Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (June 22nd to 30th June 2023)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of June 22nd to 30th June 2023. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2023 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : IMPORTANT DAYS

• The United Nations Public Service Day is celebrated on June 23 of every year to celebrate the value and virtue of public service to the community; highlight the contribution of public service in the development process; recognize the work of public servants, and encourage young people to pursue careers in the public sector.
• Olympic Day Run or International Olympic Day is celebrated on June 23 all around the world &the theme for the Olympic Day 2023 is called “#LetsMove”.
• International Widows Day is observed all over the universe each year on the 23rd of June to draw attention to widows’ voices and experiences and galvanize the exceptional support they need.
• The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, or World Drug Day, is marked on 26 June every year to strengthen action and cooperation in achieving a world free of drug abuse & the theme is “People first: stop stigma and discrimination, strengthen prevention”
• Every year, National Statistics Day is celebrated on June 29 in India & the theme is “Alignment of State Indicator Framework with National Indicator Framework for Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals”.
• On June 30th of this current year World Asteroid Day 2023 is observed as an awareness program among the public all over the world.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• Union Road, Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated 11 flyovers from Delhi to Panipat on the eight-lane National Highway- 44 at Sonipat.
• The Road, Transport and Highways Ministry has issued a draft notification proposing Motor Third Party Premium and Liability Rules for the Financial Year 2023-24.
• The 4th Education Working Group meeting (EdWG) commenced in Pune to finalise outcome documents to be presented at the Education Ministers meeting & the meeting was chaired by G-20 India Chair and Secretary, Department of Higher Education Shri K. Sanjay Murthy.
• Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Affairs, Government of India, hosted H.E. Mr. Hayan Abdul Ghani Abdul Zahra Al Sawad, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs, and Minister of Oil of the Republic of Iraq, at the 18th India – Iraq Joint Commission Meeting (JCM), held in New Delhi.
• Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 4 National Highway projects at Sonepat, Karnal and Ambala in Haryana worth Rs 3,835 crorein the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Shri Manohar Lal Khattar, Deputy Chief Minister Shri Dushyant Chautala and other MPs, MLAs and officials.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains the world’s most popular leader with an approval rating of 75 percent.
• Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched the PM Kisan Mobile App with a face authentication feature.
• Hon’ble Union Minister for Steel and Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, will virtually inaugurate from New Delhi, the Silica Reduction Plant at Steel Authority of India Limited’s (SAIL) Bhilai Steel Plant’s Dalli Mines
• The Department for the Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade and Invest India in collaboration with the Department of Industries and Commerce, Nagaland, and Press Information Bureau Kohima organized an ODOP Sampark event on the 21st of June 2023 at the Hotel Vivor, Kohima, Nagaland.
• India has achieved the milestone of 101 Million Metric Standard Cubic Meters per Day of gas production.
• The Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers and Health & Family Welfare Dr Mansukh Mandaviya addressed the 8th Global Pharmaceutical Quality Summit 2023 in Mumbai.
• Union Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur flagged off “Bharat in Paris” campaign with a short marathon at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off five new Vande Bharat trains of the country from Rani Kamalapati Railway Station in Bhopal.
• Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Parshottam Rupala will launch the Report Fish Disease(RFD) App at Krishi Bhawan in the presence of Dr L. Murugan, Minister of State, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and senior Officers from DARE, ICAR and NSPADD.
• 8th edition of the world’s largest urban swachhata survey, Swachh Survekshan 2023 – Mera Shehar, Meri Pehchan.
• The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for ratification of the Headquarters Agreement (HQA) between the Government of India (Gol) and Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) signed on 22nd August, 2022.
• The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approved the introduction of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Bill, 2023 in Parliament.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for sugar season 2023-24 (October – September) at Rs.315/QTL for a basic recovery rate of 10.25%.
• The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, has given a boost to reforms by the States in the power sector by providing financial incentivesin the form of additional borrowing permissions.
• The Government of India is organizing an International Conference on Green Hydrogen (ICGH-2023) during 5th – 7th July 2023 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, to bring together the global scientific and industrial community to discuss recent advances and emerging technologies in the entire green hydrogen value chain.
• The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal launched ‘Sagar Samajik Sahayyog’ – the new guidelines of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress (ICC) on the 1st of July 2023 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
• The Department of Telecommunications has been conducting Hackathons for the development of 5G products and solutions.
• The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has approved the 6G Vision Framework.
