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Axis Bank’s ‘One-View’: 1st Pvt Bank to launch Banking & Economy

to manage Multiple Accounts on its Mobile App

This feature will utilize the Account Aggregator (AA) ecosystem

ADB approves $295mn loan to improve

Transport Connectivity in Bihar

The Central Government is contributing $156.6 million for the same

IOB inks MoU with the Tamil Nadu to foster the growth of Self Help Groups (SHGs) in the
State Rural Livelihood Mission State and provide them with vital financial support.

RBI imposes fine on Jammu and Kashmir

Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Axis Bank

penalty of Rs 2.5 crore on Jammu and Kashmir Bank for non-compliance with certain directions
 Kapil Kathpal
A penalty of Rs 1.45 crore has also been imposed on Bank of Maharashtra for non-
compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on Loans and Advances Statutory

penalty of Rs 30 lakh has been imposed on Axis Bank. The lender, it said had levied
penal charges in certain accounts for late payment of credit card dues though the
customers had paid the dues by the due date, through third-party platforms

Manipal Technologies partners with Indian

Bank to offer Customised Banking Solutions

World Bank Approves USD 255.5 Million Loan with a maturity period of 14 years,
to Enhance Technical Education in India including a grace period of five years,

The project will span five years and benefit around 275 government-run technical
institutions
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HDFC Life Insurance receives GST This notice pertains to charges of wrongly
availing the input tax credit without the
demand notice of Rs 942 crore underlying supply of services

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. also has been served a Goods and Services Tax
show cause-cum-demand notice for Rs 492.06 crore

Canara Bank becomes 1st PSB in India to introduce the facility in association
with NPCI
of UPI payments to merchants through RuPay Credit Card

This facility is made available at ‘Canara ai1’ Banking Super App of the Bank

World Bank Approves USD 391 Million The Assam State Secondary Healthcare Initiative
for Service Delivery Transformation (ASSIST)
in Financing for Assam and Tripura Project will receive USD 251 million to improve
access to secondary healthcare services.

The Tripura Rural Economic Growth and Service Delivery Project will receive USD 140 million to promote
socioeconomic development and improve the lives of tribal populations
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World Bank Grants USD 300M Loan to with maturity of 18.5 years along
Improve Education in Chhattisgarh with a grace period of 5 years

under the project CHALK (Chhattisgarh Accelerated Learning for a Knowledge Economy Operation

CHALK will establish and operate 600 model composite schools from Grades 1 to 12, offering science
and commerce programs at the senior secondary level

Kotak General Insurance partners with actyv.ai

to provide insurance products for MSMEs

RBI cancels Mahalaxmi Cooperative

Bank’s licence; Allows to operate as NBFC

Mahalaxmi Cooperative Bank (Dharwad, Karnataka), to operate solely as a Non-Banking

Financial Company (NBFC), effectively revoking its banking license granted on March 23,
1994.
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RBI slaps penalties on Standard
Chartered Bank-India, 4 other entities

Rs 30 lakh Standard Chartered Bank-India

Rs.26 lakh TransUnion CIBIL Limited
Rs.24.25 lakh Equifax Credit Information Services Private Limited
Rs 25.75 lakh Experian Credit Information Company of India Private Limited
Rs 25.75 lakh CRIF High Mark Credit Information Services Private Limited

India’s CAD narrows to 0.2% of GDP on moderation Reserve Bank of India data titled
in Trade Deficit: RBI’s BoP Q4FY23 Data ‘Developments in India’s Balance of
Payments during the Fourth Quarter
(January-March) of 2022-23

India’s current account deficit (CAD) decreased to US$ 1.3 billion, 0.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in
Q4:2022-23 (Q4FY23) from US$ 16.8 billion (2% of GDP) in Q3FY23

In the financial account, net Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) at US$ 6.4 billion was higher than US$ 2.0
billion in Q3FY23
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Net Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) recorded an outflow of US$ 1.7 billion amid
the equity segment in Q4FY23

Net External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs) to India recorded an inflow of US$

1.7 billion, as against an outflow of US$ 2.5 billion during Q3FY23
 MoUs & Agreements
BEL & HFCL signed MoU to leverage business
opportunities across multiple sector

HFCL Limited (formerly known as

Bharat Electronics Limited
Himachal Futuristic
(BEL)
Communications Ltd)

to indigenously develop and deploy emerging technologies and technical

solutions to address the requirements of Defence, Telecom and Railway sectors.

signed for 2 years, aims to promote ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ initiative

and Make in India initiative

HAL signs MoU with Argentina

firm for exploration in aircraft

to explore collaboration in the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO)of

aircraft components, systems, and structures
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DGR Signs MoU with Adecco Ltd. to Directorate-General for
Generate Employment for Ex-servicemen Resettlement (DGR)

To generate job opportunities for ex-military personnel in various sectors such as IT,
E-Commerce, Logistics, Telecom, Aerospace and Defense etc.

