Sunday 4 August 2024

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 29TH JULY TO 4TH AUGUST 2024

International Tigers Day - 29th July 

Theme 2024 - Call For Action 

1) Bengaluru Launched ROAD PATHHOLE Attention Application. ( To Fix Pathholes And Maintenance) 

2) California Forest Caught Fires Covers 350,000 Acres. 

3) Karnataka Bank Partners With ICICI Lombard General Insurance To Enhance Customer Benefits. 

4) India's Top 6 States With Most Marine Exports List 

* Andhra Pradesh ( 4.27 Lakh Tonnes) 

* Gujarat ( 3.45 Lakh Tonnes) 

* Karnataka ( 2.73 Lakh Tonnes) 

* Kerala ( 1.88 Lakh Tonnes) 

* Maharashtra ( 1.70 Lakh Tonnes) 

* West Bengal ( 1.60 Lakh Tonnes) 

5) Srilanka Women Team Has Won The Asia Cup 2024 Title (T20i) After Beating India In The Final.

( Host - Srilanka)

* Srilanka Has Won First Time In Asia Cup.

6) India's First Medal, Manu Bhaker Has Won Bronze Medal In 10m Air Pistol Event At Paris Olympic 2024.



7) 14th BRICS Trade Minister's Summit Held At Moscow, Russia.

8) IAS Saswat Mishra Has Been Appointed As The Principal Secretary Of Odisha Government Financial Department.

9) N B S Rajput Has Been Appointed As The Principal Secretary To The Odisha Governor Raghubar Das.

10) Indian Navy Shiv INS TABAR Reach To The St Petersburg To Celebrate 328th Russian Navy.

11) Operation SAHAYATA On 10th Day, To Protect' MV Maersk Frankfurt At West Mangaluru.

12) South Korean Shooting Has Won Gold Medal Since 1988 They Won Consecutive Gold Medal.( 10 Consecutive Olympic gold medal) 

13) The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Has Honoured With Global Water Tech Award 2024.

14) Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) Has Bagged Two Prizes In Mine Safety Award 2024.

15) Hindustan Cooper Limited (HCL) Has Won Third Prize In Mine Safety Award 2024.

16) India's FIRST Integrated Agri Export Facility At Jawaharlal Nehru Port.



1) India- Saudi Arabia Hold The First Meeting Of The High Level Task Force On Investment.

2) Nicolas Maduro Has Won The Presidential Election Of Venezuela For Third Term.

3) Wahengbam Shaya Has Received Prestigious Sant Kabir Handloom Award ( Kamala Devi Chhatopadhya Award) 2023.



4) Washington Freedom Has Won The Major League Cricket (MLC) Title 2024.

5) CSIR Scientist Dr S Sridhar Has Inducted As a Fellow Of The Royal Society Of Chemistry, London.



6) India Won 2 Gold, 3 Silver Medals At The 54th International Physics Olympiad 2024 At Isfahan, Iran.

7) Surg Rear Admiral Vivek Hande Assume As The Senior Consultant ( Medicine) In DGAFMS New Delhi.

8) Thupten Lhamu Has Been Crowned As Miss Universe Arunachal Pradesh 2024.



9) Department Of Atomic Energy (DAE) Inaugurated The One DAE ONE Subscription.

10) India Will Host The 2025 Edition Of Asia Cup ( T20I) And Bangaldesh Will Host The 2027 Odi Asia Cup.

11) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami Has Launched The Book Woh 17 Din. ( story Of 42 Workers Who Were In Silkyara Tunnel In Uttarakhand)

12) Former Madhya Pradesh Minister And Senior Congress Leader Arif Aqeel Passes Away.

13) South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa Has Imposed A Mandatory Curbs On Emission From Large Fossil Fuel Heavy Industries , Climate Action Law.

14) First India's Sunken Museum At Humayun Tomb Complex Has Inaugurated in New Delhi.



15) Researchers From IIT Guwahati Has Developed A Portable Cost Effective Microfludic System Designed To Replicate Soil Like Condition.

16) Periyar Tiger Reserves Has Installed a Wind Turbine To Generate Power For Real Time Monitoring Cameras And Wi-Fi In Forest.

17) Government Has Notified The Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN ( JAIV- INDHAN VATAVARAN ANUKOOL FASAL AWASESH NIVARAN) Yojana.

( To providing Financial Support For Setting Up 2nd Generation Bioethanol (2G) Project's In Country.

