Current Affairs 30 July: Manu-Sarabjot won bronze in pistol mixed, Laxman Prasad Acharya became the Governor of Assam

Jul 30, 2024 Divya Bharat

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Current Affairs Manu Sarabjot Won Bronze In Pistol Mixed, Laxman Prasad Acharya Became The Governor Of Assam

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Jiya Roy made a world record by crossing the English Channel. The inaugural session of ‘Journey Towards Developed India’ was held. Asia Cup 2025 will be organized in India.

Let us take a look at such important current affairs of today, which are important for students preparing for government jobs…

National

1. Inaugural Session of ‘Journey Towards Developed India’: On July 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the inaugural session of ‘Journey Towards Developed India’ at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi. PM Modi announced Rs 75,000 for each house under the Surya Ghar Yojana.

PM Modi said that we are moving forward in sectors like green hydrogen and electric vehicles.

Confederation of Indian Industry i.e. CII organised this conference.
The conference outlined the government’s vision for the country’s development and the role of the industry in this effort.
Over 1000 participants from various sectors including industry, government, diplomatic community and think tanks attended the conference.
CII is a non-governmental, non-profit, industry led and industry managed organisation of India.
This organization is playing an active role in the industrial development process of India.
CII was founded in 1895, headquartered in Delhi.

2. Laxman Prasad Acharya became the Governor of Assam: On 30 July, Laxman Prasad Acharya took oath as the Governor of Assam. He replaced Gulab Chand Kataria, who was appointed as the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

Guwahati High Court Chief Justice Vijay Bishnoi administered the oath of office to Acharya.

Acharya was the 17th Governor of Sikkim from 2023 to 2024.
He was a Member of Legislative Council from Uttar Pradesh from 2015 to 2023.
In 1996, Acharya was appointed the district president of the BJP for Varanasi district.
In 2002, he was promoted as the regional minister of Kashi region in the BJP.
Laxman Prasad Acharya was born on 3 October 1954 in Varanasi.

Sports

3. Manu-Sarabjot won bronze in pistol mixed: On 30 July, the pair of Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh defeated Korea 16-10 in the bronze medal match of the 10m pistol mixed team event. Manu became the first Indian woman to win two medals in the same Olympic Games.

Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh gave India its second medal at the Paris Olympics.

Manu Bhaker had won the first medal bronze two days ago.
She finished third in the 10 metre women’s pistol event.
India has got double medals in shooting in the Olympic Games after 12 years.
Earlier, Gagan Narang and Vijay Kumar had won medals in the London Olympics 2012.
Before Manu, an English athlete Norman Pritchard had won 2 medals in an Olympic Games.
He won silver in the 200m hurdles and 200m relay at the 1900 Paris Olympics.
This was India’s first Olympic medal in the Olympic Games.

4. Asia Cup 2025 will be played in India: On 29 July, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) awarded the hosting rights of the next edition to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The Men’s Asia Cup will be held in India in 2025.

In 2025, this tournament will be played in T-20 format.
India has got the hosting of Asia Cup after 34 years.
13 matches will be played in Men’s Asia Cup 2024.
In this, 6 teams will play, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
The last time the Asia Cup tournament was played in India was in 1990–91, which was the fourth edition.
Asia Cup 2023 was played in Sri Lanka, with India winning the title.
Bangladesh has been given the hosting rights of Asia Cup in 2027.
Asia Cup 2027 in Bangladesh will be played in ODI format.

International

5. Jiya created a world record by crossing the English Channel: On 29 July, Jiya Roy became the world’s youngest and fastest para swimmer to cross the English Channel. She crossed the English Channel between 28 and 29 July in a time of 17 hours and 25 minutes.

Gia swam across the English Channel from Abbots Cliff in England to Pointe de la Courte-Dune in France.

16 year old Jiya covered a distance of 34 kilometres.
He created a record by swimming 1,100 kilometres in 2022.
She was part of the 6-member relay team from Mumbai to Goa.
He swam across the Palk Strait from Talaimannar in Sri Lanka to Dhanushkodi in India.
He created a world record by covering a distance of 29 kilometres in 13 hours and 10 minutes.
Jia became the world’s youngest and fastest female athlete to swim across the Palk Strait.
Jiya Roy has also won medals in national and state open water sea-swimming championships.

TODAY’S HISTORY

History of July 30: The first final of the FIFA World Cup was played on this day in 1930. Uruguay won the title of World Champion by defeating Argentina 4-2. Before this World Cup, major football events were held only in the Olympics. Football was removed from the Olympic Games in 1932. Brazil has won 5 FIFA World Cups so far. Brazil is the only team to have played in all 22 editions of the World Cup.

Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup.

In 2012, due to a fault in the Northern Grid, there was a power outage in Delhi, UP, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Himachal.
In 2007, Chinese scientists discovered rocks about 5 million years old in Zhengzhou.
In 2002, Canada declared 7 organizations including Al Qaeda as terrorist organizations.
In 1989, Chile amended its constitution.
In 1982 the Soviet Union conducted an underground nuclear test.
Export Risk Insurance Corporation of India Private Limited was established in 1957.
In 1947, Hollywood actor and former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger was born.
In 1909, the Wright brothers built the first airplane for the military.
In 1836, the first English language newspaper was published in Hawaii, America.
In 1771, the famous 18th century English poet Thomas Gray died.