Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 25 to 30 July 2022

July Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 4

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Our weekly one-liner current affairs is basically a summary of the week’s most important news in one line.

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National News

• Uttar Pradesh CM launched a scheme for cashless medical benefit
• Jharkhand CM launched Jharkhand Tourism Policy 2021
• IIT Kanpur launched NIRMAN Accelerator Program
• Jammu Film Festival to begin from September 3
• Assam Government gives approval to second wildlife sanctuary in Barak Valley
• Cochin Shipyard signed an agreement with IIM Kozhikode to boost start-ups in the maritime sector
• Union Minister Amit Shah launched e-FIR system in Gujarat
• India grants USD 2.5 million to United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine refugees
• ADB approved USD 96 million loan to Himachal Pradesh for safe drinking water project
• Parshottam Rupala launched subsidiary of National Dairy Development Boar (NDDB) for manure management
• Foundation stone laid for the 8th Hi-Tech Park in Natore
• Haryana CM launched ‘Smart E-Beat’ system for Gurugram police
• India designated 5 new Ramsar sites; now a total of 54 Ramsar sites in the country
• ONGC signed an MoU with Greenko to produce green hydrogen
• HCL Tech’s Roshni Nadar Malhotra Richest Woman in India
• iDEX-DIO signed 100th contract for defence innovation
• Bharat Forge arm signed an agreement with Talgo for manufacturing trains
• City Union Bank partnered with Aditya Birla Health Insurance for distribution of health insurance product
• Cabinet approved Competition Amendment Bill
• Cabinet approves investment of Rs 12,000 crore by BPCL’s unit
• Coca-Cola signed on Neeraj Chopra for Limca Sportz promotion

International News

• With USD 87 billion, India becomes the top remittance recipient in 2021: WHO report
• WHO declared monkeypox a global health emergency
• China launched Wentian lab module to its permanent space station
• Monkeypox vaccine IMVANEX approved in Europe
• Wasifa Nazreen becomes the first Bangladeshi to scale K2
• Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupted
• Lulo Rose: Largest pink diamond in 300 years found in Angola

Banking and Financial

• HDFC Bank to be among global top 10 banks after merger
• HDFC Mutual Fund launched Nifty Next 50 ETF and Nifty 100 ETF
• RBI allowed IDBI Bank bidders to own more than 40%
• Global GDP growth to slow to 2.7% in 2022– S&P Global Market Intelligence
• RBI launched awareness campaign for Unclaimed deposits
• ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund launched ICICI Prudential Nifty IT Index Fund

Appointment and Resignation

• RS Gandhi appointed as Additional Independent Director of YES Bank
• Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad appointed as new Prime Minister of Kuwait
• Sanjay Kumar Jain appointed as interim CEO of National Land Management Corporation (NLMC)
• Akshaya Moondra appointed as new CEO of Vodafone Idea
• Indermit Gill appointed as new Chief Economist of World Bank
• Ravi Kishan Takkar appointed as Additional Director of LIC HFL Board
• Ashishkumar Chauhan appointed as new MD & CEO of National Stock Exchange (NSE)

Awards

• Indian-Origin Professor Kaushik Rajashekara won Global Energy Prize 2022
• Dinesh Shahra Lifetime Award’ instituted for the first time

Defence

• India and Japan conducted a maritime partnership exercise in the Andaman Sea
• India to set up Joint Theatre Commands of Tri-Services
• Tata Group delivered Quick Reaction Fighting Vehicle-Medium (QRFV) to Indian Army

Science

• Russia decided to quit International Space Station after 2024
• ISRO earned USD 279 million in foreign exchange through satellite launches

Sports

• Neeraj Chopra won silver at World Athletics Championships 2022, Oregon
• Max Verstappen won French F1 Grand Prix
• Karuna Jain announced retirement from all forms of cricket
• Casper Ruud won the Swiss Open 2022
• India to host ICC Women’s World Cup 2025
• SAI started ‘Create for India’ campaign to cheer for Team India at CWG
• 44th Chess Olympiad started in Chennai from 28 July
• PV Sindhu & Manpreet Singh named India’s flagbearers for CWG 2022
• Three new countries include Cambodia, Uzbekistan and Cote D’Ivoire received ICC Membership status
• Leicester Cricket Ground named after Sunil Gavaskar

Book and Author

• Union Minister Anurag Thakur released books; ‘Moods, Moments and Memories…’, ‘The First Citizen’ and ‘Interpreting Geometries – Flooring of Rashtrapati Bhavan’ showcasing rare pictures of President Kovind his predecessors
• Dilip Kumar: In the Shadow of a Legend’ book released authored by Faisal Farooqui

Important day

• 24 July – National Thermal Engineer Day
• 25 July – World Drowning Prevention Day
• 24 July – Income Tax Day
• 26 July – Kargil Vijay Diwas
• 27 July 2022 – Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam’s 7th death anniversary
• 27 July 2022 – 83rd Raising Day of CRPF
• 28 July – World Hepatitis Day (Theme 2022 – Bringing hepatitis care closer to you)
• 28 July – World Nature Conservation Day

Obituary

• Renowned Marathi writer Anant Yashwant Khare passes away
• Oscar-nominated director Bob Rafelson passed away
• Punjabi singer Balwinder Safri passed away
• Padma Shri awardee Sushovan Bandyopadhyay passed away
• Atulananda Goswami, an eminent Assamese writer, passed away

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