18) Ministry Of Defense And National Stock Exchange Of India ( NSE) Has Signed MoU To Facilitate Capital Market Access To MSMEs.

19) Additional Director General AK Harbola TM Assumed As Indian Coast Guard Commander Western Seaboard Mumbai.

20) BIS Signed MoU With Govind Ballabh Panth University Of Agriculture And Technology To Develop The First Kind Of Standardized Agriculture Demonstration Farm in India.

21) The First INDIAN Coast Guard Annual Operation Sea Training Conference Held in Vishakapatanam.

22) Maharashtra To Install First Intelligent Traffic Management System On Mumbai Pune High Way.

23) India Sends Humanitarian Assistance To Haiti.

24) Jiya Rai, 16 Years Old From Mumbai With Autism Spectrum Disorder Become The Youngest And Fastest Para Swimmer To Cross The English Channel.



25) India Won 1 Gold, 2 Silver And 1 Bronze Medal At 56th International Chemistry Olympiad 2024 At Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

26) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fandavis Inaugurated The Foundation Stone Of Surjagad Steel Project In Gadchiorli ( Investment 10,000 Crores)


 

27) Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) Has Developed Anti Radiation Decoy System. 




World Rangers Day - 31st July 

1) According To RBI Report India Share a 48.5% In Global Real Time Payment Put In The World. 

2) National e-Governance Division Has Partnered With IIM Bangalore For Digital Government Senior Leaders. 

3) Union Minister Dr JITENDRA Singh Has Honoured With Prestigious DMDSC Lifetime Achievement Award. 

( DMDSC - Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialities Center) Chennai, Tamilnadu. 



4) Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav Has Launched Ideas 4 LIFE Initiative At IIT Delhi. 

5) Scientists From CSIR Institute Of Genomics And Integrative Biology New Delhi Have Developed An Enhanced Genome - Editing System 

( That Can Modify DNA More Precisely ) 

6) Central Water Commission (CWC) Wins GEEF GLOBAL Water Tech Award Under The Category Of Water Department Of The Year At Global Water Tech Summit 2024.

7) Landslide in Wayanad, Kerala, More Than 80 Died.

8) The Central Government Has Released Rs 1750 Crores For The Development Of 7 Backwards Districts Of Andhra Pradesh.

9) Venezuela Suspends Diplomatic Ties With Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, The Dominican Republic, Uruguay.

10) Manu Bhaker & Sarabjeet Singh Have Win Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal At 10m Air Pistol Event At Paris Olympic 2024.

( Manu Bhaker Became The First Indian To Win Two Medals At Olympic in Single Edition).

11) Afghanistan Spinner Rashid Khan Became The Second Bowler To Picked 600 T20 Wickets AFTER West Indies Bowler Dwayne Bravo 

12) IAS Saswat Mishra Has Given Additional Charge Of Chairman Cum MD Of OHPC . ( Odisha Hydro Power Corporation) 

13) India Wins 41 Medals At 7th Western Asian Youth Chess Championship 2024.

14) Morocco Celebrates 25th Anniversary Of Enthronement Of Mohammed VI King Of Morocco In Delhi.

15) Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Has Received A Cheque Of Rs 121.53 Crores For FY 2022/23 From Bharat Dynamic Limited ( BDL) 

16) Uttar Pradesh State Assembly Has Passed The Amendment Bill Enhancing Punishment Under Unlawful Conversion Of Religion Act

17) 10th Edition Of Joint Defense Committee Meeting Between India And Egypt Held in Delhi.

18) IFS Mridu Pawan Das Has Been Appointed As The Indian High Commissioner To Rwanda.

19) iDEX And Armed Forces Medical Services Signed MoU For The Launch Of Medical Innovation And Research Advancement (MIRA).

20) The Jammu And Kashmir Appropriation Bill 2024 Passed In Lok Sabha.

21) 1983 Batch IAS Officer Of Andhra Pradesh Cadre UPSC Member Preeti Sudan Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman Of UPSC.



22) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Launched NATS 2.0 Portal. ( Stipend Through DBT To Young Graduate And Diploma Holders For On The Job Training).

23) Satish Jha Has Been Selected For The CMD Of ECL.


World Lung Cancer Day - 1st August 

Theme 2024 - Close The Care Gap 

1) Himanshu Mohanta, Forest Guard Of Similipal Tiger Reserves, Mayurbhanj Has Received National Award At Global Tigers Day Celebration In Delhi.