GeM signed MoU with TANSTIA to TANSTIA (Tamil Nadu Small and Tiny
increase GeM Seller Base in Tamil Nadu Industries Association)

Indian Railways signed MoU with and achieve Indian Railways’ target of net-zero
USAID/India to Combat Climate Change carbon emissions by 2030

ONDC and Kerala Govt signed an agreement

for better market access to PSU products
Nine PSUs have already signed an agreement with ONDC and currently around 200
products of PSU’s are available on ONDC platform.
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Paytm Signs MoU With Arunachal
Pradesh to Develop Startup Environment

Arunachal Pradesh Innovation and

Paytm Payment Services Limited Investment Park

to develop a startup environment for the youth in Arunachal Pradesh

India and UAE signed a Mutual Recognition in Brussels, Belgium

Arrangement for Authorized Economic Operators

The agreement is signed to promote greater trade facilitation and ease of doing
business between the 2 countries.

Infosys signs USD 454 million deal with Danske for a 5 year period to accelerate its
Bank to accelerate its digital transformation digital transformation.
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NHPC and GRIDCO signed a MoU for
developing Solar Energy Projects in Odisha

The MoU envisions setting up Self-identified PSPs of at least 2,000 megawatts

and renewable energy projects (on-ground and floating solar projects) of at least
1,000 MW in Odisha.

to issue Data Universal Numbering System (D-U-N-S)

West Bengal govt ties up with
Numbers to exporters and Micro Small and Medium
Dun & Bradstreet for MSMEs Enterprises (MSME) in the state

D&B assigns a unique 9-digit (D-U-N-S) number to a specific MSME firm or an exporter

for the Indian agriculture ecosystem on a

MoA & FW Signed an MoU with Pixxel Space
free of cost basis using Pixxel’s
India Pvt. Ltd. to Develop Geospatial Solutions hyperspectral dataset
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L&T and BSNL Partner for Private 5G Network Solutions

for global enterprises providing faster connection speed and lower latency.

Assam signs MoU with Caspian Equity

to foster Agricultural Productivity

Assam Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural

Caspian Impact Investment Adviser
Services (ARIAS)

This partnership implements Assam Agribusiness Investment Fund (AAIF), a contributory

and determinate investment trust, having a corpus of Rs 250 crores
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WHO, Global Citizen signed to collaborate on joint global advocacy
MoU to promote Health for All initiatives over the next three years to
promote and protect health for all people.
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& Conference
Kathpal
Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya addresses the 8th Global
Pharmaceutical Quality Summit 2023 in Mumbai

Theme for the Summit :

Patient Centricity: New Paradigm of Manufacturing and Quality

 National News
Department of Justice partnered with NALSA, National Legal Services
CSC for mainstreaming legal aid via Tele–Law Authority (NALSA)

Tele-Law means the use of communications and

Tele-Law was launched in 2017 as a pilot
information technology for the delivery of legal information
programme with 1800 CSCs in 11 States
and advice.

Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power The Ministry of New and Renewable
projects Scheme deadline extended to 2026 Energy extended the deadline to 2026

The project was initiated to build solar power The previous deadline for this project
parks with 500 MW and above capacity, was scheduled to end in March 2024

1st Phase

implemented in December 2014, with an aim to set up at least 25 solar parks and ultra
mega solar projects with a production capacity of 20,000 MW within 2020
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2nd Phase

The solar power projects scheme was extended to 2023-24 with enhanced capacity
of 40,000 MW on 21th March,2017.

at the Southern Naval

Integrated Simulator Complex Dhruv inaugurated by
Command in Kochi,
Defence Minister, will enhance training of navy personnel Kerala.

