🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS | 05 JULY 2023

1. President Smt Droupadi Murmu arrived at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur yesterday evening for a three-day visit to the Vidarbha region.

2. The implementation of the Uniform Civil Code ( UCC) will bind India, its nationalism more effectively said Vice President Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar while attending the 25th convocation of Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG). 

3. PM Modi chairs meeting of Union Council of Ministers; discuss visionary 2047, developmental works, infrastructure development. The meeting took place at the newly built convention centre at Pragati Maidan in national capital. 

4. Centre announces scheme to support minor rape victims under the aegis of the Nirbhaya Fund and an amount of ₹74.1 crore has been allocated.

5. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari urges management professionals to develop innovative revenue generation & financing models in infrastructure sector. 

6. Heavy rainfall in Gurugram and adjacent areas of Haryana led to severe waterlogging in parts of the city, disrupting normal life. 

7. The 12-day long annual Kanwar Yatra began yesterday in different parts of the country. Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh governments have made elaborate arrangements to manage huge rush of pilgrims.

8. DAY-NRLM launches Mobile App to Market products made by women of Self-help Groups. (The DAY-NRLM is essentially a poverty relief programme of the Central government. It was launched as 'Aajeevika – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)' by the GOI's Ministry of Rural Development in the year 2011) 

9. In Jammu and Kashmir, the construction of 1.08 km long, 2-lane viaduct has been completed in Ramban district. Built at a cost of Rs 140 Crore, Udhampur-Ramban on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44). 

10. BJP on Tuesday, appointed new party chief in four states. BJP President J P Nadda cleared these appointments as follows. 

(i) Union Minister G Kishan Reddy : Telangana BJP  

(ii) D Purandeshwari : Andhra Pradesh.

(iii)Babulal Marandi : Jharkhand 

(iv) Sunil Jakhar : Punjab. 

11. Sharad Pawar-led NCP issues whip to all MLAs to attend meeting in Mumbai; Ajit group also issues notice for its meet. 

12. Amid the political crisis in Maharashtra, Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Tuesday said he must first determine if the NCP is in power or Opposition in the House. "I cannot divide the NCP into two factions as there is no official split," Narwekar said.

13. AP CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has fulfilled a promise he made during his last pre-poll padayatra by setting the foundation stone for revival of the long-defunct Chittoor Cooperative Dairy on Tuesday.

14. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra is likely to attend a public meeting being planned at Kollapur on July 20 in Telangana.

15. PM Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Rajasthan on July 7 and 8 during which he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of about 50 projects worth around Rs 50,000 crore. 

16. 520 additional medical seats would be made available to Telangana students from this academic year. The state government’s decision to scrap 15 % "unreserved" category for which students from Andhra and Rayalaseema had been allowed. 

17. The issue of providing additional reservations for transgender persons in education and public employment has come under scrutiny in the Bombay High Court. The Maharashtra government has responded that it would be challenging to implement additional reservations. 

18. Pigs are taking the spotlight in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) as the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) plans to establish India’s first pig schools. This groundbreaking initiative aims to boost the region’s economy and enhance pig farming practices. 

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