Current affairs 18 July 2023

Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic to win his first Wimbledon title in 2023.

World number one tennis player, Carlos Alcaraz has won his first 2023 Wimbledon Men's Single title, held in All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London.
In the final, he defeated Novak Djokovic.
Other winners:

Women's Single: Markéta Vondroušová (Czech Republic)
Men's Doubles: Wesley Koolhof (Netherlands) and Neal Skupski ( United Kingdom)
Women's Doubles: Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese Taipei) and Barbora Strýcová (Czech Republic)

The BCCI has confirmed that Ruturaj Gaikwad would lead India's men’s squads for the 19th Asian Games, held in Hangzhou, China from September 23 and October 8, 2023.
While Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the women’s cricket competition, which will take place from September 19-28, 2023.
Both competitions will be played in T20 formats.
Team India (Senior Men) squad also include Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), and many more.

The United Kingdom formally signed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade bloc.
The UK also become the first European country to join the CPTPP.
Aim: To grow the country's economy and provide access for British businesses to a market of over 500 million people
CPTPP: It is a free trade agreement between 11 nations (Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam).

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde inaugurated the PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel Park (PM MITRA Park) at Amravati.
The event was also attended by Piyush Goyal (Union Textiles Minister) and Darshana Jardosh (Minister of State of Textiles).
The Government of India aims to set up 7 PM MITRA Parks for the Textile industry.
The PM MITRA Parks was inspired by the 5F (Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign) vision of PM Modi.

Bonalu is celebrated in Hyderabad especially in parts of the Old city, usually during Ashada Masam which falls in July/August.
Bonam literally means Meal in Telugu, which is an offering to the Mother Goddess.
During the first and last day of this festival, special poojas are performed for goddess Yellamma.
Bonalu involves worship of Kali in her various forms such as Mysamma, Pochamma, Dokkalamma, Pedamma, Poleramma, Ankalamma, Maremma etc.