Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (July 08th to 14th July 2022)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of July 08th to 14th July 2022. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2022 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• On July 11, 2022, World Population Day is celebrated and observed all over the world as an awareness program.
• National 7-Eleven Day also known as Free Slurpee Day is celebrated in the US on July 11 every year.
• On July 12th, World Malala day 2022 is celebrated and observed all over the world as an honoring event.
• Paper Bag Day is celebrated annually on 12 July.
• National Simplicity Day is observed on 12 July every year to honor Henry David Thoreau who advocates the life of simplicity.
• Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• The National Emblem has been revealed by Shri Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is now visible on the roof of the New Parliament Building.
• India has improved its capacity to safeguard its space assets independently with the aid of the ISRO System for Safe and Sustainable Space Operation and Management (IS4OM).
• The President of India, Mr. Ram Nath Kovind, attended the Yuva Sammelan, which was held in New Delhi and organized by “My Home India.”
• NITI Aayog has released a compendium of various Ayush-based initiatives and practices adopted by the States and Union territories for containing and managing the COVID-19 outbreak.
• According to Shri Nitin Gadkari, the Minister for Road Transport and Highways, the Dwarka Expressway, which is being built as India’s first elevated urban expressway, will open to traffic in 2023.
• India has signed up for Interpol’s international child sexual exploitation (ICSE) database, which would enable it to use audio-visual evidence to connect victims, abusers, and crime locations.
• The longest double-decker viaduct in the world, measuring 3.14 km, was built in Nagpur by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Maharashtra Metro.
• As the first carbon-neutral airport in India, the Airports Authority of India’s Leh airport is now being constructed.
• According to the Ministry of Mines, the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav epic week celebrations included the 6th National Conclave on Mines & Minerals.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will deliver the first Arun Jaitley Memorial Lecture (AJML) at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi
• Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Chairman of the NCRPB and Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs, introduced the “PARIMAN” geo-portal for the NCR during the 40th meeting of the Board on August 31, 2021.
• Two new Internet Exchange Points (IXP) of the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) were opened in Durgapur and Vardhman by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam at Varanasi.
• To consolidate board examination results, sample papers, and other information in a single window, the CBSE Board has created a website named “Pariksha Sangam.”
• A “Hariyali Mahotsav” in the tradition of “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” will be held at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry & Climate Change.
• India’s first floating terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) at Jaigarh in Maharashtra is expected to be operational in the second half of 2022.
• Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying urged for wider usage of Ayurveda to ensure better animal health at the First India Animal Health Summit 2022.
• Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, announced the commencement of the “SVANIdhi Mahotsav” in honor of the PM SVANidhi scheme’s second anniversary, which will be observed from July 9 to July 31.
• In cooperation with the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Rashtrapati Bhavan organized a session on “Disaster Management of Museums and Heritage Buildings” at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum.
• Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Shri Manish Sisodia launched “Mission Kushal Karmi” for upskilling the construction workers in the city in collaboration with Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU) and Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board.
• The “Statue of Peace” of Swamy Ramanujacharya, which is housed in a temple in the Sonwar neighborhood of Srinagar, was essentially unveiled by Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah.
• After the BJP won the assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi made his first visit to his home district of Varanasi and inaugurated the Akshaya Patra at the noon meal kitchen.
• The National Monuments Authority led by Shri Tarun Vijay, Chairman of, the National Monuments Authority, submitted a report for the designation of Rajasthan’s Mangarh Hill as a monument of National Importance.

Ministry of Mines hosts 6th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals:

• According to the Ministry of Mines, the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav epic week celebrations included the 6th National Conclave on Mines & Minerals.
• The symposium’s primary guest was Shri Amit Shah, the Union Minister of Housing, who would be present at the Ambedkar International Center.

• CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
• The 30 allies of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland at NATO.
• Deutsche Bahn (DB) will become the world’s first intermodal partner of Star Alliance on August 1, 2022.
• India has been elected as a member of the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO’s 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage for a period of 4 years 2022-2026 cycle.
• The 8th session of the India-Armenia Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological, Cultural and Educational Cooperation (IGC) was held in Yerevan, Armenia.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• Women and Child welfare representatives from 6 Indian states Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana signed an Inter-State Declaration of Intent to work in collaboration to combat trafficking in persons.
• Odisha’s Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari presented the State Budget with Rs 2-lakh crore total outlay for FY 2022-2023 in the Assembly with a focus on strengthening infrastructure, developing education and health sectors, and improving the livelihoods of people.
• The Rajasthan government will introduce the Right to Health Bill, the first of its kind in India in the Rajasthan Assembly.
• Uttar Pradesh(UP) has become the first state in the country to connect One District One Product (ODOP) mart with the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) platform.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will launch the year-long 125th birth anniversary celebration of legendary freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju at Bhimavaram in Andhra Pradesh.
• Karnataka is set to be the first state in India to have an exclusive Research & Development policy.
• The Tripura government has launched a new scheme, “Earn with Learn”, as part of the Vidyalaya Chalo Abhiyan (Let’s go to school) to bring back those who had dropped out of schools following the outbreak of Covid-19.
• The Government of Delhi has collaborated with Whatsapp to launch a chatbot service, which will answer all queries related to electric vehicles (EVs).
• The Chhattisgarh Government has received an in-principle nod from the Center to go ahead with a $300 million (approximately ₹2,100 crores) school education project which is funded by the World Bank.
• Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Shri VK Saxena launched an incentive scheme to increase the involvement of the Residential Welfare Association (RWAs) in optimal tax collection and waste management systems.
• The Delhi government announced a new pilot project with the YuWaah (Generation Unlimited India) at United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to enable access to employment opportunities for students of the Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND ECONOMY

• The South Indian Bank (SIB) has signed an agreement with Kerala’s Forest and Wildlife Department to enable digital collection of payments at eco-tourism centers, Vanasree shops, mobile Vanasree units, and eco-shops across Kerala.
• SBI General Insurance has launched the Cyber VaultEdge insurance plan, a comprehensive cyber insurance cover for individuals that protects against financial losses arising from cyber risks and attacks.
• A US-based tech major, Salesforce has announced an investment of USD 2 million (about Rs 15.85 crore) in direct company donations to over 22 non-profit Organizations (NPO) across India.
• The Ministry of Defence approved three Private Sector Banks (PSBs), namely HDFC Bank Ltd., ICICI Bank, and Axis Bank, to provide the Letter of Credit and Direct Bank Transfer business for overseas procurement.
• Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, announced that HDFC Ltd., one of India’s leading mortgage lenders and a well-established financial conglomerate will leverage Salesforce to reimagine the customer lending lifecycle and support the company’s growth priorities.
• Bengaluru-based neo bank Fi Money has launched Ally Annexure an initiative to help LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) customers gain better access to financial services.
• Leading private sector non-life insurer Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance has launched a QR code-enabled service to help customers self-service their needs offering a faster closure of their requirements.
