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1 National News 1
2 International News 16
3 State News 21
4 Schemes 34
5 Banking and Finance 40
6 Business and Economy 53
7 Agreements and MoUs signed 57
8 Summit and Conference 63
9 Science and Technology 65
10 Nature 67
11 Power 70
12 Acquisitions and Mergers 73
13 Appointments 75
14 Ranks and Indices 84
15 Reports 86
16 Awards and Recognitions 87
17 Books and Authors 90
18 Obituary 91
19 Sports News 93
20 Important Days 98
21 Defence 105
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NATIONAL NEWS
Cabinet Approval
☞ The Cabinet Committee chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the continuation of the central sector plan
'Exploration of Coal and Lignite scheme' with an estimated expenditure of Rs 2,980 crore.
☞ They also approved a revival plan for the state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) worth Rs 89,047 crore.
☞ They also had removed the procurement ceiling of 40 per cent on three pulses tur, urad and masur under the price support
scheme (PSS) for the 2023-24 crop year (July-June) to enhance domestic production.
☞ They also hiked the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy by Rs 143 to Rs 2,183 per quintal for the 2023-24 crop year
(July-June) in order to encourage farmers to bring more area under the crop and boost their income.
☞ They also approved metro connectivity from HUDA City Centre to Cyber City in Gurugram with a spur line to Dwarka
Expressway at a cost of Rs 5,452 crore.
☞ The Union Cabinet cleared the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill.
☞ The Cabinet had reportedly cleared amendments to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, to
allow commercial mining of lithium and other critical minerals, including beryllium, titanium, niobium, tantalum and
zirconium.
☞ The Union Cabinet had also approved Rs. 1.3 trillion ($17 billion) worth of investments to drive the next stage of the
government's ambitious Bharatnet project which aims to provide every Indian village with fixed-line broadband
connectivity.
☞ The Cabinet Committee had also approved seven projects of the Ministry of Railways with an estimated cost of around 32
thousand 500 crore rupees, with 100% funding from Central Government.
☞ Cabinet also approved extension of Digital India project with an outlay of Rs 14,903 crores.
☞ The Cabinet Committee also upped the existing subsidy for Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries by Rs 200, taking the overall
subsidy per cylinder to Rs 400.
☞ The Union Cabinet had also approved a scheme for providing viability gap funding (VGF) for developing battery storage of 4
gigawatt (Gw) by 2030-31.
☞ The Government had approved the continuation of the Central Sector Scheme “Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network
Development (BIND)” with an outlay of 2539.61 crore rupees for the period 2021-26 for upgradation of broadcasting
infrastructure and network development of Prasar Bharati (Akashvani and Doordarshan).
☞ The Union Cabinet had also approved the extension of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for release of 75 lakh LPG
connections over three years from Financial Year 2023-24 to 2025-26.
☞ The union cabinet also approved the FDI proposal for foreign investment of up to Rs.9589 crore in M/s Suven
Pharmaceuticals Limited by M/s Berhyanda Limited, Cyprus.
☞ The cabinet also approved the eCourts Project Phase III as a Central Sector Scheme spanning four years (2023 onwards) with
financial outlay of Rs.7210 crores.
Bills
☞ Parliament passed the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which entails provisions for sharing benefits of
biodiversity commerce with locals and also decriminalises biodiversity offences.
☞ Parliament also passed Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill 2023.
☞ Rajya Sabha passed the Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2023.

President of India
☞ The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu graced the flagging off ceremony of an All Women Bike Rally, organized by
Navbharat Times.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that PM MITRA mega textile parks will be set up in Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka,
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
☞ President Droupadi Murmu unveiled a 12 feet high statue of the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi and a 'Gandhi
Vatika' at Gandhi Darshan near Rajghat in New Delhi.
☞ The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu released the ₹100 commemorative coin on Late Shri NT Rama Rao on his
centenary year at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre.
☞ The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu released a postage stamp in memory of Dadi Prakashmani, former chief of
Brahma Kumaris at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre.
☞ President Draupadi Murmu inaugurated the national festival of India's folk and tribal expressions "Utkarsh" and the
international literature festival "Unmesh" in Bhopal.
☞ The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu virtually launched the Ayushman Bhav Campaign from Raj Bhavan,
Gandhinagar.
☞ The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the first 'Global Symposium on Farmers' Rights' (GSFR) at the
ICAR Convention Centre, National Agricultural Science Centre Complex in New Delhi.
Vice President
☞ Honourable Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar flagged off the Har Ghar Tiranga rally from Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
Prime Minister of India
☞ Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the International Museum Expo 2023 at Pragati Maidan.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first-ever National Training Conclave at the International Exhibition and
Convention Centre in Delhi's Pragati Maidan.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed 12 projects costing Rs 1,21,300 crore and relate to 10 states in a meeting of the
42nd edition of Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, or PRAGATI, – a digital platform aimed at bringing e-
transparency.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission in Shahdol district of
Madhya Pradesh.
☞ Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated 17th Indian Cooperative Congress on the theme ‘AmritKaal: Prosperity
through Cooperation for a Vibrant India’ at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
☞ Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi also launched the e-commerce website for Cooperative Marketing and the Cooperative
Extension and Advisory Service portal.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 3rd session of National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) 2023,
Member Secretary National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Kamal Kishore.
☞ Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated 17th Indian Cooperative Congress on the theme ‘AmritKaal: Prosperity
through Cooperation for a Vibrant India’ at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation the International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC)
complex at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
☞ The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam at Bharat Mandapam in Delhi.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Urea Gold in Rajasthan's Sikar.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the e-portal of ‘Bhartiya Vastra evam Shilp Kosh’ a Repository of Textiles and
Crafts developed by the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of 508 railway stations at a cost of Rs
24,470 crore in the country.
☞ Shri Narendra Modi chaired the 18th G20 Summit held in Bharat Mandapam International Exhibition-Convention Centre,
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

Ministry of Defence
☞ Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Integrated Simulator Complex (ISC) ‘Dhruv’ at Southern Naval
Command, Kochi.
☞ The ISC ‘Dhruv’ hosts modern state-of-the-art indigenously-built simulators which will significantly enhance practical training
in the Indian Navy.
☞ The Ministry of Defence had emerged as the leading Ministry among the 56 Ministries/Departments participating in the
Government eMarketplace (GeM), holding the top position in both order value and order quantity.
☞ Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has dedicated to the nation 90 infrastructure projects of Border Roads Organisation
(BRO), worth over Rs 2,900 crore, spread across 11 States/Union Territories at an event in Jammu.
Ministry of Home Affairs
☞ Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of ‘Sahakar Samridhi Soudha’
and inaugurated various development works of Karnataka
☞ The government had issued directives to 9 states and 2 union territories with maritime borders to secure their coastal
frontiers with a new set of guidelines to curb smuggling and anti-national activities.
☞ The Ministry of Home Affairs had notified the creation of a new category of Ayush visa for foreign nationals for treatment
under Ayush systems/Indian systems of medicine.
☞ Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah chaired the 38th meeting of the Committee of
Parliament on Official Language in New Delhi.
Ministry of Cooperation
☞ Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah inaugurated the National Mega Conclave on FPO in the
cooperative sector and released the action plan for formation of 1100 new FPOs by PACS in New Delhi.
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
☞ The Rural Development Ministry had said that about 88 per cent of the wage payment had been made through Aadhaar
Based Payment Bridge System (ABPS) till May this year.
☞ It said that States will organise camps and follow up with beneficiaries to achieve hundred per cent ABPS.
☞ Auto manufacturers will soon had to install air conditioners inside driver cabins of trucks, according to Union Minister Nitin
Gadkari.
☞ Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) drafted a notice proposing motor third-party premiums and liability
rules for the financial year 2023-24 after consulting the insurance regulatory and development authority of India (Irdai).
☞ India's road network grows 59% in 9 years to become second largest in world
☞ Union Minister Nitin Gadkari addressed 'Management Development Program on Infrastructure Financing' organised by IIM
Kozhikode.
☞ The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH), with the technical assistance of Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA), had developed five guidelines aimed at enhancing mountainous road infrastructure in India.
☞ Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) had issued new guidelines for the provision of signages on Expressways
and National Highways.
☞ Government of India is developing eleven Industrial Corridor Projects as part of the National Industrial Corridor
Programme across the country in a phased manner.
☞ During 53rd National Planning Group meeting, held in New Delhi under PM GatiShakti six infrastructure projects cost of Rs.
28,875.16 crore rupees which includes three projects each are related to Railways and Road Transport and Highways.

Ministry of Finance
☞ The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, had released an amount of Rs. 7,532 crores to 22 State Governments
for the respective State Disaster Response Funds (SDRF).
☞ Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the Corporate Debt Market
Development Fund (CDMDF) and initiated the muhurat trading on Limited Purpose Clearing Corporation mechanism called
AMC Repo Clearing Limited (ARCL), in Mumbai.
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
☞ Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated an integrated biological control laboratory (BC-Lab) at
Hyderbad-based National Institute of Plant Health Management (NIPHM).
☞ A National Workshop on “Per Drop More Crop (PDMC)” was organised by Department of Agriculture& Farmers Welfare
(DA&FW), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India discussed various effective measures and
approaches to micro irrigation in the country.
☞ Government taken five decisions for strengthening Primary Agricultural Credit Societies
☞ AITMC Ventures Pvt Ltd (AVPL) had joined hands with National Skill Development Corporation and its subsidiary NSDC
International to promote drone technology in the agriculture sector.
☞ Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare is organizing a national workshop in New Delhi on formation and promotion of
10 thousand Farmers Producers Organisation, FPOs across the country.
☞ The ‘World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan in the Cooperative Sector’ will be rolled out as a Pilot Project to revolutionise
agricultural infrastructure and empower farmers.
☞ With paddy production under cloud due to excess rains in Punjab and Haryana, and deficient showers in east India, the
government in a latenight notification clamped an export duty of 20 per cent on parboiled rice which will be applicable
from October 16.
☞ Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in partnership with FICCI, CII & PHDCCI organised a National Conclave
“Unleashing the Potential of AgriTech Startups for the Benefit of Farmers,”.
Ministry of External Affairs
☞ 75 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) women 'Daredevils' embarked on 1,848 km bike rally from India Gate here in the
national capital to Naxal bastion Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
☞ Ministry of Tribal Affairs Transforms Lives and Empowers Tribes with Landmark Achievements
☞ Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Shri Arjun Munda launched the ‘Awareness Campaign and Training of Trainers’ as a part of
the ‘Mission for Elimination of Sickle Cell Anaemia' in New Delhi.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
☞ NIPCCD under the Ministry of women and child Development organized an online Workshop on ‘Communication &
Counselling Skills’ for Trainers & Functionaries of Women Care Institutions & NGOs at NIPCCD, Delhi.
☞ The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Government of India organized a one-day Regional Symposium
on Child Protection, Safety and Child Welfare at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
☞ The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) organized the fourth one-day Regional Symposium on Child
Protection, Child Safety, and Child Welfare at Darbhanga Hall, Central Coalfields Limited, Ranchi.
☞ The fifth one-day Regional Symposium on Child Protection, Child Safety, and Child Welfare at Srimanta Sankaradeva
Kalakshetra, Guwahati was organised by Ministry of Women and Child Development.

Ministry of Commerce and Industry
☞ The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Startup India initiative launched the first
edition of the ‘National Incubator Capacity Building Program’ to support the growth of incubators across the country.
☞ The commerce and industry ministry organized a two-day regional workshop in Srinagar to promote integrated planning
and implementation of infrastructure projects using PM Gati Shakti national master plan (NMP) platform.
Ministry of Textile
☞ Ministry of Textiles announced the launch of 02 Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for 31 items consisting of 19 Geo Textiles
and 12 Protective Textiles in the Phase-I, following due process of notification of Technical Regulations.
☞ Honarable Union Minister of Textiles, Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution, Shri
Piyush Goyal presided over the sixth interactive meeting with the Textile Advisory Group (TAG), to review the progress of
initiatives for cotton value chain, as part of the Saurashtra Tamil Sangamam which is being conducted under the 'Ek Bharat
Shreshtha Bharat' Initiative in Gujarat in Rajkot.
☞ To provide products from more than 35 Lakh Handloom weavers & 27 Lakh Handicraft artisans directly to the consumers
while eliminating the middlemen, the Ministry of Textiles had developed an E-Commerce portal for handicrafts and
handloom sector and launched by Shri Piyush Goyal.
☞ Union Minister Piyush Goyal chaired 6th Mission Steering Group meeting of National Technical Textiles Mission
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
☞ Government had said that 19 crore 79 lakh ration cards had been digitized under the Public Distribution System reforms in
the country.
☞ Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal had launched the sale of subsidised Chana Dal under
the brand name ‘Bharat Dal’ at the rate of 60 rupees per kilogram for one-kilogram pack and 55 rupees per kilogram for 30
kilogram pack.
☞ The Centre will complete rice fortification (with vitamins) in all the districts of the country by the end of the current fiscal,
after which the cost of the programme will rise to Rs 2,680 crores annually.
Ministry of Education
☞ The University Grants Commission (UGC) had announced a new initiative titled ‘NEP SAARTHI- Student Ambassador for
Academic Reforms in Transforming Higher Education in India’ to involve students in the implementation of the National
Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
☞ Union Minister of Education and Skill Development, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan released the UGC (Institutions Deemed to be
Universities) Regulations, 2023 in the presence of Prof. Jagadesh Kumar, Chairman, UGC and Shri Sanjay Murthy, Secretary
(Higher Education), Ministry of Education.
☞ Union Minister of State for Education Smt. Annapurna Devi inaugurated the multimedia exhibition showcasing best
practices in education, FLN, digital initiatives, research and skill development.
☞ A two-day National Conference on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy also commenced in Pune.
☞ Union Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched the Malaviya
Mission - Teachers Training Programme by the University Grants Commission at Kaushal Bhawan, New Delhi and also
inaugurated the Portal of the Programme and released its information brochure.
☞ The Ministry of Education's Innovation Cell, in conjunction with the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), had
announced the launch of the sixth edition of the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2023.
☞ Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released the revised guidelines for existing higher education institutions to
get the deemed to be status by simplifying the eligibility criteria in order to establish more quality-focused deemed
universities.
☞ The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education in association with EDCIL organised a Study in India (SII)
workshop at AICTE auditorium, New Delhi.

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
☞ The Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev
Chandrasekhar launched the 3rd SemiconIndia futureDESIGN Roadshow at IIT Delhi.
☞ Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar had said NextGen devices & electronics products will be architected, designed and co-designed in
India, through these schemes like Semicon India Future Design Program.
☞ The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), in collaboration with Generation India Foundation (GIF)
and Amazon Web Services India Private Limited (AWS India) is providing ‘cloud’ skills training to 1,500 learners and
connecting them to employment opportunities, under project AMBER.
☞ Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), organized a brainstorming workshop with Sending
Organizations (SOs), empaneled by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to facilitate a comprehensive dialogue
and promote knowledge sharing amongst the stakeholders responsible for mobility of skilled candidates to Japan under
Technical Intern Training Program (TITP) and Specified Skill Workers (SSW) program.
☞ Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar inaugurated the 'Manthan 2023
- North Eastern Region Skill & Entrepreneurship Conclave' in Guwahati.
☞ Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and IT, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar held
bilateral meetings with the ministerial delegations and other senior representatives from Bangladesh, South Korea, France
and Türkiye at the Fourth Meeting of G20 Digital Economy Working Group.
☞ The Special Campaign 2.0 for Disposal of Pending Matters (SCDPM) and Swachhata Drive is going on in full swing in the
Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.
Ministry of Coal
☞ India had adequate coal reserves, Union Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi said the country will start exporting the dry fuel by
2025-26.
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
☞ Shri Narayan Rane, Hon'ble Minister of MSME, announced the launch of FIRST, the Forum for Internet Retailers, Sellers, and
Traders in the presence of over 400 retailers and seller organizations.
☞ Union MoS Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma inaugurated the MSME Technology Centers Conclave 2023 at Jyoti Chitraban Society,
Guwahati.
☞ Union Minister for MSME Shri Narayan Rane launched the MSME Competitive (LEAN) Scheme.
☞ ₹3 lakh 61 thousand crore rupees loan had been given to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSME under Emergency
Credit Line Guarantee Scheme.
☞ Encouraging informal micro enterprises (IMEs) for Udyam registration to access to the benefits of priority sector lending
(PSL), the MSMEs ministry had made the Aadhaar authentication for such enterprises voluntary.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
☞ 23 river systems will be developed for cargo and passenger vessel movement, as the government's focus is on increasing the
movement through river systems, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
☞ Shri Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated infrastructure projects worth Rs 148 crore to augment capacity in Chennai &
Kamarajar Ports
☞ Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) and Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal launched ‘SAGAR
SAMRIDDHI’ the online dredging monitoring system - in order to accelerate ‘Waste to Wealth’ initiative of the Ministry.
☞ The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) and Ayush, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal launched Port Health
Organisation (PHO) module under Sagar Setu - National Logistics Portal (Marine) - in an attempt to enable faster and
simpler ecosystem to promote Ease of Doing Business (EODB).
☞ The Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal chaired the 19th meeting of the Maritime
State Development Council (MSDC) at Kevadia in Gujarat.

Ministry of Ayush
 Ayush Ministry will organize Yoga Mahotsav - 2023 at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi.
 International Ayurvet conclave on the theme 'Veterinary and Ayurveda', was inaugurated at Rishikul campus of Ayurvedic
University at Haridwar.
 Shri Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated two-day National Ayush Mission (NAM) Conclave in New Delhi
 Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal received the first over-dimensional cargo (ODC)
transported via waterways at Numaligarh Refinery jetty.
 This is the first consignment transported by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), the nodal agency of the
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways in charge of inland waterways in the country, for the expansion of Numaligarh
Refinery Limited (NRL) capacity from 3 MMT to 9 MMT.
 Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Rural development signed Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in developing
skilled personnel by imparting training to rural poor youth and women’s for Ayush healthcare system under Deen Dayal
Upadhyaya-Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) for 3 years.
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
☞ Union minister Virendra Kumar had said 52 banks in the country had disbursed Rs 15,700 crore to more than one lakh
'divyangs' (differently-abled persons) so far.
☞ Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, NMBA was launched in 372 most vulnerable districts under which a massive community
outreach is being done through more than 8000 youth volunteers.
☞ Social, Justice and Empowerment Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar had said that more than 9 crore 58 lakh people had so far
become part of Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan.
Ministry of Rural Development
☞ The Centre had notified a hike in wage rates under the rural job guarantee programme for the 2023-24 financial year with
Haryana having the highest daily wage at Rs 357 per day and Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh the lowest at Rs 221.
☞ A three-day conference and exhibition on the steel industry named 'India Steel 2023' was inaugurated by Union Minister of
State for Steel and Rural Development Faggan Singh Kulaste in Mumbai.
☞ Ministry of Rural Development Additional Secretary Shri Charanjit Singh and Director of Department for Promotion of
Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Smt. Supriya Devasthali inaugurated One District One Product Wall at SARAS Aajeevika
Store.
☞ National Media Campaign of the Department of Land Resources (DoLR) was launched by Minister of Rural Development
and Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh in New Delhi.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
☞ Two-Days National Writeshop on Panchayat Development Index Portal for Preparation of Baseline Report and
Computation of Panchayat Development Index was organised at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi by Ministry
of Panchayati Raj.
☞ The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is organizing a two-day National Stakeholder Consultative Workshop at National Institute of
Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR) in Hyderabad to deliberate upon emerging and pressing issues of
Panchayats and the roadmap/way ahead for enabling Panchayats as “Change Makers” or “Agents of Change”.Union
Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel Jyotiraditya M Scindia highlighted the various aspects of the development of the Indian
aviation industry while addressing the CAPA India's Aviation Summit

Ministry of Civil Aviation
☞ Aviation safety regulator DGCA had approved the night landing facility at Kalaburagi Airport in Karnataka.
☞ Union Minister of Steel and Civil Aviation Sh. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia unveiled the new logo of National Mineral
Development Corporation NMDC at New Delhi.
☞ 12 greenfield airports had been operationalised in our country out of 21 Greenfield Airports.
Ministry of Steel
☞ The Ministry of Steel had signed 57 MoUs’ with 27 companies for specialty steel under the Production Linked Incentive
(PLI) Scheme.
☞ Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia and Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur flagged
off the first Indigo Airline Delhi-Dharamshala-Delhi flight in New Delhi.
☞ Union Minister of Steel and Civil Aviation, Sh. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia held a press conference on the theme 9-years of
Government's "Seva, Sushadan and Gareeb kalyan" focusing on the Steel sector, at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, New Delhi.
Ministry of Railways
☞ 238 Vande Bharat Metro trains will be procured under the ambitious Mumbai Urban Transport Project-III (MUTP-III) and
3A (MUTP-3A), which are being held by the Railway ministry and the Maharashtra government to augment the capacity of
the metropolis' suburban train network.
☞ The Consultative Committee of Members of Parliament for the Ministry of Railways resolved to upgrade 1,275 railway
stations under Amrit Bharat Station, decision was taken at a meeting in New Delhi.
☞ With a view to optimize utilization of accommodation in trains, Ministry of Railways had decided to delegate powers to
Zonal Railways to introduce discounted fare scheme in trains with AC sitting accommodation including Anubhuti &
Vistadome Coaches
☞ In India 14 States/ Union territories that are 100% electrified.
☞ Central Railway had inaugurated the New Amravati station third station of Central Railway CR to be a Pink Station to be
fully managed by women staff.
☞ Indian Railways will establish Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJKs) in 50 railway station.
☞ Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw virtually inaugurated the nation India’s
first 3D-printed post office located in Bengaluru’s Cambridge Layout.
Ministry of Communications
☞ The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) under the Ministry of Communications had offered the usage of 5G Test Bed
free of cost to the Start-ups and MSMEs recognised by the Government of India up to January 2024.
☞ The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the National Standards Body of India had announced the launch of ‘Learning Science
via Standards’, a unique initiative for students for learning science via standards.
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
☞ The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the National Standards Body of India had announced the launch of ‘Learning Science
via Standards’, a unique initiative for students for learning science via standards.
☞ The Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev
Chandrasekhar launched the 3rd SemiconIndia futureDESIGN Roadshow at IIT Delhi.
☞ Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) launched the Indian Web Browser Development Challenge
(IWBDC) at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

Ministry of Food Processing Industries
☞ The second edition of 'World Food India-2023’ will be organised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government
of India, from 3-5 November, 2023 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
☞ Over 4,439 crore rupees had been allocated under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana during 2017-18 to 2022-23.
☞ A total of 269 districts in 27 states had started distributing about 105 LMT of fortified rice under Targeted Public
Distribution System (TPDS), achieving a 100% target set for Phase II by March 2023 in Rice Fortification Programme,
informed Shri Sanjeev Chopra, Secretary Department of Food and Public Distribution.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
☞ Minister of State for Jal Shakti Prahlad Singh Patel had said that over 11 crore Toilets and 2.23 lakh Community Sanitary
Complexes had been built across All States and UTs Under Swachh Bharat Mission- Grameen.
☞ Ministry of Jal Shakti had conducted the first-ever census of water bodies across the nation.
☞ The census provides a comprehensive inventory of India's water resources, including natural and man-made water bodies
like ponds and lakes.
☞ The National Water Mission, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal
Shakti organized a work shop- cum- orientation programme for Central Nodal Officers (CNO) and Technical Officers (TO) in
New Delhi.
☞ Ministry of Jal Shakti had conducted the first-ever census of water bodies across the nation.
☞ Jal Shakti Ministry organized orientation program for action-oriented implementation of "Catch the Rain" campaign
☞ The Central Water Commission under Ministry of Jal Shakti organized a one-day national workshop on “Integrated
Management of Sediments in River Basins and Reservoirs for Sustainable Development” at India International Centre in
New Delhi.
Ministry of Power
☞ Country’s power generation capacity from solar had increased 197 percent in the last five years.
☞ The solar capacity of the country had increased from 21,651 mega-watt to 64,380 mega-watt in the last five years.
☞ The study titled "Pathways to Atmanirbhar Bharat" stated India can achieve energy independence by 2047, when it
celebrates 100 years of independence also India's energy infrastructure needs an investment of USD3 trillion in the coming
decades.
☞ Coal India Ltd had breached its annual production target of 700 million tonnes, the first time it had surpassed its goal since
the fiscal year that ended in March 2006.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
☞ The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) will be submitting a proposal to the Ministry of Shipping for
developing the ports of Pipavav (Gujarat) and Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu), to make them ready for handling offshore wind
project cargo.
☞ India needs an investment worth USD 540 billion by 2029 to meet its ambitious targets for electricity generation from
renewable sources, said S&P Global Ratings.
☞ The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India joined the worldwide celebrations of 15th June as Global
Wind Day, through the organization of a day-long event in New Delhi.
☞ Held with an intent to celebrate the success so far and discuss the potential ways forward for accelerating wind energy
adoption in India, the event had the central theme of “Pawan – Urja: Powering the Future of India”.

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
☞ Meri LiFE, Mera Swachh Shehar campaign aims to champion, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (RRR) concept of waste
management
☞ The stage is all set for the 8th edition of world’s largest urban swachhata survey, Swachh Survekshan 2023 – Mera Shehar,
Meri Pehchan.
☞ Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the Field Assessment for Swachh Survekshan (SS) 2023.
☞ To evaluate and accelerate the scale of planning and implementation of the Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0, the Union
housing and urban affairs ministry will organise a review-cum-workshop.
☞ The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs will organise a 2 day national conclave on urban planning at Vigyan Bhawan.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
☞ Dr Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the state-of-the-art National Training Centre for Food Safety and Standards Authority
of India (FSSAI) at Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
☞ Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya announced that 25 lakh food business operators will be trained by FSSAI in the next 3 years to
ensure that food quality standards are met across the country.
☞ He also announced the setting up of 100 Food Streets across the country which meet the quality benchmark for food safety,
hygiene and nutrition.
☞ Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had chaired a webinar for Medical Officers of District
Hospitals, Community Health Centres, and Primary Health Centres, focusing on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases (NAFLD).
☞ Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Prof. S P Singh Baghel addressed the two-day Innovative TB Health
Technologies Workshop of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
☞ The workshop will also provide a sharing platform for TB innovation health technologies which were displayed in the Stop TB
Summit held in Varanasi.
☞ The Union Health Minister, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya presided over the 42nd Foundation Day at the NationalBoard of
Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) and delivered keynote address in the presence of Prof. S.P Singh Bhagel,
Minister of State, Dr. V.K Paul, Member, Health, Niti Aayog.
☞ Promotion and increased use of Hindi help us in communicating with a common national voice despite our wide diversity,
stated Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya during his address at the meeting of Hindi
Salahkar Samiti in Delhi.
☞ The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), in association with the Directorate General of Health
Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, demonstrated its unwavering commitment to
promoting organ and tissue donation during the Angdaan Mahotsav campaign by organizing a National Webinar on Organ
and Tissue Donation.
☞ Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya addressed the 7th Meeting of the Central Institute
Body (CIB) of AIIMS and Chintan Shivir at the National Institute for Health and Family Welfare.
☞ The Union Health ministry's e-health initiative eSanjeevani had clocked over 14.17 crore teleconsultations from April 2021
when it was launched till July 26 this year.
☞ Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had inaugurated second phase of the Annual Nationwide Mass Drug
Administration (MDA) initiative.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
☞ Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers chaired at the stakeholder Workshop on Strategy for
Promotion of Alternative Nutrition to reduce dependence on Chemical Fertilizers for Soil health and Sustainability.

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)
☞ Union Minister for Labour & Employment and Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav launched
Chemotherapy Services in 30 ESIC (Employees' State Insurance Corporation) Hospitals across the country during the 191st
meeting of the ESI Corporation at ESIC Headquarters in New Delhi and also Inaugurated a Control Room with Dashboards
of ESIC.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
☞ Union Minister for Labour and Employment and Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav addressed
the Jan Aushdhi Diwas2023 program organized in Dwarka, Delhi.
☞ More than 9,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras had been opened across the country by the central government to make health
facilities accessible to all people.
☞ V.V. Giri National Labour Institute (VVGNLI), an autonomous body of Ministry of Labour & Employment and Associated
Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) had entered into a strategic alliance by signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU).
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
☞ Sarbananda Sonowal and Parshottam Rupala laid the foundation stone of Modernisation and Upgradation Works of
Cochin Fishing Harbour at Thoppumpady in Kerala at an estimated cost of Rs 169.17 crores.
☞ Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying Minister Parshottam Rupala informed that there is an increase of 83 Million
Metric Tons in Milk production in the last nine years compared to the 121 Million Metric Tons increase in the last 60 years.
☞ Union Minister for fisheries Parshottam Rupala inaugurated the celebrations, at Mahabalipuram near Chennai, by opening
an exhibition on fisheries start-ups and fish cooperatives.
☞ Under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and the Agriculture Working Group (AWG) of G20, Shri Parshottam Rupala,
Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying inaugurated an International Symposium on Sustainable
Livestock Transformation at NDDB, Anand.
☞ Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Parshottam Rupala inaugurated Second Edition of ICAR-
CIBA’s (ICAR-Central Institute of Brackish water Aquaculture) Shrimp Farmers Conclave-2023 at the Navsari Agricultural
University Campus in Gujarat.
Ministry of Tourism
☞ The Centre is setting up a Civil Aviation Research Organisation (CARO) at the Begumpet airport, Hyderabad, Telangana
with an estimated expenditure of Rs 400 crore, Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy.
☞ Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of North Eastern Region, G. Kishan Reddy said the Centre had spent
five lakh crore rupees in last eight and a half years in the north eastern region.
☞ Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), unveiled the G20
Tourism and SDG Dashboard.
☞ MakeMyTrip in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, is showcasing more than 600 destinations within India that are
lesser known.
Ministry of Culture
☞ The first international conference on Shared Buddhist Heritage commenced in New Delhi.
☞ A sum of Rs 340.92 crore was spend on the conservation, preservation, and maintenance of centrally protected sites
during 2022-23 till March 1.
☞ Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and Development of North Eastern Region, Kishan Reddy flagged off the "Ganga
Pushkarala Yatra: Puri - Kasi - Ayodhya" Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train from Secunderabad Railway Station.
☞ MyGov, in collaboration with Ministry of Culture, to launch ‘YUVA PRATIBHA – Painting Talent Hunt’

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
☞ Government of India (GoI) had formulated a Greenfield Airports (GFA) Policy, 2008 which prescribes the procedure and
conditions for development of new Greenfield airports in the country.
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
☞ Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur inaugurated the 11th edition of Jagran Film Festival.
☞ Ministry of Information and Broadcasting organized the First National Workedshop and Consultation on Draft AVGC
(Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming & Comics - Extended Reality) Policies at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi.
Ministry of Mines
☞ Union Minister of Mines, Pralhad Joshi, had unveiled India's first-ever report on Critical Minerals for India.
☞ Ministry of Mines had notified three Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for seven items on August 31, 2023, following the due
process of notification of Technical Regulations.
Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)
☞ Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Minister Narayan Rane celebrated at Udyami Bharat-MSME Day in New Delhi.
☞ The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), organized National SC-ST Hub (NSSH) Conclave at Town Hall,
Gumla, Jharkhand to promote entrepreneurship culture and spread awareness of the NSSH Scheme and other Schemes.
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Science and Technology and Minister of State
for Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy and
Department of Space.
☞ Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions,
Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated bankers’ awareness workshop at Srinagar.
☞ Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated Asia’s largest 4-metre International Liquid Mirror Telescope at Devasthal in
Uttarakhand.
☞ Dr Jitendra Singh said that StartUps in India grew 300 times in the last 9 years.
Ministry of Law and Justice
☞ Union Minister of Law Kiren Rijiju released the first edition of Dogri version of the Constitution of India at the University of
Jammu.
☞ Union Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal launched Tele-Law- 2.0 that Integrates Tele-Law and Nyaya Bandhu
App to ensure access to Justice in New Delhi.
Other National News
☞ India's first commercial passenger flight (AirAsia) using Sustainable Aviation Fuel successfully flies from Pune to Delhi
☞ Ghaziabad-Aligarh Expressway created history, 100 Km road built in 100 hrs
☞ Ministry of Education and World Bank organised a one of its kind workshop on School-to-Work Transition under the STARS
Program in Mumbai.
☞ India's first luxury train Deccan Queen Express completes 93 years of service
☞ With reports on wage payments to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
workers failing due to frequent changes in the bank account numbers of the beneficiaries, the Union government had urged
State governments to ensure that the Aadhaar-based payment system (ABPS) is enabled.

☞ The government had set up 733 One Stop Centres across the country so far and also sanctioned budget for 300 more such
centers for women security
☞ National Archives of India is celebrating International Archives Day on 9 June 2023 and on this occasion, an exhibition under
the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) entitled Hamari Bhadha, Hamari Virasat will be organised.
☞ India will host the 71st Miss World 2023 beauty competition after 27 years
☞ Amazon signed pact with ICAR to empower farmers enrolled under Kisan store
☞ NTPC Kanti had launched the Girl Empowerment Mission (GEM)-2023, a four-week residential workshop program for 40
underprivileged rural girls from Kanti block as part of its CSR initiative.
☞ The turnover of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) products had crossed Rs. 1.34 lakh crore.
☞ Government e-Marketplace (GeM), India's premier online procurement platform, is organizing Buyer-Seller Workshops in
all the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh from June 12 till 31st August, 2023. These workshops aim to enhance the understanding
of GeM's functionalities among buyers and sellers in the state, as well as provide a platform to address any queries or
concerns they may have.
☞ The Cabinet is likely to approve a Rs 25,000 crore scheme for semiconductor manufacturing in the country.
☞ The government is expected to net an all-time high equity dividend of Rs 63,056 crore from 67 listed public-sector
undertakings (PSUs) for FY23, based on the final dividend proposed so far by these companies for last fiscal year. The
amount is 24.7 per cent higher than the dividend of Rs 50,583 crore the government netted for FY22 from listed PSUs.
☞ The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate change had released the “National Working Plan Code-2023” for scientific
management of forests and evolving new approaches.
☞ The Institute of Heart Lungs Diseases & Research Centre (IHLD) will soon open in the country’s national capital, New Delhi.
☞ A two-day National Workshop for “Finalization of Revised & Updated Manual on Water Supply and Treatment”, was
successfully organized by CPHEEO with the assistance of GIZ at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
☞ The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) license will be mandatory for 24 footwear products from the 1st of July, 2023.
☞ The Director General of the BIS, Pramod Kumar Tiwari highlighted the importance of the Quality Control Orders issued
recently by the government for footwear and other products.
☞ The Centre will roll out the first batch of sleeper variants of Vande Bharat in March 2024 and the plans to introduce these
new trains are on track, railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
☞ Government decided to link the Child Helpline with ERSS-112 under One Nation-One Helpline vision
☞ North India's first Skin Bank inaugurated at New Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital
☞ Union Cabinet had paved the way for setting up Micron’s $2.7 billion semiconductor test and packaging unit in Gujarat,
sources had confirmed
☞ Google to invest 10 billion dollars in India's digitisation fund; Amazon to infuse another 15 billion dollar
☞ Centre approved Rs 56,415 crore to 16 states for capital investment under 'Special Assistance to States for Capital
Investment 2023-24' Scheme for giving timely boost to capital spending by States.
☞ The country’s MSME sector contributes 30 percent to the GDP and nearly 50 percent to exports.
☞ Prime Minister visited Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and for the first time flagged off five Vande Bharat trains connecting
important cities in different parts of the country. These trains will improve connectivity in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka,
Maharashtra, Goa, Bihar and Jharkhand.
☞ Indian government earmarks Rs 1,43,332 crore worth incentives to 12 states for power sector reforms
☞ ICA to hold international cooperative conference in India in June 2024
☞ The first Urban Climate Film Festival under U20 engagement events is being organised by the National Institute of Urban
Affairs.
☞ The government had decided to provide financial assistance to the States and Union Territories in Border areas to set up
Protection and Rehabilitation Homes for the victims of trafficking particularly for the minor girls and young women.
☞ The government had said that over one lakh 60 thousand Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres had been
operationalised across the country.
☞ National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), which had been aggressively monetizing its road assets, had come out with
300-km road stretch to be auctioned under the Tolling, Operation, Maintenance and Transfer (TOT) Model.

☞ India is set to begin manufacturing of assemblies of C295 military aircraft ahead of the first aerial platform flying into Delhi
mid-September to steamroll the country’s indigenous private aerospace manufacturing ecosystem.
☞ India’s exports of foodgrains had registered a steady growth in last few years which is reflected in the increase in India’s
share in world foodgrain exports from 3.38% in 2010 to 7.79% in 2022 as per UN COMTRADE statistics.
☞ The government had approved the modernisation of the Semiconductor Laboratory as a brownfield chip manufacuring
unit.
☞ In a significant move, the Centre had implemented a key provision of the Competition (amendment) Act 2023 that vests
power of appointment of Director General (Investigation) in the Competition Commission of India (CCI).
☞ India is set to issue two commemorative coins to mark its G20 presidency. The coins will be of the denominations of Rs 100
and Rs 75.
☞ Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released draft Telecommunication Consumers Education and Protection
Fund (Sixth Amendment) Regulation, 2023 for stakeholders’ comments.
☞ The Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Industry Coalition (RECEIC) launched at the side event during the 4th
Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group and Environment and Climate Ministers meeting in Chennai, Tamil
Nadu.
☞ The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), the apex think tank for the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of
India, commenced the "Two Day Familiarisation Programme for Independent Directors" underscoring its commitment to
advancing corporate governance excellence in India, aligning with the government's vision.
☞ To promote digital health and improve healthcare accessibility for all citizens, the National Health Authority (NHA) had
introduced the 100 Microsites Project as part of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
☞ The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) imposed a financial penalty of Rs 30 lakh on IndiGo airline for four tail
strike incidents within a span of six months this year.
☞ The 50th meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) was held under the
chairmanship of DG, NMCG, Shri G. Asok Kumar where Seven projects worth around Rs. 692 crores were approved.
☞ The government had received over Rs 3,400 crore as dividend tranches from NIIF and ECGC.
☞ On the basis of the information provided by the Central Pension Accounting Office (for Civil Pensioners), Office of
Controller General of Defence Accounts (for Defence Pensioners), Department of Telecommunications (for Telecom
Pensioners), Railway Board (for Railway Pensioners), and Department of Posts (for Postal Pensioners).
☞ Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology was conceptualised with the
mission to spread awareness about cyber-crime and build capacities of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and
frontline IT officials, across all government departments, for ensuring adequate safety measures to combat the growing
menace – Organisations need to defend their digital infrastructures and become future-ready in tackling cyber-attacks.
☞ Along with the entire country, After Gujarat, Tripura had launched the celebration of "Meri Mati, Mera Desh" campaign
upon the theme of 'Mitti Ko Naman, Veero Ka Bandan'.
☞ India’s import on four critical minerals - lithium (apart from lithium ion), cobalt, nickel and copper – was around ₹34,800
crores in FY23, and reliance across these minerals is anywhere between 93 per cent and 100 per cent.
☞ India observes 77th Independence Day, marking 76 years of freedom. The main theme for this year is “Nation First, Always
First,” as part of the larger “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” Celebration.
☞ NHAI had set up a Design Division that will formulate policy and guidelines for planning, designing, construction and
maintenance of bridges, structures, tunnels and RE walls on National Highways across the country for effective review of
design and construction of bridges, specialized structures and tunnels.
☞ The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with the World Bank collaborated with the Government of India as
its knowledge partner on DPI in the Digital Economy Working Group.
☞ The Central Government extended the deadline for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
(MGNREGA) wage payments via the Aadhaar-based payment system (ABPS) to December 31, 2023.
☞ The world's tallest Nataraja statue had been installed at Bharat Mandapam, the venue of the G20 summit in Delhi.
☞ RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das addressed the 4th edition of the Global FinTech Festival in Mumbai. Theme - ‘Global
Collaboration for a Responsible Financial Ecosystem - Inclusive | Resilient | Sustainable’.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS
☞ Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr. L. Murugan will lead an Indian Delegation to Cannes
International Film Festival this year.
☞ Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya addressed the G7 Ministerial meeting on Health
Innovation in Nagasaki, Japan.
☞ The first Ministerial meeting of India- European Union Trade and Technology Council (TTC) took place in Brussels, Belgium.
☞ Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande is on a three-day visit to Egypt to enhance bilateral Defence Cooperation and
strengthen ties in areas of mutual interest of both countries.
☞ Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras had signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Israel to build an ‘India-Israel Center of
Water Technology’ (CoWT) in Water Resources Management and Water Technologies.
☞ The first group of 10 start-up companies under the 50 start-ups exchange programme between India and Bangladesh
returned to Dhaka after completing a successful five-day visit to India.
☞ The two High Impact Community Development Projects, namely, the construction of Malagiri Shanti Yogashram,
Ramechhap District and Kedar Jyotipunja Multiple Campus, Doti District of Nepal shall be implemented through
Ramechhap Municipality and Badikedar Rural Municipality, respectively at a total cost of approx NRs 80.33 million.
☞ The seventh Nepal Chamber Expo 2023 kick-started in local Bhrikutimandap in Kathmandu.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida held talks focusing on boosting bilateral
cooperation in areas of green hydrogen, high technology, semiconductors and digital public infrastructure.
☞ Japan assumed the G7 Presidency in 2023. 49th G7 Summit held at Hiroshima, Japan.
☞ Ausaf Sayeed, secretary (CPV & OIA), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) co-chaired the 6th Foreign Office Consultations
(FOC) with Bahrain and both sides noted the growth of bilateral trade and economic collaboration with bilateral trade
reaching close to USD 2 billion in FY 2022-23, according to the statement released by MEA.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepal's counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' jointly unveiled the e-plaque of
the Kurtha-Bijalpura section of the Railway.
☞ Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, V Muraleedharan, during his Malaysia visit, jointly inaugurated the first-ever PIO
Malaysia Event organised by GOPIO Malaysia together with the Minister of Human Resources of Malaysia.
☞ Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan, who kickstarted his Maldives, inaugurated an eco-tourism
zone in Addu City.
☞ Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off the maiden International
Cruise Vessel - MV Empress, India's first international cruise vessel - from Chennai to Sri Lanka in Chennai.
☞ External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar inaugurated the Namibia University's fully equipped IT center, known as The India
Namibia Centre of Excellence in Information Technology (INCEIT) built with Indian assistance.
☞ Indian Ambassador to Argentina, Dinesh Bhatia, Chief of Argentine Air Force, Brigadier General Xavier Isaac discussed
cooperation in Tejas Combat Aircrafts and a variety of helicopter options manufactured by the Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited (HAL).
☞ The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) elected five countries as the non permanent members of United Nations
Security Council (UNSC) for two-year terms starting on January 1, 2024.
☞ The High Commission of India in Sri Lanka organized the India Sri Lanka Defence seminar cum exhibition at the Taj Samudra
Hotel in Colombo.
☞ The United Arab Emirates (UAE), had emerged as the fourth largest investor in India during 2022-23 compared to the
seventh in 2021-22. Singapore was the largest investor in India with USD 17.2 billion investment in FY23, followed by
Mauritius (USD 6.1 billion) and the USA (USD 6 billion).
☞ India and the UAE set a target to increase the non-oil trade from USD 48 billion to USD 100 billion by 2030.

