Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 1st July to 8th July 2024

July Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 1

National News

• ADB & Aadhar housing partners to give housing loans to low-income women
• Itanagar Woman Police Station Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification
• India becomes world’s 3rd largest Domestic Aviation Market
• Bangladesh Navy signs contract for ‘Made in India’ 800 tons Ocean Going Tug with India’s GRSE
• Rajasthan CM launches Mukhya Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi
• Bhupender Yadav launches portal documenting Indian fauna
• Telangana registers first FIR under New Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Charminar Police Station
• Andhra Pradesh launches NTR Bharosa Pension
• IAF chief inaugurates newly established weapon systems school
• Union Minister Shri G Kishan Reddy launches Noble Initiative for Rewarding Mains Aspirants of National Civil Services Examination (NIRMAN) Portal
• Maharashtra CM extends Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana age limit to 65 Years
• Smart Cities Mission extended till March 2025
• India to host UNESCO World Heritage Committee session in New Delhi
• NITI Aayog to launch Sampoornata Abhiyan
• NIC and Spices Board Sign MoU for AI-Based Cardamom Disease Study in Sikkim
• Amit Shah addressed “Sahkar Se Samriddhi” conference
• Annual defence production hits record high of approx. Rs 1.27 lakh crore in FY24
• India to host 5G, 6G and Emerging Technologies Hackathon in September
• Bajaj launches world’s first CNG motorbike
• National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) declares mica mines in Jharkhand ‘child labour free’
• Madhya Pradesh launches ‘Lokpath Mobile App’ to Expedite Road Issue Resolution
• BPCL partners with Indian Olympic Association as Principal Sponsor

International News

• Japan introduces new 3D Holographic Banknotes
• NPCI international partners with Network International to expand UPI acceptance in UAE
• Belarus joins SCO 10th member
• USA to host NATO summit in Washington DC

Banking and Financial

• RBI announces SAARC Currency Swap Framework for 2024-27
• RBI ups financial accommodation for States/UTs by 28% to ₹60,118 crore
• World Bank approves 2nd Round of 5 bn dollars in financing to help India Accelerate Development of Low-Carbon Energy
• Union Bank of India introduces “Union Premier” branches for high-value customers in rural and semi-urban markets
• Truecaller join hands with HDFC ERGO to unveils Fraud Insurance
• Axis Bank join hands with Piramal Finance under co-lending business
• GST collection hits ₹1.74 lakh crore in June 2024
• SEBI raised Basic Demat Account Limit to Rs 10 Lakhs
• SBI launches web-based digital business loans solution for MSMEs’ invoice financing
• Bandhan Bank launches online collection of direct taxes facility
• Bank of India receives Atal Pension Yojana Annual Award for FY24
• RBI, ASEAN countries to create instant cross-border retail payments platform
• GoI and ADB sign $170 million loan to strengthen pandemic preparedness and response
• ICICI Lombard launches AI-powered health insurance plan ‘Elevate’
• Bajaj Housing Finance launches Sambhav Home Loans for first-time home buyers
• ICICI Bank launches Sapphiro Forex Card for Indian students
• Paytm launches ‘Health Saathi’ plan for its merchant partners
• NABARD partners with Online PSB Loans Ltd to digitalize Jan Suraksha Schemes for RRBs
• Indiabulls Housing Finance renamed as “Sammaan Capital”
• LIC launches agency transformation initiative ‘Jeevan Samarth’
• Shriram Life Insurance launched Deferred Annuity Plan
• RBI imposes Rs 1.31 Cr penalty on PNB