ISC Dhruv hosts modern and advanced indigenously-built simulators which will
significantly improve the practical training of Indian Navy personnel

Karnataka Govt launched “Brand Bengaluru portal”

& whatsapp no. for people to share suggestions regarding the development of
Bengaluru within 30th June 2023
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BIS Releases Quality Standard IS 18267:
2023 for Agri By-Product Utensils

‘Food Serving Utensils Made from Agri By-Products – Specification’, aimed at

reducing plastic pollution and promoting sustainability

It emphasizes the use of agricultural by-products, such as leaves and sheaths, as

preferred materials for making plates, cups, and bowls.

PM Modi’s Yoga Day event at UN HQ record for most nationalities in a Yoga session in UN
creates Guinness World Record HQ New York.

, India created another Guinness Record on the

International Yoga Day event. The Yoga program held The event was led by PM Modi in which 135
in Gujarat’s Surat hosted the largest gathering for a nationalities took part
yoga session at one place with 1.53 lakh participants

Previously, Kota City of Rajasthan made a Guinness record in 2018 when 1,00,984
people participated in a Yoga Day session in one place
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North India's first Skin Bank inaugurated
at New Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital

The skin can be donated within six hours of death and utilized for burns and trauma
patients after processing

At present there are 16 skin banks in India of which seven are in Maharashtra, four in
Chennai, three in Karnataka and one each in Odisha and Madhya Pradesh.

MoAFW Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launches PM during an event at Krishi

Kisan Mobile App with Face Authentication Feature Bhavan, New Delhi

It was launched under the scheme for income support to farmers i.e. Pradhan Mantri
Kisan Samman Nidhi

With this app, farmers can complete e-KYC (Know your customer) remotely by
scanning their face without OTP
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Tamil Nadu Police Launches New Scheme called 'Pengal Pathukaaptu
for Women Traveling Alone at Night Thittam' (Women Safety
Scheme) in Chennai city

The scheme aims to provide safe transportation for women who return from
work between 10 pm and 7 am

Rajasthan govt brings PCTS mobile app to the Pregnancy, Child Tracking & Health
ensure better healthcare for mothers, infants Services Management System (PCTS)
app

to enable online tracking, reporting and monitoring of the health of pregnant

women, obstetricians and infants

developed by the National Informatics Centre(NIC) as an Integrated system for

Health information management system (HIMS).
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India’s first, Hydrogen-Powered Trains by March 2024.
to run from Jind district of Haryana

It is scheduled to run between the Jind-Sonipat (Haryana) Section of Northern

Railway in the fiscal year 2023-2024.

Women and Child Development Ministry

as well as its internal
discontinued its Autonomous Bodies RMK & CSWB division namely Food
and Nutrition Board
(FNB).
Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB)

was launched in 1993 to was formed in 1953 as a charitable RMK and CSWB are
extend collateral-free credit to company, and aims to function like a among the 6 autonomous
women in the informal sector NGO bodies under the WCD
ministry.

others being the National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD), National
Commission for Women (NCW), National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and Central
Adoption Resource Authority (CARA).
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Center grants approval for Kalaignar
with 15 conditons, for the Tamil
pen monument in Bay of Bengal Nadu government’s proposal to
construct the Muthamizh Arignar Dr.
Kalaignar pen monument in the Bay
The PWD had proposed that the pen monument of Bengal, off the Marina beach in
would be 30-metre high and spread over 8,551 sq.m Chennai

The 7-meter wide bridge would be 290-meter long over the land and 360-meter
long over the sea.

IIT-Madras and other experts would be consulted for the design of the
monument

Google to invest 10 billion dollars in India's digitisation in GIFT City, Gujarat

fund and Amazon to infuse another 15 billion dollar

Amazon has already invested $11 billion and with an intention to invest another $15
billion bringing the total to $26 billion
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The IT department in Himachal Pradesh has been
renamed as the Digital Technology Department

India achieves milestone of 101 Million

Cubic Meters per Day of gas production

Since India imports about 50 per cent of its natural gas requirement, enhanced gas
production within the country will reduce import dependence.