2) English All-rounder Sam Curran Has Awarded Member Of The Order Of The British Empires ( MBE) By British King.

3) Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh Killed.

4) Lt General Sadhna Saxena Nair Become India's First Woman Director General Medical Services ( DGMS) Of Army.



5) Maharashtra State Government Has Signed MoU With TOYOTA KIRLOSKAR For Project In Aurangabad.

6) HAL Extend The Tenure Of Shri CB Ananthkrishnan CMD For One More Month.

7) K Kailashnathan Has Been Appointed As The Lt Governor Of Puducherry.

8) Indian Shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa Has Announced Her Last Olympic at Paris Olympic 2024.

9) Cherapunji, Meghalaya Eastern Craft Gin Clinched Gold at Prestigious GIN MASTER Competition In London.

10) India Has Been Elected As Vice Chair Of The Supply Chain Council- Indo Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF).

11) Writer Director Mike Leigh Set To Receive a Tribute Award At Toronto International Film Festival 2024.

12) India Host The 2nd Edition Of The Colombo Security Conclave.

13) T N Manoharan Has Been Appointed As The Lead Independent Director Of Mahindra & Mahindra.

14) Government Allocated 7,212 Crores To NIRBHAYA FUND For FY 2023/24.

15) Former Indian Information Service Officer Suresh Chandra Sharma Passed Away.

16) Telengana Government Introduced Young India Skill University (Public Private Partnerships) Bill 2024.

17) Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Has Attend At the Swearing Ceremony Of Iranian President Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian.

18) The New Invasive Pest, The Caterpillar Slug ( Elutherocaulis Haroldi Dundee) 1980 Also Known As Purcell's Hunter Slug Has Been Discovered In Manipur. 

( Family - Veronicellidae) 



19) Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu Has Introduced Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak 2024 In Lok Sabha.

20) V Vedachalam Has Won The V Venkayya Epigraphy Award 2024.





World Wide Web Day - 1st August 

1) Indian Forest Service Officer Shomita Biswas Has Become Maharashtra's First Female Principal Chief Conservator Of Forests. 



2) Former Indian Cricketer And Coach Anshuman Gaekwad Passed Away. 



3) Scientists From China, The QINGDAO Energy Institute Of The Chinese Academy Of Science Have Developed Homogenized Cathode Materials, Allowing All Solid State Lithium Batteries To Maintain 80% Of Their Initial Capacity After 5000 Cycles Of Usage. 



4) Secretary Of The Ministry Of Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises Chandra Lal Das Has Been Given Additional Charge Of The Steel Ministry. 

5) Arunachal Pradesh Government Has Signed MoU With Wetlands International South Asia ( WISA) For Conservation Of High Altitude  Wetlands. 

6) RUPSI Airport, Assam Has Been Renamed As Gurudev Kalicharan Brahma.

7) Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh Visited To India.

8) The 30th Meeting Of The Working Mechanism For Consultation And Coordination On INDIA-China Border AFFAIRS ( WMCC) Held In Delhi.

9) CALL OF THE GIR : Asiatic Lions And Conservation Efforts Book By Parimal Nathwani 

10) India Is The 2nd Largest Producer Of Aluminium In WORLD.

11) Six New Species Of Bent-Toed geckos Have Been Identified In Arunachal Pradesh.

( description of six new species of bent-toed gecko belonging to the genus Cyrtodactylus from Northeast India demonstrates the region’s hidden diversity and reiterates the need for its further exploration



12) Government Of India Has Collected Rs 1.82 Lakh Crores GST in July 2024.

13) According to NPCI Unified Payment Interface (UPI) 20.64 Lakh Crores Transactions Registered in July 2024.

( 14.44 Billion Transaction Registered)

14) Union Minister Gajendra Singh Sekhawat Has Inaugurated The 3 Days State Conclave For Upcoming Yuga Yugeen Bharat Museum.

15) Ministry Of Ayush And WHO Signing Of Donor Agreement.

( UNDER This Agreement India Will Donate $ USD 85 Million Period Of 10 Years (2022-2032) To Support Traditional Medicine.

16) Telengana State Assembly Has Passed The Young India Skill University ( Public Private Partnerships) Bill 2024.

( To establish a Skill University To Impart Skills in 17 Subjects ).

17) India Ranked 39th Out Of 119 Countries In Travel And Tourism Development Index 2024 ( Report By World Economic Forum).