☞ China had recently completed the construction of the most powerful wind tunnel in the world, located in the mountainous
Huairou district of northern Beijing.
☞ The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)had taken a ''momentous'' decision to initiate joint
civil works on five development projects along the 4,096 kms of shared boundary which will help the local population on
both sides.
☞ Union Minister of Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan flagged off Gabon’s first Agri- SEZ project in New
Delhi.
☞ Shoolini University, India's top-ranked private university, had teamed up with the prestigious University of Melbourne,
offering unparalleled opportunities for international education to Indian students.
☞ In a bid to accelerate the pace of economic development between India and Guyana, an India/Guyana Chamber of
Commerce (IGCC) had been launched in Guyana.
☞ India and Africa can go beyond doubling the bilateral trade to $200 billion by 2030, considering that both regions together
had 3 billion population with very favourable demographics, Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal.
☞ Collaboration in space, mining and sports are among 15 new areas mutually identified by India and Australia for
negotiations under the comprehensive free trade agreement.
☞ Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra led the Indian delegation at the Annecy International Animation
Festival in France to showcase India's prowess in creating animation and VFX (visual effects) content for global audiences.
☞ The UN General Assembly had adopted a draft resolution introduced by India to establish a memorial wall in the UN
Headquarters to honour fallen peacekeepers.
☞ Indian Navy's state-of-the-art submarine, INS 'Vagir', is all set to embark on an operational visit to Colombo.
☞ Kerala’s start-ups will generate 20,000 jobs during the current financial year, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, while
participating in the opening of the first-ever ‘Infinity Centre’ in Dubai.
☞ NITI Aayog and the United Nations in India signed the Government of India-United Nations Sustainable Development
Cooperation Framework 2023-2027 in New Delhi.
☞ The Asia pacific Plant Protection Commission unanimously elected India as chair of the Standing Committee on Integrated
Pest Management (IPM) for the biennium 2023-24 during the 32nd Session of the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection
Commission (APPPC) held in Bangkok during November 2022.
☞ Intel and the German government signed a deal that would see the U.S. company investing more than 30 billion euros
($32.8 billion) in a chip manufacturing site in the German city of Magdeburg, with financial support from Berlin.
☞ The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods
Mission (DAY-NULM) entered into a collaborative partnership aimed at empowering women to make well-informed career
choices in the field of entrepreneurship.
☞ After having inked a deal for the BrahMos missile systems, India had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to
further financial technology (fintech) cooperation with the Philippines.
☞ India and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) had signed an agreement to enhance cooperation and
identify areas of mutual interest, on the sidelines of the two key events of the influential bloc being hosted in Goa.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington DC.
☞ The United States and India announced plans to create a payment security mechanism that will facilitate the deployment of
10,000 Made-in-India electric buses in India.
☞ India and the US had signed a pact to jointly produce engines for next generation combat fighter jet aircraft.
☞ India and UAE signed Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) for authorised economic operators (AEOs) of both
countries.
☞ Addressing the US-India Strategic partnership forum (USISPF) in Washington, DC, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that
in the last two years, American companies had invested around USD 16 billion in India.
☞ Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Good and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal
had highlighted the resolution of six outstanding World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes between US and India through
mutually agreed solutions as jointly communicated by the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi and President of the
United States of America, H.E. Mr. Joseph Biden during the official state visit of the Prime Minister to the USA.
☞ India and Belgium had signed Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) in criminal matters which obligates both the
countries to execute each other’s search warrants and summons against fugitives wanted by individual investigating
agencies.

☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived for a two-day state visit during which he will hold talks with the Egyptian leadership,
including President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, as the two nations seek to enhance their strategic partnership.
☞ India inaugurated an exquisitely designed ‘New Delhi Hall’ at Beijing.
☞ The second edition of the Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC) meeting between India and Tanzania was held in
Arusha, Tanzania.
☞ India and Philippines decided to expand their defence partnership through upgraded official level interaction among
defence agencies, opening of the resident Defense Attaché office in Manila, and consideration of India’s offer for
concessional Line of Credit to buy defence equipment.
☞ India and Vietnam had discussed measures for cooperation in the areas of law and justice.
☞ Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma flagged off the first methanol consignment to Bangladesh from Assam
Petrochemicals Plant at Namrup.
☞ The UAE-India Economic Summit, themed “Fostering Synergies – Uniting the Falcon and Tiger Economies,” took place, at
the ADGM Auditorium in Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi.
☞ An India-UK electric propulsion technical workshop was held in New Delhi to foster collaboration, exchange knowledge,
and explore the exciting possibilities in the field of electric propulsion, the Ministry of Defence.
☞ SBI Capital Markets Limited (SBICAPS), a wholly-owned subsidiary and investment banking arm of State Bank of India (SBI)
announced the opening of its first overseas branch office in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an international financial
centre and free zone located on Al Maryah Island in UAE's capital, Abu Dhabi.
☞ The Budhanilkantha Dharamshala (Atithi Griha) built with Government of India’s grant assistance of around Rs. 5 crores was
inaugurated by the Vice President of Nepal, Rt. Hon’ble Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav at Budhanilkantha Municipality in
Kathmandu Valley.
☞ The 67th convention of the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) had kick-started in the vibrant capital city of Colombo.
☞ The Election Commission of India and Electoral Tribunal (ET) of Panama signed a Memorandum of Understanding in
Panama City to establish the institutional framework for their ongoing cooperation in the field of election management and
administration.
☞ Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal, will
start his three-day visit to the United Kingdom with a focus on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
☞ India and Malaysia reviewed the diverse pillars of the extensive bilateral defence engagement.
☞ Larsen and Toubro's Kattupalli Shipyard near Chennai had qualified for the Master Shipyard Repair Agreement (MSRA) and
the Indian conglomerate had signed an agreement with US Navy for repairing of vessels.
☞ India and Bangladesh had started bilateral trade in rupees.
☞ The 34th edition of the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) implemented over 8 days (from 3 to 10 July 2023) in Al Ain
City.
☞ All 178 countries, including associate members, of the International Maritime Organization had committed to ensure that
international shipping operations achieve net zero emissions “by or around” 2050.
☞ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the regional office of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Kuala Lumpur to
facilitate close defence industrial collaboration between India and Malaysia.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with French President Emmanuel Macron witnessed the Bastille Day Parade in Paris.
Mr. Modi attended the parade as the Guest of Honour.
☞ India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) issued a joint vision statement in 2022 outlining their shared goals and
strengthening their bilateral relationship.
☞ India and France had announced a slew of defence agreements, including “ground-breaking” cooperation in advanced
aeronautical technologies on the joint development of a combat aircraft engine, but abstained from announcing in the joint
statement issued after bilateral talks between Prime Minister Nadrendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron
about the acquisition of 26 maritime Rafale for Indian Navy.
☞ India gifted 84 vehicles to various organisations working in health and education sectors across Nepal, the Indian Embassy in
Nepal.
☞ Minister for Education, Skills Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, and
Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Finance, Mr. Lawrence Wong felicitated the winners of 3rd Edition of
Singapore - India Hackathon in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

☞ Ms. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance, Indonesia, and the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt.
Nirmala Sitharaman, launched the “India – Indonesia Economic and Financial Dialogue”.
☞ Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Foreign Ministers first ever
meeting started in Bangkok, Thailand.
☞ ASEAN Foreign Ministers and Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr Kao Kim Hourn witnessed the signing of the Instrument of
Accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, signed by the
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the sidelines of the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
and Related Meetings in Jakarta.
☞ The Tata Group, which owns Jaguar-Land Rover (JLR), plans to invest 4 bn pounds (around $5.2 bn) in an electric car battery
factory to produce 40 GWh cells annually in the UK.
☞ The third meeting of the Working Group on Military Cooperation of the Indian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on
Military and Military-Technical Cooperation concluded at Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi.
☞ India and Sri Lanka had agreed to improve economic ties by increasing cooperation in renewable energy and studying the
feasibility of building an oil pipeline and a land bridge between the two countries.
☞ After a successful journey in the automotive industry, India and Japan signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) on
semiconductor supply-chain partnership for government-to-government and industry-to-industry collaboration.
☞ India and Sri Lanka had agreed to establish high-capacity power grid interconnection between the two nations to enable
bidirectional electricity trade between the island nation and other regional nations.
☞ India will hand over its in-service missile corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam in reflection of growing strategic partnership
between the two sides.
☞ India and Sri Lanka had agreed to improve economic ties by increasing cooperation in renewable energy and studying the
feasibility of building an oil pipeline and a land bridge between the two countries.
☞ After a successful journey in the automotive industry, India and Japan signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) on
semiconductor supply-chain partnership for government-to-government and industry-to-industry collaboration.
☞ India and Bangladesh signed a contract for installation of computer based interlocking signalling system for Dhaka-Tongi-
Joydebpur rail line at Rail Bhaban, Dhaka.
Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh held a high-level delegation with Governor of Santa Fe province of Argentina,
Omar Angel Perotti.
☞ India and United Kingdom had concluded the eleventh round of talks for the UK- India Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
☞ Power Finance Corporation had announced joining “Asia Transition Finance Study Group” (ATFSG) during the Bilateral
Ministerial Meeting between Hon’ble Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy Mr. R. K. Singh and His Excellency
Mr. Yasutoshi Nishimura, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Government of Japan on the side lines of G20 summit at
Goa. Mr B.S. Bhalla, Secretary(MNRE), Mr. Ajay Tewari, Additional Secretary (Power), Mrs. Parminder Chopra, CMD (Addl.
Charge), PFC and Senior Officials from both countries were present.
☞ India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) technology will now be accepted in neighbouring Sri Lanka. So far, France, UAE,
and Singapore had partnered with India on emerging fintech and payment solutions.
☞ The 8th India-Australia Defence Policy Talks (DPT) was held at Canberra in Australia.
☞ The 15th India-Japan Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue was held in New Delhi.
☞ Deepika Deshwal, who had entered the Guinness Book of World Records for being the youngest Indian to deliver a speech
at the UN for the third time.
☞ Pune-based Bajaj Auto will set up its first overseas manufacturing factory in Brazil through its wholly-owned arm, Bajaj Do
Brasil.
☞ India and Bhutan had reviewed the entire spectrum of bilateral cooperation and discussed ways to further strengthen it
across diverse sectors.
☞ India and Singapore are accelerating their plans to establish a power grid through an underwater cable passing via the
Andaman & Nicobar region.
☞ Shobha Karandlaje, Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, and Vladimir Bolea, Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries of Moldova, met at Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi in a significant move aimed at
enhancing bilateral ties.

☞ External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, highlighted four key pillars of cooperation between India and Latin America and the
Caribbean (LAC region) and said that the two economies can target USD 100 billion in trade by 2027.
☞ India had handed over ₹45 crores in advance to Sri Lanka to fund its unique digital identity project, the most crucial step in
the island nation's digitalisation programme being implemented through the Indian grant assistance.
☞ India and Lesotho held the 5th round of Joint Bilateral Commission for Cooperation in Maseru, Lesotho.
☞ India and Peru had agreed to recommence negotiations for a proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) aimed at boosting
trade and investment between the two countries.
☞ In Nepal, the construction work of the Indian Buddhist Culture and Heritage Centre had begun in Lumbini after Bhumi Pujan
ceremony with special recitation by Buddhist monks.
☞ Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Textiles, Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution, Shri Piyush Goyal
participated in the “7th BRICS Industry Ministers’ meeting” hosted virtually with South Africa as the Chair.
☞ In a first, India, Nepal and Bangladesh are working on a tripartite power trade deal under which Nepal will supply up to 500
megawatts (MW) of hydropower to Bangladesh using India’s transmission line, a move that can further boost cross-border
electricity trading in South Asia.
☞ UN Women, a United Nations body working for gender equality and empowerment of women, had joined hands with Kerala
Tourism to promote the Women-Friendly Tourism initiative launched by the State government.
☞ India and Uzbekistan conducted their 16th India-Uzbekistan Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) in Tashkent.
☞ India will be providing support worth $700,000 from the India-UN Development Partnership Fund to the project in Tuvalu
to store and provide clean water in school.
☞ India and Vietnam, held the fifth meeting of Joint Trade Sub-Commission (JTSC) in New Delhi, where the two countries
discussed the challenges in logistics that affect their bilateral trade.
☞ India had extended support amounting to USD 246,852.71 for project aimed at bolstering early flood warning services to
communities in Suriname.
☞ At Virtual event the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Academy joined the Interpol Global Academy Network.
☞ The first India-Angloa Inaugural Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) was held in Luanda, Angola.
☞ An interactive meeting organized between India & Taiwan for an in-bound Taiwan Trade Mission at Taipei World Trade
Center Liaison Office in Mumbai.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi on four-day visit to South Africa and Greece.
☞ India and the ASEAN countries reached an agreement to review their free trade pact for goods and set a 2025 goalpost for
concluding the review aimed at addressing the “asymmetry” in bilateral trade.
☞ United Arab Emirates remained the top country to which exports are made through Cochin Port. Coir/Coir products and
Food Products continued to be the major exports through the port.
☞ The 14th Joint Group of Customs (JGC) meeting between India and Bangladesh was held in New Delhi.
☞ India participates in 20th ASEAN-INDIA economic minister's meeting held in Semarang, Indonesia.
☞ Bilateral trade between India and Kuwait had touched an all time-high of USD 12.5 billion, Indian ambassador to Kuwait
Adarsh Swaika.
☞ Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Argentina, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, and will join Brazil, Russia, China, India and
South Africa as the New Members of BRICS from January 01, 2024.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted Bidri work pair of 'Surahi' from Telangana to South African President Cyril
Ramaphosa.
☞ India and Greece had agreed to double the bilateral trade by 2030.
☞ The Embassy of India in Bahrain hosted an open house session, under the guidance of Ambassador Designate Vinod Kurian
Jacob.
☞ India had handed over the B20 presidency to Brazil to host G20 in 2024.
☞ The 3rd High Level Dialogue (HLD) was co-chaired by the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food
& Public Distribution and Textiles Shri Piyush Goyal and the European Commission Executive Vice-President for an Economy
that Works for People& Trade Commissioner Mr. Valdis Dombrovskis.
☞ Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh Pranay Verma and Bangladesh Minister of State for Information and
Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak jointly laid the foundation stone of the Knowledge Park at Chattogram.
☞ Sri Lanka hosted its very first Karnataka cultural festival.

☞ Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Defence, Aden Bare Duale, arrived in New Delhi embarking on a three-day visit to India.
☞ Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Textile and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution of India and
Hon Damien O’Connor, Minister for Trade and Export Growth of New Zealand, had a bilateral meeting at New Delhi.
☞ Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia one of the state in USA had formally designated October as "Hindu Heritage Month" to
recognize and appreciate the valuable contributions made by the vibrant Hindu-American community residing in the state.
☞ The three day long 2nd edition of Kathmandu-Kalinga Literary Festival concluded at Lalitpur, Nepal.
☞ The International Monetary Fund and World Bank, announced their intention to intensify their institutions’ collaboration in
the field of climate change, debt, and digital transition.
☞ Indian Coast Guard participated in the 19th Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies Meeting (HACGAM) at Istanbul, Türkiye.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the India-Middle East-Europe mega economic corridor. The project includes India,
the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the European Union, France, Italy, Germany and the USA.
☞ Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi along with the leaders of Singapore, Bangladesh, Italy, USA, Brazil, Argentina, Mauritius
and UAE, launched the Global Biofuel Alliance, on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in New Delhi.
☞ India and Saudi Arabia had begun discussions on settling their trade in local currencies.
☞ The 12th Round of Ministerial India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue was held in New Delhi.
☞ The Consulate General of India in Dubai welcomed a delegation of 15 Indian startups in a bid to foster collaboration and
innovation between Indian and UAE entrepreneurial ventures.
☞ India and Japan discussed important areas of bilateral cyber cooperation, and reviewed the progress achieved in the areas
of cyber security and Information and Communication Technologies including 5G technology.
☞ India had become the 13th country in the world that can issue Internationally Accepted OIML (International Organisation of
Legal Metrology) Certificates.
☞ Secretary (East) Saurabh Kumar (Ministry of External Affairs) concluded his three-day visit to Mongolia. During the visit,
both sides discussed further strengthening of India-Mongolia Strategic Partnership and maintaining high-level
engagements.
STATE NEWS
Andhra Pradesh
Visakhapatnam (Capital) - Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (CM) - S. Abdul Nazeer (Governor) – Telugu (Language)
☞ The Central government had agreed to sanction Rs 12,911 crore to Andhra Pradesh for completing the first phase of
Polavaram Project.
☞ Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy inaugurated the ₹100 crore edible oil refinery, Godrej Agrovet, at
Chintalapudi, Eluru district.
☞ The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated Sai Hira Global Convention Centre in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh via
video conferencing.
☞ Commemorating former chief minister of combined Andhra Pradesh Y S Rajasekhar Reddy's birth anniversary as 'Rythu
Dinothsavam' (farmer's day), Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, and his son, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy disbursed Rs 1,117 crore
to more than 10 lakh farmers in the state as crop insurance compensation for 2022 Kharif season.
☞ Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone for 3 NH Projects at Tirupati,
Andhra Pradesh.
☞ Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of 108 feet tall statue of Lord Shri Ram in Kurnool, Andhra
Pradesh through video conferencing.

☞ The government had identified 113 projects for implementation in Andhra Pradesh under the Sagarmala Programme at an
estimated cost of around Rs 1.2 trillion.
☞ Andhra Pradesh had witnessed a notable increase in the number of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in the last four years and the
total number of SHGs went up to 11.16 lakh from 8.71 lakh in 2019.
☞ Union Minister for Education and skill development Dharmendra Pradhan laid the foundation stone for the Central Tribal
University at Saluru, Parvatipuram Manyam district of Andhra Pradesh.
☞ Union Minister for Ports, Shipping & Waterways for & AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated four projects worth Rs.
333.56 crores at the Visakhapatnam port, Andhra Pradesh.
☞ Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy honoured more than 2.3 lakh ward and village volunteers and
presented them with cash awards to the tune of Rs 243 crore for their services in taking a plethora of the state
government’s schemes to the masses.
☞ Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy inaugurated five new government medical colleges. He inaugurated the
Government Medical College in Vizianagaram, and virtually inaugurated medical colleges at Rajamahendravaram, Eluru,
Machilipatnam and Nandyal.
Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar (Capital) – Pema Khandu (CM) – Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik (Governor) – English (Language)
☞ Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister launched an app called 'Arunpol App' of Arunachal Pradesh Police and flagged-off an APP
awareness generation vehicle from the Civil Secretariat, Itanagar.
☞ Chief Minister Pema Khandu also launched another app called E-Vigilance app for the state government employees.
☞ The Wihu Kuh Festival, meaning "paddy transplantation festival," not only signifies the beginning of the agricultural season
but also serves as a cultural extravaganza for the Tangsa Tribe, Arunachal Pradesh.
☞ Arunachal Pradesh Tourism Secretary Swapnil Naik launched the Yuva Tourism Club in a function organized by the Ministry
of Tourism and Arunachal Pradesh State Tourism Dept at State Food Craft Institute in Itanagar.
☞ Chachin grazing festival was celebrated with great fervour by the local graziers of Tawang region near Bumla Pass,
Arunachal Pradesh from July 14-15.
☞ Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu set off the registration process for the forthcoming sporting event Tawang
Marathon by launching the event website, mascot and T-shirt.
☞ The Bugun (Khowa) tribe celebrated its central Pham-Kho Sowai festival with great enthusiasm and grandeur here in West
Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh.
Assam
Dispur (Capital) – Himanta Biswa Sarma (CM) – Gulab Chand Kataria (Governor) – Assamese & Boro (Language)
☞ Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the 4-Lane Section between Nagaon
Bypass-Teliagaon, and Teliagaon-Rangagara and laid the foundation for Mangaldai Bypass and the 4-lane section between
Daboka-Parakhuwa in Assam through video conferencing.
☞ Giving new momentum to the development of Tezpur, Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma opened a series of
infrastructure projects in Tezpur.
☞ In Guwahati, Union Minister of State (Ind. Charge) Science & Technology, MoS PMO, DoPT, Pensions, Atomic Energy and
Space, Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the 'Purvoday' conclave showcasing the incredible transformation in Northeast during
the last nine years.
☞ The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone of
Inland Waterways Transport (IWT) terminal to be developed at Bogibeel in Dibrugarh, by the bank of the River
Brahmaputra (National Waterways 2) in Dibrugarh, Assam.
☞ The Assam government had decided to ban packaged drinking water bottles of less than one litre from October 2.
☞ Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for infrastructure projects worth
over Rs 555 crore in Bongaigaon district.
☞ Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma unveiled different development projects worth Rs 85 crore in Golaghat district
of the state.

☞ The Assam government led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is all set to organise 'Khel Maharan' from November 1.
☞ Assam's Guwahati will host North-east defence technology exhibition in October 2023 at Maniram Dewan Trade Center,
Guwahati.
☞ The Assam Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma “created” four “new” districts “to enhance
decentralisation of governance and better convergence of the line departments”. The four districts are Bajali, Biswanath,
Hojai, and Tamulpur.
☞ PepsiCo India will set up of a new manufacturing plant in Nalbari, Assam, with an investment of Rs 778 crore.
Chhattisgarh
Raipur (Capital) - Bhupesh Baghel (CM) - Biswabhusan Harichandan (Governor) – Chhattisgarhi & Hindi (Language)
☞ The Chhattisgarh government presented the annual budget of Rs 1,21,500 crore for the financial year 2023-24 and
announced scheme for youth.
☞ Under the scheme, unemployed youth in the age group of 18 to 35 years who passed class 12, and with an annual family
income of less than 2.50 lakh, will be given an allowance of Rs2,500 per month.
☞ Engrossed so deeply in devotion to lord Hanuman, Akhilesh Sharma had collected over 5000 pictures (separate photos) of
'Bajrangbali' and published a book 'Mere Hanuman' and got his name enrolled in the Golden Book of World Record.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, where he is scheduled to inaugurate and lay foundation
stones of ten projects worth around Rs 7,600 crore.
☞ On World Tribal Day Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel dedicated 2,848 development projects worth Rs 1,000
crore in Bastar.
☞ In a major development in PM GatiShakti Rail Corridor Projects in Chhattisgarh, Rupee Term Loan documents were
executed between the Central Bank of India under sole banking and the promoters, i.e., South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL),
Ircon International Limited (IRCON), CSIDC and CERL, towards development of Phase-II of Chhattisgarh East Railway
Limited (CERL).
☞ President Draupadi Murmu launched the state level program of “Year of Positive Change” at Prajapita Brahmakumari
Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
☞ Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel laid the foundation stone of three projects commercial hub, aerocity and
Shaheed Memorial during an event in Raipur.
☞ Prime Minister launched rail sector projects worth more than Rs. 6 thousand crores in the public programme in Raigarh.
Goa
Panaji (Capital)– Pramod Sawant (CM) – PS Sreedharan Pillai (Governor) – Konkani (Language)
☞ Goa's Information and Technology Minister Rohan Khaunte had said his department will introduce the artificial intelligence-
based chatbots to deliver services in a more efficient manner and to help people in addressing their grievances.
☞ Goa had become the first Indian state to offer free in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment.
☞ Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant released a biodiversity atlas of Mayem village in North Goa, which he termed as
"India's first village atlas" at Mahamaya Devalaya Mandap in Mayem village located in Bicholim taluka.
Gujarat
Gandhinagar (Capital) - Bhupendrabhai Patel (CM) - Acharya Devvrat (Governor) – Gujarati & Hindi (Language)
☞ Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated two National Highway projects in
Vadodara, Gujarat at a cost of Rs.48 crores.
☞ Tata Group will set up a lithium-ion cell manufacturing facility in Gujarat through its subsidiary with an initial capacity of 20
GWh at a cost of Rs 13,000 crore, the Gujarat government.
☞ Procter & Gamble Co (P&G), the world’s second-biggest consumer goods maker plans to invest Rs 2,000 crore in Gujarat to
set up an export hub in India that will make healthcare products, especially digestives.

☞ Under the Sagarmala programme, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways is developing a National Maritime
Heritage Complex (NMHC), a world-class facility at Lothal, Gujarat.
☞ Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah launched -Made in India at a cost of ₹15 crores 'Akshar
River Cruise' on Sabarmati Riverfront developed by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and Sabarmati Riverfront
Development Corporation Limited through video conferencing.
☞ Union Minister for Shipping Sarbananda Sonowal launched a campaign to transform iconic 75 Lighthouses into Tourism
Spots from Dwarka in Gujarat.
☞ Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of Shri Motibhai R Chaudhary
Sagar Sainik School run by Dudhsagar Research and Development Association in Mehsana, Gujarat through video
conferencing.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the construction of changing rooms on floating jetties at 6
ghats of Kashi.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the redevelopment of two cremation ghats (The 'Raja Harishchandra Ghat' and
'Manikarnika Ghat) in Varanasi.
☞ Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel laid the foundation stone and inaugurated development projects, including an outer Ring
Road of 14.59 kilometers, worth Rs 482.21 crore in Surat.
☞ One District One Product (ODOP) program, an initiative under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal
Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, launched its first collaboration with the Government of Gujarat in New
Delhi to promote the indigenous crafts and artisans of the State.
☞ Gujarat will get the country’s first ‘Satellite Network Portal Site’.
☞ The Gujarat government had unveiled the Semiconductor Policy (2022-2027). This strategic initiative reflects the state's
unwavering commitment to fostering accelerated and inclusive growth within the domestic semiconductor chip
manufacturing sector.
☞ The ‘SemiconIndia 2023’ exhibition was inaugurated at Gandhinagar by Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Bhupendrabhai
Patel, in the presence of Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT, Shri Rajeev
Chandrasekhar.
☞ Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated Semicon India 2023 conference in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
☞ On the occasion of World Tribal Day, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel launched the state-wide ‘Meri Mati Mera
Desh’ campaign to honour those bravehearts who had laid their lives for the country.
☞ In Gujarat, World lion day is being celebrated with great enthusiasm in over 8500 educational institutions across the ten
districts of Saurashtra.
☞ Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone and inaugurated various development works worth Rs 1052 crore
in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
☞ Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone for IFFCO Nano Urea Plant at Gandhidham in
Kutch, Gujarat.
☞ Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the Amrita Patel Centre of Public Health in Anand in Gujarat.
Haryana
Chandigarh (Capital) – Manohar Lal Khattar (CM) – Bandaru Dattatreya (Governor) – Hindi (Language)
☞ Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated two CGHS wellness centres in Panchkula and Chandigarh calling
quality healthcare priority of the Narendra Modi government.
☞ Shadhank Manu had set a Guinness World Record for covering all 286 metro stations of the Capital city within 15 hours, 22
minutes and 49 seconds.
☞ The DMRC said HUDA City Centre station on the Delhi Metro's Yellow Line will be renamed Millennium City Centre
Gurugram, hours after announcing that it will be rechristened Gurugram City Centre.
☞ Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that the state government is constantly working to expand the horticulture
sector.
☞ The Haryana government is planning to build a dam at a cost of 6,134 crore rupees.

Himachal Pradesh
Shimla (Summer), Dharamshala (Winter) (Capital) – Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (CM) – Shiv Pratap Shukla (Governor) –Hindi (Language)
☞ Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu inaugurated the new Secretariat building, built at a cost of Rs
43.07 crore and featuring all modern amenities.
☞ Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) would set up an ethanol
plant at Jeetpur Baheri in Una district at a cost of Rs 500 crore.
☞ Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, approved the advance release of 2nd installment of
Central Share of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) amounting to Rs. 180.40 crore, for the year 2023-24, as an interim
relief to Himachal Pradesh.
Jharkhand
Ranchi (Capital)– Hemant Soren (CM) – CP Radhakrishnan (Governor) – Hindi (Language)
☞ Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced that his government will set up a Skill Development College in Ranchi at
a cost of Rs 300 crore.
☞ Shravani Mela, also known as Shravani Mela Deoghar, is a major religious festival celebrated in the Deoghar district of
Jharkhand, India.
Karnataka
Bengaluru (Capital) – Basavaraj Bommai (CM) –Thawarchand Gehlot (Governor) – Kannada (Language)
☞ Defence Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajnath Singh inaugurated the 'Vijay Sankalp Yatra' in the poll-
bound state Karnataka.
☞ Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai unveiled a larger-than-life statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on Rajhansgad
fort near Yellur in Belagavi district.
☞ Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai inaugurated the NaMo Free
Dialysis Centre and unveiled the 100th Janaushadhi Kendra in Bengaluru.
☞ The Dialysis centre is set up under the MPLADS fund of Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya at the KSRTC Hospital in
Jayanagar in Bengaluru.
☞ Under its Sagarmala Programme, the Ministry of Ports, shipping, and waterways had provided in-principle approval to four
floating jetty projects in Karnataka.
☞ At the State Level Single Window Clearance Committee (SLSWCC) meeting chaired by the Minister for Large and Medium
Scale Industries Murugesh R Nirani the State Industries and Commerce Department had cleared a total of 78 investment
proposals worth Rs 5,298.69 crore promising 13,917 jobs.
☞ Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced that the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), which controls
all the medical colleges in the State, will be renamed after the late former Chief Minister Kengal Hanumanthaiya.
☞ PM Modi inaugurated Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Muddenahalli in Chikkaballapur
district of Karnataka was established by Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence.
☞ He also inaugurated a new metro line between Whitefield and K R Puram covering 13.71 kms built at a cost of around 4250
crore rupees.
☞ Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai laid the foundation for construction of a 2.93-km ropeway to Nandi Hills, on
outskirts of Bengaluru, to be taken up at a cost of ₹93.40 crore.
☞ With the aim to facilitate farmers of the Krishna basin, the Karnataka government had started irrigation projects worth Rs
2,800 crores.
☞ Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar will be
addressing a Digital India Dialogues session on the recently revised production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for IT hardware
in Bengaluru.

☞ Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah presents the Rs 3.27 lakh crore state Budget of his government in Assembly, he said
through the five 'guarantees' (poll promises), the government will be providing an average additional financial assistance of
Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000 a month to each household.
☞ Foxconn, a major iPhone assembler for Apple, had proposed to set up a Rs 8,800 crore supplementary plant to that of the
unit at Devanahalli Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) in Karnataka, the state’s Large and Medium
Industries Minister M B Patil.
☞ Kellton, a leading global IT solutions provider, announced that it had secured a highly prestigious, multi-year large-scale
project from the Karnataka State Government’s Finance Department to develop and implement HRMS Version 2.0 for over
600,000 state government employees in Karnataka.
☞ Ministry of Textiles is implementing National Handloom Development Programme to provide need based financial
assistance to eligible handloom agencies and handloom workers through various interventions like Cluster Development
Programme including Hathkargha Samvardhan Sahayata (HSS), Design & product development, Marketing support,
Weaver’s Mudra loan, Weavers welfare etc. for development of handlooms and welfare of handloom workers across the
country including Karnataka.
☞ Bengaluru had become the first Indian city to become part of the World Cities Culture Forum (WCCF) a global network of
cities that share research and intelligence, and explore the role of culture in future prosperity.
☞ International Battery Company (IBC) had signed an investment pact worth Rs 8,000 crore ($971.89 million) with the
Karnataka government to build a battery manufacturing facility.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the upgradation of Mangaluru Junction railway station to
international standards through video conferencing.
Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram (Capital) - Pinarayi Vijayan (CM) - Arif Mohammad Khan (Governor) – Malayalam (Language)
☞ The 5th edition of the Global Ayurveda Festival (GAF-2023) will be held in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district from
December 1 to 5.
☞ Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched the KFON, Kerala Fibre Optic Network project at Shankaranarayanan
Thambi Hall of the State Legislative Assembly.
☞ The Adani-run Vizhinjam Port, being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 7,700 crore, will be commercially commissioned
in May 2024, Kerala Minister for Ports Ahammed Devarkovil.
☞ Two GST appellate tribunals will be set up in Kerala at Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam, State Finance Minister K N
Balagopal. Each tribunal will have two members one judicial and one technical.
☞ Kerala got the country’s first Construction Innovation Hub (CIH) that seeks to promote affordable and sustainable building
facilities so as to foster collaboration, innovation and knowledge-sharing among the stakeholders.
☞ The Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode had given its approval to the proposal of setting
up an “India-Japan Study and Research Centre” for enhancing management education and research competencies in
specific areas of mutual interest between both two countries.
☞ Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had launched the statewide membership card of Kerala Startup Mission’s (KSUM)
‘LEAP Coworks’ and also inaugurated the refurbished headquarters of KSUM in Thejaswini Building, Technopark Phase 1,
Thiruvananthapuram.
☞ ‘Graphene-Aurora program’ was launched by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) Secretary Shri
Alkesh Kumar Sharma at Maker Village Kochi, Kerala.
☞ Government of Kerala had started Kerala Athidhi Portal Migrant Worker Registration – Athidhi Portal Kerala to register the
migrant workers of the state, through this portal the registration of migrant workers will be done by the state government.
Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal (Capital) - Shivraj Singh Chouhan (CM) - Mangubhai C. Patel (Governor) – Hindi (Language)
☞ Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal had become the first city in India to accept the localization of the United Nations (UN)-
mandated Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
☞ Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh attended Kisan Kalyan Mahakumbh organized in Rajgarh district of Madhya Pradesh.
☞ Union Home Minister Amit Shah will flag off the Virangana Rani Durgavati Gaurav Yatra from Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh.
☞ Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had announced a four per cent hike in the dearness allowance (DA)
for the state government employees.

☞ The Madhya Pradesh cabinet gave its nod to a proposal to provide e-scooters to the girls and boys who top the Class 12
exam at government schools.
☞ The Madhya Pradesh government will set up 9,000 'CM Rise' schools to provide quality education.
☞ Madhya Pradesh had introduced a policy for the rapid expansion of 5G network in the state and laid emphadis on speeding
up the process of granting government approvals for the expansion of such services by telecom and internet service
providers.
☞ Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and Union Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel, Shri
Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, laid the foundation stone of Datia Airport in Madhya Pradesh.
☞ Patel Engineering Limited (PEL) joint venture had bagged a Rs 1,275.30 crores order in Madhya Pradesh.
☞ Diversified group ITC will invest around Rs. 1,500 crore to set up an integrated food manufacturing and logistics facility and
a sustainable packaging products manufacturing facility at Sehore in Madhya Pradesh.
☞ The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of development projects worth more than Rs. 50,700
crores in Bina, Madhya Pradesh.
☞ Madhya Pradesh government will provide LPG gas cylinders at a subsidised rate of ₹450 under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala
Yojana and the Mukhyamantri Ladli Bahna Yojana from September 1.
Maharashtra
Mumbai (Capital) – Eknath Shinde (CM) – Ramesh Bais (Governor) – Marathi (Language)
☞ Union Minister of State Kapil Patil said, India's first carbon neutral Village is being developed in Bhiwandi Taluka of Thane
district.
☞ After renaming of Aurangabad and Osmanabad districts, the Maharashtra government had now decided to rename
Ahmednagar district after Ahilyadevi Holkar, the Queen of Malwa Kingdom.
☞ Va Tech WABAG Ltd (WABAG), a leading player in the water technology space, had bagged an order worth about ₹420
crores from the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd (CIDCO) to design, build, and operate
(DBO) a water treatment plant with a capacity of 270 million liters per day (MLD) at Jite, Raigad.
☞ Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the Shelad to Nandura project costing Rs
816 crore on Amravati-Chikhali National Highway 53 at Khamgaon, Buldhana, Maharashtra.
☞ An art exhibition titled ‘Maharaja’s Treasure: Select Works of Art from the Famed Air India Collection’ hosted by the
National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, under the Union Ministry of Culture was inaugurated by Union Minister of State
for External Affairs and Culture Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi.
☞ The Maharashtra government had decided to change the name of Itwari station in Nagpur district to 'Netaji Subhadh
Chandra Bose Itwari ' station.
☞ One of the largest Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) will be deployed by next year for digging India’s first undersea rail
tunnel as a part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project.
☞ Construction major Larsen & Toubro announced that its heavy civil infrastructure business had received an order worth
more than Rs 7,000 crore from the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) to construct the 135.45 km
stretch of MAHSR – C3 package, a part of the Mumbai Ahmedabad high-speed rail project.
☞ The heritage Byculla Railway station which had been restored to its original glory, received the UNESCO award.
☞ The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi flagged off metro trains marking the inauguration of completed sections of Pune
Metro.
☞ Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde launched a mobile app and WhatsApp helpline for the Chief Minister's Medical
Assistance Fund.
☞ Union Road transport and Highway minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the multi-purpose “One Pune Card” for metro
travel.
☞ The Union Minister for Roads Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the quadranglement of Nandura to
Chikhli section of 45 km length on National Highway 53 worth Rs.800 crores at Malkapur in Buldhana district,
Maharashtra.
☞ Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) introduced, an e-billing system for the online payment of
service charges to the tenants and residents of MHADA of all Divisional Circles, including Konkan, Pune, Nagpur, and
Amravati.
☞ The Maharashtra government in collaboration with Marut Drones had introduced Marut’s AG365 drones to farmers of the
Buldhana district of Maharashtra.

Meghalaya
Shillong (Capital) – Conrad Sangma (CM) – Phagu Chauhan (Governor) – English (Language)
☞ Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma inaugurated the ''The Travellers Nest'' at Kyiem village in Mawphlang in East
Khadi Hills to cater to visitors to the sacred groves.
☞ Government of Meghalaya organised Meghalaya Pineapple Festival 2023 at the iconic Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi.
Mizoram
Aizawl (Capital) – Zoramthanga (CM) – Kambhampati Hari Babu (Governor) – Mizo & English (Language)
☞ State-owned construction company NBCC had received an order worth Rs 448 crore from the Ministry of Home Affairs for
laiding an 88.58-kilometre-long road in Mizoram along the Indo-Bangla border.
☞ The National Health Authority (NHA) had announced 100 Microsites project for accelerated adoption of Ayushman Bharat
Digital Mission (ABDM) across the country. In Mizoram Aizawl was the first Microsite Project established
Nagaland
Kohima (Capital) - Neiphiu Rio (CM) - La. Ganesan (Governor) – English (Language)
☞ Nagaland had rolled out the first phase of Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 5.0 immunisation drive with special
emphadis targeting partially vaccinated or drop out children and pregnant women.
☞ State Minister for Women Resource Development and Horticulture, Salhoutuonuo Kruse had inaugurated the Nagaland’s
first Naga Traditional Cuisine lab had been launched at Japfü Christian College, Kohima district.
☞ Nagaland had become the first State in the North Eastern Region to initiate Aadhaar Linked Birth Registration (ALBR).
☞ Union Minister of State for Railways and Textiles Darshana Jardosh inaugurated the Nagaland Women Vocational Training
Institute Emporium located at Lerie in Kohima.The Emporium is supported by the Ministry of Textiles.
Odisha
Bhubaneswar (Capital) – Naveen Patnaik (CM) – Ganeshi Lal (Governor) – Odia (Language)
☞ Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched Special Development Councils (SDCs) in 14 more districts with an aim to
carry out development of tribals. Earlier, these were launched in nine districts.
☞ PM Modi launched multiple railway projects in Odisha worth Rs 8,200 crore.
☞ PM Modi flagged off the state's first and nation’s 16th Vande Bharat Express that will connect Puri to West Bengal's
Howrah.
☞ Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik flagged off 24 new Basic Life Support (BLS) and 299 Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances
to boost emergency medical service delivery in the state.
☞ Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved a budget of Rs 423.87 crore for the implementation of development
projects in 37 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across ten districts within the central Revenue Divisional Commission Division.
☞ Raja or Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti is a three-day-long festival of womanhood celebrated in Odisha, India.
☞ The first day of the festival is called ‘Pahili Raja’, the second day is called ‘Majhi Raja’ ‘Raja Sankranti’ or ‘Mithuna
Sankranti’, the third day is ‘Bhudaha’ or ‘Basi Raja’ or ‘Sesha Raja’.
☞ Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved Rs 225.53 crore in favour of 36 urban local bodies covering 10 districts
under the state-funded flagship scheme 'MUKTA' for the financial Year 2023-24.
☞ The world famous annual Rath Yatra or Chariot Festival began at Puri in Odisha.
☞ Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched 'Ama Pokhari' project to rejuvenate all water bodies in the urban areas of
the state.

