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1) Pollution Under Control (PUC) Certificate:
- The Supreme Court recently abolished its own directive issued in 2017 that made a valid pollution under control (PUC) certificate mandatory for renewal of third-party insurance policy.
- Pollution Under Control (PUC) Certificate often referred to as the pollution certificate, is a mandatory document for every vehicle owner in India.
- This certificate states that you can legally ride/drive a vehicle in India with respect to meeting environmental standards.
- It is a validation document that states that the vehicle’s emission levels are within the permissible levels set by the government.
- All vehicles on Indian roads are required to possess a valid PUC certificate under the Central Motor Vehicles Rule 1989.
2) World Heritage List : New
- UNESCO recently inscribed China’s Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf (Phase II) to its World Heritage List.
- Bohai Gulf is the innermost gulf of the Yellow Seaon the coast of Northeastern and North China.
- It is sometimes called Bohai Sea, or Bo Hai for short; in earlier times it was called the Gulf of Chili or the Gulf of Pechili.
- It is approximately 78,000 sq.km in area, and its proximity to Beijing, the capital of China, makes it one of the busiest seaways in the world.
- The Bohai Gulf is enclosed by the Liaodong Peninsula(northeast) and the Shandong Peninsula (south).
3) Livermorium:
- Scientists at Berkeley Lab’s 88-Inch Cyclotron have successfully created superheavy element 116, also known as livermorium.
- Livermorium is part of the “superheavy” category of elements.
- These are elements that exist beyond the known elements in the periodic table and are typically very unstable.
- It is artificially produced transuranium elementof atomic number 116.
- In 2000 scientists at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, announced the production of atoms of livermorium when curium-248 was fused with calcium-48.
4) INS Tabar:
- The Russian President recently greeted Indian Navy personnel onboard Indian Naval Ship (INS) Tabar, which is participating in Russia’s Navy Day celebrations.
- INS Tabar is a stealth frigate built for the Indian Navy in Russia.
- It is the third of the Talwar-class frigateof the Indian Navy.
- The frigate was commissioned on 19 April 2004 in Kaliningrad, Russia.
- INS Tabar has the ability to handle air/surface/subsurface missions or defending herself, operating either independently on maritime missions or supporting a larger naval task force.
5) Indexation:
- The changes in the long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax regime, particularly the withdrawal of the indexation benefit, has emerged as one of the most contentious decisions announced in the Union Budget for 2024-25.
- Indexation is the process of adjusting the original purchase price of an asset or investment in order to neutralise the impact of inflation on it.
- Inflation reduces the value of money over time, and therefore, when an asset is sold or an investment is redeemed, indexation helps in arriving at the cost of acquisition with the impact of inflation over the holding period factored in.
- The cost of acquisition thus arrived at, is called the indexed cost of acquisition. It resets the base for calculation of gains or losses from the sale or redemption.
6) Sport’s Hall Of Fame:
- Indian tennis legends Leander Paes and Vijay Amritraj were inducted into the sport’s Hall of Fame.
- Leander Paes was inducted into the Player Category of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
- He has won 18 Grand Slam titles in doubles and mixed doubles and was a former doubles world No. 1.
- He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan in 2014.
- Vijay Amritraj, a former Indian player, is recognised in the Contributor Category.
- He played his first Grand Prix event in 1970. He was honoured with the Padma Shri award in 1983.
7) Revamped Model Skill Loan Scheme:
- The government has launched a revamped ‘model skill loan scheme’ aimed at enhancing accessibility to skill development courses with a significantly increased maximum loan limit.
- The new scheme raises the maximum loan limit from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 7.5 lakh. Initially launched in 2015, the old scheme saw low uptake due to insufficient loan limits.
- Announced in the Union Budget 2024-2025, the revised scheme aims to benefit 25,000 students annually. It now includes non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), NBFC-MFIs (micro-finance institutions), and small finance banks as eligible lending institutions.
- The revised scheme will now allow access to more skill courses, against only national skill qualification framework (NSQF)-aligned courses under the old scheme. Also, non-NSQF courses that are onboarded on the Skill India Digital Hub platform will come under the scheme.
8) Exercise Khaan Quest 2024:
- The Indian contingent participated in the 21st edition of Khaan Quest, a multinational peacekeeping exercise, being held from 27th July 2024 to 9th August 2024 in the Five Hills Training Area in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar.
- The exercise aims to develop interoperability and share best practices in tactics, techniques, and procedures for joint operations among the participating countries.
- The exercise is designed to prepare the Indian Armed Forces for peacekeeping missions in a multinational environment, enhancing interoperability and military readiness under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter.
- The Indian contingent consists of 40 personnel from a Battalion of the Madras Regiment, along with additional members.
9) Manu Bhaker : Olympic 2024
- Manu Bhaker won a bronze medal in the women’s 10m air pistol event at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
- The Olympic Victory is the first medal for India at the Paris 2024 Olympics and the first Olympic medal in shooting for India since the London 2012 Games.
- Manu, who hails from Jhajjar, Haryana, is the first Indian female shooter to win an Olympic medal.
- She also became the first female shooter to reach an Olympic final in an individual event in the last 20 years.
10) State Of Food Security And Nutrition In The World 2024:
- The “State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024” (SOFI 2024) report, published by FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP, and WHO, presents a critical analysis of global food security and nutrition trends.
- This year’s report emphasises the urgent need for increased financing to end hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in all its forms.
- Key Findings of the SOFI 2024 Report:
- Between 713 and 757 million people faced hunger in 2023, with one out of eleven people in the world and one out of every five in Africa facing hunger.
- Asia, despite having a lower percentage, still harbours the largest number of undernourished people (384.5 million).
11) Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro Becomes President For Third Time
- Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) announced on July 29, that Nicolas Maduro has won the presidential election once again and will govern the country from 2025 to 2031. Notably, it will be Nicolas Maduro’s third time as Venezuela’s President.
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