Jul 21, 2024 | One-liner Current Affairs for UPSC, State PSCs & other Govt. Exams

Jul 21, 2024

The tiger claw that Maratha emperor Chhatrapati Shivaji is believed to have used to kill General Afzal Khan is back in Maharashtra after 350 years. The state government has brought it on loan from London's Victoria and Albert Museum for three years and put it on display at the Satara in western Maharashtra.

Telangana launched a programme to provide financial assistance to the Civil Services aspirants from Telangana, under which the candidates who qualify for the Mains exams will be provided with ₹1 lakh for preparation. This scheme is named "Rajiv Gandhi Civils Abhayahastam".

Ivory Coast has joined the 1992 UN Water Convention, becoming the 10th African nation to do so. It has become the 53rd Party to the convention, officially known as the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.

Madhya Pradesh has been awarded as the 'Best Performing State' under the PM SVANidhi scheme. The PM SVANidhi scheme, launched in June 2020, supports urban street vendors with collateral-free loans up to ₹50,000.

The eighth edition of India Mobile Congress is scheduled to take place from 15-18 October 2024 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The theme of the IMC 2024 is 'The Future is Now'.

Guatemalan activist Rigoberta Menchu Tum and Mexican politician and businessman Victor Gonzalez Torres have been conferred with the Gandhi-Mandela Award for their significant contribution to human rights and healthcare respectively.