☞ Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had sanctioned Rs 1 crore for the development of Bahanaga Bazar and its adjacent
villages in Odisha's Balasore district, where a recent train accident left 293 people dead.
☞ Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had announced Rs 56-crore financial assistance for over 8 lakh kendu leaf puckers
and others engaged in such a trade.
☞ Odisha state cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had approved a budget of Rs 1001.14 crore for expanding
Comprehensive Cancer Services across the State It aims to provide cancer care facilities nearer to the household of the
patients.
☞ Odisha’s Naveen Patnaik became the second-longest-serving chief minister in the country, replacing West Bengal’s Jyoti
Basu.
☞ Paying rich tributes to freedom fighter and Bharat Ratna Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi on his death anniversary, Union
Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the much awaited four-laning of Kamakshyanagar-Duburi section of National
Highway-53 on EPC (Procurement and Construction) mode here in presence of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
☞ Union Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, and Union Minister for
Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman launched Kuwi and Desia books at Bhubaneswar.
☞ The Centre is preparing a Rs 12,000-crore inland waterway on the Brahmani river in Odisha to move goods from four key
industrial clusters to the ports of Paradip and Dhamra.
☞ The Odisha government approved nine new projects worth investment of Rs 873 crore which will create employment
opportunities for 2,500 people in the state.
☞ Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia along with General Vijay Kumar Singh (Rtd.) MoS, Ministry of Civil
Aviation inaugurated Utkela Airport and a direct flight between Utkela and Bhubaneshwar.
☞ Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik flagged off 181 vehicles to provide livestock healthcare and animal husbandry
services at the doorstep of people.
☞ Odisha government expected ₹10,000 crore investment over 5-10 years in the stainless park being developed by Jindal
Stainless on 300 acres for the downstream industry.
Punjab
Chandigarh (Capital) – Bhagwant Singh Mann (CM) – Banwarilal Purohit (Governor) – Punjabi (Language)
☞ Punjab’s state government will provide incentives worth around Rs 300 crore in the next three years to promote the
adoption of electric vehicles and reduce pollution. These incentives will be provided on electric two-wheelers, e-cycles, e-
rickshaws, e-autos and electric light commercial vehicles.
☞ The Punjab Cabinet approved the new sports policy, 2023, which lays emphadis on training, incentives, robust
infrastructure, and jobs for athletes.
☞ Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann laid the foundation stone of a Saragarhi memorial in Ferozpur and directed
officials to complete it within next six months.
Rajasthan
Jaipur (Capital) - Ashok Gehlot (CM) - Kalraj Mishra (Governor) – Hindi (Language)
☞ The Rajasthan government in had sanctioned funds amounting to ₹13.48 crore for development projects at temples and
dargahs in three districts to promote pilgrimage and religious tourism.
☞ Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 11 NH
projects worth Rs 5600 Crore in Pratapgarh, Rajasthan.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate and lay the foundation stone of development projects worth over 24,300 crore
rupees in Bikaner.
☞ The Rajasthan government is setting up facilities for hi-tech teaching in educational institutions of the state. As part of that,
66 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) will had smart classrooms.
☞ Minister of State for Transport Brijendra Singh Ola said the Rajasthan government received Rs 1,024.4 crore green tax
between 2018-19 and 2022-23.
☞ The Ashok Gehlot government tabled the Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill, 2023, which effectively seeks to
cover the entire adult population of the state with guaranteed wages or pension.
☞ Rajasthan government tabled the Rajasthan Platform Based GIG Workers (registration and welfare) Bill, 2023 - country's
first such - which seeks to guarantee social security to gig workers.

☞ The Rajasthan Cabinet approved the proposal of a high-level committee to form 19 new districts and three new divisions in
the State.
☞ Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had approved a financial proposal of Rs 11.73 crore for setting up a cybercrime investigation
centre at the Rajasthan Police Academy.
☞ The Rajasthan government plans to allocate over Rs 5,200 crore to strengthen the road network in the state during this
financial year.
☞ Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, addressed Sahakar Kisan Sammelan in Gangapur City,
Rajasthan.
☞ Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had approved an increase in minimum wages for labourers by Rs 26 per day, will be
effective from January 01, 2023.
☞ Rajasthan's Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot unveiled a sprawling 30-hectare park built at a cost of Rs 120 crore to provide a
serene and stress-free environment for coaching institute students.
Sikkim
Gangtok (Capital) – Prem Singh Tamang (CM) – Lakshman Acharya (Governor) – Nepali, Sikkimese, Lepcha, English (Language)
☞ Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang laid the foundation stone for the Sikkim Organic Agriculture University (SOAU) at
Mondegaon in Soreng district.
Tamil Nadu
Chennai (Capital) – MK Stalin (CM) – RN Ravi (Governor) – Tamil (Language)
☞ As many as 500 Urban Health and Wellness Centres (UHWCs), spread across the State were virtually inaugurated by Tamil
Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin.
☞ Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin inaugurated completed projects worth Rs 1367 crore in Salem, and laid the foundation
for new initiatives at an estimated Rs 236 crore.
☞ Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin laid foundation stone for setting up a Fintech City and a Fintech tower, both of which
are expected to create about 90,000 job opportunities jointly.
☞ Investments worth Rs 1,723.05 crore were confirmed at the International Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
Day function held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister M K Stalin while a special government scheme for SC/ST
entrepreneurs was also launched.
☞ Tamil Nadu Start-up and Innovation Mission, (StartupTN), functioning under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, as the nodal agency for start-up and Innovation, and Guidance Tamil Nadu had
decided to work jointly to boost the ecosystem for investments across industries
☞ Chennai-based Atsuya Technologies had been selected to participate in Class 7 of Google's Startup Accelerator Program.
☞ Aviation regulator DGCA had given approval for the first flying training organisation in Tamil Nadu.
☞ Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting L. Murugan flagged off the newly constructed renowned heritage train, the
Nilgiri Mountain Railway (Ooty Train), at Mettupalayam Railway Station which runs between Mettupalayam and
Udhagamandalam.
☞ Sol India Pvt Ltd, an industrial and medical gas manufacturer, and supplier, will set up an integrated, state-of-the-art new
gas manufacturing plant at a cost of ₹145 crore at SIPCOT, Ranipet.
☞ Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), through its MAK lubricants division, had introduced a revolutionary product
in Agri Spray segment with the launch of MAK ADJOL Banana, an adjuvant for the fungicides used in Banana cultivation, in
association with the National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB).
☞ Tamil Nadu had the highest amount of outstanding debt among all States and Union Territories. It was followed by West
Bengal (₹6.08-lakh crore), Rajasthan (₹5.37-lakh crore) and Karnataka (₹5.35-lakh crore). The Tamil Nadu government
launched several green initiatives in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
☞ Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman laid the foundation stone for the world-class museum at Adichanallur, near
Srivaikundam in Thoothukudi district.
☞ Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) will set up a new manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu with an investment of Rs 515
crore over the next five years.
☞ Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin unveiled the 'logo' for the State government's ambitious Global Investors Meet
scheduled to be held on January 7 and 8 in 2024.
☞ Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) CEO Ms. Anita Shah Akella, flagged off a cycle rally via video
conference, with more than 50 girl students from Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School in Kanchipuram participating in the
cycle rally on the theme “From Unawareness to Financial Independence.” on occasion of 77th Independence Day.

☞ The country’s first common testing centre for unmanned aerial systems (drones) will be established at an outlay of Rs 45
crore in Tamil Nadu.
☞ Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced of ₹926.88-crore package for fishermen.
☞ Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launched the Chief Minister’s Green Fellowship Programme (CMGFP) at the Secretariat and met
the 40 Green Fellows selected for the programme.
☞ During the past two years, Tamil Nadu had attracted a total of 241 investment proposals in the manufacturing sector to the
tune of ₹2.97 lakh crores.
☞ The Tamil Nadu government in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, hosted a public-private discussion for
establishing the ‘India Centre for Advanced Manufacturing’ in Chennai.
☞ The District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) in Tirupathur district, Tamil Nadu, had set a new world record by
constructing 1546 farm ponds in 208 village panchayat in just 30 days.
Telangana
Hyderabad (Capital) – K Chandrashekar Rao (CM) – Tamilisai Soundarajan (Governor) –Telugu (Language)
 Telangana's per capita income grew to Rs 3,17,115 from Rs 1,24,104, even as the Gross State Domestic Product went up to
Rs 13 lakh crore from a little over Rs 5 lakh in the past nine years.
 An international plastic expo, titled HIPLEX 2023, will be held at Hitex in Hyderabad from August 4 to 7.
 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for several crucial infrastructure development projects in
Telangana worth around Rs 6,100 crores in Warangal, Telangana.
 A festive atmosphere prevailed in Hyderabad especially in parts of Old city as the annual Bonalu (बोनालू ) festival during the
Hindu Lunar month of Ashada Masam (आषाड़ा मासम) was celebrated.
 Government of Telangana and World Economic Forum (WEF) launched ‘Saagu Baagu’ project phase-I Insights report.
Telangana’s “Saagu Baagu” (agricultural advancement) pilot project with the guidance of the World Economic Forum
(WEF) had impacted the lives of over 7,000 chilli farmers in the State and the second phase of the project is set to take off.
 At Rs 3,08,732 in 2022-23, Telangana leads the list of Indian states with the highest per capita income at current prices, data
released by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) showed.
 A four-day international plastic expo HIPLEX 2023, being organised by the Telangana and Andhra Plastics Manufacturers
Association, got under way at Hitex in Hyderabad.
 India’s first Agricultural Data Exchange (ADeX) and Agriculture Data Management Framework (ADMF) was launched by
Telangana IT and Industries Minister K Taraka Ramarao in Hyderabad.
 Telangana government had announced a farm loan waiver up to ₹99,999, amounting to ₹7753.43 crore rupees, of over
16,66,000 farmers will be cleared.
 The Information Technology, Electronics and Communications (ITE&C) Department of the Government of Telangana and
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will be collaborating to implement the
UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) after a Letter of Intent was signed.
 The Central government had decided to take up 30 railway projects including 15 new railway lines in Telangana with a total
outlay of ₹83,543 crores.
 Corning Inc. had chosen Telangana to set up their gorilla glass manufacturing facility, a first-of-its-kind investment in India.
 The Telangana government and UAE-based leading cooling utility player Tabreed had decided to collaborate for developing
cooling infrastructure in industrial parks, including the proposed Hyderabad Pharma City, as well as a few other places.
 Telangana had created history opening nine new medical colleges in different districts in one go. Chief Minister K.
Chandrasekhar Rao virtually inaugurated the medical colleges set up in Karimnagar, Kamareddy, Khammam, Jayashankar
Bhupalpalli, Kumrambheem Asifabad, Nirmal, Rajanna Sircilla, Vikarabad and Jangaon districts.
Tripura
Agartala (Capital) – Manik Saha (CM) – Satyadev Narayan Arya (Governor) – Bengali, English, Kokborok (Language)
☞ Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha inaugurated a one-day National Conference on Buyers and Sellers of agricultural
products in, Agartala.
☞ Tripura presented state budget for 2023-24 with an outlay of Rs 27,654.40 crore, with around Rs 5,358.70 crore allocated for
capital expenditure.
☞ Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the ‘GST Bhawan’, a project for CGST,
CX and Customs Office, Agartala, Guwahati Zone under CBIC, at Agartala, Tripura.
☞ Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha inaugurated the 'Weekend Tourist Hub' in front of the historic Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala.

Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow (Capital) – Yogi Adityanath (CM) – Anandiben Patel (Governor) – Hindi (Language)
☞ The Lal Bahadur Shastri International (LBSI) Airport,Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh in this city is the first in India to provide a
reading room was supported by National Book Trust (NBT).
☞ Gram Vikas Yojana Distribution program under Chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) Shri Manoj
Kumar was organized in Nanpur village of Garh Mukteshwar tehsil, Hapur, Uttar Pradesh conducted by the KVIC's Divisional
office Meerut.
☞ Realty firm Group 108 said it had proposed to invest Rs 2,000 crore to develop new projects in Noida and Greater Noida as
part of its expansion plan.
☞ Uttar Pradesh emerged as the largest buyer of goods and services among all states and Union Territories from government
portal GeM in 2022-23 procured worth Rs 12,152 crore.
☞ Uttar Pradesh had received private and cooperative sector investment of more than Rs 5,400 crore in 31 greenfield alcohol
distillation plants across the state.
☞ Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stones for ten National Highways (NH)
projects worth more than Rs 8,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh.
☞ The Uttar Pradesh government had approved investment proposals worth about Rs 36 lakh crore that emerged out of a
memorandum of understanding signed during the state's investor summit a year ago, chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
☞ In a ceremony held at the Yogiraj Baba Gambhirnath Auditorium, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the
‘Sampark Smartshala-Smart Block’ programme.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off two Vande Bharat Express trains in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, increasing the
number of semi-high speed trains in the country to 25.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled 29 development projects worth Rs 12,100 crores in his Varanasi parliamentary
constituency. Prime minister launched the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction-Son Nagar railway line of the Dedicated
Freight Corridor.
☞ Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, officially unveiled India’s first park, Ved Van Park, with a Vedic theme
in Sector 78 in Noida.
☞ The Uttar Pradesh government is looking to boost the state’s agricultural value by investing about Rs 3,800 crore in agri
start-ups during the financial year 2023-24 (FY24).
☞ Raksha Mantri and Lucknow MP Rajnath Singh will inaugurate and lay the foundation of many development projects today
in Lucknow.
☞ The Uttar Pradesh Government had launched five DTH television channels under the PM e-Vidya program to enhance
children's learning experiences at home.
☞ The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approved a policy that aims at making the state a water tourism and adventure sports
destination.
☞ The Uttar Pradesh government will groom nearly 3 million rural women associated with self-help groups (SHGs) as micro
agri-preneurs, a move the state hopes would increase their annual income to at least Rs 1 lakh in the next three years.
Uttarakhand
Dehradun (Winter), Gairsain (Summer) (Capital) - Pushkar Singh Dhami (CM) -Gurmit Singh (Governor) – Hindi (Language)
☞ In Uttarakhand, a four-day millet festival (Shri Ann Mahotsav) began in Dehradun to create public awareness about the
health benefits of coarse grain and deliberate on the state's potential to grow the crop in this category.
☞ Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami laid the foundation stone for first Aroma Park in the state.
☞ Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated Vidya Samiksha Kendra in Dehradun.
☞ Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami laid the foundation stone for various projects at a cost of Rs 941.39 lakh in
the Bhalla Stadium complex in Haridwar.

West Bengal
Kolkata (Capital) - Mamata Banerjee (CM) - C. V. Ananda Bose (Governor) – Bengali & English (Language)
 Kolkata Metro achieved a new milestone when a Metro rake completed a journey under the bed of river Hooghly through a
tunnel 32 metres below water level.
 As many as one thousand projects in agriculture and allied sectors had been sanctioned with a total investment of ₹1,325
crores as a part of the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund rolled out by the West Bengal government.
 The West Bengal government will build a greenfield modern dairy project worth Rs 65.48 crore at Haringhata in Nadia
district, the first since 1970s.
 President Droupadi Murmu launched 'My Bengal, Addiction Free Bengal' Campaign under the 'Nasha Mukt Bharat
Abhiyan', organized by Brahma Kumaris at Raj Bhavan, Kolkata.
Dadra and Nagar Hadli and Daman and Diu

Daman (Capital) - Praful Khoda Patel (Administrator) – Hindi & English (Language)
☞ Prime Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for various projects worth 4 thousand 800 crore rupees at Silvasa,
Dadra and Nagar Hadli.
☞ These include the first-ever Medical College- NAMO Medical Education and Research Institute at Silvasa.
Jammu & Kashmir

Srinagar (May–October) & Jammu (Nov-April) (Capital) – Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor) – Urdu, Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi, English
(Language)
☞ Union Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated the two-day ''Lavender Festival'' in Jammu and Kashmir's Bhaderwah Valley and
said the Union Territory had emerged as the lavender capital of India and a prominent agri-startup destination
☞ Hon’ble Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Affairs Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, and Hon’ble
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir Shri Manoj Sinha laid the centre’s foundation stone Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation (ONGC) Limited is funding the construction of National Disaster Mitigation Centre and Yatri Niwas in Sidhra,
Jammu.
☞ Dr Jitendra Singh while addressing media on the sidelines of an event on '9 years of Seva’ 9 years of achievements of the
government at Udhampur told that, the ‘Udhampur-Doda-Kathua’ Parliamentary Constituency is the most developed
constituencies in India among the 550 Parliamentary Constituencies in the country having seen the tremendous
development in last nine years under PM Narendra Modi.
☞ In Jammu and kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha addressed the 12th Residential Meet of Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India (ICAI) members in public service at Srinagar.
☞ Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of a central forensic science laboratory in Samba and
inaugurated several development projects in Jammu.
☞ Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud laid the foundation stone of the new complex of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
High Court in Raika area of Jammu.
Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today inaugurated a multimedia exhibition of the Central Bureau of
Communication (CBC) at Srinagar.
☞ As a part of last point delivery programme ‘I Had Space’, Amazon India had announced to open its first ever floating store in
famous Dal Lake in Srinagar.
☞ Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated the traditional two days Bangus valley festival in the
Kupwara district, along with Chinar Corps Commander Lieutenant General DP Panday and became a part of the two-day
celebrations.
☞ Indian Army in collaboration with civil agencies organized the Gulmarg Festival at the Ice Skating Rink near Gondola Base in
Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir in order to boost tourism and promote local talent.

New Delhi
Delhi (Capital) – Arvind Kejriwal (CM) – Vinai Kumar Saxena (Lieutenant Governor) – Hindi (Language)
☞ Shashank Manu had set a Guinness World Record for covering all 286 metro stations of the Capital city within 15 hours, 22
minutes and 49 seconds.
☞ The Aurangzeb Lane in the Lutyens' Delhi had been renamed Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Lane. The NDMC had in August 2015
changed the name of Aurangzeb Road to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road.
☞ Promotion and increased use of Hindi help us in communicating with a common national voice despite our wide diversity,
stated Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya during his address at the meeting of Hindi
Salahkar Samiti in Delhi.
☞ Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Union Minister for Civil Aviation and Steel inaugurated a new runway and a dual-way elevated
taxiway at New Delhi International Airport.
☞ Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah inaugurated the Aviation Security Control Center (ASCC)
of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at Mahipalpur campus in New Delhi.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated newly constructed the International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC)
complex 'Bharat Mandapam' in New Delhi.
☞ Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Shri Giriraj Singh launched the Annual Capacity Building Plan of
Department of Rural Development, Department of Land Resources and Ministry of Panchayati Raj in New Delhi.
SCHEMES
Central Government
☞ Under Azadi ka Amrit Kaal, Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) celebrates a new milestone of ensuring safe and clean drinking water
through taps to more than 12 Crore rural households of the country.
☞ The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had clarified by a way of notification that TDS under Section 194A will be applicable
on the interest earned from Mahila Samman Savings Scheme.
☞ The PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on
June 01, 2020 for providing affordable Working Capital loan to street vendors to resume their livelihoods that had been
adversely affected due to Covid-19 lockdown.
☞ Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced three major schemes for disaster management worth over Rs 8,000 crore.
☞ The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi had lauded the new initiative of celebrating ‘Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana’
as ‘God Bharai' ceremony in Dausa, Rajasthan.
☞ The union ministry of new and renewable energy had extended the scheme for ‘Development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega
Solar Park Projects’ till FY26.
☞ Before the start of Jal Jeevan Mission, only 5.16 lakh families had access to pure drinking water from the tap. Now more than
1.30 crore families had access to pure drinking water from the tap in Uttar Pradesh.
☞ Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani launched a scheme to provide shelter, food and legal aid for
pregnant minor victims of sexual assault who had no family support.
☞ Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah chaired a meeting with Ministers of Disaster Management
of the States/Union Territories in New Delhi
☞ Union Home Ministry had launched a scheme for the expansion and modernization of fire services in the states with a total
outlay of five thousand crore rupees.
☞ The National Pension Scheme (NPS) is expected to add 13 lakh new subscribers in the current financial year, PFRDA chairman
Deepak Mohanty.

☞ The government's pension scheme for unorganised workers, Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM), saw the exit
of about 21% subscribers in less than six months, raising questions on the viability of the scheme.
☞ Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Bhupender Yadav visited Tamil Nadu and launched a mangrove plantation
programme in Kovalam creek in Tamil Nadu’s Chengalpattu district.
☞ The government is considering a comprehensive scheme to promote coal gasification projects for both government public
sector undertakings (PSUs) and the private sector with an outlay of Rs 6000 crore.
☞ Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
announced the launch of a new credit guarantee scheme.
☞ Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launched the registration for the Congress government's 'Gruha Lakshmi' scheme,
which provides ₹2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of every family in the state.
☞ ‘Seva Bhoj Yojna’ is a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
☞ The central government had extended the unemployment scheme, the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana, under the
Employees’ State Insurance Corporation for a period of two years up to June 30, 2024.
☞ Under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), the growth in per capita consumption increased from 3.01 to 3.71 in FY
2022-23, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
☞ Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia, Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel launched RCS UDAN 5.2.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 14th installment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme
worth over Rs 17,000 crore to more than 8.5 crores farmers on July 27, 2023.
☞ Ministry of Tribal Affairs is implementing ‘Pradhan Mantri Vanbandhu KalyanYojana (PMVKY)’ which includes many schemes
for development and welfare of tribal communities.
☞ A total of 108 projects worth Rs.2273.44 crore had been sanctioned under “North East Special Infrastructure Development
Scheme” (NESIDS) during the period from 2019-20 to 2022-23.
☞ As on 30.06.2023, 31.14 lakhs handicraft artisans had been registered under PEHCHAN scheme across the country to
benefit of this programme. These registered artisans with Pehchan card can avail the benefits of the National Handicraft
Development Programme (NHDP) and Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS) of Ministry of
Textiles.
☞ The government launched the Vivad se Vishwas-2 scheme for settling contractual disputes involving the government and
government undertakings.
☞ Keeping in view India's vision of becoming 'Atmanirbhar', production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes for 14 key sectors had
been announced with an outlay of Rs 1.97 trillion to enhance India's manufacturing capabilities and exports.
☞ The Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) Scheme came into existence in 1998 under then Planning
Commission.
☞ National Health Authority (NHA) had launched Digital Health Incentive Scheme (DHIS) for digitization of patient's health
records.
☞ Ministry of Minority Affairs implemented ‘Naya Savera’ scheme (‘Free Coaching and Allied’ scheme).
☞ Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare launched Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization Scheme (SMAM) in 2014-
15. Under it, subsidy is provided for purchase of various types of agricultural equipment and machinery to the extent of 40-
50% for States other than NER (North Eastern Region) States and for NER States it is 100% limited to Rs.1.25 lakhs per
beneficiary.
☞ Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are the top three states with the highest number of beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Jan
Dhan Yojana (PMMY) in 2022-23.
☞ The union cabinet approved ‘PM-eBus Sewa’ for augmenting city bus operation under which will spent ₹57,613 crores on
10,000 e-buses will be deployed across cities in the country and will support bus operations for 10 years.
☞ The Centre had rolled out a Rs 5,000 crore research-linked-incentive (RLI) scheme for pharmaceuticals and med-tech sector
to strengthen the research infra in the country and promote more industry-academia linkages for research and
development (R&D).
☞ The government will launch the 'Mera Bill Mera Adhikar' invoice incentive scheme, which offers cash prize from ₹10,000 to
₹1 crore, from September 1, starting with six States and Union Territories. The GST lucky draw 'Mera Bill Mera Adhikar'
scheme was launched in six states and Union Territories (Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Puducherry, Dadra Nagar Haveli and
Daman & Diu).

☞ As per the 6th census report on minor irrigation schemes released by Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water
Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. Maharashtra is the second-highest State that possesses the
largest number of minor irrigation (MI) schemes in the country after Uttar Pradesh.
☞ The government had decided to extend the Rs 25,938-crore production-linked incentive scheme for the automotive sector
by one year.
☞ The Union Cabinet approved the Promotion of Research & Innovation in Pharma-MedTech sector (PRIP) scheme with an
outlay of ₹5,000 crores for five years, from 2023-24 to 2027-28.
☞ The Centre had extended the date of inviting applications under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme in Textiles
for a further two months.
☞ The Pradhan Mantri Dakshata Aur Kushalata Sampanna Hitgrahi (PM-DAKSH) Yojana, a Central Sector Scheme, was
launched during 2020-21.
☞ The Centre is in the process of announcing a second round of production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for processing of
millet-based foods in the country.
☞ The cabinet had approved the central sector industrial development scheme 2017 (IDS, 2017) for Himachal Pradesh and
Uttarakhand for additional fund requirement to meet the committed liabilities under the scheme up to 2028-29.
Andhra Pradesh
☞ Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy flagged off over 2,000 tractors along with other farm machinery
worth Rs 361 crore under the government's subsidised 'YSR Yandra Seva Pathakam' scheme.
☞ Andhra Pradesh government will be implementing a new Guaranteed Pension Scheme (GPS) for its employees.
☞ Andhra Pradesh Generation Corporation (APGenco) and Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC) will jointly construct
three new projects with an aggregate capacity of 98 MW on the upstream and downstream of Machkund Project.
☞ Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy distributed free kits to more than 43 lakh students under the
'Jagananna Vidya Kanuka' scheme in Palnadu district.
☞ Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy disbursed Rs 142 crore financial assistance to 18,883 newly married
eligible couples under YSR Kalyanamasthu and YSR Shaadi Tohfa schemes.
☞ Under the 'YSR Sunna Vaddi' scheme Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had disbursed interest
reimbursement money into the bank accounts of more than 1 crore eligible women.
☞ Union Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship launched Direct Bank Transfer (DBT) in National
Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS).
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Vishwakarma Yojana with an allocation of Rs 13,000-15,000 crore for people
belonging to Other Backward Castes (OBC).
☞ The state government released Rs 109.74 crores to 1,46,324 tenant farmers under the YSR Rythu Bharosa scheme.
☞ The Andhra Pradesh government disbursed Rs 124 crore into the bank accounts of 1.2 lakh fishermen families under the
'YSR Matsyakara Bharosa' scheme as financial assistance during the breeding season between April 15 and June 14 when
they refrain from venturing to sea.
☞ Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the 'Jagananna Amma Vodi' scheme for the fourth year,
under which financial assistance of Rs 6,393 crore will be deposited into the bank accounts of 43 lakh beneficiaries, at
Kurupam in Parvathipuram Manyam district.
☞ Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy disbursed Rs 194 crore financial assistance to 80,686 handloom
weavers as part of the 'YSR Nethanna Nestham' scheme at Venkatagiri in Tirupati district.
☞ Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy laid the foundation stone for the construction of 50,793 houses for the poor women
beneficiaries under Navaratnalu Pedalandariki Illu at 25 layouts in the R5 Zone of Amaravati.
Assam
☞ Assam government will roll out MODI scheme which stands for 'Most Outstanding District Initiative' with Rs 100 crore to
reward the cleanest district.

Chhattisgarh
☞ Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will transfer a total amount Rs 20.18 crore to the beneficiaries of Godhan
Nyaya Yojana in a program organised at his residence office in Raipur.
☞ The Chhattisgarh government had procured cow-dung worth over Rs 247 crore from cattle herders over the past three
years.
☞ Chhattisgarh government had announced new housing scheme named Gramin Awas Nyay Yojana to provide free housing
for poor in the state, there are certain families who are not eligible for PM Awas Yojana based on 2011 SECC list, Gramin
Awas Nyay Yojana will cover such families based on the new survey conducted by Department of Panchayat & Rural
Development
☞ Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel transferred Rs 2,055.6 crore into the accounts of beneficiaries as part of the Rajiv Gandhi
Kisan Nyay Yojana (RGKNY) and other schemes.
Goa
☞ “Gramin Mitra” was launched by Goa government to provide doorstep delivery of government services across the state and
promote digital empowerment in rural areas.
Gujarat
☞ In Gujarat, the state government had doubled the insurance cover under Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana.
☞ Government of Gujarat had implemented One District One Product (ODOP) scheme with a grant of 58 crores rupees to
promote its indigenous products at the international level.
☞ Gujarat State Minister of Tourism, Forest and Environment and Climate Change, Mulubhai Bera, marked the
commencement of live trading of the emissions trading scheme (ETS) in Ahmedabad.
Himachal Pradesh
☞ The ‘Sashakt Mahila Rin Yojna’ is an initiative of Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative Bank (HPSCB), which will provide
loans to women for pursuing their entrepreneurial dreams, engage in livelihood activities, fulfil their day to day needs and
uplift their families.
☞ Himachal Pradesh state government had decided to relax the provisions of the Vidhayak Ksetra Vikas Nidhi Yojana
(VKVNY) during the financial year 2023-24 by including protection works of retaining walls/breast walls and channelisation
of nullahs under it.
Jharkhand
☞ Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced the launch of 'Abua Awas Yojna' at a cost of Rs 15,000 crore to build
homes for the needy in the next two years.
☞ Jharkhand government had approved the proposal of Mukhyamantri Rajya Samajik Suraksha Pension Yojana Rs 1,000 per
month for transgender people under the social assistance scheme.
Karnataka
☞ Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar launched free travel scheme for women
in Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) under
'Shakti Yojana'.
☞ The Karnataka Government Led by Shri. Siddaramaiah and Shri DK Shivakumar had launched the Gruha Jyothi Scheme 2023
under which all the households in Karnataka will get Free Electricity up to 200 Units.

☞ The Congress government in Karnataka, which is struggling to procure rice for its ambitious Anna Bhagya scheme received a
ray of hope after the Aam Admi Party (AAP) government in Punjab agreed in-principle to supply the requisite quantum of
rice even as the State government is trying to procure rice from national-level cooperative agencies.
☞ The Siddaramaiah government had projected to spend around Rs 52,000 crore in the Congress five poll guarantees but even
then it managed to retain the fiscal deficit at 2.6 per cent of the gross state domestic product (GSDP) for 2023-24, the same
as was pegged by the previous Bommai government in the full budget for the current financial year.
☞ Karnataka government under Gruha Lakshmi Scheme at a function in Kudmul Ranga Rao Town Hall, Dakshina Kannada.
Kerala
☞ The Kerala government had launched a new scheme to provide employment opportunities to the transgender community in
diverse and innovative sectors.
Madhya Pradesh
☞ Madhya Pradesh government is launching a unique scheme to make women financially independent. In this scheme, named
Ladli Bahna, each woman will be given 1000 rupees per month.
☞ Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the Rs 1,000 per month that is being given to women
beneficiaries as part of state government's Ladli Behna scheme will be hiked three times in a phased manner.
☞ Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan implemented the Mukhyamantri Seekho-Kamao yojna means 'Chief
Minister's Learn-Earn' scheme.
Maharashtra
☞ The Maharashtra government launched a new initiative Shadan Aplya Dari (government at your doorstep), aimed at
providing citizens the necessary information and full benefits of various schemes.
☞ The Maharashtra Cabinet announced the implementation of Bhagwan Birsa Munda Road Scheme that aims to enhance
road connectivity in tribal areas of the 17 districts of the state.
Manipur
☞ In Manipur, seventy-five percent of households received tap water under the Jal Jeevan Mission which is a centrally
sponsored scheme of the Central Government, said the State Public Health Engineering Department Minister L. Sushildro.
☞ First National Sports University of country in the North-eastern state of Manipur at a total sanctioned cost of Rs.643.34
crore.
Meghalaya
☞ Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma unveiled solar mission with the aim of achieving an installed power capacity of
200-300 MW.
Odisha
☞ The Odisha state government will soon launch ‘Mo Jungle Jami Yojana’ to saturate recognition of rights pertaining to the
Forest Rights Act (FRA) and speed up the post-rights recognition activities within the prescribed time frame.
☞ The Odisha government will provide free uniforms to students of classes 9 and 10 in state-run and aided schools under the
'Mukhymantri Chhatra Chatri Paridhan Yojana'.
☞ Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the ‘Aam Pokhari’ scheme to revive ponds lying unused in the urban areas of the
state.
☞ The Odisha Cabinet approved ₹4,000 crores “Ama Odisha, Nabin Odisha (Our Odisha, New Odisha)” scheme for rural
development and to spread “Lord Jagannath culture”.

☞ Odisha Cabinet approved Mission Shakti Scooter Yojana to provide mobility support to SHG federations.
Punjab
☞ Punjab is the leading beneficiary among states under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY), a scheme initiated by
the Centre during the pandemic to give a fillip to formal employment.
☞ Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann rolled out a ‘Student Police Cadet’ (SPC) scheme to make students familiar with
functioning of the police department.
Rajasthan
☞ Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot released a payment of ₹146.74 crore to the ‘Labharthis’ (beneficiaries) of Palanhar
Yojana.
☞ The state government will incur Rs 700 crore during this financial year in providing subsidies for wholesome meals to the
needy under the Indira Rasoi Yojana.
☞ Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot distributed smartphones among women under a new scheme.
Tamil Nadu
☞ Over the past five years, the Central government had approved project proposals to the tune of ₹897.55 crore for
development of fisheries in Tamil Nadu, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Parshottam Rupala.
☞ Under the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Thiranari Thervu Thittam, 1,000 students would be chosen from government schools
to receive guidance in premier institutions such as Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
☞ Women with an annual family income of less than ₹2.5 lakh; family land holding not exceeding 5 acres (wetland) and 10
acres (dryland); and annual household electricity consumption below 3,600 units would be eligible to avail themselves of a
monthly aid of ₹1,000 in Tamil Nadu under ‘Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai’ scheme
☞ Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin inaugurated a scheme to provide 50,000 more free agriculture electricity connections
to farmers.
☞ Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated the Chief Minister's Breakfast Schemeat a Panchayat School in Thirukkuvalai,
Nagapattinam district.
☞ The Tamil Nadu Government launched Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam wherein One Crore Women will be benefited as
they will be paid 1,000 rupees - per month.
Telangana
☞ In Telangana, the Department of Posts had released a special cover on the Mahila Samman Savings scheme.
☞ Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao established a unique program called Geeta Karmikula Bhima or insurance
for toddy tappers that offers toddy tappers an insurance cover of Rs. 5 lakhs.
☞ The Telangana government had released Rs 65,000 crore to over 70 lakh farmers under the Rythu Bandhu Scheme during
the past five years.
☞ Since the launch of Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana, Telangana State had achieved 100 percent household coverage of
banking services extending them to all sections of people.
☞ The Telangana Government had decided to provide one lakh rupees financial assistance under the Financial Assistance
Scheme to the poor among the minority communities, on the lines of backward classes.
☞ Telangana State government enhanced its financial assistance to Divyangs under the Aasara pension scheme.
Uttar Pradesh
☞ Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the 'Matrubhumi Yojna' with an aim to help people working in
cities or abroad to ''reconnect'' with their villages, and donate money for development projects, if they so wish.

☞ The Uttar Pradesh government had finally launched the portal (https://familyid.up.gov.in) for creation of Family ID under
'One Family One Identity' scheme to establish a live comprehensive database of family units of the state and to connect at
least one member of each family with employment.
☞ In a bid to make Uttar Pradesh a leading state in the field of milk development and milk production as per the intention of
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Nand Baba Milk Mission was launched at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore.
☞ The Uttar Pradesh government had given administrative and financial approval of an advance amount of Rs 100 crore as
state share for the smooth operation of the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana under the Medical
Department (Family Welfare)
☞ The government launched ‘Swadesh Darshan Scheme’ (SDS) in the year 2014-15 for integrated development of Theme-
Based Tourist Circuits in the country and there are 08 projects of identified thematic circuits in Uttar Pradesh.
☞ Ghaziabad Police launched the ‘Savera Yojna’, an initiative of the Uttar Pradesh Police, to provide security and quick police
assistance to senior citizens in case of any emergency.
☞ On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced an increase of Rs 10,000 in the amount of
the Mukhyamantri Kanya Sumangla Yojana from 2024-25.
☞ The Uttar Pradesh government is planning to implement the Mukhyamantri Khet Suraksha Yojana across the State in order
to protect crops from stray animals.
New Delhi
☞ The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena, distributed Honey Bee-Boxes and Toolkits to 130 beneficiaries.
☞ India is now all set to open a climate change and health hub in New Delhi in partnership with the Asian Development Bank
(ADB).
BANKING AND FINANCE
Monetary Policy Rate (As of August 01)

Repo Rate 6.50%
Standing Deposit Facility Rate 6.25%
Marginal Standing Facility Rate 6.75%
Bank Rate 6.75%
Reverse Repo Rate 3.35%
Cash Reserve Ratio 4.50%
Statutory Liquidity Ratio 18.00%
Small Savings Scheme

Instrument Rates of interest from 01.04.2023 to Rates of interest from 01.07.2023 to
30.06.2023 (%) 30.09.2023 (%)
Savings Deposit 4 4
1 Year Time Deposit 6.8 6.9
2 Year Time Deposit 6.9 7
3 Year Time Deposit 7 7
5 Year Time Deposit 7.5 7.5
5 Year Recurring Deposit 6.2 6.5
Senior Citizen Savings Scheme 8.2 8.2
Monthly Income Account 7.4 7.4
Scheme
National Savings Certificate 7.7 7.7

Public Provident Fund 7.1 7.1

Scheme
Kisan Vikas Patna 7.5 (will mature in 115 months) 7.5 (will mature in 115 months)
Sukanya Samriddhi Account 8 8
GST Collection
Month Amount Collected
June ₹161,497 crore
July ₹1,65,105 crore
August ₹1,59,069 crore
UPI Transaction
Volume Value
Month Number of Banks
In Crores In Lakh Crores
June 458 934 ₹14.75
July 473 996 ₹15.34
August 484 1059 ₹15.76
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

01/04/1935 (Founded) – Mumbai (HQ) – Shaktikanta Das (Governor)
Penalty
☞ The Reserve Bank of India had imposed a penalty of Rs 1.73 crore on HSBC for non-compliance with norms.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had imposed a monetary penalty on Mizoram Rural Bank and Tripura Gramin Bank for
violations of rules.
☞ The central bank imposed Rs 5 lakh penalty on Mizoram Rural Bank and Rs 2 lakh penalty on Tripura Gramin Bank.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 2.92 crore on Canara Bank for violation of various norms.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had imposed late submission fees (LSF) of ₹2,000 crores on ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), Indian
Oil Corp. Ltd, GAIL (India) Ltd, and Oil India Ltd for delayed reporting of their overseas investments.
☞ The central bank imposed Rs 1.50 lakh each on Vita Urban Co-operative Bank and Shri Vinayak Sahakari Bank, Rs 1 lakh on
Shreeji Bhatia Cooperative Bank, and Rs 20,000 on Mizoram Urban Cooperative Development Bank.
☞ RBI penalised Bihar State Co-op Bank Rs 60.20 lakh for various shortcomings
☞ The Reserve Bank had imposed a penalty of Rs 20 lakh on Manappuram Finance for non-compliance with certain provisions
of the NBFC norms.
☞ The central imposed a penalty of Rs 2.50 lakh on Nabapalli Co-operative Bank and Rs 1 lakh on Bally Co-operative Bank.
☞ A penalty of ₹4 lakhs, the highest among the banks, on Walchand Nagar Sahakari Bank, Maharashtra.
☞ A penalty of ₹3 lakhs on Devika Urban Cooperative Bank, Udhampur, Jammu Kashmir or non-compliance with the
directions on sanction of loans and advances to directors, relatives and firms or concerns in which they are interested.
☞ A penalty of ₹1 lakh on Dahanu Road Janata Cooperative Bank, Maharashtra for non-compliance with specific directions
issued by RBI under the supervisory action framework (SAF).
☞ A penalty of ₹50,000 on Shree Cooperative Bank, Vadodara, Gujarat for non-compliance with direction issued by RBI on
loans and advances to directors, relatives, firms or concerns in which they are interested.
Restriction
☞ The Reserve Bank of India imposed ₹5,000 cap on withdrawals by individual customers from Tamil Nadu-based Musiri Urban
Co-operative Bank as part of several restrictions slapped on the lender due to its deteriorating financial condition.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had imposed certain restrictions on Bengaluru-based ailing The National Co-operative Bank
Ltd and capped deposit withdrawal at Rs 50,000 per account.
License Cancellation
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had cancelled the banking licence of Kerala-based Adoor Co-operative Urban Bank and had
allowed it to function as a non-banking institution.

☞ The RBI cancelled the licence of two cooperative banks Sri Sharada Mahila Co-operative Bank, Tumkur, Karnataka and
Harihareshwar Sahakari Bank, Wai, Satara, Maharashtra as the lenders do not had adequate capital and earning prospects.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had cancelled the licence of Uttar Pradesh-based United India Co-operative Bank Limited,
citing lack of adequate capital and earning prospects.
Others
☞ The Reserve Bank of India said a special 100 days campaign will be launched under which banks trace and settle their top
100 deposits in every district of the country. The banks will commence the campaign from June 1, 2023.
☞ RBI asks banks to ensure complete move away from LIBOR by July
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had cancelled permits of seven non-banking finance companies (NBFC).
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the withdrawal of its highest value currency note, Rs 2,000, from circulation,
adding that the notes will continue to be legal tender.
☞ The Reserve Bank approved Rs 87,416 crore dividend payout to the central government for 2022-23, nearly triple of what it
paid in the previous year
☞ RBI announced draft cyber security norms for payment system operators
☞ Reserve Bank of India imposed a penalty of Rs 2.20 crore on state-owned Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) for non-compliance of
income recognition and other deficiencies in regulatory compliance.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had come up with a Financial Inclusion Dashboard named Antardrishti, a platform that will
provide insights to assess and monitor the progress of financial inclusion
☞ RBI's North East push: Opened sub-office at Kohima
☞ RBI injected ₹75,000 crores into the banking system as liquidity tightens due to tax outflows
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) purchased $7.7 billion on a net basis in April through intervention in the foreign exchange
market – highest in 22 months.
☞ Credit card NPAs for state-run banks zoom to 18 pc at FY23-end: RBI
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had granted permission to UBS, the owner of Credit Suisse, to retain the banking license for
operations in India.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had embarked on a major change in its information management framework for handling
the massive data flow, aggregation, analysis, public dissemination and data governance following the launch of its
Centralised Information Management System (CIMS).
☞ RBI Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar said the RBI is aiming to increase the number of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) to
10 lakh per day by the end of 2023.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India had proposed rules that could potentially restrict card issuers from engaging in exclusive
agreements with card networks like Mastercard, Visa or RuPay. The central bank also proposed that rules would be
applicable to both banks and non-banking financial companies that issue credit cards, debit cards, or prepaid cards.
☞ In the exercise of the powers conferred under section 42 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, the RBI had directed the
inclusion of the NongHyup Bank in the list of Scheduled Banks.
☞ The Banks had written off bad loans worth Rs 14.56 lakh crore in the last nine financial years starting 2014-15.
☞ Reserve Bank of India’s Digital Payments Index, a measure of the extent of digitisation of payments across the country, rose
to 395.57 in March 2023 from 377.46 in September 2022 and 349.30 in March 2022.
☞ RBI had selected McKinsey and Accenture to develop systems using artificial intelligence and machine learning for its
supervisory functions
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had approved the amalgamation of Twin Cities Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd with Kranti
Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd from August 23, 2023.
☞ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had issued fresh guidelines to the Regulated Entities (REs) such as commercial and other banks,
Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) and other lenders to ensure reasonableness and transparency in disclosure of
penal interest.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched a centralised Web portal, UDGAM (Unclaimed Deposits Gateway to Access
Information), for members of the public to make it easier to search their unclaimed deposits across multiple banks at one
place.
☞ The Public Tech Platform for frictionless credit is an end-to-end digital platform that had been developed by the Reserve
Bank Innovation Hub, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Reserve bank of India.