• Shri Parshottam Rupala, Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India launched an android-based mobile app as “Report Fish Disease”
• India’s refining capacity will increase from 5.2 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2022 to 6.2 mb/d in 2028.
• The Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Shri Parshottam Rupala launched Nandi – NOC Approval for New Drug and Inoculation System portal New Delhi.
• The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, has approved capital investment proposals of Rs. 56,415 crores in 16 States in the current financial year. Approval has been given under the scheme entitled ‘Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment 2023-24’.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• The United Nations (UN) has adopted the first-ever treaty to protect marine life in the high seas.
• United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Mr Rishi Sunak has announced that Britain, UK will host the first major global summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI) safety.
• Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) has started exporting the world’s first Nano urea invented and manufactured indigenously in India to the US.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and First Lady of USA Dr. Jill Biden participated in an event focused on “India and USA: Skilling for Future” at the National Science Centre in Washington DC.
• China and Pakistan signed an agreement of $4.8 billion to set up a 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant in Punjab province.
• India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) for Authorized Economic Operators (AEO).
• India and Egypt elevated their relationship to a ‘Strategic Partnership’ as Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi held wide-ranging talks with a particular focus on enhancing political and security cooperation.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : STATE NEWS

• The Governor of Bihar Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar inaugurated the thematic event of the engagement group of L20 held at Gyan Bhawan in Patna
• The Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister (CM) & Bengaluru Development Minister Shri DK Shivakumar launched a portal for people to share suggestions regarding the development of the city, under the title ‘Brand Bengaluru’.
• The Medical, Health & Family Welfare Department of the Rajasthan Government has launched the Pregnancy, Child Tracking & Health Services Management System (PCTS) app which enables online tracking, reporting and monitoring of the health of pregnant women, obstetricians and infants.
• North India’s first skin bank has been inaugurated at Safdarjung Hospital in
• In a first in India, hydrogen-powered trains are expected to start from Haryana’s Jind district by March 2024 and the first hydrogen plant of the country is being set up in the district.
• Paytm Payment Services Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Arunachal Pradesh Innovation and Investment Park (APIIP) to create a startup ecosystem for the youth.
• The construction work of the ‘world’s largest Ramayan temple’ started in the East Champaran district of Bihar & the temple will be a three-storeyed structure completed by the end of 2025.
• The Tamil Nadu (TN) police have introduced a new scheme called ‘Pengal Pathukaaptu Thittam’ (Women Safety Scheme) in Chennai city, TN for Women Travelling Alone at Night.
• Telangana is set to build the world’s first 3D-printed Hindu temple.
• India’s largest private rail coach factory was inaugurated in Kondakal village, Telangana.
• Kerala Tourism will soon come out with a mobile app to strengthen the country’s first ‘women-friendly tourism’ initiative launched by the State Government to turn the State’s tourism sector gender inclusive.
• Telangana’s per capita income is highest in the country (among all States) at ₹3.08 lakhs against national average of ₹1.72 lakh.
• The Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai has given tags to 7 different products from Uttar Pradesh (UP) ie Amroha Dholak, Mahoba Gaura Patthar Hastashlip, Mainpuri Tarkashi, Sambhal Horn Craft, Baghpat Home Furnishings, Barabanki Handloom Product, Kalpi Handmade Paper.
• Assam Chief Minister (CM) Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that Assam’s first underwater railroad tunnel will be built between Numaligarh and Gohpur.
• The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government implemented the Legal Aid Defence Counsel System (LADCS) for a period of 2 years under the Uttar Pradesh State Legal Services Authority to provide free legal aid to the needy.
• The Himachal Pradesh (HP) government has decided to set up a special task force to combat the problem of the drug menace.
• The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Police Department launched ‘Operation Conviction’ to combat criminals and mafias in
• In a vibrant display ofcultural heritageand religious fervour, the Historical ‘Kharchi Puja’ commenced in
• Two 1000-year-old square pillars with sculptures of Jain Tirthankaras (a saviour and spiritual teacher of the dharma) and inscriptions, were found on the outskirts of Hyderabad in Rangareddy district’s Moinabad village.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : BANKING & FINANCE

• Union Bank of India (UBI) has launched 4 bank account schemes named Union Unnati, Union Samriddhi, Union Samman, Union SBCHS acknowledges the significance of cooperative housing societies, targeting women, women entrepreneurs and professionals, pensioners and cooperative housing societies.
• NSE International Exchange (NSE IX) unveiled a new and refreshed brand identity of GIFT Nifty ( National Stock Exchange FIFTY) as a part of the full-scale transition of SGX Nifty to Gift Nifty from July 3, 2023.