18) Lewis Hamilton Has Won Belgian Grand Prix Title 

19) Lt General Gambhir Singh Has Took Charge Command Of Gajraj Corps.



20) Bangladesh Government Bans Jamaat-e- Islami.

21) Food And Consumer Affairs Minister Launched Version 4.0 Price Monitoring System (PMS) Mobile App.

22) Swapnil Kusale Has Won Bronze Medal At 50m Riffle 3p EVENT At Paris Olympic 2024.

23) SEBI Launched SEVA Chatbot For Investors.

24) INDIA And Vietnam Signed MoU In Various Sectors - 



a) MoU For Cooperation In Field Custom Capacity Building Between The Central Board Of Indirect Taxes And Customs Of India And The General Department Of Vietnam Customs.

b) MoU Between Central Agricultural University Imphal, Manipur And Vietnam Academy Of Agricultural Science, Hanoi For Agriculture Research And Education.

c) MoU Between Ministry Of Justice Of Socialist Republic Of Vietnam And The Ministry Of Law And Justice Of The Republic Of India On Cooperation In The Legal Field.

d) MoU Between Prasar Bharati New Delhi And Voice Of Vietnam (VoV) Hanoi, Vietnam For Cooperation On Radio &  Television.

e) Two Dollar Credit Line Of Agreement Between The Government Of The Socialist Republic Of Vietnam Re-presented By The Ministry Of Finance And Export Import Bank Of India Amounting Of 300 Million.

f) Letter Of Intent Between The Government Of Republic Of India And The Government Of The Socialist Republic Vietnam For The Restoration  & Conservation Of F Block In My SON, Quang Nam, Vietnam.

g) MoU Between The Traditional Medicine Administration, Ministry Of Health Of The Socialist Republic Of Vietnam And The National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry Of AYUSH Government Of The Republic Of India In Cooperation In Medicinal Plants.

h) MoU Between The Ministry Of Culture, Sports, And Tourism Of The Socialist Republic Of Vietnam And The Ministry Of Port, shipping And Waterway Of Republic Of India On Cooperation And Development Of The National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) Lothal, Gujarat.

I) Plan Of Action For The Implementation Of The Comprehensive Strategy Partnerships During The 2024-2028 Period Between The Republic Of India And Socialist Republic Of Vietnam.

* Virtual Inauguration Of Army Software Park, At Telecommunication University Nha Trang, Vietnam.

* Vietnam To Join The Coalition For The Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI).

25) Scientists From IISC Bengaluru And Birbal Sahani Institute Of Palaeoscinces Lucknow, Have Identified The Ladakh To Be Ideal Location For India's FIRST Mars and Moon Analogue Research Station.

26) Hamas Military Leader Muhammad Deif killed.

1) Shri Hira Ballabh Has Assumed Charge As The Managing Director Of DFCCIL.

2) Government Of India Has Announced Inclusion Of Two Additional Ports For Export Of Essential Commodities From India To The Maldives For FY 2024/25 

( Kandla And Vishakapatanam)

3) The Supreme Court Of India Allows Sub Classification Of SC/ST Reservation, Overruling The 2004 EV Chinnaiah Judgement 

4) Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha Has Inaugurated The J & K Film Conclave In Sringar.

5) President Droupadi Murmu Inaugurated The Conference Of Governors 2024 In New Delhi.

6) Super 30 Founder, Anand Kumar Has Been Designated As Honorary Ambassador Of Korea Tourism For 2024.

7) IRDAI Imposes Penalty Of Rs 20 Crores To The HDFC Life For Violation Of Regulations.

8) 14th India- Vietnam Defense Policy Dialogue Held In New Delhi.

9) India Will Host the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly ( WTSA 2024) From 15-24 October 2024 At New Delhi.

10) Karnataka State Assembly Allocated Rs 104 Crores For Combat Cyber Crime For Next 5 Years.

11) Sanjay Shukla Has Assume As The Managing Director Of National Housing Bank (NHB). 



10) The Appointment Committee Of Cabinet Has Given Additional Charge Of The Post Of Secretary, Department Of Public Enterprises To IAS Tuhin Kant Pandey.

11) The Appointment Committee Of The Cabinet Has Appointed 2012 IAS OFFICER Rajesh Meena As The Deputy Director Of Lal Bahadur Shasthri National Academy Of Administration (LBNAA).

12) Bangladesh Has Banned Social Media Platform Like Instagram, Tiktok, WhatsApp, YouTube.

