CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 4th JULY 2022
1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Digital India Week 2022 at Gandhinagar in Gujarat on 4 July, 2022.
2. The International Plastic Bag Free Day is held on 3 July around the world to spread awareness that a plastic bag free world is possible and that there are sound environmental alternatives to single use plastic bags are available.
3. NTPC Ltd has declared the Commercial Operations Date (COD) of the last part capacity of 20 MW out of 100 MW Ramagundam Floating Solar PV Project in Telangana.
4. India captain Jasprit Bumrah bludgeoned a hapless Stuart Broad for 29 runs to create a world record for maximum runs off a single over in Test cricket, beating the legendary Brian Lara’s feat by one run.
5. The RBI released the web publication ‘Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks-March 2022’ on its Database on Indian Economy (DBIE) portal in June 2022.
6. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has elected Mohammed Jaloud from Iraq as the President.
7. The National Health Authority (NHA) felicitated around 1,000 doctors for their work under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) scheme, in July 2022.
8. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz won his career’s first Formula One race on 3 July, 2022 with a victory at the British Grand Prix.
9. Peter Brook, one of the world’s most innovative theatre directors, passed away on 3 July, 2022.
10. NTPC Renewable Energy Limited (NTPC REL) has signed an MoU with Government of Rajasthan for development of 10 GW Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Power Parks in Rajasthan.
11. According to the QS Best Student Cities Ranking 2023, released by global higher education consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), Mumbai ranked at 103 has emerged as India’s highest-ranked student city.
12. Director of All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Tanuja Nesari, was awarded with the Ayurveda Ratna Award 2022 by the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament for contribution in the field of growth of Ayurveda at global and national level.
13. The Vivek Express holds the title of the longest train route in the country which runs from Dibrugarh in Assam to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. It covers 4247 km of distance and nine States. It ranks 24th in the world’s longest train route.
14. The Desert Corps of the Indian Army organised the “Suraksha Manthan 2022”, on aspects of Border & Coastal Security at Jodhpur (Rajasthan).