Appointment and Resignation

• Portugal’s António Costa, the European Council’s next president
• Financial Services Institution Bureau (FSIB) appoints C S Setty as SBI’s 27th chairman
• Ravi Agrawal appointed as Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
• Rushabh Gandhi appointed as MD & CEO of IndiaFirst Life Insurance
• LG NS Raja Subramani assumes charge as Vice Chief of Army Staff
• Sujata Saunik appointed Maharashtra’s first Woman Chief Secretary
• Dick Schoof elected as new PM of Netherlands
• Rajinder Khanna appointed as Additional NSA; TV Ravichandran named Deputy NSA
• N. Gangadhar appointed as Chairperson of the National Medical Commission
• RBI appoints Arnab Kumar & Charulatha S as new Executive Director
• Dhirendra Ojha appointed as Director General of PIB
• Hemant Soren takes oath as Jharkhand CM for third term
• Keir Stammer elected 58th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Government extends tenure of Pradeep Singh Kharola as CMD of ITPO (India Trade Promotion Organization)
• Masoud Pezeshkian elected as the new President of Iran
• Siddhartha Mohanty reappointed MD and CEO of LIC
• Elisa de Anda Madrazo assumes charge as FATF President
• Bandhan Bank appoints Ratan Kr Kesh as interim MD & CEO

Awards

• GRSE wins ‘Sustainable Governance Champion Award 2024’
• Geetha wins first ever K. Saraswathi Amma Award for feminist studies
• Foxconn Chairman Young Liu receives Padma Bhushan
• Agri-entrepreneur Sopna Kallingal received Spice Award 2024

Defence

• Thales inks pact with Adani Defence to manufacture 70mm rockets in India
• INS Shivalik joins Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) naval exercise in Pearl Harbour
• Indian Army contingent departs for 13th edition of Joint Military Exercise MAITREE
• India-Mongolia joint military exercise ‘Nomadic Elephant’ begins in Meghalaya
• DRDO unveils indigenous light tank Zorawar

Science

• Russia approves schedule for creation of Russian Orbital Station by 2033

Sports

• Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma & Ravindra Jadeja announces retirement from T20Is
• BCCI announces Rs 125 Cr Prize Money for Team India after T20 World Cup win
• Former world chess champion V Anand wins Leon Masters for 10th time
• India’s Jyothi Yarraji wins Gold in Women’s 100m Hurdles at National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships
• Kolkata, Kokrajhar, Jamshedpur & Shillong to host 133rd Durand Cup
• Dhruv Sitwala win Asian Billiards Championships
• Viswanathan Anand crowned Leon Masters champion for the 10th time
• Lewis Hamilton wins British Grand Prix to End 3-Year Drought

Book and Author

• PM Modi releases three books, “Venkaiah Naidu – Life in Service” authored by S Nagesh Kumar; “Celebrating Bharat – The Mission and Message of M Venkaiah Naidu” compiled by V. Subba Rao, and “Mahaneta – Life and Journey of M. Venkaiah Naidu” authored by Sanjay Kishore

Important day

• 30 June – World Asteroid Day
• 30 June – International Day of Parliamentarism (Theme 2024 – Parliamentary diplomacy: Building bridges for peace and understanding.)
• 1 July – National Doctor’s Day (Theme 2024 – Healing Hands, Caring Hearts.)
• 1 July – National Postal Worker Day
• 1 July – GST Day
• 2 July – World Sports Journalists Day
• 2 July – World UFO Day
• 3 July- International Plastic Bag Free Day
• 3 July – Disobedience Day
• 4 July – Jackfruit Day
• 4 July – US Independence Day
• 5 July – Pet Remembrance Day
• 6 July – World Zoonoses Day (Theme 2024 – One World, One Health: Prevent Zoonoses”)
• 6 July – International Kissing Day
• 7 July – World Kiswahili Language Day (Theme 2024 – Kiswahili: Education and Culture of Peace)

Obituary

• Former Indian midfielder Bhupinder Singh Rawat passes away
• Veteran Actor Smriti Biswas passed away
• Jon Landau, Oscar-winning producer on ’Titanic’ and ’Avatar’, dies

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One Liner 1st week 1st july – 8th july (Ambitious_Baba)

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