☞ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had announced a transparent framework will be introduced to reset interest rates on floating-
interest loans such as home loans.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had sanctioned the amalgamation of Akola Merchant Co-operative Bank with The Jalgaon
Peoples Co-operative Bank.
☞ The Reserve Bank enhanced the upper limit of an offline payment transaction to Rs 500 from the existing Rs 200 to promote
the use of UPI-Lite wallet in areas where internet connectivity is weak or not available.
☞ Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) can now enable payments through a pre-sanctioned credit line for individuals, with
prior customer consent, for transactions using the UPI (unified payments interface) system.
☞ RBI had decided to discontinue Incremental Cash Reserve Ratio which was put in place to absorb surplus liquidity following
the withdrawal of ₹2,000 currency notes, in a phased manner.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to launch the pilot of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for transactions for
interbank borrowing or call money market by this October.
☞ Reserve Bank of India had asked all the financial institutions to release all movable/immovable property documents within
30 days upon receiving full repayment and closure of personal loan accounts.
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

12/04/1988 (Founded) – Mumbai (HQ) – Madhabi Puri Buch, (Chairman) – Ministry of Finance (Parent)
☞ SEBI along with BSE and NSE had established an Investor Service Center (ISC) at New Delhi
☞ SEBI, levied fines totalling ₹50 lakh on ten entities for indulging in non-genuine trades in the illiquid stock options segment
on BSE.The regulator imposed a fine of ₹5 lakhs each on Auroplus Marketing Pvt Ltd, Baba Iron Industries, Atlantic Invest
Advisory, Avinash V Mehta HUF, Navneet Agarwal and Sons HUF, Neeraj Gandhi HUF, and Athwani Shrichand
☞ Capital markets regulator Sebi slapped fines totalling Rs 77 lakh on 16 entities for manipulating the share price and violating
other norms in the matter of Gayatri Sugars Ltd.
☞ SEBI slapped ₹87 lakh fine on 15 individuals for manipulating share prices of Kapil Raj Finance
☞ The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore on Fidelity Management & Research
Company (FMRC) for operating as a foreign portfolio investor (FPI) without proper registration.
☞ Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) levied penalties totalling Rs 45 lakh on nine entities for indulging in non-
genuine trades.
☞ Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had imposed a penalty of Rs 7 lakh on Shapoorji Pallonji and Company for
flouting disclosure norms.
☞ Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) in coordination with capital market regulator SEBI had
enabled the National Pension System (NPS) subscribers to view their pension fund corpus along with their demat securities
and MF holdings under a single consolidated account statement (CAS).
☞ The Securities and Exchange Board of India had slapped a penalty of ₹15 lakh on Reliance Home Finance for violation of
LODR regulations and failure to disclose the adverse findings of a forensic report.
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

02/04/1990 (Founded) – Lucknow, UP (HQ) - Sivasubramanian Ramann (Chairman & MD)
☞ Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) had sanctioned ₹1,000-crore loan to Karnataka-based Shri Kshethra
Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) under its PRAYAAS Scheme for direct credit to micro enterprises under
partnership arrangements.
☞ Sebi resolves 2,838 complaints through SCORES platform in March
☞ Small Industries Development Bank of India had announced the launch of a pilot scheme for better financing terms in
electric vehicle space and strengthening the whole ecosystem.
☞ SIDBI signed pact with HDFC Bank to offer financial solutions to MSMEs
☞ Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME) had received in-principal approval from SIDBI for designing and
structuring a sustainable and scalable NBFC Growth Accelerator Program (NGAP).

☞ SIDBI launched mission EVOLVE in association with NITI Aayog, World Bank, others for loans to EV MSMEs
☞ Sivasubramanian Ramann, CMD, SIDBI, said multiple-level interventions by the DFI in this regard are expected to culminate
in enhancing the level of corporate governance in the smaller NBFC segment, accelerate the access of such NBFCs to
institutional credit at competitive rates, and mainstreaming of a larger number of NBFCs, resulting in channelising higher
credit in the MSME space.
☞ The National Health Authority (NHA) and IRDAI (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India) jointly
organized an exclusive three-day Accelerator Workshop to help insurance companies complete their Ayushman Bharat
Digital Mission (ABDM) integration and to facilitate adoption of Health Claims Exchange (HCX) specifications and e-Claim
standards for insurance companies and Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) in New Delhi.
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)
1999 (Founded) – Hyderabad (HQ) - Debasish Panda (Chairman) – Ministry of Finance (Under)
☞ The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) had selected Tata AIG General Insurance as the lead
non-life insurer for the State of Maharashtra.
☞ Max Life Insurance Company Ltd. had been appointed as the “Lead Insurer” for the State of Uttar Pradesh by the Insurance
Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI).
☞ Liberty General Insurance, one of the leading non-life insurance companies in India, had been appointed as the "Lead
Insurer" for Delhi by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI).
☞ ManipalCigna Health Insurance, one of India's fastest-growing standalone health insurance company had been appointed as
lead health insurer for the Karnataka State Insurance Awareness Plan by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
of India (IRDAI).
☞ Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) had slashed the minimum capital requirement for
foreign reinsurance branches (FRBs) from Rs 100 crore to Rs 50 crore with the provision to repatriate any excess assigned
capital to attract more foreign reinsurers to establish operations in India.
☞ The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) had approved changes to withdrawn life insurance
policies that will benefit existing customers.
☞ India Exim Bank (Export Import Bank of India) inaugurated its subsidiary Exim Finserve IFSC Pvt Ltd as it launched the trade
financing activities at GIFT City in Gandhinagar.
☞ Insurance regulator IRDAI had identified SBI Life Insurance as acquirer insurer of the life insurance business of Sahara India
Life Insurance Co Ltd (SILIC).
☞ The Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority of India had granted certificate of registration to Go Digit Life
Insurance to start business in India. With this, the number of insurers operating in life insurance segment had gone up to 26.
☞ Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India had appointed Chola MS Insurance as lead insurer for West
Bengal
Other Financial Institute
☞ Exim Bank projected merchandise exports to fall to $111.7 billion

☞ NABARD had sanctioned Rs 1,974.07 crore to the Rajasthan government under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
(RIDF) for 2023-24.
☞ State-owned Power Finance Corporation (PFC) had signed a loan agreement with Japan Bank for International Cooperation
(JBIC) for JPY 1.85 billion or $1.28 million for a waste-to-energy project in Karnataka.
☞ Power Finance Corporation (PFC) had entered into a pact with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) as part of which it will
provide Rs 4,527.68 crore loan to set up a 1,320 MW project at Raghunathpur in West Bengal.

World Bank
December 1944 (Founded) – Washington DC (HQ) – Ajay Banga (President)
☞ The World Bank will offer India's public healthcare sector infrastructure two complementary loans totaling $500 million
each.
☞ The World Bank had approved a $108 million loan to help Assam improve disaster preparedness and enhance flood
forecasting.
☞ The World Bank's Executive Board of Directors approved a USD 363 million loan to Karnataka to provide clean drinking
water supply to two million rural households in the state through a piped water connection. The loan had a maturity of 13.5
years including a grace period of two years.
☞ The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved an $82 million loan towards the adoption of global best practices
for animal health management to prevent, detect, and respond to endemic zoonotic, transboundary, and emerging
infectious diseases.
☞ The World Bank had approved a grant of Rs 51 crore to set up an integrated road safety enforcement system in Shimla and
Nurpur police districts and develop the Palampur-Sheela chowk in Kangra as a “safe corridor”.
☞ World Bank approved $148M loan to support West Bengal for better irrigation practices in rural areas
☞ The World Bank's Board of Directors had approved a $150 million loan to support the Resilient Kerala Program to continue
strengthening the state's preparedness against natural disasters, climate change impacts, and disease outbreaks.
☞ The Assam State Secondary Healthcare Initiative for Service Delivery Transformation (ASSIST) Project, for which $251
million was approved, will improve access to high-quality secondary healthcare services in Assam and directly serve at least
1.8 million people.
☞ For Tripura Rural Economic Growth and Service Delivery Project, $140 million had been approved, intending to promote
socioeconomic development and improve the quality of life of 1,42,000 households in select tribal blocks, territories where
tribal communities live and work.
☞ The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors also approved a $300 million loan to help expand and improve the quality of
education in government-run schools in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
☞ The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a loan of $200 million to the Government of Himachal Pradesh to
facilitate power sector reforms in the state and increase the share of renewable energy (RE) in the state’s electricity
generation.
☞ The World Bank had approved a USD 255.5 million loan to assist India in raising the standard of its technical education and
expanding the number of jobs prospects available to students.
☞ The World Bank had approved USD 1.5 billion in financing to accelerate India's low-carbon energy infrastructure.
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

19/12/1966 (Founded) - Mandaluyong, Philippines (HQ) - Masatsugu Asakawa (President) - 68 countries
☞ The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $130 million loan to increase agricultural
productivity, improve access to irrigation and promote horticulture agribusinesses to raise farmers’ income in the state of
Himachal Pradesh.
☞ The Asian Development Bank (ADB) had approved a $295 million loan to widen and upgrade around 265 kilometers of
state highways, improving transport connectivity and safety in the state of Bihar in India.
☞ The Government of India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $200 million loan as additional financing for the
ongoing Rajasthan Secondary Towns Development Sector Project to expand water supply and sanitation systems and
enhance urban resilience and heritage living in selected towns.
☞ Asian Development Bank (ADB) had approved a $40.5-million loan for integrated early childhood development (ECD) and
maternal mental health programme in Meghalaya.
☞ The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Fourth Partner Energy Private Limited (Fourth Partner) signed a long-term loan of
up to 1.2 billion Indian rupees (about $14.7 million) to construct and operate a 25-megawatt solar photovoltaic-based
power plant to increase clean and low-cost energy supply to commercial and industrial customers.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

16/01/2016 (Founded) - Beijing, China (HQ) - Jin Liqun (President) – 106 member countries
☞ Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a host member agreement to
officially open the bank's first overseas office, an Interim Operational Hub (the Hub), in Abu Dhabi.
Public Sector Banks
☞ Baroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund had announced the launch of Baroda BNP Paribas Value Fund, an open-ended equity
scheme following a value investment strategy
☞ The government had appointed IDBI Capital, BOB Capital and SBI Capital to manage the initial public offer (IPO) of the
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA).
☞ Maharashtra government signed MoU with Bajaj Finserv to invest Rs 5,000 crore in Pune
☞ The State Bank of India had launched Project Kuber having four transaction banking hubs and one corporate salary package
hub in Bengaluru were inaugurated by the Chief General Manager of State Bank of India Bengaluru Circle, Nand Kishore,
and are located at the SBI Administrative Building, Mysore Bank Circle, KG Road, Bengaluru, and Sampige Road,
Malleshwaram.
☞ Bank of Baroda announced launch of Interoperable Cardless Cash Withdrawal (ICCW) facility wherein a customer can
withdraw cash using UPI from the bank's ATMs.
☞ Punjab National Bank (PNB) becomes the first public sector bank to introduce an IVR-based UPI solution - UPI 123PAY,
aligning with the Digital Payment Vision 2025 towards a cashless and cardless society.IVR - interactive voice response
☞ Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) had launched a new deposit scheme ‘Vikas Ashadeep 400 days’. Shreekant M
Bhandiwad, Chairman of KVGB, who launched this scheme, said the scheme is of a tenor of 400 days with an interest rate of
7.50 per cent for senior citizens and 7 per cent for general public.
☞ Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) had introduced a scheme that lets customers choose any name as their savings account number
with the Chennai-based lender. The bank’s managing director and chief executive officer launched the scheme called ‘My
Account My Name’ virtually from its Central Office in Chennai.
☞ The scheme will be available at all 49 regional offices of the IOB in India.
☞ SBI and PNB’s investment in priority sector lending certificates surge in FY23
☞ State Bank of India (SBI) paid a dividend of Rs 5,740 crore for the financial year 2022-23 to Finance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman.
☞ Bank of Maharashtra (MahaBank) was expecting to recover more than Rs 1,200 crore from written-off accounts in the
current financial year (FY23) as part of steps to enhance its asset quality profile. The bank is looking to recover over 5 per
cent from the written-off accounts pegged at Rs 20,000 crore.
☞ Punjab & Sind Bank is offering special fixed deposit PSB FD-555 Days.
☞ Union Bank of India had debuted four specialised bank accounts. Union Unnati, Union Samriddhi, Union Samman, and
Union SBCHS
☞ Quick response codes, or QR codes, had had a big impact on India's digital payment landscape, owing largely to non-
banking apps like Paytm, PhonePe, and Google Pay.
☞ Canara Bank had become the first public sector bank in India to introduce UPI (Unified Payments Interface) payments for
merchants through its RuPay Credit Card. This exciting feature is now accessible within the bank’s ‘Canara ai1’ Banking
Super App, thanks to a partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
☞ Public sector banks' profit tripled to Rs 1.04 lakh crores in nine years
☞ SBI starts 34 transaction banking solutions hubs, 21 district centres
☞ Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) unveiled all new RuPay Select Debit card via tweet. Rupay Select debit card will provide with
“luxury, convenience, and security, all in one card.”
☞ Bank of India pays dividend of Rs 668 crore to government for FY23
☞ State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) announced the launch of a virtual branch, PNB Metaverse.
☞ Bank offering Mahila Samman Savings Certificate (MSSC) Scheme were Bank of India (1st), Canara Bank, Bank of baroda
and Union Bank of India.

☞ Punjab National Bank (PNB) announced the launch of its environmental initiative 'PNB Palaash', an eight-month period
campaign to embrace sustainability. Punjab National Bank (PNB) launches Mahila Samman Certificate, 2023 for its women
customers.
☞ PNB is the fourth bank to offer this small savings scheme.
☞ Karnataka Bank hosted the first edition of ‘KBL - FinOne’, a fintech partnership event, in Bengaluru with the objective of
forging collaborations to develop innovative business models, providing seamless banking experience and offering a
complete product suite.
☞ Union Bank of India had identified eight troubled accounts worth Rs 3,000 crore to be sold to the national bad bank NARCL
this fiscal.
☞ Canara Bank topped the list of public sector banks with the highest lending to corporations and PSUs of States and Union
Territories for the fifth year in a row.
☞ Union Bank of India, a prominent public sector bank, is taking bold strides towards a future-ready and customer-centric
approach through its ambitious Digital Transformation initiative.
☞ State-owned UCO Bank had opened four special rupee vostro accounts with Russian banks. The bank had also received
permission from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for opening eight more accounts
☞ Union Bank of India (UBI), which posted its highest net profit in 30 quarters at Rs 2,782 crore in the fourth quarter of FY23,
aims to become the third largest public sector bank in terms of profitability by 2025.
☞ Bank of Baroda customers can now complete re-KYC digitally in just a few minutes in a secure manner without even having
to visit their branch.
☞ Canara Bank launched the UPI Interoperable Digital Rupee mobile application as a part of the Reserve Bank of India’s
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot project.
☞ Indian Bank became the First Public Sector Bank to extend facility of execution of on-line locker agreement through Digital
Document Execution (DDE) Platform of National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL).
☞ Canara Bank had introduced Canara Jeevan Dhara, a special savings bank account for pensioners, and prospective
pensioners.
☞ Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) Chairman, Shreekant M Bhandiwad launched WhatsApp banking services in
Dharwad.
☞ Indian Bank had set up 10 startup cells across different centres in the country commemorating the bank's 117th
Foundation Day to serve its specialised banking requirements.
☞ Punjab National Bank (PNB) had launched a mobile application based on the GST Sahay scheme, an end-to-end digital
product under which lending can be done using GST invoices
☞ The country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) had introduced a facility to allow customers to enrol in social security
schemes by just furnishing an Aadhaar card.
☞ Bank of Baroda UAE, the sole Indian bank in the UAE offering comprehensive banking services, commemorated its golden
jubilee, marking its 50th year of glorious presence in the UAE.
☞ Bank of Baroda (BoB) had enabled UPI ATM facility, which will allow QR-based cash withdrawals, at its over 6,000 ATMs
across the country.
☞ State Bank of India had launched the “RuPay NCMC Prepaid Card” to facilitate easy digital ticketing fare payments in metro,
buses, water ferries, parking, etc., through a single card.
☞ Punjab National Bank (PNB) launched Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) with Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
interoperability feature in its digital rupee mobile application.
☞ Indian Bank had collaborated with International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) to deploy future ready infrastructure
to enhance scalability and agility.
☞ Indian Bank had partnered with OneCard, aimed at introducing state-of-the-art, mobile-first, contactless, metal co-branded
credit cards.
☞ State Bank of India (SBI) had introduced UPI interoperability in its Digital Rupee (e rupee), also known as the Central Bank
Digital Currency (CBDC).
☞ Maruti Suzuki India Ltd had partnered with Indian Bank to provide financing solutions to its dealers.

☞ Bank of Baroda (BoB) has launched a festival campaign, whereby it has cut home and car loan interest rates by 20 basis
points (bps) and up to 10 bps, respectively. Under the campaign, which will run up to 31st December, 2023, the public
sector bank has also cut education and personal loan interest rates by 60 bps and 80 bps, respectively.
☞ State Bank of India (SBI) unveiled the ‘Nation First Transit Card’ for seamless and convenient digital fare payments.
Private Sector Banks
☞ ICICI Prudential Life Insurance launched a debt fund ICICI Pru Constant Maturity Fund (the first such fund in the life
insurance market), which will enable customers to lock in their investments at current high-interest rates and build long-
term wealth.
☞ HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd announced the launch of the country's first mutual fund focussed on defence
sector, a move that will provide investors an opportunity to participate in growth potential of this space.
☞ Paytm partnered with SBI Card, NPCI to launch next-gen co-branded RuPay credit cards
☞ HDFC Pension Management Company Ltd., the fastest growing legacy Pension Fund Manager under the National Pension
System (NPS) had crossed the milestone of Rs. 50,000 crores of Assets Under Management (AUM) on May 15th 2023.
☞ Bajaj Allianz Life, a one of the leading private life insurer in India, had launched India’s first Small-Cap fund in the ULIP
segment that offers customers the opportunity to achieve capital appreciation by investing in a diversified portfolio of small-
cap stocks.
☞ Yes Bank announced the launch of a mobile application, YES PAY EASY, enabling small-scale merchants such as traders,
retailers, and professionals, to accept instant cashless payments from their customers. The app had been developed in
collaboration with Mastercard and Worldline India.
☞ RBL Bank launched ACE Fixed Deposit Scheme with 8.5% interest
☞ Federal Bank undertaken 'I am Adyar, Adyar is me' campaign
☞ South Indian Bank had introduced SIB SWIFTe, an innovative and customer-centric digital account opening platform that
eliminates the hadsle of paper-based documentation
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had allowed HDFC Bank to hold commercial papers issued by HDFC Ltd.
☞ Axis Bank had launched the ‘one-view’ feature on its mobile application which enables account management across
multiple bank accounts, including non-Axis accounts.
☞ Kotak Mahindra Bank customers can now use RuPay credit cards on UPI
☞ The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, through an e-gazette notification permitted all Public Sector Banks
and eligible Private Sector Banks to implement and operationalise the Mahila Samman Savings Certificate, 2023.
☞ E-commerce marketplace Flipkart had teamed up with Axis Bank to introduce a personalised loan service catering to its
customer base of 450 million. The new offering will provide customers access to competitive loan options, enabling them to
secure amounts of up to Rs 5 lakh, and flexible repayment cycles ranging from 6 to 36 months
☞ HDFC Bank, the country’s largest private sector lender, had become the first commercial bank to implement interoperability
between United Payment Interface (UPI) and Central Bank Digital Currency.
☞ The merged entity of HDFC Bank and HDFC became the world’s seventh-most-valuable bank with its market capitalisation
soaring to $154 billion, or Rs 12.66 lakh crore. ICICI Bank is ranked 16th and SBI is at the 22nd spot in the list of the world’s
most valuable banks.
☞ Federal Bank, on the occasion of the start of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, had announced the launch of an exclusive NR
savings account scheme, specifically curated for NRI women.
☞ Dvara KGFS, HDFC Bank in co-lending pact to support micro businesses in rural India
☞ Axis Bank, one of the largest private sector banks in India partners with Kiwi, the revolutionary credit on UPI platform to
bolster 'Credit on UPI' accessibility on RuPay credit cards.
☞ IndusInd Bank and Tiger Fintech - a Bajaj Capital Group company, announced the launch of the IndusInd Bank Tiger Credit
Card, a co-branded credit card powered by Visa.
☞ Bandhan Bank announced a partnership with the Odisha government to ramp up the state tourism department's payment
solutions.
☞ DBS Bank India had announced its partnership with five badminton players – Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag
Shetty, Treesa Jolly, and Gayatri Gopichand.

☞ DBS Bank had partnered with Infor Nexus™ and had launched a pre-shipment financing solution for small and medium-
sized enterprises (SME) suppliers in the former's supply chain ecosystem.
☞ Axis Bank announced the launch of two lending products powered by the Public Tech Platform for Frictionless Credit
(PTPFC), introduced by the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH).
☞ IndusInd Bank in partnership with British Airways Executive Club and Qatar Airways Privilege Club had launched a first-of-
its-kind multi-branded credit card - 'IndusInd Bank Avios Visa Infinite Credit Card' for all customers.
☞ YES Bank co-branded Corporate Credit Card in collaboration with spend management platform Zaggle, to empower
businesses to reimagine their payment processes, streamline reconciliation, and efficiently manage company expenditures.
☞ Axis Bank, a private sector lender, launched its 'Infinity Savings Account' offering special features for its customers,
including no domestic transaction charges in exchange for monthly fees.
☞ Bandhan Bank had been appointed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as an authorised pension disbursement bank on
behalf of the Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO), Ministry of Finance, for civil pensioners.
☞ DBS, in partnership with commodities trader Maptrasco, announced the completion of the first “live” transaction of
electronic Bills of Lading (eBL) for shipments between Singapore and India.
☞ Axis Bank had announced the introduction of UPI interoperability functionality on its central bank digital currency (CBDC)
application (Axis Mobile Digital Rupee).
☞ HDFC Bank had become the first bank in India to launch a partnership with Marriott Bonvoy, the global loyalty programme
of Marriot, making it the first co-branded credit card in India for a hospitality chain.
☞ Federal Bank Ltd. had announced the introduction of what it called WhatsApp Lending Platform through which customers
can apply for pre-approved personal loan.
☞ YES Bank had gone live with Unified Payments Interface (UPI) Interoperability on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Central
Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) app.
☞ Ashok Leyland had partnered with CSB Bank Ltd for offering vehicle financing solutions to its customers.
☞ ICICI Bank had received a green signal from the Reserve Bank to make I-Process Services (India) Private Ltd a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the lender.
☞ HDFC Bank has entered into a co-lending agreement with technology-driven NBFC Credit Wise Capital for two-wheeler
financing in tier-2, 3, and 4 towns.
Small Finance Bank
☞ AU Small Finance Bank (SFB) claims to be India's first bank to offer 24/7 video banking facility for 365 days.
☞ AU Small Finance Bank Ltd had introduced the Zenith + Super Premium Metal Credit Card, expanding its range of banking
solutions.
☞ Shivalik Small Finance Bank had joined hands with fintech company Falcon for developing financial products like instant
Digital FDs and savings accounts
☞ Bajaj Markets, a subsidiary of Bajaj Finserv, had partnered with AU Small Finance Bank (AU SFB) to provide an avenue for
booking AU Fixed Deposits (FDs) online.
☞ AU Small Finance Bank and Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, a private life insurer, has entered into a strategic partnership.
☞ AU Small Finance Bank has taken a significant step in enhancing its customer services by sealing bancassurance deals with
Star Health and Allied Insurance Company.
Payment Banks
☞ Fino Payments Bank joined Hubble to introduce spending account

☞ Payments company Mastercard launched a global project to recycle credit and debit cards as part of a plan to save the
billions of cards in circulation across the industry from landfill.
☞ One97 Communications Limited (OCL), which owns the brand Paytm, announced a partnership with NBFC Shriram Finance
Limited to offer financial services to its users, including loan products. Through this partnership, Shriram Finance’s products
will be made available on Paytm’s platform digitally to further expand access to credit and drive financial inclusion in the
country.

☞ PhonePe had launched a new device called point-of-sale (POS) that allows merchants to accept payments through debit
cards, credit cards, and UPI
☞ PhonePe Insurance launches monthly subscriptions for health policies
☞ Cashfree Payments had launched a service that enables businesses to increase the visibility of payment options for
customers. 'BNPL Plus' is a widget that integrates on a company's website and helps it in reducing customer drop-offs by 30
per cent.
☞ One97 Communications Limited (OCL) that owns the brand Paytm, had launched a new ad campaign ‘India Kahe Paytm
Karo’. The campaign depicts the nuances of everyday life, showcasing the impact of Paytm QR codes and mobile payments
in the lives of Indians.
☞ Airtel Payments Bank announced the launch of an eco-friendly debit card for its customers with savings bank accounts,
underlining the company's 'commitment to sustainability and promoting eco-friendly practices within the financial sector.'
☞ Airtel Payments Bank had partnered with Frontier Markets and Mastercard to support one lakh women-owned small
businesses in India.
☞ Paytm launched its latest innovation Card Soundbox, which is intended to empower merchants to accept both mobile and
card payments across all Visa, Mastercard, American Express and RuPay networks.
Foreign Banks
☞ HSBC India announced that it had partnered with Tata Motors for a corporate employee financing solution to accelerate the
adoption of zero-emission Electric Vehicles
☞ IIT Bombay had partnered with HSBC to pursue technological advancements towards making green hydrogen production
more efficient, cost-effective, and scalable.
☞ HSBC India launched 'ONDC in a Box', a one-stop-shop proposition for corporates towards seamless enablement on ONDC.
Insurance Companies
☞ Bajaj Finserv Asset Management had launched its first equity scheme in the flexi-cap category, where a fund manager can
choose to invest in companies across the market capitalisation spectrum
☞ Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) had introduced a new life insurance plan called 'LIC Jeevan Kiran', which offers
both life cover and return of premium. The plan caters to 18 to 65-year-old subscribers.
☞ General insurance companies in India witnessed an 18.3 per cent increase in premiums in July, amounting to Rs 23,259
crore.
☞ Star Health and Allied Insurance announced its collaboration with Standard Chartered Bank to enhance its distribution
network.
☞ Bajaj Finance partners with new partner ICICI Lombard General Insurance to offer motor insurance policies
☞ IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company had launched a non-linked and non-participating product Guarantee of Life Dreams
(G.O.L.D.) Plan, that offers policyholders regular long-term income.
☞ Go Digit General Insurance, a digital full stack insurer, had partnered with Vetina Healthcare LLP, an animal healthcare
solutions provider, to extend pet insurance coverage for dogs.
☞ Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and Mumbai-headquartered Saraswat Cooperative Bank had entered into a
partnership under which the bank will sell the insurance major’s products.
☞ Star Health & Allied Insurance Company Ltd is devising a new growth strategy under which it seeks to grow at a Compound
annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20 per cent during this decade to deepen its focus on Bharat (rural and semi-urban locations)
and strengthen schemes and coverage for out-patient department expenses.
☞ SBI Life Insurance, launched its very first ‘LifeVerse Studio’, on Metaverse to connect with the next generation of internet
users.
☞ ICICI Prudential Life Insurance had launched a new income plan, ICICI Pru GIFT Pro, which provides customers the option to
receive either a year-on-year increasing income or a constant regular income.
☞ Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company announced the launch of its latest campaign, #AdvisorsForLife. The campaign had
two digital films that celebrate the Life Advisors (LAs) and Bank Relationship Managers (RMs) who serve customers and
support the company’s brand promise of ‘Hum Hain…Hamesha’.
☞ Max Life Insurance had partnered with DCB Bank to provide a variety of life insurance products to the latter’s customers.

Others
☞ National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is exploring options for further tie-ups to strengthen the global acceptability
of RuPay debit cards.
☞ Bajaj Markets, a subsidiary of Bajaj Finserv, offers several pocket insurance products tailored to suit the requirements of
each individual.
☞ RuPay had now introduced the CVV (Card Verification Value) free payment experience for its debit, credit and prepaid
cardholders who had tokenized their cards on the merchant application or webpage, National Payments Corporations of
India.
☞ Food aggregator platform Zomato had partnered with ICICI Bank to launch its very own unified payments interface (UPI)
offering called Zomato UPI, for some of its users
☞ Mobile wallets market in India to surpass $5 trillion in 2027, says GlobalData
☞ Japan's international payment brand JCB International Co will partner with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
and offer 40 per cent cashback to RuPay JCB cardholders on in-store purchase.
☞ Finance Ministry said that any payments by an individual using their international Debit or Credit cards upto seven lakh
rupees per financial year will be excluded from the Liberalized Remittance Scheme, LRS limits and will not attract any Tax
Collection at Source (TCS).
☞ Unified Payment Interface (UPI) transactions in May scaled a new high of Rs 14.3 lakh crores in terms of value and 9.41
billion in volume.
☞ ESAF Small Finance Bank adopted paperless initiative
☞ Hinduja group flagship Ashok Leyland had entered into a strategic partnership with Cholamandalam Investment and
Finance Company Ltd to offer financing to dealers
☞ The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation had formed three committees to frame draft schemes for pension, provident
fund and insurance under the retirement fund body, in line with the provisions of the Social Security Code, 2020.
☞ Google Pay had introduced UPI verification via Aadhaar card.
☞ JPMorgan (JPM) had teamed up with six Indian banks to settle interbank dollar transactions on its blockchain-based trading
platform, Onyx.The investment bank will run a pilot project over the coming months alongside HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis
Bank, Yes Bank, IndusInd Bank and JPM's own banking unit in Gujarat, India.
☞ Tata Motors Finance had entered into a strategic partnership with CJ Darcl Logistics, a leading multimodal logistics solutions
provider, to extend Rs 125 crore limit for various facilities, including vehicle operating lease, invoice financing and fuel
financing.
☞ Digital lenders' disbursement grows 2.5 times to Rs 92,848 crore in FY23
☞ Education loans registered 17% growth in FY23
☞ The National Bank for Financing Infrastructure Development (NaBFID) expected to end FY24 with final loan sanctions of ₹1
lakh crore and disbursements of close to ₹60,000 crores.
☞ National insurer Life Insurance Corporation launched a new close-ended plan Dhan Vridhhi.
☞ Bank loans to NBFCs under RBI scanner
☞ India's average health insurance claim is Rs 42,000; 15% exceed Rs 100,000
☞ UPI transactions down marginally by 1% in June to Rs 14.7 trillion
☞ Tata AIA Life Insurance had announced new forms of digital payments through WhatsApp and Unified Payments Interface
(UPI).
☞ IDFC FIRST Bank, Club Vistara and Mastercard Launch New Credit Card to Redefine Travel Experiences
☞ Razorpay launches international payment gateway in Malaysia through Curlec
☞ Payments service provider PayU announced the launch of a 45-day fintech accelerator program, inFINity for early-stage
Indian startups in collaboration with AWS India (Amazon Web Services) and venture capital firm Chiratae Ventures.
☞ Google Pay had started rolling out the UPI Lite feature for users in India.
☞ European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the European Union, plans to invest about €1 billion in India’s
renewable energy sector.
☞ Power Finance Corporation (PFC) had entered into loan agreements worth more than Rs 2.37 lakh crore with 20
companies.

☞ Bajaj Finserv Asset Management had launched its first equity scheme in the flexi-cap category, where a fund manager can
choose to invest in companies across the market capitalisation spectrum
☞ The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) held a Logistics Data Bank Project (LDB) Meeting to
review the measures taken by Port Authorities to improve port performance.
☞ NARCL acquired Rs 21K crore of bad loans in Q4FY23
☞ Food delivery platform Swiggy had launched a co-branded credit card with HDFC Bank, adding on to the larger trend of
ecommerce platforms launching co-branded cards. Swiggy’s co-branded credit card will be hosted on Mastercard’s payment
network.
☞ IDFC Mutual Fund is all set to adopt its new brand identity as Bandhan Mutual Fund from, March 13, 2023.
☞ Bajaj Finance had partnered with ICICI Lombard General Insurance along with other partners to provide car and two-
wheeler insurance plans on the platform Bajaj Finance Insurance Mall.
☞ Net collections under small savings schemes such as National Savings Certificate (NSC) and Public Provident Fund (PPF)
dipped for the first time in 11 years in the last fiscal year (FY23).
☞ India’s card payments market is expected to almost triple from $262.1 billion in 2022 to $728.2 billion in 2027, driven by
rising consumer spending, says GlobalData, a data and analytics company.
☞ Prominent fintech firm CRED introduced RuPay credit card-based Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments for its
members, in collaboration with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
☞ The central government’s fiscal deficit increased to 25.3 per cent or Rs 4.5 lakh crore for the first quarter of the current
financial year 2023-24.
☞ 15th Finance Commission had allocated a total corpus of Rs 1,28,122.40 crore to the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF)
in all States for the Award Period (2021-22 to 2025-2026), Union Minister for State (Home Affairs) Nityanand Rai.
☞ The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) had introduced the third edition of its UPI Safety Awareness campaign,
titled "UPI Chalega."
☞ Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 48,461.44 crore pertaining to 16,79,32,112 accounts had been transferred by the banks to
Depositor Education & Awareness Fund.
☞ Public sector banks and five major private sector banks, including Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank and
IDBI Bank, collected over Rs 35,000 crore in charges since 2018 on account of non-maintenance of minimum balance,
additional ATM transactions and SMS Services.
☞ SBI Card and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) had announced the linking of SBI credit card on RuPay
platform with UPI starting from August 10, 2023.
☞ Competition Commission of India (CCI) had imposed a penalty of ₹40 lakhs on Axis Bank for its failure to notify the
competition watchdog on its 9.91 percent stake buy in CSC e-governance.
☞ Light Microfinance had partnered Chennai-based fintech firm IppoPay to power digital lending to micro, small and medium
enterprises (MSMEs) in rural and semi-urban micro-markets of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka.
☞ Ooty-based agri-technology company Lawrencedale Agro Processing India (LEAF) had joined hands with Andhra Pradesh
State Co-operative Bank Ltd (APCOB) to promote sustainable livelihoods for marginalised farmers in Andhra Pradesh.
☞ The Central Government extended the deadline for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
(MGNREGA) wage payments via the Aadhaar-based payment system (ABPS) to December 31, 2023, or until further
direction.
☞ The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), launched Falcon — an open-source project that aims to simplify the
management and use of blockchains based on ‘Hyperledger Fabric' and supported on Kubernetes clusters.
☞ The Centre is likely to infuse capital in certain regional rural banks (RRBs) during 2023-24, depending on their performance
and adoption of digitisation.
☞ Muthoot Fincorp Ltd launched a digital platform, offering various financial services to its customers through a single
application (Muthoot FinCorp ONE).
☞ BankSathi, a pioneering fintech social commerce startup, had recently announced its remarkable achievement as the third-
largest credit card issuer in India with an impressive 3.6 lakh Annual Run Rate of card issuance.
☞ Forex services company Thomas Cook (India) Ltd and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) had launched
India's first RuPay prepaid forex card for Indians travelling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
☞ UPI Merchant UDIR (Unified Dispute and Issue Resolution) system was successfully completed by NPST & NPCI.

☞ Mastercard had partnered with KredX, a supply chain finance platform, in a strategic move aimed at revolutionising B2B
digital payments, ensuring benefits for both enterprises and vendors.
☞ SBI Card had launched ‘SimplySAVE Merchant SBI Card’ for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), with the offer
of short-term credit options and other exclusive benefits.
☞ National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the developer of UPI, had unveiled several new products — Credit Line on
UPI, UPI LITE X and Tap & Pay, Hello! UPI - Conversational Payments on UPI, BillPay Connect - Conversational Bill
Payments — with an aim to create an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable digital payments ecosystem.
☞ Cashfree Payments, a leading payments and API banking solutions company, had partnered with Jamboree, a leading
educational consultancy, to simplify fee payments for Indian students studying overseas.
☞ Hitachi Payment Services, a subsidiary of Japan-based Hitachi Ltd, launched India's first-ever UPI-ATM as a White Label
ATM (WLA) named Hitachi Money Spot UPI ATM, with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
☞ Bajaj Auto Consumer Finance Limited, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Bajaj Auto Limited, had received on 31 August 2023
from RBI a Certificate of Registration, bearing No. N-13.02465 dated 29 August 2023 under section 45-IA of the Reserve
Bank of India Act, 1934 to commence/carry on the business of nonbanking financial institution without accepting public
deposits, subject to the conditions given.
☞ Agrim Housing Finance (AHF) and Vastu Housing Finance Corporation (VHFC) had entered into a co-lending partnership for
affordable housing projects.
☞ Mastercard, a global technology company in the payments industry, had launched an ALT ID solution for guest checkout
transactions.
☞ Buoyed by strong equity and debt market performance, National Pension System (NPS) assets under management (AUM)
—including the corpus on Atal Pension Yojana (APY) —hit a milestone of ₹ 10 lakh crore on August 25.
☞ Loan disbursed by non-banking companies acting as Micro Finance Institutions (NBFC-MFIs) rose by 45.8 per cent year-on-
year to Rs 30,398 crore in April-June 2023 (Q1 FY24) as against Rs 20,845 crore in April-June 2022 (Q1 FY23).
☞ Fintech company Cashfree Payments has launched ‘AutoPay on QR’ in collaboration with the National Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI).
☞ Cashfree Payments launched UPI Plug-in, which enables mobile-first businesses to collect UPI payments from customers
without needing them to exit the application in partnership with NPCI and Axis Bank.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
GDP
Institute/Organisation/Company Inflation
FY24 FY25
Morgan Stanley 6.2% 5%
NITI Aayog member Arvind Virmani 6.5%
Fitch Ratings 6.3% 6.7%
J.P.Morgan 5.5%
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 6% 4.8%
Goldman Sachs 6.3%
Asian Development Bank 6.4% 6.7%
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) 6.5% 5.2%
World Bank 6.3%
S&P Global Ratings 6%
Chief Economic Advisor Anantha Nageswaran 6.5-7%
International Monetary Fund (IMF) 6.1%
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) 6.7%

☞ Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that India's exports of agricultural and allied products
had crossed four lakh crore rupees.
☞ JSW Infrastructure will invest ₹152 crores at Mangalore Container Terminal as part of phase-II container capacity
expansion.
☞ Zomato had changed its brand name to ‘Mazoto’, in a video, to reiterate the fact that ‘Ma’ always comes first.
☞ According to Morgan Stanley, India is benefitting from a combination of cyclical and structural tailwinds and is expected to
contribute 16 per cent of the global gross domestic product (GDP) over 2023-24.
☞ Data centres in India are expected to lead the next wave of real assets investments by growing at a compounded annual
growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 40% to reach a capacity of around 1,700 MW by 2025, on the back of investments worth $5
billion.
☞ Malabar Gold and Diamonds, one of the largest gold and diamond retail chains of the country, had become the first
jewellery group in India to obtain a TRQ (Tariff Rate Quota) license from the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)
whereby they can import gold through India International Bullion Exchange (IIBX).
☞ Tata Motors Finance, one of India’s leading NBFC pioneering in the vehicle finance industry, and Pasco Motors, a authorised
dealer of Tata Motors in North India will introduce what they claim is an industry-first strategic partnership to offer a
seamless digital credit line for an array of maintenance and servicing needs of commercial vehicles.
☞ The government is planning to come up with a quarterly payment mechanism under the Rs 25,938-crore auto PLI scheme
to incentivise auto manufacturers.
☞ India's merchandise trade deficit rose to its highest level since December 2022 to $22.12 billion in May.
☞ India exported 17,35,286 tonnes of seafood worth ₹63,969.14 crores ($8.09 billion) during 2022-23, with frozen shrimp
remaining the major export item in terms of quantity and value, while the United States and China turned out to be the
major importers of India’s seafood, said a release from the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA).
☞ SBI Capital Markets expects India's real GDP growth for the current financial year 2023-24 to be 6 per cent, and noted that
risks are evenly balanced.
☞ Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution had announced a reduction in the import duty on refined
soyabean oil and sunflower oil by 5 percentage points, bringing it down from 17.5 per cent to 12.5 per cent.
☞ Net direct tax collection for the first quarter of FY24 soared by 36 per cent to Rs 3.78 trillion, indicating better corporate
performance and a sustained economic growth trend.
☞ Agri start-up Poshn had launched a trading platform Poshn Nucleus that will help match a buyer’s procurement demand
with the most likely fulfilment partner.
☞ The figures of Direct Tax collections for the Financial Year 2023-24, as on 17.06.2023 show that net collections are at Rs.
3,79,760 crores, compared to Rs. 3,41,568 crores in the corresponding period of the preceding Financial Year i.e. FY 2022-
23, representing an increase of 11.18%.
☞ Minister of State of Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar virtual addressed to the annual
Conference of the Global Indian Technology Professionals Association.
☞ Boeing had announced a significant investment of $100 million in infrastructure and pilot training programs in India.
☞ Goldman Sachs had predicted the Indian economy and market will be among the top globally by 2050 and even surpass the
US by 2075.
☞ Procurement of goods and services from government portal, GeM had touched ₹50,000 crore-mark in the first quarter of
this fiscal year.
☞ The amount of money spent on apps is projected to reach around $800 billion (₹64 lakh crore) by 2030, and given that the
Indian economy is expected to be around $6,600 billion by 2030, the app spending is likely to be around 12 per cent of the
GDP.
☞ The GST Council is likely to discuss a demand of industrial units located in 11 Himalayan and North Eastern states for
reimbursement of full Central GST and 50 per cent of net Integrated GST paid.
☞ E-commerce major Amazon is on track to enable $8 billion in cumulative exports by the end of 2023, up 60 per cent from $5
billion last year.
☞ Finance Ministry had decided to continue with relaxations under cash management guidelines (CMG) for the quarter
(second quarter) beginning July 1.
☞ Agri-drone maker IoTechWorld Avigation had secured a large contract from cooperative fertiliser major IFFCO for supplying
500 drones, which will be primarily used for spraying nano liquid urea and DAP.
☞ The National Housing Bank (NHB) had operationalised the ₹10,000-crore Urban Infrastructure Development Fund (UIDF)
announced in this year’s Budget for creation of urban infrastructure in tier-2 and tier-3 cities.
☞ India is poised to become the second-largest economy in the world by 2075, surpassing not only Japan and Germany but
also the United States, according to a Goldman Sachs report.