• One of the largest private sector banks, Axis Bank, launched its latest feature, ‘One-View’, on Axis Mobile Application.
• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) introduced modifications to the existing ‘use and file’ procedure for life insurance products.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducted a 4-day Variable Rate Repo (VRR) auction for a notified amount of Rs 75,000 crore.
• The Union Government dismissed media reports which have given details of pensions being proposed by the Centre for the Employees under the National Pension System (NPS).
• The Government of India has introduced two changes to the prevailing power tariff system, through an amendment to the Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020.
• The Bureau of Indian Standards has published – Food Serving Utensils Made from Agri By-Products – Specification, aimed at reducing plastic pollution and promoting sustainability.
• The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched Dhan Vriddhi, a single-premium, non-participating endowment plan.
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $295 million loan to widen and upgrade around 265 kilometres of state highways, improving transport connectivity and safety in the state of Bihar in India.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 2.5 crore on Jammu & Kashmir Bank (J&K Bank), Rs 1.45 crore on Bank of Maharashtra (BoM), and Rs 30 lakh on Axis Bank for rule violations.
• Manipal Technologies Limited (MTL) has partnered with state-owned Indian Bank to drive financial inclusion by offering customised banking products.
• Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Limited (ABSLI), the life insurance arm of Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL), has launched a new retirement solution called ABSLI Nishchit Pension Plan.
• The World Bank has approved a USD 255.5 million loan for improving the quality of technical education in government-run institutions in India.
• Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), a leading financial institution, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihood Mission (TNSRLM).
• Canara Bank has become the first Public Sector Bank (PSB) in India to introduce the facility of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments to merchants through RuPay Credit Card in association with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
• The World Bank has approved a loan worth USD 300 million to help expand and improve the quality of education in government-run schools in Chhattisgarh.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the banking license of the Karnataka-based Mahalaxmi Cooperative Bank, Dharwad, and allowed it to function only as a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC).
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed monetary penalties on 7 co-operative banks ie Textile Traders Co-operative Bank Ltd – ₹4.50 lakhs, Ujjain Nagarik Sahakari Bank Maryadit – ₹1 lakh, Panihati Co-operative Bank – ₹2.50 lakh , The Berhampur Co-operative Urban Bank – ₹1 lakh, Solapur Siddheshwar Sahakari Bank – ₹1.50 lakh, Uttar Pradesh Co-operative Bank Limited –  ₹28 lakhs, Uttarpara Co-operative Bank – ₹2.50 lakh for contravention of/non-adherence with certain norms issued by the central bank for the co-operative banks.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹30.00 lakh on Standard Chartered Bank-India for non-compliance with certain provisions of the ‘Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016’.
• Kotak Mahindra Bank’s subsidiary, Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company has partnered with ai to offer bite-sized insurance products to new-age Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) companies in India.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty on all 4 credit information companies ie CRIF High Mark Credit Information Services Private Limited – ₹25.75 lakh, Equifax Credit Information Services Private Limited – ₹24.25 lakh, TransUnion CIBIL Limited – ₹26 lakh, Experian Credit Information Company of India Private Limited – ₹24.75 lakhs currently operating in the country for non-compliance with certain provisions of the Credit Information Companies/CICs (Regulation) Act, 2005, read with the CIC Rules, 2006.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has selected State Bank of India (SBI) Managing Director (MD) Swaminathan Janakiraman for the post of Deputy Governor (DG) in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a period of 3 years.
• The Reliance Group has appointed Parul Sharma as Group President.
• Aalok Kumar, Corporate Officer & Senior Vice President (VP), Head of the Global Smart City Business, NEC (formerly known as Nippon Electric Company, Limited) Corporation India, has been appointed as a member of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) High-level Advisory Group on Digital Technology for Development in Asian Countries.
• Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Amit Agrawal assumed charge as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
• Petteri Orpo, the leader of the conservative party in Finland, has been elected as the country’s prime minister by the parliament.
• Senior retired bureaucrat and former Union Finance Secretary & Revenue Secretary, Hasmukh Adhia, has been appointed Chairman of Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), the entity responsible for developing India’s first smart city Gujarat International Finance-Tec City in Gandhinagar.
• “The President of India, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 45(b) of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023, read with sub-section 2 of Section 84 of the Electricity Act, 2003 has appointed Justice (Retd.) Umesh Kumar of Allahabad High Court as the Chairperson of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC),”.
