State PCS Exams Current Affairs – July 2026

National

19 one-liners

19 National — 2 Jul – 31 Jul.

• Rajasthan's Senior Citizen Pilgrimage Scheme 2026, run by the Devasthan Department, will take 56,000 pilgrims chosen by lottery.
• Residents of Rajasthan aged 60 or more as of 1 April 2026 are eligible for the pilgrimage scheme. Those aged 70+ may take one helper, whose cost the state also bears.
• Under the pilgrimage scheme, 6,000 pilgrims will fly to Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu (Nepal), and 50,000 will travel to pilgrimage sites across India by AC train.
• Travel, stay and food are all free in the scheme, and the state bears the whole cost. The scheme has 13 pilgrimage circuits, including Haridwar, Ayodhya, Varanasi, Sammed Shikhar, Mathura, Dwarka, Tirupati, Kamakhya and Goa.
• The pilgrimage list also includes Gangasagar, Jagannath Puri, Rameswaram, Vaishno Devi, Ujjain, Patna Sahib and Hazur Sahib, Nanded.
• The Bhashini language-model hackathon was launched at the National e-Governance Conference (NCeG) 2026 in Jaipur, by the Digital India Bhashini Division with DARPG and the Rajasthan Government.
• Governance services such as CPGRAMS, Nyaya Setu, Arogya Vani, Sabhasar and Yuva Sarathi were displayed at NCeG 2026 so government services can be offered in many languages.
• The Union Law Ministry held a two-day "Sudhar Utsav and Chintan Shivir 2026" in July 2026 at Gyan Sarovar, the Brahma Kumaris headquarters, Mount Abu.
• The chief guest at the Mount Abu event was Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal. The aim was a roadmap for a modern, fast and citizen-centred justice system under Viksit Bharat 2047.
• The Mount Abu camp discussed legal governance, alternative dispute resolution, law-making reforms, digital transformation, AI and administrative efficiency.
• Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviewed "Viksit Bharat @ GPDP" (Gram Panchayat Development Plan) with Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma in New Delhi, covering gram sabha-based planning, transparent use of funds, rural jobs and lasting community assets.
• Rajasthan received ₹445 crore under the GPDP initiative, of which about ₹200 crore has been spent. A second instalment of ₹180 crore will follow after proper use of funds.
• GPDP follows a bottom-up model: gram sabhas and panchayats identify their own village needs and plan accordingly.
• The Mukhyamantri Gram Chaupal initiative, based on the same bottom-up idea, has the government talk directly to villagers, women, youth, farmers and representatives. Rajasthan expects to spend about ₹12,000 crore every year on village development.
• The Rajasthan Cabinet approved 76 new municipalities with 684 new posts to run them, citing fast urbanisation and a growing urban population.
• The new municipalities are expected to improve sanitation, water, waste management and other civic services, and to strengthen local self-government.
• 2 Jul — Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan held the national launch of VB-G RAM G on 2 July 2026 in a village of Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh.
• 4 Jul — During the Balotra visit, expansion of the PM Surya Ghar Yojana (rooftop solar) and PM-KUSUM (solar irrigation pumps) was announced.
• 31 Jul — The Commonwealth Peace Mediation and Rule of Law Conference was held in Jaipur from 31 July to 2 August 2026. About 30 of the 52 Commonwealth countries took part.

States & UTs

3 one-liners

3 States & UTs — 28 Jul.

• Governor Gurmeet Singh declared Uttarakhand a fully literate state after it met the norms of NEP 2020 and the ULLAS programme. It is the sixth fully literate state of India.
• Before Uttarakhand, the fully literate states were Mizoram, Goa, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim, in that order.
• 28 Jul — The Delhi Cabinet, led by CM Rekha Gupta, approved the Delhi Lakshmi Yojana. Eligible women aged 21 to 60 will get Rs 2,500 a month, and the 2026-27 Budget provides Rs 5,110 crore for it.