☞ India’s direct tax collection soared 16 per cent to touch Rs. 4.75 trillion this finacial year, showing continuity in revenue
growth despite external headwinds.
☞ Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the 50th GST Council meeting at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
☞ Only 21 tonnes of gold had been mobilised in the last eight years under the gold monetisation scheme (GMS) which was
announced by the Government of India in November 2015.
☞ The study by Reserve Bank of India staffers said for India to become a developed country by 2047-48, would require real
GDP to grow at 7.6 per cent per annum over the next 25 years, raising its current per capita GDP of $ 2,500 to $ 22,000.
☞ The National Company Law Tribunal had approved a ₹1,814-crore resolution plan for the private hill station Lavasa, nearly
five years after the initiation of the insolvency resolution process.
☞ The Central government had ratified the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation’s (EPFO) decision of March 28 to set the
interest rate at 8.15 per cent for 2022-23 in respect of the provident fund accumulations in members accounts.
☞ The Indian government had stopped releasing subsidised rice for the production of ethanol after it banned the export of
non-basmati white rice.
☞ India will become the third largest economy by FY28, two years earlier than projected, said SBI Research economists.
☞ India's GDP will nearly double in the next seven years to $6 trillion, and per capita income will increase to $4,000 by 2030,
Standard Chartered Bank Research.
☞ IoTechWorld Avigation, a leading agricultural drone manufacturer based in Gurugram, proudly announced that its
indigenous AGRIBOT A6 krishi-drone has received the prestigious 'Type Certificate' from the Directorate General of Civil
Aviation (DGCA).
☞ Output of eight key infrastructure sectors known as the core sector expanded to a five-month high of 8.2 per cent in June.
☞ The government extended the deadline to apply for benefits under the production-linked incentive scheme for IT hardware
products such as laptops, tablets, all-in-one PCs, servers, and edge computing devices till August 30.
☞ LIC Mutual Fund (LIC MF) had completed the takeover of schemes of IDBI Mutual Fund.
☞ Softening its stance, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council decided to implement a 28 per cent tax on electronic
gaming, casinos, and horse racing, but this would be applied on the initial amount paid upon entry, and not on the total
value of each bet placed.
☞ The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) put under restricted category the import of laptops, tablets, personal
computers, ultrasmall form factor computers and servers with "immediate effect".
☞ Expressing confidence in the medium-term growth potential of the Indian economy, S&P Global projected an average
annual growth of 6.7 per cent from the fiscal year 2023-24 (FY24) to FY31, with capital accumulation as the main driver of
this growth.
☞ The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said that the FAO All Rice Price Index rose 2.8 per cent
in July from a month ago, to an average of 129.7 points.
☞ During the annual Maharashtra Green Infrastructure Conclave 2023 K V Kamath, chairman of the National Bank for
Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID), expressed his confidence in India’s potential to achieve the $5-trillion
economy target within 18 months.
☞ Meesho, backed by SoftBank, had announced it is the first horizontal e-commerce firm in India to reach profitability.
☞ The Finance Ministry had imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain optical fibre imports from China, South Korea
and Indonesia to give some relief to the domestic optical fibre industry reeling under the adverse impact of low-price and
low-quality imports.
☞ India's toy exports increased 60 per cent from $203.46 million in 2018-19 to $325.72 million in 2022-23. Import on the other
hand dipped 57 per cent from $371.69 million in 2018-19 to $158.70 million in 2022-23.
☞ ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode, and Tata Trusts had entered into a contract to carry out pan-India
action research project on the improvement of spice value chains with special focus on ginger and turmeric.
☞ Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced that it had been chosen as a strategic partner to transform the Government e-
Marketplace (GeM) by bringing in more transparency and efficiency into the public procurement process.
☞ The gross direct tax collection had registered growth of around 16 per cent to 6 lakh 53 thousand crore rupees and Net
direct tax collection stands at 5 lakh 84 thousand crore rupees, which is over 17 per cent higher than corresponding period
last year.
☞ The wholesale price based inflation remained in the negative territory for the fourth straight month in July at (-)1.36% on
easing prices of fuel, even though food articles turned costlier.
☞ India’s goods exports fell 15.88 per cent (year-on-year) to $32.25 billion in July, posting a decline for the sixth straight
month.
☞ A research report by State Bank of India.

☞ The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation rate jumped to 7.44 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in July from 4.87 per cent
in June.
☞ IT giant Wipro had inaugurated a new centre of excellence (CoE) focused on generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), in
collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.
☞ Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajeev
Chandrasekhar told that India’s digital economy had been seeing accelerated growth and is expected to account for 20% of
the country’s GDP by 2026.
☞ Cutting-edge material sciences firm, Carborundum Universal Limited (CUMI), had entered into a technology partnership
with private sector drone maker, ideaForge Technology.
☞ Moody’s Investors Service had affirmed India’s long-term local and foreign-currency issuer ratings at Baa3 and retained a
stable outlook.
☞ Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh had said that India is set to achieve 150 billion dollars Bio-Economy by 2025 during
‘Implementation Arrangement’ signed between the Department of Biotechnology and the United States-National Science
Foundation in New Delhi.
☞ Aditya Birla Group company Hindalco Industries planned to invest ₹2,000 crores in first-of-its-kind copper and e-waste
recycling facility in India.
☞ The advent of UPI (unified payments interface) had triggered the growth of fintech firms in the country.
☞ Accelerated growth, increased efficiency and unwavering trust propel Government e-Marketplace (GeM) to achieve an
impressive milestone, crossing ₹1 lakh crore in Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) within a remarkable span of 145 days in the
current financial year, FY 2023-24.
☞ The Competition Commission of India had levied fines totalling Rs 55 lakh on Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and
TPG Group for making false declarations before the regulator while availing the green channel facility in a deal related to the
acquisition of a stake in UPL Sustainable Agri Solutions Ltd (UPL SAS).
☞ E-commerce firm Meesho had announced its aim to onboard 10 million small businesses by 2027, assisting them in finding
success online.
☞ Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) had fined ₹50 crores on Electric motorcycle maker Revolt Motors for violating the
guidelines under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme.
☞ The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions,
Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh launched the CSIR Prima ET11, which is claimed to be the first indigenous e-
tractor developed by the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur.
☞ Financial Software & Systems (FSS), a provider of payments solutions, had announced the launch of its new payments
technology platform, 'Blaze'.
☞ According to Crisil, The combined capital outlay for roads and renewables in the current and next fiscal is seen rising to
around ₹13-lakh crore, a 35 per cent growth compared with the preceding two fiscals, backed by strong execution speed.
☞ Fintech company PayNearby partnered with Grameen Foundation for Social Impact (GFSI), a non-profit to uplift
underserved communities, to upskill 1.5 lakh business correspondents (BC) in rural areas.
☞ Lignite and power major NLC India Ltd had formulated its Corporate Plan 2030, under which it had proposed a massive
capex of ₹82,174 crores for enhancing mining, power generation, and diversification businesses.
☞ Garuda Aerospace had launched the Equality Drone Training program, along with the Bharat Drone Association and
National Drone Pilot Association, specifically designed for persons with disabilities.
☞ Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd government got Navratna status by Government of India.
☞ PhonePe announced its foray into stock broking business with the launch of a new mobile application called
‘Share(dot)Market’, under its subsidiary PhonePe Wealth Broking.
☞ Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), organised a workshop on Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting
(BRSR) in collaboration with UNICEF and National Stock Exchange at the NSE premises in Mumbai.
☞ Aditya Birla Capital Digital Limited, the wholly owned subsidiary company of Aditya Birla Capital Limited, announced the
introduction of Payment Lounge, powered by PhiCommerce.
☞ Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT)-the first common forum of dispute resolution between Centre and
States-will have 31 benches across the 28 states and Union Territories.
☞ Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) Chairman Siddhartha Mohanty presented a dividend cheque of Rs 1,831.09 crore to
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

AGREEMENTS AND M O U S
National
☞ Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with T-Hub (Technology Hub), a
premier innovation hub and ecosystem-enabler based out of Hyderabad, India.
☞ In order to realize green energy and green hydrogen objectives and the GOI’s efforts towards energy transition, NTPC Green
Energy Limited (NGEL) and HPCL Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New
Delhi.
☞ In an endeavor to bring the corporate companies and Ex-Servicemen on a common platform to generate more employment
opportunities for them, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Directorate General Resettlement
under Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare.
☞ The H K Sherwani Centre for Deccan Studies (HKSCDS) at the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) here
entered into an MoU with Department of Design, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) to jointly work on the
emerging initiative of Science and Heritage for 3 years.
☞ A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) and Rashtriya
Raksha University (RRU).
☞ A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) under Department
of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence and M/s Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company Limited to generate
employment opportunities for the esteemed Ex-Servicemen of the Defence Services.
☞ HCL Foundation had partnered with the National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) to train over 5,000 women, youths and
artisans from marginalised communities for sustainable income-generating opportunities.
☞ Online accommodation hosting platform Airbnb had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union
Ministry of Tourism to showcase India's heritage stays and promote cultural tourism.
☞ State-owned telecommunications firm ITI Ltd had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Centre for
Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) to produce new products
and services for smart cities.
☞ Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) under Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IBM to engage ex-servicemen and to facilitate their seamless integration into
the civilian workforce.
☞ The Union Agriculture Ministry had signed an MOU with Pixxel Space India Pvt Ltd to develop various geospatial solutions,
mainly for monitoring the health of crops and soil.
☞ The Confederation of Indian Industry’s Centre of Excellence for Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Start-ups (CII CIES)
announced its strategic partnership with Vedanta Ltd to promote corporate-start-up connect and also provide support to
technology-based start-ups through its corporate accelerator program.
☞ The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC) had
signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen the global competitiveness of the local automotive industry.
☞ To foster academic collaboration and promote research initiatives, the University of Jaffna and the prestigious Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras had signed a Memorandum of Understanding.
☞ THDC India Limited (THDCIL) had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Highways Authority of
India (NHAI) to provide technical services as the technical consultant.
☞ International Financial Services Centers Authority (IFSCA) had signed a MoU at IIM (Indian Institute of Management)
Lucknow EIC, Noida campus in Uttar Pradesh.
☞ The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) and Climate Policy Initiative - India (CPI) had signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for mutual assistance and cooperation to increase mobilisation of global sustainable
capital flows into India.

☞ A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote use of millets and healthy eating practices among the Armed Forces
and ensure availability of safe & nutritious food was signed in the presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh and
Minister of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) Dr Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi.
☞ In a remarkable initiative to revive and preserve the 2000-year-old technique of shipbuilding known as the ‘stitched
shipbuilding method’, the Ministry of Culture and the Indian Navy had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU).
☞ An MoU had been signed between the Ministry of Culture and Canara Bank for disbursal of financial assistance to the
selected beneficiaries under the “Scheme for Financial Assistance for Veteran Artists” earlier known as “Scheme for
Pension and Medical Aid to Artists”.
☞ ACME Group had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with State-run REC amounting to over ₹21,000 crore of
loans for setting up various power- green ammonia and pumped hydro projects.
☞ Electric commercial vehicles manufacturer PMI Electro Mobility had signed an agreement with public-sector enterprise REC
Limited to provide finance for its commercial EVs.
☞ In order to foster collaboration in the field of AI and Emerging Technologies, ‘India AI’ – an IBD under Digital India
Corporation and Meta, India had signed an MoU.
☞ The first Global DPI Summit was organised by Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) in Pune, Maharashtra.
☞ Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited (IGGL) and GAIL India had signed an interconnection agreement to connect the North East
Gas Grid (NEGG) of IGGL with the Barauni Guwahati Pipeline (BGPL) of GAIL.
☞ The Ministry of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship signed 106 Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs)
with various esteemed organizations and institutions, on the occasion of the Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam 2023 and the
3rd anniversary of the National Education Policy.
☞ Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) and the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) had signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish mechanism of technical and institutional cooperation in
telecommunications.
☞ Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications (IRISET) under the Ministry of Railways, and the
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the
India 5G Test bed.
☞ The AIIMS Delhi had signed an agreement with the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) to
initiate the technical assessment of the hospital campus for converting it into one which is powered by solar energy.
☞ For the first time ever, Subroto Mukherjee Sports Education Society (SMSES) signed MoU with the All India Football
Federation (AIFF) to promote football at the grassroots level.
☞ IIM Ahmedabad’s CIIE.CO and SIDBI had partnered to establish a pre-seed fund, especially for deep-tech start-ups.
☞ Bureau of Indian Standards, the National Standards Body of India signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with 35
prestigious institutions across the country for fostering collaboration in standardization and conformity assessment.
☞ Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) announced that it had signed an MoU with Greenstat Hydrogen India Pvt. Ltd. for
“potential collaboration opportunities in Green Hydrogen and derivatives in the Hydrogen Value Chain.”
☞ Amazon India had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of
India (EDII) and the Cottage and Rural Industries Department, Government of Gujarat, to help drive e-commerce exports
from the state.
☞ NHPC Limited and Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) had signed a Memorandum of
Understanding, under which NHPC will provide CSR support for distribution of aids and assistive devices to around 1,000
Divyangjans (Persons with Disabilities) in the vicinity of NHPC Projects located in North and North Eastern states.
☞ UNDP Indonesia and India’s eGov Foundation had signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) to tackle the critical
challenge of infectious medical waste management in Indonesia.
☞ SJVN Ltd had signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and
Sambhar Salts Limited (SSL), a subsidiary of Hindustan Salts Limited for development of solar parks and projects.
☞ The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for providing QR code-based DMRC tickets through the IRCTC platform.
☞ A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO),
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of the Republic of India and Ministry of Health, Government of the
Republic of Suriname on cooperation in the field of Medical Product Regulation.

☞ NHPC Limited, India’s premier hydropower company, had signed an MoU with RITES, a Miniratna Schedule 'A' Central Public
Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Railways, for construction of railway siding at Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, for
NHPC’s 2,880 MW Dibang Multi-Purpose Project.
☞ Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in the
presence of Minister of State for Ministry of DoNER and Ministry of Cooperation, Shri B.L.Verma and UN Assistant
Secretary-General & Director of the UNDP Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy (BERA), Ms Ulrika Modéer, entered
into an MoU.
☞ Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), a Mini Ratna (Category – I) had signed a performance-based
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
☞ Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment and the National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation
(NSKFDC) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25.
☞ Indian Railways’ Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV) Vadodara and Airbus entered into collaboration to significantly
strengthen the Indian aviation sector.
☞ NTPC Limited and Oil India Limited (OIL) had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration in the
areas of renewable energy, green hydrogen, and its derivatives.
☞ The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Education and Meta signed a three-year partnership
to take digital skills to the grassroots, thus building talent pool capacities and seamlessly connecting students, youth, and
micro-entrepreneurs across the country.
☞ The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) had signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with global biotech
and agri-major Bayer for resource-efficient technology development and enhancing farmers' income through regenerative
agriculture.
☞ Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India
Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL), to finance renewable energy projects.
☞ Department of Posts entered into an agreement with Bigfoot Retail Solution Pvt Ltd (Shiprocket), one of the leading e-
commerce enablement platforms to create an export ecosystem for e-commerce in the country.
☞ Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) had signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with
Union Bank of India (UBI) and Bank of Baroda (BoB).
☞ Union Ministry of Education signed an agreement with global software major Adobe to help children develop creative
expression in classrooms using the application Adobe Express.
☞ A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration opportunities on 6G wireless technologies in India and
other parts of the world was signed between Bharat 6G Alliance and Next G Alliance, an initiative of the Alliance for
Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS).
☞ In a stride towards advancing the landscape of skill development and entrepreneurship in India, Indian Institute of
Management Indore has entered into a partnership with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
☞ NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of India’s leading integrated power producer NTPC Limited,
and Nayara Energy, a new-age international downstream energy company of international scale, have entered into a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities in the Green Hydrogen and Green Energy space.
☞ The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(NABARD) have signed an MoU to collaborate on data-driven innovations in agriculture and food systems.
☞ The Indian Navy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with M/s Uber to provide reliable, convenient, safe and
economical mobility solutions for personal travel and commute of Naval personnel and families across the country.
☞ Amazon Web Services (AWS) had signed a memorandum of understanding with ISRO and IN-SPACe to support space-tech
innovations through cloud computing.
☞ Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Small Industries
Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to provide accessible financing options to micro, small, and medium enterprises
(MSMEs) looking to adopt solar solutions.
☞ The Ministry of Labour and Employment signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with leading private job portals,
companies/employers and skill providers to integrate with National Career Service (NCS) portal of the Ministry.
☞ The Geological Survey of India Training Institute (GSITI), Hyderabad has signed a memorandum of understanding with
ISRO, Bengaluru under the National Natural Resources Management System programme.
☞ The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ICICI Bank to fuel
start-up innovation in India.

International
☞ Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) had been exchanged between NHPC Ltd and Vidhyut Utpadan Company Ltd (VUCL),
Nepal, in august presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' at
Hyderabad House, New Delhi, for development of Phukot Karnali Hydro Electric Project (480MW) in Nepal.
☞ India’s Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited and Germany-based Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems (TKMS) signed an MoU for
cooperation in submarine production, as a precursor to join a bid for an estimated Rs. 42,000 crore project to build six
diesel-electric submarines for the Indian navy.
☞ Bar Council of India had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Bar Council of England and Wales and Law
Society of England and Wales for an exchange programme of lawyers and students for training and learning about each
other's jurisdiction.
☞ Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) and the Indian Chamber of Food and Agriculture (ICFA) had signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at promoting mutual growth and development in the food and agriculture
sectors of the UAE and India.
☞ NADA India signed an MoU with South Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organization (SARADO), comprising of Anti-Doping
Organizations of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, at the NADA India – SARADO Cooperation Meet in
New Delhi, in the presence of Shri Anurag Singh Thakur Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Information & Broadcasting,
Government of India, Ms. Sujata Chaturvedi, Secretary (Sports), Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India,
SARADO Secretariat & Member Country Representatives of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
☞ The Bureau of Water Use Efficiency (BWUE) and Indian Plumbing Association (IPA) had signed an MoU with the aim of
achieving a Water Positive India.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India and the Central Bank of UAE (CBUAE) signed two MoUs related to the promotion of local
currencies for cross-border transactions and interlinking their payment systems UPI with the Instant Payment Platform (IPP)
of UAE.
☞ United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Absolute®, a bioscience company, signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the government of India’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and
enhance the resilience of the farmers.
☞ India and UAE signed a Memorandum of Understanding for planning to establish Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) - Delhi
in Abu Dhabi, which could be the second IIT abroad after Tanzania.
☞ The Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and AOAC INTERNATIONAL (AOAC) had signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) to collaborate and enhance the food safety analytical ecosystem in India.
☞ Five Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were signed between India & LAO PDR (Laos) for the implementation of five
Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) in the fields of education, health, water facility and IT.
☞ Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TMS), the Germany-based leading naval company, had signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with Indian defence PSU Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) for the overhaul and
modernisation of submarine INS Shankush to extend its operational capability.
☞ NTPC, the largest power-generating utility in India, and Chempolis India, a Fortum group associate company and a leading
Finnish bio-refining technology provider, had signed Memorandum of Understanding to explore the feasibility of setting up
a Bamboo-based Bio-Refinery in Bongaigaon.
☞ As part of its commitment to reduce carbon footprints, Indian Railways had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with United States Agency for International Development/India (USAID/India) for collaboration on renewable energy and
energy efficiency in the railways.
☞ The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions, and the Public Service Division, of the Republic of Singapore signed a protocol document, extending for five years
the current memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of personnel management and public
administration till 2028.
☞ Reliance Industries and Brookfield Asset Management had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore
opportunities to manufacture equipment for renewable energy and decarbonisation in Australia.
☞ The Indian embassy in Kathmandu and the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration of Nepal signed four
Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to

☞ A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation in Sports was signed between the Ministry of Youth Affairs and
Sports and the Department of Health and Aged Care of the Government of Australia.
☞ India and Trinidad and Tobago had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on sharing INDIA STACK a collection of
open APIs and digital public goods that aim to facilitate identity, data, and payment services on a large scale.
☞ Nepal government planned to increase the export of electricity to neighbouring India from 450 MW to 10,000 MW in the
next 10 years.
☞ Indian Coast Guard had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on enhanced
maritime cooperation.
☞ The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) had signed a MoU with the Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) to use
National Waterways-2 (Brahmaputra) and Indo Bangladesh Protocol Route (IBPR) for export of petroleum products to
Bangladesh and other south east Asian countries.
☞ Goa Shipyard Ltd and Kenya Shipyard Ltd signed an MoU for capacity building and collaboration in ship design and
construction following Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Defence Aden Bare Duale’s
bilateral talks here to promote military industry cooperation and deepen maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region.
☞ The Government of India and the Government of New Zealand had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to
boost cooperation in civil aviation.
☞ India had entered into eight memorandums of understandings with countries such as Armenia, Sierra Leone, Suriname,
Antigua, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Papua New Guinea and Mauritius, offering them the India Stack and digital
public infrastructure (DPI) at no cost and with open-source access.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina held a bilateral talk in New Delhi and also
signed three memorandum of understanding (MoUs). The MoU on cooperation in Digital Payment mechanism was signed
between National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and Bangladesh Bank. Another MoU focused on the renewal of the
Cultural Exchange Program (CEP) between India and Bangladesh for 2023-2025. The third MoU was signed between the
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council (BARC).
☞ India and Saudi Arabia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of energy.
☞ To strengthen the collaboration between the Netherlands and India, stakeholders from both countries have jointly signed
27 Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), with a special focus on areas such as sustainable food systems, key enabling
technologies and medical technology.
☞ The National Judicial Academy of India signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Singapore Judicial College
of the Supreme Court of the island city-state on advancing cooperation in judicial education and research.
☞ Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology had signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of
High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia, Ministry of Information and Communications of the Republic of Sierra Leone
& Ministry of Information, Communications Technologies, Utilities and Energy of the Antigua & Barbuda on Cooperation in
the field of sharing successful Digital Solutions implemented at Population Scale for Digital Transformation.
States
☞ Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma attended the signing of Memorandum of Understanding between the
Government of Assam and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi for the establishment of Srimanta Sankardev Chair at
the School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies of the country's premier education institution dedicated to higher education.
☞ In a significant development, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Guwahati, Assam, which aims to
facilitate the creation of a ‘Riverine Based Religious Tourism Circuit’ in the region.
☞ The Tamil Nadu government signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) worth Rs 800 crore with Japanese firms during
Chief Minister M K Stalin's ongoing visit of that country.
☞ Six memoranda of understanding (MoUs) were signed between Tamil Nadu government agencies and various organisations
in Singapore in the presence of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Singapore’s Minister for Transport and Minister in charge of
Trade Relations S. Iswaran.
☞ The Assam government signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to ensure hadsle-free rail and river travel, the
first pact was signed with the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) for transfer of the Assam State Transport Corporation
(ASTC)'s land in Paltanbazar here to the railways for setting up a second entry point to Guwahati railway station, Chief
Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

☞ Lupin Ltd, said that its corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm, Lupin Human Welfare and Research Foundation (LHWRF)
had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra government to address the growing prevalence
of Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in the Palghar district of
Maharashtra.
☞ After signing agreements with the Madhya Pradesh and the Tamil Nadu governments, the government-backed e-commerce
marketplace the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) signed an agreement with the Kerala government to improve
access and business opportunities in various sectors in the State.
☞ Paytm Payment Services Limited (PPSL) signed an MoU with Arunachal Pradesh Innovation and Investment Park (APIIP) to
create a startup ecosystem for the youth in the northeastern state.
☞ Micron Technology signed MoU with Gujarat Government for setting up semiconductor facility in Sanand.
☞ The India Startup Foundation (ISF) had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs -
Hyderabad) and start-up ecosystem enabler, T-Hub, to promote a robust ecosystem to create, incubate, fund, and
mentorship in the region.
☞ International Financial Services Centers Authority (IFSCA) and PIEDS BITS Pilani, had signed a MoU at BITS Pilani PIEDS
Finxcelerator, Pilani Campus in Rajasthan
☞ The Gujarat government and the Centre signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a PM MITRA textile park on a
462-hectare plot in Navsari district.
☞ Paytm had signed an exclusive memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Goa government for digitisation of all its
departments.
☞ Electronics, home appliances, IT & mobile accessories brand Elista had signed an MoU with the Government of Andhra
Pradesh to invest Rs 100 crore in setting up its second manufacturing plant in Andhra Pradesh.
☞ Tezpur University and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) to assess the net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide in Kaziranga National Park.
☞ The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Council
of World Affairs (ICWA) as a step towards enhancing its expertise in international affairs and foreign policy.
☞ The Punjab government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with British Council Education India to start an English
language training course for government college students.
☞ Walmart and Flipkart announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Telangana government to
create an ecosystem to aid capacity building for MSMEs in the state.
☞ The Odisha government signed an agreement with the University of California, Berkeley, in the US for cooperation in
research, impact assessment of schemes and exchange of academic publication
☞ As part of a slew of projects launched by the Tamil Nadu State government, the Environment department signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom to set up a botanical garden in Chengalpattu in
partnership with the Kew Gardens, London.
☞ Tamil Nadu (TN) signed an agreement with Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, to build a
mobile component manufacturing facility in the Kancheepuram district at a proposed investment of Rs 1,600 crore, likely
employing 6,000 people.
☞ The Retailers Association of India (RAI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Facilitating MSMEs Tamil
Nadu (FaMeTN).
☞ The Bharti Institute of Public Policy of the Indian School of Business (ISB) signed an MoU with the Goa government to
commence a knowledge partnership, with focus on evidence-based policy formulation and impact in the State.
☞ Arunachal Pradesh government allotted 12 hydropower projects to three Central Government PSUs by signing a
Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with them at State Banquet Hall in Itanagar.
☞ A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was inked between Jharkhand Police and State Bank of India (SBI) to provide
additional benefits to police personnel and officials as part of their salary package.
☞ The Goa government had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with CSC eGovernance Services India Limited to
facilitate the implementation of various e-governance initiatives and services across rural areas of the coastal state.
☞ A memorandum of understanding will be signed between Jharkhand government and TCPL Green Energy Solution Pvt. to
pave way for the establishment of the country’s first hydrogen fuel industry in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur.
☞ A Memorandum of Agreement was signed by Numaligarh Refinery Limited with Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
to develop technology for production of marketable Grade Green Activated Carbon from bamboo dust.

☞ The Andhra Pradesh Food Processing Society (APFPS) and the State Bank of India (SBI) had entered into an agreement on
Tuesday to upgrade and support the establishment of at least 7,500 micro food processing units in the state.
☞ Amazon India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with five State Governments, including Haryana,
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, to train employable Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) and bring them to
the mainstream workforce.
☞ Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CRML) signed three contract agreements with Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) for a combined
value of Rs. 4058.20 crore.
☞ Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd’s (IRCTC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the
Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to enable travellers to book bus journeys through IRCTC’s bus
booking portal.
☞ The Odisha government had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with six public sector banks for catering to all
unbanked gram panchayats.
Others
☞ IDBI Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland for a channel
financing partnership of its dealers. The MoU is for collaboration to provide personalized financial solutions specifically
designed for dealers by the partnering entities.
☞ South Indian Bank (SIB) had signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd (Automobile
division) for providing the latter’s dealers with financing solutions.
☞ Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi’s Innovation and Incubation Centre (IIITD-IC), had signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with YES BANK.
☞ Mahindra Logistics Limited (MLL) announced a collaboration with Flipkart for providing a dedicated fleet of heavy
commercial vehicles, assistance in route management and network operations, among others for the latter's pan India
operations.
SUMMIT AND CONFERENCE
☞ Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Affairs Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, addressed two-day Asian
Petrochemical Industry Conference on the theme, ‘Ushering in a Sustainable Future’ at the, at New Delhi.
☞ Britain will host a global summit on artificial intelligence safety later this year.
☞ Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav addressed the Plenary Session at the 111th International Labour
Conference in Geneva.
☞ The two-day Summit for a New Global Financing Pact kicked off in Paris, France with more than 300 participants from
various sectors.
☞ Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers and Health & Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya addressed the 8th Global
Pharmaceutical Quality Summit 2023 in Mumbai.
☞ The Government of India is organizing an International Conference on Green Hydrogen (ICGH-2023) at Vigyan Bhawan,
New Delhi, to bring together the global scientific, policy, academic and industrial leaders to discuss recent advances and
emerging technologies in the entire green hydrogen value chain.
☞ To celebrate the International Year of Millets, Ministry of Agriculture and Famers Welfare, Government of India and the
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Government of Kenya will be co-hosting the ‘India-Africa International
Millet Conference’ in Kenya with support of International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).
☞ New & Renewable Energy Secretary Bhupinder Singh Bhalla addressed the US India Energy Summit.
☞ Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated a two day long Swasthya Chintan Shivir-
the 15th Conference of Central Council of Health and Family Welfare, in Dehradun.
☞ Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah chaired Regional Conference on ‘Drugs Smuggling and
National Security’ in New Delhi.

☞ The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal launched the curtain raiser of
Global Maritime India Summit (GIMS), 2023 in Mumbai.
☞ Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the maiden Global Food Regulators
Summit 2023 in the presence of Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare Shri Narendra Tomar and special guest
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Govt. of Nepal, Dr. Bedu Ram Bhusal.
☞ India will host the ASEAN Countries Conference on Traditional Medicines in New Delhi.
☞ The Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated a two-day National Conference on Rural
WASH Partners' Forum (RWPF) at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, to celebrate 1st anniversary of formation of RWPF.
☞ The 2 day Global Food Regulators Summit was inaugurated by Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health and
Family Welfare.
☞ Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia, Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel inaugurated Heli Summit 2023 in Khajuraho, Madhya
Pradesh.
☞ UAE Minister for Foreign Trade Dr Thani Al Zeyoudi had been elected as the chair of the World Trade Organisation’s 13th
Ministerial Conference that will be held in Abu Dhabi in February 2024.
☞ The Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers in association with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FICCI) is organizing the 3rd edition of the Summit on “Global Chemicals and Petrochemicals Manufacturing Hubs in India”
(GCPMH 2023) at New Delhi.
☞ Minister of State for Health Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar inaugurated a national conference on “Moving Mental Health Beyond
Institutions”, in New Delhi.
☞ India would host the fifth World Coffee Conference (WCC) for the first time in Asia from September 25 to 28 in Bengaluru.
☞ India to participate in a two-day conference on Ukraine’s peace plan that will take place in the coastal city of Jeddah.
☞ Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar had described the India-Japan
partnership as pivotal for the future of Asia, Indo-Pacific region, and the world.
☞ Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Bharati Pawar inaugurated the Fourth National Conference of ERMED
Consortium under Empowering Libraries for Digital Health Transformation in New Delhi and also launched ERMED Access
Booklet and Newsletter by National Medical Library.
☞ MSME Development Forum organized 9th India International MSME Expo & Summit 2023 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
and was inaugurated by Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha of Jammu and Kashmir.
☞ Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar inaugurated the National Conference on
The Electronic Resources in Medicine (ERMED) Consortium: Empowering Libraries for Digital Health Transformation at
National Media Library in New Delhi.
☞ Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurated the ninth India Region Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association in Rajasthan's Udaipur.
☞ Madhya Pradesh Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Science & Technology Minister Om Prakash Sakhalecha inaugurated
the 26th National Conference on e-Governance began in Indore to deliberate on providing better facilities to the citizens.
☞ Dr. N Kailaiselvi, Director General, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research & Secretary, Department of Scientific and
Industrial Research virtually inaugurated the Third International Conference on Structural Integrity (ICONS 2023) at
Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu.
☞ Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) is organizing a conference on “Review of PLI-Auto Scheme - Excellence through
Aatmanirbharta at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
☞ Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways organised a road show on Global Maritime India Summit, 2023 in Guwahati,
Assam.
☞ The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is planning to host the first edition of Global IndiaAI 2023 in
October 2023.
☞ Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia, Union Minister for Civil Aviation & Steel today inaugurated the ‘International Aerospace
Conference: Moving Towards Inclusive Global Value Chains’ 2023 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
☞ The second edition of three days Naval Commanders' Conference, 2023 began in New Delhi.
☞ Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Shri Parshottam Rupala chaired National KCC Conference for Fisheries,
Animal Husbandry & Dairying in Maharashtra.
☞ The Vice President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated the International Conference on the theme “Safe & Secure
Dams Ensure Nation’s Prosperity" organised by the Department of Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga
Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti at Rajasthan International Centre (RIC) in Jaipur, where the world's foremost experts
and leaders in the field will assemble to strengthen capacities for enhancing dam safety.
☞ The IGs Level Border Co-ordination Conference between Border Security Force (BSF), India and Border Guards Bangladesh
(BGB) concluded in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
☞ A second super pressure balloon had been launched from Wānaka Airport by NASA.
☞ The government launched ''Meri LiFE'' (My Life) mobile application to empower young people and encourage their
participation in tackling climate change.
☞ Union Minister for Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw launched a Citizen Centric Portal named Sanchar Saathi Portal at a
function in New Delhi through which mobile users can now track and block their lost mobile phones.
☞ Skill development project Adani Saksham said its Adani Skill Development Centre (ASDC) had become the world's first skill
centre to enter the metaverse, beginning by introducing two courses.
☞ Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced it plans to invest ₹1,05,600 crores ($12.7 billion) into cloud infrastructure in India
by 2030 to meet the growing customer demand for cloud services in India.
☞ The University Grants Commission (UGC) had launched a new portal named UTSAH to monitor the implementation of the
National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in Higher Education Institutes (HEIs).
☞ Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the State Dashboard, a data and analytics-powered platform which will
streamline performance monitoring of government schemes, aiding data-driven decision-making.
☞ India planned to launch an unmanned mission and send a female robot in the first and second missions, respectively,
preceding the Gaganyaan human space-flight programme by the end of 2023 or in 2024, Union Minister Jitendra Singh.
☞ In line with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make India a global electronics powerhouse, Government
launched Electronics Repair Services Outsourcing ERSO Pilot initiative to validate certain transformational policy and
process changes to make India the Repair Capital of the World.
☞ The country conducted Asia’s first ever demonstration of performance-based navigation for helicopters on May 31, 2023.
☞ Microsoft signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Directorate General of Training (DGT) under the Ministry of
Skills Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) to train 6,000 students and 200 educators in digital and cyber-security
skills in the country.
☞ The Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat launched the Unified Registration Portal for GOBARdhan
which will act as a one stop repository to assess investment and participation in Biogas/CBG sector at pan India level and
more importantly streamline the process of setting up CBG/Biogas plants in India.
☞ Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space Dr. Jitendra Singh had said that in the last nine years, out of 424 foreign
satellites 389 foreign satellites had been launched by India.
☞ Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) had launched its revamped website and the new mobile app in Mumbai.
☞ The Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice for Judicial Infrastructure, with
technical assistance of NRSC, ISRO is catering to a user-friendly and transparent web portal to facilitate better delivery of
judicial infrastructural projects via Nyaya Vikas Portal. https://bhuvan-nyayavikas.nrsc.gov.in.
☞ IT major Wipro Limited, announced the launch of the Wipro Industry Innovation Experience for Financial Services, featuring
a new suite of banking and financial services solutions built on Microsoft Cloud.
☞ GalaxEye will construct the world’s first multi-sensor earth observation satellite with its support of a visible spectrum
camera offering synchronized imaging that can take several pictures at the same time.
☞ Nabard's venture investment arm announced a Rs 10 crore investment in Satyukt Analytics, a satellite agri-analytics
startup.
☞ Former Chief Justice of India M. N. Venkatachaliah launched the multi-lingual India Legal App, legal helpline accessible to
the citizens to obtain legal assistance from their homes.
☞ Google News Initiative (GNI) announced the launch of the Indian Languages Program, an initiative by Google, designed to
support local news publishers in India.

☞ To give Digital India initiative, the Infrastructure Finance Secretariat (IFS), department of economic affairs under the Finance
Ministry launched a revamped website for submitting applications which will be considered under India Infrastructure
Project Development Fund (IIPDF) scheme.
☞ Union minister of heavy industries Mahendra Nath Pandey launched the groundbreaking “Dugdh Sanakalan Sathi Mobile
App" in Mussorie, Uttarakhand.
☞ International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) and Goldman Sachs announced the partnership to
establish a Center of Excellence for artificial intelligence and emerging technologies at IIITH campus.
☞ A new online course ‘Dakshta’ (Development of Attitude, Knowledge, Skill for Holistic Transformation in Administration)
for young professionals, is now live on the iGOT Karmayogi platform, the Personnel Ministry.
☞ The PM-Kisan Mobile App with Face Authentication Feature was launched by Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare
Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar under the central government's ambitious and popular scheme for income support to
farmers "Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi".
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed the Artemis Accords with the nation's national space administration.
☞ Skyroot Aerospace successfully conducted the flight qualification test of the Raman-I engine, intended for roll attitude
control in the Vikram-I rocket.
☞ First Made-in-India chips are expected to be rolled out by December 2024, Union Minister for Communications and IT
Ashwini Vaishnaw.
☞ The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur had successfully conducted a test flight for cloud seeding.
☞ Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, MoS PMO, Department of Atomic Energy and
Department of Space and MoS Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh launched the GEMCOVAC® -
OM, an Omicron-specific mRNA-based Booster vaccine.
☞ Union Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Parshottam Rupala launched NANDI (NOC Approvals for New
Drugs & Inoculation System).
☞ The NANDI portal had been developed to pave the way to a resilient Animal Health Sector in India by streamlining and
digitising the regulatory approval process.
☞ Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Parshottam Rupala launched an android-based mobile app
known as "Report Fish Disease" in the presence of Dr L. Murugan, Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and
Dairying.
☞ Taking another step of strengthening marketing support for products made by women of Self-help Groups (SHGs),
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojna- National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) launched eSARAS mobile App which will add
to eCommerce initiatives for products made by the SHGs.
☞ Global major in microcontroller solutions, Microchip Technology Inc opened a new research and development (R&D) facility
in Hyderabad and also announced an investment of $300 million for the next few years to expand its operations in India.
☞ The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had entered into a pact with European regulator EASA for cooperation in
the areas of unmanned aircraft systems and innovative air mobility.
☞ Tata Consultancy Services had deepened its partnership with Microsoft by announcing plans to significantly scale its Azure
Open AI expertise, and launching its new Generative AI Enterprise Adoption offering on Microsoft Cloud to help customers
jumpstart their generative AI journey.
☞ The Indian Space Research Organisation (isro) had announced that the Chandrayaan-3 mission had integrated the
spacecraft with the launch vehicle — Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM3) to the Moon on July 14 from Satish Dhawan Space
Centre, Sriharikota.
☞ Tech giant Meta released its standalone Twitter rival, Threads app.
☞ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched National Cadet Corps (NCC) integrated software in the national capital.
☞ SpaceX launched and deployed 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit by Falcon-9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40
(SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida.
☞ Odisha Television Limited (OTV) had introduced the state's first artificial intelligence (AI) news anchor named Lisa.
☞ Voyager Space had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial
arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), to foster collaboration in spacecraft launch and deployment
opportunities on-board NSIL’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) and Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
☞ To further the digital initiative in maritime sector the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda
Sonowal inaugurated the indigenous Differential Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS) ‘SAGAR SAMPARK’ in the

presence of Shri Shripad Y. Naik, the Minister of State of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; Shri TK Ramachandran, IAS
Secretary, MoPSW and other senior officials from the ministry and Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships.
☞ Chandrayaan-3 is the third lunar exploration mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It consists of a
lander and the Pragyan rover similar to Chandrayaan-2, but does not had an orbiter.
☞ 24/7 Kannada news channel Power TV launched Soundarya, Kannada’s first AI news presenter.
☞ Close on the heels of Power TV, another channel News First Kannada also launched their AI-assisted anchor, Maya.
☞ In Jammu and Kashmir, a path-breaking Mobile-Dost-App had been launched in sync with the vision of Apka-Mobile-
Hamara-Daftar, a pioneering initiative for mobile-based delivery of citizen-centric services in the Union Territory.
☞ Karnataka Industries Minister MB Patil, said that the state government of Karnataka plans to create an integrated platform
to enable the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) of the state to get access to all the fintech platforms.
☞ Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched CRCS-Sahara Refund Portal in New Delhi.
☞ To promote electric vehicles in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government launched a subsidy portal which will allow
customers who bought e-vehicles after October 14, 2022, to claim financial support.
☞ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Indian Navy jointly carried out the trials on July 20 with the ship identified
for the recovery operations during the first Development Mission of the Test Vehicle.
☞ Telecom regulator Trai had imposed a penalty of Rs 34.99 crore on service providers for failing to curb pesky calls and sms
on their network.
☞ Health Ministry had launched an online portal to facilitate reporting of violations under the Prohibition of Electronic
Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act
(PECA). The portal, www.violation-reporting.in, will allow faster action against any reported violations.
☞ After 17 years with an iconic blue bird that came to symbolize the broadcasting of ideas to the world, billionaire Elon Musk
renamed Twitter as X and unveiled a new logo, marking a focus on building an "everything app."
☞ Bharti Airtel become the first Information and Communications Technology (ICT) service provider in India to connect over
20 million devices through its Internet of Things (IoT) solutions.
☞ High performance adaptive computing major AMD announced an investment of USD 400 million (about Rs 3,300 crore) in
India over five years, and opening of a 500,000-square-foot R&D campus in Bengaluru, which it said is its largest in the
world.
☞ The Union Minister of State for Culture, Law & Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, launched the
virtual portal of Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar at Qutub Minar premises in New Delhi.
☞ Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren launched a mobile application-based elephant movement tracking system on the
occasion of the 74th Van Mahotsav in Ranchi to reduce human-elephant conflicts in the state.
☞ The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had launched C56 (PSLV-C56) with seven co-passenger satellites from Satish
Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.
☞ ULLAS (Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society) mobile application was launched at the Bharat Mandapam in
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, to facilitate widespread access to basic literacy.
☞ National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) had developed an application ‘MASI’ - Monitoring App for
Seamless Inspection for real time monitoring of the Child Care Institutions (CCIs) and their inspection mechanism across the
country.
☞ The Directorate General of Training (DGT) will collaborate with Amazon Web Services (AWS) India to upskill students in
cloud computing, data annotation, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
☞ Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) Research team led by Dr. Partho Sarathi Gooh Pattader had
developed a fast, accurate, and reliable device to detect specific bacteria that cause Urinary Tract infection (UTI).
☞ Google India had announced two significant developments that work in the way of supporting the Indian language news
ecosystem and expanding the Indian language web.
☞ The government launched the Study In India (SII) portal, a one stop platform to simplify the journey of international
students in India.
☞ The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had launched 'Rajmargyatra,' a citizen-centric unified mobile application.
☞ SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched the Intelsat G-37 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in
Florida.

