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Today’s major current affairs, which are important for students preparing for government jobs-
NATIONAL
1. Mehli Mistry resigns from the board of ‘RNT Associates’
- On July 3, Mehli Mistry has resigned from the board of family investment office ‘RNT Associates’.
- RNT Associates was a company established by Ratan Tata, which was formed to manage his funds.
- Mistry had written this letter to the Board of Directors on June 30.
- Mehli joined the board of RNT Associates in March 2023.
- Mehli joined Ratan Tata as an advisor in the year 2000.
- Mehli Sir Daurabji joined the board of trustees of Tata Trust in October 2022.
- Mehli was inducted as a member of the Board of Trustees of Sir Ratan Tata Trust in October 2022 itself.
- He also joined the board of Tata Education and Development Trust in October 2022 itself.
- Even after stepping down from RNT Associates, Mehli Mistry currently remains a board member of ‘Tata Education and Development Trust’.
- Mistry was removed from Tata Trust in November 2025.
- Mistry has challenged the decision of removing himself from the trust before the Maharashtra Charity Commissioner.
- Tata Trusts is the holding company of the Tata Group and holds a majority stake in ‘Tata Sons’.
RNT Associates
- RNT Associates was established in March 2009.
- RNT Associates was started by Ratan Tata and was created to invest in new startups.
- Currently its board includes Ratan Tata’s sisters Shirin Jejeebhoy and Dina Jejeebhoy.
- Tata Sons senior executive Jamshed Poncha and Tata Sons general counsel Siddharth Sharma are also part of the board.
- The main work of RNT Associates is to earn through dividends and consultancy services.
- The company’s total revenue as of March 2023 was ₹36 crore, of which half was from dividends.
- This investment office has invested in about two dozen startups including Paytm, Ola and online jewelery brand Bluestone.
Mistry’s resignation comes a few months after he was ousted from Tata Trusts.
2. India-Japan Joint Economic Forum completed
- On July 3, PM Modi announced the launch of ‘Japan Business Week’ during the India-Japan Joint Economic Forum.
- 129 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) announced at the India-Japan Joint Economic Forum.
- The objective of these agreements is to strengthen investment, industry, manufacturing, technology, skill development and supply chain cooperation between the two countries.
- Along with this, Japan has announced an investment of more than 2 trillion Japanese Yen (₹1.18 lakh crore) in India.
- During Takaichi’s visit to India, PM Modi and Takaichi inaugurated Maruti Suzuki’s fourth vehicle manufacturing plant in Kharkhoda, Haryana.
- During this visit, both the countries have also released a 16-point roadmap for cooperation in economic security, artificial intelligence and energy sector.
- India has announced to launch Power Asia and Compressed Biogas Initiative for clean energy in collaboration with Japan.
- Along with this, Japan also announced to give Rs 88 thousand crore for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project. The total cost of this project is Rs 2 lakh crore.
- India and Japan have set an investment target of 10 trillion yen in the next 10 years.
- On July 1, Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi came on a three-day official visit to India. This was Takaichi’s first visit to India as PM.
Appointment
3. Prashant Sitaram Lokhande appointed new Chairman of CBSE
- On July 3, Prashant Sitaram Lokhande was appointed the new chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
- Prashant became Additional Secretary in the Home Ministry in April 2026.
- In April 2022, Prashant was working as Additional Secretary in the Home Ministry.
- Prashant is a 2001 batch IAS officer of AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-and-Union Territories) cadre.
- Prashant Lokhande replaced Rahul Singh and Rahul has been made Additional Secretary in the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department.
- Recently there was a controversy regarding OSM online screening system in CBSE.
Prashant became Additional Secretary in the Home Ministry in April 2026.
International
4. UNESCO Asia Pacific Honor to Jeshtha Varna Mahavihara of Nepal
- On July 3, Jeshtha Varna Mahavihar built in Lalitpur (Patan), Nepal has been awarded the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Cultural Heritage Conservation Award 2025.
- This award was announced in February 2026.
- This honor has been given to Jeshtha Varna Mahavihara of Nepal for the scientific and traditional conservation of the Mahavihara which was damaged by the earthquake.
- Jeshtha Varna Mahavihara of Nepal has been protected as a Living Heritage Site.
- The upper part of the Mahavihara collapsed in the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
- To secure this monastery, a balanced use of traditional architects and modern engineering technology has been made.
- No religious observance was prevented in this conservation work. Besides, full attention has been paid to research, structural strengthening, archaeological study and long-term conservation planning in the project.
- The Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India had given funds to Nepal for this project.
- The conservation and project management of this project has been done by INTACH (Indian Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage).
The upper part of the Mahavihara collapsed in the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
MISCELLANEOUS
4. Indian government bans Chinese apps for controlling e-rickshaw
- On July 3, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has ordered the removal of apps that control e-rickshaws.
- A mainly Chinese app called ‘BAT-BMS’, which is a real-time battery management tool, has been removed from the Play Store.
- It has been developed by the Chinese company ‘Shenzhen Greenergy Technology’.
- Its main function is to monitor Bluetooth-enabled lithium batteries.
- This app displays overall battery information.
- Complaints were received that vehicles were being switched off remotely through these apps.
- These apps were tampering with the battery management system (BMS) of the e-rickshaw.
- The government has instructed app stores to increase security standards.
- Security experts have called it a violation of data privacy and cyber security.
- Recently, complaints were received that some people used to stop the moving e-rickshaw by switching off the battery of the e-rickshaw through Bluetooth through these apps.
- This action has been taken to protect national security and the Indian transportation ecosystem.
- Currently, a large number of e-rickshaws in India run on old lead-acid batteries, which do not have Bluetooth or digital management systems. Therefore they are completely safe from these apps.
5. HCLTech’s massive $1.14 billion AI deal
- On July 3, Indian company HCLTech signed a contract worth US $ 1.14 billion (approximately Rs 9,500-9,700 crore) with Europe’s Fortune Global 50 company.
- This contract is for AI-based digital transformation. This contract has been made till December 2031.
- This contract can be extended further for the next 5 years.
- The purpose of this contract is to modernize and manage the client’s technology infrastructure and enterprise IT systems.
- With this contract, cloud, data, cyber-security and digital engineering capabilities will be improved.
- Through this contract, the aim is to improve operational capacity, innovation and long-term business growth through advanced technology solutions.
- This contract is a strategic partnership of many years and is one of the biggest deals of HCLTech.
- HCLTech will work to modernize customers’ global digital workplace and enterprise networks through an AI-based operating model.
HCLTech
- HCL Technologies is India’s leading international company providing IT and digital services.
- HCL’s headquarters is located in Noida and it provides its services in more than 60 countries.
- HCL works for AI, cloud, digital engineering and IT services.
today’s history
- Spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda died in 1902.
- In 1997, NASA’s ‘Mars Pathfinder’ landed on Mars after a 7-month journey.
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