Amit Shah lays foundation stone

of ‘Balidaan Stambh’ in Srinagar

GoI extends timeline for Loan/Completion move to strengthen ethanol production

of Ethanol Projects till September 30, 2023 in India

The central government provides financial assistance in the This benefit is applicable for a period of
form of interest subvention at a rate of 6% per annum or 50% five years, including a one-year
of the interest charged by banks, whichever is lower. moratorium
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Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries,
Animal Husbandry & Dairying, launched NANDI Portal

NANDI– NOC (No Objection Certificates) Approval for New Drug and Inoculation
System Portal at Krishi Bhavan in New Delhi

to timely process the applications and grant NOC for veterinary drugs and vaccines.

Adani Group founder Gautam to support the Indian cricket team in the 2023 Cricket
Adani launches “Jeetenge Hum” World Cup

Kapil Dev to launch the 2023 World Cup winning campaign.

to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), for

REC to provide ₹3,045 cr
establishment and development of metro lines under phase-II
finance to Bangalore Metro project of Bangalore Metro.
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PM Modi flagged off five new from Rani Kamlapati Railway Station in
Vande Bharat trains of the country Bhopal

With the launch of the new five Vande Bharat Express trains, the total count of the
premium trains has reached 23.

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Launches the new guidelines of Corporate

New CSR Guidelines ‘Sagar Samajik Sahayog’ Social Responsibility (CSR)

The rules would impact Projects and programmes involved in the activities listed in
Section 70 of the Major Port Authorities Act, 2021
 Distribution of the CSR money: Kapil Kathpal

Percentage Share Used for

78% For the social & environmental welfare of the
community
20% To Sainik Kalyan Board at district level, National
Maritime Heritage Complex and National Youth
Development Fund.
2% Dedicated to project monitoring by the ports for
implementation and monitoring of CSR activities.

PM Modi Visits to USA

So far, PM Modi has visited the USA 6 times in his capacity as the PM of India. Also he
is the 3rd leader to visit after Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan in 1949 and Manmohan Singh
in 2005.
Gifts Given by PM Modi to First Lady of USA: Kapil Kathpal

• The prime minister gifted the Bidens with an exquisite sandalwood box, a first edition print
of the book The Ten Principal Upanishads from 1937, and a 7.5 carat lab-grown diamond.

• PM Modi also gifted a 'papier mache' box in which the green diamond is placed. Known as
kar-e-kalamdani, Kashmir's exquisite 'papier mache' involves sakthsazi or meticulous
preparation of paper pulp and naqqashi

Gifts Given to PM Modi by First Lady of USA:

• They presented Modi with a handmade, antique American book galley from the early 20th
Century, according to the White House.

• Joe Biden also gifted Prime Minister Modi a vintage American camera,

• The 7.5-carat weight represents India's 75 years of independence and sustainable

international relations

• The diamond is made using Carbon Vapor Deposition (CVD), a technique that produces
pure diamonds.

• It emits only 0.028 grams of Carbon per carat and is certified by the Gemological lab, IGI.
It bears the hallmarks of excellence through the 4C’s: Cut, Colour, Carat and Clarity
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MoMSME launched CHAMPIONS 2.0 Portal

and the 'Mobile App for Geo-tagging of Cluster Projects and Technology Centers’,
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Estonia becomes 1st Baltic nation The law will come into effect in
to legalize same-sex marriage 2024

IREDA participated in “Intersolar The inauguration of the pavilion was carried out by Chief
Europe 2023″ exhibition in Munich Managing Director(CMD), IREDA, Pradip Kumar Das

which allows Belgian authorities to carry search

India and Belgium Sign Mutual Legal warrants issued by Indian courts and summon a
Assistance Treaty for Investigations person under investigation by an Indian agency.

It will help investigators in getting evidence from fugitives like Neeshal Modi, brother of Punjab National
Bank (PNB) scam mastermind Nirav Modi

FEATURES OF MLAT :
•The Ministry of Home Affairs is the Central Authority of India for dealing with requests for mutual
legal assistance in criminal matters.

•Section 105 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC)

•India has so far signed MLATs with 46 countries

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China & Pakistan sign $4.8 billion deal to in Punjab province
build 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant

They would build a 1,200-megawatt Chashma-V nuclear plant at Chashma in the

Mianwali district of Punjab

• Pakistan’s total nuclear energy production is 1400 MegaWatt (MW).