☞ ISRO had transferred the IMS-1 Satellite Bus Technology to Alpha Design Technologies Pvt. Ltd in a step towards enhancing
private industry participation in the country's space sector.
☞ Union Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah launched the digital portal of the Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies in
Pune.
☞ Bharti Airtel announced the launch of Airtel Xstream AirFiber, India's first 5G wireless Wi-Fi service designed to provide
internet to areas without fibre-based internet connections.
☞ The Ring Nebula, also called Messier 57, is a cloud of gas and dust shed from a dying star about 2,600 light-years away in
the constellation Lyra.
☞ The Central government will launch e-CARe (e-clearance for after life remains) portal to facilitate fast transfer of mortal
remains of Indian nationals who die abroad, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
☞ Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Laboratory (AIRL) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore had made a
significant achievement in the field of unmanned aerial systems.
☞ Tata Play will commence the use of the GSAT-24 satellite, which is now in its orbital position.
☞ First moon-landing spacecraft was launched by Russia in 47 years in a bid to be the first nation to make a soft landing on the
lunar south pole, a region believed to hold coveted pockets of water ice.
☞ The first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun - Aditya-L1, is getting ready for its launch next month.
☞ The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) will launch its live bus tracking app.
☞ Ministry of Defence had announced that it will replace Microsoft Windows with an indigenously developed operating
system called Maya OS on all its computers by the end of this year.
☞ Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched the ‘The Advantage Health Care India – One Stop
Digital Portal for Patient’ and ‘Workforce Mobility’ at One Earth One Health Advantage Healthcare India event at
Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
☞ Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)/ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), successfully conducted a series of
Drogue Parachute Deployment Tests at the Rail Track Rocket Sled (RTRS) facility of the Terminal Ballistics Research
Laboratory, Chandigarh.
☞ The Chairman of Central Water Commission Kushvinder Vohra launched the FloodWatch mobile app in New Delhi
☞ The Sector Skill Council at Nasscom unveiled a ‘Nasscom Talent Connect’ portal.
☞ Government will launch Tele-Law – 2.0 that Integrates Tele-Law and Nyaya Bandhu App to ensure access to Justice in New
Delhi.
☞ India is the fourth country to land on Moon and first country to land on South Pole of the Moon. Chandrayaan-3 is the third
Indian lunar exploration mission under the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Chandrayaan programme.
☞ Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel launched the Panchayati Raj Accounting Information System Automation, or PRAISA, at a
state-level programme of ‘Meri Mati Mera Desh’ in Gandhinagar.
☞ The newly revamped website was launched by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Nitin Gupta at the
'Chintan Shivir', organised by the Directorate of Income Tax (Systems), at Udaipur.
☞ The Income Tax Department had revamped its website with a user-friendly interface, value-added features, and new
modules.
☞ ISRO's Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun will be launched from Sriharikota space station
in Andhra Pradesh.
☞ The Indian Council for Agricultural Research-Indian Institute of Horticulture Research (ICAR-IIHR) had collaborated with
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd to set up seed testing centre that will had lot of automation built into the processing facility.
☞ Investment adviser Savart had launched a portfolio management service called Ad Astra Fund featuring an end-to-end
research automation, from investment opportunity discovery until exit.
☞ The new US-India Renewable Energy Technology Action Platform (RETAP), under the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership,
was launched during a meeting between the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and the Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India.
☞ Inception, a unit of Abu Dhabi AI company G42, had released 'Jais', the world's most advanced Arabic large language
model.
☞ Aditya-L1 had been launched by PSLV C57 rocket from Sathish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

☞ Researchers had fabricated an optically active biodegradable nanocomposite film with excellent mechanical properties that
can be used as a stretchable optical devices like flexible display, flexible organic LED, etc.
☞ Identity and biometric solutions provider IDEMIA had joined hands with Airtel Payments Bank and HMD Global to expand
the reach of Digital Rupee applications on feature phones.
☞ Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur researchers had developed a Novel Cold-plasma Detergent in Environment ‘CODE’
device for good Indoor Air Quality.
☞ Japan launched a lunar lander aiming to become the fifth nation to achieve a soft landing on the moon's surface following
India's success in a similar mission last month.
☞ US-based chipmaker NVIDIA has inked partnerships with India’s biggest conglomerates, Reliance Industries and Tata Group,
to build artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in India and upskill and reskill the country’s talent base.
☞ The Samudrayaan Mission is India’s first manned mission to explore the deep ocean. The Matsya 6000 is designed with the
capability of operating in the deep sea for 12 hours while in case of emergency it can also operate up to 96 hours with all the
necessary measures for human safety.
☞ Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, unveiled Skill India Digital (SID) With the mission of enhancing access to quality skill
development, relevant opportunities, and entrepreneurial support for every Indian.
☞ Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions Dr Jitendra Singh launched a Special Campaign 3.0
portal at a function in New Delhi.
☞ Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria has launched the ‘Sarpanch Samvad’ app.
NATURE
☞ A team of biologists had recorded the Gekko mizoramensis as a new species of parachute gecko, so named because of skin
flaps along the body and tail enabling it to glide.
☞ A new green tree frog species had been discovered from Arunachal Pradesh by a team of researchers from Dehradun
(Uttarakhand)-based Wildlife Institute of India, Dresden (Germany)-based Senckenberg Natural History Collections, and
the Namdapha Tiger Reserve (NTR).
☞ Scientists had uncovered a new species of gliding geckos Gekko mizoramensis in Mizoram.
☞ The United Nations had adopted the first-ever treaty to protect marine life in the high seas. UN Secretary-General António
Guterres hailed the historic agreement as giving the ocean a fighting chance. Delegates from the 193 member nations
approved the treaty with jubilation.
☞ Researchers had documented the presence of a new spider species in Mumbai, and had fittingly christened it ‘Hadarius
mumbai’, after the city.
☞ Union Minister Bhupender Yadav launched PM MISHTI (Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes)
Programme a mangrove plantation drive in Dwarka in Gujarat and said efforts were required to identify and restore
historical mangrove areas, which are in degraded condition.
☞ India’s tiger population increased to 3,682 in 2022, up from 2,967 in 2018. This also indicates significant growth over the
last decade; there were 2,226 tigers reported in 2014, up from 1,706 in 2010. In 2022, the maximum number of tigers, 785,
were reported to be in Madhya Pradesh, followed by Karnataka (563), Uttarakhand (560), and Maharashtra (444).
☞ A groundbreaking discovery in the world of paleontology had shed enough light on an extinct whale species- Perucetus
colossus, believed to be the largest mammal ever to had lived on Earth.
☞ National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) had approved Dholpur-Karauli Tiger Reserve as 54th tiger reserve of India
and 5th tiger reserve of Rajasthan after Ranthambore, Sariska, Mukundra Hills and Ramgarh Vishdhari.
☞ E-commerce major Amazon will make an initial investment of USD 3 million in nature-based projects in India. The
allocation is part of the company's USD 15 million fund it had allocated for nature-based projects in Asia Pacific (APAC).

P OWER
☞ The government said green hydrogen bunkering and refuelling facilities shall be established at all major ports by 2035 to
reduce the country's carbon footprint.
☞ Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal made five major announcements focusing
on green shipping and digitisation of the ports at the end of the ministry’s second Chintan Shivir held in Kerala’s Munnar.
☞ Renewable energy solution provider Suzlon had bagged a 300 MW wind energy project from Torrent Power in Karnataka
and expected to be commissioned in 2025.
☞ India will had 65 percent of its power generation capacity from non-fossil fuels by 2030.
☞ Adani Green Energy Ltd subsidiary, Adani Wind Energy Kutchh Five Ltd (AWEK5L), formerly known as Adani Green Energy
Five Ltd, had commissioned a 130 Megawatt (MW) wind power facility at Kutch in Gujarat.
☞ Leading wind energy solutions provider Inox Wind had bagged an order for a 150 MW wind power project from NTPC
Renewable Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Green Energy, which is the renewable energy business vertical of
NTPC.
☞ India's top oil and gas producer ONGC will invest Rs 1 lakh crore by 2030 on energy transition projects as it targets net zero
carbon emissions by 2038, its chairman Arun Kumar Singh.
☞ Power trading solutions provider PTC India had signed two agreements for purchase of 215 MW electricity on a long term
basis.
☞ The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ltd will begin a feasibility study for a 130-MW floating solar power plant
on Dumbur Lake in Tripura’s Gomati district.
☞ The National Stock Exchange (NSE) had launched the rupee-denominated NYMEX WTI Crude Oil and Natural Gas futures
contracts in its commodity derivatives segment.
☞ Suzlon Group had received an order from Vibrant Energy for 33 wind turbine generators featuring its new 3 MW (each)
series with a Hybrid Lattice Tubular tower for a 99 MW wind power project which is expected to be commissioned by FY25.
☞ Renewable energy solutions provider Suzlon had secured a 69 MW wind energy order from the Indian subsidiary of a
leading Nordic Energy Company.
☞ Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a leading oil and gas company in India, is pleased to announce its ambitious
expansion plans worth Rs. 49,000 Crore, further increasing the Company’s footprints in petrochemical segment and
renewable energy, together with augmenting marketing infrastructure.
☞ Rays Power Infra had bagged a water project worth Rs 650 crore in Uttar Pradesh, which aims to provide clean drinking
water to over one crore households by March 2024.
☞ India's total plant load factor (PLF) or capacity utilisation of thermal plants is expected to rise to 65.1 per cent this fiscal over
64.2 per cent in the preceding financial year (FY) 2022-23, according to Icra.
☞ India's non-fossil fuel-based power generation capacity is likely to increase to 68.4 per cent of the total installed capacity in
2031-32 from 42.5 per cent at present as per the National Electricity Plan (NEP) unveiled by the power ministry.
☞ NTPC Green Energy Ltd (NGEL) subsidiary of NTPC Ltd had signed an agreement with the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut
Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL) for the development of renewable energy parks in the state.
☞ The rooftop solar capacity in India increased by 6.35 per cent to 485 megawatt (MW) in the January-March quarter of this
year, according to Mercom India.
☞ Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL) had commissioned a 110 mega watt (MW) solar energy project at Bikaner,
in Rajasthan.
☞ Torrent Power Limited had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra government for the
development of three pumped storage hydro projects of 5,700 MW capacity over a period of 5 years.

☞ State-owned hydropower company NHPC Limited had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
Maharashtra government for the establishment of energy storage systems along with other renewable energy sources
(Solar/ Wind/ Hybrid) of total 7,350 MW capacity.
☞ Narmada Hydroelectric Development Corporation Ltd. (NHDC Ltd.) is going to construct a 525 MW Pumped Storage Project
near Indira Sagar Dam, Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh using the existing reservoirs Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar of the Indira
Sagar Project.
☞ Inox Wind Ltd, India’s leading wind energy solutions provider, had bagged an order for a 100 MW wind power project from
ABEnergia Renewables Pvt Ltd (ABEnergia), an Independent Power Producer.
☞ Central Electricity Authority (CEA) had accorded concurrence to Upper Sileru Pumped Storage Project (PSP) of 1350 MW
being developed at Sileru, Alluri Sitharama Raju district of Andhra Pradesh by APGENCO (A Government of Andhra Pradesh
Undertaking) in record time of 70 days against the stipulated timeline of 90 days.
☞ The Ministry of Power had chalked out ₹40,000 crores capital investment for building transmission infrastructure to
evacuate renewable power from Gujarat and Rajasthan.
☞ The Ministry of Power announced the Narmada Hydroelectric Development Corporation Ltd (NHDC Ltd.) will construct a
525 MW pumped storage project near the Indira Sagar Dam in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh.
☞ State-owned SJVN Ltd arm SJVN Green Energy bagged a 200 MW wind power project entailing an investment of Rs 1,400
crore in a tariff-based competitive bidding conducted by Solar Energy Corporation of India.
☞ SJVN signed an agreement with Mahagenco to develop renewable energy projects with a total capacity of 5,000 megawatts
(MW) in Maharashtra.
☞ NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd (NVVN) had commissioned its first rooftop solar PV project at IIT Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
☞ Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) participated in the three-day "Intersolar Europe 2023" exhibition
held in Munich, Germany. IREDA, had set up a pavilion at the exhibition to educate visitors about the organization. The
pavilion was inaugurated by CMD, IREDA, Pradip Kumar Das.
☞ NTPC had entered into agreements FSA (Fuel Supply Agreement) and Supplementary Agreement with SCCL (The Singareni
Collieries Company Ltd) for its stations at Ramagundam, Kudgi and Solapur. This agreement consists of FSA for Kudgi 2 Units
(2x800 MW) for 67.50 lakh metric tonne, Supplementary Agreement to the FSA of Solapur Unit-2 (2x 600 MW) and also will
add as a supplementary agreement to the existing FSA of Ramagundam.
☞ India had achieved the milestone of 101 Million Metric Standard Cubic Meters per Day of gas production. It is a significant
step towards becoming a gas-based economy.
☞ Adani Power Limited it had achieved commercial operations of its power project located in Godda district of Jharkhand.
The Unit 2 of 800 MW capacity of the 2×800 MW Ultra-supercritical power project of Adani Power (Jharkhand) Limited
situated in Godda District in Jharkhand.
☞ India’s first hydrogen plant is being set up near the railway junction in Jind district. The first prototype of the hydrogen train
is expected to be introduced in the financial year 2023-2024 between Jind and Sonipat on the Northern Railway.
☞ Renew Energy Global Plc (ReNew), one of the leading renewable energy companies, had announced the commissioning of
an investment in a renewable energy project at Kudligi in Vijayanagara district of Karnataka.
☞ India's first indigenously developed 700 MW nuclear power reactor at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in
Gujarat started commercial operations.
☞ Torrent Power is implementing a green hydrogen pilot project for blending in the CGD network. The pilot project based on
alkaline electrolyser will blend 2.5 per cent green hydrogen (GH2) into CGD network, marking an important milestone in the
company's foray into GH2 business in India. The pilot project underway in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, is expected to
complete in 8 months.
☞ State-owned REC Ltd will provide a loan of Rs 4,785 crore to HRRL's project in Rajasthan. HRRL is setting up a green field
refinery cum petrochemical complex, with a capacity of 9 MMTPA at a project cost of Rs 72,937 crore.
☞ Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri had said that 20 percent ethanol blended petrol, E20, will
be available across India by 2025.
☞ The group installed electricity generation capacity of NTPC, India's leading integrated power producer, had touched 73,024
MW.
☞ The Uttar Pradesh government approved two 'Obra D' thermal power projects of 800 MW each to be built at the cost of Rs
18,000 crore in Sonbhadra's Obra, a move aimed at providing cheaper electricity to the people of state.

☞ South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL), one of the largest coal-producing subsidiaries of Coal India Ltd, will be developing
rooftop and ground mounted solar power projects of 600 MW capacity in the coming years as part of the company’s
strategy to expand and diversify its business and achieve the "Net Zero Energy" goal.
☞ Renewable energy solutions provider Suzlon Group had bagged an order for a 47.6 MW wind power project from KP Group
in Gujarat.
☞ Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) had floated a tender for setting up a production facility of 4.5 lakh tonne of green
hydrogen in India under the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) scheme.
☞ The government had begun working on the third phase of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric
Vehicles (FAME III) financial support scheme, which is likely to cover hydrogen-powered vehicles, additional support for
electric three-wheelers and a curtailed version for two-wheelers.
☞ Indian Oil Corp, the country's top refiner, had signed long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) import deals with United Arab
Emirates' s Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Co Ltd (ADNOC LNG) and France's TotalEnergies.
☞ Gurgaon-based ReNew had signed a 50:50 joint venture with Gentari, a green energy company of Malaysian energy major
Petronas.
☞ Hartek Solar, part of the Chandigarh-based Hartek group, had bagged a Rs 80-crore contract to build a 22 MW floating solar
plant on the reservoir of the Bhakra Nangal dam.
☞ Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power, had inked two significant Power Purchase
Agreements (PPAs) with Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) for the commissioning of
two solar power projects.
☞ GE Power India had bagged an order worth Rs 440 crore from Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd.
☞ NLC India Ltd is planning to set up a 2,400 MW coal-based plant in Odisha.
☞ NLC India Ltd had entered into a joint venture with the UP government to set up a thermal power plant at a cost of Rs
19,406 crore.
☞ Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) had collaborated with the World Bank to prepare a roadmap for
hydrogen blending in natural gas and their transmission through gas pipelines in the country.
☞ Adani Energy Solutions Limited (AESL) had achieved financial closure for its USD 1 billion green high voltage direct current
(HVDC) link project, that will increase renewable energy supply to Mumbai.
☞ Energy solution provider Apraava Energy had inked initial pacts with state-owned firms REC Ltd and Power Finance
Corporation (PFC) to get finance of Rs 9,120 crore for funding its wind, transmission, and advanced metering projects in the
country.
☞ Tata Power announced a Rs 13,000 crore investment for setting up two pumped hydro storage projects (PSPs) in
Maharashtra.
☞ India's greenhouse emissions rate dropped by a faster-than-expected 33% in 14 years as renewable energy generation rose
and forest cover increased.
☞ Adani Green is targeting to set up 45 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity by 2030.
☞ Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN Ltd) had inked two pacts with Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) to supply 1,200
MW of solar power from its projects, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
☞ Coal Ministry PSUs are diversifying revenue streams by adding coal-based power capacity of 6,640 megawatts (MW), for
which an investment of more than ₹60,300 crores had been planned.
☞ NTPC Ltd, India's largest power producer and a central PSU under Ministry of Power, had started a trial run of a hydrogen
bus in Leh.
☞ Shell Energy India will invest Rs 3,500 crore in Gujarat to set up a renewable energy facility, charging stations for electric
vehicles, and an LNG regasification terminal, which would create nearly 4,300 jobs.
☞ Suzlon Group, a renewable energy solutions provider, announced that the company had received an order for the
development of a 31.5 megawatts (MW) wind power project for Integrum Energy Infrastructure Private Limited.
☞ State-owned Gail India Ltd (Gail) is mulling a capital expenditure Rs 30,000 crore, mainly in pipelines, petrochemical
projects and city gas distribution, over the next three years, while its total capital expenditure for FY23 was Rs 10,000 crore.
☞ Uttar Pradesh government had planned three hydropower projects totalling 3,250 megawatts (MW) in the traditionally
underserved Eastern UP region to reinforce its commitment to green energy.

☞ NHPC Limited, India’s premier hydropower company, had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Andhra Pradesh
Power Generation Corporation (APGENCO) Limited for implementation of Pumped Hydro Storage Projects and Renewable
Energy Projects in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
☞ Renewables solution provider Suzlon Group had bagged a large order for a 201.6 MW wind energy project from Teq Green
Power XI.
☞ Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari launched the world's first 100 percent Ethanol-fueled car
variant of Toyota's Innova HyCross car in New Delhi.
☞ Reliance Industries is accelerating its green energy initiatives to realise its ambitions to lead India as a world leader in energy
transition.
☞ Ayana Renewable Power, one of the largest Independent Power Producers (IPP) in India and backed by National
Infrastructure and Investment Fund (NIIF), British International Investment (BII) and Green Growth Equity Fund, had
signed a Power Purchase Agreement with Hindalco Industries Limited, the metals flagship company of the Aditya Birla
Group, for the supply of 100 MW of Round-the-Clock (RTC) renewable energy to Hindalco’s smelter plants in Odisha.
☞ Tata Power Renewable Energy (TPRL) had signed a Power Delivery Agreement (PDA) with Neosym Industry for a 26
megawatt (MW) AC group captive solar plant at Jamkhed, Ahmednagar in Maharashtra with an anticipated electricity
generation capacity of 59 million units (MU) annually will start in March 2024.
☞ Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated country's first solar city Sanchi in Raisen district.
☞ Tata Power Renewable Energy (TPREL) had entered into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to develop a 12MWp on-site
solar project at Tata Motors’ Pune commercial vehicle manufacturing facility.
☞ Oil India Ltd aims to invest 165 billion rupees ($1.98 billion) in clean energy projects to meet its 2040 net zero carbon
emissions goal, said two sources familiar with state-run energy companies' net zero strategy.
☞ The American government’s development finance institution has approved investing up to $425 million in TP Solar, a
subsidiary of Tata Power Renewable Energy (TPREL), for the Indian firm’s greenfield solar cell plant in Tirunelveli district of
Tamil Nadu.
☞ Coal India Limited (CIL) has planned a capital investment of about Rs. 24,750 crores in the next few years on 61 First Mile
Connectivity (FMC) projects.
ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS
☞ Infrastructure investment trust India Grid Trust (IndiGrid) had signed a share purchase agreement for the acquisition of
100 per cent units in Virescent Renewable Energy Trust at an enterprise value of up to Rs 4,000 crore for cash
consideration.
☞ The Reserve Bank had given its approval to SBI Funds Management (SBIFML) to acquire up to 9.99 per cent stake in HDFC
Bank.
☞ The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves the proposed merger of Credit Suisse Group AG with UBS Group AG.
☞ Eiko LifeSciences Limited (ELL), had acquired a 25.01 per cent stake in Reflux Pharmaceuticals Private Limited (RPPL), a
pharmaceutical company that specialises in manufacturing and exporting active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and
intermediates.
☞ Abrdn (Mauritius Holdings) had sold its entire 1.66% stake in HDFC Life Insurance via block deals.
☞ The Competition Commission of India (CCI) had approved the acquisition of an additional stake of 4.04 per cent in Acko
Tech by General Atlantic.
☞ Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India increased its stake in the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) by 2.001 per cent to
8.687 per cent from 6.686 per cent earlier.
☞ Canada Pension Plan Investment Board divested around 1.66 per cent (3.30 crore shares) stake in private lender Kotak
Mahindra Bank for Rs 6,123 crore through an open market transaction.
☞ Bain Capital had sold 2.25 crore shares or 0.7% stake in the lender at a weighted average price of Rs 968 apiece in private
lender Axis Bank via block deal and bagged about Rs 2,178 crore.

☞ TVS Motor Company had sold its entire holding of 11,12,19,512 equity shares constituting 43.54% in Emerald Hadn Realty
Limited for Rs 166.83 crore to TVS Holdings, a promoter group company.
☞ Max Life Insurance Company Limited (Max Life), had picked a 2.99 per cent equity stake in Jalandhar-headquartered
Capital Small Finance Bank (CSFB) for a consideration of ₹49.50 crores.
☞ The central government will sell 92.44 lakh shares of Coal India, representing 0.15 per cent of the total equity share of the
company, to its eligible employees via Offer for Sale route.
☞ Private Equity players Barings and ChrysCapital and associates will acquire 90 per cent stake in education loan company
HDFC Credila Financial Services Ltd (HDFC Credila), from mortgage major HDFC for over Rs 9,060 crore.
☞ TPG India Investments II Inc sold its entire 2.65 per cent stake, or 99.2 lakh shares, in Shriram Finance via multiple block
deals on the BSE for ₹1,390 crores.
☞ The Executive Committee of the Central Board (ECCB) of the State Bank of India (SBI) had accorded approval to the Bank
for acquiring the entire 20 per cent stake held by SBI Capital Markets (SBICAPS) in SBI Pension Funds.
☞ The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the acquisition of TCNS Clothing Co Limited by Aditya Birla Fashion
and Retail Limited.
☞ The proposed combination involves acquisition of 51 per cent of the expanded share capital of TCNS Clothing Co Limited by
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited.
☞ Promoter company Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC) had further bought 0.77% stake in its subsidiary HDFC Life
through bulk deals.
☞ ICICI Securities announced that it will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICICI Bank upon delisting.
☞ Coromandel International, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Coromandel Technology Limited (CTL), is acquiring an
additional 32.68 per cent equity stake in Dhaksha Unmanned Systems (Dhaksha), a Chennai-based differentiated drone
start-up at an outlay of Rs 204 crore.
☞ State-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) plans to sell up to 49 per cent stake in credit card business arm BOB Financial
Solutions Ltd.
☞ India The Board of Directors of IDFC FIRST Bank Limited (“IDFC FIRST Bank” or “the Bank”) at its meeting, had approved
the Scheme of Amalgamation of IDFC Limited with IDFC FIRST Bank.
☞ The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the acquisition of Marnix Lux by Concentrix Corporation and
shareholding in the combined company by the shareholders of Marnix Lux.
☞ Education group Narayana is looking to buy the stakes of Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia and BanyanTree Finance in
its group firm Nspira Management Services for around Rs 1,400 crore.
☞ Bharti Airtel had bought an additional 20.6% stake in Bengaluru-based technology startup Lavelle Networks, taking its
holding to 45.6%.
☞ SoftBank arm SVF India Holdings had offloaded 2.01 per cent shares in fintech unicorn Paytm, reducing the Japanese
investment firm's stake in the company to 9.15 per cent.
☞ After investing in Adani Group companies, GQG Partners had now pumped in around ₹2,400 crores for acquiring a 5.96 per
cent stake in Baba Ramdev-led FMCG company Patanjali Foods.
☞ Bandhan Financial Holdings (BFHL) had entered into an agreement to acquire the entire stake of Aegon and Bennett,
Coleman & Co. Ltd (BCCL) in Aegon Life Insurance.
☞ Diversified business conglomerate Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) had picked up a 3.53 per cent stake in private sector
lender RBL Bank for Rs. 417 crores.
☞ The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves the proposed combination involving acquisition of shareholding up
to 59.38% of Unichem Laboratories Limited by Ipca Laboratories Limited.
☞ Walmart had bought stake in one of India's most popular e-commerce firm, Flipkart. The company had paid $1.4 billion to
buy out hedge fund Tiger Global's investment in e-commerce firm.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India had sanctioned the Scheme of Amalgamation of The Navanirman Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd
with Rajadhani Co-op. Urban Bank Ltd. Both urban co-operative banks are Hyderabad-based.
☞ Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Paytm's parent One97 Communications, had agreed to
purchase a 10.3 per cent stake in the fintech firm from Antfin (Netherlands) Holding BV.
☞ The West Asian-based sovereign investment fund, Qatar Investment Authority, acquired a 2.7 per cent stake in Adani
Green Energy (AGEL) for Rs 3,920 crore via block deals.
☞ Ananya Birla’s Svatantra Microfin Private Ltd (Svatantra), had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Chaitanya
India Fin Credit Private Ltd (Chaitanya), a wholly owned subsidiary of Navi Group (Navi) for a Rs 1,479 crore.
☞ Axis Bank will raise its stake in insurer Max Life Insurance to 16.2% from 9.99% by infusing ₹16.12 billion ($194.6 million).
☞ Promoter JSW Investments Pvt. pared a 1.27% stake in JSW Energy Ltd. for Rs 717 crore through open market
transactions.
☞ The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves acquisition of 30% of stake of IBS Software Pte Limited (Target) from
Techware Singapore Holdings Pte. Ltd., a portfolio company of Blackstone Inc. (Seller) by Pelipper HoldCo SARL
(Acquirer).

☞ Jewellery maker Titan announced increasing stake in its subsidiary and new-age jewellery brand CaratLane to 98.28% by
acquiring an additional 27.18% share for ₹4,621 crores.
☞ Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) had acquired 6.66% stake in Jio Financial Services, the demerged non-banking financial
services unit of the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance group.
☞ Reliance Capital sold a 45% stake in listed subsidiary Reliance Home Finance for ₹54 crore in the open market, a move that
will improve recovery for lenders.
☞ Chinese tech giant Antfin had sold 3.58% in fintech major Paytm for about Rs 2,037 crore through block deals.
☞ The Japanese conglomerate Softbank divested a 1.16% ownership stake (10,00,00,000 shares) in online food ordering
company Zomato for Rs 947 crore.
☞ Cloverdell Investment, an affiliate of private equity major Warburg Pincus, sold 4.2% in IDFC First Bank. As of June 2023,
Cloverdell had a 7.12% stake in IDFC First Bank.
☞ Infosys had completed the acquisition of Danske Bank’s IT center in India.
☞ The Competition of Commission of India (CCI) had approved merger of Tata SIA Airlines into Air India, and acquisition of
certain shareholding by Singapore Airlines in Air India subject to compliance of voluntary commitments offered by the
parties.
☞ Morgan Stanley PE Asia had acquired a majority stake in ClearMedi Healthcare, which runs a chain of cancer care hospitals
in India, for ₹280 crores.
☞ The Competition Commission of India (CCI) had approved the acquisition of up to 29.9% equity stake in RHI Magnesita NV
by Ignite Luxembourg Holdings S.a.r.l.
☞ Fintech platform Razorpay had acquired Mumbai-based digital invoicing and customer engagement startup BillMe.
☞ LIC had sold 2% of its holding in Sun Pharma for Rs 4,699 crore via open market sale.
APPOINTMENTS
Cabinet Ministers/Secretary
☞ Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal had been assigned the independent charge as
Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice in addition to his existing portfolios.
☞ Kiren Rijiju who was serving as Law and Justice Minister will now hold the portfolio of Ministry of Earth Sciences.
☞ SP Singh Baghel who was Minister of State for Law and Justice now been assigned as Minister of State in the Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare.
☞ Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar appointed eight members of his personal staff on 20 committees under the
ambit of the Upper House Secretariat.
☞ Anurag Jain, who was appointed as secretary in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
☞ Richa Sharma, additional secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, had been moved to the
Department of Food and Public Distribution to replace Singh.
☞ Shyam Jagannathan, who is currently posted as development commissioner of the Santa Cruz Exclusive Export Processing
Zone, Special Economic Zone, Mumbai, will now be the director general (shipping) in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and
Waterways.
☞ Senior bureaucrat Sanjeev Kumar Chadha will be additional secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Development,
Vumlunmang Vualnam will be additional secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs and Ramesh Krishnamurthi will
be additional secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
☞ Senior IAS officer Sudhansh Pant had been named as the new Union Health Secretary, who is currently Secretary in the
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterway.
☞ Chanchal Kumar, Managing Director of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd., had been
named as the new Civil Aviation Secretary.
☞ Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba given one-year extension, beyond August 30, 2023, in service by the government.
☞ S Krishnan appointed as new Electronics and Information Technology Secretary.
☞ Neeraj Mittal appointed as Telecom Secretary.

☞ Vumlunmang Vualnam appointed as Civil Aviation Secretary.

☞ Chanchal Kumar appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Development of the North-Eastern Region.
☞ V.L. Kantha Rao who belongs to the 1992 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Madhya Pradesh cadre assumed
charge as the new Secretary of the Ministry of Mines.
National Organization
☞ Hindustan Zinc trains India's 1st ever all women mining rescue team to ensure utmost safety maintenance in mining
operations.
☞ The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) had announced the appointment of Sunil Deshmukh, CMA, as Chair-Elect,
Global Board of Directors.
☞ Former coal secretary Anil Kumar Jain had been appointed chairman of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board
(PNGRB) by succeeding Dinesh Kumar Sarraf for five years.
☞ The government had appointed Ravneet Kaur as the Chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).
☞ Educationist Manoj Soni took oath as chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
☞ Shri Ajay Yadav, a 2005 batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre had assumed the charge of Managing Director, Solar Energy
Corporation of India Limited (SECI).
☞ Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) said Amarendu Prakash assumed the charge as the company's Chairman by succeeding
Soma Mondal.
☞ Janardan Prasad had been appointed as the new Director General of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) by succeeding Dr
S Raju.
☞ Sanjay Varma had taken charge as managing director (additional charge) of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals
Limited (MRPL) here following an order issued by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
☞ Abhai Raj Singh Bhandari had taken over as the Executive Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) Kochi
Refinery.
☞ The Centre approved the extension of the term of CCI’s Director General (DG) Atul Verma by three months.
☞ Amit Agrawal, additional secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, had been appointed as the
chief executive officer (CEO) of the Unique Identification Authority in the rank and pay of additional secretary to the
Government of India
☞ Subodh Kumar Singh, who is currently additional secretary in the Department of Food and Public Distribution under the
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, had been named as the NTA's director general.
☞ Rashmi Chowdhary, additional secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training, had been appointed as secretary in
the Central Information Commission.
☞ Shri Uttam Lal had taken over as Director (Personnel) at NHPC Limited, India’s premier hydropower company.
☞ Sanjay Kumar took over as the new director for marketing in state gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd.
☞ Kamal Kishore Chatiwal took over as the new managing director of Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL), the largest CNG distribution
company in the country.
☞ Mining major NMDC’s Director (Finance) Amitava Mukherjee, who had been holding additional charge as chairman and
managing director since March, had got an extension of the additional charge as CMD, for three months.
☞ The government had nominated Sunil Jeevrajji Singhi as the chairman of the National Traders Welfare Board, which advises
the centre on reducing compliance burden and improving the availability of funds for traders.
☞ Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) announced that Ministry of Defence, Department of Defence Production, Government of
India vide its Office Memorandum, conveyed the approval of the Competent Authority for the appointment of A.
Madhavarao Director as Chairman and Managing Director on the Board of the company with effective from the date of his
assumption of charge of the post till the date of his superannuation.
☞ Ms. Nivruti Rai joined as the Managing Director & CEO of Invest India on July 12, 2023.
☞ Vice-Chancellor of the Sri Konda Laxman Telangana State Horticultural University B. Neeraja Prabhakar had been nominated
chairperson of the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) of ICAR-Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research (IIOPR) at Pedavegi in
Andhra Pradesh.

☞ The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved a 2-year extension of Centre for Development of Telematics
(C-DoT) chief executive officer (CEO) Rajkumar Upadhyay.
☞ ITC Ltd’s board had recommended the reappointment of Sanjiv Puri as chairman and managing director for an additional
period of five years with effect from 22 July 2024.
☞ Telecom Secretary K Rajaraman had been appointed as the new chairperson of the International Financial Services Centres
Authority (IFSCA), succeeding Injeti Srinivas for three years.
☞ Four IRS officers of the Income Tax Department had been appointed as Members in the Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT) under the Union finance ministry. Two Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers of the 1987 batch Pravin Kumar and
Harinder Bir Singh Gill and two from the 1988 batch Sanjai Kumar Verma and Ravi Agrawal had been appointed as
Members in the CBDT.
☞ Coal India Limited announced the appointment of P M Prasad as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the company
with effect from 1st July 2023.
☞ The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet had approved re-appointment of the Tushar Mehta as Solicitor General of
India.
☞ The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet also approved the re-appointment of other six law officers Vikramjit Banerjee,
KM Nataraj, Balbir Singh, SV Raju, N Venkataraman and Aishwarya Bhati as Additional Solicitor General for the Supreme
Court for a period of three years.
☞ Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel) had appointed Krishna Kumar Thakur as the new Director of its Human Resources (HR)
team.
☞ Rohit Jawa appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) and replaced
Sanjiv Mehta.
☞ The Government of India had given Additional charge of the post of Managing Director, National Agricultural Cooperative
Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) under Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare to 2005-batch IAS officer
Ritesh Chauhan of Himachal Pradesh cadre for three months w.e.f. 01.05.2023 or till the appointment of regular incumbent
or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.
☞ Shivendra Nath had been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Engineering Projects (India) Ltd., a
public sector undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
☞ IRS officer Sanjay Kumar Agarwal had taken charge as the Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
(CBIC) by succeeding Vivek Johri who superannuated as CBIC chief on May 31.
☞ The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) had approved the proposal of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural
Gas for re-employment on a contract basis of Shri Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd for a
period of one year..
☞ The government had extended the tenure of Prem Sagar Mishra as Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of South
Eastern Coal Fields (SECL) till January 31, 2025.
☞ Parminder Chopra became the first woman to lead Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) as Chairman and Managing
Director (CMD).
☞ Faiz Ahmed Kidwai 1996 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, who is the Additional Secretary in the Department of
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, had been retrospectively appointed to the additional role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
at the National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA).
☞ Neelkanth Mishra had reportedly been appointed by the Union government as the part-time chairperson of the Unique
Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
☞ The Centre extended the tenure of Mohit Gupta, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in the Central Bureau of Investigation for
a further period of one year from September 4, 2023 to September 3, 2024.
☞ The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) had approved the appointment of Jaya Verma Sinha, Indian Railway
Management Services (IRMS), Member (Operations & Business Development), Railway Board to the post of Chairman &
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Railway Board for one year till August 31, 2024.
☞ Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) had announced cricketer Rahul Dravid as its new brand ambassador.
☞ Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IndianOil) continues to expand its business in the commercial and industrial LPG segment as the
PSU oil major had launched a new video commercial involving Celebrity Chef Sanjeev Kapoor, who will endorse the Indane
XTRATEJ LPG brand.
☞ V Raja Ram appointed as Director (Production) of Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL).

☞ The Competition Commission of India (CCI) had extended the deputation of its Director-General Atul Verma by three
months with effect from September 1 till November 30.
☞ Actor-filmmaker R Madhavan was nominated as president and chairman of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII),
Pune.
☞ Shri Manish Desai had assumed charge as Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau (PIB) by succeeding
Rajesh Malhotra.
☞ National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) appointed Rajesh Nambiar, Chairman and Managing
Director, Cognizant India, as its chairperson by succeeding Anant Maheshwari, former president of Microsoft India.
☞ National Asset Reconstruction Company of India (NARCL) Chairman Karnam Sekar resigned, soon after a proposal for
merging public sector NARCL with India Debt Resolution Company Ltd (IDRCL) was suggested.
☞ Shyam Sunder Gupta had taken over as the Principal Chief Operations Manager of Central Railway at Pune by succeeding
Mukul Jain.
☞ Sindhu Gangadharan, senior vice president and managing director, SAP Labs India and Head, SAP User Enablement, has
been appointed as vice chairperson of the National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom).
Defence Sector
☞ Lieutenant General MV Suchindra Kumar had assumed the charge of the Vice Chief of the Army Staff.
☞ Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi took charge as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of the Mumbai-headquartered
Western Naval Command (WNC).
☞ Group Captain Shaliza Dhami had become the first woman officer in the Indian Air Force to command a front line combat
unit.
☞ After the Indian Army recently cleared women officers for command roles, Colonel Geeta Rana of the Corps of Electronics
and Mechanical Engineers had become the first woman officer to take over command of an independent field workshop in
the Eastern Ladakh sector with China.
☞ Vice Admiral Atul Anand, AVSM, VSM assumed charge as the Director General Naval Operations (DGNO).
☞ Vice Admiral Suraj Berry took over as the new Chief of Personnel of the Indian Navy.
☞ Ministry of Defence, Department of Military Affairs, had approved amendment to existing cadre management provisions for
Women Officers of the Territorial Army (TA).
☞ Air Marshal Saju Balakrishnan, AVSM, VM had taken over as the 17th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar
Command (CINCAN).
☞ Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), South Western Air Command
(SWAC) at Gandhinagar.
☞ Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit took over as the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, according to the Minister of Defence.
☞ Lieutenant General Devendra Sharma took over as the Chief of Staff of the Indian Army’s Western Command.
☞ Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar Anand, Vishisht Seva Medal took over as Air Officer-in-Charge Administration (AOA) informed
Ministry of Defence.
☞ Air commodore Prashant Shriram Vaidya took over as Air Officer Commanding, in charge of the Air Force Station, Avadi by
succeeding S Sivakumar.
☞ Air Commodore VM Reddy assumed the charge of Deputy Director General of NCC Directorate (Andhra Pradesh &
Telangana), Secunderabad.
☞ Vice Admiral Atul Anand took over as Additional Secretary, Department of Military Affairs on July 03, 2023.
☞ Rakesh Pal had been appointed as the 25th Director General of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).
☞ Maj Gen Amita Rani assumed the appointment of Addl Director General, Military Nursing Service (MNS).
☞ Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, AVSM, VSM assumed charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Eastern
Naval Command(ENC) at an impressive Ceremonial Parade held at the Naval Base.
☞ Maj Gen Ignatius Delos Flora had taken charge as the Additional Director General of Military Nursing Service (MNS).
☞ Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor took over as Air Officer-in-Charge Personnel (AOP).

