• National

National (08th July 2019 – 13th July – 2019)

• Centre sets up committee to assess law to protect doctors
• Government approved Phase-I of Bharatmala Pariyojana along Indo-Nepal Border areas with financial outlay of Rs 5,35,000 crore
• Haryana launches ‘Meri Fasal Mera Byora’ portal for farmers
• Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express to be first train operated by private players
• India will train 1800 Bangladeshi Civil Servants at NCGG in Mussoorie
• Parliament passed Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019
• DBT 2.0 of Fertilizer Subsidy launched by D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Union Minister for Chemicals
• RPF launches “Operation Thirst” to curb the menace of unauthorized Packaged Drinking Water

• International

International (08th July 2019 – 13th July – 2019)

• Government banned Pro-Khalistani group Sikhs for Justice for alleged anti-national activities
• Sri Lanka declared ‘measles-free’ nation by WHO
• Government of India hands over 250 houses to Myanmar’s Rakhine State
• Kyriakos Mitsotakis sworn in as Greece’s new prime minister
• Sharjah issues its first Golden card visa to an Indian Lalu Samuel, Chairman of Kingston Holdings
• World’s largest burn and plastic surgery institute inaugurated in Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Sri Lanka inaugurated its first model village built with Indian assistance at Ranidugama in Gampaha
• IOC removed Kuwait suspension and allows participating in 2020 Olympics
• Overall Homicide Rate declined by 10% in India: UN Report
• Japan and Singapore top the 2019 Henley Index list of world’s most powerful passports

• Economy and Business

Economy and Business (08th July 2019 – 13th July – 2019)

• Samsung join hands with Paisabazaar.com to offer financial products
• Six Sigma Healthcare proposed to set up Rs 750 crore project in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand
• NHAI inks pact with NIIF to fund highway projects
• Parliament adopts a statutory resolution for levying 200% duty on all Pakistani goods

• Sports

Sports (08th July 2019 – 13th July – 2019)

• 4th World Wealth Yoga Championship: Para-athlete Toran Yadav wins 3 silver medals
• Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik announced his retirement from ODIs
• Vinesh Phogat & Divya Kakran won gold; Pooja Dhanda won silver at the Wrestling Grand Prix 2019 of Spain
• Hima Das and Muhammed Anas won gold medal at Poznan Athletics Grand Prix or 2019 Kutno Athletics Meet in Poland
• Brazil beats Peru in the final to lift the Copa America 2019 title
• Dutee Chand wins 100m gold at World University Games
• Sunil Chhetri & Ashalata Devi bag top honours at AIFF Awards.
• An Se Young,LI Shi Feng wins Canada Open badminton

• Awards

Awards (08th July 2019 – 13th July – 2019)

• Genesis foundation awarded as CSR Implementation Partner at the 3rd edition of CSR Health Impacts Awards
• ‘Best Innovation Award’ won by NEFR
• Pink City Jaipur declared as a World Heritage site by UNESCO
• Taylor Swift is the highest-paid celebrity on Forbes Celebrity 100 List 2019

• Appointments

Appointments (08th July 2019 – 13th July – 2019)

• Reebok announced Katrina Kaif as the new brand ambassador
• Rahul Dravid appointed as Head of Cricket at NCA
• Nalin Shinghal appointed as BHEL CMD
• LinkedIn chooses Ashutosh Gupta as country manager for India
• M Nageswar Rao appointed director general of Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guard
• Arun Kumar appointed as DGCA chief
• IMF’s Christine Lagarde, the ‘rock star’ of international finance to become first female ECB president
• Kant appointed MD and CFO of World Bank

• Important Days

Important Days (08th July 2019 – 13th July – 2019)

• World Population Day 2019 observed on July 11

• Science and Tech

Science and Tech (08th July 2019 – 13th July – 2019)

• Indian Army plans to buy American howitzer ammo for long-range accurate strikes
• New gene linked to schizophrenia discovered by Indian and Australian scientists
• Russia Launches Soyuz Carrier Rocket with 33 Satellites from Vostochny Spaceport
• Army & NeGD signed MoU to develop revamped app
• Indian Scientists from TIFR develop ‘Black Gold’

• Defence

Defence (08th July 2019 – 13th July – 2019)

• INS Tarkash reaches Morocco for overseas development programme
• Two new heavy-lift Chinook helicopters for IAF arrived at the Mundra port, Gujarat
• DRDO conducted 3 tests of Nag Missile in a day in Pokhran, Rajasthan
• Operation Sudarshan launched by BSF to fortify the anti-infiltration grid along Pakistan border

• Obituaries

Obituaries (08th July 2019 – 13th July – 2019)

• Mandla Maseko, first black African in space passed away in a motorbike crash
• Former Goa Minister and leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) passed away
• The Brazilian singer and composer Joao Gilberto, one of the pioneers of bossa nova passed away

• States

States (08th July 2019 – 13th July – 2019)

• Odisha state Govt implemented the Centre’s Witness Protection Scheme, 2018
• Under ‘Operation Milap’, the Delhi Police Crime Branch has rescued 333 children in 7 months
• Uttarakhand was named among best performing states in ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ scheme
• India’s first cow sanctuary Kamdhenu Gau Abhyaranya in Madhya Pradesh to be privatised
• India’s first elephant rehabilitation centre will be set up at Kerala’s Kottoor
• Tamil Nadu to be the first state to manufacture electric cars: Minister

• Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous (08th July 2019 – 13th July – 2019)

• National Museum of Indian Cinema’s news bulletin launched
• Duty Free shops at Dubai airports to accept Indian currency

• Agreements

Agreements (08th July 2019 – 13th July – 2019)

• Prasar Bharati signs MoU with IIT Kanpur for research collaboration