Country Capitals and Currencies
| Country | Capital | Currency |
|---|---|---|
| India | New Delhi | Rupee |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | Taka |
| Myanmar | Naypyidaw | Kyat |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | Rupee |
| China | Beijing | Yuan/Renminbi |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | Ngultrum |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | Rupee |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Tugrik |
| Pakistan | Islamabad | Rupee |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | Som |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | |
| Kazakhstan | Astana (formerly Nur-Sultan) | Tenge |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | Som |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | Somoni |
| Iran | Tehran | Rial |
| Iraq | Baghdad | |
| Bahrain | Manama | |
| Lebanon | Beirut | |
| UAE | Abu Dhabi | Dirham |
| Türkiye | Ankara | Lira |
| Israel | Jerusalem | New Shekel |
| Jordan | Amman | |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Riyal |
| Yemen | Sana'a | |
| Syria | Damascus | |
| Oman | Muscat | |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | Rupiah |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Ringgit |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Riel |
| Philippines | Manila | Peso |
| Thailand | Bangkok | Baht |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | Dong |
| North Korea | Pyongyang | Won |
| South Korea | Seoul | Won |
| Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | |
| Hong Kong | Victoria | |
| Japan | Tokyo | Yen |
| Afghanistan | Kabul | |
| Qatar | Doha | |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | Manat |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | |
| Albania | Tirana | |
| Iceland | Reykjavik | Krona |
| Austria | Vienna | |
| Italy | Rome | |
| Estonia | Tallinn | |
| Greece | Athens | Euro |
| Czech Republic | Prague | Koruna |
| Germany | Berlin | Euro |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | Krone |
| Norway | Oslo | Norwegian Krone |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | Euro |
| Portugal | Lisbon | Euro |
| Poland | Warsaw | Zloty |
| Finland | Helsinki | Euro |
| France | Paris | Euro |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | Euro |
| Belgium | Brussels | Euro |
| Belarus | Minsk | Ruble |
| Ukraine | Kyiv | Hryvnia |
| United Kingdom | London | Pound |
| Romania | Bucharest | |
| Latvia | Riga | |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | |
| Spain | Madrid | Euro |
| Switzerland | Bern | Swiss Franc |
| Sweden | Stockholm | Krona |
| Serbia | Belgrade | |
| Hungary | Budapest | Forint |
| Ireland | Dublin | |
| Russia | Moscow | Ruble |
| Egypt | Cairo | |
| Libya | Tripoli | |
| Morocco | Rabat | |
| Nigeria | Abuja | |
| Namibia | Windhoek | |
| Sudan | Khartoum | |
| South Sudan | Juba | |
| Congo Republic | Kinshasa | |
| Republic of Congo | Brazzaville | |
| Somalia | Mogadishu | Shilling |
| Seychelles | Victoria | Rupee |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Birr |
| Uganda | Kampala | |
| Kenya | Nairobi | |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | Mauritian Rupee |
| Tanzania | Dodoma | |
| Rwanda | Kigali | |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | |
| Ghana | Accra | Cedi |
| South Africa | Pretoria (Administrative), Cape Town (Legislative), Bloemfontein (Judicial) | Rand |
| USA | Washington D.C. | Dollar |
| Canada | Ottawa | |
| Mexico | Mexico City | Peso |
| Cuba | Havana | |
| Jamaica | Kingston | |
| Greenland | Nuuk | Krone |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
| Bolivia | La Paz | |
| Brazil | Brasilia | Real |
| Chile | Santiago | |
| Colombia | Bogota | |
| Ecuador | Quito | |
| Peru | Lima | Sol |
| Uruguay | Montevideo | |
| Venezuela | Caracas | Bolivar |
| Australia | Canberra | |
| New Zealand | Wellington | |
| Fiji | Suva | |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | |
| Palau | Ngerulmud |
Current Affairs (July 1-26, 2024)
- Operation Deep Manifest: Launched by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence against Pakistani-origin goods.
- Jain Saint Vidyanand: Honored as Dharma Chakravarti by Narendra Modi.
