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Top Headlines: 31 July 2023

Today’s History: 31 July 2023

In 1940, The British government hanged freedom fighter Udham Singh in London.
In 1948, The 1st state transport service in India was established in West Bengal.
In 1992, Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar was awarded the Magsaysay Award.
In 1993, India’s 1st floating maritime museum was inaugurated in Kolkata.
In 2010, Jantar Mantar of Jaipur was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

1) RBI sets targets for lenders on CBDC, unclaimed deposits

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has assigned business targets to banks for promoting initiatives like the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and the recovery of unclaimed deposits.
RBI has given a target to generate one million daily digital currency transactions by December 2023.
RBI has also announced the setting up of a centralized portal to locate unclaimed deposits in multiple banks.

2) Taylor Fritz wins the Atlanta Open for his sixth career ATP Tour title

Taylor Fritz won his sixth career title Sunday, beating Aleksandar Vukic of Australia 7-5, 6-7, 6-4 at the Atlanta Open 2023.
This is his second victory of the season on hard courts, after the Delray Beach title in February 2023.
Taylor Fritz is an American professional tennis player.
He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

3) Alexei Popyrin beats Wawrinka in Croatia Open final 2023

Alexei Popyrin clinched the Croatia Open 2023 title after winning the final against Stan Wawrinka on 30 July 2023 in Umag, Croatia at the ATP 250. Popyrin defeated the 16-time tour-level champion Wawrinka with 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4 sets.
Alexei Popyrin is an Australian professional tennis player. Popyrin has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 59.

4) INS Visakhapatnam reaches Muscat to enhance India-Oman ties

The Indian Navy’s INS Visakhapatnam arrived in Oman to enhance maritime partnership between both countries.
INS Visakhapatnam is part of the Western Naval Command Fleet.
It is the lead ship of the P15B class, which was commissioned in 2021.
Diplomatic relations between India and Oman were established in 1955.
The relationship was upgraded to a Strategic Partnership in 2008.

5) Indian women’s hockey team wins 100th Anniversary SHF tournament

The Indian Women’s Hockey Team won the 100th Anniversary Spanish Hockey Federation – International Tournament (Torneo del Centenario) with a 3-0 victory over hosts Spain.
The Torneo del Centenario is being played to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the Real Federacion Espanola de Hockey – the Spanish hockey federation.
The Indian women’s team was led by goalkeeper Savita Punia.

6) ISRO launches PSLV-C56 rocket carrying 7 Singaporean satellites

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), on 30 July 2023, successfully launched its PSLV-C56 rocket carrying 7 Singaporean satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
DS-SAR carries a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload which allows it to provide all-weather day and night coverage.
This is the 58th flight of PSLV and 17th flight of PSLV in Core Alone configuration.

7) India’s per capita income to jump 70% by 2030: Standard Chartered Bank

The per capita income of India is likely to grow around 70% by 2030 and is expected to reach $4,000 from current levels of $2,450, according to a research report by Standard Chartered Bank.
The growth in income will help India become a middle-income economy with a GDP of $6 trillion.
Household consumption is projected to reach $3.4 trillion by fiscal 2030.

8) Govt drafts a National Strategy for Cruise Tourism development

The Ministry of Tourism in India has drafted a National Strategy for Cruise Tourism to position India as a preferred destination for cruise tourism globally.
The strategy document for cruise tourism includes infrastructure & circuit enablement, market development around cruise terminals.
The cruise passenger traffic grew from 1.26 lakh in 2015-16 to 4.68 lakh in 2019-20.

9) Amazon India announces to open first floating store in Dal lake

Under ‘I Have Space’ delivery programme, Amazon India has announced to open its first ever floating store in Jammu and Kashmir’s Dal Lake in Srinagar.
The store will be opened in a houseboat and will provide deliveries to its customers every day in Srinagar.
Launched in 2015, the ‘I Have Space’ programme has 28,000 neighbourhood and kirana partners in about 420 cities in India.

10) India to home South Asia’s first-ever Center for Species Survival

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission has partnered with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) to set up the first-ever Center for Species Survival in South Asia.
The Center for Species Survival will be the 10th of its kind in the world and the first in South Asia.
It will provide a platform for conservation practitioners to share best practices.

11) India and Laos sign MOUS for five quick impact projects

India and Laos signed MoUs for five Quick Impact Projects in education, health, water facility, and IT.
The MoUs were signed during the 3rd round of Foreign Office Consultations held in Vientiane.
Both sides discussed ways to bolster cooperation in various domains, including agriculture, health, and trade ties.
The next round of Foreign Office Consultations will be held in New Delhi.

12) Dharmendra Pradhan launches ULLAS mobile app on 3rd anniversary of NEP

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the (Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society) ULLAS initiative’s logo, slogan, and mobile application.
The app serves as a digital gateway for learners to engage in diverse learning resources through the DIKSHA portal of NCERT.
The ULLAS initiative focuses on promoting functional literacy, vocational skills, & digital literacy.

13) 106 MoUs signed on the occasion of Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam 2023

The Ministry of Education and Skill Development signed 106 MoUs on the occasion of the Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam 2023 and the 3rd anniversary of the National Education Policy.
The MoUs encompass partnerships with both public and private entities to foster innovation, and research in multiple domains.
NCERT signed 20 MoUs under the aegis of eVidya initiative with several states

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