Economy & Banking

18 one-liners

18 Economy & Banking — 4 Jul – 31 Jul.

• Rajasthan and Haryana signed a Yamuna water project agreement in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, a few days before PM Modi's Balotra visit.
• The Yamuna agreement will bring Rajasthan's share of Yamuna water from the Western Yamuna Canal through underground pipelines and secure drinking water. It follows the 1994 MoU on upper Yamuna basin water sharing.
• Rajasthan will receive about 580 million cubic metres of Yamuna water between July and October, and three separate underground pipelines will carry it.
• The Jodhpur terminal has a built-up area of about 23,342 sq m, 20 check-in counters, 6 aerobridges, modern baggage handling and advanced security screening.
• The Railway Ministry announced a new station at Sundarpura, near Khatu Shyam Ji Temple, on the Sikar-Ringas section between Palsana and Bawdi Thikariya.
• The new Sundarpura station is about 11 km from the Khatu Shyam temple and will have a modern booking office, a large waiting hall and clean toilets.
• HPCL will invest about ₹400 crore to open 304 new retail fuel outlets in Rajasthan, with sites already fixed across the state.
• The new HPCL petrol pumps will strengthen the network that sells fuel from the Pachpadra refinery (Rajasthan Refinery Limited), and are expected to create jobs and bring investment.
• The Jodhpuri Mojari trade is worth about ₹100 crore in the domestic market and about ₹10 crore in exports.
• 4 Jul — PM Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones of projects worth about ₹1.06 lakh crore at Balotra on 4 July 2026. They covered energy, aviation, road-metro links, water resources, renewable energy and public infrastructure.
• 4 Jul — PM Modi dedicated the Rajasthan Refinery (at Pachpadra, Balotra) to the nation and laid the foundation of Jaipur Metro Phase-II.
• 4 Jul — Amid a global fuel crisis, India widened its import sources, raised domestic LPG output and expanded PNG connections, and the Rajasthan Refinery was described as important in this effort.
• 4 Jul — The new Jodhpur Airport terminal was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on 4 July 2026, about 35 years after the earlier terminal.
• 4 Jul — The new Jodhpur terminal cost about ₹480 crore and can handle about 20 lakh passengers a year.
• 27 Jul — The National Stock Exchange started trading in Indian Natural Gas Futures (symbol NATGASIND) on 27 July. It is the first exchange-traded energy derivative based on a domestic benchmark, settled in cash against the IGX Gujarat (Dahej) hub price.
• 29 Jul — A one-month trial of India's first Vande Bharat platform-based freight EMU began on 29 July 2026 in the Kota division of West Central Railway. Integral Coach Factory, Chennai, built it and RDSO is checking it.
• 29 Jul — On day one the freight EMU reached 145 km/h on the Kota-Nagda-Sawai Madhopur section. This 16-coach train is meant for fast delivery of parcels, e-commerce goods and cold-chain cargo.
• 31 Jul — Rajasthan's new policy to lease government land for fuel outlets is to be finalised by 31 July 2026.

Science & Technology

10 one-liners

10 Science & Technology — 3 Jul – 30 Jul.

• Rajasthan introduced the 'Prasav Sakhi' arrangement for high-risk pregnant women admitted to government hospitals, with a dedicated companion from admission to discharge.
• A Prasav Sakhi will be a posted nursing staff member, an ANM or a chosen woman health worker, identified by a pink apron. It will be rolled out in phases in medical college hospitals, district hospitals and first referral units.
• The Prasav Sakhi stays with the woman through check-ups, treatment, referral, delivery, discharge and after-care, and gives the family health information. It links to 104 Jananee Express and mother-child help desks to reduce maternal and newborn deaths.
• The hackathon aims to build AI language models for the Marwari, Mewari, Dhundhari, Hadoti, Mewati and Bagri dialects of Rajasthan.
• Bhashini, built by MeitY under the National Language Translation Mission, is an AI language platform supporting 36 written Indian languages, 23 Indian spoken languages and 35 foreign languages.
• At the Jaipur conference, India's first handheld multilingual AI device, "Suno Sutra", was shown, along with speech-to-text translation, voice AI services, dictation and language-contribution tools.
• Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace successfully launched Vikram-1, India's first fully private orbital rocket, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, in its very first attempt.
• 3 Jul — ISRO held the first successful ground test of the solid motor of SOLV (Sub-Orbital Launch Vehicle for Experiments) at Sriharikota on 3 July 2026. This test rocket is made to check the parachute system of the Gaganyaan crew module.
• 30 Jul — The International Type-1 Diabetes Summit 2026 was held in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, from 30 July to 1 August 2026. It was organised with The Friends of Mewar, Breakthrough T1D and the William J. Clinton Foundation.
• 30 Jul — The Jodhpur summit discussed insulin access, continuous glucose monitoring, mental-health support and digital treatment methods. It aimed to bring governments, hospitals, institutes and patient groups together to prepare concrete recommendations on Type-1 diabetes.

