- India continues to be no 1. in the test ranking
- the India team which lost the world test championship final to Australia month continues to hold on to its top spot
- team India and off-spinner ravichandran ashwin remained number one in the last ICC test rankings even as new zealand skipper kane williamson replaced joe root as the top-ranked batter
- Ashwin also held on to his world no 1 among bowlers...Read more
- the seventh edition of India Navy US Navy salvage and exercise ordnance disposal (EOD) exercise Salvex was conducted from at Kochi
- in and USN have been participating in joint salvage and EDO exercises since 2005
- the exercises saw participation from both the navies which included the ships INS Nireekshak and USNS Savlor in addition to specialist diving and EDO teams...Read more
3. 67th TAAI convention to begin in Colombo
- The highly anticipated 67th travel agents association of India (TAAI) convention will commence in Colombo.
- the three-day convention inaugural ceremony promises to be a star-studded affair with the esteemed presence of sri lanka's president Ranil Wickremasinghe and high commissioner of india Gopal Baglay among others...Read more
4. army organizes civil-military liaison conference
- in Jammu and Kashmir in order to promote synergy and coordination between the government officials security forces and local population of the Jammu region army organized a civil-military liaison conference at rakh muthi military station for leveraging govt schemes toward nation-building.
- the conference was attended by stakeholders from various govt departments...
5. India pair Priyansh & Avneet Kaur win gold medal
- Indian archers Priyansh and Avneet Kaur won gold in the junior mixed team compound event defeating Israel in the final of the Limerick Ireland
- it was a nail-biting contest wherein the Indian players beat Israel
- the world archery youth championships event is taking place at the University of Limerick in the west of Ireland from July 3 to 9...Read more
6. govt asks the committee to identify orphaned for mission Vatsalya
- the ministry of Women and child development has asked the child welfare and protection committee to identify the children who may be in need of help and support in difficult circumstances
- Ministry officials said that the committee has been asked to identify the children who are eligible for support in difficult circumstances under Mission Vatsalya...Read more
7. cabinet clears data protection bill
- the union cabinet cleared the digital personal data protection (DPDP) Bill
- the clearance paves the way for the bill to be introduced in parliament in the upcoming monsoon session scheduled to begin on July 20
- the data protection legislation specifies norms on the management of the personal data of Indian residents and requires explicit consent from people whose data is collected and used...Read more
8. pm to launch 12,100-crore projects in Kashi on July 7
- the prime minister will also dedicate to the nation three railway lines electrification of which has been completed at a cost of more than 990 crore
- the four-lane widening of Varanasi Jaunpur section of NH 56 which has been completed at a cost of over 2750 crore making travel from Varanasi to Lucknow easier and faster will also be dedicated to the public during the pm's visit...Read more
9. MHA launched a scheme for the expansion and modernization of fire services in the states with an outlay of Rs 500 crore...Read more
10. RBI cancels licenses of malkapur urban cooperative bank ltd & shushruti souharda sahakara bank niyamita... Read more
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