• One of India’s leading public sector banks, Bank of Baroda (BoB) has partnered with Women’s World Banking (WWB) to roll out the third and broader phase of the ‘Baroda Jan Dhan Plus’ program across 25 districts of Uttar Pradesh and all 13 districts of Uttarakhand.
• Punjab National Bank (PNB), the nation’s leading Public Sector Bank, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Air Force (IAF) to provide specially designed products to the defense personnel under the bank’s flagship scheme of ‘PNB Rakshak Plus’.
• State Bank of India (SBI) has renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Air Force for the Defence Salary Package (DSP) scheme.
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has canceled the license of Shri Anand Co-operative Bank, Chinchwad, Pune as the lender does not have adequate capital and cannot pay its present depositors in full.
• India’s Open Agri network Samunnati has entered into a co-lending partnership with the State Bank of India (SBI) to expand its outreach to Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs).
• State-owned & the leading Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) in the Indian power sector, Power Finance Corporation (PFC) signed a loan agreement for Japanese Yen (JPY) 30 billion with Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).
• Max Life Insurance Company Ltd. has launched Smart Capital Guarantee Solution, a life insurance product solution that combines the features of two of Max’s existing products – ‘Max Life Smart Wealth Plan’ and ‘Max Life Flexi Wealth Advantage Plan’.
• Public sector Indian Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Haryana regarding the distribution of mobile phones to consumers through an e-unified payment interface (e-upi) system.
• State Bank of India (SBI) General Insurance Company Limited has appointed Shri Paritosh Tripathi as its new Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer & he Succeeded Mr. Prakash Chandra Kandpal who has been posted as DMD (P&RE) at the Corporate Center, State Bank of India.
• As per the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the share of current account and savings account (CASA) deposits in total deposits has been increasing over the years and stood at 44.8% in March 2022 as compared with 41.7% three years ago.
• State Bank of India (SBI) and Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which would enable SBI to open India’s first dedicated branch for startups in Koramangala, Karnataka.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave payment aggregator (PA) and payment gateway (PG) licenses in principle to Razorpay, Pine Labs, and American payments player Stripe.
• The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), in which India is the second-largest shareholder after China, has approved the establishment of an Interim Operational Hub, its first overseas office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), pending formal agreement to be finalized.
• Union Bank of India (UBI) has announced the launch of Uni-verse, the bank’s Metaverse Virtual Lounge & Open Banking Sandbox environment at an event held in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• Private sector lender City Union Bank (CUB) signed a corporate agency agreement with Shriram General Insurance to distribute the latter’s insurance products through its network of branches across India.
• One of India’s leading private sector banks, Axis Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Air Force (IAF) to manage salary accounts of the defense personnel with best-in-class benefits and features under its ‘Power Salute’ initiative.
• Tata Mutual Fund has teamed up with Computer Age Management Services Limited CAMSPay to introduce Unified Payments Interface (UPI) Autopay for immediate Systematic Investment Plan (SIPs).
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed various restrictions on 4 cooperative banks Ramgarhia Co-operative Bank, New Delhi; Sahebrao Deshmukh Co-operative Bank, Mumbai; Sangli Sahakari Bank, Mumbai; and Sharada Mahila Co-operative Bank Limited, Tumkur, Karnataka.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty on Federal Bank Limited and Bank of India & Dhani Loans and Services Ltd. for violating the provisions of its regulations.

