Current Affairs Today Headlines: 14 July 2022

National News

• India reports 20,139 fresh cases, 16,482 recoveries, and 38 deaths in the last 24 hours, active cases stand at 1,36,076.
• PM Modi to participate in first virtual Leaders’ Summit of I2U2 today.
• Opposition leaders to discuss joint Vice Presidential candidate on July 17
• Telangana government has decided to extend holidays for all educational institutions from July 14 to July 16.
• Statue of Mahatma Gandhi defaced at Hindu temple in Canada, police probing it as hate crime.
• Ex-Vice President Hamid Ansari issues a statement regarding Pak journalist Nusrat Mirza.
• Himachal CM Thakur lays foundation stones of 23 developmental projects worth Rs 90 cr in Hamirpur.

International News

• Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker is yet to receive the Letter of Resignation from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
• Mustafizur Rahman appointed as Bangladesh’s next High Commissioner to India.
• Sri Lanka’s Central bank warns public on possible risks in crypto trade.
• Peaceful transfer of power within Sri Lanka is essential: US 
• British Parliament felicitates BCCI President Sourav Ganguly.
• Indian-origin Rishi Sunak wins first round of voting, 6 candidates to go to round two.
• Sri Lanka lists curfew that was imposed in the Western province after the eruption of violence in the capital. 
• North Korea on July 13, 2022 recognised two Russian-backed breakaway “people’s republics” in eastern Ukraine as independent states.
• Russia and Ukraine to hold talks with UN and Turkish officials to break impasse over grain exports.

Health & Medicine

• The BA.5 Omicron sub-variant has the potential to cause reinfection “within weeks”, as per global researchers. 
• Scientists develop new mechanism to inactivate COVID-19 virus, block entry into cells.
• French health authorities have published a study confirming a link between nitrates added to processed meat and colon cancer.

Sports News

• India registers a 3-1 win over Japan in the 9-12th placings match of the FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup Spain & Netherlands 2022.
• BCCI President Sourav Ganguly was felicitated by the British Parliament on July 13, 2022. 

Environment News

• Heatwave swamps western Europe, France is suffering soaring temperatures, blistering heat engulfing Spain and Portugal as wildfires destroy vast stretches of Western European forestland.
• Race against time to find Brazil Amazon species before they disappear due to deforestation, mining and illegal timber extraction.
• Faeroe Islands has proposed an annual catch limit of 500 white-sided dolphins on a provisional basis for 2022 and 2023. 

 Space & Technology

• The European Space Agency has officially terminated cooperation with Russia on a mission to put a rover on Mars.
•  Space tech startup Agnikul Cosmos inaugurated India’s first-ever facility to manufacture 3D-printed rocket engines in Chennai on July 13. 
• The US Air Force successfully tested a Lockheed Martin Corp hypersonic missile this week.

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