Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 9 to 15 July 2022

July Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 2

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

We have given weekly one-liner current affairs below to help you study for general awareness / current affairs section and remain up to date on current events.

National News

• PM Modi attended the first Arun Jaitley Memorial Lecture at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi
• PARIMAN – The Geo-Portal for National Capital Region (NCR) made Public
• National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) organised 8th edition of Igniting Young Minds: Rejuvenating Rivers
• Delhi Government launched ‘Mission Kuahl Karmi’ programme to upskill construction workers
• Google announced Startup School India initiative
• Akash Air gets Air Operator Certificate from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
• PM Modi inaugurated Akshaya Patra Mid-Day Meal Kitchen in Varanasi
• Sikkim and West Bengal signed an agreement to ease travel for tourists
• Meghalaya to invest 300 crores in Childhood education programmes
• Ministry of Mines organized 6th National Conclave in New Delhi
• UP becomes first state in the country to have 13 expressways
• Kharchi Festival begins in Tripura
• Health Ministry and Panchayati Raj Ministry signed an MoU to eliminate TB in India by 2025
• India sets world record for building longest double-decker bridge in Nagpur
• HAL signed an agreement with Safran to build helicopter engines
• Chhattisgarh government received USD 300 Million from World Bank for school education
• PM Modi inaugurated newly built Deoghar Airport in Jharkhand
• IIT Kanpur to set up network of air quality sensors to measure pollution in rural India
• Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) signed an agreement with West Bengal government to build next-gen electric ferry
• 6th Deputy National Security Advisor level meeting concludes in Kochi
• India becomes 68th country to join Interpol’s Child Sexual Exploitation Database
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Mumbai becomes India’s first station to have augmented reality experience
• Rurban Mission Delta Ranking June 2022– Jharkhand topped
• PM Modi unveiled National emblem cast on new Parliament Building
• Tripura government launched ‘Earn with Learn’ Scheme
• India’s first elevated Dwarka expressway to be operational by 2023
• Uttarakhand becomes first state to implement NEP at pre-primary level
• Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approves India’s first indigenously developed Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) vaccine
• Andhra Pradesh government decided to rejoin Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
• Delhi Government partnered with UNICEF for employment opportunities to students
• Government to soon launch nationwide campaign ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ to inspire people to hoist national flag
• Ola unveiled India’s first indigenously made lithium ion-cell
• Union Cabinet approved Gati Shakti University in Gujarat
• Cabinet approved Taranga Hill-Ambaji-Abu Road new rail line
• Ahmedabad, Kerala among TIME’s list of world’s greatest places of 2022
• UIDAI launched ‘AadhaarFaceRd’ mobile app to perform Aadhaar face authentication
• Delhi LG VK Saxena launched SAH-BHAGITA scheme to reward RWAs for property tax compliance
• Vedanta partners with IIT Madras incubated startup
• Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) partnered with Athletics Federation of India to support Indian Athlete
• Bharti Airtel allotted 1.2% equity shares to Google for USD 1 Billion
• India’s first Monkeypox case reported in Kerala
• India’s NSCS (National Security Council Secretariat) hosted meeting of BIMSTEC on cyber security cooperation
• Union Minister Narendra Tomar launched e-NAM Platform to promote agricultural trade
• UAE to invest USD 2 billion to develop integrated food parks across India
• Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar & Union Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated NIFT campus in Panchkula
• Industrial Production Index jumps to 19.6 percent in May
• Trade Deficit surged to record $26.1 Billion in June

International News

• India elected to UNESCO panel on intangible Cultural Heritage
• India will surpass China as World’s most populous country during 2023– United Nations report
• China launched global naming event for its newest solar observatory
• Global Gender Gap Index 2022: India ranked 135; Iceland topped

