INDIA
– India crosses milestone of administering 200 crore COVID vaccine doses
– Home Minister Amit Shah holds meeting with all CMs, LGs, Administrators of UTs on Har Ghar Tiranga Programme
– 52nd BGB-BSF (Border Guards Bangladesh-Border Security Force) Director General level conference starts in Dhaka
– Army Chief Manoj Pande proceeds on three-day visit to Bangladesh
– Ex-Union minister Margaret Alva of Congress to be Opposition’s vice-presidential candidate
– Indian Navy’s INS Sindhudhvaj submarine decommissioned at Visakhapatnam after 35 years in service
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– PSU Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) starts Bikers Cafe near Shimla
WORLD
– Cargo plane operated by Ukrainian airline crashes in Greece; was going from Serbia to Jordan
– Saudi Arabia: “Jeddah Summit for Security and Development” held; attended by leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and the US
– World Day for International Justice observed on July 17
SINGAPORE OPEN SUPER 500 BADMINTON WINNERS
– India’s P V Sindhu: women’s singles
– Indonesia’s Anthony Sinisuka Ginting: men’s singles
– Indonesia’s Leo Rolly Carnando & Daniel Marthin: men’s doubles
– Indonesia’s Apriyani Rahayu & Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti: women’s doubles
– Thailand’s Dechapol Puavaranukroh & Sapsiree Taerattanachai: mixed doubles
SPORTS
– Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa wins Paracin Open Chess title in Serbia
