Sunday 28 July 2024

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 22ND JULY TO 28TH JULY 2024

National Flag Adoption Day - 22nd July 

1) India Won 4 Gold, 1 Silver And 1 Honorary Mention And Ranked Fourth Among 108 Countries At The International Mathematical Olympiad 2024. 

( USA Ranked One) 

2) Monolo Marquez Has Been Appointed As Head Coach Of India's Men's Football Team. 



3) Kiran Pahal Has Clinched a Gold Medal In The Women's 200m Event At The 2024 Summer Athletics Competition In Warsaw, Poland. 



4) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's Iconic Wagh Nakh ( Tiger Claw) Has Returned To India. 



5) INS TALBAR Has Arrived At Hamburg, Germany To Conduct Maritime Partnership Exercise With German Navy. 

6) Nagaland Madrigal Singers Have Won Two Gold Medals At World Choir Games Held In New Zealand. 



7) Indian Veteran Leander Paes And Amritraj Has Been Inducted By Tennis Hall Of Fame. 

8) The Telengana Government Has Nominated Eminent Writer And Poet JUKANTI JAGANNATHAM For The Prestigious Sri DASARATHI KRISHNAMACHARYA Award For 2024. 



9) The Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru Has Unveiled Its Official Anthem ( Composed By Grammy Award Winner Ricky Kej). 

10) Madhya Pradesh State Has Topped In PM SVANidhi Scheme As Best Performing State. 

11) 7th Edition Of Indian Navys Apex Meeting On Safety Was Conducted At Kochi.

12) Hyderabad Based Startup Hylenr Launched Tabletop Nuclear Reactor, The World's First Cold fusion Technology To Generate Clean Energy.

13) Yuki Bhambri And Albano Olivetti Won The Men's Double Title At ATP 250 GSTAAD.

14) For The First Time Indian Women Cricket Team Has Scored 200 Runs In A T20I match Against UAE Team In Asia Cup, Held In Srilanka.

15) Chandrayaan 3, ISRO Has Awarded World Space Award By International Astronomical Federation.

16) The Sikkim Government Has Mandated a Garbage Bag For All Tourist Vehicle Entering State.

17) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The 46th Edition Of UNESCO World Heritage Committee Meeting At Bharat Mandapam, Delhi.

18) Nuno Borges Has Won Men's Single Title At Swedish Open 2024 After Beating Rafael Nadal.

19) India's Lt Cdr Shristi Thakur, An Mountaineer Is The Only Woman Officer Among 13 Countries Participating In Peace Event By International Sport Council.



20) IAS K Vasuki Has Been Appointed As The New Secretary Of Kerala.

21) Srilanka Celebrates Kathagarama Festival.

22) BEL Has Been Awarded First Prize In Excellent Achievement Category At The Government Achievement & Scheme Expo 2024.

23) Nobel Prize Winner Rigoberta Menchu Tum Conferred With Gandhi Mandela Award.


1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Announced One Million Dollar Grant To UNESCO World Heritage Center. 

2) Australian Formula 1 Racer Oscar Piastri Wins First Ever F1 Title At Hungary Grand Prix. 



3) Jaffna Kings Has Won The 4th LANKA PREMIER TITLE (LPL) 2024. 

4) IIT Bombay Has Signed MoU With The Centre For Railway Information System (CRIS) TO Solve Generative AI. 

5) Indian Hockey Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh Announced Retirement From International Hockey. ( Retire After Paris Olympic 2024) 

6) China Has Launched A Earth Observation Satellite Named Gaofen-11 5 Satellites 



7) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Has Launched Shramik Basera Scheme For Labours.

( Provide a Temporary Accommodation To 15000 Construction  Workers At a Normal Rate Of 5 Per Day) 

8) China Has Unveiled The World's First Carbon Fibre High Speed Train.



9) Saudi Arabia To Host FIRST eSport Games in 2025.

10) Intel Has Developed A Chatbot In Collaboration With International Olympic Committee (IOC) Titled Athlete GPT.

11) The Official Mascot For Paris Olympic & Paralympic Is Unveiled Named - PHRYGES.



12) Indian Oil Corporation Limited Has Launched STORM-X, High Octane Racing Fuel.

13) Telengana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy Has Launched 1 Lakh Assistant Scheme For Civil Service Aspirant.( Under Rajiv Gandhi Civils Abhayahastham Scheme) 

14) Ivory Coast Has Joined As 10th African Nation To UN Water Convention.

15) Olympic Gold Medallist Abhinav Bindra Has Been Awarded The Olympic Order For Outstanding Contribution To The Olympic Movement.

16) National Green Hydrogen Mission With INDIAN Navy And Indian Oil Corporation Limited Handed Over A Hydrogen Fuel Based Bus 

17) Randhir Singh Has Been Unanimously Elected As The First Indian President Of The Olympic Council Of Asia.