Banking and Financial

• Max Life launched Smart Capital Guarantee Solution
• City Union Bank signed an agreement with Sriram Insurance to distribute insurance product
• RBI imposed penalties on Federal Bank and Bank of India for violating regulatory norms
• Axis Bank signed an MoU with Indian Air Force to manage salary accounts
• NPCI partnered with Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) for master’s degree in digital payments
• Edelweiss Mutual Fund launched Focused Equity Fund
• India Mortgage Guarantee Corp. (IMGC) partnered with RBL Bank to offer mortgage guarantee-backed home loans
• RBI imposed penalties on Ola Financial Services for non-compliance provisions
• TATA AIA partnerd with City Union Bank for life and health Insurance
• SBICAP signed an MoU with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for Trilateral Development Cooperation Fund
• Arohan Financial Services launched ApnaArohan digital lending app
• Nomura cuts 2023 GDP forecast for Indian to 4.7%

Appointment and Resignation

• Gita Gopinath becomes first woman to feature on wall of former chief economics
• R Dinesh appointed as President Designate of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2022-23
• Former Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant appointed as the new G20 Sherpa
• Paritosh Tripathi appointed as MD and CEO of SBI General Insurance
• Alvaro Lario appointed as new President of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• RK Gupta appointed as new Deputy Election Commissioner
• Brajesh Upadhaya appointed as the new chief of Goa Shipyard Limited
• Meena Hemchandra appointed as part-time Chairman of Karur Vyasya Bank
• Mustafizur Rahman appointed as Bangladesh High Commissioner to India
• Madhulika Bhaskar gets additional charge as CMD of New India Assurance Company Ltd (NIACL) for three months
• Sudhakar Dalela appointed as India’s next Ambassador to Bhutan
• Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) recommended G Rajkiran Rai as MD at National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID)

Awards

• Vice Chairman of Sanmar Group, Narayanan Kumar received ‘Order of the Rising Sun’ award by Japan
• India’s Pallavi Singh bagged the Mrs Universe Divine Crown in South Korea
• British Parliament felicitated BCCI President Sourav Ganguly

Defence

• Union Minister Rajnath Singh launched first-ever AI exhibition in New Delhi

Science

• Jahnavi Dangeti becomes the youngest Analog Astronaut of Analog Astronaut Training Centre (AATC)
• Agnikul Cosmos opened India’s first rocket engine factory in Chennai

Sports

• Gujarat to host 36th National Games from 27 September to 10 October
• Charles Leclerc won Austrian F1 Grand Prix
• Wimbledon championship 2022: Novak Djokovic won the men’s singles title and Elena Rybakina won the women’s singles title
• India’s Arjun Babuta won first gold medal at ISSF World Cup in South Korea
• India’s Grand Master D Gukesh won Gijon Chess Masters
• India bagged 22 medals in Asian U-20 Wrestling Championships Manama, Bahrain
• 94-year-old Bhagwani Devi bagged gold at World Masters Athletics Championships in Finland
• Mohammed Shami becomes fastest Indian to take 150 ODI wickets
• Jonny Bairstow & Marizanne Kapp named ICC Player of the Month for June 2022
• India topped ISSF Shooting World Cup 2022 medal tally

Book and Author

• Meenakshi Lekhi launched ‘Swadhinta Sangram Na Surviro’ book
• Himachal Pradesh Governor Rajendra Arlekar has released a book titled ‘The McMahon line: A century of discord’ by JJ Singh

Important day

• 10 July – National Fish Farmers Day
• 11 July – World Population Day (Theme 2022 – A world of 8 billion- Towards a resilient future for all – Harnessing opportunities and ensuring rights and choices for all.)
• 12 July – International Malala Day
• 13 July 2022 – Bhanubhakta Acharya’s 209th birth anniversary
• 15 July – World Youth Skills Day (Theme 2022 – Transforming youth skills for the future)

Obituary

• Secretary General of OPEC Mohammad Barkindo passed away
• Former Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos passed away
• Father of Indian Internet B K Syngal passed away
• Former Mexico President Luis Echeverria passed away
• Renowned archaeologist Enamul Haque passes away
• British composer Monty Norman passes away
• Former New Zealand cricket captain Barry Sinclair passed away
• Noted social worker and Padma Shri awardee, Avdhash Kaushal passed away

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