Defence & Security

4 one-liners

4 Defence & Security — 11 Jul – 30 Jul.

• Hyderabad-based Azad Engineering built India's first indigenous 350-kg-class expendable turbojet engine, using a design of GTRE (Gas Turbine Research Establishment). Such engines power unmanned aerial vehicles, missiles and drones.
• 11 Jul — INS Mahendragiri, the sixth stealth frigate of Project 17A, joined the Navy's Eastern Fleet at Visakhapatnam on 11 July 2026. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Mumbai, built it with over 75% indigenous content.
• 22 Jul — INS Malvan is named after the coastal town of Malvan in Maharashtra, linked to the naval tradition of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
• 30 Jul — The Indian Navy took delivery of the diving support vessel Nipun from Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam. It is the second ship of its class and can support deep-sea saturation diving and submarine rescue.

Environment & Ecology

7 one-liners

7 Environment & Ecology — State PCS Exams Current Affairs – July 2026.

• A national workshop at Alwar marked 18 years of tiger reintroduction at Sariska Tiger Reserve, organised by the Environment Ministry with the NTCA and Rajasthan Government. Union Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated it.
• Tigers were completely wiped out from Sariska in 2005. After reintroduction, 56 tigers now live there, seen as a global example of species recovery.
• At the Sariska workshop, a tiger management roadmap, a booklet on reintroduction and revival, and the annual report of Project Cheetah (September 2024 to December 2025) were released.
• The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), India's main statutory tiger body, was set up in December 2005 on the advice of the Tiger Task Force.
• The NGT formed a joint committee to probe mining near Sariska Tiger Reserve, with a detailed report due in 6 weeks.
• The allegation before the NGT is that distance records of some mining leases from the protected area were altered so they could be restarted.
• The committee will check whether mining approvals follow environment and wildlife rules and how they affect Sariska's ecology. Mining, habitat fragmentation and human activity are the main threats in the Aravalli range.

Awards & Honours

4 one-liners

4 Awards & Honours — State PCS Exams Current Affairs – July 2026.

Summits, Agreements & Exercises

1 one-liners

1 Summits, Agreements & Exercises — State PCS Exams Current Affairs – July 2026.

• The Department of Telecommunications and Madhya Pradesh signed an MoU for India's first Telecom Manufacturing Zone at Gwalior, a plug-and-play cluster of about 350 acres for phones, fibre and 5G/6G equipment.

Important Days

1 one-liners

1 Important Days — 26 Jul.

• 26 Jul — India marked Kargil Vijay Diwas on 26 July 2026, the 27th anniversary of its 1999 victory in the Kargil War. The Army operation that cleared the intruders from the heights was called Operation Vijay.

Obituaries

1 one-liners

1 Obituaries — 31 Jul.

• 31 Jul — General Vishwa Nath Sharma (retd), who was the 14th Chief of the Army Staff from 1988 to 1990, died in New Delhi. He was the younger brother of Major Somnath Sharma, the first Param Vir Chakra recipient.

Art, Culture & Tourism

6 one-liners

6 Art, Culture & Tourism — 25 Jul.

• The Jodhpur terminal design blends Rajasthani-Marwari elements such as jharokhas and arches with modern construction. It is expected to boost tourism, trade and air links in Marwar and support the UDAN scheme.
• Jodhpur's traditional Jodhpuri Mojari (Jodhpur juti) received a GI tag, with GI number 735.
• The GI application for Jodhpuri Mojari was made by the Jodhpur Handicraft Exporters Association and Gram Vikas Sewa Sansthan, Pipar City. The craft is about 200 years old in Marwar.
• A GI tag means no one making juti elsewhere can sell it as "Jodhpuri Mojari". Protection lasts 10 years and can be renewed.
• GI tags are granted under the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, administered by DPIIT under the Commerce Ministry.
• 25 Jul — Sarnath, near Varanasi, is where Gautama Buddha gave his first sermon after gaining enlightenment.

