• According to a report published by RBI (Reserve Bank of India) in July 2023, India could be a developed country by 2047 with an average annual GDP growth of 7.6% over the next 25 years.
  • PhonePe Insurance Broking Services is the first fintech organisation in India that launched a health insurance plan with monthly subscriptions.  
  • According to ADB (Asian Development Bank), India’s GDP growth for FY 2023-24 would be 6.4%.
  • Oommen Chandy who was a former chief minister of Kerala passed away.
  • The theme of World Population Day 2023 is ‘Unleashing the power of gender equality’. It is celebrated on 11th July.  
  • World Youth Skills Day is celebrated every year on the 15th July to impart the right skills to youth for employment and entrepreneurship.
  • Michele Bullock has been appointed as the first woman to lead Australia’s Central Bank since its foundation in 1960.
  • Rakesh Pal has been appointed as the 25th Director General of the Indian Coast Guard. 
  • IRDAI (Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority of India) has selected Tata AIG General Insurance as the lead non-life insurer for Maharashtra state. 
  • In July 2023, India & Indonesia are working on a real-time payment mechanism and trading in local currencies. 
  • Nivruti Rai has been appointed as the Managing Director & CEO of Invest India.
  • Minister of Education & Skill Development, Dharmendra Pradhan, has launched ‘AI for India 2.0’ which is a free online training program on Artificial Intelligence. 
  • Jerdon’s Babbler, a rare and endangered bird, was spotted in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve of Uttar Pradesh. 
  • Coal Ministry has set a target to achieve coal gasification of 100 million tonnes of coal by FY 2030 to harness the power of coal gasification. 
  • NITI Aayog has released the third edition of the Export Preparedness Index 2022 report in New Delhi.
  • Cooperation Minister Amit Shah has launched CRCS- Sahara Refund Portal.
  • Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal has launched the sale of subsidized Chana Dal under the brand name of ‘Bharat Dal’.
  • The regional office of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) was inaugurated in New Delhi. 
  • The building of Surat Diamond Bourse has surpassed the Pentagon (HQ of the US Army) to become the world’s largest office. 
  • IIT-Delhi would set up its first foreign campus in Abu Dhabi. Already IIT-Madras has set up its foreign campus in Tanzania. 
  • Preeti Aghalyam has been appointed as director-in-charge of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Zanzibar campus in Tanzania. 
  • Nokia joined with Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) to establish a 5G skill development CoE at Kaushalya – The Skills University of Gujarat
  • India & Japan have signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at fostering a robust semiconductor supply chain
  • Assam has launched the Gajah Kotha campaign to mitigate the rising incidence of the Human-Elephant Conflict.
  • Haryana has designated nodal officials to assist Railway Ministry to execute PM Gati Shakti Plan.  
  • Meta is partnering with Microsoft to introduce AI large language model’s next generation and make technology called as Llama 2
  • Adani Transmission Limited has won the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2023 in the Power Transmission Sector.
  • Professor T. Pradeep has won the prestigious Eni Award 2023. 
  • Carlos Alcaraz of Spain has won his first 2023 Wimbledon Men’s Single title in All England Lawn Tennis. 
  • Ruturaj Gaekwad would lead India’s men’s squads in cricket for the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China.  
  • Satwiksairaj Rankireddy managed to feature in the Guinness World Record by striking the fastest smash in the ongoing Korea Open 2023.
  • John Guy authored a book titled ‘Tree and Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India’.
  • ISRO launched its third lunar mission Chandrayan-3 on board the heavy lift LVM3-M4 rocket in Sriharikota on 14th July 2023.
  • India and Mongolia started their 15th edition of the joint military exercise named Nomadic Elephant in Mongolia.  
  • A joint military drill ‘Northern Interaction 2023’ was conducted in the Sea of Japan by Chinese and Russian naval and air forces. 
  • Gujarat will get India’s first Satellite Network Portal Site. 
  • India’s nuclear power capacity has been set to increase from over 7000 Mega Watt to over 22480 Mega Watt by 2031. 
  • National Housing Bank has operationalised UIDF (Urban Infrastructure Development Fund) with an initial corpus of Rs. 10,000 crore. 
  • INS Sunayna has participated in Operation Southern Readiness 2023 exercise conducted in Seychelles. 
  • India & USA jointly conducted an ‘Operation Broader Sword’ to stop the illegal shipment of drugs through the international mail system. 
  • China has launched the world’s first methane-liquid oxygen space rocket into orbit.  
  • Jyothi Yarraji has won India’s first gold medal in Asian Athletics Championship 2023 held in Bangkok, Thailand. She is a specialised athlete in 100-metre hurdle races. 
  • India’s top table tennis league UTT (Ultimate Table Tennis) tournament is organised in Pune. 
  • Lakshya Sen has clinched the men’s singles title of the Canada Open 2023 badminton tournament held in Canada.
  • Jammu & Kashmir Rural Livelihood Mission has bagged the SKOCH Award 2023 under the theme ‘State of Governance India 2047’ in the gold category. 
  • PM Narendra Modi was honoured with France’s highest civilian and military honour ‘Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour’ by French President Emmanuel Macron. 
  • India topped the medal tally at the 34th International Biology Olympiad 2023 held in UAE. 
  • PM Narendra Modi was honoured with Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2023 conferred by Tilak Smarak Mandir Trust. 
  • Israel’s parliament has approved a bill to limit the power of the supreme court.
  • xAI is an artificial intelligence startup founded on March 9, 2023 by Elon Musk. The company was officially announced on July 12, 2023.
  • France would join Britain in supplying long-range SCALP missiles to Ukraine.  
  • Jammu & Kashmir UT has launched a mobile app Dost in sync with the vision of Apka Mobile Hamara Daftar
  • Odisha launched Ama Pokhari Yojana to rejuvenate around 2000 large water bodies in urban local bodies of the state. 
  • DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) has approved EKVI Air Training Organisation Pvt. Ltd. which will be based at Salem Airport in Tamil Nadu.
  • Minister of Ports Development Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the indigenous Differential Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS) named SAGAR SAMPARK.
  • Central Government issued a notification to bring the GST Network under the purview of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
  • Sheikh Talal Farhad Al Ahmad Al Sabah of Kuwait has been appointed as the new president of OCA (Olympic Council of Asia).
  • Razorpay fintech unicorn has launched its first international payment gateway for the Malaysian market with Curlec. 
  • SpaceX launched the European Space Agency’s Euclid Observatory towards its L1 point.