18) BJP MLA Saroj Kumar Pradhan Appointed As The Government Chief Whip 

& Bjp MLA Govinda Das Appointed As Deputy Chief Whip In Odisha Assembly.

19) Department Of Posts Released Beta Version Of DIGIPIN for Public Comments And Experts Opinion.

20) Chandan Sinha Has Been Appointed As The Part Time Chairman Of RBL Bank.

21) Krishnan Venkat Subramaniam Has Been Appointed As The MD & CEO Of Federal Bank.


1) The Indian Institute  Of Spices Research ( IISR) Has Recived The Best Technology Award. 

2) Srilanka Has Opposed India's Application To The International Seabed Authority ( ISBA). for The Permit To Explore The Cobalt Rich Ferromanganese Crust In The Afanasy Nikitin Sea Mount ( ANS) In Indian Ocean.

3) INS Brahmaputra Has Caught Fire 

4) REC Limited Has Conferred With The Technology Excellence Award For The IT Project Generative AI Implementation In REC.

5) Airbus, Tata Signed a Contract To Establish H125 Choppers Final Assembly in India.

6) Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) Has Signed a Tripartite With Rosboronexport Russia And MSK Business Solution Private limited For Cooperation In The Licenced Production And Supply Of Indigenised 30 mm & 40 mm Ammunition & 30 mm grenade Ammunition For BEL.

7) Pradeep Bhandari Has Been Appointed As The BJP Chief Spokesperson.



8) 2001 Batch IAS Officer R Sanatan Gopalan Has Been Appointed As The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Of Odisha.

9) India Reopens Its Embassy In Libya After 5 Years.

( Appointed Dr Mohhamed Aleem As CdA).

10) Goa Shipyard Limited Has Launched The FIRST Indigenous P1135.6 Frigate INS TRIPUT.



11) Union Finance Minister Has Announced Union Budget For 2024/25.

( Announced Smallest 1 Hour And 25 Minutes Budget)

Total of 48,20,512 Crores Allocated In Budget 2024/25 

* 2.55 Lakh Crores For Railway 

* 1.52 Lakh Crores For Agriculture

* 1000 Crores For Space Research 

* 11,11,111 Crores For Capital Expenditure

* 15000 Crores For Andhra Pradesh 

* 2.66 Lakhs Crores For Rural Development 

* 26000 Crores for Bihar Infrastructure

* 1.48 Lakh Crores For Education 

* 4,54,773 Crores for Defense Sector

* 1,16,342 IT Telecom Sector 

* 5,44,128 Crores for Transport 

* 2,03,530 For Tax Administration 

* 1,50,983 Crores for Home Affairs 

* 3,81,175 Crores For Major Subsides

* 3,22,787 Crores Transfer of States

* 89,287 Crores For Health 

* 68,769 Crores For Energy 

* 56,501 Crores For Social Welfare 

* 47,559 Crores For Commerce & Industry 

TAX RATE STRUCTURE - 

* 0- 3 Lakh ( Nil) 

* 3- 7 Lakh ( 5 %) 

* 7-10 Lakh ( 10%) 

* 10-12 Lakh ( 15%) 

* 12-15 Lakh ( 20%) 

* Above 15 Lakh ( 30%)



12) BEL's Digital Agriculture Project Has Win Elets Technology Excellence Award 2024

13) CA Arpit Jagdish Kabra Has Been Honoured With International Excellence Awards 2024.



14) Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Has Passed The Arunachal Pradesh Public Examination ( Measures To Prevent Unfair Means In Recruitment) Bill 2024.

15) The Landslide Cause Death Over 150 in Ethiopia.


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.

 Kargil Vijay Diwas - 26th July 

International Day For The Conservation Of Mangrove Ecosystem - 26th July 


1) Former News Editor Of Akashvani P Chandrasekharan Passed Away.



2) Singapore, France, Germany, Italy, Japan Are The Top Five Countries In Henley Passport Index 2024.

3) The 57th ASEAN Foreign Minister's Meeting Held At Vientiane, Lao PDR

4) OAS Officer Deb Prasad Das Has Been Appointed As The Joint Secretary, Odia Language, Literature And Culture Department Odisha Government.

5) President Droupadi Murmu Has Renamed Durbar Hall As GANATANTRA MANDAP & Ashok Hall As ASHOK MANDAP.

6) Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav Has Launched India's 500th Community Radio Station- Apna Radio 90.0 FM At IIMC Aizwal.

7) The Telengana State Government Has Announced Annual Budget Of State Of Rs 2,91 Lakh Crores.