National

15 one-liners

15 National — 1 Jul – 31 Jul.

• The Ministry of Panchayati Raj launched DAANVEER, an initiative that lets citizens and organisations donate computers to village councils (gram panchayats) through the Meri Panchayat mobile app.
• 1 Jul — The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, known as VB-G RAM G, came into force across India on 1 July 2026. It replaces the 2005 MGNREGA.
• 1 Jul — VB-G RAM G guarantees 125 days of work in a financial year, against 100 days under MGNREGA. It focuses on water security, basic rural infrastructure such as roads, livelihood infrastructure linked to self-help groups, and climate-resilience works.
• 1 Jul — Funding of VB-G RAM G is normally shared 60:40 between the Centre and states, but 90:10 for north-eastern states and their Union Territories. The Centre's allocation for 2026-27 is ₹95,692.37 crore.
• 7 Jul — The Education Ministry released the UDISE+ 2025-26 report on 7 July 2026. It shows 1.02 crore teachers in the country, an 8.3% rise compared with 2022-23.
• 7 Jul — UDISE+ 2025-26 shows the dropout rate at the secondary level fell to 7.0% from 8.2% in 2024-25, while the secondary Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) rose from 68.5% to 77.7%.
• 26 Jul — PM Narendra Modi formed a six-member task force on examination reforms headed by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, after the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak. Former ISRO chief S. Somanath and IIT Madras director V. Kamakoti are members.
• 30 Jul — Parliament passed the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Act, 2026. Lok Sabha approved it on 29 July 2026 and Rajya Sabha on 30 July 2026. It amends the 2024 law, India's first dedicated law against paper leaks and exam cheating.
• 30 Jul — The 2026 amendment raises the ban on a service provider from a maximum of 4 years to 8 years. For organised or syndicate crime, jail becomes 7 to 10 years (earlier 5 to 10) and the minimum fine rises from ₹1 crore to ₹10 crore.
• 30 Jul — Jail terms and the upper fine limit for individual offenders were also raised sharply under the 2026 amendment to the public examinations law.
• 30 Jul — Investigation under the amended exam law must be completed within 2 months of the FIR or transfer of the case. The Centre can form a special task force (STF), and sessions courts in each state and UT will be notified as fast-track courts.
• 30 Jul — After a charge sheet, the court must decide within 3 months. Appeal lies only to a two-judge bench of the High Court, usually within 30 days (up to 90 days), and the High Court must decide it within 3 months.
• 31 Jul — The Union Cabinet on 31 July 2026 extended PM-KISAN for five more years, up to 2030-31, with ₹3.5 lakh crore. Eligible landholding farmer families get ₹6,000 a year in three equal instalments directly in their bank accounts.
• 31 Jul — President Droupadi Murmu gave assent to the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Act, 2026. Prison terms for individuals rise to 5-10 years and every state must set up fast-track courts for such cases.
• 31 Jul — The Union Cabinet approved an expanded Khelo India Scheme along with stronger help for National Sports Federations, with a combined outlay of Rs 36,441 crore for 2026-27 to 2030-31.

