Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 25th July to 31st July 2024

July Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 4

Union Budget 2024-25

• Nepal, Sri Lanka, Seychelles get more funds under Budget allocation for MEA
• With ₹2.65 lakh crore outlay, Railways to prioritise safety
• Government estimates Rs 50,000 crore from disinvestment, asset monetisation in FY25
• Khelo India once again gets lion’s share in Budget for sports
• Rs 6.22 lakh crore allocated to MoD, highest among Ministries, in Regular Union Budget 2024-25
• Prime Minister’s package worth Rs 2 lakh crore central outlay announced; employment, skilling and other opportunities
• Government exempts Customs Duty on Cancer Medicines to Enhance Drug Affordability
• Indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system Kavach deployed on 1465 Route km
• Union Budget 2024-25: Govt announces Venture Fund of Rs 1,000 Crore to Expand Space Economy
• Credit guarantee cover extended to ₹7.5 lakh under revamped Model Skill Loan Scheme

National News

• C-DOT partners with IIT Roorkee and Mandi to boost 6G standardization, connectivity
• Parle continues to be the most-chosen in-home FMCG brand
• Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Durbar Hall, Ashok Hall renamed – as ‘Ganatantra Mandap’ and ‘Ashok Mandap’
• India, US Sign Cultural Property Agreement to Repatriate Stolen Indian Artifacts
• Government extends EMPS till September with more outlay of ₹778 crore
• Centre clears urban flood management projects worth ₹2,514.36 cr of 5 states
• Amit Shah led High-level committee Yuva Aapda Mitra Scheme (YAMS)
• Govt sets a target to open 25,000 PMBJKs by 31st March 2027 across India
• Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurates India’s 500th Community Radio Station- Apna Radio 90.0 FM at IIMC Aizawl
• Government Setting Up 7 PM MITRA Parks With World Class Infrastructure
• India assumes chair of Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre
• Bhupender Yadav launches Ideas4LiFE portal for inviting ideas related to products and services
• Goa launches ‘Goem Vinamulya Vij Yevjan’ Scheme

International News

• Global Passport Index: India at 82nd with Visa-Free Access to 58 Countries and Singapore occupied the top spot
• India among top 3 countries in most significant forest area gains: FAO
• Ajit Doval Represents India At 4th Annual BIMSTEC Security Chiefs Meeting In Naypyitaw
• EAM Jaishankar unveils commemorative postage stamp of Ram Lalla in Laos
• S Jaishankar unveils bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Tokyo

Banking and Financial

• Paytm partners with Axis Bank to provide payment technology solutions
• Acko acquires healthtech company OneCare in all cash deal
• IRDAI revises its guidelines on commission on long-term motor insurance
• RBI introduces PCA framework to improve financial health of UCBs
• ADB Approves Support to Improve Urban Mobility in India
• IndusInd Bank collaborates with Inspire Institute of Sport to launch ‘Wrestle for Glory’
• Karnataka Bank partners with ICICI Lombard General Insurance
• UltraTech acquires 32.7% stake in India Cements for ₹3,945 crore
• Amazon Pay, Adyen, BillDesk secure cross-border payment licence from RBI
• Insurtech startup Covrzy gets broking license from IRDAI
• UGRO Capital, SIDBI ink co-lending partnership
• SEBI launches SEVA Chatbot for Investors
• Shriram Capital gets RBI nod to launch ARC
• NIIT IFBI launches ‘ACE Banker Program’ in collaboration with HDFC Bank

Appointment and Resignation

• Nita Ambani unanimously re-elected as International Olympic Committee Member
• Ajinkya Naik elected as the Youngest MCA President
• DK Murali takes charge as CMD of Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL)
• Manoj Mittal assumes charge as CMD of SIDBI
• Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro wins third term as President
• Former Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan takes charge as Chairman of UPSC
• Masoud Pezeshkian sworn in as president of Iran

Awards

• Shah Rukh Khan gets honoured with Customised Gold Coins by Paris’ Grevin Museum
• CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology scientist S. Sridhar Inducted as a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, London

Defence

• Goa Shipyard Launches First Indigenous P1135.6 Frigate ‘Triput’
• India Army off to Mongolia to take part in 21st EX- KHAAN QUEST 2024
• INS Tabar reaches Saint Petersburg for Russian Navy Day celebrations

Sports

• IOA ropes in BPCL as principal sponsor for four years
• French Alps to Host 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games
• Real Madrid become first football club in world to report €1 billion in revenue
• Sri Lanka clinch maiden Women’s Asia Cup title with comprehensive win over India
• Jiya Rai becomes World’s Youngest & Fastest Female Para Swimmer to Swim Solo Across English Channel
• India to host T20 Asia Cup 2025, 2027 edition in ODI format in Bangladesh
• Indian Team wins 4 medals at 56th International Chemistry Olympiad

Paris Olympic 2024

• 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Parade held on River Seine, Paris
• Manu Bhaker wins Bronze, becomes 1st Indian woman to clinch shooting medal
• Shooter Manu Bhaker & Sarabjot win historic bronze at Paris Olympics

Important day

• 25 July – World Drowning Prevention Day (Theme 2024 – Anyone can drown, no one should)
• 25 July – World Embryologist Day
• 26 July – Kargil Vijay Diwas
• 27 July – CRPF Raising Day
• 28 July – World Hepatitis Day (Theme 2024 – It’s Time for Action)
• 29 July – International Tiger Day
• 30 July– World Day Against Trafficking In Persons (Theme 2024 – Leave No Child Behind in the Fight Against Human Trafficking)
• 31 July – World Ranger Day (Theme 2024 – 30 by 30)

Obituary

• Former Indonesia Vice President Hamzah Haz Dies

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