1. The govt introduced a bill in Lok Sabha on 22 Jul, which seeks to prohibit any agitation & strike by anyone engaged in the essential defence services. The Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021.
2. Union Cabinet has approved Production-linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Specialty Steel with incentives of Rs. 6,322 crore. This will be provided over a period of five years. The scheme will attract additional investment of about 40,000 crore rupees and is estimated to generate more than 68,000 direct employment opportunities in the next 5 years.
3. Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of a Central University in Ladakh, and an integrated multi-purpose corporation in Ladakh for infrastructure & construction projects.
4. Amendment Bill on Multiple Airports Under PPP Gets Green Signal from Parliamentary Panel. enable the government to offer smaller airports in combination with a larger one as a package for Public Private Partnership (PPP). Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Mangaluru, Trivandrum, Guwahati and Jaipur, for operations.
5. Delhi international airport’s T2 terminal has resumed operations of flights.
6. Newly appointed President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Navjot Singh Sidhu and four other Working Presidents will formally assume charge today (23 Jul Friday) at the party office in Chandigarh.
7. Himachal to reopen schools for higher classes from Aug 2 with strict Covid norms. For Classes 10th, 11th & 12th.
8. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 10 result will be declared on the official website – cbseresults.nic.in – and other platforms like DigiLocker and the UMANG app.
9. Madhya Pradesh to start vaccination of pregnant women from today.
10. Heavy monsoon rains pounded northern Telangana districts on 22 Jul (Thursday,) resulting in the flooding of towns and villages as also overflowing of streams and rivulets, with floodwaters ferociously cutting through the roads.
11. Nearly 200 farmers reached Jantar Mantar in central Delhi on 22 Jul (Thursday) to protest against the Centre’s three contentious farm laws as the Monsoon session of Parliament was underway.
12. Heavy rains in Maharashtra, the Indian Navy and Army have joined the rescue and relief efforts in these two districts of the coastal Konkan region.
13. Noted Carnatic Classical Violinist ‘Kalaimaamani’ Sikkil Shri R Bhaskaran passed away at Chennai on 21 Jul. He was 85.
14.Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) outposts along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh have been provided with oxygen concentrators, even as the home ministry is examining a separate proposal to upgrade the ITBP sector hospital in Leh.
15. Senior officers of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force met in New Delhi on 22 Jul (Thursday) to iron out differences over a major military reform — theaterisation.
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