Economy & Banking

19 one-liners

19 Economy & Banking — 4 Jul – 31 Jul.

• India is now the world's second-largest mobile phone maker, and about 99.2% of the phones sold in India are made in the country.
• NITI Aayog released a new investment friendliness index to measure the investment climate of states and UTs. It assessed 36 units (28 states and 8 UTs) on 84 indicators grouped into 8 pillars, such as infrastructure, business environment and fiscal health.
• The US Federal Reserve formed a special five-member task force to review its monetary policy. Three of its members are economists of Indian origin.
• Apple regained the title of the world's most valuable listed company, overtaking AI-chip maker Nvidia.
• New York State decided that new data centres using 50 MW or more of electricity cannot be set up for one year.
• The World Bank moved Sri Lanka from the lower-middle income group to the upper-middle income group, a sign of recovery from its severe economic crisis of 2022.
• Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal announced a task force for the toy sector to lift India's share of the global toy market to 5% by 2032. A Toy Sector Playbook was also released at a stakeholder meet organised by DPIIT.
• 4 Jul — Under the India-Israel treaty, only investments that follow the host country's laws are protected. Investors must first use domestic courts before international arbitration, and tax and national-security decisions stay outside arbitration.
• 5 Jul — The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) comes into force on 5 July 2026.
• 15 Jul — The Union Cabinet approved the Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (MPMS) on 15 July 2026 with ₹62,500 crore for 2026-27 to 2030-31. It replaces the PLI-LSEM scheme, which ended on 31 March 2026.
• 15 Jul — MPMS targets ₹39 lakh crore of production and about 60,000 direct jobs. It gives 5 to 15% incentive on eligible sales, up to 1.5% extra for Indian components and up to 3% extra for design and R&D.
• 15 Jul — The Cabinet also approved Semicon 2.0 on 15 July 2026 with ₹1,27,500 crore. Its six pillars are design, machines and materials, more fabs, advanced packaging (ATMP/OSAT), research and development, and talent development.
• 27 Jul — The Centre has cleared a Reserve Bank proposal for field trials of polymer notes, one billion pieces each of Rs 10 and Rs 20. Ministers told Parliament that polymer notes will circulate alongside paper notes and will not replace them.
• 28 Jul — The Asian Development Bank approved a USD 850 million loan for rooftop solar under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana. It is meant to support at least 3.5 million installations and the target of 30 GW of home solar capacity.
• 28 Jul — India's Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew 7.3% in June 2026, a 23-month high, compared with 5.0% in May. Manufacturing grew 7.8% and electricity and gas supply grew 10.6%.
• 28 Jul — The insurance regulator IRDAI approved the purchase of Magma General Insurance by Patanjali Ayurved (73.56%) and DS Group (24.50%) from Adar Poonawalla's Sanoti Properties for Rs 4,500 crore. The approval is valid for three months.
• 30 Jul — India's first sovereign-backed Protection and Indemnity (P&I) insurance product was launched under the Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool. It offers third-party liability cover of up to USD 1.5 billion for ships.
• 31 Jul — The Cabinet approved the National Offshore Exploration Scheme, 'Samudra Manthan', with an outlay of Rs 84,084 crore up to 2030-31, to boost offshore oil and gas exploration and reduce import dependence.
• 31 Jul — The Cabinet approved the Pradhan Mantri Surya Sarovar Yojana with Rs 5,070 crore to build 5,000 MW of floating solar power with battery storage, offering Rs 1 crore of central aid per megawatt.

International

8 one-liners

8 International — 1 Jul – 30 Jul.

• Ukraine and nine Western European countries (France, Germany, the UK, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands) announced Project Freya, an alliance to build a joint air-defence shield against Russian ballistic missiles.
• Japan's government under PM Sanae Takaichi approved about ₹3,885 crore for a new National Intelligence Bureau, said to be Japan's first own intelligence agency since World War II.
• The USA announced that Syria is no longer on its list of state sponsors of terrorism, which lifts financial and military-export restrictions on Syria.
• France banned children under 15 years of age from using social media.
• Two humanoid robots, Robert and Matilda, had a symbolic 'wedding' at the Pushkin Library in Moscow, Russia. It had no legal validity and aimed to raise interest in AI and robotics.
• 1 Jul — China's Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law took effect on 1 July 2026 under President Xi Jinping. It aims to unify language, education, culture and national identity, and there is concern that minority identities will weaken.
• 28 Jul — The BIMCO-ICS Seafarer Workforce Report 2026 ranked India the world's second-largest supplier of seafarers, with 311,936 people or 12.16% of the global total. Only the Philippines is ahead of India.
• 30 Jul — Saudi Arabia and other countries announced a multinational maritime defence coalition after a meeting in Riyadh attended by 43 countries. It aims to protect shipping through the Bab al-Mandab, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

