NATIONAL NEWS

 International University for Blind

• India's first International University for Blind will be established in Odisha to provide education and technical courses.

Odisha

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

International Solar Alliance

•  India and New Zealand signed a Customs Cooperation Agreement to ease trade between the two countries. 
• New Zealand ratified the International Solar Alliance.

International Solar Alliance

 Plant4Mother campaign

• Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene, Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament, and Santosh Jha, Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, jointly inaugurated the 'Sri Lanka-India Friendship Arch' at the National Sandalwood Garden in Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte as part of the Plant4Mother campaign.

Sri Lanka

ECONOMY & BANKING

 'Delegated payments' on UPI

• The RBI has approved 'delegated payments' on UPI, allowing a third party to use the primary user’s account, and has raised the UPI tax payment limit from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.

RBI

  NSE registered investors

• The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has achieved a significant milestone, with the number of registered investors crossing the 10 crore mark for the first time.
• The total number of accounts registered with the exchange stands at 19 crore.

NSE

8th India International Footwear Fair 2024

•  8th India International Footwear Fair 2024 was organized by India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) in New Delhi.
• India is currently the second-largest footwear manufacturer in the world.

Barclays-Hurun India Report 2024

• Barclays Private Clients and Hurun India have released the 2024 Barclays Private Clients Hurun India Most Valuable Family Businesses list, ranking India’s most valuable family businesses by value.
• The Ambani family led by Mukesh Ambani ranked first (Rs 25.75 trillion equivalent to 10% of India’s GDP), Bajaj family led by Neeraj Bajaj (Rs 7.13 lakh crore) led by Niraj Bajaj ranked second and Birlas (Rs 5.39 lakh crore) led by Kumar Mangalam was on third Spot.

PERSON IN NEWS

Harish Salve

•  Harish Salve, a former Solicitor General of India and King's Counsel will represent the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in the legal battle at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) concerning wrestler Vinesh Phogat's disqualification from the Paris Olympics.

Muhammad Yunus

• Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as the chief adviser of Bangladesh's interim government. The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, recognized for his pioneering work on microlending, was appointed head of the interim government following President Mohammed Shahabuddin's dissolution of parliament.

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

• Former chief minister of West Bengal and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee passed away at the age of 80.

Ashokraj Sigdel

• The government of Nepal appointed Lieutenant General Ashokraj Sigdel as the Acting Chief of Army Staff of the Nepal Army.

IMPORTANT DAYS

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2024

• The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is observed on 9 August each year to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world's indigenous population.
•  This year the theme for this day is “Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact”.

ENVIRONMENT + SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

• The Indian government decided to review dams vulnerable to Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) to improve spillway capacity.
•  The Central Water Commission monitors 902 glacial lakes in the Himalayas.

GLOFs

New cases of Zika virus

• Maharashtra’s Pune reported eight new cases of Zika virus, taking the total to 81 in the district.

Zika Virus

 Mpox Outbreak 2024

•  The World Health Organisation (WHO) called an emergency meeting to discuss the outbreak of monkeypox virus (Mpox) amid the recent surge in cases from Congo and whether the spread of the deadly virus is a cause for global concern or not.

Monkeypox virus

DEFENCE

Anupam Kapoor

• Surgeon Vice Admiral Anupam Kapoor assumed charge as Director General Hospital Services (Armed Forces) in the office of Director General Medical Services (Armed Forces).

SPORTS

Neeraj Chopra won silver

•  Neeraj Chopra won silver at the Paris Olympics with a best throw of 89.45 meters in the men's javelin final at the Paris Olympics 2024.
• Pakistan's Nadeem Arshad clinched gold with a record-breaking throw of 92.97 meters.

Bronze medal in Hockey

• The Indian hockey team, captained by Harmanpreet Singh, secured a 2-1 victory against Spain at the Paris 2024 Olympics, earning the bronze medal in men's hockey for the second consecutive time after a 52-year gap (since 1972).

Vinesh Phogat

• Haryana Chief Minister Naib Singh Saini announced that the State Government will provide all the facilities of a silver medal winner to Vinesh Phogat.

ISSF World Cup Final 2024

•  India will host the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final 2024 shooting meet in October 2024.
•  New Delhi’s Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range will be the venue for the international shooting meet which will be returning to India after seven years.

ISSF