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acknowledged and emphasised in Articles 1(2) and
10 of the Paris Convention.
1. National News
Bihar
Seven products from Uttar Pradesh get
Geographical Indication tag Sl.No. Geographical Indication Type
1. Madhubani paintings Handicraft Handicraft
2. Applique – Khatwa Patch Work of Handicraft

Bihar
3. Sujini Embroidery Work of Bihar Handicraft
Handicraft
4. Bhagalpur Silk Handicraft Handicraft
5. Sikki Grass Products Handicraft
6. Khatwa Patch Work Logo Handicraft
•
The seven products of Uttar Pradesh have been 7. Sikki Grass Products Logo Handicraft
given the Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the 8. Sujini Embroidery Logo Handicraft
Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai. 9. Bhagalpuri Zardalu Handicraft
• ‘Amroha Dholak’, ‘Mahoba Gaura Patthar 10. Katarni Rice Agricultural
Hastashlip’, ‘Mainpuri Tarkashi’, ‘Sambhal Horn 11. Magahi Paan Agricultural
Craft’, ‘Baghpat Home Furnishings’, ‘Barabanki 12. Shahi Litchi Agricultural
Handloom Product’ and ‘Kalpi Handmade 13. Silao Khaja Food Stuff
Paper’ are the products that been given the
Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
UP launches ‘Operation Conviction’ for cow
What is a GI Tag?
slaughter, child abuse cases.
About:
• A geographical indication (GI) tag is a name or sign
used on certain products that correspond to a
specific geographical location or origin.
• For example, Darjeeling Tea, Kanchipuram Silk, etc.
• The GI tag ensures that only the authorised users
or those residing in the geographical territory are
allowed to use the popular product name.
• It also protects the product from being copied or
imitated by others.
• A registered GI is valid for 10 years.
Legal Framework and Obligations: The Uttar Pradesh Police Department has
• The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration launched ‘Operation Conviction’ to combat criminals
and Protection) Act, 1999 seeks to provide for the and mafias in the state.
registration and better protection of geographical • The initiative will expedite the prosecution of cases
indications relating to goods in India. registered under the Protection of Children from
• It is governed and directed by the WTO Agreement Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, as well as those
on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property involving cow slaughter, religious conversion, rape,
Rights (TRIPS). and murder.
• Furthermore, the significance of protecting • ‘Operation Conviction’ will ensure the immediate
industrial property and geographical indications arrest of criminals, the collection of strong evidence
as integral components of intellectual property is against them, quality investigation, and effective
representation of cases in courts so that they are • Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment
punished in the shortest amount of time. Dr. Virendra Kumar inaugurated the Mela.
• Around hundreds Divyang artisans and
entrepreneurs from nearly twenty states and Union
Govt launches UTPRERAK to adopt Energy
Territories will be showcasing their products and
Efficient Technologies
skills.
• The Ministry said that it will be an opportunity for
all to go ‘vocal for local’ and products made by
Divyang craftsmen.
Adani Group founder Gautam Adani

launches “Jeetenge Hum”
The Ministry of Power has established a new

platform called Advanced Industrial Technology
Demonstration Center (AITDC) for industry
stakeholders to demonstrate and exchange knowledge
on new energy-efficient technologies in the country.
• The new center, also called Unnat Takniki
Pradarshan Kendra (UTPRERAK), is expected to Adani Group has launched a campaign called “Jeetenge
promote clean technologies and enhance energy Hum” to support the Indian cricket team in the 2023
efficiency in the country through knowledge sharing Cricket World Cup.
and demonstrations of new technologies. • His ports-to-energy conglomerate on Saturday
gathered 1983 World Cup Cricket legends including
• The UTPRERAK center is expected to become a
Kapil Dev to launch the 2023 World Cup winning
leading reference and resource institution for
campaign.
industrial energy-efficient technologies.
• Over the next five years, UTPRERAK will provide • The “Jeetenge Hum” campaign serves as a platform
intensive training to more than 10,000 energy for national pride and support for the Indian cricket
team.
professionals from various sectors, serving as a
strategic capacity-building institution. • The campaign encourages fans to believe in the
team’s ability to emerge victorious at the World
Cup.
Divya Kala Mela organized in Jaipur About “Jeetenge Hum” campaign
• The campaign commemorates the 40th
anniversary of India’s historic victory in 1983.
• The campaign encourages Indian cricket fans to
unite and unite in support of Team India.
• The campaign draws inspiration from the Adani
Group’s ethos of “Kar Ke Dikhaya, Kar Ke
Dikhayenge”.
• It epitomizes an indomitable spirit of achievement,
both in cricket and business.
he Department of Empowerment of Persons with

Disabilities is organizing the sixth ‘Divya Kala Mela’
from 29 June to 5 July in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Historical Kharchi Puja commences in India’s first hydrogen-powered train to run
Tripura from Jind district, Haryana
In
a vibrant display of cultural heritage and religious The first hydrogen-powered trains in India are expected
fervour, the Historical ‘Kharchi Puja’ commenced at the to start from the Jind district of Haryana by the end of
revered fourteen gods temple in Khayerpur, Tripura. 2023.
• The auspicious event marked the revival of ancient • The officials claimed that hydrogen-powered trains
customs and traditions, drawing enthusiastic are running only in Germany, and the whole world
devotees from far and wide. is watching the project to see how India will start
• The Historical Kharchi Puja is a significant religious such trains.
festival celebrated by the people of Tripura to • India’s first hydrogen plant is being set up near the
honour the fourteen deities, believed to be the railway junction in Jind district. The development of
guardians of the state. the plant has reached the final stage and hydrogen
will be produced from water.
• The first prototype of the hydrogen train is expected
PM Modi flagged off five new Vande Bharat to be introduced in the financial year 2023-2024
trains of the country between Jind and Sonipat on the Northern
Railway.
• The hydrogen fuel-based train of eight bogies will be
environmentally friendly.
India and UAE signed a Mutual Recognition

Arrangement for Authorized Economic
Operators
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off five new

Vande Bharat trains from Rani Kamlapati Railway
Station in Bhopal.
• Out of the five, two trains will be operating in
Madhya Pradesh and one in Karnataka. One new
Vande Bharat Express connecting Patna and Ranchi
has also been inaugurated.
• Trains include Ranchi-Patna, Dharwad-KSR
Bengaluru, Goa (Madgaon)-Mumbai, Bhopal-Indore
and Bhopal-Jabalpur.
India has signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement
• With the launch of the new five Vande Bharat
with United Arab Emirates (UAE) for Authorized
Express trains, the total count of the premium trains
Economic Operators.
has reached 23. Currently, Vande Bharat trains are
• The agreement was formally inked today on the
operational on 18 routes across the country.
sidelines of the 141st/142nd sessions of the World
• These semi-high-speed trains have been a favourite Customs Organization’s (WCO) Customs Co-
among travellers as they provide world-class operation Council meeting held in Brussels.
passenger amenities.
• The Mutual Recognition Arrangement establishes a
framework that enables the recognition of
Authorized Economic Operators (AEOs) from both Assam govt to build 1st underwater tunnel
countries. between Numaligarh & Gohpur
• The Mutual recognition arrangement comes as the
continuation of historic India-United Arab Emirates
Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
(CEPA), which was signed between the two nations
on 18 February 2022 and officially came into force
on 1 May 2022.
• CEPA is expected to increase the total value of
bilateral trade in goods to over 100 billion US Dollars
and trade in services to over 15 billion US Dollars
within five years.
Amit Shah lays foundation stone of ‘Balidaan

Stambh’ in Srinagar
Assam’s first underwater tunnel to be
constructed between Numaligarh and Gohpur at a cost
of Rs 6,000 crore.
This groundbreaking project, estimated to cost Rs 6,000
crores, will be the first rail-road tunnel under the
Brahmaputra River in northeast India.
• By connecting the north and south banks of the
river, the tunnel will significantly improve
connectivity between Numaligarh and Gohpur,
making travel more convenient and efficient. With
a length of approx 15 kilometers, it will bring about
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has inaugurated the a transformational change in the transportation
construction of the ‘Balidan Stambh’ in Srinagar, infrastructure of the region.
Jammu and Kashmir.
• The tenders for the project are scheduled to open
• The ‘Balidan Stambh’ is a part of the Srinagar next month, marking a significant milestone in the
Smart City project and serves as a tribute to region’s transportation infrastructure.
martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the nation.
• The ‘Sacrifice Pillar’ is a monument that is being
built as part of the Srinagar Smart City project. U20 Engagement Group of G20 to host 2 Days
Mayoral Summit in Ahmedabad
Amit Shah in News

• Amit Shah unveils ₹8,000 crore schemes to
strengthen disaster management
• Amit Shah lays foundation stone of campus of
National Academy of Coastal Policing in Gujarat
• Amit Shah inaugurates training program on
legislative drafting in New Delhi
• Amit Shah inaugurated Vedic Heritage portal in
New Delhi
The city of Ahmedabad is all set to host the Urban20

(U20) Mayoral Summit on 7-8 July 2023.
• This Mayoral Summit is expected to bring together
several city leaders and Mayors from across G20
nations.
• The summit will also be attended by delegates Jharkhand government launches panchayat-
representing various cities, knowledge partners, level medicine scheme.
Indian and international organizations, academic
institutes and dignitaries from the Government of
India and the State Government.
• Ahmedabad is the U20 Chair for the current sixth
cycle and is supported by the National Institute of
Urban Affairs (NIUA) as the Technical Secretariat,
and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(MoHUA) as the nodal ministry.
G20 in News (Note – All Meetings are Under the
Presidency of G20 by India)
• G-20 Labour Engagement Summit – Patna, Bihar Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren has launched
(22 – 23 June 2023) the state government’s ambitious panchayat-level
• G20 Agriculture Ministerial Meeting (AMM) drugs shop scheme, aimed at making essential
– Hyderabad, Telangana (15 -17 June2023) medicines available in remote areas.
• Science-20 Meeting – Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (16 • Hemant Soren inaugurated the scheme in Chatra
-1 7 June 2023) district by handing over licences to three persons
• Women 20 Summit – Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu for operating the medicine shops in panchayats.
(15 June 2023) • A total of 15 people have been selected for licences
• 4th Education Working Group (EDWG) Meeting – in the district so far. Essential medicines will be now
Pune, Maharashtra (19 -21 June 2023) be available here, so that villagers living in remote
areas do not have to run from pillar to post for
medicines
Vitasta Mahotsav celebrated in J&K • The programs like ‘Sarkar Aapke Dwar’ will be
restarted to establish a “real connection with
people
Surat sets Guinness World Record for largest

gathering on Yoga Day
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit

Shah addresses the Vitasta Mahotsav organized by the
Ministry of Culture as the chief guest in Srinagar,
Jammu & Kashmir.
The Yoga Day event organized in Surat city of
• The objective of Vitasta Mahotsav is to acquaint the
Gujarat has set a new Guinness World Record for the
whole country with the great cultural heritage,
largest gathering for a yoga session at one place with
diversity and uniqueness of Kashmir.
1.53 lakh people joining the program.
• The festival focuses on the folk beliefs associated
• The previous world record was set in 2018 in Kota
with the Vitasta (Jhelum) river.
city of Rajasthan when 1,00,984 people participated
in a Yoga Day session in one place.
• The participants were given wristbands with QR
codes for accurate counting. The QR code data
confirmed the participation of 1.53 lakh people
surpassing the previous record.
• Nearly 2.20 lakh people registered themselves G20 in News (Note – All Meetings are Under the
through an online link created for this purpose. Presidency of G20 by India)
• Science-20 Meeting – Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (16
-1 7 June 2023)
• Women 20 Summit – Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu
Karnataka’s free power scheme, ‘Gruha Jyothi
(15 June 2023)
Scheme’
• 4th Education Working Group (EDWG) Meeting –
Pune, Maharashtra (19 -21 June 2023)
• 2nd summit of Supreme Audit Institutions of G20
Meeting – Panji, Goa (12-15 June 2023)
• Third G20 Health Working Group meeting
– Hyderabad
• 3rd Employment Working Group Meeting –
Geneva, Switzerland (31 May – 2 June 2023)
Indian Navy’s Outreach Program “Jully