( 11,468 Crores - Health And Medical Department)

( 2762 Crores For Industries)

( 21,292 Crores For Education)

( 9,564 Crores For Home Department)

8) Veteran Filmmaker Shekhar Kapoor Has Been Appointed As The Director Of International Film Festival In India (IFFI) Festival.

9) Catholic Priest Father, Environmentalist And Writer Francis D  Britto Passed Away.



10) Ms K Padmaja Has Been Appointed As The Principal Chief Commercial Manager Of South Central Railway.



11) Odisha Chief Minister Presented The State Budget Of Worth Rs 2.65 Lakh Crores For FY 2024/25.

* 33.919 Crores For Agriculture

* 14,111 Crores For Irrigation 

* 21,200 Crores For Health 

* 35,536 Crores For Education 

* 1000 Crores For Bhubaneswar- Cuttack Metro

* 918 Crores For New City Development

* 6180 Crores For Road Development 

* 952 Crores For Sports Infrastructure

* 17,942 Crores For Women & Child Development 

* 28,844 Crores For Social Development

* 295 Crores - Nutrition Awareness

* 445 Crores For Tourism

* 10,000 Crores For Subhadra Scheme

* 500 Crores For Ayushman Bharat

* 200 Crores For Odia Ashmita

* 2462 Crores For - Mukhyamantri Swasthya Seva Mission 

* 500 Crores For Srimandir Corpus fund

* 3500 Per Month Will Provide Whose Age Above 80 

* Paddy MSP 3100 

NEW SCHEMES TO BE LAUNCHED - 

* Madho Singh Haath Kharcha Yojana - Under This Scheme ST Students Who Passed Out 8th/10th Class Gets 5000 Per Year.

* CM KISAN FOR FARMER'S - 

1935 Crores Sanctioned


* SURENDRA SAI DIVYA DRUSTHI YOJANA - 

Under This Scheme Gets Free Of Cost Eye Care ( Universal) 

RENAME - 

* Make In ODISHA To Change As - Utkarsha Utkala 

* Mo School To Change As - PANCHASAKHA SIKSHYA SETU ABHIYAN 

* AMA ODISHA NABIN ODISHA To Change As - BIKASIT GAON BIKASIT ODISHA 

12) Scientists Have Found a Way To Transform The Body's Special Immune Cells Called The B Cells Into Tiny Machines That Can Produce Special Antibody To Destroy Cancer Cell, Or HIV.

13) India Has Operationalized The New Resident Mission In Riga, Latvia.

14) RAJBHASA GAURAV SAMMAN For The Year 2023/24 Awarded To The PSUs in Vishakapatanam By Town Official Language Implementation Committee (TOLIC).

15) Vikash Chaube Has Been Assumed As The Director ( Transport, Safety And Marketing) At NHSRCL.

16) Nagaland Horticulture Department Bagged Promotion Of Best Horticulture Farming And Products Award At The International Agriculture And Horti Expo, Delhi.

17) National Sanskrit University, Tirupati And Centre For Development Of Advanced Computing Government Of India, Bengaluru Has Signed MoU To Integrate Supercomputing Capabilities With Traditional Wisdom.

18) Major General Vikash Lakhera Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of Assam Rifle.



19) The Institute Of Advanced Study In Science And Technology ( IASST) Has Developed A New Computational Model That Can Detect Cervical cancer.

20) Typhoon Gaemi Hits China's South Eastern Coast.

21) Government Launched Model Skill Loan Scheme To Provide Education And Upskilling Opportunities to 25000 Youngsters.

22) MV HUAHINE, Carrying 1,99,900 MT Of Manganese Ore From Gabon Of Central Africa, Arrived at Vishakapatanam Port, ( Became The Largest )


1) 1990 Batch IPS Officer Anurag Gupta Has Been Appointed As New DGP Of Jharkhand. 



2) Madhya Pradesh CM Dr. Mohan Yadav Announced A Raksha Bandhan Gift Of Rs 250 Each To The Beneficiaries Of LADLI BEHNA Scheme. ( Total Of 1500 Will Get) 

3) Dr. Suhel Ajaz Khan Has Been Appointed As The Next Ambassador Of India To The Republic Of Yemen. 

4) Lithium Deposits Have Found In The Mandya And Yadgiri Districts Of Karnataka. 

5) Karnataka Became The Third State To Passes Resolution To Scrap NEET After Tamilnadu And West Bengal.

6) Former Rajya Sabha Member And Senior BJP Leader Prabhat Jha Passed Away.



7) Karnataka Assembly Passed Cine And Cultural Bill.

8) LIC Touched A High Rs 1178.60 On The Bombay Stock Exchange.

9) Union Minister Manohar Lal Inaugurated The National Feeder Monitoring System (NFMS) Control Center At REC Limited 55th Anniversary.

10) World Heritage Committee Has Added Moidams- The Mound Burial System Of The Ahom Dynasty Assam As India's 43rd UNESCO World Heritage Sites In Cultural Category.




