Current Affairs Today Headlines: 30 July 2022

National News

• NALSA launches campaign ‘Release UTRC@75’ from July 16th for identifying eligible prisoners.
• Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur lays the foundation stone and inaugurates various development projects in Mandi.
• BJP national president JP Nadda appoints Mahendra Bhatt as the new state president of BJP Uttarakhand
• Rajnath Singh announces enhancement of financial aid for orphaned children of Ex-Servicemen.
• India reports 20,408 fresh cases, 20,958 recoveries, 54 deaths in the last 24 hours, active cases stand at 1,43,384.
• Interim relief by NMC for medical students hit by Covid and Russia-Ukraine war
• PM Modi launches the India International Bullion Exchange (IIBX) and NSE IFSC-SGX Connect.
• PM Modi to address inaugural session of First All India District Legal Services Authorities Meet.
• India received the highest ever FDI inflow of Rs 6,31,050 crore in FY 2021-22.
• Indian Navy’s guided missile frigate, INS Tarkash, completed her Mediterranean deployment & entered the Atlantic to continue with her long-range voyage. 
• Delhi CM and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal to visit Somnath, Gujarat on August 1st. 
• Government has received bids worth Rs 1,49,855 crores after 23rd Round of 5G Spectrum Auction.
• India will give the fullest support for the success of the Samarkand Summit, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar.

International News

• An explosion occurred at the Kabul International Cricket Stadium during the Shpageeza cricket tournament.
• International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) will become an enabler, it will support innovation and also become a catalyst for growth opportunities.
•  Spain and Brazil reported their first monkeypox-related deaths on July 29th, marking what are thought to be the first fatalities linked to the current outbreak outside of Africa.
• Twitter’s lawsuit to force Elon Musk to complete his $44 billion buyout bid is set to go to trial on October 17.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited a port in southern Ukraine to oversee grain being loaded for export onto a Turkish ship, the presidency.

Sports News

• India’s Srihari Nataraj qualified for the men’s 100m backstroke swimming semifinal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham.
• Indian women’s hockey team beats Ghana 5-0 in Commonwealth Games 2022 opener.
• The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named wicket-keeper batter Sanju Samson as a replacement for KL Rahul in the T20I squad for the ongoing West Indies series.
• Dr Kashmir Singh IPS (Rtd) won a Silver medal for India in Golf at the World Police & Fire Games, at the age of 71. 
• India’s Shiva Thapa beat Pakistan’s B Suleman 5-0 in round one of the men’s 63 Kg weight category.

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