Karnataka government has launched a free power
scheme named ‘Gruha Jyothi scheme’ for providing
Ladakh” (Hello Ladakh)
free electricity up to 200 units a month.
• The scheme also extends to tenants living on rent if
their electricity consumption matches the scheme’s
criteria.
• Registration to the scheme is done on the Seva
Sindhu portal under a special custom-made page.
G20 Agriculture Ministerial Meeting (AMM)

held in Hyderabad
Indian Navy is conducting “Julley Ladakh” (Hello

Ladakh), an outreach programme to Ladakh to increase
awareness about the service in the pristine state and to
engage with youth and civil society there.
The G20 Agriculture Ministerial Meeting (AMM) has • As part of this initiative, a 5000 km Motorcycle
been held in Hyderabad to provide the Agriculture Expedition was flagged off from the National War
Ministers and delegates from various G20 countries a Memorial by Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh, the
first-hand experience of ICAR-IIMR (Indian Institute of Vice Chief of Naval Staff.
Millets Research). • This outreach program follows the successful efforts
• The delegates discussed about Managing of the Indian Navy in the North East region and the
Agribusiness for Profit, People, and Planet and Sam No Varunah car expedition, which aimed to
Connecting the Digitally Disconnected- Harnessing connect with citizens in coastal states.
the Power of Digital Technologies in Agriculture.
• The delegates also witnessed programmes which
are a blend of vibrant diverse traditions, arts,
culture, and heritage of India in the city of pearls.
G20 Tourism Ministers meeting to be held in elaborates on public administration solutions to
Goa policy challenges.
• Established in 1930, it is headquartered in Brussels.
The Council of Administration manages the affairs
of the institute, decides its program of activities,
and establishes the annual budget.
Indian film ‘When Climate Change Turns

Violent’ wins WHO award
The 4th Tourism Working Group Meeting under India’s

G20 presidency and G20 Tourism Ministers meeting will
be held in Goa from 19th June to 22nd June.
• A side event on making Cruise Tourism a model for
sustainable and responsible travel will be organized
on 19th June.
• The Secretary said various cultural programs will be
organized to highlight and showcase the rich
An Indian documentary film titled “When Climate
cultural heritage of Goa.
Change Turns Violent” has won a special prize in
• Tourism Ministry will also organize a side event
the ‘Health for All’ category at the 4th Annual Health for
Towards a circular economy of plastics in tourism-
All Film Festival (HAFF) held at the World Health
the global tourism plastics initiative in collaboration
Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva.
with United Nations Environment Programme UNEP
• The documentary has been directed by Vandita
and United Nations World Tourism Organization
Saharia of Rajasthan. She was the only Indian
UNWTO.
among the winners.
India to host IIAS Annual Conference 2025 at • The 4.32-minute documentary focuses on the
Kochi, Kerala relationship between domestic violence, climate
change and human trafficking.
Haryana govt announces monthly pension of

Rs. 10,000 for Padma Awards
India will host the 2025 International Institute of

Administrative Sciences (IIAS) Annual
Conference at Kochi, Kerala in February 2025.
• The annual conference will be attended by 30
countries, 18 national sections, and over 50 IIAS
universities/ institutes of public administration. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has announced a
• The DARPG proposed the theme of the annual monthly pension of 10,000 rupees for the Padma Shri,
conference as “Next Generation Administrative Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardees of the
Reforms – Empowering The Citizens And Reaching State.
The Last Mile”. • The chief minister also announced free travel facility
• The IIAS is a federation of member states, national for them in Volvo buses of the Haryana Roadways.
sections, and academic research centres which
UAE emerges as 4th largest investor in India • The results were published in the journal ACS
during FY23 Applied Energy Materials.
• State-of-the-art alkaline water electrolyzer
technology is energy-intensive, requires an
expensive oxide-polymer separator, and uses fresh
water for electrolysis.
• We found our separator is highly resistant to
seawater degradation said Sana Fathima, co-
authors of the paper.
• The IIT-Madras team led by Dr. Ramaprabhu
Sundara has addressed each of these challenges by
developing simple, scalable and cost-effective
alternatives that are highly efficient in splitting
seawater and generating hydrogen
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as the UP govt launches Nand Baba Milk Mission
fourth largest investor in India during 2022-23, scheme
according to government data.
• The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was signed a
comprehensive free trade agreement with India in
May last year.
• In the last fiscal, foreign direct investment (FDI)
from the UAE to India jumped over three-fold to
USD 3.35 billion from USD 1.03 billion in 2021-22,
the data of the Department for Promotion of
Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) showed.
• Singapore was the largest investor in India with USD Uttar Pradesh government has launched the Nand Baba
17.2 billion investment in FY23, followed by Milk Mission scheme at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore.
Mauritius (USD 6.1 billion) and the US (USD 6 • This scheme provides milk producers the facility of
billion). selling their milk at a reasonable price in villages
• UAE’s investments in India are mainly in sectors like through dairy co-operative societies.
services, sea transport, power, and construction • Under this mission, it is proposed to form a Dairy
activities. farmer producer organization (Dairy FPO) in order
to facilitate the sale of milk in producers’ villages
IIT-Madras generates hydrogen from itself.
seawater using solar energy • UP is a leading state in the field of milk development
and milk production.
PM flags off two schemes to revive wetlands,

mangroves
Researchers from the Department of Physics at IIT-

Madras have developed critical components for a Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched two
highly efficient, cost-effective way to electrolyze schemes named Amrit Dharohar and
seawater to generate hydrogen.
MISHTI (Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats and India’s first zero-carbon village being
Tangible Incomes). developed in Bhiwandi
• The MISHTI scheme will help in reviving and
protecting the mangrove ecosystem in the country.
• India currently has 75 Ramsar sites that are
wetlands of international importance and
designated under the Ramsar Convention on
Wetlands.
National Institutional Ranking Framework Union Minister of State Kapil Patil announced
(NIRF) Rankings 2023 released that India’s first carbon-neutral village is being
developed in Bhiwandi Taluka of Thane district,
Maharashtra.
• This initiative aims to minimize carbon emissions
and promote sustainable practices for a cleaner and
greener environment.
• Along with the carbon-neutral village, 121 tribal
villages are being developed as model villages
• These model villages serve as examples for
sustainable development, showcasing effective
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) infrastructure, amenities, and improved living
Rankings 2023 were released by Minister of State for conditions.
Education and External Affairs, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh. • In the Bhiwandi Lok Sabha Constituency, around
• The latest rankings include four categories: Overall, 1,75,000 farmers are benefiting from the Pradhan
Colleges, Universities, and Research Institutions. Mantri Kisan Samman Yojana.
• The subject domains now consist of Engineering, • Earlier, Palli village in Jammu had become the first
Management, Pharmacy, Law, Medical, carbon-neutral panchayat in the country.
Architecture and Planning, Dental, and a new
addition — Agriculture and Allied Sectors.
• IIT Madras has emerged as the top college under the India set to remain UAE’s largest export
overall category for the fifth consecutive year and destination by 2030
the best engineering institute for the eighth
consecutive year.
• Under the best university category, IISc Bangalore
has topped the university rankings followed by JNU
and Jamia Millia Islamia. Three private universities
have also made it to the list.
• Meanwhile, AIIMS Delhi too, retains the number
one position under the medical colleges category.
List
• Engineering – IIT Madras
India is set to remain the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
• Colleges – Miranda House (Delhi University)
largest export destination by 2030, according to a new
• Research – IISc Bengaluru
report by Standard Chartered.
• Innovation – IIT Kanpur
• The report, titled “Future of Trade: New
• Management – IIM Ahmedabad
opportunities in high-growth corridors”, forecasts
• Pharmacy – National Institute of Pharmaceutical
that the UAE’s exports will reach around USD 543
Education and Research, Hyderabad
billion by 2030, showcasing a robust annual growth
• Law – National Law School of India University,
rate of 5.5 percent.
Bengaluru
• The report also highlights that trade corridors
anchored in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East are
expected to outpace the global trade growth rate by • The decision was taken at a meeting in New Delhi.
almost four percentage points, propelling the The meeting was chaired by Railway Minister
combined trade volume in these regions to an Ashwini Vaishnaw.
astounding USD14.4 trillion, accounting for 44 • The catering services were given to passengers
percent of global trade by 2030. through either static or mobile units, adding that
• India is set to remain the UAE’s largest export there were 473 pairs of trains with pantry cars/mini
destination by 2030, while exports to Turkiye, pantries and 706 pairs of trains with a train-side
Vietnam and Singapore are among the fastest vending facility.
growing. • It added that there were 9,342 minor and 582 Major
Static units of Indian Railways which included the
Jan Aahaars outlets, Food Plazas, and Refreshment
Ahmednagar to be named after Ahilyabai Rooms.
Holkar
PM Modi to chair SCO Summit virtually
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced

that Ahmednagar district will be named after warrior
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the 22nd
queen Ahilyabai Holkar.
Summit of the SCO Council of Heads of State on 4th July.
• The announcement was made during a program
It will be held in the virtual format.
organized at the birthplace of Ahilyabai Holkar on
• India assumed the rotating Chairmanship of SCO at
her 297th birth anniversary at Chondi village in
the Samarkand Summit on 16 September last year.
Ahmednagar district.
• All the SCO Member States, China, Russia,
• Ahilyabai Holkar, born in 1725, was a famous ruler
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and
of the Indore kingdom, known for her wisdom and
Uzbekistan have been invited to attend the Summit.
compassion.
• In addition, Iran, Belarus, and Mongolia have been
• Earlier, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde
invited as observer states.
announced that the Bandra-Versova sea-link bridge
• As per SCO tradition, Turkmenistan has also been
would be named ‘Veer Savarkar Setu’.
invited as the Guest of the Chair.
• The theme of the summit is ‘Towards a Secure SCO’.
1,275 Railway Stations to be upgraded under
Amrit Bharat Station Scheme
The Consultative Committee of Members of Parliament

for the Ministry of Railways has resolved to upgrade
1,275 railway stations under Amrit Bharat Station.
2. International News • While the United States remains in the number one
position.
IIT Bombay ranks 149th in the QS world • The report says India successfully reserved the
ranking 2024 position by spreading 1.45-lakh km of road
connectivity over the last 8 years
• India had 91,287 km of road network only. During
his tenure, the minister gripped on NHAI, which has
constructed, fixed and improved highways and
expressways.
• NHAI has constructed more than 30,000 km of
highways and expressways nationwide.
Global Competitiveness Index 2023: India at 40
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),

