Sri Lanka secured their first Women's Asia Cup title win on Sunday ( 28 July 2024), beating India with a clinical run-chase in front of home fans.

• This was also just the second time in their nine final appearances that India failed to win the Women's Asia Cup.
• The previous such instance was in 2018, when Bangladesh beat India by three wickets.
• Samarawickrama was the Player of the Match in the Final, while Chamari Athapaththu was the Player of the Tournament for her 304 runs and three wickets in the event.

The UNESCO World Heritage committee on Saturday decided to register Japan’s controversial Sado gold mine as a cultural heritage site after the country agreed to include it in an exhibit of its dark history of abusing Korean laborers during World War II.

• The decision signals an improvement in ties between Tokyo and Seoul. 
• The mine on an island off the coast of Niigata in northern Japan operated for nearly 400 years and was once the world’s largest gold producer before closing in 1989.
• It was also linked to Japan’s wartime abuse of Korean laborers.

International Tiger Day 2024, also called as the Global Tiger Day 2024, is observed every year on July 29 to raise awareness about the magnificent but endangered animal.

The day is a reminder of the collective effort of 13 tiger range countries which came together to create TX2- the global goal to double the wild tigers' population in 2022.

The day was first established in 2010 at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit.