Current Affairs Today Headline: 5 July 2022

National News

• An earthquake of 4.3 magnitude had occurred at 187km south-east of Portblair in Andaman & Nicobar Island today morning. 
• PM Modi to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development initiatives worth over Rs 1800 crores in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on July 7.
• PM Modi launches IndiaStack.Global, MyScheme, ‘Meri Pehchaan – National Single Sign-On’ at Digital India Week 2022 in Gandhinagar.
• PM Modi also launches Digital India Bhashini, Digital India Genesis, Chips to Startup (C2S) programme at Digital India Week 2022 in Gandhinagar.
• India’s active Covid cases rise to 1,14,475 with 13,086 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. 
• New Maharashtra government led by Eknath Shinde is “unethical and undemocratic” and will fall soon as it has “failed to win people’s hearts”, says West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.
• India & Armenia signed an MoU on High Impact Community Development Projects in Armenia with financial & technical assistance from India.
• India achieves complete vaccination of 90 percent of its adult population, as per Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
• Former Bihar agriculture minister and veteran socialist leader Narendra Singh dies in Patna after a prolonged illness.
• Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) bars hotels, restaurants from levying service charge automatically or by default in bills.
• Indian High Commission urges Canadian authorities to withdraw material disrespecting Hindu Gods showcased as a part of the ‘Under the Tent’ project at the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto.

State News

• Maharashtra government to reduce VAT on fuel, informs new Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in the state assembly.
• Haryana govt to provide free health facilities like laboratory and radiological tests to HIV positive patients in state.
• Gujarat, Meghalaya and Karnataka have emerged as the best performer states in developing startup ecosystem for budding entrepreneurs.
• Delhi government passed a bill to increase the salaries of MLAs, ministers, Speaker and Leader of Opposition (LoPs) in the Delhi Assembly.

International News

• Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on July 4th that reconstructing Ukraine is expected to cost $750 billion.
• French President Emmanuel Macron reshuffled his government looking to reset a second term off to a rocky start after his failure to win a parliamentary majority.
• Sudan’s Burhan says military withdrawing from national talks.
• Chile’s constitutional convention on July 4th  handed its proposed new constitution to President Gabriel Boric ahead of a planned September referendum on adopting the text.
• The US State Department said its experts could not make a “definitive conclusion” on the origin of the bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh  on May 11. 
• A court in Copenhagen has remanded into a psychiatric care facility the 22-year-old suspect accused of shooting dead three people in a shopping mall. 
• Six people killed and 24 hospitalized in a shooting at the July 4th parade route in Illinois, United States. 
• Tuberculosis treatment duration to be reduced soon as ICMR-NIRT initiate research.
• Canberra commits AUD 5.8 million to 3-year India-Australia Critical Minerals Investment Partnership.

Environment News 

• Italy declares a drought emergency in five northern regions.
• The world’s largest giant waterlily, first to be discovered in over a century — is unveiled at London’s Kew Gardens.
• A deadly collapse of an Italian glacier, causing an avalanche that killed at least seven people, is linked to climate change, said Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi on July 4th.
• Mozambique’s Zinave National Park welcomes its first white rhinos in 40 years after 19 of the threatened animals completed a 1,600-kilometre truck ride from South Africa.

Sports News

• India’s Alfiya Pathan stuns former world champion Kungeibayeva in women’s 81 kg final to win gold in Elorda Cup in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan on July 4, 2022. 
• Sri Lanka’s Jayawickrama tests COVID-19 positive ahead of second test against Australia. 
• Indian fans face racial abuse during Day 4 of India vs England 5th Test match, ECB expresses concern.
• India won U-15 Wrestling Asia title by winning 4 gold, 2 Silver and 1 bronze medals.
• India beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the second women’s ODI to take  2-0 lead in three-match series.

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