Ambassadors and High Commissioners of India to Other Countries
☞ The Ministry of External Affairs appointed Upender Singh Rawat as India's next High Commissioner to Uganda.
☞ The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) appointed Shilpak N Ambule as the next High Commissioner of India to Singapore,
earlier, Ambule was serving as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.
☞ Namgya C Khampa, India's High Commissioner to Kenya, had been concurrently accredited as India's next Ambassador to
Somalia.
☞ Sandeep Chakravorty, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Officer of the 1996 batch, had been appointed as India's next
Ambassador to Indonesia.
☞ Manish Gupta, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of batch 1998, had been appointed as India's next High Commissioner
to Ghana.
☞ Special Secretary (Ministry of External Affairs) Prabhat Kumar had been appointed as India's next High Commissioner to
South Africa.
☞ Geetika Srivastava appointed as India's new charge d'affaires at its High Commission in Islamabad by succeeding Dr M
Suresh Kumar.
Other National Appointements
☞ Senior IPS officer Ravi Sinha was appointed as the chief of the country's external spy agency RAW for 2 years by
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, succeeding Samant Kumar Goel who will complete his four-year tenure on June 30.
☞ Government had constituted an eight-member high level committee to examine One nation, One election. Former
President Ram Nath Kovind had been appointed as Chairman of the committee.
Ambassadors and High Commissioners
☞ Mrs Marje Luup, Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia

☞ Dr Oleksandr Polishchuk, Ambassador of Ukraine
☞ Dr Desire Boniface Some, Ambassador of Burkina Faso
☞ Mrs May-Elin Stener, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway
☞ Eric Garcetti, Ambassador of the United States of America
☞ Mohammed Hadsan Jabir Al-Jabir, Ambassador of Qatar
☞ Didier Gamerdinger, Ambassador of Monaco
Country
☞ Jujjavarapu Balaji, a 2001 batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, had been appointed to the post of Minister
(Agriculture), Embassy of India, Rome.
☞ Balaji's batchmate from Manipur, Nidhi Mani Tripathi will be Minister (Economic), High Commission of India, London for a
tenure of three years.
☞ Debjani Chakrabarti, a 2002 batch Odisha cadre IAS officer, had been appointed as Minister (Economic & Commercial),
Embassy of India, Tokyo for three years.
☞ Venkatesh Palani Samy, Agricultural Research Service (2007), will be the adviser (Agriculture and Marine Products), Embassy
of India, Brussels.
☞ Mr. Syed Algazi had been officially appointed as, India’s Honorary. Consul General of Republic of Liberland in India for 3
years.
☞ Respected economist Ludovit Odor was made Slovakia's interim prime minister by replacing Eduard Heger and will lead the
country until early elections are held in September.
☞ Petteri Orpo, the leader of the conservative National Coalition Party, become Finland’s 47th prime minister by replacing
Sanna Marin.

☞ Greece's New Democracy party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be sworn in as prime minister for the second term by
replacing Ioannis Sarmas.
☞ Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev was re-elected as president.
☞ Dr TV Nagendra Prasad presently serving as the Consulate General of India, San Francisco, had been appointed as the next
Ambassador of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
☞ Out of nine Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs), 3 Indian-origin Singaporeans (Raj Joshua Thomas, Nimil Rajnikant
and Chandradas Usha Ranee) had been made members for parliament in Singapore.
☞ Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni had appointed former Prime minister Hun Sen's son Hun Manet as the new prime
minister of the country.
☞ Raman Sukumar, an authority on the Asian elephant, had been elected a vice-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) during the recent election held at the United Nations Environment Programme headquarters in
Nairobi.
☞ Pakistani senator Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar had been named as caretaker prime minister until the next general elections.
☞ The anti-corruption crusader Bernardo Arévalo was elected president of Guatemala.
☞ Srettha Thavisin of the populist Pheu Thai party had become 29th prime minister of Thailand by replacing Niwatthamrong
Boonsongpaisan (Acting).
☞ Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was re-elected for a second and final five-year term.
☞ General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, chief of the Republican Guard, was designated as 4th president of Gabon.
☞ Indian-origin Economist and Former Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam won the presidential election in Singapore
(9th President).
☞ Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn swore in Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and cabinet ministers in a coalition
government made up of 11 parties.
☞ Vanuatu's parliament elected Sato Kilman as the nation's new prime minister.
International Organization
☞ Celeste Saulo of Argentina had been appointed as the first female Secretary-General of the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO).
☞ A meteorologist of United Arab Emirates (UAE) Dr Abdulla Al Mandous had been elected as the new President of the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) for a four-year term from 2023 to 2027.
☞ Dennis Francis made history as the first TT citizen to be elected president of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).
☞ BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BRICS CCI) had appointed Ruby Sinha as the president of BRICS CCI WE, the
women's vertical of the body, for three years.
☞ NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will stay in office for another year until October 1 2024, the 31-nation military
alliance decided.
☞ Indian-origin satellite industry expert Aarti Holla-Maini was appointed as the Director of the United Nations Office for Outer
Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in Vienna by the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will succeed Simonetta Di
Pippo of Italy.
☞ QU Dongyu was re-elected to a second term as Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO).
☞ Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana had been appointed as member of the International Mediator Panel of
Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC).
Other International Appointements
☞ Indian-American Arun Subramaniam had been confirmed as first South Asian District Judge for the Southern District of New
York.
☞ The United States Senate confirmed Indian American Ravi Chaudhary as the Assistant Secretary of Defence for the Air Force,
one of the top civilian leadership positions in the Pentagon.

☞ IT veteran Dr Gopichand Katragadda, founder and CEO of Myelin Foundry, has been appointed 142nd President of the
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), an international professional engineering institution.
States
☞ Siddaramaiah sworn in as 24th Chief Minister of Karnataka by replacing Basavaraj Bommai.

☞ DK Shivakumar sworn in as Karnataka's deputy CM.
☞ Former Chief Secretary of West Bengal Rajiva Sinha was appointed as the State Election Commissioner (SEC).
☞ Assam government's Principal Secretary Anurag Goel had been appointed as the new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the
state.
☞ Former Union Finance Secretary and retired Gujarat cadre bureaucrat Hadmukh Adhia, who is principal advisor to chief
minister Bhupendra Patel had been appointed as chairman of GIFT (Gujarat International Finance Tec) City, and as
Chairman and Director of the Vadodara based Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd (GACL) and the Chairman and Director of
the Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC).
☞ Chhattisgarh minister T S Singh Deo will be the deputy chief minister of the state.
☞ Senior bureaucrat Shiv Das Meena had been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu, succeeding V Irai Anbu.
☞ West Bengal Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi had got an extension of service for six months till December this year.
☞ Senior IAS officer Anurag Verma took charge as chief secretary of Punjab.
☞ NCP leader Ajit Pawar was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
☞ Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan had designated P. Jawahar as the Puducherry Chief Electoral Officer cum Development
Commissioner.
Financial Institute
☞ The Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) had recommended Ramaswamy Narayanan as the Chairman-cum-
Managing Director (CMD) of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re) and Rajeshwari Singh for the position of CMD
in National Insurance Company Limited (NICL).
☞ The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) had approved appointment of SBI managing director Swaminathan
Janakiraman to the post of deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India for a period of three years.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had appointed P Vasudevan as Executive Director (ED) and he will look after three
departments, including that of currency management.
☞ The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) had given its official approval for the appointment of
Amit Jhingran as the managing director & CEO of SBI Life Insurance Company.
☞ Government had appointed R Doraiswamy as the managing director of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).
☞ The Ministry of Finance had appointed Kamlesh Chandra Varshney and Amarjeet Singh as full-time members of Securities
and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for 3 years.
☞ The Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC), the representative body for asset and loan financing of Non-Banking
Finance Companies (NBFCs), had appointed Umesh Revankar as its new chairman.
☞ Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) had reconstituted its alternative investment policy advisory committee that
advises it on a range of issues impacting further development of the AIF (Alternative Investment Fund) space.
☞ The Association of Investment Bankers of India had appointed Mahavir Lunawat, Managing Director of Pantomath Capital
Advisors, as its Chairman for two years from September 2023.
Banks
☞ K. Prathapa Reddy, a banker with over two decades of experience, is the new chairman of the Warangal-headquartered
Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank (APGVB) took over the charge from K. Praveen Kumar.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India had given its approval for the re-appointment of P N Vasudevan as MD & CEO of Equitas Small
Finance Bank for 3 years, his term expires on July 22, 2023.

☞ Axis Bank had appointed former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor NS Vishwanathan as a part-time Non-
Executive Chairman for a period of three years.
☞ Madhivanan Balakrishnan had been elevated as the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of IDFC First Bank
following the RBI's approval.
☞ DBS Bank India announced the appointment of Rajat Verma as managing director and head of institutional banking for
India.
☞ Newly-appointed Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Swaminathan Janakiraman will look after six departments, including
supervision and financial inclusion.
☞ Deputy Governor M D Patra will supervise 11 departments in the central bank, including the departments of monetary
policy and financial stability.
☞ Deputy Govenor M Rajeshwar Rao had been assigned with five departments while T Rabi Sankar had assigned with the
work of 11 departments.
☞ State Bank of India (SBI) had appointed four directors on the central board of the bank and reappointed Ketan Shivji
Vikamsey and Mrugank Madhukar Paranjape to its board and had added Rajesh Kumar Dubey and Dharmendra Singh
Shekhawat as directors.
☞ The State Bank of India (SBI), Bengaluru, appointed Krishna Sharma as the Chief General Manager of SBI, Bengaluru Circle.
☞ State Bank of India (SBI) had appointed Kameshwar Rao Kodavanti as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with effect from July 1,
2023.
☞ Reserve Bank of India approved the re-appointment of Shri B Ramesh Babu, Managing Director and CEO of KVB for second
term of three years with effect from July 29, 2023.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India had approved the appointment of P. R. Seshadri as the Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer of South Indian Bank by replacing Murali Ramakrishnan.
☞ Uday Kotak, the managing director and CEO, had resigned MD & CEO of his term coming to an end by the end of this year.
Dipak Gupta appointed as interim chief.
☞ SBM Bank India, the wholly owned local subsidiary of Mauritius-headquartered SBM Bank (Mauritius), had appointed Dipak
Agarwal as its deputy chief executive officer and head of business.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India had approved the reappointment of ICICI Bank MD and CEO Sandeep Bakhshi for three years.
Finance/Insurance Companies
☞ The Board of Directors of Nippon India Life AMC had appointed UK Sinha as an Independent Director & as Chairman of the
Board, with effect from May 1, 2023.
☞ ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund had elevated Manish Banthia as CIO- Fixed Income.
☞ Axis Mutual Fund had appointed Shreyas Devalkar as the new Head of Equities.
Others Financial Appointements
☞ Payment gateway and neo-banking platform Razorpay had roped in former RBI deputy governor NS Vishwanathan and
former State Bank of India managing director Arijit Basu to lead its newly-formed advisory board.
☞ Fintech major BharatPe had appointed former ICICI Bank employee Sandeep Indurkar as its Chief Business Officer- Banking
and Alliances.
☞ Rajay Kumar Sinha had taken charge of SBI Capital Markets Limited (SBICAPS) with effect from July 14.
☞ Equifax Credit Information Services Pvt Limited had named Aditya B. Chatterjee as its Managing Director.
☞ Abhijit Chakravorty had taken charge as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, of SBI Card by replacing
Rama Mohan Rao Amara.
☞ SBICAP Securities Ltd. had appointed Suresh Shukla as Chief Business Officer (CBO).
☞ Banking industry veteran and former State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman Rajnish Kumar had been appointed the Chairman
of Mastercard India.

Sports
☞ Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Chairman Andrea Gaudenzi had been re-elected for a second term as the head of
the organisation from 2024 to 2026.
☞ Sheikh Talal Fahad Al Ahmad Al-Sabah was elected the new President of the Olympic Council of Asia at the 42nd OCA
General Assembly in Bangkok, Thailand.
☞ Jhulan Goswami (India), Heather Knight and Eoin Morgan (England) had become the latest members of the MCC's world
cricket committee ahead of the body's meeting at Lord's.
☞ Royal Challengers Bangalore appointed the vastly experienced Andy Flower as their head coach, officially ending the term
of Mike Hesson and Sanjay Bangar.
☞ Veteran sports journalist Rajaraman was appointed by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) as the contingents press
attache for the upcoming Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China.
☞ The International Hockey Federation (FIH) President, Tayyab Ikram, had been appointed by the International Olympic
Committee’s President, Thomas Bach, to the IOC Olympic Solidarity Commission.
Private Companies
☞ Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL) had announced the appointment of Aasif Malbari as Chief Financial Officer
(CFO) of the company as part of a top-level reshuffle exercise.
☞ Indian auto major Tata Motors wholly-owned subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Automotive PLC, UK, had appointed
Adrian Mardell as chief executive officer for a three-year term.
☞ Edtech major Byju's had appointed upGrad's former chief Arjun Mohan as its CEO for international business.
☞ Dineout cofounder Vivek Kapoor had quit food tech major Swiggy and had joined healthcare financing start-up AyushPay.
☞ Microsoft India said that its India president Anant Maheshwari had stepped down from his position to pursue other
interest.
☞ Accenture announced that, Rajendra Prasad will become Accenture’s chief information and asset engineering officer, a
new role that oversees all internal technology development and support for Accenture systems and Accenture assets for
clients.
☞ The Chief Executive Officer of Bharti Airtel's enterprise arm Airtel Business, Ajay Chitkara, had resigned from the company.
☞ Quantum Ecosystems Technology Council of India (QETCI) announced that scientist and defence expert Dr. Vijay Kumar
Sarawat had been appointed as the chairman of its governing board.
☞ Qualcomm Incorporated announced the appointment of Savi Soin as senior vice president and president of Qualcomm
India.
☞ Indian IT services company Tech Mahindra announced that Atul Soneja, former CitiusTech and Infosys veteran, would be
joining the company as its Chief Operating Officer (COO).
☞ Tesla had appointed Indian-origin Vaibhav Taneja as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), as the organization plans to make
India its next key source of a new supplier ecosystem.
☞ Leading diversified professional services and investment management firm Colliers announced that Badal Yagnik had been
appointed as Chief Executive Officer, India.
☞ Infosys announced a three-year partnership with Rafael Nadal, onboarding the global tennis star as ambassador for the
brand and Infosys' Digital Innovation.
☞ The Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV), the apex body of the Indian Electric Vehicle industry, had
appointed R K Misra, co-founder of Yulu Bikes, and director at Magna Yuma, a battery-as-a-service platform established by
Yulu in partnership with Magna International, as its President for 2023-24.
☞ Puneet Dalmia will take over as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) after
Mahendra Singhi's decade-long tenure comes to an end on December 8.
☞ TVS Supply Chain Solutions Ltd (TVS SCS) announced that its founder and promoter R Dinesh had been appointed as the
Executive Chairman by its Board of Directors.
☞ Shell India announced the appointment of Mansi Madan Tripathy as the new chairman of the company, effective 1 October
by succeeding Nitin Prasad.

Brand Ambassadors
☞ Swaraj Tractors had announced the appointment of Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) as its official brand ambassador.
☞ Parimatch Sports, a trendy sportswear brand dedicated to offering top-quality athletic clothes, had announced Yaroslav
Amosov as its new brand ambassador.
☞ Epson announced that film actress Rashmika Mandanna will be its brand ambassador in India.
☞ SUGAR POP Beauty, announced Bollywood actress Shehnaaz Gill as its brand ambassador.
☞ Sleep solutions provider Duroflex announced cricket icon Virat Kohli as its new brand ambassador to further their mission
of advocating the significance of quality sleep in fostering a long healthy life.
☞ Shah Rukh Khan was appointed as ICC World Cup 2023 brand ambassador.
☞ Parimatch had appointed West Indies cricketer Nicholas Pooran as its brand ambassador.
☞ Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar will become a “national icon” of the Election Commission (EC) and spread
awareness regarding the need for greater voter participation in the electoral process.
☞ Casio India announced cricketer Shubman Gill as brand ambassador for watch brand G-SHOCK.
R ANKS AND I NDICES
☞ The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) had secured the second position among 66 ministries in the
highly influential Data Governance Quality Index (DGQI) assessment for 2022-2023 (Q3).
☞ According to Prime Global Cities Index (PGCI) Q1 2023, Mumbai moved up from the 38th rank in Q1 2022 to sixth the
quarter based on the annual growth in high-end or prime properties.
☞ Minister of State for Education and External Affairs, Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh released the India Rankings 2023, which
implements the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) drafted for this purpose by the Ministry of Education in
2015.
☞ Kerala had topped the Food Safety Index 2022-23, replacing Tamil Nadu which had slipped to third position in the Food
Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)’s 5th State Food Safety Index (SFSI), which was released by Union Health
Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on the occasion of World Food Day.
☞ Tata group had breached the brand value-mark of $25 billion to feature in the top 100 of the Brand Finance Global 500
2023 – the annual ranking of the world’s top 500 most valuable brands.
☞ 20th edition of 'The Global 2000' was published by Forbes.
☞ The 5th edition of Global Slavery Index (GSI) provides national estimates of modern slavery for 160 countries and was
presented by Walk Free.
☞ Mumbai becomes the 18th most expensive city for luxury living according to Julius Baer’s Lifestyle Index 2023 which ranks
the world’s 25 most expensive cities.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains the world’s most popular leader with an approval rating of 75 percent.
☞ Global Competitiveness Index released by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD).
☞ The World Economic Forum ranked India at the 67th place globally on its Energy Transition Index and said it is the only
major economy with energy transition momentum accelerating across all dimensions.
☞ 20th edition of QS Rankings 2024 was released and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is on top of the rankings
for the 12th year in a row.

☞ A 'Panchayat Development Index' had been formulated by the Centre to evaluate different indicators responsible for
ensuring targeted development in villages, Minister of State for Panchayati Raj, Kapil Moreshwar Patil.
☞ HDFC Bank will be the fourth most valuable bank in the world in terms of market capitalisation after the merger with
mortgage lender HDFC and also emerge as the second biggest company in India.
☞ Our biggest edition to date featuring 1,500 institutions QS World University Rankings 2024 introduces three new indicators
to reflect the changing priorities of students and the evolving missions of world-class higher education institutions today: a
commitment to sustainability; even greater emphadis on supporting graduate employability and increased international
research collaboration to solve the world’s biggest challenges.
☞ Shoolini University had added another feather to its cap by becoming the No.2 Private University among the young
universities of the country as per The Young University Rankings 2023.
☞ The finalized Global Firepower ranking below utilizes over 60 individual factors to determine a given nation's PowerIndex
('PwrIndx') score with categories ranging from quantity of military units and financial standing to logistical capabilities and
geography and India ranked fourth.
☞ According to the latest Henley Passport Index, Singapore had claimed the top spot as the world's most powerful passport in
2023, granting visa-free access to 192 countries. Indian passport holders now enjoy visa-free access to 57 destinations, an
improvement from the 87th in 2022 to 80th in 2023.
☞ Teen chess champion Gukesh D ended Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand's 37-year reign as India's highest-ranking chess
player in the live world (FIDE) rankings.
☞ Sashidhar Jagdishan, HDFC Bank's Managing Director and Chief Executive, had emerged as the highest-paid bank chief
executive in FY23, with a significant increase of more than 62% in his remuneration in fiscal year 2023, reaching ₹10.55
crore.
☞ Telangana state had secured the first position in the country in recovery of lost and stolen mobile devices using Central
Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) portal.
☞ Under Aspirational Districts Programme Haryana Nuh district had climbed to 2nd spot from 30th spot in Niti Aayog’s Delta
ranking.
☞ Internet Resilience Index was released by global non-profit organisation Internet Society.
☞ According to the Affordability Index released by real estate consultancy Knight Frank, In first six months of 2023
Ahmedabad (EMI to Income ratio 23%) is the most affordable city in India was followed by Pune and Kolkata (26%).
☞ India had moved up to 11th position in the ranking of top markets of direct sellers, with retail sales of USD 3.23 billion
(around Rs 26,852 crore) in 2022, global industry body World Federation of Direct Selling Association (WFDSA).
☞ Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan -2023 conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board.
☞ The Central Banker Report Cards, an annual publication by Global Finance since 1994, assess and grade the performance of
central bank governors in 101 significant countries, territories, and regions, encompassing entities such as the European
Union, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, the Bank of Central African States and the Central Bank of West African States.
☞ Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav recently announced awards under the Swachh
Vayu Sarvekshan 2023 (clean air survey). A total of 131 cities were put in three categories on the basis of their population
for the purpose of the survey.
☞ Infosys is the only Indian firm in the top 100 of TIME Magazine's list of World's Best Companies of 2023. The company
ranked at the 64th spot out of 750 global companies with an overall score of 88.38.

REPORTS
☞ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will likely move for one more pause in the upcoming June Monetary Policy Committee
(MPC) meeting, as India’s consumer price inflation (CPI) moderated to almost 18-month low of 4.70% in April, due to a
sharp deceleration in fuel inflation, SBI Research’s ‘Ecowrap’ report.
☞ 145 million small and medium businesses (SMBs) globally are likely to spend $1.45 trillion on information technology in
2023, driven by the post-pandemic trend towards digital transformation, said a report by global management consultancy
Analysys Mason.
☞ According to "The Anatomy of Fraud 2023" report by digital solutions platform Bureau and consultancy firm Praxis.
☞ The report, tilted Turning off the Tap: How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy, had been
launched just days ahead of a second round of negotiations on a legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution
(Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee-2 or INC-2) to be held in Paris.
☞ The Reserve Bank of India annual dividend will overshoot budgeted estimates by about 0.15-0.2 per cent of GDP, jumping
to about Rs 80,000-95,000 crore, according to a research report by Emkay Global Financial Services.
☞ India's exports of products like coffee, leather hides and paperboard worth USD 1.3 billion annually to the European Union
will get impacted due to the deforestation regulation adopted by the EU earlier this week, a report by economic think tank
Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI).
☞ 11th edition of the World of Work report was released by International Labour Organisation (ILO).
☞ In its first-ever report on ‘Sustainability’ was recently released by the union minister for road transport and highways Nitin
Gadkari, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) claimed that direct emission was reduced from 18.44 per cent to
9.49 per cent due to less fuel consumption in three years between 2019-20 and 2021-22.
☞ With a population of 140 crores, India is poised to become a global leader in digital payments, with households increasing
non-cash transactions by 50 per cent, and 85 per cent of businesses in the country being digitally enabled by FY26,
according to Redseer and Plural by Pine Labs.
☞ India will become a $1 trillion internet economy by 2030, thanks to a continued shift in consumer and merchant behaviour,
matched with strong investor confidence, according to a report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company.
☞ Tech spending in India is projected to grow at 10.1 per cent, the highest rate in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, to reach ₹3.9
lakh crore in 2023, according to Forrester’s Asia Pacific Tech Market Forecast, 2022-27.
☞ A report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) had highlighted significant impacts of ‘Har Ghar Jal’ program on public
health and economic savings.
☞ Credit rating agency ICRA had projected steady growth for the Indian pharmaceutical industry, despite headwinds and
regulatory challenges. According to the report, the revenues of ICRA’s sample set of 25 Indian companies (which account
for 60 per cent of the overall domestic pharma industry) are expected to grow by 7-9 per cent in FY24, following a YoY
growth of 10 per cent in FY23.
☞ The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) released the Centralized Public Grievance
Redressal and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) monthly report for May, 2023, which provides a detailed analysis of types and
categories of public grievances and the nature of disposal.
☞ The world food import bill is forecast to reach a new record this year, though it is predicted to grow at a much slower pace
compared to last year, as rising world prices, driven by higher quotations for fruits, vegetables, sugar and dairy products,
dampen demand, especially in the most economically vulnerable countries, according to a report released by the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
☞ India had ranked at 127 out of 146 countries in terms of gender parity an improvement of eight places from last year
according to the World Economic Forum's annual Gender Gap Report, 2023.
☞ The Economist Intelligence Unit released Global Liveability Index 2023 report on global livability index, placing Austria’s
capital Vienna as the top ranked city to live in this year.

☞ The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2023 (GSER 2023) is an in-depth analysis of startup ecosystems worldwide.
☞ Scheduled commercial banks' net non-performing assets (NPA) ratio fell to a 10-year low of 3.9 per cent in March 2023, the
Reserve Bank of India noted in the latest edition of its Financial Stability Report.
☞ India had doubled its share of global commercial services exports to 4.4 percent in 2022 from 2 percent in 2005, according
to 'Trade in services for development' report by World Bank and World Trade Organisation (WTO) report.
☞ The size of India’s middle class will nearly double to 61 per cent of its total population by 2047, from 31 per cent in 2020-21,
as continuing political stability and economic reforms with a sustained annual growth rate of between 6 per cent and 7 per
cent over the next two and half decades will make the country one of the largest markets in the world, according to the
report by the People Research on India’s Consumer Economy (PRICE) and India’s Citizen Environment.
☞ The Ministry of Education released the report on performance grading index (PGI) 2.0 for states and union territories for
the year 2021-22.
☞ The report 'National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A progress of Review 2023' was released by Suman Bery, Vice-
Chairman, Niti Aayog.
☞ Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) had released the fifth edition of ‘National e-
Governance Service Delivery Assessment (NeSDA) Way Forward Monthly Report for States/UTs’, which provides a detailed
overview of status of e-service delivery across States/UTs.
☞ Card payments in India are likely to hit the Rs 27.9 trillion mark in 2023, up 28.6 per cent year-on-year (YoY), suggests a
recent report by GlobalData, a London-based leading data and analytics company.
☞ Amul had been ranked as the world’s strongest dairy brand by the Brand Finance Food and Drink Report 2023.
☞ The Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation released the report
on the 6th census on minor irrigation schemes.
☞ Around 56 per cent of total new internet users will be from rural India by 2025, according to a report by TransUnion CIBIL,
which said that currently 36 per cent of digital payment users hail from rural parts of the country.
☞ According to SBI Ecowrap Report, employee provident fund organisation (EPFO) is expected to generate 16 million net new
payrolls in Financial Year 2023-24 (FY24).
☞ According to the report by Capgemini Research Institute, Non-cash transactions will touch 2.3 trillion in transaction volumes
by 2027, growing at the rate of 15% annually, as consumers and businesses adopt new digital payment schemes.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Prime Minister
☞ Prime Minister Modi had been conferred the highest honour of Fiji by the PM Sitiveni Rabuka of Fiji: Companion of the
Order of Fiji in recognition of his global leadership.
☞ H.E. Sir Bob Dadae, Governor-General of Papua New Guinea (PNG) conferred Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi with the
Grand Companion of the Order of Logohu (GCL) titled "Chief".
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the ‘Order of the Nile’ award, the country’s highest state honour, from Egyptian
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
☞ Prime Minister Narendra Modi had become the first Indian premier to had been conferred with the Grand Cross of the
Legion of Honour, France's highest civilian and military honour, by French President Emmanuel Macron.
☞ Prime Minister Modi had been conferred the highest honour of Greece by the PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Grand Cross of the
Order of Honour.

Other Awards
 Veteran astronomer Jayant Naralikar was conferred the first Govind Swarup Lifetime Achievement Award instituted by the
Astronomical Society of India (ASI).
 The Dylan Thomas Prize is a leading prize for young writers presented annually. 2023 - Arinze Ifeakandu for God’s Children
Are Little Broken Things
 Author and translator Musharraf Ali Farooqi, who translated Siddique Alam’s The Kettledrum and Other Stories from Urdu
to English, had won the inaugural edition of the Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation.
 Tata Group Chairman N. Chandrasekaran had been given France's highest civilian award Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur
for his contributions to strengthen the trade relationship between India and France.
 The Naval Investiture Ceremony, 2023 for the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) was held in Visakhapatnam. Chief Admiral R
Hari Kumar conferred thirty-three gallantry and distinguished service awards during the Naval Investiture Ceremony.
 President Droupadi Murmu was conferred with the highest civilian honour of Suriname ‘Grand Order of the Chain of the
Yellow Star’ by the President of Suriname at a ceremony held at the Presidential Palace.
 SBI Life Insurance, one of the most trusted private life insurers in the country, leveraged the new AI-technology, ChatGPT to
launch #IndiaKaPassionPledge campaign and created the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for ‘Most pledges received for a
passion campaign in 24 hours.
 Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) had bagged the national award for significant enrolment under Atal Pension
Yojana (APY) from the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), New Delhi.
 Jagdish Bakan, Wildlife Warden and District Forest Officer (DFO) of Ramanathapuram district, had won the 2023 Michel
Batisse Award for Biosphere Reserve Management from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (Unesco).
 Indian-origin scientist Joyeeta Gupta had been awarded the Spinoza Prize, the highest distinction in Dutch science which is
also sometimes referred to as the ‘Dutch Nobel Prize’.
 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a leading 'Maharatna' and Fortune Global 500 Company, had been
recognized at the highly esteemed FIPI Oil & Gas Awards 2022 by securing five coveted accolades.
 The awards were presented by Shri. Hardeep Singh Puri, Hon'ble Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Housing &
Urban Development, Government of India.
 Chennai-based lawyer-activist Lalitha Natarajan had been awarded the 2023 Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child
Labour.
 Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das, who was conferred the Governor of the Year Award 2023 by Central
Banking, had highlighted how monetary authorities went well beyond their traditional briefs in response to unprecedented
challenges over the last few years.
 The Recording Academy had added three new categories to the Grammy Awards, including best African music
performance, best pop dance recording and best alternative jazz album, the 66th Grammys, which now had 94 categories,
will air live in early 2024.
 Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar conferred the fourth National Water Awards in New Delhi, the Jal Shakti Ministry had
announced a total of 41 winners, covering 11 categories, including joint winners, for the National Water Awards, 2022.
 Ministry of Culture had conferred The Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 to Gita Press, Gorakhpur one of the largest publishers of
religious texts such as the Bhagavad Gita, the Ramayana and the Upanishads, in recognition of its "outstanding contribution
towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violent and other Gandhian methods".
 actyv.ai, an AI-powered enterprise SaaS platform with embedded B2B BNPL and insurance offerings, had won the 'Startup
50 Trailblazer Award' - at the inaugural edition of the Dun & Bradstreet LEAP India Startup Summit, 2023 in Bangalore.
 The Goa Institute of Management (GIM) had emerged as the proud recipient of the highly coveted International Flourish
Award 2023 for their remarkable story on Sustainable Development Goal 10 (SDG 10).
 Prof G Sankara Pillai Award for 2022 will be given away to theatreperson Maya Tangeberg at Rangaprabhath Theatre
Complex, Alumthara, Venjaramoodu.
 The Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for 2023 had been awarded to British-American author Salman Rushdie.
 Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (USFB) Limited, one of the leading small finance banks catering to the un-served and under-
served segments, won the 'Best CRM implementation' award.

 The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, was presented with the Olympic
Order by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach.
 Eminent poet, literary critic and Sahitya Akademi Award recipient Acharya N. Gopi had been selected for Prof. Kothapalli
Jayashankar Award instituted by Bharat Jagruthi, a cultural organisation and extended arm of Bharat Rashtra Samithi.
 The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards for the years 2022 and
2023 to the Nursing professionals at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
 Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, one of the largest private insurers in India announced that it had won ‘Best Customer
Experience and Servicing Platform’ at the 4th ELETS BFSI Game Changer Summit 2023, in Goa.
 The Sahitya Akademi had announced a list of 22 recipients of its Bal Sahitya Puraskar and 20 winners of its Yuva Puraskar
for 2023.
 Noted singer and music composer Shankar Mahadevan was conferred with an honorary doctorate by Birmingham City
University (BCU) in London, England, to celebrate his contribution to music and the arts.
 Maternal quality improvement and certification initiative from India 'Manyata' had won the prestigious Constellation Award
by Asia's leading social investors' network Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN).
 Twelve top start-ups from across 9 Indian states working in agriculture, ed-tech, women’s livelihood, circular economy, and
biodiversity were announced as winners at the 5th Edition of Youth Co:Lab National Innovation Dialogue India.
 Zafin, the leading provider of SaaS products and pricing platform solutions for banks, had won the 2023 Microsoft Financial
Services Global Partner of the Year Award.
 Ajay Banga, the President of the World Bank, had been recognised on the Carnegie Corporation of New York's annual "Great
Immigrants" list.
 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had honoured Rajindar Singh Dhatt, one of the last surviving Sikh soldiers who fought in
the Second World War with a Points of Light honour at a UK-India Week reception at 10 Downing Street.
 Padma Bhushan Awardee Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman and Managing Director of AIG Hospitals, had been conferred with
the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ instituted by the Federation of Telangana Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTCCI).
 Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla presented the coveted Elephant Family environmental award to Indian
conservationists — filmmaker Kartiki Gonsalves behind Oscar-winning documentary ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ and the Real
Elephant Collective (TREC) of 70 Adivasi artists.
 Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, one of the leading private general insurers of India, hosted the first-ever General Insurance
Festival of India (GIFI) in Pune which officially set a new Guinness World Records achievement for the Largest attendance
for an insurance conference.
 NLC India Limited, a navratna company under the Ministry of Coal, bagged GeM award in the category "Timely Payments
(CPSEs)" for the year 2023 for its outstanding contribution in improving the reliability of e-market practices in line with the
vision of GeM.
 Hardayal Singh, the Program Director of United Sikhs, had won the prestigious International Sikh of the Year award at the
2nd British Sikh Awards 2023 function held in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
 Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, one of the leading private life insurer in India announced that it had won the Insurer Innovation
Award 2023 for the APAC region at The World’s Digital Insurance Awards.
 Coal India Limited (CIL) is the recipient of the Rising Star Award in appreciation of its outstanding efforts to enhance
procurement through the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal in FY 2022–23.
 President Droupadi Murmu presented the Bhoomi Samman 2023 at a function in New Delhi.
 French Ministry of Culture, the award was intended to honour personalities for their creativity in cultural spheres and their
works that formed the wealth of the cultural heritage. Ms. Sairam and Mr. Subramanyam were conferred the title of
Chevalier De L’orde Des Arts Et Des Lettres.
 The Ministry of Coal had been awarded in “Best Engagement” category, Coal India Limited (CIL) had been awarded “Rising
Star” and NLC India Limited had been awarded in the “Timely Payments” category
 The Ministry of Coal had been awarded in “Best Engagement” category, Coal India Limited (CIL) had been awarded “Rising
Star” and NLC India Limited had been awarded in the “Timely Payments” category.
 The Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Shri Anurag Thakur conferred the 8th and 9th National Community
Radio Awards. For the 9th National Community Radio Awards a total of 12 Awards in 4 Categories are being given.
 iEnergizer, a leading global provider of Business Process Outsourcing solutions, is thrilled to announce its remarkable
achievement in being honoured with the esteemed award for "Operational Excellence & Quality in BPO Industry" at
National Awards' 10th Edition.

 The Maharashtra government had decided to confer the first 'Udyog Ratna' award on veteran industrialist and chairman
emeritus of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata.
 Four Indian young leaders are among 50 social entrepreneurs, environmental champions, innovators, and human rights
activists from across the Commonwealth shortlisted for this year's Youth Awards.
 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi was conferred with Lokmanya Tilak National Award in Pune, Maharashtra. He was
the 41st recipient of the award.
 Established in 1954, the National Film Awards are overseen by the Directorate of Film Festivals.
 To recognize and promote excellence in implementation of e-Governance initiatives, DAR&PG presents National Awards
every year.
 Priyan Sain clinched the title of Miss Earth India 2023 during the Miss Divine Beauty 2023 national final held in New Delhi
and she will participate in the Miss World pageant to be held in Vietnam.
 Telangana Chief Innovation Officer Shanta Thoutam had received the World Innovation Award at the first BRICS innovation
forum held at Moscow, Russia.
 e-commerce technology landscape, N7 – The Nitrogen Platform's CEO Manoj Bubna had been conferred the prestigious
'Entrepreneur of the Year 2023' award by the renowned 'Entrepreneur India' business magazine.
 Dr Navneet Agrawal Chief Clinical Officer of BeatO, was awarded the ‘Diabetologist of the Year (National Winner)-2023’ for
his exceptional medical service and dedication to the cause of improving the lives of people with diabetes.
 President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Teachers' Award 2023 on 75 exceptional educators at Vigyan Bhawan
in New Delhi.
 Assam Rifles Training Centre and School in Shokhuvi, Nagaland had been awarded the Union Home Minister's Trophy 2021-
22 for the best training institution.
 The 80th annual Venice International Film Festival held at Venice Lido, in Italy was hosted by Caterina Murino.
 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) faculty Rajnish Kumar has been recognised with the Shanti Swarup
Bhatnagar Prize.
 Arundhati Roy had won the 45th Prix Européen de l’Essai (Charles-Veillon European Essay Prize) for Lifetime Achievement
award for her essays. First awarded to Jacques Ellul of France for his “Betrayal of the West”.
 French Ambassador to India, Emmanuel Lenain presented Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Chevalier Of The Order Of Arts
And Letters) to Rahul Mishra at a ceremony held in France. Rahul Mishra was awarded this prestigious award for his
contributions to the fashion industry, especially for his role in promoting the influence of arts globally.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Book Author Publisher Released By

K.K. Shailaja & Manju Sara
My Life as a Comrade Juggernaut Books
Rajan
The Invisible Enemy The Global
Author: Girish Kuber
History of Chemical and HarperCollins
Translator: Subha Pande
Biological Warfare
Sudha Pai and Sajjan
Maya, Modi, Azad HarperCollins
Kumar
The Power of One Thought:
Master Your Mind, Master Your BK Shivani HarperCollins India
Life
The Last Courtesan: Writing My
Manish Gaekwad HarperCollins
Mother's Memoir

Balidan: Stories of India's

Greatest PARA Special Forces Swapnil Pandey HarperCollins India
Operatives
India’s Finance Ministers: From
Independence to Emergency Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya Penguin Business
(1947-1977)
Heartfelt - A Cardiac Surgeon's P. Venugopal & Priya
HarperCollins
Pioneering Journey Sarkar
Author: K.R. Meera
Assassin Harper Perennial
Translator: J. Devika
Dr. Nazema Maraikayar
Memories Never Die Prabhat Prakashan Pvt. Ltd Union Minister Amit Shah
and Dr. Y. S. Rajan
Minister of State for
Kargil: Ek Yatri Ki Jubani Shri Rishi Raj Prabhat Prakashan
Defence Ajay Bhatt
How Prime Ministers Decide Neerja Chaudhary Aleph
Busted: Debunking Management
Ashok Soota
Myths with Logic, Experience
Co-Author: Sandhya HarperCollins India
and Curiosity by Ashok Soota and
Mendonca
Peter de Jager
'Drunk on Love: The Life, Vision
Vipul Rikhi HarperCollins
and Songs of Kabir'
Fire on the Ganges: Life Among
Radhika Iyengar HarperCollins India
the Dead in Banaras
ZEBA: An Accidental Superhero Huma Qureshi HarperCollins India
OBITUARY
Name Field Award/Others

Eminent singer and the youngest daughter-in-
Kalyani Kazi
law of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam
Doyle Brunson Godfather of Poker
Robert Lucas American Economist Nobel Prize (1995)
Sheetla Singh Veteran journalist
Owen Davidson Australian tennis player 13 Grand Slam doubles titles
Srichand Parmanand Hinduja chairman of Hinduja Group
Rattan Lal Kataria Former Union minister and the BJP's Ambala MP
Brian Booth Former Test cricketer and field hockey Olympian
Ved Kumari Ghai Veteran Sanskrit Scholar Padma Shri awardee (2014)
Sulochana Latkar Bollywood actress
Amir Raza Husain theatre actor and director
first man to break the 10-
Jim Hines US sprinter
second barrier for 100m
Gufi Paintal/ Sarabjeet Singh Paintal Indian actor and casting director
Nithin Gopi Kannada actor

Astrud Gilberto Brazilian singer

Ivan Manuel Menezes CEO of Diageo
Gitanjali Iyer Eminent Doordarshan news presenter
Alby D'Cruz Kerala’s Defence Personnel
Clive Barker South Africa Football Coach
Silvio Berlusconi Italian former PM
Cormac McCarthy American Author
Glenda Jackson British Actor & Law Maker
Poojapura Ravi Noted movie actor and theatre personality
Renowned sociologist, author and former
Imtiaz Ahmad
professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
Former Kerala State Minister and Congress
M. A. Kuttappan
leader
Vidyaratan Bhadin BJP MLA in Chhattisgarh
BJP senior leader and Rajya Sabha member from
Hardwar Dubey
Uttar Pradesh
John Bannister Goodenough co-inventor of lithium-ion batteries 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Kannada film director and producer,
CV Shivashankar
screenwriter, lyricist and dialogue writer
Namboothiri Well known painter and sculptor
Parimal Kumar Gosh Legendary Commander of Border Security Force
Luis Suarez legendary soccer player
Wife of Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal
Sita Dahal
Dahal “Prachanda”
Milan Kundera Czech-born writer
Ravindra Mahajani Veteran Marathi actor
Eminent mathematician and scientist
Dr Mangala Narlikar
Wife of noted astrophysicist Dr Jayant Narlikar
Oommen Chandy Former Kerala Chief Minister
Tony Bennett American singer
Madan Das Devi RSS Leader
Former Australia and New South Wales
Brian Taber
wicketkeeper
Former England striker and the first British £1m
Trevor Francis
footballer
Bishnu Pada Roy BJP MLA from Dhupguri
Jayant Savarkar Veteran Marathi actor
Former Kerala speaker and senior Congress
Vakkom Purushothaman
leader
Padma Bhushan 2012
Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor Noted Marathi poet and lyricist
Sahitya Akademi Award 2000
Gaddar (Gummadi Vittal Rao) Renowned folk singer and balladeer
Hari Narke vice-president of Samata Parishad
Siddique Malayalam filmmaker
William Friedkin American filmmaker
P Jayarama Bhat Chairman of Karnataka Bank Ltd
Bikash Sinha Nuclear physicist
Manchanahalli Rangaswamy
Indian scientist Padma Shri 2010
Satyanarayana Rao

Kandlakunta Alaha Singaracharyulu Telugu, Sanskrit writer, scholar and academician

Mohammed Habib Former Indian football team captain
founder chairman of Bengaluru based think tank
Dr V S Arunachalam Center for Science, Technology and Policy
(CSTEP)
Seema Deo Veteran actor
Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao mathematician and statistician
Tamil cinema’s iconic film producer and studio
Arun Veerappan
owner
Jayanta Mahapatra India’s best known English poets
Giani Jagtar Singh Former Chief Granthi of Golden Temple
V Aravindakshan Nair Cinematographer
Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and former
Surya Narayan Patra
speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Heath Streak Former captain of Zimbabwe cricket team
N. Valarmathi ISRO scientist
Arun Kumar Sinha Director of the Special Protection Group (SPG)
Sangeet Natak Akademi
Malini Rajurkar Hindustani classical vocalist
awardee (2001)
Ajit Ninan Cartoonist
Ian Wilmut Embroyologist
Dennis Austin co-creator of PowerPoint presentation
Walter Alfred Former Press Trust of India (PTI) journalist
SPORTS NEWS
 V.Prraneeth became Telangana’s sixth and India’s 82nd Grandmaster when he outwitted GM Hans Niemann of US in the
penultimate round of Baku Open 2023.
 Hriday Hazarika (India) won 10m Men’s Rifle & Sarabjot Singh & Divya Thadigol Subbaraju (India) won 10m Mixed Air Pistol
in 2023 ISSF World Cup
 South Asian Youth Table Tennis Championship 2023 was the prestigious three-day international sporting event, hosted in
Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh inaugurated by Union Minister Kiren Rijiju. India won 16 Gold Medals and 4 silver medals.
 India’s compound mixed team duo of Ojas Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam stunned heavyweights Korea to grab
successive World Cup gold medals at 2023 Archery World Cup stage 2, in Shanghai, China.
 India defeated Pakistan in the Men's Junior Asia Cup 2023 2-1 at the Sultan Qaboos Youth Complex Stadium in Salalah, Oman
to lift their fourth title.
 Australia opener David Warner will mark an end to his Test career that he will retire from Test cricket in January 2024 against
Pakistan.
 Top Indian sprinter Amlan Borgohain bagged two gold medals, one each in the men's 100 and 200-meter races at the Flanders
Cup 2023 athletics meet, known as the International Antwerp Athletics Gala, in Merksem, Belgium.
 India’s Rezoana Mallick Heena won India’s first gold medal in the women’s 400m event at the Asian U20 Athletics
Championship in Yecheon, South Korea.
 India won 15 medals at ISSF Junior World Cup 2023 in Suhl, Germany.
 Panjab University, (PB) topped the topped the medal table with 69 medals at Khelo India University Games 2023.