Bombay emerged as India’s highest-ranked
educational institute, according to QS World Rankings
2024.
• Globally, it was ranked 149th and was the only such
Indian institute in the top 150. However, it is the
highest rank the institute has ever attained.
• It was followed by IIT Delhi (ranked 197th
globally), slipping from 174th last year. These were India has ranked 40th on the latest world
the only two institutes in the top 200 on the list. competitiveness ranking released by the International
• At the third spot was the Indian Institute of Science, Institute for Management Development (IMD).
Bangalore, ranked 225th globally. It slipped sharply • The country has slipped three spots from last year,
from 155th place last year. but is still positioned better than the 43rd rank in
• While in the overall ranking, the Massachusetts 2019-21.
Institute of Technology (MIT), United States topped • According to the IMD’s World Competitiveness
the rankings for the twelfth consecutive year. Centre (WCC) report, India progressed in
• UK’s Cambridge University ranked second followed government efficiency but lagged in business
by Oxford University. efficiency, infrastructure and economic
performance.
India beats China with world’s second-largest
road network Global Liveability Index 2023 released
According to the Global Liveability Index

India becomes the second-largest country with 2023 published by the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU),
the biggest road network after beating China. Vienna in Austria has topped the ranking of the most
liveable cities.
• While Copenhagen in Denmark placed second on • Iceland is the only country that has reduced the
the list, followed by Melbourne and Sydney. gender gap by more than 90%.
• Damascus in Syria and Tripoli in Libya remained at
the bottom of the liveability index. 1. Hanke’s Annual Misery Index (HAMI) 2022: India
• The list contains the names of 173 cities around the ranked 103rd; Zimbabwe (1st); Switzerland (157th)
world that have been ranked based on a number of 2. World Press Freedom Index 2023: India ranked 161;
significant factors, including health care, education, topped by Norway
stability, infrastructure and the environment. 3. World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index 2023
• Five cities from India – Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, – India ranked 38th
Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai – are also in the 4. World’s Wealthiest Cities 2023 List – NewYork
list based on their performance in various metrics. (Rank 1), Mumbai (21st), Delhi (36th), Kolkata
• From India, New Delhi and Mumbai are at 141st (63rd), Hyderabad (65th)
position and Chennai at 144th. Ahmedabad and 5. World’s Most Criminal Countries Ranking – India
Bengaluru are ranked 147 and 148, respectively. ranked 77th; topped by Venezuela
6. Stanford University’s annual Al Index report 2023 –
Rank Cities India ranked 5th; topped by USA
• Vienna, Austria 7. Global Liveability Index 2023 – Rank 1 Vienna,
• Copenhagen, Denmark Austria; Cities from India (141 – New Delhi, 141 –
• Melbourne, Australia Mumbai, 144 – Chennai, 147 – Ahmedabad, 148
• Sydney, Austra Bengaluru)
• Vancouver, Canada
Estonia becomes 1st Baltic nation to legalize
same-sex marriage
Global Gender Gap Index 2023: India ranked
127; topped by Iceland
Estonia’s parliament approved a law legalizing same-sex

marriage, making it the first central European country
to do so.
According to Gender Gap Report 2023, India has • The law will come into effect in 2024.
been ranked 127 out of 146 countries in Gender Gap • The bill received 55 votes in the 101-seat
Report 2023. parliament, from the coalition of liberal and social
• In 2022, India was on 135. democratic parties.
• The Global Gender Gap Index was established in • 53 percent of the population supported same-sex
2006 and this is its 17th edition. It is published marriage in a 2023 poll by the Centre for Human
annually by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Rights.
• Iceland has been ranked first as the most gender- • Same-sex marriage is legal in much of Western
equal country in the world for the 14th consecutive Europe but not in central European countries which
year with a score of 91.2%. were once under communist rule and members of
• While Norway ranked 2nd, followed by Finland and the Moscow-led Warsaw Pact alliance but now
Sweden. members of NATO and, largely, the EU.
• Among India’s neighbouring countries, Pakistan is at
142, Bangladesh at 59, China at 107, Nepal at 116,
Sri Lanka at 115, and Bhutan at 103.
Europe is world’s fastest-warming continent: Israel to release world’s first digital
climate report government bond
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and Israel’s Finance

Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven Ministry successfully completed the proof-of-concept
by climate change, said a sweeping report, noting phase for a digital Israeli Bond traded on a dedicated
the world’s fastest-warming continent was some 2.3 blockchain platform.
degrees Celsius hotter last year. • The development positions Israel to release the
• Crop-withering drought, record sea-surface world’s first digital government bond.
temperatures, and unprecedented glacier melt are • The blockchain used for this event was EVM-
among the consequences laid out in a report by the compatible, enabling potential integration with
WMO and the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change other blockchain solutions in the future.
Service. • The Ministry of Finance issued and minted the first
• Since the 1980s, Europe has been warming twice dummy digital governmental bond on a blockchain-
the global average and witnessed its warmest based platform as an ERC-1155 Security Token using
summer on record last year as countries like France, a dedicated decentralized app (dApp) developed
Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the United leveraging web3 solutions specifically for this proof
Kingdom faced their warmest year on record. of concept.
USA announces to rejoin UNESCO in July
2023 Five new countries elected as non-
permanent members of the UN Security
Council
UNESCO has announced that the United States will

rejoin the agency in July 2023 four years after leaving
due to allegations of bias against Israel.
• The US stopped funding UNESCO, worth millions of
dollars, in 2011 after Palestine became a member of
the agency.
• Palestine was included as a non-member observer
state in 2012, granting them participation in
General Assembly proceedings. Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and
Slovenia were elected non-permanent members of the
UN Security Council for a two-year term.
• The newly elected members will take up their new conservation initiatives, including the Sheikh Zayed
responsibilities on 1 January 2024 and serve till 31 Desert Learning Center and the Al Ain Oasis.
December 2025. • The event will be an opportunity for
• Slovenia defeated Belarus by a vote of 153 to 38, conservationists from around the world to come
while Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone and the together and discuss the most pressing
Republic of Korea were elected unopposed. environmental challenges facing our planet.
• These new members will replace Albania, Brazil, • The WCC is also expected to produce a number of
Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates at important resolutions and recommendations that
present when their two-year term ends on 31 will help to guide future conservation efforts.
December 2023.
About United Nations (UN) India, Vietnam hold 3rd Maritime Security
• Founded – 24 October 1945 Dialogue
• Headquarters – New York, US
• Official languages – Arabic, Chinese, English,
French, Russian & Spanish
• Membership – 193 member states
• 1st Secretary General – Trygve Halvdan Lie
(Norway)
• 9th Secretary-General – António Guterres
(Portugal)
• Deputy Secretary-General – Amina J. Mohammed
(Nigeria)
• United Nations Day is celebrated on October 24
The 3rd India-Vietnam Maritime Security Dialogue was
every year
held in New Delhi.
• Both sides discussed ways to better maintain the
marine environment which is helpful for the
UAE to host world’s largest Conservation inclusive development of both countries.
Conference in 2025 • They also reviewed maritime cooperation initiatives
and avenues of reinforcing international and
regional mechanisms for comprehensive maritime
security.
• Senior officials from ministries and services dealing
with maritime affairs participated in the dialogue.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has won the bid to

host the 2025 World Conservation Congress (WCC) of
the International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN).
• The 2025 WCC will be held in Abu Dhabi from
October 10-21, 2025.
• The WCC is the world’s largest and most important
gathering of conservationists, and it is expected to
draw more than 10,000 delegates from over 160
countries.
• The UAE has a long history of environmental
protection, and it is home to a number of important
3. Appointment and Resignation • A graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur, he held several important positions both at
Kyriakos Mitsotakis sworn in as Greece’s PM the Centre and states of Chhattisgarh and Madhya
Pradesh.
The leader of Greece’s centre- • Prior to joining UIDAI as CEO, he was Additional
right New Democracy Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and
party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis was Information Technology (MeitY).
sworn in as Prime Minister for a
second term.
• Greek President Katerina Nusrat Chowdhary confirmed first Muslim
Sakellaropoulou is set to woman federal judge in US history
formally hand over Mitsotakis,
Nusrat Chowdhury, a civil rights lawyer, has been
the mandate to form a
confirmed by the Senate as the
government, after which he
first Muslim female federal
will be sworn in and announce his new Cabinet.
judge in US history.
• She will assume her
Eddie Wu appoints as new CEO of Alibaba lifetime appointment in
Brooklyn federal court in
• Eddie Wu has been appointed New York after a 50-49
as the new CEO of Alibaba vote along party lines.
Group while Joseph Tsai as • Prior to that post, she
Executive Chairman. served from 2008 to 2020
• Eddie Wu is one of the co- at the national ACLU office, including seven years as
founders of Alibaba and deputy director of the ACLU Racial Justice
currently serves as the Programme.
chairman of Taobao and Tmall
Group.
• This leadership change is the Ravi Sinha appoints as new chief of RAW
second major change for Alibaba in recent years
Ravi Sinha, a 1988 batch IPS officer of
after Jack Ma stepped down in 2019.
the Chhattisgarh cadre, has been
appointed as the next chief of the
Petteri Orpo elected as new PM of Finland Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
• Sinha will take over from current
• Petteri Orpo, the leader of chief Samant Kumar Goel, whose
the conservative party in term ends on June 30, 2023.
Finland, has been elected as • Sinha, who has had an over two-
the country’s prime decade-long stint in the Research
minister by the parliament. and Analysis Wing (R&AW), is at present the
• Orpo will replace Sanna second-in-command in the organization. Before
Marin of the Social being promoted, he was looking after the
Democrats, who finished third in the polls. operations wing.
• Orpo’s election was supported by 107 members of
parliament, while 81 opposed and 11 abstained.
Senior IAS officer Amit Agrawal assumes