• They have 6 operational nuclear power plants

• Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP) is the first nuclear power plant in Pakistan

3 MDBs, WHO launch health investment 3 Multilateral Development Banks

platform to strengthen primary healthcare
This aims to strengthen and invest in climate and
crisis-resilient Primary Healthcare Services (PHC) in
low- and low-and-middle-income countries
(MDB) — the African Development
Bank, European Investment Bank and
the Islamic Development Bank have
partnered with the World Health
Organization to launch the new Health
Impact Investment Platform.
 International News
It will provide Euro 1.5 billion to LICs and LMICs in the form of loans and
grants for PHC services, for vulnerable populations and communities

US decision to introduce in-country

renewable of H-1B visas

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ

foreign workers in specialty occupations
 featuring 500 most valuable Ranking & Report
2022 Burgundy Private Hurun India 500
non-state-owned companies
6 month update in India

released by Burgundy Private, Axis Bank’s Private Banking Business and Hurun India

Top 5 of Burgundy Private Hurun India 500-Special Report:

Rank Company Value (INR Cr)

1 Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) 16,37,327

2 Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 11,76,385

3 HDFC Bank 9,41,386

4 ICICI Bank 6,41,930

5 ITC 5,29,682

Top 3 most valuable unlisted companies

Rank Company Value
1 Serum Institute of India Rs 92 lakh Crore
2 National Stock Exchange of India Rs 1.65 lakh crore
3 BYJU’s Rs 69,100 crore
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Top 3 companies in terms of biggest gainers (by percentage)

Rank Company
1 Jindal Stainless (213.3%)

2 Lloyds Metals and Energy (93.1%)

3 Finolex Cables (71.1%)

Top 3 companies in terms of biggest gainers (by Indian Rupees in Crores)

Rank Company

1 HDFC Bank (Rs.1,07,730)

2 ITC (Rs.97,323)

3 Housing Development Finance Corporation (Rs. 59,328)

 Kapil Kathpal
11th THE’s Asia University Rankings 2023 11th edition

Among the 75 Indian Institutes featured on the list

only 18 are featured in the

4 are in the top 100 only 1 in the top 50.
top 200

India is showing a year-on-year increase in participation with 71 universities in the

rankings in 2022 and 63 in 2021

THE Asia University Rankings 2023: Asia’s Top 5

Rank Institution Country/region

1 Tsinghua University China

2 Peking University China

3 National University of Singapore Singapore

4 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong

5 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Singapore

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THE Asia University Rankings 2023: India’s Top 5

Rank Institute Overall Rank

1 Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, Karnataka 48

2 JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka 68

3 Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Bajhol, HP 77

4 Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala 95

5 International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H), Telangana 106

​PM Modi becomes most popular leader

of the world with 75% approval rating
Rank of top 5 Leaders
Rank Leader (Country) Rating
1 Narendra Modi (India) 75%
2 Alain Berset (Switzerland) 60%
3 Andrés Manuel López Obrador (México) 59%
4 Anthony Albanese (Australia) 54%
5 Giorgia Meloni (Italy) 52%
 Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Global Kapil Kathpal
Global Liveability Index 2023 Liveability Index 2023

EIU’s index ranks 173 cities across five categories: stability, healthcare, education,
culture and the environment, and infrastructure.

Ranking of Global Liveability Index 2023

Most liveable Least liveable Rank of Top Indian Cities:

Rank City (Country) Rank City (Country) Rank City
141st New Delhi, Mumbai
1 Vienna(Austria) 173 Damascus(Syria) 144th Chennai
2 Copenhagen(Denmark) 172 Tripoli(Lebanon) 147th Ahmedabad
3 Melbourne(Australia) 171 Algiers(Algeria) 148th Bengaluru
4 Sydney(Australia) 170 Lagos(Nigeria)
5 Vancouver(Canada) 169 Karachi(Pakistan)
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Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2023

released by policy advisory and research firm Startup Genome, Indian ecosystems continue to rise

List of Top 5 in Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2023

Rank Place
City Name New Rank
1 Silicon Valley
Bengaluru 20th
2 New York City and London
Delhi 24th
4 Los Angeles
Mumbai 31st
5 Tel Aviv

Forbes World’s Most Influential CMOs List 2023 11th edition

Tata group’s brand custodian Harish Bhat ranked 10th as the most influential CMOs (Chief
Marketing Officer) for the 2nd consecutive year
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Forbes list of most influential CMOs 2023: Top 5