11) Filipino Community Leader Nida Collado Has Won The 2024 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award ( for Forest Conservation)



12) Former AICF Chief Sanjay Kapoor Has Been Elected As FIDE India Zone President.

13) Ministry Of Steel Launched Steel Import Monitoring System 2.0 Portal.

14) On The Occasion Of Kargil Vijay Diwas Prime Minister Narendra Modi Virtually Inaugurated The Shinkula Tunnel Project (15800 Feet World's Highest Tunnel) At Ladakh.

15) Navy Education Society Has Launched The ERP App And Website For Naval School.

16) India And USA Signed A Cultural Property Agreement (CPA) For The FIRST Time At 46th UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting Held At Delhi.

17) According To Report 628 Tigers Were Died Due To Natural Cause In Last 5 Years in India.

18) The Karnataka State Government Has Renamed Ramanagar District As Bengaluru South District.

19) India Assume The Chair Of The ASIAN Disaster Preparedness Centre ( ADPC).

20) Operation CHAKRA-II Organized By CBI For Cyber Crime.

21) Former International Player Col Kabilan Sai Ashok Set To Became The Youngest Indian To Officiate Paris Olympic 2024.



22) External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar And Brunei FM Dato Haji Erywan Jointly Launched The Logo, Completed 40 Years Of Diplomatic Relations.



23) India Government Announced Neighbours Country Funding Budget in Union Budget 2024/25 

* 700 Crores For Nepal 

* 400 Crores For Maldives 

* 370 Crores For Mauritius

* 250 Crores For Myanmar 

* 245 Crores For Srilanka 

* 200 Crores For Afganistan 

* 80 Crores For Bangladesh

* 30 Crores For Seychelles

24) Bibhuti Bhusan Naik Has Been Elected As the President Of Institute Of Cost Account Of India for 2024/25.

25) Google CEO Sundar Pichai Has Honoured With Prestigious Doctor Of Science ( Honoris Cause) From IIT KHARAGPUR.



26) 1989 Batch IAS OFFICER Dr Shalini Rajneesh Has Been Appointed As The Chief Secretary To Government Of Karnataka.

27) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Announced 10% Reservation And Five Years Age Relaxation For Agniveers.

28) President Droupadi Murmu Launched e-Upahaar Auction Portal.

86th CRPF RAISING DAY - 27TH JULY

World Nature Conservation Day - 28th July 

Theme 2024 - Connecting People And Plants, Exploring Digital Innovation In Wildlife Conservation 

World Hepatitis Day - 28th July 

Theme 2024 - Take Action. Test Treat, Vaccinate 

1) Mandisa Maya Becomes The First Female Chief Justice Of South Africa. 



2) Odisha Governor Raghubar Das Released The Book NAYAKARA NA RUTURAJ ( Author - Tejaswini Panda) 

3) Professor Raghavendra P Tiwari Has Taken Additional Role Of Director In Charge At Indian Institute Of Advanced Study ( IIAS) Shimla. 

4) International Olympic Committee (IOC) Elect Salt Lake Utah To Host The 2034 Olympic And Paralympic Winter Games.

5) Former Member Of Parliament Thiru Master Mathan Passed Away.



6) Thailand To Host The 6th BIMSTEC Summit In September 2024.

7) Laos Unveiled The World's First Stamp Depicting Lord Ram 



8) Manoj Mittal Has Assumed As The Chairman And Managing Director Of SIDBI.

9) Asit Saha Has Taken Charge As The New Director General Of Geological Survey Of India (GSI).



10) 9th Governing Council Meeting Of NITI AYOG Held At Delhi.

11) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant Has Launched The GOEM VINAMULYA VIJ YEVJAN Under The PM Shurya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana.

12) Vijay Mallya Has Been Barred From Trading In Indian Security For 3 Years By SEBI.

13) 57 Destination Have Identified By Tourism Ministry Under Swadesh Darshan 2.0

14) Bharat Electricals Limited (BEL) Has Developed A Technological Upgrade To THD-1955 Radar System.


15) English Cricketer Joe Root Completed 12000 Test Runs After Alastair Cook For England.

16) President Droupadi Murmu Appoints Governors To The 9 States.

* Jishu Dev Verma - Telengana 

* Om Prakash Mathur - Sikkim

* Santosh Kumar Gangwar - Jharkhand

* Remen Deka - Chhattisgarh 

* C H Vijayashankar - Meghalaya 

* C P Radhakrishnan - Maharashtra

* Gulab Chandra Katariya - Chandigarh

* Lakshman Prasad Acharya - Manipur 

* Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde - Rajasthan 

17) External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar Has Unveiled The Bust of Mahatma Gandhi At Tokyo.



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