Years For India.

9) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Attend At The 15th Foundation Of Transitional Health Science And Technology Institute ( THSTI).

10)  Switzerland Football Player Xherdan Shaqiri Announced Retirement From International Football.

11) Bhavtegh Singh Gill Has Won Silver Medal In Men's Junior Skeet In ISSF Junior Shotgun World Cup Porppeto.

12) Pranav Mishra Has Been Appointed As The Head Of Distribution Of Kotak Mahindra Bank.

13) President Of India- Appointed 

N Kotiswar Singh ( Former Manipur High Court Chief Justice) And R Mahadevan ( Madras High Court) As Judges Of Supreme Court Of India.

14) The Head Of Camlin Group, Subash Dandekar Passes Away.

15) India's Exports In April June 2024 Rises By 5.84%.

16) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Launched The First National Toll-free Helpline For Nacrotis Related MANAS Number.

17) Switzerland Banned Hijab in Its Country.

18) Ashok Shuvarna To Take Charge Of CEO Aditya Birla Money From 1st September 2024.

19) Sumant Sinha Named Co Chair Of. CEO Climate Leader's Alliance.

20) The Principal Scientific Advisor To The Government Of India Professor Ajay Kumar Sood Has Launched The E-mobility Research And Development Road Map For India Report In New Delhi 

21) Garden Rich Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) Has Signed Rs 840 Crores Deals With The NCPOR For Ocean Research Vessel.

22) Andhra Pradesh Government Announced Free Bus Travel For Women From 15th August.

23) Mahesh Kale Has Been Awarded With Prestigious BALGANDHARVA GUN GAURAV Purashkar At Pune, Maharastra.

24) Punjab National Bank Has Introduced The SAFETY RING, For Online Banking Security.

25) Ministry Of Defense Notified Fifth Positive Indigenisation list Of 346 Items For Defense Public Sector Undertaking 

26) Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu Launching The Design For World's First Med Tech University At Vizag, Andhra Pradesh.

27) India-Indonesia-Australia Focal Points Meeting Held Virtually.

28) Karnataka Cabinet Approved The Bill Mandating Private Companies Provide Reservation For Local Candidates.

29) JKRERA Launched Official Portal For Real Estate Transparency In UT.

30) Mauritius Prime Minister M Jugnauth And MEA Dr S Jaishankar Jointly Inaugurated 12 High Impact Community Development Projects 

31) Barbie Filmmaker Greta Gerwig Set To Receive 2024 Pioneer Of The Year Award By The Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation ( WRMPPF).

32) IMF Raises India's GDP Growth Forecast For FY 2024 7.0%

33) Paul Kugame Won The Presidential Election In Rwanda.

34) Pakistan Government To Ban Imran Khan Political Party.

35) Malta's Roberta Metsola To Head The EU Parliament For 2nd Time.

International Justice Day - 17th July

Theme 2024 - Overcoming Barriers And Unleashing Opportunities For Social Justice 

1) UGC And Bharatiya Bhasha Samiti Launched ASMITA To Create 22000 Books In Indian Languages. 

2) NITI Ayog Announced a New Team - 

3) Kenya's Population Protest, Demand Resignation Of William Ruto As President Of Country. 

4) Madhya Pradesh Set A Guinness World Record By Planting 12 Lakh Sapling In 24 Hours.

5) Maharastra State Government Has Launched LADLA BHAI YOJANA, 

( Under This Scheme Rs 6000 Will Give To 12th Pass Students & RS 10000 For Graduates).

6) Manish Dhanuka Has Been Reappointed As MD Of Orchid Pharma.

7) Former Srilankan Under 19 CAPTAIN Dhammika Niroshana Shot Died At Home.

8) Asian Development Bank Has Unchanged India's GDP Growth Projection At 7.0 For 2025.

9) India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar And Mauritius Prime Minister Kumar Jugnauth Jointly Inaugurated The First Overseas JAN AUSHADI Kendra in Mauritius.

10) India Sent 117 Athletes To The Paris Olympic 2024.

11) Nerella Sharada Takes Charge As Chairperson Of Telengana Woman's Commission.