Rank Name Brand

1 William White Walmart

2 Marcel Marcondes Anheuser-Busch/InBev

3 Conny Braams Unilever

4 Greg Joswiak Apple

5 Dirk-Jan van Hameren Nike

10 Harish Bhat TATA

21 Asmita Dubey L’Oréal

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National Energy Data: Survey and Analysis
2021-22 Report Released by MNRE

produced by the Energy Data Management Unit under the Bureau of Energy Efficiency
(BEE), Ministry of Power in collaboration with NITI Aayog

it is revealed that the energy for the past six The report indicates an 8%
years was actually 18% lower than decrease in energy consumption
previously reported in the year 2021-22

QS World University Rankings 2024 by Quacquarelli Symonds

The 20th edition of the QS World University Rankings features 1,500 institutions
across 104 locations
 Top 5 University: Kapil Kathpal

Rank University

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA

2 University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

3 University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

4 Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

5 Stanford University, Stanford, USA

Top 5 Indian Institutes:

Indian Rank University Global Rank

1 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Mumbai, Maharashtra 149

2 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), New Delhi, Delhi 197
3 Indian Institute of Science(IISc), Bengaluru, Karnataka 225
4 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), Kharagpur, West Bengal 271
5 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh (UP) 278

WHO Award For Indian Film ‘When
Climate Change Turns Violent’
Vandita Sariya directed the film
Awards & Honours
won a special prize in the ‘Health for
All’ category at the 4th Annual Health
for All Film Festival (HAFF) held at
the WHO headquarters in Geneva,
Switzerland.

Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labour

Lalitha Natarajan, Chennai based Lawyer-Activist has been awarded the 2023

IOC honoured WHO DG Tedros Ghebreyesus with at Olympic House in Lausanne,

Olympic Order & WHO with Olympic Cup 2021 Switzerland

in recognition of its exceptional contribution to the success of the Olympic and

Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
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Bal Sahitya Puraskar and Yuva Puraskar Awards 2023

chaired by Madhav Kaushik, President, declared a list of 22 recipients of its Bal Sahitya
Puraskar and 20 winners of its Yuva Puraskar for the year 2023.

Five trailblazers win 1st UNESCO–AI Fozan International

Prize for the Promotion of Young Scientists

five exceptional young scientists from Argentina, Cameroon, China, Egypt and
Serbia during a ceremony at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France.

• Dr Federico ARIEL (Argentina)

• Professor Abdon ATANGANA (Cameroon)
• Professor Qiaomei FU (China)
• Dr Hesham OMRAN (Egypt)
• Dr Jelena VLADIC (Serbia)
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PM Modi conferred Egypt’s highest state honour 'Order of the Nile

by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi during a ceremony at the Presidential palace in Cairo

This is the 13th highest state honor conferred upon Prime Minister Modi

Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks & Carol Littleton to get honorary in Los Angeles
Oscars for Lifetime Achievement at 14th Governors Awards

The Academy will also be awarding Sundance founding director Michelle

Satter with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

President Droupadi Murmu presented Distinguished

Service Awards at Defence Investiture Ceremony-II
The 84 Distinguished Service Awards includes 52 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals (AVSMs), one Bar to AVSM,
three Uttam Yudh Seva Medals (UYSMs) and 29 Param Vishisht Seva Medals (PVSMs
 Kapil Kathpal
Piramal Enterprises to sell entire
8.34% stake in Shriram Finance ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

Piramal Enterprises divested its entire 8.34% stake in non-banking financial

company Shriram Finance for Rs 4,824 crore through an open market transaction

SBI to acquire 20% stake in SBI

Pension Funds from SBICAPS

Currently, SBI has a 60% stake in SBI Pension Funds, with the balance stake
being held by SBICAPS (20%) and SBI Funds Management (20 %).
 Sports News
Asia Cup 2023 to be held in Hybrid 16th edition Asia Cup (Men’s
Model in Pakistan & Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2023)

For the first time since 2008, Pakistan will host a multi-nation cricket competition at home

Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup 2022 held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) by
defeating Pakistan in the finals

India beat Bangladesh to win held at the Mission Round Ground in Hong Kong.
Women’s Emerging Asia Cup 2023

India’s Shreyanka Patil was named the Player of the Series, as she was the highest-wicket taker

Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur with a marathon (7 km) at the Jawaharlal
launched IOA ‘Bharat in Paris’ campaign Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.
 Paris Olympic 2024

• Paris Olympics 2024 is set to begin from 26 July 2024 to 11

August 2024 at Paris in France.

