VisionIAS
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1) World Hepatitis Day celebrated on 28th July
•This year’s theme is “Hepatitis-free future,” with a strong focus on preventing hepatitis B among mothers and newborns.
•The date of 28 July was chosen because it is the birthday of Nobel-prize winning scientist Dr Baruch Blumberg, who discovered the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and developed a diagnostic test and vaccine for the virus. There are five main strains of the hepatitis virus – A, B, C, D and E. Together, hepatitis B and C are the most common cause of deaths, with 1.3 million lives lost each year.
2) World Nature Conservation Day: 28th July
3) PM launches High Throughput COVID testing facilities
•These testing facilities will not be limited to testing for COVID, and will also be able to test for Hepatitis B and C, HIV, Dengue and several other diseases. It will also decrease turn-around-time and exposure of lab personnel to infectious clinical materials. These facilities have been set up strategically at ICMR-National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Noida; ICMR-National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai; and ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata.
4) Dr Harsh Vardhan launched “Mausam” app for weather forecasts
5) India hands over 10 broad-gauge railway locos to Bangladesh
•The rail collaboration between India & Bangladesh is a vital element of bilateral collaboration to promote trade and connectivity as well as boosting the economic partnership. Currently there are four operational rail links between the two countries connecting West Bengal with Bangladesh.
6) DRDO launches ‘Dare to Dream 2.0’ contest
•The contest has been launched for emerging technologies to encourage the individuals & startups for innovation in defence and aerospace technologies in the country. After due evaluation, an expert committee will decide the winners of the contest. The winners would be awarded with prize money of up to Rs 10 lakh for startup and Rs five lakh to individual category.
7) Hichem Mechichi becomes new Prime Minister of Tunisia
•As well as being the interior minister in the outgoing government, Mechichi has been a counsellor to President Saied, handling legal matters. He has previously been chief of staff at the Ministry of Transport and also served in the Ministry of Social Affairs.
8) India-Indonesia Defence Ministers’ Dialogue held in New Delhi
•Defence Ministers’ Dialogue led to the agreement between the participants to further improve the bilateral defence cooperation in mutually agreed areas. They also identified the potential areas of cooperation such as in the field of defence industries and defence technology and committed themselves to bolster bilateral cooperation in these areas and take them to the next level of deliverables.
9) “Quest for Restoring Financial Stability in India” authored by Viral V.Acharya
10) “The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World” authored by Dr. S Jaishankar