12) The Indian Navy Warships INS TEG Rescued Indian And Srilankan From Capsized Comoros Flagged Oil Tanker MV PRESTIGE FALCON- Off Oman. 

13) The 2024 Edition Of Onathinoru Muram Pachakkari Programme Started.

14) The Indian Patent Office Has Rejected American Pharmaceutical Corporation Johnson & Johnson Application For a Patent On The Paediatric formulation Of WHO Recommend TB Drug Bedaquiline .

15) Haryana State Government Has Announced 10% Horizontal Reservation For Agniveers. 

16) IAS Officer Arindam Dakua Has Been Appointed As The Private Secretary To Odisha Chief Minister Shri Mohan Charan Majhi.

17) Belarus Introduced A Visa Free Policy For 35 European countries.

18) Oscar Winner Alfonso Cuaron Will Receive The Lifetime Achievement Award At 77th Locarno Film Festival.

19) India Nominated Retired Diplomat Vinay Kwatra As India's Next Ambassador To US.

1) Shaurya Bawa Won Bronze Medal At World Squash Junior Championship.

2) Lt Governor Manoj Sinha Has Unveiled The Book Cultural Encyclopaedia Of The Dard Tribe ( Author- Dr Suheel Rasool Mir).

3) Ace Fencer Shreya Gupta Win Her FIRST Medal ( Bronze) At Commonwealth Junior & Cadet Championship 2024 At Christchurch, New Zealand.

4) In Last 7 Years The Railway Protection Force Have Been Rescued 84,119 Children Under NANHE FARISTHEY.

5) France Bans Hijab For Its Muslim Athlete In Paris Olympic.

6) POWER WITHIN: The Leadership Legacy Of Narendra Modi ( Author- Dr R Balasubramaniam)

7) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan Has Launched The Book That Comprise Of 75 Speeches Of President Droupadi Murmu - WINGS TO OUR HOPES ( Volume 1) & Aashaon Ki Udaan 

8) CAG Of India Girish Chandra Murmu Has Inaugurated The International Center For Audit Of Local Governance ( iCAL) Rajkot, Gujarat.

9) Renowned Cardiac Surgeon Dr Marthanda Varma Sankaran Valiathan Passed Away.

10) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Addressed At 7th Apex Level Of Narco Coordination Centre ( NCORD) Meeting.

11) Asian Development Bank ( ADB) Approved The USD 240.5 million Loan For Rooftop Solar System In New Delhi.

12) Union Education Minister Has Launched The Three Initiative - 

a) ASMITA - Producing 22000 Books in 22 Indian Languages Over 5 Years.

b) BAHUBHASHA SHABDKOSH - Multilingual Dictionary Repository

c) REAL TIME TRANSLATION ARCHITECTURE - Enhancing Real Time Translation With Cutting Edge Technology).

13) Vaccines Maker Indian Immunological (IIL) Donated 10000 Doses Of Anti Rabies Vaccines To The Economically Backwards Province's In Vietnam.

14) Two K9 Team Has Been Selected From India For the Security For Paris Olympic 2024.

15) CSIR DG N Kalaiselvi Gets 2 Years Extension.

16) Health Secretary Apurva Chandra Inaugurated The New Facilities At Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute Of Medical Science & Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital In New Delhi.

17) Shillong To Host The INDIAN Oil Sponsor Durand Cup.

18) Andhra Pradesh State Wins The GULBENKIAN Prize For Natural Farming Model.

19) The Indian Football Team Ranked 124th In The New FIFA Ranking.

20) NDFC and Netflix Jointly Launch The Voice Box- An Up skilling Programme For Voice Over Artist In INDIA.

1) KARGIL 99: Accounts Of Diverse Kinds Book Author- Col Ajay K Raina

2) Bhawana Kanth Became The First Woman Pilot Of The IAF To Fly Su-30 MKI Fighters During The Exercise Pitch Black 2024.

3) 10th Indian Navy- And Japan Maritime Force Staff Talk Held At Tokyo, Japan.

