Current Affairs - July 26, 2023 Current Affairs

Nagaland has been officially declared as a Lumpy Skin Disease Positive State. The declaration is made following the detection of the Lumpy skin disease in four districts of the state, under The Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act, 2009.

President Xi Jinping dismissed Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang after just seven months in office. Qin has been replaced by former Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

The International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem is observed annually on July 26th.

The WHO identified the first case of MERS-CoV in a 28-year-old male from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

"Anu Awareness Yatra - 2023" with the theme of 'Atoms in the service of the nation' was launched at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, on Monday.

Cambodia's Hun Sen, one of the world's longest-serving prime ministers, said on Wednesday (26th July 2023) he would resign and hand power to his eldest son after almost four decades of hardline rule.

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga, his deputy Tawnluia, several Ministers, and many MLAs cutting across party lines took part in the 'Solidarity March' organized by the NGOs Coordination Committee (NCC) in the State's capital Aizawl.

Australia's largest bilateral military exercise with the United States, Exercise Talisman Sabre, officially commenced, with an opening ceremony on-board HMAS Canberra.

T V Narendran has been reappointed as the Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of Tata Steel for a term of five years, starting from September 19, 2023, which will last until September 18, 2028.

Ladakh, the Union Territory, has marked a momentous occasion with the establishment of its first-ever women's police station.

BJP MLA from Dhupguri, Bishnu Pada Roy, who was suffering from a lung infection for quite some time, died at a state-run hospital. He was 61.

ISRO had announced the launch of PSLV-C56, carrying Singapore's DS-SAR satellite along with six co-passengers. The DS-SAR satellite was developed under a partnership between DSTA (representing the Government of Singapore) and ST Engineering.

Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi, the UAE Minister for Foreign Trade, has been chosen as the chair of the 13th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), scheduled to be held in Abu Dhabi in February 2024.

Pakistan A cricket team won the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Men's Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2023 by defeating India A in the finals at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The Union government has approved an increased interest rate of 8.15% on Employees Provident Fund (EPF) deposits for the financial year 2022-23. This decision comes after the EPFO trustees ratified the proposal to raise the interest rates, which had been at a four-decade low of 8.10% for the previous fiscal year.

The second edition of 'SemiconIndia 2023' in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel.

Devised in 2008, Oceans Seven is a marathon challenge that consists of open water swimming in seven channels.

Israel passes law to limit powers of judiciary amid massive protests.

Pan Gongsheng was named China's central bank governor on July 25 in the widely anticipated final major appointment of the ruling Communist Party's once-a-decade change of power.

Madhya Pradesh had the highest crime rate against people belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) groups in 2021, according to the latest data available from the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB).