Important Current Affairs for All Exams 📖📚

1) Olympic Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra has gifted his historic Tokyo Olympics gold medal winning javelin to the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.

2) The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras launched the 'Nilekani Centre at AI4Bharat' to promote the state of Indian language technology with the intention to create a societal impact.

3) Shushila Devi Likmabam clinched a silver medal in the women's judo 48kg final, giving India its seventh medal in the Commonwealth Games 2022.

4) Savitri Jindal, the Chairperson Emeritus of OP Jindal Group, has surpassed China’s Yang Huiyan to become Asia’s richest woman, as per the real-time Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

5) Paris Olympic Games 2024 Organisers have revealed "Ouvrons Grand Les Jeux", meaning "Games Wide Open", as the shared slogan for the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.

6) Sanjay Arora, a senior IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, took charge as the commissioner of Delhi Police.
➨ Rakesh Asthana, an IPS officer from the Gujarat Cadre, has retired after nearly 38 years of service. He was succeeded as commissioner of the Delhi Police by Sanjay Arora.

7) Rajasthan Grameen Aajivika Vikas Parishad (RGAV) signed an MoU with the Telangana government’s Stree Nidhi Credit Cooperative Federation to set up ‘Rajasthan Mahila Nidhi’, a financial institution for women, in Rajasthan.
▪️ Rajasthan:-
Governor - Kalraj Mishra
➭Amber Palace
➭Hawa Mahal
➭Ranthambore National Park
➭City Palace
➭Keoladeo Ghana National Park
➭Sariska National Park.
➭ Kumbhalgarh Fort

8) PM Modi launched the Power Ministry’s flagship revamped power distribution sector scheme.
➨He also laid the foundation stone of various green energy projects of the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC).

9) The Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) handed over India's first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) 'Vikrant' to the Indian Navy.

10) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
➨The world’s largest team chess competition, with players from 187 countries is being organised at a hotel in Mamallapuram, south of Chennai.
▪️Tamil Nadu :-
➨ CM - M K Stalin
➨Sathyamangalam tiger reserve  (STR)
➨Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve (KMTR)

11) The Indian Navy received two MH 60R multi-role helicopters from the United States at Cochin International Airport.
➨The helicopters were delivered by the Special Air Assignment Mission Flight of the US Air Force.

12) Reliance Industries (RIL)  partnered with Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to elevate the performances of Indian athletes, support the national sports federations and build the credentials of India as a global sporting nation.
➨ Under this partnership, RIL & IOA will together establish the first-ever India House at Paris Olympics 2024.

13) India's Harjinder Kaur claimed the bronze medal in the women's 71kg weightlifting competition after a dramatic climax at the Commonwealth Games 2022.

14) Vijay Kumar Yadav handed India its 2nd judo medal of Commonwealth Games 2022 as he beat Petros Christodoulides of Cyprus in men's 60kg judo tie to clinch the bronze medal.

15) Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the headquarters building of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) in GIFT City, Gandhinagar.
➨ He also launched the India International Bullion Exchange (IIBX), India’s first International Bullion Exchange in GIFT-IFSC.
▪️Gujarat:-
➨CM -  Bhupendra Patel
➨Governor - Acharya Devvrat
➨Nageshwar Temple
➨Somnath Temple
➠ Marine( Gulf of Kachchh) WLS 
➠Nal Sarovar Bird Santuary
➠ Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant
➠ Narayan Sarovar wildlife sanctuary
➠ Sardar Sarovar Hydro Electric Power Plant
➠Porbandar Lake wildlife sanctuary

16) Former India goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey has been elected as the new president of the All India Football Federation.