charge as CEO of UIDAI
Senior IAS officer Amit Agrawal has
assumed the charge as the Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) of the Unique Identification
Authority of India (UIDAI).
• He is an officer of the 1993 IAS batch
from the Chhattisgarh cadre.
Colonel Shuchita becomes 1st woman to Tayyip Erdogan re-elected as President of
command Communication Zone Turkey
• Colonel Shuchita Shekhar has Recep Tayyip Erdogan re-elected
become the first woman officer to as President of Turkey.
command a Communication Zone • After failing to secure more
Mechanical Transport Battalion in than 50 percent of votes
the Indian Army Service Corps. required for an outright win in
• She is responsible for the the first round held on May 14,
maintenance of the Supply Chain Erdogan received 52.14
of the fully operational Northern percent of votes in the second
Command. round on Sunday, beating his
• This is a significant milestone in the history of the rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who won 47.86 percent.
Indian Army and a great step towards gender • The vote seals Erdogan’s place in history as he
equality. extends his 20-year rule for a further five
Indian American Ajay Banga assumes charge

as World Bank President Recent Appointment in Defence Sector
Indian American, Ajay Banga has • Director General of Naval Armament – P Upadhyay
assumed charge as the President • Air Officer-in-Charge Administration (AOA)
of the World Bank. – Rajesh Kumar Anand
• Banga has become the first- • Vice Chief of the Air Staff – Ashutosh Dixit
ever Indian-American to • Director Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) –
head the World Bank. He Praveen Sood (replace Subodh Jaiswal)
replaces David Malpass, who • Military Advisor to National Security Council
announced his decision to Secretariat (NSCS) – Sandeep Singh
step down in February.
• He has been appointed as the 14th President of the
World Bank for a five-year term.
• In February 2023, President Joe Biden announced Newly Appointed Prime Minister &
that the US would nominate Banga to lead the President
World Bank. • PM of Finland – Petteri Orpo (replace Sanna
• Prior to this role, he served as Vice Chairman at Marin)
General Atlantic. • CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India
Dennis Francis elected 78th UNGA president (UIDAI) – Amit Agrawal
• President of Latvia – Edgars Rinkevics
A citizen of Trinidad and Tobago (TT), • President of Turkey – Recep Tayyip Erdogan (re-
Dennis Francis created history by elected)
becoming the first TT citizen to be • President of Bangladesh – Mohammed
elected as the President of the UN Shahabuddin Chuppu (22nd)
General Assembly (UNGA). • President of Nigeria -Bola Ahmed Tinubu
• Francis, who has served in the
• President of Paraguay – Santiago Peña
diplomatic service for over 40
• First Muslim woman federal judge in US history
years, was nominated on April 1
– Nusrat Chowdhary
and faced no opposition in the
• Harvard’s vice president for finance and CFO
election.
– Ritu Kalra (Indian-American origin)
• He will serve as the 78th President of the UNGA.
• President of World Bank – Ajay Banga (Indian
• The current General Assembly President, Csaba
American)
Kőrösi of Hungary, noted that his successor would
bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the • 1st-ever Indian-origin Lord Mayor of
post. Birmingham – Chaman Lal
• US Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues –
Indian-American Geeta Rao Gupta
• Deputy Governor of RBI – Swaminathan Legion of Merit by the US Government, Companion
Janakiraman (MD of SBI) of the Order of Fiji, and Ebakl Award by the Republic
• Deputy prime minister of UK – Oliver Dowden of Palau among others.
• Chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) – Ravi • During the first bilateral visit by an Indian Prime
Sinha (replace Samant Kumar Goel) Minister to Egypt in 26 years, India and Egypt
• Director general of the Border Security Force elevated their relationship to a ‘Strategic
(BSF) – Nitin Agarwal Partnership’ following extensive discussions
• 1st woman to command Communication Zone – between Modi and El-Sisi.
Colonel Shuchita Shekhar
• Director Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) –
Biggest Mandala art on a circular plywood sheet
Praveen Sood (replace Subodh Jaiswal)
• Vice Chief of Naval Staff – Vice Admiral Sanjay
Jasjit Singh
• Director general of SSB – Rashmi Shukla
Recent Brand Ambassador

• Hrithik Roshan – Zebronics TV
• Sachin Tendulkar – Smile Ambassador by
Maharashtra government
• Sourav Ganguly – Tripura Tourism
• Virat Kohli – Duroflex (mattress and sleep products
maker) •
• Alia Bhatt – Gucci’s First Indian Global Ambassador The record for making the biggest Mandala art on a
• Ayushmann Khurrana – Wakefit (Manufacturer of circular plywood sheet was set by Krittika Mukherj
mattresses) ee (born on September 14, 1998) of Siliguri
West Bengal. She made a Mandala art on a circular
plywood sheet (having a diameter of 72 inches) usi
4. Awards ng fabric paints, as confirmed on April 18, 2023.
PM Modi conferred Egypt’s highest state honour
Priya A.S. received Sahitya Akademi Award

2023 for children’s literature
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was awarded the ‘Order

of the Nile,’ Egypt’s highest honor, by President Abdel
Fattah El-Sisi during a ceremony at the Presidential
palace in Cairo. Indian writer, Priya A S has been named the prestigious
• This is the 13th such highest state honour that (Kendra) Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2023.
various countries across the world have conferred • She was awarded for children’s literature in
upon PM Modi. Malayalam for her 2018 novel Perumazhayathe
• In the nine years of his tenure, PM Modi has Kunjithalukal.
received many international awards including
• In 2014, Priya won (Kendra) Sahitya Akademi Portuguese football player, Cristiano Ronaldo has
Translation Prize for translating Arundhati Roy’s received the Guinness World Record Award
Booker Prize-winning novel The God of Small Things certificate to become the first men’s player to make 200
into Malayalam. international appearances.
• He celebrated the milestone by scoring the winning
goal in the 89th minute as Portugal beat Iceland in
Pt P. D. Baul awarded 1st Kala Kranti Lifetime European Championship qualifying.
Achievement Award • He received a Guinness World Records certificate
before the game.
• The closest to Ronaldo’s tally is Bader Al-Mutawa,
who was capped by Kuwait on 196 occasions.
Arundhati Roy wins 45th European Essay

Prize for ‘Azadi’
At the Kolkata edition of the International Performing Writer Arundhati Roy has been awarded the 45th
Arts Festival (IPAF), Padma Shri Pandit Purna Das European Essay Prize for lifetime achievement by the
Baul was presented with the IPAF Lifetime Achievement Charles Veillon Foundation.
Award for his outstanding contribution to the • Roy has been awarded the prize for the French
traditional Baul music on the world stage. translation of her compilation of essays titled
• The award was presented to him by Governor Dr. “Azadi” (2021).
Bose at the prestigious Indian Museum’s Ashutosh • In “Azadi”, Roy has reflected on the meaning of
Birth Centenary Hall. freedom in a world of “growing authoritarianism”.
• This is IPAF’s 5th year in Kolkata with 2 days of The essays include meditations on language, public
cultural programs to support the dying Indian art as well as private, and on the role of fiction and
forms and different artists from Kolkata alternative imaginations in current times.
participated in it along with artists from other states • Roy will receive the award, along with the prize
as well. money of CHF 20,000 (approx ₹18 lakh), at a
ceremony on September 12 in the Swiss city of
Lausanne.
Cristiano Ronaldo receives Guinness World • Since its inception in 1975, the award by the Charles
Record award Veillon Foundation has honoured a book or the
work of an author “who, through their writings,
contributes to nourishing and spreading the
evolution of thought”.
Gita Press, Gorakhpur, awarded Gandhi prestigious German Peace Prize for his literary work and
Peace Prize for 2021 for his resolve in the face of a “constant threat to his
life”.
• He would receive the award in Frankfurt on October
22, 2023.
• Cash prize: Euro 25,000 ($27,300)
• This prize was established in 1950 to recognize a
personality committed to serving international
understanding between nations and cultures
through their work.
• Rushdie served as the president of the PEN
American Center from 2004 to 2006, and then as
chairman of the PEN World Voices International
Gita Press, Gorakhpur, will be awarded the Gandhi Literary Festival for 10 years.
Peace Prize for 2021 in recognition of its
exceptional contribution to social, economic, and
political transformation through non-violent and Ramachandra Guha’s book wins Elizabeth
Gandhian methods. Longford Prize 2023
• The jury headed by Prime Minister Modi,
unanimously selected Gita Press as the recipient of
the Gandhi Peace Prize.
• Gita Press, Gorakhpur, one of the world’s largest
publishers, has refused to accept the Rs 1 crore cash
reward for the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 amid a
controversy over being picked for the honour.
• The Gandhi Peace Prize is an annual award
instituted in 1995, on the occasion of the 125th
birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi as a tribute to
the ideals espoused by Mahatma Gandhi.
Historian and writer Ramchandra Guha’s book Rebels
• The award is open to all persons regardless of
Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom
nationality, race, language, caste, creed or gender.
has won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical
• Recent awardees include Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al
Biography 2023.
Said, Oman (2019) and Bangabandhu Sheikh
• Guha has been awarded £5,000 (₹5 lakhs
Mujibur Rahman (2020), Bangladesh.
approximately) and a bound copy of Elizabeth
Longford’s memoir, The Pebbled Shore.
Author Salman Rushdie awarded German • The Bengaluru-based historian’s book tells the story
Peace Prize 2023 of seven foreigners — four British, Two American,
and one Irish — who joined India’s freedom fight
against British rule. The list of names includes Annie
Besant, B.G. Horniman, Philip Spratt, Richard Ralph
Keithahn, Samuel Stokes, Madeline Slade, and
Catherine Mary Heilemann.
• The award was founded in 2003 by Flora Fraser and
Peter Soros to commemorate British historian
Elizabeth Longford. Every year it rewards exemplary
works in historical biography. The prize is
celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
• The book has been published by Penguin Random
House in India, William Collins in the U.K., and Alfred
Knopf in the USA.
Author Salman Rushdie has been awarded a
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das named • She received the award from Suriname’s President
‘Governor of the Year’ Chandrikapersad Santokhi during her state visit to
Suriname.
• The visit coincides with Suriname’s commemora
• First Prof. Kothapalli Jayashankar Award –
Acharya Gopi
• Greentech Safety Award 2023 – Rashtriya Ispat
Nigam Limited (RINL)
• 57th Jnanpith Award – Damodar Maujo
• Honoris Causa at Apex University’s Jaipur – Sonu
Sood
• National Water Award 2022 – Chandigarh
• Fiji’s highest civilian award “The Companion of
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta
the Order of Fiji” – PM Modi
Das was awarded the “Governor of the Year” at the
Central Banking Awards 2023 in London.
• Central Banking is a London-based international
economic research journal. 5. Sports
• Das is the second RBI governor to receive the award
after Raghuram Rajan, who was given the title in Diksha Dagar wins record second ladies
2015. European tour event title
• The RBI governor has cemented critical reforms,
overseen world-leading payments innovation and
steered India through difficult times with a steady
hand and well-crafted turn of phrase.
• Das is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, who is currently
serving as the 25th governor of the RBI.
• He has worked for both the central government and
the Tamil Nadu government in several capacities,
such as the economic affairs secretary, the revenue
secretary, and fertilizers secretary.
Indian golf player, Diksha Dagar has secured her second
Ladies European Tour (LET) at the Tipsport Czech Ladies
Open 2023.
Suriname confers highest civilian award to • In the final, she defeated Trichat Cheenglab of
President Droupadi Murmu Thailand.
• The 22-year-old southpaw Diksha won her first LET
title back in 2019 in her rookie year and in 2021 she
was part of the winning team at the Aramco Team
Series in London.
• After Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar is the only other
Indian woman golfer to have won two or more LET
titles.
• She represented India at the Tokyo 2022 Olympics.
President Droupadi was conferred with the highest

civilian award of the country, the Grand Order of the
Chain of the Yellow Star.
• She is the 1st Indian to receive the award.
Anurag Thakur flagged off “Bharat in Paris” • Ronaldo is also the all-time top goalscorer in
campaign international football, with 122 goals in 200 games.
Madhya Pradesh won13th Ind Junior Men

