Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 1 to 8 July 2022

July Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 1

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National News

• Telangana government inaugurated T-Hub 2.0, innovation centre in Hyderabad
• Maharashtra government approved renaming of Aurangabad as Sambhaji Nagar and Osmanabad as Dharashiv
• India’s Tata Motors partnered with Japan’s Renesas to develop chip solutions
• FM Nirmala Sitaraman released the Business Reform Action Plan 2020 in New Delhi
• Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved Google’s 1.28% stake buy in Bharti Airtel
• PM Modi participated Udyami Bharat Programme, and launched schemes for MSME sector
• PM Modi inaugurated the first smart campus of Bosch in Bengaluru
• India’s urban population to stand at 675 million in 2035, behind China: United Nations
• ReNew Power, UNEP, SEWA launched “Project Surya” to train women as solar technicians
• CSIR-CSIO and Engineers India Limited (EIL) signed an agreement for an ‘earthquake warning system’
• Union Minister Piyush Goyal launched a three-day ‘Grand Hackathon’ on Agriculture domain
• Department of Telecommunications signed an agreement with ITI Ltd and BSNL
• AAI signed an agreement with government of Uttar Pradesh for operationalization of five airports
• IIE Guwahati & IIM Shillong signed an agreement to boost entrepreneurship
• Centre amended Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) allowing Indians to receive up to Rs 10 lakh without informing Authorities
• NTPC signed an MoU with Rajasthan government for development of 10-GW solar park
• Himachal Pradesh CM launched ‘Nari Ko Naman’ scheme for women
• PM Modi inaugurated Digital India Week 2022 at Gandhinagar
• Vivek Express, running from Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari holds the title of Indian Railways longest train route
• Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL) ownership handed over to Tata group-owned Tata Steel Long Products (TSLP)
• IIT Hyderabad signed an MoU with Greenko to set up school of sustainable science & tech
• Tata Power signed an MoU with Tamil Nadu government to setup solar manufacturing plant
• IGSS Ventures signed an MoU with Tamil Nadu government for setting up semiconductor park
• Jitendra Singh Launched India’s First Autonomous Navigation Facility – TiHAN
• Western Railways opened its longest skywalk connecting Mumbai’s Bandra Terminus to Khar station
• Ministry of environment organised ‘Haryali Mahotsav
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced setting up of Rajendra Prasad Memorial Award in public administration
• Rajasthan government will introduce India’s first right-to-health bill
• 1st Edition of State Ranking Index For NFSA 2022- Odisha topped
• PM Modi inaugurated the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Agradoot group of newspaper
• Union Minister Parshottam Rupala inaugurated India’s first ever Animal Health Summit
• Delhi to host India’s biggest shopping festival in 2023

International News

• Asia Pacific Sustainability Index 2021: Bengaluru topped in India, Ranks 14th In the APAC Region
• QS Best Student Cities Ranking 2023– London ranks Best City for Student, Mumbai tops in India
• India signed an MoU with Armenia on High Impact Community Development Projects

Banking and Financial

• World Bank approved USD 1 billion to support India’s health sector
• Fiscal Deficit for April-May at period at 12% of Budget estimates
• All rate changes recommended by the 47th GST Council to be made effective from July 18
• SBI, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank acquired 9.54% stake each in Perfios Account Aggregation Services
• Crisil cuts India’s GDP growth estimate to 7.3% for the FY23
• Axis Bank partnered with EazyDiner to launch Dining Delights
• Edelweiss partnered with Avanse Financial for student travel insurance
• SBI Life Insurance signed pact with Paschim Banga Gramin Bank for bancassurance
• GST collections increased to Rs 1.44 lakh crore in June 2022
• Muthoot Finance gets approval from RBI to open 150 new branches across India
• Edelweiss General Insurance launched SWITCH, comprehensive motor insurance
• SBI General Insurance launched Cyber Insurance Cover for Individuals: Cyber VaultEdge
• South Indian Bank signed an agreement with Kerala Forest Department for digital payment
• RBI selected Hansa Researcg Group to conduct field work for inflation expection survey

Appointment and Resignation

• Sandeep Kumar Gupta to be next chairman of GAIL, succeeds Manoj Jain
• KK Venugopal re-appointed Attorney General of India for 3 months
• Eknath Shindhe sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first black woman on US Supreme Court
• T Raja Kumar appointed as new president of Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
• Yair Lapid elected as the 14th Prime Minister of Israel
• Air Marshal AP Singh appointed as the AOC-in-C Central Air Command
• PokerBaazi appointed Shahid Kapoor as its brand ambassador
• Asit Rath appointed as new MD & CEO of Aviva Life Insurance Company
• V P Nandkumar re-appointed as MD and CEO of Manappuram Finance
• India’s Lt Gen Mohan Subramanian appointed as Force Commander of United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)
• Suranjan Das appointed as the new president of Association of Indian Universities (AIU)
• Boris Johnson resignation as UK Prime Minister

Awards

• Odisha government won first prize in National MSME Award 2022
• Ashok Soota conferred with CII Quality Ratna Awards 2021
• Michelle Poonawalla received the coveted Shiromani Award
• Karnataka’s Sini Shetty crowned Femina Miss India World 2022
• Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska won the prestigious Fields Medal 2022

Defence

• India successfully tested high-speed expendable aerial target Abhyas from the Odisha Coast
• 9th Army to Army Staff Talks between India and Australia in Dehradun
• 4th Synergy Conference between Indian Army and Defence Accounts Department in New Delhi
• DRDO conducted successful maiden flight of Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator

Science

• ISRO launched rocket PSLV-C53, carrying 3 Singapore satellite
• NASA launched CAPSTONE to evaluate new orbit for Artemis Moon Missions

Sports

• Javelin Thrower, Neeraj Chopra clinched Silver medal at prestigious Diamond League meet
• Adani Sportsline partnered with Indian Olympic Association as the principal sponsor
• Carlos Sainz won maiden F1 British Grand Prix 2022
• Parul Chaudhary broke 6-year-old 3000m National Record

Important day

• 1 July –74th National Chartered Accountants'(CA) Day
• 1 July – International Fruit Day (Fruit of The Year 2022 is blackberry and the motto is Fruitful Peace.)
• 1 July – National Doctors Day (Theme 2022 – Family Doctors on the Front Line)
• 1 July – SBI Foundation Day
• 1 July – GST Day (Goods & Services Tax)
• 2 July (first Saturday of July)– International Day of Cooperative 2022 (Theme 2022 – Cooperative Build a Better World)
• 2 July – World Sports Journalists Day
• 3 July – International Plastic Bag Free (Theme 2022 – Global initiative that aims to eliminate the use of single-use plastic bags)
• 2 July – World Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) Day
• 4 July – 125th birth anniversary of Alluri Sitarama Raju
• 4 July – Swami Vivekananda’s death anniversary
• 5 July – World Badminton Day
• 7 July – World Kishwahili Language Day

Obituary

• Visionary British theatre director, Peter Brook passed away
• Veteran Bengali filmmaker Tarun Majumdar passed away
• Freedom fighter Gandhian P Gopinath Nair passed away
• Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe passed away

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