National NEWS

SEHER Program

• This program was launched by Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) and TransUnion CIBIL to empower women entrepreneurs in India with financial literacy content and business skills, helping them to access the financial tools they need.
• Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP), incubated in NITI Aayog in 2018.

NITI Aayog

Aadhaar card

• In case in Calcutta High Court, UIDAI stated that Aadhaar number does not constitutes proof of citizenship or domicile.

Aadhaar or UIDAI ID

 Gallantry awards 

• President Droupadi Murmu conferred 10 Kirti Chakras & 26 Shaurya Chakras to personnel of the Army and paramilitary forces for displaying indomitable courage and extraordinary valour in the line of duty. 
• The Shaurya Chakra is India's third-highest peacetime gallantry award after the Ashok Chakra and Kirti Chakra.

President: major related Articles in Part V

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

India & Democratic Republic of Congo

• The first Secretary-level meeting between the Defence Ministries of India and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was held in New Delhi.

Democratic Republic of Congo

New Government in UK

• Labour’s Party Keir Starmer has become the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK).
• Angela Rayner has been appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister, and Rachel Reeves has made history as the UK's first female Chancellor of the Exchequer.

United Kingdom (UK)

Iran's new President

• Masoud Pezeshkian has been elected as Iran's new President. 
• His election marks a significant political shift, with potential implications for Iran's domestic and international policies.

Iran

ECONOMY & BANKING

DPIIT & NCAER MOU

• The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has inked a pact with think tank NCAER to develop a detailed framework for assessment of logistics cost and carry out a study for assessment of the cost for 2023-24. 

NCAER

BIS Mandatory 

• To enhance kitchen safety, quality, and efficiency, the Government of India has mandated conformity to the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for stainless steel and aluminium utensils.

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

Annual defence production

• India has registered the highest ever growth in the value of defence production in 2023-24. The value of production has reached to Rs. 1,26,887 crore in 2023-24 which is 16.8% higher than the value of production of previous financial year.

Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya

• Indian Railways’ Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV) Vadodara and Airbus signed an agreement for aerospace teaching and research in order to strengthen the Indian aviation sector.
• GSV Vadodara was established through an Act of Parliament in 2022 aiming to fulfil the mandate of the National Developmental Plans (PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan 2021 and National Logistics Policy 2022).

Science & Technology & ENVIRONMENT

New horned frog species

• Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Shillong and Pune discovered new horned frog species in Arunachal Pradesh mistakenly identified as Vietnamese reptile earlier.
• This leaf-litter dwelling frog, known for living amongst tea leaves and sporting small horns, is dark brown in colour and has been identified as Xenophrys apatani.

Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)

SIGHT scheme

• The renewable energy ministry has issued guidelines for providing incentives to green hydrogen producers under “Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition” of SIGHT scheme.
• SIGHT scheme was aimed for  funding domestic manufacturing of electrolysers and produce green hydrogen.

Chloramphenicol and nitrofurans

• Apex advisory body Drugs Consultative Committee (DCC) has recommended a complete ban on the import, production, distribution and sale of two antibiotics named chloramphenicol and nitrofurans. 
• These antimicrobial drugs are widely used in the treatment of bacteria in food- producing animals.

Advancing maritime safety

• Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) yesterday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at advancing maritime safety through the development of a ship trajectory prediction tool.

IMPORTANT DAY

 World Zoonoses Day

• World Zoonoses Day is observed every year on 6 July to emphasise and bring problem awareness amongst people and teach them to take the right action.
• The first vaccination against a zoonotic disease was administered by Louis Pasteur on 6 July 1885

Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

• Tributes were paid on the birth anniversary of  Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee.
• He founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1951 & also served as the Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet from 1947 to 195