- Important Days & Events: July 7th is celebrated as World Chocolate Day to commemorate the invention of chocolate.
- Appointments: India’s Lieutenant General, Mohan Subramanian has been appointed as the Force Commander in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
- Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Jyotiraditya Scindia have been assigned additional charges of Minority Affairs and the Ministry of Steel.
- SBI General Insurance Company Ltd. Has announced Paritosh Tripathi as its MD and CEO.
- Banking & Insurance: The South Indian Bank has signed an agreement with Kerala’s Forest and Wildlife Department to enable digital collection of payments at eco-tourism centers.
- State Bank of India (SBI) has extended the agreement of the Defence salary package for the Indian Air Force.
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1.05 crore and Rs 1 crore on Kotak Mahindra Bank and IndusInd Bank.
- Ranking & Indices:
- Report: State Ranking Index for NFSA’ 2022.
- Ranks: Odisha is in the first position with a score of 0.836, followed by Uttar Pradesh (0.797) and Andhra Pradesh (0.794).
- Awards: Jayshree Ullal, CEO of Arista Networks, was ranked near the top of the 8th annual Forbes’ America’s Richest Self-Made Women.
- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will be going to attend The G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) going to be held in Bali, Indonesia.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 30-feet bronze statue of Alluri Sitarama Raju at Bhimavaram in Andhra Pradesh.
- The CBSE Board has launched a portal called ‘Pariksha Sangam’ to streamline board examination results.
- India’s first Autonomous Navigation facility, TiHAN inaugurated by Jitendra Singh at the IIT Hyderabad campus.
- Billionaire investor Rakesh Juhunjhunwala-owned Akasa Air has been cleared for take-off. The no-frills airline received its air operator certificate (AOC) from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The airline will start its operations from the end of July.
- Govt to fix fuel consumption standards for light, medium, heavy vehicles
- Interest rate cap on FCNR NRE deposits temporarily lifted
- Centre sets out rules on disbursing Rs 1 trillion capex funds to states
- Only 22% of gig workers in India Primary Earners
- RBI eases forex rules to defend currency
Questions:
Q.1 G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) going to be held in which of the following country?a. Indonesia
b. Thailand
c. Malayasia
d. India
Q.2 Which of the following state has topped the State Ranking Index for NFSA 2022?
a. Gujarat
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Odisha
d. Kerala