 Grandmaster (GM) Aravindh Chithambaram of India won the 23rd Dubai Open 2023 for the second consecutive year.
 India's Divya Deshmukh emerged champion, while Mary Ann Gomes finished runner-up in the women's classical event of the
Asian Continental Chess Championship.
 2023 ICC World Test Championship was a test match played at the The Oval, London and Australia beats India.
 In yet another major sporting achievement for the country, India’s Murali Sreeshankar finished third in the men’s long jump
event at the Paris Diamond League 2023 in France.
 In wrestling, Indian wrestlers had won 24 medals - eight gold, nine silvers and seven bronze in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
 Pakistan women’s cricketer Nahida Khan the only woman cricketer to represent Balochistan, first played for the national side
in a One-day International against Sri Lanka in Bangladesh back in 2009 had announced her retirement from international
Cricket.
 The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) had revised the upper ceiling amount of boarding and lodging for Indian
athletes and team officials by 66 per cent.
 Chief Minister of Goa Dr Pramod Sawant launched the mascot ('MOGA' a bison representing the distinct identity of Goa) for
the upcoming 37th National Games.
 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty won gold in 2023 Indonesia Open.
 The 2023 Intercontinental Cup (known as the 2023 Hero Intercontinental Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the third edition
of the Intercontinental Cup, a four-nation football tournament held at the Kalinga Stadium, in the Indian city of Bhubaneswar.
Winner: India (2nd Title/ 1st in 2018) & Runner: Lebanon
 Olympian C. A. Bhavani Devi had created history by defeating reigning World Champion Misaki Emura in the Asian Fencing
Championship quarterfinal and securing India its first-ever medal (Bronze) at the event.
 The Global Chess League announced JioCinema as the OTT partner for the inaugural edition.
 The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) had unanimously recommended Shyama Dey Shaw as a selector in the Women's
Selection Committee and V S Thilak Naidu as a selector for Junior Cricket Committee.
 The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal laid down the foundation stone of
Jalan Nagar Stadium by vertical extension at Boiragimoth in Dibrugarh in presence of Union Minister of State Rameshwar
Teli, MLA of Dibrugarh, Prashanta Phukan among other officials of Dibrugarh administration as well as Brahmaputra Cracker
and Polymer Limited (BCPL) and AOA.
 Union Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur flagged off "Bharat in Paris" campaign with a short marathon at Jawaharlal Nehru
Stadium in New Delhi.
 The ACBS Asian U-21 Men Snooker Championship took place in Tehran, Iran.
 The Indian women's doubles pair of Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee won the World Table Tennis, (WTT)
Contender tournament in Tunis, after beating the Japanese pair of Miyuu Kihara and Miwa Harimoto.
 The 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games, officially known as the XVI Special Olympic World Games and also Special
Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 was the 16th Special Olympics, being held in Berlin, Germany.
 In the 13th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2023, Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Chhattisgarh Hockey, and Delhi
Hockey registering victories in their respective matches at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela.
 India beat Iran 42-32 in the final of the Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023 in Busan, Korea.
 Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra clinched the prestigious Diamond League title for the second consecutive time by throwing
his spear to 87.66m but the coveted 90m mark eluded the star Indian javelin thrower yet again.
 The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced signing a deal with Dream11 as the lead sponsor for Team India
for 3 years.
 In Football, India had lifted the SAFF Championships trophy for the ninth time, beating Kuwait 5-4 in the penalty shoot-out
in the final at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.
 Bangladesh ODI captain and one of their most accomplished all format cricketers Tamim Iqbal announced his retirement with
immediate effect.
 Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen clinched Men’s Singles title of the Canada Open 2023 badminton tournament defeating Li Shi Feng
of China in Calgary, Canada.
 India won 11 medals at the World Archery Youth Championships 2023 in Limerick, Ireland.
 'Lord Hanuman', one of the most revered Gods in India, will be the official mascot during this edition of the Asian Athletics
Championships.

 The 10th edition of World Para Athletics Championships 2023 are set to commence at the Charlety Stadium in Paris, France.
 Senior Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin achieved a rare distinction of getting the wickets of both father and son in his
illustrious Test career when he dismissed Tagenarine Chanderpaul on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies.
 The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced equal prize money for men's and women's teams at ICC events.
 Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Anurag Thakur unveiled the coveted
trophy for Hero Asian Champions Trophy, Chennai 2023 at the Major Dhyanchand National Stadium in New Delhi.
 Hyderabad-based Sports Local Area Network (SLAN) is conducting the first-ever international FIDE rates chess tournament
where more than 500 players will take part, from India and overseas including the US, Sri Lanka, Cyprus and Switzerland.
 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2023 held at Gautam Buddha University in Greater Noida, India. The Indian
senior weightlifting contingent ended the campaign at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2023 with a rich haul
of 20 medals.
 Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin surpassed Harbhajan Singh to become the second-highest wicket-taker for India in
international cricket.
 The India surf team, participating for the first time, in the Asian championship had bagged the bronze medal.
 The All India Football Federation (AIFF), after consultations with its competition committee, had decided to introduce an U-
20 national championship for men.
 Precisely a week after breaching the coveted 2700-mark in live rating, R. Praggnanandhaa won the Geza Hetenyi Memorial
chess title in Budapest.
 Asian Champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued their winning streak by lifting the Korea Open
Badminton men's doubles title in Yeosu.
 Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur felicitated Fit India Quiz 2022 State round winners in Mumbai.
 Sri Lanka batter Lahiru Thirimanne had announced his retirement from international cricket after a 13-year career.
 The Sports Authority of India will financially support four fencers for their participation in the upcoming World University
Games in Chengdu, China.
 India finished 2nd on the medals tally at the recently concluded ISSF Junior Shooting World Championships 2023 in
Changwon, South Korea.
 National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) had launched an Anti-Doping helpline number for the athletes and athlete support
personnel to provide information about Anti-Doping rules and guidelines.
 Hockey India announced the 20-member Indian junior men's hockey team that will participate in the 4 Nations Tournament
from August 18 to 22 at Dusseldorf, Germany.
 Sumit Nagal clinched ATP Challenger men's singles title defeating Czech Republic's Dalibor Svrcina and winning the final of
Tampere Open 2023 in Finland.
 Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting
Championships 2023, which is being held in India for the first time at Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida.
 Aditya Samant became India’s 83rd Grandmaster after earning his third GM norm at the Master Tournament (MTO) in the
Biel International Chess Festival, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland.
 India's Sanapathi Guru Naidu and M Tomchou Meetei claimed silver and bronze medals respectively in 55kg men's youth
category in the Asian Youth (boys and girls) and Junior (men and women) Weightlifting Championships.
 Indian contingent finished their Sri Lanka Athletics National Championships at Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo with 14
medals including nine gold, four silvers and a bronze.
 The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports had decided to recognise the Handball Association of India (HAI) as National
Sports Federation (NSF) for the promotion and regulation of the sport in the country with immediate effect.
 The 2023 Japan Open (officially known as the Daihatsu Japan Open 2023) was a badminton tournament which took place
at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
 India had won 17 medals, nine gold, three silver and five bronze, and are second in the tournament at the World University
Games in Chengdu, China.
 Stuart Christopher John Broad, MBE is a former English cricketer who played Test cricket for the England cricket team and
was One Day and Twenty20 International captain announced his retirement following the Ashes finale at The Oval.

 In Archery, the Indian women’s team created history when the trio of V. Jyothi Surekha, Aditi Swami, and Parneet Kaur
clinched their first-ever gold medal over top-ranked Mexico in the compound women’s team final in the World Archery
Championships in Berlin.
 Ministry of Law and Justice organised the second edition of the Inter-Ministry Bar & Bench Badminton Championship at
the Thyagaraj Sports Complex.
 England cricketer Alex Hales had announced retirement from international Cricket.
 Prarthana Thombare had clinched the doubles title at the women's tennis hardcourt event in Barcelona, Spain.
 Aditi Swami created history by becoming the first-ever Indian to clinch the individual World Title at the World Archery
Championships final in Berlin.
 The 132nd edition of Durand Cup kicked off in Kokrajhar, Assam.
 Sports Authority of India (SAI) under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) is set to fund the participation of the
Indian Cadet Judo Team in the upcoming Judo World Cadet Championship to be held in Zagreb, Croatia.
 Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will once again headline India's campaign in the World Athletics
Championships in Budapest, Hungary, as the country will field a 28-member team in the showpiece.
 Hockey India congratulated Indian Men's Hockey Team goalkeeper Krishan B Pathak for earning his 100th international
cap.
 The 69th edition of Nehru Trophy Boat Race held at the picturesque Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha district, Kerala.
 The seventh edition of the Men's Asian Champions Trophy was held at Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai.
 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) is funding the participation of the Indian contingent for the upcoming ISSF
World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan where a total of 34 Indian shooters, including 17 men and 17 women would be
participating.
 Former England fast bowler Steven Finn retired from all form of cricket.
 Pakistani pace bowler Wahab Riaz announced his retirement from international cricket.
 Indian athlete Dutee Chand had been banned for four years by National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for failing two out-of-
competition dope tests for selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) in December 2022.
 Indian grappler Priya Malik won Gold medal by beating Laura Celine Kuehn of Germany at the 2023 U20 World Wrestling
Championships in Jordan.
 Shooters Esha Singh and Shiva Narwal brought cheers to the India camp, clinching the 10m air pistol mixed team gold by
defeating Ilayda Tarhan and Yusuf Dikec of Turkey in the final of the ISSF World Championship at Baku, Azerbaijan.
 The Spain won the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 was hosted by Australia and New Zealand, making it the first edition to
be held in the Southern Hemisphere, the first Women's World Cup to be hosted by two countries.
 Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur had announced that the Khelo India Women’s League will
officially be known as Asmita Women's League.
 Indian powerlifters, Honey Dabas and Rahul Jograjiya, clinched first ever gold and silver medals respectively on the opening
day of the World Para Powerlifting Championships in Dubai.
 The International Cricket Council (ICC) had revealed a significant collaboration with Mastercard, marking the financial giant
as a Global Partner for the highly anticipated ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.
 The United World Wrestling (UWW) had suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) with immediate effect for failing to
conduct elections on time.
 The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated 33 Khelo India Centres at the Sawai
Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
 Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the 10th edition of Chess World Cup 2023 was a 206-player single-elimination chess
tournament that took place in Baku, Azerbaijan.
 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) had today sanctioned 634 athletes across 38 sporting disciplines for
participation in the upcoming Asian Games, who met the set selection criteria, against the 850 athletes recommended by
the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
 Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won India's first-ever gold with a throw of 88.77 metres at the World Athletics
Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
 The 2023 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which took place in Royal Arena, Copenhagen,
Denmark.

 BSA World Games (formerly IBSA World Championships and Games) or World Blind Games took place in Birmingham,
United Kingdom.
 S P Sethuraman of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board emerged champion with 9.5 points against Mitrabha Guha (West
Bengal) in the 60th National Chess Championship
 The Indian contingent won a total of four medals, including one gold and three bronze medals at the 30th Asian Squash
Junior Individual Championships 2023, held in China.
 Private sector lender IDFC First Bank had secured the title rights for the home international series of the Board of Control
for Cricket in India (BCCI).
 Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated the projects worth Rs. 13 Crores, which
included state-of-the-art Weightlifting Hall, Fitness centre, modern hostels and Guest House.
 India won the inaugural Women’s Asian Hockey 5s World Cup Qualifier in Salalah, Oman against Thailand and seal its berth
in the next year’s World Cup.
 The WR Chess won the FIDE World Rapid Team Championship was organized by the International Chess Federation (FIDE)
in collaboration with WR Logistics GmbH in Dusseldorf, Germany.
 The Higher Organising Committee of the Zayed Charity Marathon had announced that the inaugural edition of the
marathon in India will be held in Kerala in 2024.
 The marathon will be held in collaboration with the authorities in Kerala State and the Indian community in the UAE.
 Newly-crowned world champion Neeraj Chopra finished second with a final round throw of 85.71 m in the men's javelin
event of the Diamond League Meeting at Zurich, Switzerland.
 The Indian men’s table tennis team assured itself of a bronze medal at the Asian Table Tennis Championships by defeating
Singapore at Pyeongchang, South Korea.
 Max Verstappen won the Italian Grand Prix this is his 10 th win in a row.
 Mohun Bagan won the Durand Cup 2023 against East Bengal.
 Danielle McGahey (29) is set to become the first transgender player to feature in international cricket after being named in
Canada's squad for the Women's T20 Americas Qualifier, the pathway tournament to the 2024 T20 World Cup.
 The Indian Olympic Association (IOA), unveiled official ceremonial dress and playing kit for the Indian contingent that will
compete at the forthcoming 2022 Asian Games scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China from September 23 to October 8.
 Star Indian sprinter Hima Das had been provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for three
whereabouts failures in 12 months.
 Indian men’s team finished with a bronze medal at the Asian Table Tennis Championships 2023 at Yongpyong Dome, South
Korea.
 Induslnd Bank had agreed to a multi-year sponsorship deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC).
 143rd US Open Tennis Championships was held at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (since 1978) in Queens,
New York City, United States.
 Australian batter David Warner went past legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar to become the opener with the most
number of centuries in international cricket.
 Germany won the 2023 edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup by defeating Serbia.
 Indian badminton player Kiran George clinched the men’s singles title at the Indonesia Masters 2023 in Medan, North
Sumatra and became the first Indian won Indonesia Masters 2023.
 Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai launched ‘Mashaal’ for 37th National Games at a program held in Durbar Hall Raj
Bhavan, Donapaula.
 R Praggnanandhaa finished third in Open Blitz title of the Tata Steel Chess India 2023 in Kolkata.
 India’s U-16 team won the SAFF U-16 Championship 2023, defeating Bangladesh in final.
 Maharashtra beat Karnataka in the finals at the 5th National Wheelchair Rugby Championship 2023 held at Balewadi,
Pune.

IMPORTANT DAYS
1st Observed
Edition Founded by
Date Day Theme/Others
Established Observed By
Founded by
World Milk Day 2001 FAO Enjoy Dairy
June 1 Global Day of The power of parenting: raising happy,
2012 UNGA
Parents healthy and hopeful children
International
Whores’ Day or
June 2
International Sex
Workers’ Day
June 3 World Bicycle day 2018 UNGA Riding Together for a Sustainable Future
International Day of
Innocent Children
June 4 2011 UN
Victims of
Aggression
International Day
for the Fight against
Illegal, Unreported 2018 UNGA
June 5 and Unregulated
Fishing
World Environment
1972 UNEP Solutions to Plastic Pollution
Day (WED)
UN Russian
2010 UNESCO
June 6 Language Day
World Pest Day 2017 Sustainable Solutions for Pest Control
World Food Safety
June 7 2019 UN Food standards save lives
Day
International
World Brain
2010 Brain Tumour Protect yourself- keep away from stress
June 8 Tumour Day
Alliance (IBTA)
World Ocean Day 2008 UN Planet Ocean: Tides are Changing
World Accreditation Accreditation: Supporting the Future of
June 9 2007
Day Global Trade
World Doll Day
June 10 Second Saturday in June 14, 1986
June
International
World Day Against
2002 Labour Social Justice for All, End Child Labour
Child Labour
Organisation (ILO)
June 12
International
International
1965 Council of Nurses Our Nurses. Our Future.
Nurses Day
(ICN)

International
June 13 Albinism Awareness 2015 UNGA Inclusion is Strength
Day (IAAD)
World Blood Donor Give Blood, Give Plasma, Share Life, Share
June 14 2004
Day (WBDD) Often
Addressing Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
World Elder Abuse
2006 WHO in Older Age – Policy, Law and Evidence-
Awareness Day
based Responses
World Kidney
Cancer Day We need to talk about living with kidney
2017
3rd Thursday of cancer
June 15 June
European Wind
Energy
Association
World Wind day 2007
(EWEA) & Global
Wind Energy
Council (GWEC)
June 16 Family Remittances 2018 UNGA
(IDFR)
World Day to
Combat
1995 UNGA Her Land. Her Rights.
Desertification and
June 17
Drought
World Crocodile
2017
Day
Sustainable
2017 UNGA Local Flavours, Preserving Global Heritage
Gastronomy Day
International Day
for Countering Hate
June 18 Speech
International
Father's Day
June 18, 2023
third Sunday of
June
International Day
“bridging the gender digital divide to
for the Elimination
2015 UNGA prevent, address and respond to conflict-
of Sexual Violence
related sexual violence”.
in Conflict
June 19
Building and strengthening Global Sickle
World Sickle Cell Cell Communities, Formalizing New-born
2009 UNGA
Awareness Day Screening and Knowing your Sickle Cell
Disease Status
June 20 World Refugee Day 2001 Hope Away from Home
World Music Day Music on the Intersections
2015 UNGA Yoga – Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
Yoga
June 21
the Celebration of UN
the Solstice

International
World Hydrography Hydrographic Hydrography – underpinning the digital
2005
Day Organization twin of the ocean
(IHO)
International
1948 Let's Move
Olympic Day
United Nations
June 23 2003 UN
Public Service Day
International Innovation and Technology for Gender
2005
Widows Day Equality
International Day of Breaking Barriers, Shaping the Future:
June 24 Women in 2022 UNGA Women in Diplomacy for Sustainable
Diplomacy (IDWID) Development
International Day
People First: stop stigma and
Against Drug Abuse 1988 UNGA
Discrimination, strengthen Prevention
and Illicit Trafficking
International Day in
Support of Victims 1997 UNGA
June 26 of Torture
Next Generation Cooling; highlighting
innovative technologies that improve
World Refrigeration
2019 energy efficiency and promote
Day
sustainable practices going into the
future
World MSME Day 2017 Future-ready MSMEs for India@100
June 27 International
Pineapple Day
National Insurance
June 28
Awareness Day
the Tropics
Alignment of State Indicator Framework
June 29
National Statistics with National Indicator Framework for
2007
Day Monitoring Sustainable Development
Goals
1899 UN Parliaments for the Planet
June 30 Parliamentarism
World Asteroid Day
National Doctor's
1991 Celebrating Resilience and Healing Hands
Day
to commemorating the establishment of
National CA Day the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
India (ICAI) in 1949
To honour the successful implementation
July 1 GST Day 6th
of the GST regime in the country in 2017
National Postal
1997
Worker Day
International
Cooperatives for sustainable
Cooperative Day 1923 UNGA
development
first Saturday in July

The day is celebrated by some on June

World UFO Day
24, and others on July 2
July 2 International
World Sports
1994 Sports Press
Journalist Day
Association (AIPS)
International Plastic
July 3
Bag Free Day
to observe the special day when the first
World Zoonoses
July 6 vaccination came to be developed to
Day
fight Zoonoses
UN Swahili
2010 UN
Language Day
World Chocolate
July 7 2009
Day
World Kiswahili Unleashing Kiswahili’s Potential in the
2022
Language Day Digital Era
to commemorate the contribution of
National Fish eminent fisheries scientist professor
July 10
Farmer's Day Hiralal Chaudhary and his colleague
Alikunhi
World Population
July 11 1989 UNDP
Day
to celebrate the life and legacy of
International Malala
2013 Pakistani education activist and Nobel
Day
laureate Malala Yousafzai
NABARD
July 12 1982/42nd
Foundation Day
If You’re ‘Fantastic’, Do Something
World Paper Bag
‘Dramatic’ To Cut The ‘Plastic’, Use ‘Paper
Day
Bags’
World Youth Skills Skilling teachers, trainers and youth for a
July 15 2014 UN
Day transformative future
World Day for It marks the anniversary of the adoption
July 17 International Justice of the Rome Statute on 17 July 1998
World Emoji Day 2014
Nelson Mandela
July 18 2010 UN
International Day
International Chess
1966 International Chess Federation (FIDE)
Day
July 20
International Moon
2021 UNGA
Day
Brain Health and Disability: Leave No One
World Brain Day
Behind
Pi Approximation July 22 looks like 22/7 - this is an
July 22
Day approximate value of Pi
National Day of the
Mango
Parents’ Day
July 23 fourth Sunday in 1994
July

International Self Resilience, adaptability and thriving in

Care Day adversity
July 24
Income Tax Day or
2010
'Aaykar Diwas'
World Drowning
2021 UNGA Anyone can drown, no one should
Prevention Day
July 25 On this day in 1978, Louise Brown
World IVF Day became the first baby born using the IVF
technique
International Day
for the
Conservation of the 2015 UNESCO
July 26 Mangrove
Ecosystem
honour of the soldiers who fought in the
Kargil Vijay Diwas
Kargil War in 1999
Central Reserve
July 27 Police Force (CRPF) 1939
Foundation Day
World Hepatitis
World Hepatitis Day 2008 One Life, One Liver
Alliance
July 28
World Nature Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining
Conservation Day People and Planet
International Tiger
July 29 2010
Day
United Nations
World Day Against
Office on Drugs Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no
July 30 Trafficking in 2014
and Crime one behind
Persons
(UNODC)
July 31 World Ranger Day 2007 30 by 30
Muslim Women
2020
Rights Day
World Wide Web
Day
August 01
World Lung Cancer
2012
Day
Yorkshire Ridings
Yorkshire Da 1975
Society
CLOVES
Cloves Syndrome
August 03 2010 Syndrome
Awareness Day
Community (CSC)
International Beer
Day
August 04 2007
(first Friday of every
August)
August 05 Hiroshima Day 1945
National Handloom
August 07 2015 Handlooms for Sustainable Fashion
Day
Quit India
August 08 1942
Movement

Indigenous Youth as Agents of Change for
the World's
August 09 Self-determination
Indigenous Peoples
Nagasaki Day 1945
World Lion Day 2013
Ministry of
August 10
World Biofuel Day 2015 Petroleum and
Natural Gas
August 11 World Steelpan Day 2023 UNGA
International Youth Green Skills for Youth: Towards a
2000 UN
August 12 Day Sustainable World
World Elephant Day 2012
World Organ Step up to volunteer; need more organ
2005
Donation Day donors to fill the lacunae
August 13
International Left
1976 Left-Handers in Sports
Handers Day
Partition Horrors
August 14 2021
Remembrance Day
August 16 Parsi New Year
World
No matter what
Humanitarian Day
August 19
World Photography
2010
Day
International Day
for the
Remembrance of UNESCO
August 23
the Slave Trade and
its Abolition
National Space Day 2023
International Dog
2004
Day
August 26
Women's Equality
1971
Day
International Day
against Nuclear 2010
August 29 Tests
birth anniversary of hockey legend, Major
National Sports Day 2012
Dhyan Chand
Small Industry Day 2001
the Victims of
2011
August 30 Enforced
Disappearances
2008
the Whale Shark
World Sanskrit Day
1969
(Sanskrit Diwas)
August 31 International Day
for People of 2021 UN
African Descent

September 01
Asian and Pacific
Coconut
September 02 World Coconut Day 2009
Community
(APCC)
National Teachers
1962
day
September 05
2012 UNGA
Charity
Clean Air for blue 2020 Together for Clean Air
September 07 skies
2023 UNGA
Police Cooperation
Promoting literacy for a world in
International
1967 transition: Building the foundation for
Literacy Day
September 08 sustainable and peaceful societies
World Physical World Prevention and Management of
1996
Therapy Day Physiotherapy Osteoarthritis
World EV Day 2020
World First Aid Day
second Saturday of 2000 First Aid in the Digital World
September 09 every September
International Day to
Protect Education 2020 UNGA Justice for Victims
from Attack
World Suicide
September 10 Creating Hope Through Action
Prevention Day
Ministry of
National Forest Environment,
September 11 2013
Martyrs Day Forest and
Climate Change
September 14 Hindi Diwas day
2008 Empowering the next generation
Democracy
September 15 To commemorate the birth anniversary
National Engineers'
1968 of Bharat Ratna (1955) Sir
Day
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

DEFENCE
Exercise
☞ INS Kavaratti, indigenously designed & built ASW Corvette, arrived at Batam, Indonesia to participate in the 4th edition of
India-Indonesia Bilateral exercise Samudra Shakti-23.
☞ Gajraj Corps of the Indian Army conducted a Joint Flood Relief ‘Exercise Jal Rahat’ at Hagrama Bridge on Manas River,
Assam to validate joint drills and coordinate preparedness by multi-agency flood relief columns.
☞ Indian Navy divers and Marine Commandos are in the Maldives for the sixth edition of Exercise Ekatha with Maldives
National Defence Force (MNDF).
☞ The navies of India, France and the United Arab Emirates had carried out a two-day mega wargame in the Gulf of Oman
reflecting their growing cooperation to deal with challenges in the maritime sphere.
☞ Indian Naval Ships Satpura and INS Delhi with RAdm Gurcharan Singh, the Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet
embarked onboard arrived at Singapore to participate in the Inaugural ASEAN India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2023).
☞ The 12th edition of 14 day joint military exercise “Ex Ekuverin” between the Indian Army & the Maldives National Defence
Force had commenced at Chaubatia, Uttarakhand.
☞ Multinational Peacekeeping Joint Exercise “Ex Khaan Quest 2023” featuring participation from military contingents and
observers from over 20 countries had commenced in Mongolia.
☞ Indian Naval ships INS Rana, a guided missile destroyer, and INS Sumedha, an indigenously built offshore patrol vessel
undertook a Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) with French Navy ship FS Surcouf, in the Bay of Bengal.
☞ The seventh edition of the bilateral Japan-India Maritime Exercise 2023 (JIMEX 23) hosted by the Indian Navy, is being
conducted at/ off Visakhapatnam.
☞ The navies of India and the US carried out a 11-day military exercise in Kochi that focused on boosting interoperability and
operational coordination.
☞ INS Sunayna participated in Op Southern Readiness 2023 conducted by Combined Maritime Forces(CMF) in Seychelles.
☞ An Indian Army contingent comprising 43 personnel left for Mongolia to take part in a joint military exercise 'Nomadic
Elephant 2023' between India and Mongolia
☞ Two Indian Navy ships, INS Visakhapatnam and INS Trikand, arrived at Port Rashid in Dubai for a bilateral exercise with the
UAE Navy.
☞ Indian Navy's indigenously designed and constructed guided missile destroyer INS Chennai Mission Deployed in the Red Sea
Undertook Passage Exercise (Passex) with Royal Saudi Naval Ship HMS Al Jubail.
☞ Indian naval ships INS Visakhapatnam and INS Deepak port call in Bahrain, further strengthening the ties between the two
nations.
☞ The 27th edition of the multilateral naval exercise Malabar 2023 concluded in Sydney, Australia.
☞ INS Sunayna visited port of Durban, South Africa reinforcing India's ties with the maritime partners towards and in
accordance with Prime Minister’s vision of Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR).
☞ An Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent participated in Exercise BRIGHT STAR-23 a biennial multilateral tri-service exercise
scheduled to be held at Cairo (West) Air Base, Egypt.
☞ 4-days 5th edition of biennial AUSINDEX maritime exercise between Indian Navy and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) was
conducted at Sydney, Australia.
☞ The Maritime Partnership Exercise between Indian Navy and Sri Lanka Navy concluded at Port City.
☞ INS Sumedha arrived at Port Alexandria, Egypt to participate in ‘Exercise BRIGHT STAR- 23’.
☞ Phase II of the 21st edition of Varuna (Varuna-23) bilateral exercise between Indian and French Navy was conducted in the
Arabian Sea.

Ministry of Defence
☞ India is all set to finalise a deal for acquiring MQ-9 Reaper armed drones from the US in a Defence Acquisition Council
meeting (DAC) headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi.
☞ Ministry of Defence (MoD) is organising brainstorming sessions ‘Chintan Shivir’ in New Delhi to discuss various issues &
challenges faced by its departments, with the aim to come out with new ideas for better governance & functioning.
☞ Ministry of Defence had signed a contract for Medium Refit with Life Certification (MRLC) of Sub-Surface Killer (SSK) Class
of Submarine “INS Shankush” with M/S Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), Mumbai at an overall cost of Rs. 2725
Crores.
☞ Defence Secretary Shri Giridhar Aramane address at Workshop on QA Reforms in Military Aviation for Promoting
Indigenous R&D and Manufacturing in New Delhi.
☞ The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Anil Chauhan inaugurated LRMR Hangar & Dispersal at Naval Air Station, INS
Utkrosh in Port Blair.
☞ Explosives and Accessories manufacturer Premier Explosives announced that it had received an order worth Rs 552.3 crore
from the Ministry of Defence.
☞ The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) issued an Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for acqusition of 26 Rafale M fighter jets
and 3 additional scorpene submarines.
☞ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for
capital acquisition proposals worth approximately ₹7,800 crores.
☞ Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL), Visakhapatnam for acquisition of five Fleet
Support Ships (FSS) for the Indian Navy at an overall cost of approx. Rs 19,000 crore.
Indian Army
☞ The Army had signed a contract with Bangaluru-based start-up Astrome Tech Pvt Ltd for procurement of indigenously
developed ‘Tactical LAN Radio’ for reliable and interception-free communication in difficult terrain under the Make in India
initiative to promote self-reliance in the defence sector.
☞ Mahindra Defence Systems (MDS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra had started delivering Armado, an
Armoured Light Specialist Vehicle (ALSV) to the Indian armed forces.
☞ Army and the Indian Air Force conducted a joint heliborne training exercise in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
☞ A preliminary camp for Artificial Limb Replacement was conducted by the Indian Army at Ramsar (Barmer), the border
areas of Rajasthan in which 207 persons were screened.
☞ To commemorate 24 years of victory over Pakistan in the Kargil War of 1999 and to highlight the indomitable spirit of
women, Indian Army launched a Tri-Services ‘Nari Sashaktikaran Women Motorcycle Rally’ from National War Memorial,
Delhi to Kargil War Memorial, Dras (Ladakh).
☞ The Indian Army, in collaboration with the District Administration, West Kameng District, inaugurated the Amrit Sarovar at
Tenga Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, as part of the government's Mission Amrit Sarovar initiative.
☞ The first Permanent Aadhaar Enrolment Centre (PAEC) for Indian Army had been inaugurated in New Delhi.
☞ Dhaksha Unmanned Systems, an arm of Coromandel International, had bagged two orders for 600 drones with an
aggregate value of ₹165 crore. The drone company bagged an order for 200 medium-altitude logistics drones and
accessories to the Indian Army.
☞ Boeing started production of the Apache choppers and will deliver six AH-64E Apaches to the Indian Army by 2024.
☞ The Army had signed contracts for the procurement of 130 tethered drones and 19 tank-driving simulators under
Emergency Procurement (EP) and they will be delivered in 12 months.
☞ Indian Army had launched 'Project Naman' that will entail establishing facilitation and grievance redressal centres for
veterans and the next of kin of personnel who had lost their lives.
Indian Navy
☞ ‘Sanshodhak’, the fourth of four ships of Survey Vessels (Large) (SVL) Project, being built by L&T/ GRSE for Indian Navy was
launched at Kattupalli, Chennai.

☞ The Indian Navy launched an outreach programme called ''Julley Ladakh'' (Hello Ladakh) with the aim of raising awareness
about the naval service in the Himalayan region and engaging with youngsters and civil society members.
☞ Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command, officially opened the Naval
Airfield Integrated Security System (NAISS) and the Naval Anti-Drone System (NADS) at INS Dega in Visakhapatnam, both
of which were created in India.
☞ Naval ships deployed in the Indian Ocean region are visiting ports of friendly foreign countries and spreading the message of
'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' on International Day of Yoga forming an 'Ocean Ring of Yoga'.
☞ Indigenous INS Sunayna visited Mombasa, Kenya from towards boosting bilateral ties with maritime neighbours on the
theme of Ocean Ring of Yoga.
☞ Two frontline Indian Naval ships INS Sahyadri and INS Kolkata, mission deployed in South Eastern IOR, arrived in Jakarta,
Indonesia.
☞ INS Sunayna, based at Southern Naval Command Kochi, entered Port Beira, Mozambique.
☞ First Barge of the series LSAM 7 (Yard 75) had been delivered to Indian Navy.
☞ Indian Naval Ship ‘Khanjar,’ an indigenous Khukri class Missile Corvette reached Trincomalee as part of a three-day visit.
☞ President Droupadi Murmu launched the ship 'Vindhyagiri', a Project 17A Frigate at the dock on the banks of the river
Hooghly in Kolkata.
☞ The Indian Navy Dornier aircraft was handed over to the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) by the Indian High Commissioner to Sri
Lanka, Gopal Baglay to Sagala Ratnayaka, the Chief of Staff and Senior Adviser to the President on National Security of Sri
Lanka during a ceremony held at SLAF Base Katunayake, Western Province of Sri Lanka.
☞ The Diving Support Craft (DSC), equipped with diving apparatus and tools, represents a significant advancement in diving
support technology, enabling it to operate effectively in various undersea environments.
☞ Dr Sudesh Dhankhar, wife of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar launched the warship ‘Mahendragiri’ in Mumbai.
Indian Air Force
☞ An Indian Air Force heritage centre, the first of its kind in the country, had come up in Chandigarh’s sector 18 and is
awaiting inauguration.
☞ The air force had received its first indigenously designed and developed loitering munitions, developed by Tata Advanced
Systems Limited (TASL), the autonomous system is designed for Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) and had successfully
demonstrated its capability to carry out precision strikes during trials and tests.
☞ Chief of Air Staff Air Marshall VR Chaudhuri presented AN-32 Spares to Commander of Sri Lankan Air Force for
operationalisation of the Aircraft held by Sri Lanka.
☞ The Indian Air Force carried out Exercise ‘Ranvijay’ with a focus on integration.
☞ India-made Tejas Mk 2 light combat aircraft (LCA) could be ready for its maiden flight by 2025 with an American engine,
according to Prabhulla Chandran VK, director of avionics and weapons systems at the Aeronautical Development Agency
(ADA), the nodal agency for the design of the indigenous fighter.
☞ The Indian Air Force conducted a Capstone Seminar at the Air Force Auditorium, New Delhi, marking the culmination of the
No. 2 Warfare & Aerospace Strategy Program (WASP).
☞ In a major step towards proving its ability to hold large-scale aerial operations, the Indian Air Force is going to hold a major
multilateral exercise codenamed 'Exercise Tarang Shakti' in October-November this year in which 10-12 top air powers of
the world would participate.
☞ Spacetech startup Pixxel, which closed a round of funding led by Google last month is set to manufacture miniaturised
multi-payload satellites for the Indian Air Force.
☞ In a major boost to India’s missile capabilities, the Indian Air Force had received the Israeli Spike Non-Line Of Sight (NLOS)
anti-tank guided missiles.
☞ The Indian Air Force is preparing to conduct a multi-national exercise Tarang Shakti that aims to bring together air forces of
several countries in next year.
☞ The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Naval trainer prototype NP5 successfully completed its maiden flight.
☞ The Indian Air Force, which is looking to procure Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA), is carrying out a comprehensive study
to identify the current and future payload-carrying requirements of the force.
☞ The annual training exercise, Trishul, of the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Western Air Command (WAC).

☞ Indian Air Force (IAF) is teaming up with the Drone Federation of India to co-host ‘Bharat Drone Shakti 2023’.
☞ Indian Air Force (IAF) received delivery of the first of the 56 C295 aircraft which are set to replace its ageing Avro-748 fleet
from Airbus production site in Seville, Spain.
DRDO
☞ The two-day workshop on ‘Human Factors Engineering in Military Platforms’, organised by Defence Research &
Development Organisation (DRDO) in New Delhi.
☞ Centre of Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES), a Delhi-based laboratory of Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) had designed and developed a Vertical Shaft based Underground Ammunition Storage Facility.
☞ ‘Agni Prime’, the new-generation ballistic missile, was successfully flight-tested from an island off the Odisha coast was
conducted from the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), and all
objectives were successfully met.
☞ L&T and DRDO signed contract to make AIP modules for Indian Navy submarines
BRO
☞ Border Roads Organisation (BRO) had commenced the construction of the 64 km world's highest motorable road that
connect Likaru to Fukche which is situated three kilometre away from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh
located at an altitude of 19,400 feet.
☞ The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will construct the world's highest fighter airfield in the Nyoma region of Ladakh 13,000
feet above sea level at estimated cost of Rs 218 crore.
Others
☞ The Director, of SPG shall be appointed by the Central Government “at a level of not less than the Additional Director
General of Police [ADG] from the Indian Police Service”.
☞ The 53rd Director General Level Border Co-ordination Conference between Border Security Force and Border Guard
Bangladesh organized by BSF in Delhi.
☞ GE Aerospace had inked a pact with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to jointly produce fighter jet engines for Indian
Air Force’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-Mk-II Tejas.
☞ Now Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), in collaboration with American company GE Aerospace, will manufacture GE-
F414 engines for fighter jets in India itself, which will provide modern engines to India’s fighter jets.
☞ A month after German submarine builder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems signed an agreement with Mazagon Dock
Shipbuilders to build six submarines for the Indian Navy, a competing partnership was announced by Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
and Spain’s Navantia.
☞ Ashok Leyland had won defence contracts worth Rs 800 crore that include the procurement of a field artillery tractor called
FAT 4x4 and a gun-towing vehicle named GTV 6x6.
☞ Tejas, Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) LSP-7 successfully fired the ASTRA indigenous Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air
missile off the coast of Goa.
☞ Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems Pvt Ltd (KRAS), a joint venture company between Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd and
Israel’s Rafael Advanced Systems Ltd, had got a contract worth ₹287.51 crore from the Ministry of Defence for supply of
missile systems and expected to be executed over the next 12 months.
☞ Arrobot, an aerospace and defence start-up, launched an Unmanned Guided Vehicle (UGV) for the Armed Forces that helps
them in logistics, surveillance and reconnaissance in difficult terrain and environments.
☞ Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) had signed an MoU with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), for co-operation in addressing
India’s requirements in the domain of Short Range Air Defence Systems.

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