4) Mahanadi Coalfield Limited (MCL) Has Surpassed The 100 million Cubic Meter Overburden Removal (OBR) Milestone 

5) The Assam Cabinet Has Approved A Bill To Abolish The Assam Muslim Marriages And Divorce Registration Act And Rules Of 1935 ( on 18th July 2024)

6) Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Has Inaugurated The 2nd Phase Of The Government Khelo India Rising Talents Identification ( KIRTI) Initiative In New Delhi.

7) INDIA And Malaysia Have Decided To Increase Bilateral Cooperation In The Field Of Edible Oil, Cultivation Of Oil Palm, Production Of Trade of Palm oil.

8) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Has Signed MoU With Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) For Development Of LCA AF MK-2 

9) Odisha Has Ranked Fourth In Anaemia Mukt Bharat Scorecard 2023/24. (83.3) 

10) Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Released The Future Is Now Mobile Congress 2024.

11) Harshit Kohli Gets A Silver Medal, Chhavi Sharma Won Bronze And Sufian Sohil Has Won Bronze Medal At The Commonwealth Fencing Championship In New Zealand.

12) Argentina, France, Spain Are The Top Three Raining in FIFA World Ranking.

13) CDS General Anil Chauhan Presents The Kargil Honours Award To Veterans And Veer Naris 

14) Tripura Urban Livelihood Mission (TULM) Society Has Received SPARK Award.

15) NTPC Has Won Three Awards At The Prestigious Economic Times Future Skills Award 2024.

* Best Advanced In Creating An Extended Enterprise Learning Programme - GOLD

* Best Use Of AI/AR/VR in Learning And Up Skilling - GOLD 

* Best Uses Of Games Or Simulations In L & D - Silver 

16) Trump Organisation Has Signed A Deal With Dar Global To Build Trump Tower In Dubai.

17) The United States Opened an Embassy In The Pacific Island Nation Of Vanuatu. 

18) Kerala's Forest Records Says 845 Elephants Were Died Between 2015 To 2023.

19) Ursula Von Der Leyen Has Elected As The President Of The European Commission By The European Parliament With 401 Votes. ( 2nd Term)

20) Bangladesh students Were Protested For Quota Reform Movement.

21) An Earthquake Of Magnitude 7.4 Struck At Chile-Argentina Border Region. 

22) JS Kashima, JS SHIMAKAZE ( Japanese Ships) Conducted a Bilateral Exercise With French Navy F-50 

23) Elena Geo Systems ( Bengaluru) & Astrome Technologies (Bengaluru) HAVE Been Conferred With The Prestigious PANDIT DEENDAYAL UPADHYAYA Telecom Excellence Award By Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia On The Occasion Of Launch Of Mobile Congress 2024. 

24) MoHUA Awarded Best Performers Under PM SVANidhi And DAY- NULM.

25) THE PRISONERS OF BHOPAL: a Historical Fictional Novel Published ( Book Author- Tim Walker).

26) 6 time Grand Slam Champion  Rajeev Ram Has Street Name After Him in Carmel, USA.

27) India Will Host The 2nd Asia- Pacific Ministerial Conference On Civil Aviation in September 2024.

28) Turkey And Niger Agreed To Boost In Cooperation In Energy, Mining, Intelligence And Defense.

29) Hollywood Comedian Actor Bob Newhart Passed Away.

30) INDIAN Astrophysics Prahlad Chandra Agarwal ( retired from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) & Anil Bharadwaj  Have Been Awarded The COSPAR Harrie Massey Award 2024.

( Involved In Astrosat Space Telescope) 

( Part Of Chandrayaan 1 Lunar Mission)

* Anil Bhardwaj, director of the Ahmedabad -based Physical Research Laboratory, was awarded the Vikram Sarabhai Medal, which honours outstanding space science research in developing countries. This medal was instituted jointly by COSPAR and the Indian Space Research Organisation 

( Awarded At Busan, South Korea) 

31) Open AI Launched The GPT-40 Mini.

32) NHPC Conferred With The ET HR World Future Skill Gold Award 2024 For D & I Learning Initiative.

33) Captain Supreetha C T Becomes FIRST Female Officer From INDIAN Army To Be Deployed At The World's Highest Battlefield Siachen.

