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1. BrahMos deal between India and Indonesia
- BrahMos deal was signed between India and Indonesia on 7th July. Along with this, 20 more agreements were signed.
- Talks were going on between the two countries regarding BrahMos for the last 4 months.
- India will provide additional units of BrahMos missile to Indonesia.
- With this, Indonesia has become the third country after Philippines and Vietnam to purchase BrahMos.
- Under the India-Indonesia agreement, India will also sell to Indonesia the Indian ‘Astra’ air-to-air missile used in Operation Sindoor.
- India will also help in developing electronic voting machines (EVMs) for Indonesia.
- These agreements took place during the bilateral meeting between PM Modi and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto.
- On this occasion, the Government of Indonesia honored Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the highest civilian honor ‘Bintang Adipurna’.
- The Bintang Adipurna Award is given to individuals who have made international contributions.
- In Indonesia this award is considered equivalent to Bharat Ratna.
- This highest honor of Indonesia was established in 1959.
PM Modi was given a guard of honor at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Jakarta.
DEATH
2. Padmashree Girish Bhardwaj passes away
- On July 7, Dr. Girish Bhardwaj, known as the Bridge Man of India, passed away. He was 76 years old.
- Girish was a professional mechanical engineer and an initiator of social innovation.
- Girish built the first suspension footbridge over Payaswini River, Karnataka in 1989.
- Girish built more than 140 low-cost suspension footbridges in several states of India over nearly three decades.
- Girish made the lives of thousands of people easier by connecting remote rural areas with schools, hospitals and markets through bridges.
- Girish was awarded the Padma Shri in 2017 for his contribution in the field of rural outreach and social service.
Girish built low-cost eco-friendly bridges in rural areas, which is considered a successful model.
Appointment
3. Sanjeev Jain appointed as the new ambassador of North Korea
- On July 7, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India, appointed Sanjeev Jain as the next Ambassador of India to North Korea.
- Sanjeev is a 2008 batch IFS officer and will succeed Aliyavati Longkumar.
- Sanjeev was currently the Ambassador of India to the African country Cabo Verde.
- Along with this he worked in the Indian Embassy in Paris and served in the Indian Consulate in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Sanjay has worked in diplomatic post in the Indian Mission in Dubai.
NATIONAL
4. President Draupadi Murmu unveils Durand Cup 2026 trophies
- On July 7, President Draupadi Murmu unveiled the Durand Cup 2026 trophies in New Delhi.
- Chief of Defense Staff General NS Raja Subramani, Army Chief Dheeraj Seth and Navy Chief Admiral Krishna Swaminathan were also present on this occasion.
- The Durand Cup is one of the oldest football championships in Asia and this is its 135th edition.
- The Durand Cup will be played from July 25 to August 23 in five cities: Kolkata, Ranchi, Imphal, Shillong and Guwahati. It will start from Kolkata.
- The six group winners and two best runners-up will qualify for the quarter-finals, which will begin on August 16.
- The semi-finals will be played on August 19 and 20, while the final is scheduled for August 23 in Kolkata.
The unveiling of the trophies will mark the official launch of the Durand Cup 2026 Trophy Tour.
SPORTS
5. Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo played the last FIFA of his career
- On July 7, star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo played his last FIFA World Cup.
- Ronaldo made his debut in the FIFA World Cup in 2006.
- In the same FIFA tournament in 2006, Ronaldo took Portugal to the semi-finals.
- This was the best performance of Ronaldo’s World Cup career.
- In the year 2018, Ronaldo scored a memorable hat-trick in the group match against Spain in the World Cup.
- The match that ended 3-3 is counted among the most exciting matches in World Cup history.
- Ronaldo won his first Ballon d’Or award in the year 2008 and has won 5 Ballon d’Or till now.
- From 2011 to 2018, Ronaldo became the highest goalscorer in the history of Real Madrid.
- Ronaldo won 4 UEFA Championship titles.
miscellaneous
6. Former official involved in corruption in China gets death sentence
- On July 7, a Chinese court sentenced Yang Yaolin, a former senior official, to death in a corruption case.
- Yang Yolin was convicted of bribery and abuse of office.
- Yang worked in the economic development department in Nanjing city.
- Yang has been accused of bribery worth 325 million dollars i.e. about 31 billion rupees in the last 30 years.
- The court said that considering the seriousness of corruption and its impact on the society, harsh punishment is necessary.
- Yang Yaolin’s bribe amount is the largest among all the cases exposed so far under the anti-corruption campaign in China.
- In China, there are provisions ranging from life imprisonment to death penalty in serious cases of corruption.
- The aim of the anti-corruption campaign in China is to increase transparency in the government structure and keep strict control on corruption.
- Earlier in 2024, Li Jianping of Inner Mongolia, which will be in North China, was hanged after being found guilty of embezzlement and bribery.
- In the year 2021, Lai Xiaomin, the party secretary of a government company, was hanged for the crimes of taking bribe, embezzlement and polygamy.
today’s history
- In 1497, Portuguese sailor Vasco da Gama set sail and became the first European to visit India by sea.
- The Bhakra Nangal Hydroelectric Project, built on the Sutlej River, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1954.
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