Awards & Honours

9 one-liners

9 Awards & Honours — 8 Jul.

Summits, Agreements & Exercises

16 one-liners

16 Summits, Agreements & Exercises — 1 Jul – 30 Jul.

• India announced help in restoring the Prambanan temple complex in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and the gift of 100 tonnes of improved wheat seed.
• China announced a new platform, the World AI Cooperation Organisation, to connect AI needs and technologies across the world.
• The USA and Saudi Arabia signed a 30-year civil nuclear cooperation agreement.
• 1 Jul — The 6th India-Japan annual summit was held in New Delhi from 1 to 3 July 2026 between PM Narendra Modi and Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi. It was Takaichi's first visit to India.
• 1 Jul — India and Japan agreed on the UNICORN (Unified Complex Radio Antenna) project. It is the first joint co-development agreement between the two countries in the defence sector.
• 1 Jul — At the summit, India and Japan agreed to reduce dependence on any single country in semiconductors, critical minerals, pharmaceuticals and ICT. India's IndiaAI Mission and Japan's GENIAC programme also began cooperating.
• 4 Jul — The India-Israel bilateral investment treaty came into force on 4 July 2026. It replaces the 1996 treaty that India ended in 2017, and Israel is the first OECD country to sign India's new model investment agreement.
• 6 Jul — PM Modi visited Indonesia from 6 to 8 July 2026, his fourth visit there. The two sides agreed on missile-technology cooperation, wider space cooperation, and a SAIL partnership to set up a stainless steel plant in Indonesia.
• 8 Jul — During PM Modi's Australia visit on 8 to 10 July 2026, the two countries agreed on eight agreements, including uranium supply, renewal of the 2009 security cooperation declaration and cyber-technology cooperation.
• 8 Jul — Australia will now supply uranium to India, as the 2014 civil nuclear cooperation agreement has been put into practice. Australia also returned three old Indian idols.
• 8 Jul — India signed a trilateral agreement with Australia under the ACITI (Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation Partnership).
• 10 Jul — PM Modi visited New Zealand on 10 and 11 July 2026. The countries signed agreements on defence cooperation, disaster management (earthquakes and tsunamis) and maritime security, and raised ties to a strategic partnership.
• 10 Jul — India and New Zealand set a target to raise their bilateral trade to about NZD 7 billion (around ₹35,000 crore) by 2030.
• 19 Jul — President Droupadi Murmu visited Moldova, North Macedonia and Romania from 19 to 25 July 2026. It was the first visit to Moldova by any Indian President.
• 19 Jul — During her visit, India announced that it will double ITEC (Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation) training slots for Moldova and North Macedonia, including special courses on artificial intelligence.
• 30 Jul — The Maldives' instant payment system Favara was linked with India's UPI on 30 July, allowing real-time money transfers. Bank of Maldives and Maldives Islamic Bank joined first, and QR payments for shops will follow.

Important Days

7 one-liners

7 Important Days — 26 Jul – 31 Jul.

• 26 Jul — The International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem is observed every year on 26 July. UNESCO adopted the day in 2015 and it was first marked in 2016; mangroves are disappearing faster than forests as a whole.
• 27 Jul — The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) observed its Raising Day on 27 July. The force began in 1939 at Neemuch as the Crown Representative's Police and received its present name in 1949.
• 28 Jul — World Hepatitis Day was observed on 28 July, the birthday of Dr Baruch Blumberg, who discovered the hepatitis B virus. The global goal is to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030.
• 29 Jul — International Tiger Day is observed on 29 July. It began after the 2010 St Petersburg Tiger Summit, and India is home to roughly 70% of the world's wild tigers.
• 30 Jul — The World Day against Trafficking in Persons on 30 July had the 2026 theme 'Trapped Behind the Scam', which draws attention to people trafficked and forced to run online fraud.
• 30 Jul — The International Day of Friendship is observed on 30 July. The UN General Assembly proclaimed the day in 2011 to promote peace and understanding between peoples.
• 31 Jul — World Ranger Day on 31 July honours forest rangers killed or injured on duty. It was first marked in 2007 in memory of eight rangers killed at Virunga National Park.