13) RBI Approved The Reappointment Of Inderjit Camotra As MD & CEO Of Unity Small Finance Bank.

14) Meitei And Kuki Groups Of Manipur Has Signed Peace Agreement To End Hostilities And Establish Peace In Jiribam District.

15) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma Announced The RISING RAJASTHAN Investment Summit 2024, And Unveiled Its Logo.



16) India Beat Australia In Hockey By 3-2 Goal, First Win After 52 Years Against Australia At Paris Olympic 2024. ( India Qualify For Quarter Finals) Last  Time Beat In 1972 

1) Indian Astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla And Group Captain Prasanth Balkrishnan Nair Have Been Selected For Upcoming Axiom-4 Mission To The International Space Station.



2) India And Russia Conduct Maritime Partnerships Exercise At St Petersburg. ( INS TABAR PARTICIPATED) 

3) THE FALL OF KABUL Book Author - Nayanima Basu 



4) Zheng Si Wei And Huang Ya Qiong Have Won Gold Medal In Mixed Doubles Badminton At Paris Olympic 2024.

5) Saudi Arabia Has Signed USD 50 Billion MoU With Six Leading Chinese Banks Including ICBC, BOC And China Exim Bank For Better Economic Structure.

6) Iga Swiatek Has Win Bronze Medal At Paris Olympic 2024.

7) Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia And MoS Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar Inaugurated The Network Operation Centre For Telecom Network Security.

8) Cabinet Approved 8 National High Speed Road Corridor Project Worth Rs 50,655 Crores.

9) Lakshya Sen Became The First Indian Shuttler To Reach Semi Finals At Olympic in Men's Single Event.

10) Lt General VPS Kaushik Has Assumed As The Adjutant General Of Indian Army.



11) A Record Of 7 Crores 28 Lakhs Income Tax Return Filed For The Assessment Years 2024/25 Till 31st July.

12) Over 2.15 Lakhs INDIAN Gave Up Their Citizenship In 2023.

13) Former Senior Officer Of Indian Information Service Kamalkant Panth Passed Away.

14) Prime Minister Narendra Inaugurated The 32nd International Conference Of Agricultural Economist As National Agriculture Science Centre ( NASC) Complex, New Delhi.

( Theme 2024 - Transformation Towards Sustainable Agri Food System) 

* 75 Countries Participated.

15) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma Inaugurated The 133rd Edition Of Durand Cup At Shimla.

16) Uttar Pradesh Nazul Properties ( Management And Utilization For Public Purposes) Bill 2024 Passed. 

17) The Appointment Committee Of The Cabinet Has Approved The Appointment Of IPS Amrit Mohan Prasad As Special Director General CRPF. 



18) Srilanka Host the 83rd Edition Of Madras  Colombo Regatta 

19) Dubai Host The World Education Conference.

20) Bob Rae Has Been Elected As The President Of UN's Economic And Social Council.



21) A New Species Of Loach, Named SCHISTURA SONARENGAENSIS Has Discovered In South Garo Hills District, Meghalaya.



22) Germany Has Joined The US Led United Nations Command (UNC) In South Korea 

23) India Joins Top Five Exporters of Agriculture.

24) Department Of Atomic Energy (DAE) Completed 70 Years.

25) 5th Meeting Of ASEAN-India Trade In Goods Agreement Joint Committee Held In Jakarta, Indonesia. ( 11 ASEAN Countries Participated) 

26) SJVN Limited Has Won Gold Award At 16th Exceed CSR Award 2024 For Achievement In Corporate Social Responsibility Power.

27) Ambuja Cement Limited, Adani Group Has Announced 1600 Crores Projects In Bihar.

28) Tata GROUP Chairman Has Laid Foundation Stone Of Semiconductor Plant At Assam Of 27000 Crores.

29) Bharat Natyam Veteran Padma Vibhushan Awardee Yamini Krishnamurthy Passed Away.



30) Veteran Hollywood Producer Daniel Selznick Passed Away.

31) Nami Matsuyama AND Chiharu Shida Wins Bronze Medal In Women's Double In Badminton At Paris Olympic 2024.

32) Government Of Zimbabwe Has Renamed The Anson Road In Harare As Mahatma Gandhi Road.



33) Ramakrishna Reddy Has Been Appointed As The MD Of Andhra Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation.

34) Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) Bagged 3 Awards At 8th CSR Health Impact Awards.

35) Dr Grinson George Has Been Appointed As The Director Of ICAR-CMFRI.



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