National Championship
Union Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur flagged off

the campaign with a short marathon at Jawaharlal
Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.
• The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has launched
the “Bharat in Paris” campaign to create awareness
and promote sports across India ahead of the Paris Hockey Madhya Pradesh won the 13th Hockey India
Olympics games. Junior Men National Championship 2023 after
• The 2024 Olympics will be held in Paris, France, from defeating Hockey Chandigarh in the Final at the iconic
July 26 to August 11. Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium.
• The Target Olympic Podium Scheme was launched • Hockey Madhya Pradesh defeated Hockey
in 2014-15 and the government bears all the Chandigarh by 4-2 in the Final.
expenses of boarding, lodging, and training of top • Meanwhile, Hockey Haryana defeated Hockey
athletes in their country and abroad. Association of Odisha to finish third in the
• Recently the hockey junior teams, men and women competition.
both, won the Asia Cup, the shooters performed • The goalscorers for Hockey Madhya Pradesh were
very well in the World Championship while the Shreyas Dhupe (17’, 46’), Mohd Konain Dad (25’),
doubles pair of Satwik and Chirag reached sixth and Ali Ahmad (52’). Meanwhile, Sumit (9′) and
place in the world badminton rankings. Surinder Singh (31′) scored for Hockey Chandigarh.
Cristiano Ronaldo sets Guinness World India beat Bangladesh to win Women’s
Record for 200 international caps Emerging Asia Cup 2023
Cristiano Ronaldo set a Guinness World Record by

achieving 200 international caps for Portugal.
• The legendary forward is making his 200th
appearance for A Selecao das Quinas in their Euro The India U-23 women’s team won the 2023 Women’s
2024 qualifier against Iceland. Emerging Asia Cup T20 title after defeating
• The 38-year-old has broken another record and is Bangladesh in the final held at the Mission Round
the most-capped player in international football. Ground in Hong Kong.
• India’s Kanika Ahuja was named the Player of the • Indonesia Open 2023 took place at Istora Gelora
Match, who stayed not out on 30 off 23 with four Bung Karno in Jakarta, Indonesia.
fours in the final. • They defeated the Malaysian world champion pair
• While India’s Shreyanka Patil was named the Player of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the final.
of the Series, as she was the highest-wicket taker. • The win made them the first doubles team from
• India has scored 127 for the loss of seven wickets in India to win the Indonesia Open.
20 overs. • They also became the first pair from the country to
win India’s first Badminton World Federation Super
1000 title.
Bhavani Devi creates history by winning
India’s first medal in Asian Fencing 37th National Games’ mascot ‘Moga’
Championships unveiled
Bhavani Devi has won the bronze medal in the

women’s sabre event at the Asian Fencing
Championships held in Wuxi, China.
• Bhavani lost her semi-final match against Goa’s Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has launched
Uzbekistan’s Zainab Daybekova with a score of 14- ‘Moga’ at a launch ceremony held at Dr. Shyama
15. Prasad Mukherjee Stadium in Taleigao, Goa.
• In the quarterfinals, Bhavani defeated defending • The 37th edition of the national games of India will
world champion Misaki Emura of Japan by a score be held in various locations in the state of Goa in
of 15-10. October 2023.
• Bhavani’s next challenge will be the World • It will feature competitions in a total of 43
Championships to be held in Milan from July 22 to disciplines.
30. • It will also feature ‘Gatka’, a traditional martial art
form associated with Punjab.
Satwik-Chirag become men’s doubles
About the National Games
champions at Indonesia Open 2023
• National Games in India are organized by the
Indian Olympic Association.
• The Indian sports ministry has affirmed that the
National Games will be held every two years,
except in years where the Olympics and Asian
Games are held.
• PT Usha is the president of the Indian Olympic
Association which is headquartered in New Delhi.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty became

the first Indian pair to win the doubles title at a BWF
Super 1000 event at the Indonesia Open 2023.
Egypt won the World Squash Championship Pakistan’s Nahida Khan announces
retirement from international cricket
Egypt emerged victorious in the World Squash

Championship, defeating Malaysia 2-1 in the final held Pakistan women’s cricketer Nahida Khan has
in Chennai. announced her retirement from international cricket,
• Malaysia secured the silver medal in the bringing an end to a remarkable career that spanned
championship. over a decade.
• The third place in the championship was shared • The 36-year-old opening batter made her debut for
between the host country, India, and Japan the national team in February 2009 against Sri Lanka
• A total of eight countries participated in the and went on to represent Pakistan in over 100
championship, which commenced on June 13. matches across formats.
• She represented Pakistan in three 50-over World
First Women’s Kabaddi League Inaugurated Cups (2013, 2017 and 2022) and in four T20 World
in Dubai Cups (2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018).
Recently Retired Players
• Shabnim Ismail – International Cricket – South
Africa
• Gary Ballance – All forms of cricket – England
• Shaun Marsh – First-class cricket – Australia
• Sergio Ramos – International football – Spain
• Eoin Morgan – All forms of cricket – England
• Kamran Akmal – All forms of professional cricket –
Pakistan
• Aaron Finch – International Cricket – Australia
The inaugural edition of India’s first-ever Women’s • Raphael Varane – International football – France
Kabaddi League (WKL) commenced with great fanfare in
• The league is being organized by the Kabaddi
Asia Cup 2023 to be played in Pakistan and
Federation of India and the Dream Sports Group. Sri Lanka
• The league consists of eight teams, featuring a total
of 96 players, each representing Indian states.
• These teams bear the names of various states,
including the Delhi Dynamites, Gujarat Angels,
Great Marathas, Haryana Hustlers, Punjab
Panthers, Rajasthan Riders, Uma Kolkata, and
Bengaluru Hawks.
The Asia Cup 2023 will take place in Pakistan and Sri
Lanka between August 31 and September 17, 2023.
• The tournament will be held on a hybrid model for Novak Djokovic won the French Open 2023
the first time in the history of the championship. Men’s Singles Final
• India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan,
and Nepal will take part in the Asia Cup.
• The tournament will be hosted in a hybrid model
with four matches being held in Pakistan, and the
remaining nine matches being played in Sri Lanka.
• Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup last time around in 2022
after beating Pakistan in the final at the Dubai
International Cricket Stadium.
• India failed to make their way through to the final
after losing to Sri Lanka and Pakistan in the Super 4
round.
Serbian Tennis Player, Novak Djokovic has won
the French Open 2023 men’s singles final, clinching his
Uruguay beat Italy to win maiden FIFA U-20 23rd Grand Slam title.
World Cup title • Djokovic beat Norwegian Casper Ruud 7-6 (1), 6-3,
7-5 in the final at Roland Garros.
• Djokovic also broke Nadal’s record as the oldest
French Open singles champion. He became the first
man to win all four tennis majors at least three
times, joining three women who did so (Serena
Williams, Steffi Graf and Margaret Court).
• Novak Djokovic has become the first man to reach
the 23rd Grand Slam title.
French Open title 2023

Men’s Singles
• Winner- Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Uruguay beat Italy 1-0 to win its first Under-20 World • Runner-up- Casper Ruud (Norway)
Cup title. Women’s Singles
• The Celeste’s victory ends a streak of four • Winner- Iga Świątek (Poland)
consecutive wins of European teams in the • Runner-up- Karolina Muchova (Czech)
tournament. Men’s Doubles
• Luciano Rodríguez scored the winning goal in the • Winners- Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek
86th minute in a header from close range, giving • Runners-up- Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen
Uruguay a much-deserved victory after an entire Women’s Doubles
match of dominance against Italy. • Winners- Hsieh Su-Wei and Wang Xinyu
• France finished third, defeating South Korea 3-2 in • Runners-up- Taylor Towsend and Leylah Fernandez
the third-place playoff. Mixed Doubles
• Uruguay lost the final of the tournament in 1997 • Winners- Miyu Kato and Tim Pütz
and 2013. Brazil was the last winner from South • Runners-up- Bianca Andreescu and Michael Venus
America in 2011.
• FIFA decided to hand the organization over to
Australian Open title 2023
Argentina one month before kickoff.
Women’s Singles
• Winner – Arina Sabalenka (Belarus)
• Runner Up – Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
Men’s Singles
• Winner – Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
• Runner Up – Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
Men’s Doubles
• Winner – J. Kubler & R. Hijikata (Australia) • May 2023 – Thipatcha Putthawong (Thiland)
• Runner Up – H. Nys (Monaco) & J. Zieliński (Poland)
Women’s Doubles
• Winner – Krejčíková & K. Siniaková (Czech 3rd Khelo India University games conclude
Republic) in Varanasi
• Runner Up – S. Aoyama & E. Shibahara (Japan)
Mixed Doubles
• Winner – Luisa Stefani and Rafael Matos (Brazilian)
• Runner Up – Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza
(India)
India won Women’s Hockey Junior Asia Cup

2023
The third khelo India University games has been

concluded at IIT BHU campus in Varanasi.
• Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag
Singh Thakur along with Union Minister of state for
Sports, Nishith Pramanik and Chief Minister of Uttar
Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath were present at the
closing ceremony.
• Punjab University, Chandigarh regain champions
crown as Guru Nanak Dev University fall short
The Indian hockey team emerged champions of despite Fencing sweep on final day, after a gap of
the Women’s Junior Asia Cup in Japan’s one edition of the Khelo India University Games.
Kakamigahara by defeating South Korea 2-1 in a • PUC finished with an overall tally of 69 medals
captivating final. including 26 gold, 17 silver and 26 bronze medals.
• Annu (22nd) and Neelam (41st) scored for India and • GNDU amassed 24 gold, 27 silver and 17 bronze
Park Seo-yeon (25th) for Korea. medals to finish second and in the top three for the
• This is India’s first title while South Korea (4) and very first time.
China (3) share the honours from the previous • Jain University, Karnataka, last time’s champions,
editions. were third with 16 gold, 10 silver and six bronze
• Acknowledging the team’s unbeaten streak in six medals.
matches — it also helped them qualify for the 2023 • As many as 131 of the 203 Universities who finally
Women’s Junior World Cup in Chile — Hockey India participated at the Games.
(HI) declared a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh per player and
Rs.1 lakh each for the support staff.
ICC Men’s Player of the Month