• SBICAP Ventures Limited (SVL), a subsidiary of the State Bank of India (SBI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), GoI for establishing the Trilateral Development Cooperation Fund (TDC Fund).
• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has set up two task forces to suggest steps to sort out issues between insurers and reinsurers.
• One of India’s leading life insurance companies, Tata AIA Life Insurance Co. Ltd,  announced a strategic alliance with City Union Bank (CUB) to offer life and health insurance solutions to the Bank’s consumers.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• Google, a tech giant, established the Startup School India program, which intends to assist 10,000 companies in Tier 2 and Tier 3 towns by compiling pertinent material on startup creation into a structured curriculum.
• The Central Government kept interest rates on small savings schemes, such as the Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC), unchanged for July 1, 2022, to September 30, 2022 quarter of FY23 amid high inflation and rising interest rate.
• The 47th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council met under the Chairmanship of Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, in Chandigarh.

• K N Raghavan, Chairman, Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), informed India managed to do all-time high export worth US$ 7.76 billion with a volume of 13,69,264 MT of seafood.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• According to Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh in New Delhi, the Dr. Rajendra Prasad Memorial Award in Public Administration has been established in memory of India’s first president.
• The maharajas of Jamnagar and Kolhapur, among others, who provided sanctuary to Polish refugees escaping the Soviet Union’s invasion of Poland during World War II, have received honors from the Polish government.
• India-born Gita Gopinath became the first woman and second Indian to feature on the ‘wall of former chief economists of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
• Pallavi Singh from India won the Universe Divine Title at the competition’s Yeosu City, South Korea, finals.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• Manappuram Finance Limited has approved the reappointment of Mr. V P Nandakumar as the managing director (MD) & chief executive officer (CEO) of the company with effect from 27 July 2022 to 31 March 2024.
• United Nations Secretary-General Mr. António Guterres has appointed Lieutenant General Mr. Mohan Subramanian of India as the new Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
• Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy was elected president of a lifetime of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress party  (YSRC).
• Shri Rajendra Prasad assumed the charge of Managing Director, National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) & he replaced Mr. Satish Agnihotri
• Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe announced his resignation as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka amid massive protests. 
• The Tripura government has transferred Chief Secretary, Mr. Kumar Alok, from the top bureaucratic post and appointed him as the new Director General (DG) of the State Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (SIPARD).
• Garmin India, a unit of Garmin Ltd. has appointed Indian triathlete, Kaustubh Radkar as a brand ambassador of Garmin’s fitness segment.
• Jadavpur University Vice-Chancellor Mr. Suranjan Das was appointed as the president of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
• The Punjab government appointed Mr. Vijay Kumar Janjua as the new chief secretary & he replaced Mr. Anirudh Tewari, a 1990-batch IAS officer.
• Justice Mr. Alok Aradhe has been appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court (HC) & he was appointed after the retirement of Chief Justice Mr. Ritu Raj Awasthi.
• Air Cargo Forum India (ACFI) at its Annual General Meeting constituted a new board & appointed Mr. Yashpal Sharma, Managing Director of Skyways Group as President from 2022 to 2024 & he succeeded Cyrus Katgara.

• Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has elected Mr. R Dinesh, Executive Vice Chairman, TVS Supply Chain Solutions as President-Designate for 2022-23 & in addition to that, Mr. Sanjiv Puri, Chairman, and Managing Director, ITC has been elected as the Vice President of CII.
• Former NITI Aayog CEO Mr. Amitabh Kant has been appointed as India’s new Sherpa for the G-20 & he replaced Minister for Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs Shri Piyush Goyal, who was appointed as the G-20 Sherpa in September 2021.
• Mr. Alvaro Lario has been appointed as the 7th President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) & he will take office on October 1, 2022, for a four-year term.
• According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Mr. Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for five years.

• United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Mr. Boris Johnson announced his resignation as Prime Minister after he was abandoned by ministers and most of his Conservative lawmakers.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• The Tamil Nadu government and Tata Power have agreed to spend Rs. 3000 crores on the development of a new solar cell and module manufacturing plant in the Tirunelveli region of the state.

• To achieve the target of 60 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2032, NTPC signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Government of Rajasthan for the development of a 10 GW Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Power Park in Rajasthan.
• Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed an Operation & Management agreement for the operationalization of five airports owned by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for 30 years.
• Greenko, a provider of renewable energy, has teamed with IIT-Hyderabad to build a school where students will receive training in sustainable objectives including energy transition, circular economy, and climate change mitigation, among others.
• A Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of a Remote Pilot Training Center to teach drone flying abilities has been inked by DroneAcharya Aerial Innovations Private Limited and Rashtriya Raksha University in Gandhinagar.
• A unit of Russian nuclear major Rosatom State Corporation has signed an agreement to supply thermocouples for four power units of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu.
• The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) have signed an MoU to create a collaborative ecosystem for imparting skill development training in the capital goods sector.
• An MoU was signed by the Coffee Board and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on, among other things, the development of climate-resilient cultivars and the evaluation of coffee’s capacity to store carbon.
• The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) entered into a first-of-its-kind agreement with DB India for the comprehensive operation and maintenance of the 82 km long Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor for 12 years.
• The Nokia Center of Excellence in networked robotics has been established at IISc Bengaluru thanks to a collaboration between Nokia and the Indian Institute of Science.
• Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications has signed an agreement with ITI Limited and BSNL to fund the pilot projects of E-band, LTE indigenous technologies including integration of 4G/5G prototypes with C-DoT core.
• The Tamil Nadu Government signed 60 MoUs to bring in a cumulative investment worth ₹25 lakh crore and offer 74,898 jobs.

