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Daily Current Affairs: 4 July 2026

Current affairs of 4 July 2026: Nameri Tiger Reserve Tiger Count Rises Four-Fold to 12; Radio-Tagged Vulture Z25 Electrocuted Near Mudumalai; India-Japan 16th Annual Summit: Takaichi Visit Key Outcomes, and 10 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 13 topics

National Affairs

  1. Tourism Ministry and Google India Sign Digital Promotion MoU
  2. Mylswamy Annadurai Heads Tamil Nadu Curriculum Panel
  3. MECON Granted Miniratna Category-I Status by Steel Ministry
  4. Bijay Kumar Mohanty Takes Additional Charge as IREDA CMD

Government Schemes

  1. EPF Scheme 2026: New Withdrawal Rules and 25% Minimum Balance
  2. VB-G RAM G Rural Employment Scheme Launched in Andhra Pradesh

Banking & Finance

  1. ADB Approves USD 182.89 Million Loan for Karnataka Schools

International Affairs

  1. India-Japan 16th Annual Summit: Takaichi Visit Key Outcomes

Agriculture & Rural

  1. Pashujanya Yudh Abhyas: One Health Mock Drill in Vidisha

Environment & Ecology

  1. Nameri Tiger Reserve Tiger Count Rises Four-Fold to 12
  2. Radio-Tagged Vulture Z25 Electrocuted Near Mudumalai
  3. Borjuli Wetland Notified as Assam’s Third Heritage Site

Awards & Persons

  1. West Bengal Gets 23 New GI Tags, Total Reaches 59

National Affairs

Government Schemes

Economy

5. EPF Scheme 2026: New Withdrawal Rules and 25% Minimum Balance

  • The EPF Scheme, 2026 replaces the 1952 scheme and is framed under the Code on Social Security, 2020.
  • Thirteen withdrawal categories are merged into three: essential needs, housing needs and special circumstances.
  • Members must keep at least 25% of the combined fund balance as a minimum retirement corpus.
  • Principal employers become liable for contract workers' PF if the contractor defaults; UPI withdrawals and Aadhaar-linked UAN are mandatory.
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Government Schemes

6. VB-G RAM G Rural Employment Scheme Launched in Andhra Pradesh

  • VB-G RAM G expands to Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Yojana.
  • Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu launched it at Mukkavaripalli village, Tirupati district.
  • Planned investment is Rs 7.5 lakh crore over five years, with an annual outlay of about Rs 1.51 lakh crore.
  • The Centre is to provide over Rs 95,692 crore, while states bear a 40% share of the cost.
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Banking & Finance

International Affairs

International Relations

8. India-Japan 16th Annual Summit: Takaichi Visit Key Outcomes

  • Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi visited India on 1-3 July 2026 for the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit.
  • Three joint statements covered economic security, artificial intelligence and energy resilience, with a 16-point roadmap.
  • 2027, marking 75 years of diplomatic ties, will be celebrated as the Year of Shared Horizons.
  • MAHASAGAR stands for Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security And Growth Across Regions.
  • The 17th Annual Summit is due in Japan in 2027.
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Agriculture & Rural

Environment & Ecology

Environment & Ecology

10. Nameri Tiger Reserve Tiger Count Rises Four-Fold to 12

  • Nameri Tiger Reserve (Sonitpur, Assam) recorded 12 tigers by end-2025, up from 3 in 2022, as validated by WII.
  • Tigers returned to Sonai-Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary, Nameri's satellite core, after being locally extinct since the early 2000s.
  • Nameri was notified a tiger reserve on 1 March 2000, Assam's second after Manas.
  • Project Tiger began on 1 April 1973 at Jim Corbett National Park with 9 reserves.
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Environment & Ecology

11. Radio-Tagged Vulture Z25 Electrocuted Near Mudumalai

  • Captive-bred white-rumped vulture Z25 was electrocuted on 28 June 2026 near Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu.
  • It was bred at the Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore, and released at Tadoba-Andhari on 30 December 2025.
  • White-rumped vulture is Critically Endangered and listed under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
  • Diclofenac, a veterinary NSAID used on cattle, cut vulture numbers by 99.7% between 1993 and 2002.
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Agriculture & Rural Development

12. Borjuli Wetland Notified as Assam’s Third Heritage Site

  • Borjuli wetland (Sonitpur, Assam) is India's 55th Biodiversity Heritage Site as of 3 July 2026 and Assam's third.
  • It spans only 0.41 hectare and shelters Oryza rufipogon, the wild ancestor of cultivated rice Oryza sativa.
  • BHS status flows from an NRAA-funded wild rice project running since 2022, executed by ICAR-NBPGR with the Assam State Biodiversity Board.
  • BHSs are notified under Section 37 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 by State Governments.
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Awards & Persons

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