• Mascot: The name of the Paris 2024 mascot is Olympic Phryge,

based on the traditional small Phrygian hats that the mascots
are shaped after.

Jhulan Goswami, Heather Knight and Eoin

Morgan Joins MCC World Cricket Committee
The Indian team won 202 medals
Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 (including 76 Gold, 75 Silver, 51 Bronze)

16th edition Special Olympics World Games Berlin witnessed the participation of 7000 special Olympic
Athletes from around 190 countries competing in 26 sports

2023 Mascot: Named as ‘Unity’, it represents the emotions the athletes feel about the World
Games: joy, togetherness, pride, and excitement
• 2023 Motto: ‘unbeatable together’

• The Indian team, represented by 198 athletes participating across 16 sports events

• The next edition of the Special Olympics ‘Special Olympics Canada Winter Games Calgary 2024’ will be
held in Calgary, Canada.
 Science & Tech
IIT Kanpur successfully conducts Test Cloud seeding is the process of
enhancing the chance of
Flight for Cloud Seeding/Artificial Rain
precipitation by using different
chemical agents like silver iodide,
dry ice, salt, and other elements

Initiated in 2017, IIT-K Cloud Seeding Project is led by Professor Manindra Agarwal
of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

In the experiment, an IIT-K’s Cessna aircraft took flight from the institute’s airstrip,
reaching an altitude of 5000 feet

IUCAA delivered SUIT telescope Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope

to ISRO for the solar mission (SUIT),

a space telescope developed by Pune’s Inter-University Center for Astronomy and

Astrophysics (IUCAA),
 SUIT is set to be one of the seven payloads of ADITYA-L1, India’s first mission to
study the sun

About Aditya L1 mission:

• Aditya L1 will be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 (L1)
of the Sun-Earth system, which is about 1.5 million km from the Earth.

• It is expected to launch at the end of August 2023

Dr Jitendra Singh launches the GEMCOVAC® -OM, GEMCOVAC® -OM is the

an Omicron-specific mRNA-based Booster vaccine fifth vaccine

India’s first mRNA vaccine has been developed using the indigenous platform
technology by Gennova, with funding support from the Department of Biotechnology
(DBT) and Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC).
 Defence News
India gifts missile corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam
Features of INS Kirpan
• It was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 12 January 1991.

• The length of the corvette is 91 meters and the beam is 11 metres.

• It is capable of attaining speeds of over 25 knots.

IAF conducted Exercise “Ranvijay” in which day and night operations were carried out by
focussing integrated operations combat aircraft including Su (Sukhoi)-30s

The exercise was carried out in different air bases of the CAC headquartered in
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh (UP).
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Books & Authors

Book Authors
Droupadi Murmu: From Tribal Kasturi Ray
Hinterlands to Raisina Hills
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Obituaries News
Name Profession
Hardwar Dubey Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh
 APPOINTMENTS

Name Appointed As
Petteri Orpo PM of Finland
Sheikh Mohammed bin Qatar’s Prime Minister
Abdulrahman Al-Thani
Kyriakos Mitsotakis Greek’s Prime Minister
Rajat Verma MD & head of DBS Institutional Banking Group, India
Aarti Holla-Maini Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
AP Hota Federal Bank’s Part Time Chairman
Rohit Jawa MD & CEO of Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
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World Rainforest Day 22nd June Conserve Restore Regenerate

UN Public Service Day 23rd June ----------
International Widows Day 23rd June ---------
World Drug Day 26th June People first: stop stigma and discrimination,
strengthen prevention
Day of the Seafarer 25th June MARPOL at 50 – Our commitment goes on
International Day in Support 26th June -----------
of Victims of Torture
World Refrigeration Day 26th June Next Generation Cooling: The Future is in
our hands
International MSME Day 27th June Future-ready MSMEs for India@100
World Vitiligo Day 25th June Vitiligo: Looking into the Future
National Statistics Day 29th June -------
National Insurance 28th June -------
Awareness Day
International Day of the 29th June --------
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