- Thailand: Constitutional court suspended the Prime Minister from office.
- First ASEAN-India Cruise Dialogue: Held in Chennai.
- India's First Green Data Center: Foundation stone laid in Ghaziabad.
- UN Security Council President (July 2024): Pakistan.
- PM Modi's Five-Nation Tour: Started in Ghana. Received highest civilian awards from Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, and Brazil.
- Indian Navy's IAS Ishtemal Commissioning: Done in Russia.
- Operation Madmax: Launched by Narcotics Control Bureau against narcotics with international agency coordination.
- India's First QR-based Digital House Address System: Indore.
- First National Conference of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) by Lok Sabha Speaker: Held in Manesar, Haryana.
- Mukhyamantri Pratigya Yojana: Bihar.
- Commonwealth Youth Peace Ambassador: Sukanya Sonowal.
- First Khelo India Water Games: Held at Dal Lake.
- Best Performing Municipal Corporations (ULB National Conference, Haryana): Lucknow, Pune, Indore.
- First Indian Actress to Receive Hollywood Walk of Fame Star: Deepika Padukone.
- Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (Highest Civilian Award): Received by PM Modi.
- Microsoft's Departure after 25 Years: Left Pakistan.
- 18th BRICS Summit (Host): Brazil (India will host the next).
- First Woman President of Suriname: Jenifer Simons.
- New Member of New Development Bank: Colombia, Uzbekistan.
- Jamata Coast Guard Exercise: India-Japan.
- Cancer Care Training Program for BIMSTEC Countries: Started in Mumbai.
- AI-based SMOS System to Combat Mosquito Threat: Andhra Pradesh.
- 21st Member of Eurozone: Bulgaria.
- World's First Drug for Newborns (Cortem): For Malaria.
- Grand Collar of the Southern Cross (Highest Honor): Awarded by Brazil to PM Modi.
- Asia's Oldest Elephant and Vatsala: Panna Tiger Reserve.
- PARAKH National Achievement Survey 2024 (Top Rank): Punjab.
- E-Kuber Platform: Reserve Bank of India.
- First Company to Reach $4 Trillion Market Value: Nvidia.
- Pen Pinter Award Winner: Leela.
- Time 100 Creators List 2025 (Only Indian): Prajakta Kohli.
- Operation Kalnemi (against fake saints): Uttarakhand.
- Portrait Unveiling at MCC Museum (Lord's, London): Sachin Tendulkar.
- New Caledonia Agreement for New State: With France.
- ICC Arrest Warrant (Gender and Political Persecution): Against Taliban (Afghanistan leaders).
- Wimbledon 2024 Women's Singles Winner: Iga Swiatek (Poland).
- Wimbledon 2024 Men's Singles Winner: Jannik Sinner (Italy).
- India's 44th UNESCO World Heritage Site: Maratha Military Landscapes.
- India's 87th Chess Grandmaster: Harikrishnan (86th P Shyam Nikhil, 85th Sri Hari LR from Tamil Nadu).
- UN Population Award 2024: Varsha Deshpande (Maharashtra).
- President Droupadi Murmu Nominated to Rajya Sabha: Ujjwal Devram Sadanand, Master Harshvardhan Shrankhla.
- First-time Qualifier for ICC Men's T20 World Cup: Italy.
- First International ASHA Day: July 12.
- Most Polluted City in India (First 6 months of 2024, CREA Study): Barinighat.
- First Earthin Kul Police Station (ISO 9001:2015 certified): Kerala.
- First Woman Director General of Railway Protection Force: Sonali Mishra.
- BIMSTEC Port Conference: Visakhapatnam.
- 51 Shaktipeeth Park Foundation Stone: Tripura.
- First Indian Astronaut to ISS with Successful Return to Earth: Shubhanshu Shukla (from Lucknow, UP) on Axiom Mission.
- BITS Pilani India's First AI Campus: Andhra Pradesh.
- India's Second Longest Cable-Stayed Sindoor Bridge: Inaugurated by Nitin Gadkari in Karnataka.