34) South Indian Actor Ram Charan Set To Awarded The Ambassador Of The Indian Art And Culture At The INDIAN Film Festival Of Melbourne.

35) Union Minister For Coal And Mines G Kishan Reddy Has Inaugurated The National Landslide Forecasting Center At Kolkata.

36) Singapore Navy Has Rescued Crew Members Of Two oil Tankers That Caught Fire At Pedra Branca.

37) CASHe APP Has Gets ISO 27001 And 27701 Certification For Information Security And Data Privacy.

38) Union Minister For Telecommunication Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Launched The NE-RACE Portal, ( For Farmers Of North Eastern)

39) RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das Address The Inaugural Session Of FE Modern BFSI Summit 2024.

40) Slumdog Millionaire Book Author - Vikas Swaroop 

41) Hyderabad Based Redon Systems Has Successfully Tested It's Achuk Canister Launched Loitering Munition in Leh.

42) Former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Has Elected As BJD Chairman.

43) India's Forex Reserves Touches $ 666.85 Till July 12.

44) BJP Leader & Senior Advocate Of Odisha High Court Pitambar Acharya Has Been Appointed As The Advocate General Of Odisha.

45) Scientist From Botanical Survey Of India (BSI) Has Discovered a New Plant Species In Itanagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh.

( Named- Phlogacanthus Sudhansusekharii).

1) Social Activist Padmashri Kamala Pujhari Passed Away At The Age Of 70. 

2) ISRO Chairman Dr. S Somnath Recived Doctor Of PHILOSOPHY From IT Madras. 

3) Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Launched The Pathway To Paris Brochure Highlighting India's Olympic Journey. 

4) Union Minister For Mines And Coals Kishen Reddy Launched BHUSANKET Web Portal & BHOOSKHALAN Mobile App At Kolkata. 

5) The Bureau Of Indian Standards ( BIS) And IISc Bengaluru Has Signed MoU For The Establishment Of The BIS Standardization Chair Professor At The Latter. 

6) Union Ministers Of Ports, Shipping And Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal Sworn In As Ex- Officio Member Of Digboi And Makum Municipalities. 

7) The Center Of Excellence On Classical And Quantum Communication For 6G At IITM Research Park, Chennai. 

8) Forest Cover Of Philiphines Has Been Decreases From 35% to 23% in Last 50 Years. 

9) Colonel Anshu Jamwal, a dogra Rajputani From Jammu Became The First Woman Officer To Head The Defense Regiment Of The Indian Army. 

10) SAIL And IIT Kanpur Signed MoU For Promoting Collaboration In Research And Development And Consultancy Studies In The Field Of Mutual Interest. 

11) Government Upgrades IRCTC To Schedule A Central Public Sector Enterprise. 

12) General Secretary Of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong Has Passed Away. 

13) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Has Addressed At The 4th International Climate Summit On Bioenergy: Path To Viksit Bharat In New Delhi. 

14) Kshitij Jain Has Been Appointed As The Private Secretary To The Minister Of Labour And Employment And Youth Affairs And Sports Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya. 

15) 14 Years Old Indian IM Aarav Dengla Wins The Championnat Du Grand 2024 In Paris. 

16) DoT's NTIPRIT, NICF And WMTDC Merged Into a Single Entity Named National Communications Academy. 

17) Prince Harry Has Been Awarded With US Pat Tillman Award. 

18) Biju Pattnaik Sports Award Has Been Renamed As Odisha Rajya Krida Samman In Odisha. 

19) Delhi High Court Gets Its First Pilot Hybrid Court Room With Speech To Text Facility. 

20) UPSC Chairman Manoj Soni Resigned From His Post. 

21) Uttarakhand State Forest Department Opens Its First Ever State Of The Art Bird Gallery. 

22) Dr. Vijay Bhatkar To Recived The Prestigious PUNYABHUSHAN Purashkar. 

23) Indian Cricketer Shikhar Dhawan Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Moto GP India.

24) Indian Cricketer VIRAT KOHLI Topped The Celebrity Brand Valuation Ranking in 2023.

25) Madhu Khanna's Tantra On Edge Has Won Oxford Bookstore Art Book Prize 2024.