Days in Focus
Defence
- Next Director-General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Army - Lt Gen Paramjit Singh.
- Next Director General (DG) of Border Security Force (BSF) - V.K. Johri.
Economy
- To finance the purchase of affordable housing projects, PNB Housing Finance Ltd has raised $100 million (around Rs 690 crore) from - International Finance Corporation (IFC).
Environment
- According to ‘All India Tiger Estimation-2018’ survey, the count of tigers in India has risen to - 2967.
International
- First position in World’s cheapest cities (as in per cost of living) list by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU, UK) – Caracus, Venezuela.
National
- Indian cities in a World’s cheapest cities (as in per cost of living) list by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU, UK) – Bangalore (fifth), Chennai (8th) and New Delhi (10th).
- Best Tiger Project for 2018 - Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu.
Persons in News
- Indian sand artist who won the People’s Choice Award 2019 at Sand sculpting festival in the U.S. - Sudarsan Pattnaik.
Sports
- First cricketer of either gender to score 1000 runs and taking 100 wickets in the T20 format - Ellyse Perry (Australia).
- On July 29, the International Cricket Council (ICC) officially launched the inaugural edition of the - World Test Championship (WTC) (which will get underway on August 1, 2019).
- ICC World Test Championship Final in June 2021 will be played in - United Kingdom.
- Athletic in the 400m hurdles at US Championships 2019 who shattered previous world record of 52.34sec set by Russia's Yuliya Pechonkina (2003) - Dalilah Muhammad (52.20sec).
Science and Technology
- Scientists at this Indian institution have developed low-cost, environment-friendly Dye-Sensitised Solar Cell (DSSC) using New Fuchsin (NF) dye (used to make kumkum) - IIT Hyderabad (Prof. Sai Santosh Kumar Raavi lead team).
General Knowledge
- Mohun Bagan Athletic Club (in West Bengal, India) was established in – 1889.
- The Border Security Force (BSF) was established in – 1965 (December 1).
- International Cricket Council (ICC) – Formed in: 1909; Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
- First cricket World Cup won by India – 1983.
- First Women's Cricket World Cup – 1973.
- First Men's Cricket World Cup – 1975.