• January 2023 – Shubman Gill (India)
• February 2023 – Harry Brook (England)
• March 2023 – Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
• April 2023 – Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan)
• May 2023 – Harry Tector (Ireland)
ICC Women’s Player of the Month

• January 2023 – Grace Scrivens (England)
• February 2023 – Ashleigh Gardner (Australia)
• March 2023 – Henriette Ishimwe (Rawanda)
• April 2023 – Naruemol Chaiwai (Thailand)
6. Defence
Indian Army participates in multinational
DRDO organizes ‘Anusandhaan Chintan exercise ‘Khaan Quest 2023’
Shivir’ 2023
• Indian Army is participating in the multinational
peacekeeping Joint Exercise Ex Khaan Quest 2023 in
Mongolia.
• Military contingents and observers from over 20
countries are participating in this exercise.
President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh
inaugurated the Exercise.
• The Indian Army is represented by a contingent
from the Garhwal Rifles. The 14-day exercise is
aimed at enhancing the interoperability of the
participating nations, sharing experience, and
The Defence Research and Development Organisation
training uniformed personnel for the United
(DRDO) has organized an Anusandhaan Chintan
Nations Peacekeeping Operations.
Shivir in New Delhi aimed at promoting Defence
• The exercise will prepare participants for future UN
Research and Development in the industry and
Peacekeeping missions, develop peace operations
academia.
capabilities and enhance military readiness.
• At the event, a list of 75 technology priority areas
• The exercise includes Command Post Exercise, Field
was released, encouraging indigenous innovation in
Training Exercises, combat discussions, lectures,
defence technologies and fostering self-reliance.
and demonstration.
• The DRDO Technology Foresight 2023, listing
current and future technology development tasks,
was also unveiled. Recent Exercise
• Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan also
attended the event as the Chief Guest with other • 12th edition of “Ex Ekuverin” between Indian &
dignitaries. Maldives – Chaubatia, Uttarakhand.
• AL MOHED AL HINDI 2023 Naval Exercise between
India & Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia –
About Defence Research and Development
• Exercise Jal Rahat between Indian Army’s Gajraj
Organization (DRDO)
and Joint Flood Relief – Hagrama Bridge (Manas
• Founded – 1 January 1958 River), Assam.
• Headquarters – New Delhi • 4th Samudra Shakti-23 exercise between India &
• Motto – “Strength’s Origin is in Knowledge” Indonesia – Batam, Indonesia
• Chairman – Samir V Kamat • 1st Maritime Exercise between India & ASEAN
– Changi Naval Base (Singapore) & South China
BEL receives orders worth Rs 5900 crore for Sea.
Akash Missiles
• Bharat Electronics (BEL) has received orders worth India gifts missile corvette INS Kirpan to
Rs 5,900 crore, of which Rs 3,914 crore of orders are Vietnam
from the Akash Prime Weapon System. • India gifted the indigenously-built in-service missile
• BEL received a work order for 2 regiments of corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam to enhance that
Improved Akash Weapon System (AWS) with country’s naval capabilities.
upgrades from Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), • INS Kirpan is a Khukri class missile corvette
another defence PSU, for a value of Rs 3,914 crores. displacing 1,350 tonnes and was commissioned into
• Akash is an all-weather, point/area air-defense the Navy on January 12, 1991.
weapon system for defending vulnerable • It has a displacement of close to 1,400 tonnes, a
points/areas against threats emanating from low, length of 91 metres, a beam of 11 metres, and is
medium and high altitudes. The system uses high-
capable of speed in excess of 25 knots.
mobility vehicles for mobile application.
Defence Ministry approves MQ-9 Reaper • The primary objective of the exercise is to enhance
drone deal with US interoperability in counter-insurgency/counter-
terrorism operations under the UN mandate.
• The Defence Ministry has approved the deal for
• Additionally, it aims to facilitate joint humanitarian
acquiring the Predator (MQ-9 Reaper) drones from
assistance and disaster relief operations, it added.
America for which the final decision would be taken
• The previous edition of the exercise, the 11th
by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS).
edition, was held in the Maldives in December 2021.
• The deal for the Predator drones was approved by
the Defence Acquisition Council meeting.
• The DAC is the highest body in the Defence Ministry
to take decisions on acquisitions.
• The hunter-killer MQ-9 drones are capable of a 7. Financial
variety of roles, including maritime surveillance,
anti-submarine warfare, over-the-horizon
targeting, airborne early warning, electronic S&P retains India’s growth projection at 6%
warfare. for FY24
• The SkyGuardian variant has a wingspan of 79 feet • S&P Global Ratings retained India’s GDP growth
and can carry a payload of 2,155kg on nine forecast at 6 percent saying it will be the fastest-
hardpoints. growing economy among Asia Pacific nations.
• The SeaGuardian variant can fly over the horizon via • The Asian emerging market economies remain
satellite for more than 30 hours and has advanced among the fastest-growing ones in our global
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) growth outlook through 2026.
capabilities. • In India, under the assumption of normal
monsoons, we expect headline consumer inflation
Fourth warship of Indian Navy ‘Sanshodhak’ to soften to 5 percent in fiscal 2024 from 6.7
percent.
launched
• S&P has lowered the growth forecast for China to
• The fourth Survey Vessel Large (SVL) of the Indian 5.2 percent from 5.5 percent for 2023.
Navy, named ‘Sanshodhak’, was launched
at Kattupalli, Chennai. Updated GDP List
• The ship named ‘Sanshodhak’, meaning • World Bank – 6.3% (FY24), 6.4% (FY25), 6.5%
‘Researcher’, signifies the primary role of the ship as (FY26)
a Survey Vessel. • MOODY’S. – 5.5% (FY23)
• The launch of the fourth SVL reinforces our resolve • S&P – 6 (FY24)
in indigenous shipbuilding, as part of the • IMF – 5.9% (FY24), 6.8% (FY25)
government’s vision of ‘Make in India’ and Aatma • ADB – 6.4% (FY24), 6.7% (FY25)
Nirbhar Bharat. • RBI – 6.8% (FY23)
• The project, being built by L&T/GRSE for Indian • India Ratings – 6.9% (FY23)
Navy was launched at Kattupalli, Chennai.
• FITCH RATING – 6.3%
• The chief guest of the launch ceremony was Adhir
• Morgan Stanley – 6.2%(FY24)
Arora, Chief Hydrographer to the Government of
India.
Indo-Maldives joint military exercise

commences
• The 12th edition of the joint military exercise “Ex
Ekuverin” between the Indian Army and the
Maldives National Defence Force has commenced
at Chaubatia, Uttarakhand.
• “Ekuverin” means “Friends” and is a bilateral annual
exercise conducted alternatively in India &
Maldives.
8. Science Microsoft launched voice chat feature to Al-
powered Bing Chat
IIT Kanpur successfully conducts test flight
for cloud seeding
Microsoft has launched a new ‘voice chat’ feature to

its Al-powered Bing Chat on the desktop.
• It will help users to talk to the Al chatbot by clicking
on the microphone icon in the Bing Chatbox.
• Currently, the voice chat feature supports five
languages — English, Japanese, French, German,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur has successfully and Mandarin. The company said it will add more
conducted a test flight for cloud seeding. languages soon.
• Cloud seeding involves the utilisation of various • Bing Chat supports text-to-speech answers, which
chemical agents such as silver iodide, dry ice, will respond to your questions in its own voice.
common salt, and other elements with the aim of
enhancing the probability of rains.
• The project was initiated a few years ago and is
headed by the Computer Science and Engineering 9. Book and Author
Department of IIT Kanpur.
• The flight went up to an approximate height of • India Secret War BSF – Ushinor Majumdar
5,000 feet. It landed on the IIT Kanpur lab airstrip • Through the Broken Glass – T N Seshan
after successfully completing the test ride. • Beyond Cricket – C D Gopinath
• The experiment was conducted with due approval • The Power of One Thought: Master Your Mind – BK
from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation Shivani
(DGCA). • Ringside – Dr. Vijay Darda (released by Shashi
Tharoor)
IITs in News • The Golden Years: The Many Joys of Living a Good
• YES Bank collaborates with IIT Kanpur to offer Long Life – Ruskin Bond
support to Incubated Startups
• IIT Madras partnered with DRDO to develop sensor
technology for underwater communications 10. Important day
• IIT-Kanpur launched cybersecurity skilling
programme • 27 June – World MSME Day
• IIT Guwahati Researchers Develop Time-Bomb • 29 June – National Statistics Day
Liquid Marbles • 29 June – International Day of the Tropic
• IIT Madras will set up its first international campus • 25 June – International Day of the Seafarer
in Zanzibar, Tanzania in October 2023. • 26 June – World Drug Day
• 26 June – UN International Day In Support Of
Victims Of Torture
• 23 June – United Nations Public Service Day
• 23 June – International Olympic Day
• 23 June – International Widows Day
• 22 June – World Rainforest Day
• 21 June – International Yoga Day(Theme 2023 –
Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam)
• 21 June – World Music Day 2023
• 21 June – World Hydrography Day
• 19 June – International Day for the Elimination of
Sexual Violence in Conflict
• 20 June – World Refugee Day
• 17 June – World Day to combat desertification and
drought
• 16 June – International Day of Family Remittances
• 15 June – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• 15 June – Global Wind Day
• 14 June – World Blood Donor Day
• 12 June – World Day Against Child Labour
• 7 June – World Food Safety Day
• 5 June – World Environment Day
• 1 June – Global Day of Parents
11. Obituary
• Nobel-winning lithium battery inventor John
Goodenough dies at 100
• Bollywood Actor Mangal Dhillon passes away
• Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi passes away
• Veteran Actress Sulochana Didi passes away
• Doordarshan news anchor Gitanjali Aiyar passes
away
12. One-liner Current affairs July 2023
National News • Bengaluru airport launches BLR Pulse app for