• India’s nodal agency for Interpol matters, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) joined Interpol’s international child sexual exploitation (ICSE) database & with this India become the 68th country to join Interpol’s child sexual exploitation database.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS

• Billionaire investor Mr. Rakesh Juhunjhunwala-owned Akasa airline received its air operator certificate (AOC) from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) & the airline will start its operations from the end of July 2022.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Piramal Enterprises Limited (PEL) has received shareholders’ approval for the proposed demerger of its pharmaceuticals business and simplification of the corporate structure.
• Indian Institute of Technology Madras(IIT Madras) Researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence-based tool, ‘PIVOT’, designed to predict genes that are responsible for causing cancer in an individual.
• For the First time, Scientists at the European nuclear research center CERN have discovered three new exotic subatomic particles with the collaboration of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) using the international Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb)

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITION AND MERGERS

• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of Citrix Systems Inc (Citrix) by funds managed by Vista Equity Partners Management (Vista) and funds and investment vehicles managed by Elliott Investment Management (Elliott).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING & INDEX

• A new report titled Harnessing Green Hydrogen: Opportunities for Deep Decarbonisation in India provides a pathway to accelerate the emergence of a green hydrogen economy, which is critical for India to achieve its net-zero ambitions by 2070.
• Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Textiles and Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal released the First Edition of ‘State Ranking Index for NFSA’ during the conference of Food Ministers of States/UTs on ‘Food Nutrition and Security in India’ organized by Department of Food and Public Distribution.
• With a composite score of 76.19, Jharkhand topped the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Rurban Mission’s delta rating for June, according to a formal declaration.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS AND AUTHORS

• Viswanathan Anand, a five-time world chess champion, has released an enhanced paperback edition of his critically acclaimed autobiography “Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life,” according to Hachette India.
• Launched by sports legend Sakshi Malik is the debut book by young YouTuber Prarthna Batra, titled “Getting the Bread: The Gen-Z Way to Success.”
• Meenakshi Lekhi, Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture released a Gujarati book honoring the efforts of liberation warriors at an event.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• Alfiya Pathan and Gitika, the current Youth World Boxing champions, took home gold in the Elorda Cup in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
• The Petronas Malaysia Open 2022 was the official name of the 2022 Malaysia Open, which took place in the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Gujarat’s chief minister, Shri Bhupendra Patel, announced that the 36th National Games will be hosted in his state for the first time from September 27 to October 10.
• Serbia Novak Djokovic defeated Nick Kyrgios in four sets to win his seventh Wimbledon men’s title and 21st Grand Slam title.

• Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Africa’s second-biggest oil producer (2 million barrels per day) after Nigeria, for nearly four decades passed away at the age of 79 in Barcelona, Spain.

• In Shooting, India’s Arjun Babuta won his first gold medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup stage at Changwon in South Korea.
• To win the Austrian Grand Prix 2022, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc defeated world champion Max Verstappen.
• The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the June 2022 ICC Player of the Month
• The Gijon Chess Masters was won by Gukesh of India with eight points after nine rounds.
• At the Tampere, Finland, World Masters Athletics Championships, 94-year-old Indian sprinter Bhagwani Devi Dagar took home the gold medal in the 100-meter sprint.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

• Freedom fighter, Gandhian Padmanabha Pillai Gopinathan Nair (P.P Gopinathan Nair) Passed away at the age of 100 in Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
• A Nigerian politician and secretary-general of the oil producer group Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mohammad Barkindo passed away at the age of 63 in Nigeria.
• Former Bihar agriculture minister and a veteran socialist leader, Narendra Singh passed away in Patna at the age of 75.
• Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Passed away after being shot by a 41-year-old man while campaigning for a parliamentary election in Nara, western Japan.
• Hollywood actor James Edmund Caan passed away at the age of 82 in California, United States of America (USA).
• Brijendra Kumar (BK) Syngal, former chairman of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited, (VSNL) passed away at the age of 82.
• The former president of Mexico, Luis Echeverria Alvarez Passed away at the age of 100 in Cuernavaca, the capital city of Morelos state located in south-central Mexico.

• Eminent archaeologist and historian Dr. Enamul Haque passed away at the age of 85 in Dhak, Bangladesh.

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