- Late Fauja Singh (114 years old, Road Accident): Indian runner.
- Test Cricket Lowest Second Innings Score (27 runs, Second Lowest in History): West Indies.
- GE Aerospace (USA) Provided GE 404 Engine for Tejas Mk1E: To India's HAL.
- Operation Fire Trail (Seizure of 35 Crore Chinese Firecrackers): Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.
- Kalinga Ratna Award: Dharmendra Pradhan (India's Education Minister).
- India's First Aqua Tech Park: Sonapura, Assam.
- The Resistance Front (TRF) Declared Foreign Terrorist Organization: By USA (due to Pahalgam attack).
- Swachh Survekshan 2024-25, Super Swachh League (10 Lakh+ Population): Indore tops.
- State Appointing Neetu Chandra and Kranti Prakash Jha as 'Shivpayak': Bihar (to increase voter awareness).
- State Granting Agriculture Status to Animal Husbandry and Poultry Farming: Maharashtra.
- State Legalizing Stablecoin Cryptocurrency (Genius Act): USA.
- ASI Declared Langphun Ropui as Monument of National Importance: Mizoram.
- PM Urja Ganga Pipeline (Durgapur-Kolkata Section): 132 km long.
- UN Development Program Agreement for Disaster Management: With Uttar Pradesh government.
- India-EFTA Trade Agreement (Effective Date): October 1.
- Nelson Mandela Award 2024: Brenda Reynolds and Kennedy Ore.
- Jagdeep Dhankhar Resigned from Which Post: Vice President of India (14th VP, Article 67A for resignation).
- Global Finance Magazine World's Best Consumer Bank 2025: State Bank of India.
- Vithra Island Acquired for New Indian Naval Base: Lakshadweep (coral island).
- FISU World University Games (Indian Team's First Medal): In Badminton, held in Germany.
- Country Lowering Voting Age from 18 to 16: England.
- First Hornbill Conservation Center: Tamil Nadu.
- L&T Energy Green Tech's Largest Green Hydrogen Plant: Panipat, Haryana.
- Geological Survey of India Found Rare Earth Minerals in Bhatikhera: Balotra, Rajasthan.
- WSIS 2025 Champions Award for Cultural Diversity: Meri Panchayat App.
- Indian Army Received Apache Helicopters: From USA (three received).
- Motion to Remove Justice (Impeachment Proposal in LS & RS): Yashwant Verma.
- First State with Fewer Than 1200 Voters per Polling Station: Bihar.
- FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Host: India.
- UN Security Council Resolution 27888: Related to Peaceful Resolution of Disputes.
- GRSE Launched 8th and Final ASW Shallow Water Craft: INS Ajay (in Kolkata).
- India's First Fully Indigenous 50 kW Geothermal Plant: Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.
- State Announcing ₹7 Crore Cash Prize for Olympic/Paralympic Gold Medalists: Delhi.
- FISUM 2025 (Italy) Magician's Oscar First Indian Winner: Suhani Shah (Mentalist).
- India's First Mining Tourism Project: Jharkhand.
- Indian Air Force to Retire Mig-21 Fighter Jet: By September 2025.
- Last Indigenous Pollution Control Vessel for Coast Guard (Samudra Prakshet): Launched in Goa.
- Theater of Root Movement Pioneer & Padma Shri Winner Ratan Thiyam: Manipur.
- India Achieved 20% Ethanol Blending in Petrol Target 5 Years Early.
- Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA): Between India and England.
- NASA Mission to Study Earth's Magnetic Protection: TRACER.
- Election Commission Announced Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls: Done by Bihar.
- COP 15 (Ramsar Convention on Wetlands): Started in Zimbabwe.
- DRDO Successful Test of ULPGM V3 (Drone-launched Precision Guided Missile): Andhra Pradesh.
- Adi Thirai Festival 2025 (Rajendra Chola I's Birth Anniversary): Started by Ministry of Culture.
- IRDAI Chairman: Ajay Seth.