passengers
• Narendra Tomar launches PM Kisan Mobile App with
• Parshottam Rupala to launch the ‘Report Fish
Face Authentication
Disease’ App
• Odisha cabinet approves Rs 1,000 cr for transforming
• Seven products from Uttar Pradesh get Geographical
Puri
Indication tag
• Google Cloud launches anti-money-laundering tool
• UP launches ‘Operation Conviction’ for cow
for banks
slaughter, child abuse cases
• IndiGo makes historic order for 500 Airbus planes
• Govt launches UTPRERAK to adopt Energy Efficient
worth USD 50 billion
Technologies
• Vitasta Mahotsav celebrated in J&K
• Divya Kala Mela organized in Jaipur
• 8th Global Pharmaceutical Quality Summit 2023 held
• Gujarat govt signs MoU with Micron Technology for
in Mumbai
semiconductor assembly and test facility
• India and UAE signed a Mutual Recognition
• PM Modi chairs 42nd PRAGATI interaction
Arrangement for Authorized Economic Operators
• Pralhad Joshi unveils list of “Critical Minerals for
• Telangana CM inaugurates Medha Rail Coach Factory
India”
at Sangareddy
• Centre approves Rs 56,415 crore to 16 states for
• Amit Shah lays foundation stone of ‘Balidaan
capital investment
Stambh’ in Srinagar
• Cabinet Approves PM-PRANAM Scheme to Promote
• Rajasthan govt brings Pregnancy, Child Tracking &
Alternative Fertilizers
Health Services Management System (PCTS) mobile
app to ensure better healthcare • Uttarakhand CM honours ‘Loktantra Senani’,
increases pension funds
• TIMES Asia Rankings 2023: IISc best among Indian
• Akashvani and Doordarshan emerge as most trusted
universities
electronic media organization in country
• IIT-Madras proposes sports quota with aim to boost
• Indian Navy’s Outreach Program “Jully Ladakh” (Hello
diversity
Ladakh)
• India’s first hydrogen-powered train to run from Jind
district, Haryana • Rajasthan, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu emerge top
achievers in Wind Energy
• Assam govt to build 1st underwater tunnel between
Numaligarh & Gohpur • Uttar Pradesh CM renames UP prisons as ‘Reform
Homes’
• U20 Engagement Group of G20 to host 2 Days
Mayoral Summit in Ahmedabad • Dharmendra Pradhan flags off Gabon’s first Agri-SEZ
project
• BSNL partners with L&T to offer private 5G network
to businesses • Warkari community celebrates Palkhi festival in
Maharashtra
• Gautam Adani launches “Jeetenge Hum” to support
• Om Birla inaugurates National Legislators’
the Indian cricket team in 2023 Cricket World Cup
Conference Bharat in Mumbai
• Parshottam Rupala launched NANDI (NOC Approvals
• Two-day conference of Science-20 organized in
for New Drugs & Inoculation System) Portal
Bhopal
• Historical Kharchi Puja commences in Tripura
• Google and MeitY join hands for ‘G20-Stay Safe
• REC to provide ₹3,045 cr finance to Bangalore Metro
Online’ campaign
• BIS Introduces Standard IS 18267: for Agri By-Product
• G20 Agriculture Ministerial Meeting (AMM) held in
Utensils
Hyderabad
• Himachal govt to have a dedicated special task force
• Civil Aviation sector records 36% growth during
to combat drug menace
January to May 2023
• PM Modi flagged off five new Vande Bharat trains of
• Himachal CM inaugurates Real Estate Expo-2023 in
the country
Shimla
• Government sets up panel to recommend reforms in • UP government cancels all traffic challans between
arbitration law 2017 to 2021
• Karnataka’s free power scheme, ‘Gruha Jyothi • Madhya Pradesh govt launched ‘Ladli Bahna’ scheme
Scheme’ providing free electricity up to 200 units a • Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launches ‘SAGAR
month SAMRIDDHI’
• Centre unveiled Dugdh Sanakalan Sathi Mobile App • Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) signed
• NHAI launches ‘Knowledge Sharing Platform’ for MOU with Amazon Kisan to empower farmers
development of Highways • PM Modi inaugurated first-ever National Training
• UP to host country’s 1st MotoGP event in September Conclave in New Delhi
• Rajasthan govt approves Rs 13.48 crore for promoting • National Archives of India organizes “Hamari Bhasha,
religious tourism Hamari Virasat”
• Cabinet approves Micron’s $2.7 bn semiconductor • Narmada Hydroelectric Development Corporation
packaging plant in Gujarat Ltd (NHDC) to construct 525 MW pumped storage
• Nitin Gadkari inaugurates 4 National Highway power project in MP
projects in Haryana • Himachal Govt to bring white paper on economic
• Jharkhand government launches panchayat-level conditions of state
medicine scheme • NTPC Kanti launched Girl Empowerment Mission
• Tamil Nadu police launches new scheme for Women GEM 2023
Traveling Alone at Night • GeM to organize District level Buyer-Seller workshops
• Surat sets Guinness World Record for largest in UP
gathering on Yoga Day • 2nd summit of Supreme Audit Institutions of G20
• UNDP partners with Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- countries began in Goa
National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) • UAE emerges as 4th largest investor in India during
towards empowering women entrepreneurs. FY23
• Government launches Mission on Advanced and • Centre constitutes peace committee in Manipur
High-Impact Research (MAHIR) under governor
• NHPC signs MoU with Maharashtra for renewable • Kerala launched a reward system for reporting illegal
energy projects waste roads
• Kerala topped in Food Safety Index • IIT-Madras generates hydrogen from seawater using
• Government approves over Rs 89,000 crore revival solar energy
package for BSNL • Education Ministry to host 4th Education Working
• National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Group (EDWG) Meeting in Pune
(NCPCR) launches National Campaign “Addiction Free • Haryana govt announces monthly pension of 10,000
Amrit Kaal” for Padma Awards
• Centre approves Rs 12,911 crore for Polavaram • Justice Venkatachaliah launches app to provide legal
Project aid
• Microsoft, AirJaldi Networks collaborate to provide • Amit Shah unveils ₹8,000 crore schemes to
internet access strengthen disaster management
• Parshottam Rupala starts VII Phase of Sagar • Odisha celebrates ‘Raja’ agricultural festival
Parikarma initiative • Women 20 Summit begins in Mahabalipuram
• IGI Airport introduces DigiYatra facility • Bhupender Yadav addresses 111th International
• Haryana CM launches integrated Water Resources Labour Conference
Action Plan • Arunachal Pradesh CM launches app called ‘Arunpol
• Piyush Goyal chairs 6th meeting of National Technical App’
Textiles Mission (NTTM) • G20 Tourism Ministers meeting to be held in Goa
• Karnataka announces free bus travel ‘Shakti’ scheme • India’s wholesale price inflation falls to -3.48% in May
for women 2023
• India to host International Institute of Administrative • India’s first zero-carbon village being developed in
Sciences (IIAS) Annual Conference 2025 at Kochi, Bhiwandi
Kerala • Government sets up 3-member panel to probe
• Centre introduces ‘Y-Break-Yoga at office chair’ for Manipur Violence
stress relief • Maharashtra govt signs MoU with Bajaj Finserv to
• Guwahati Railway Station achieves ‘Eat Right Station’ invest Rs 5000 cr
certification • Jitendra Singh inaugurates ‘Lavender Festival’ in J&K
• PM Modi to chair SCO Summit virtually • PM flags off two scheme named Amrit Dharohar and
• PM launches ‘Maha Jansampark’ campaign in MISHTI to revive wetlands, mangroves
Rajasthan • All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to
• Maharashtra Cabinet approves Gender Inclusive launch ‘One Student One Tree Campaign 2023’
Tourism Policy • Himachal Pradesh signs MoU with Oil India Ltd for
• Meghalaya signed MoU with National Institute of Green Hydrogen
Open Schooling (NIOS) to bring dropouts back to • Sarbananda Sonowal flags off India’s 1st International
schools Cruise Vessel
• Ahmednagar to be named after Ahilyabai Holkar • Nitin Gadkari inaugurates four projects worth Rs 1450
• India, Vietnam hold 3rd Maritime Security Dialogue Crore in Assam
• French company Alstom to make 100 Vande Bharat • Kerala CM launches Kerala Fibre Optic Network
trains project
• 1,275 Railway Stations to be upgraded under Amrit • UP govt launches ‘Elder Line’ service to give shelter to
Bharat Station Scheme elderly homeless
• Punjab Police launches OPS Clean • UP govt launches Nand Baba Milk Mission scheme
• PM SVANidhi Scheme Celebrates Successful • Madhya Pradesh launches ‘CM Learn and Earn’
Completion of 3 Years scheme
• Uttar Pradesh govt launches 15-day mega • Haryana launched campaign to raise awareness
registration drive for MSMEs about waste collection
• Nitin Gadkari inaugurates two Highway projects in
Vadodara worth Rs 48 crore International News
• Microsoft joins hands with Skill Development • Global Gender Gap Index 2023: India ranked 127;
Ministry to train students, teachers topped by Iceland
• Meghalaya sets up expert panel to review reservation • Global Liveability Index 2023 released; Vienna in
formula Austria has topped the ranking
• AIIMS Nagpur becomes first AIIMS to receive NABH • Global Competitiveness Index 2023: India at 40
accreditation • IIT Bombay ranks 149th in the QS world ranking 2024
• Srinagar to become smart city by June 2024 • India beats China with world’s second-largest road
• Tata Group signs deal with Gujarat for EV battery network
plant • Canada launches ‘Digital Nomad Strategy’ for foreign
• Tamil Nadu’s Muthamizh Selvi climb Mount Everest workers
• Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated National Food • Remains of new species of duck-billed dinosaur found
Safety & Standards Training Centre in Chile
• Third G20 Health Working Group meeting begins in • USA announces to rejoin UNESCO in July 2023
Hyderabad • Intel and Germany sign agreement for $32.8 billion
• IIT-Kharagpur signed MoU with HCL for collaboration chip plant investment
in petroleum engineering • Estonia becomes 1st Baltic nation to legalize same-
• National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) sex marriage
Rankings 2023 released; IIT Madras emerged as top • Himalayan Glaciers on Track to Lose up to 75% of Ice
college under overall category by 2100:
• Europe is world’s fastest-warming continent: climate • Ritu Kalra named Harvard’s vice president for finance
report and CFO
• Mumbai most expensive city for expats in India • Sanjay Swarup appoints as CMD of Container
• Israel to release world’s first digital government Corporation of India (CONCOR)
bond • Nitin Agarwal appointed as the new DG of BSF
• University of Edinburgh launches Hindi course • Pieter Elbers appointed as Chair-elect of International
• Suriname to host Indian energy majors from 19 June Air Transport Association (IATA) Board of Governors
• 3rd Employment Working Group meeting organized • Amit Agrawal appointed as CEO UIDAI
in Geneva • Sanjay Kumar appointed as Marketing Director of
• UAE wins Presidency of World Meteorological GAIL
Organization • Uttam Lal takes over as Director (Personnel) NHPC Ltd
• BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Cape Town • Tayyip Erdogan re-elected as President of Turkey
• Canada becomes first country to start putting health • Krithivasan takes charge as CEO of TCS
warnings on cigarettes • Ajay Yadav appoints as MD of Solar Energy
• India set to remain UAE’s largest export destination Corporation of India (SECI)
by 2030 • Shalini Singh becomes 1st girl NCC cadet to complete
• UAE to host world’s largest Conservation Conference mountaineering course
in 2025 • Bidyut Bihari Swain sworn in as UPSC member
• Israel introduces digital birth certificates • Edgars Rinkevics elected as new president of Latvia
• Israel tests first autonomous flying taxi • Janardan Prasad appointed as DG of Geological
• Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Survey of India
Slovenia elected as non-permanent members of the • Hrithik Roshan appointed brand ambassador for
UN Security Council Zebronics TV
• Indian American Ajay Banga assumes charge as
Appointment and Resignation World Bank President
• Ruby Sinha appointed as the President of BRICS CCI • Dennis Francis elected 78th UNGA president
WE • Colonel Shuchita becomes 1st woman to command
• Umesh Kumar appoints as Chief of Delhi Electricity Communication Zone
Regulatory Commission (DERC)
• Kyriakos Mitsotakis sworn in as Greece’s PM Awards
• Rajat Verma appoints as MD of DBS Bank India • Cristiano Ronaldo receives Guinness World Record
• AP Hota appoints as part-time Chairman of Federal award
Bank • PM Modi conferred Egypt’s highest state honour
• UN chief appoints Xu Haoliang of China as deputy ‘Order of the Nile’
head of UNDP • Priya A.S. received Sahitya Akademi Award 2023 for
• Britain appoints Jane Marriott as first female envoy to children’s literature
Pakistan • Alappuzha doctor K Venugopal selected for Indian
• Ravi Sinha appoints as new chief of RAW Medical Association (IMA) award
• Swaminathan Janakiraman appointed as Deputy • Pt P. D. Baul awarded 1st Kala Kranti Lifetime
Governor of RBI Achievement Award
• Nusrat Chowdhary confirmed first Muslim woman • Arundhati Roy wins 45th European Essay Prize for
federal judge in US history ‘Azadi’
• Senior IAS officer Amit Agrawal assumes charge as • Gita Press, Gorakhpur, awarded Gandhi Peace Prize
CEO of UIDAI for 2021
• Petteri Orpo elected as new PM of Finland • Author Salman Rushdie awarded German Peace Prize
• Mahendra Lodha appointed interim MD & CEO of PTC 2023
India Financial Services Ltd (PFS) • Acharya Gopi to be conferred with Jayashankar
Award
• WHO DG Tedros Ghebreyesus awarded Olympic • Satwik-Chirag become men’s doubles champions at
Order by IOC Indonesia Open 2023
• Suriname confers highest civilian award to President • 37th National Games’ mascot ‘Moga’ unveiled
Droupadi Murmu • India beat Bangladesh to win Women’s Emerging
• Jagdish S Bakan bagged Michel Batisse award 2023 Asia Cup 2023
• Manchester City becomes most valuable football
Defence club in Europe
• General Electric Aerospace signs MoU with Hindustan • Japanese Tokito Oda becomes Youngest Grand Slam
Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to produce fighter jet Wheelchair Champion 2023
engines • French Open: Iga Swiatek won Women’s Singles title
• DRDO organizes ‘Anusandhaan Chintan Shivir’ 2023 • Australia won ICC World Test Championship 2023
• Defence Ministry signs Rs 500 crore contract to • India won Women’s Hockey Junior Asia Cup 2023
strengthen Indian Army’s communication system • Novak Djokovic won the French Open 2023 Men’s
• Defence Ministry approves MQ-9 Reaper drone deal Singles Final
with US • Nick Taylor becomes first Canadian Champion since
• Indian Army participates in multinational exercise 1954
‘Khaan Quest 2023’ • Harry Tector won ICC Men’s Player of the Month for
• India gifts missile corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam May
• BEL receives orders worth Rs 5900 crore for Akash • Andy Murray beats Jurij Rodionov to win Surbiton
Missiles Trophy
• Indian Army takes delivery of Mahindra Armado • Uruguay beat Italy to win maiden FIFA U-20 World
armoured vehicle Cup title
• Indo-Maldives joint military exercise “Ex Ekuverin” • Bellingham named Bundesliga Player of the Season
commences at Chaubatia, Uttarakhand 2022-23
• Fourth warship of Indian Navy ‘Sanshodhak’ launched • Jyothi Yarraji clinches gold medal at T-Meeting 2023
• South Korea launches first commercial-grade satellite • India wins Junior Asia Cup 2023 hockey title
• Mazagon Dock signs deal with Germany to build • South Korea’s An Se-young wins Thailand Open final
diesel submarines • 3rd Khelo India University games conclude in
Varanasi
Sports • Manisha wins Gold, Reetika clinches Silver at Bishkek
• Madhya Pradesh won 13th Ind Junior Men National Ranking Series
Championship • Max Verstappen wins Spanish Grand Prix 2023
• Anurag Thakur flagged off “Bharat in Paris” • Amlan Borgohain bags two gold medals in Flanders
campaign Cup 2023
• Cristiano Ronaldo sets Guinness World Record for
200 international caps Book and Author
• Diksha Dagar wins record second ladies European K. Bhattacharya wrote a new book titled “Finance
tour event title Minister of India
• Pakistan’s Nahida Khan announces retirement from • A book titled ‘The Yoga Sutra for Children’ by Roopa
international cricket Pai
• Asia Cup 2023 to be played in Pakistan and Sri Lanka • A book titled “Master Residential Real Estate” by
• Egypt won the World Squash Championship Ashwinder Singh
• First Women’s Kabaddi League Inaugurated in Dubai • Shashi Tharoor releases book “Ringside” written by
• Indian Men’s Senior Football Team wins Vijay Darda
Intercontinental Cup 2023 • Book titled ‘The Power of One Thought’ released
• Bhavani Devi creates history by winning India’s first written by BK Shivani
medal in Asian Fencing Championships
India’s G20 Presidency| Important Points
December 1st, 2022 is a momentous day as Indiaassumed

