Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 23rd July to 30th July 2021

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 23rd July to 30th July 2021

Dear students,

We all know how essential the General Awareness/ Current Affairs portion is in every exam, whether it’s for SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, LIC, SSC, Railway, or any other government exam. As a result, we’ll be providing weekly one-liner current affairs for any future exam featuring a GA portion.
Weekly one-liner current affairs condense the most important news into a single line, which is required reading for all exams. Weekly current affairs are presented below, which will keep you updated with the weekly one-liner current affairs.

National News

• Telangana launch “Dalit Bandhu’ scheme for Dalit empowerment
• IOC to build India’s first green hydrogen plant at Mathura
• UNESCO: Historic Urban Landscape project launched for Gwalior, Orchha
• 800-year-old Ramappa Temple in Telangana gets the UNESCO World Heritage Site tag
• Govt. launched Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati a sub-scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
• Government has permitted FDI up to 100% under the automatic route for renewable energy projects
• Dholavira, the Harappan City in the Rann of Kutchch, Gujarat inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
• Puri becomes India’s first city to achieve 24*7 quality drinking water supply under Sujal project
• MP government Lunched ‘Devaranya’ scheme to promote Ayurveda
• Indore Becomes The First Indian City To Be Selected For International Clean Air Catalyst Programme
• Centre announces 27% OBC, 10% EWS reservation in AIQ Scheme for medical courses
• Kerala police launched ‘Pink Protection’ project for women safety

International News

• World’s first 3D-printed steel bridge opened in Amsterdam
• G20 Environment Ministers’ Meeting 2021 will be hosted by Italy in October 2021
• Sweden joins International Solar Alliance (ISA)
• Sunseap to build $2 bln world’s largest floating solar farm in Indonesia
• Uzbekistan hosts ‘Central-South Asia conference 2021
• Najib Mikati named Lebanon’s new PM

Banking and Financial

• U GRO Capital & Bank of Baroda in tie-up for MSME co-lending
• RBI increases loan limit of bank directors to Rs 5 cr from Rs 25 lakh
• Care Ratings Projects India’s GDP growth between 8% to 9% in FY22
• IMF Downgrades India’s Growth Projection To 5% From 12.5% For FY 22
• Govt of UT of Ladakh gets RBI nod to acquire 23% stake in J&K Bank
• RBI fines Axis Bank Rs 5 crore for non-compliance with certain rules
• RBI cancels licence of Goa-based Madgaum Urban co-op bank.
• BIAL signs a deal with IBM to set up ‘Airport in a Box’ platform

Appointment and Resignation

• FinMin Joint Secretary Rashmi R Das appointed to UN Tax Committee
• Shiv Nadar steps down as HCL Tech MD, Vijayakumar to take over
• BS Yediyurappa resigns as Karnataka chief minister
• Basavaraj Bommai to take oath as 23rd chief minister of Karnataka
• Bharat BillPay appoints PayU’s Noopur Chaturvedi as new CEO

Awards

• Sunjeev Sahota is among the 13 authors longlisted for the prestigious 2021 Booker Prize for fiction for his novel ‘China Room’

Defence

• Indian Navy two-day bilateral Passage exercise with UK’s Royal Navy
• INS Talwar participates in Exercise Cutlass Express 2021
• Indo-Russia Joint Military Drill ‘Exercise INDRA 2021’ to be held in Russia

Sports

• Sandesh Jhingan named AIFF men’s Footballer of Year
• Mirabai Chanu wins silver in 49kg, India gets first medal at Tokyo Olympics
• China’s Yang Qian Wins First Gold Medal of Tokyo Olympics
• Ngangom Bala Devi named AIFF ‘Women’s Footballer of the Year’ 2020-21
• Pramod Bhagat named Differently Abled Sportsman of the Year 2019
• Priya Malik wins gold medal at 2021 World Cadet Wrestling Championship
• Sumit Nagal became the third Indian to won Tennis singles match at Olympic
• Momiji Nishiya, 13-year-old becomes one of the youngest Olympic gold medal winners ever
• Vantika Agarwal won national women online chess title

Book and Author

• A book title ‘Bank With A Soul: Equitas’ by C K Garyali

Important day

• 22nd July: World Brain Day (Theme 2021: “Stop Multiple Sclerosis”)
• 23rd July: National Broadcasting Day
• 24th July: National Thermal Engineer Day
• 24th July: Aaykar Diwas (Income Tax Day)
• 25th July (Fourth Sunday in July): National Parents Day
• 26th July: Kargil Vijay Diwas
• 27th July: CRPF observes 83rd Raising Day
• 28th July: World Nature Conservation Day
• 28th July: World Hepatitis Day (Theme 2021: “Hepatitis Can’t Wait”)
• 29th July: International Tiger Day (Theme 2021: “Their Survival is in our hands”)
• 30th July: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons (Theme 2021: Victims’ Voices Lead the Way.)
• 30th July: International Friendship Day

Obituary

• Veteran actress Jayanthi passes away at 76
• Arjuna Award-winning Badminton Legend Nandu Natekar passes away

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