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July 1, 2024 :Union Home Minister Amit Shah says that it would take up to three to four years for the “entire process” and relevant “technical aspects” of the three new criminal laws to become fully applicable.
July 2, 2024 : At least 116 people were killed and over 200 were injured in a stampede at a religious event in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh.
July 3, 2024 :Matching China’s effort of creating new villages on its side of the Line of Actual control (LAC), India decides to set up “new villages” or “habitations” in Arunachal Pradesh “closer to the LAC”.
July 4, 2024 :Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren is sworn in as Jharkhand Chief Minister for the third time.
July 5, 2024 : Keir Starmer’s Labour wins a landslide victory in the UK general elections after Rishi Sunak’s conservatives imploded, a result that dramatically reshapes the political landscape after years of political upheaval and infighting.
July 6, 2024 :Iran’s reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian wins a run-off presidential election against conservative Saeed Jatili, Interior Ministry said.
July 7, 2024 : The five Army men who recently drowned in the Shyok river in eastern Ladakh had battled the gushing waters for almost six hours before being washed away, Army sources said.
July 8, 2024 :Eleven Ministers were inducted into the Cabinet of Chief Minister Hemant Soren soon after he won the floor test in the Jharkhand Assembly with 45 votes.
July 9, 2024 :India and Russia agree to increase bilateral trade to $100 billion by 2030.
July 10, 2024 :The Supreme court holds that divorced Muslim women are entitled to maintenance under the “secular” section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
July 11, 2024 :The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) asks Karnataka to ensure the flow of 11,500 cusecs of water at Biligundlu every day till July 31 to supply water for Tamil Nadu.
July 12, 2024 :Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ lost his vote of confidence, leading to the fall of his one-and-a half year- old government.
July 13, 2024 : India bloc parties win 10 out of 13 Assembly seats where bypolls were held, while the BJP manages to wrest only two, the Election Commission declares.
July 14, 2024 :Donald Trump survives an attempt on his life when a young gunman fires multiple shots at the former US President at a campaign rally in Pennsylvamia, injuring his right ear.
July 15, 2024 : K P Sharma Oli is sworn in as Nepal’s 45th Prime Minister the fourth time for him, to lead a new coalition government that faces the daunting challenge of providing political stability in the Himalayan nation.
July 16, 2024 : Derecho storm wreaks havoc in Chicago and Midwest, causing power outages and fatalities.
July 17, 2024 :Months ahead of the Assembly elections, the BJP government in Haryana announces a 10 percent reservation for Agniveers in the recruitment for constables, mining guards, forest guards and jail wardens, besides quota in other posts.
July 18, 2024 :Amid a spate of terrorist attacks in Jammu region, PM Narendra Modi chairs the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on security and takes stock of the ground situation in the UT.
July 19, 2024 : Millions of users across the globe are thrown into a digital blackout as a series of outages cripple Microsoft services.
July 20, 2024 :As violence in Bangladesh intensifies further, taking the death toll to more than 100, Indian govt. continuous to facilitate the return home of its nationals, including students.
July 21, 2024 : President Joe Biden ends his re-election campaign after fellow Democrats lost faith in his mental acuity and ability to beat Donald Trump while endorsing Vice-President Kamala Harris, to replace him as the party’s candidate.
July 22, 2024 :The Economic Survey 2023-24 tabled by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament projected the economy to grow between 6.5percent and 7 percent in 2024-25 depending on global factors.
July 23, 2024 :Presenting her seventh Union Budget and the first after this year’s Lok Sabha election, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveils a flurry of measures aimed at fixing the woes of unemployed youth, small businesses, and the middle class, and seeks to strengthen the ruling NDA coalition’s bonds with support for multiple investment projects in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh.
July 24, 2024 :Amid widespread allegations of cheating in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduate medical admissions, the UPSC is all set to revamp its exam system through technological solutions.
July 25, 2024 :Rashtrapati Bhavan’s iconic Durbar Hall and Ashok Hall will now be called Ganatantra Mandap and Ashok Mandap respectively.
July 26, 2024 : The 33rd Olympic Games got off to a spectacular start as athletes from 205 countries and one refugee team sail down the Seine on boats in Paris.
July 27, 2024 :Urging states to provide an investor-friendly environment, PM Modi asks govt. think tank NITI Aayog to prepare an “investment-friendly charter” of parameters which would include policies, programmes and proceses for ‘attracting investments’.
July 28, 2024 :External Affairs minister S Jaishankar meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tokyo and discuss bilateral relations ahead of a Quad foreign ministers’ meeting.
July 29, 2024 : CBI names Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal along with five others, in its final chargesheet in the Delhi excise policy case.
July 30, 2024 :Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh celebrate after winning bronze in 10m air pistol mixed team event at the Paris Olympics.
July 31, 2024 : Following two meetings in July between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, officials of the two sides meet in New Delhi to find an early resolution of the military stand –off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).