National News

TB Mukt Panchayat

• 58 panchayats in Ladakh have achieved ‘TB Mukt Panchayat’ status under the nationwide initiative launched in Varanasi on March 24, 2023 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

About Tuberculosis (TB)

International News

Saurya Airlines flight skid off the runway

• Eighteen people have died as a Saurya Airlines flight skid off the runway while taking off from the Tribhuvan International Airport at Kathmandu, Nepal.

About Nepal

Henley Passport Index

• India has been ranked 82nd in the latest Henley Passport Index, allowing Indians visa-free entry to only 58 countries.

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Economy and Banking

RBI tightened cash payout norms

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tightened cash payout norms, making it mandatory for the remitting bank to keep a record of the name and address of the beneficiary.

About RBI

1000 million tonnes Coal Production in 2024-25

• The Union Coal Ministry has set up a coal production target of over one thousand million tonnes in 2024-25.

About Coal

Gender Budget

• Union Minister Annapurna Devi has said that the Gender Budget allocation towards welfare and empowerment of women in 2024–25 is 3.3 lakh crore rupees, 37.3% higher than the financial year 2023-24.

About Gender Budget

Science & Tech and Environment

Cell-Free 6G Access Points

• The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) and Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi (IIT Mandi), for the development of ‘Cell-Free’ 6G Access Points.

About C-DoT

Technology Security Initiative

• During the visit of UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, India and the United Kingdom launched a 'Technology Security Initiative' to enhance their strategic partnership.

About UK

Mpox

• The current mpox outbreak in Congo has seen around 27,000 cases, and claimed more than 1,100 lives, most of them children, since the beginning of 2023. 

About mpox

KAVACH System

• In a written reply in Lok Sabha, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the Indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection system KAVACH has so far been deployed on 1465 Route km and 144 locomotives on South Central Railway.

About KAVACH

White Category Industries

• The Environment Ministry proposed that Non-polluting ‘white category’ industries may not require prior permissions of the state pollution control boards to establish and operate under the Air Act, 1981, and the Water Act, 1974.
• These permissions, known officially as ‘consent to establish’ (CTE) and ‘consent to operate’ (CTO).

Acts Related to Protection of Environment

Defence

Phase-II of Ballistic Missile Defence System

• Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence System, launched from LC-IV Dhamra. 

About DRDO

21st edition of Exercise Khaan Quest 2024

• The Indian Army will participate in the 21st edition of the multinational joint military exercise Khaan Quest 2024 in Mongolia from July 27 to August 9.

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Person in News

Nita Ambani

• Nita Ambani has been unanimously re-elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from India at the global olympic body's 142nd session in Paris.

About IOC

Shah Rukh Khan

• Shah Rukh Khan became the first Indian actor to get a customised gold coin bearing his name and likeness by the Grévin wax museum in Paris.