the presidency of the G20 forum, taking over from About G20
Indonesia. A nation deeply committed to democracy and • The G20 group of 19 countries (Argentina, Australia,
multilateralism, India’s G20 Presidency would be a Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India,
watershed moment in her history as it seeks to play an Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico,
important role by finding pragmatic global solutions for Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, United
the wellbeing of all, and in doing so, manifest the true Kingdom, and United States) and the EU was
spirit of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ or the ‘World is One established in 1999 as a platform for Finance
Family’. Ministers and Central Bank Governors to discuss
As it takes the G20 Presidency, India is on a mission to international economic and financial issues.
bring about a shared global future for all through the Together, the G20 countries account for almost two-
Amrit Kaal initiative with a focus on the LiFE movement thirds of the global population, 75% of global trade,
which aims to promote environmentally-conscious and 85% of the world’s GDP. In the wake of the global
practices and a sustainable way of living. With a clear plan financial and economic crisis of 2007, the G20 was
and a development-oriented approach, India aims to elevated to the level of Heads of State/Government
promote a rules-based order, peace and just growth for and was named the “premier forum for international
all. The 200+ events planned in the run-up to the 2023 economic cooperation.”
Summit will strengthen India’s agenda and the six • The G20 Summit is held annually with a rotating
thematic priorities of India’s G20 presidency. presidency, and in 2023, India will hold the
presidency. The group does not have a permanent
secretariat and is supported by the previous, current,
and future holders of the presidency, known as the choices, both at the individual and national level, in
troika. In 2023, the troika consists of Indonesia, India, creating a cleaner, greener, and bluer future.
and Brazil.
• The G20 forum works in two parallel tracks — the India’s G20 Priorities:
Finance Track and the Sherpa Track. Finance
Ministers and Central Bank Governors lead the 1. Green Development, Climate Finance & LiFE
Finance Track while Sherpas, who are personal
emissaries of the Leaders, lead the Sherpa Track. • India’s focus on climate change, with a particular
Within the two tracks, there are different working emphasis on climate finance and technology, as well
groups based on different themes in which as ensuring just energy transitions for developing
representatives from the relevant ministries of the countries.
member states, guest countries, and various • Introduction of the LiFE movement, which promotes
international organizations participate. There are environmentally-conscious practices and is based on
Engagement Groups as well, which bring together India’s sustainable traditions.
civil societies, think tanks, women, youth, labour, 2. Accelerated, Inclusive & Resilient Growth
businesses and researchers of the G20 countries.
• Working groups this year will focus on global priority • Focus on areas that have the potential to bring
areas such as green development, climate finance, structural transformation, including supporting small
inclusive growth, digital economy, public and medium-sized enterprises in global trade,
infrastructure, technology transformation, and promoting labour rights and welfare, addressing the
reforms for women empowerment for socio- global skills gap, and building inclusive agricultural
economic progress. All these steps are taken to value chains and food systems.
accelerate progress towards the Sustainable
3. Accelerating Progress on SDGs
Development Goals and secure a better future for the
generations to come. • Recommitment to achieving the targets set out in the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with a
India’s G20 Presidency: particular focus on addressing the impact of the
• India will convene the G20 Leaders’ Summit for the COVID-19 pandemic.
first time in 2023, as 43 Heads of Delegations- the
4. Technological Transformation & Digital
largest ever in the G20–will participate in the final
Public Infrastructure
New Delhi Summit in September later this year. As a
nation committed to democracy and multilateralism, • Promotion of a human-centric approach to
India’s presidency will be a significant milestone as it technology and increased knowledge-sharing in areas
seeks to find practical global solutions for the benefit such as digital public infrastructure, financial
of all and embody the idea of “Vasudhaiva inclusion, and tech-enabled development in sectors
Kutumbakam,” or “the world is one family.” such as agriculture and education.
• Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, which translates to “One
Earth, One Family, One Future,” is the theme of 5. Multilateral Institutions for the 21st
India’s G20 presidency. It is inspired from the Maha century
Upanishad, an old Sanskrit scripture. The theme • Efforts to reform multilateralism and create a more
fundamentally highlights the importance of all life— accountable, inclusive, and representative
human, animal, plant, and microorganism—as well as international system that is fit for addressing 21st
their interdependence on Earth and across the century challenges.
universe. The theme also exemplifies LiFE (Lifestyle
for Environment), which highlights the importance of 6. Women-led Development
environmentally sustainable and responsible lifestyle • Emphasis on inclusive growth and development, with
a focus on women empowerment and representation
in order to boost socio-economic development and Conclusion
the achievement of SDGs.
• In the wake of the ongoing conflict between Ukraine
and Russia and the lack of diplomatic headway, India
Challenges can use it as a great opportunity and leverage its
historically cordial ties with Russia and bring it to the
Russia–Ukraine conflict: negotiation table to at least initiate discussion.
• The exclusion of Russia from the G20, as the West • Using its presidency to address the conflict while
wants, is not possible; nor can the Russia–Ukraine stressing peace will go a long way in raising India’s
conflict continue till perpetuity. The middle ground stature as a peace-prioritizing leader, this is reflected
here is a strategic retreat for both—the West could in Prime Minister Modi’s G20 communique where he
put Ukraine’s North Atlantic Treaty Organisation reiterated that “today’s era must not be of war”.
(NATO) membership in cold storage as it is a red line Although the G20 Summits do not deal with security
for Russia, and Russia could be nudged to withdraw issues directly, these issues still have a significant
and give diplomacy its legitimate space. Nobody impact on the global economy, and hence India can
wants this conflict to widen into a broader war. lead the way in addressing them. Especially when the
• India has strong relationships with both the West and UN and other interventions have failed to resolve the
Russia, and the two are engaging only through the conflict.
currencies of war and weapons, the importance of
India’s role as a mediator to bring both out of the
bloody stalemate cannot be understated. This will be
the biggest challenge to, and if successful the greatest
outcome of, India’s G20 presidency.
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