• Kamal Kishore Chatiwal has been appointed as the new managing director (MD) of Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (IGL) & he has succeeded Sanjay Kumar, who has taken over as Director (Marketing) in GAIL (India) Limited.
• The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appointed Dr Vanessa Kerry as the first-ever WHO Director-General Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health.
• Eddie Wu,chairman of Alibaba’s core Taobao and Tmall online commerce divisions, will take over as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Alibaba Group Holding Limited, or Alibaba.
• DBS Bank India has appointed Rajat Verma as managing director and head of institutional banking in India & he will succeed Niraj Mittal, who will be taking up a new role as country head of DBS Bank in Australia.
• Greece’s conservative New Democracy (ND) party chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis won the national election & secured a second four-year term as Prime Minister (PM) of Greece.
• The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bharti Airtel’s enterprise arm Airtel Business, Ajay Chitkara, has resigned from the company.
• 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.
• Federal Bank’s wholesale banking head Harsh Dugar has been elevated as its executive director.
• UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Haoliang Xu of China as undersecretary-general and associate administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) &he will succeed Usha Rao-Monari of India, Associate Administrator since April 2021.
• LIC Housing Finance Limited (LIC HFL) has appointed Tribhuwan Adhikari as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given its approval to the Federal Bank for the appointment of AP Hota as part-time chairman, with effect from June 29, 2023, till January 14, 2026.
• Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Ajay Bhatnagar has been appointed as Special Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
• Anurag, Joint Director in the CBI, will now be Additional Director in the agency.
• Manoj Sashidhar, a 1994 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre, has also been appointed to the post of Additional Director in the CBI for a period of three years.
• Sharad Agarwal, serving as Joint Director in the CBI, has received an extension in his deputation tenure.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• President Droupadi Murmu Conferred the National Florence Nightingale Awards for the years 2022 and 2023 to the nursing professionals at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has invited nominations for the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award-TANNA 2022.
• Prime Minister (PM) Shri Narendra Modi was conferred with the ‘Order of the Nile’, Egypt’s highest honour, by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the Presidential palace in
• Renowned musician-singer & Padmashree Awardee Shankar Mahadevan has been conferred an honorary doctorate by Birmingham City University (BCU) in London, England in recognition of his contribution to music and the arts.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• The All-India Consumer Price Index Number for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers for the month of May, 2023 increased by 6 & 5 points to stand at 1186 and 1197 points respectively.
• Employees Provident Fund Organisation, EPFO’s provisional payroll revealed that EPFO has added 17.20 lakh net members in April this year as compared to the net addition of 13.40 lakh members during March, 2023.
• American chipmaker Micron will invest 825 million dollars to build a Chip Assembly and Testing Facility in
• In the forex market, the rupee appreciated nine paise to close at 81 rupees and 95 paise against the US dollar.
• Fitch Ratings has raised India’s GDP forecast to 6.3 percent from 6 percent for the current fiscal year(2023).
• REC Limited, a Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Union Ministry of Power, has decided to extend financial assistance of Rs. 3,045 crores to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), for the establishment and development of Metro Lines under the Phase-II project of Bangalore Metro.
• Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), a Mini Ratna (Category – I) Government of India enterprise under the administrative control of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, has set up a state-of-the-art Business Centre at NBCC Office Complex, East Kidwai Nagar, New Delhi.
• Google is investing 10 billion dollars in India’s digitisation fund.
• The country’s MSME sector contributes 30 percent to the GDP and nearly 50 percent to exports.
• India’s current account deficit narrowed to 1.3 billion US Dollars or 0.2 percent of GDP in the January-March quarter of FY22-23.
• Government will extend cover under the ECIB scheme with enhanced cover of 90% to accounts with limits up to Rs. 50 crores.
• The Reserve Bank of India has informed that the Gross Non-Performing Assets (GNPA) ratio of Scheduled Commercial Banks has fallen to 10 year low of 3.9 percent in March 2023 and net non-performing assets (NNPA) ratio declined to 1 percent.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

• TPG India Investments II Inc sold its entire 2.65% stake, or 99.2 lakh shares, in Non Banking Finance Company (NBFC) Shriram Finance Limited for Rs 1390 crore through open market transactions.
• Housing Development Finance Corp Ltd (HDFC) has sold 90% of its total stake in its subsidiary HDFC Credila Financial Services Ltd to a consortium of Baring PE (BPEA) and ChrysCapital for Rs 9,060 crores.
• Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has reduced its stake in iron ore producer NMDC formerly National Mineral Development Corporation to 9.62% by selling a little over 2% stake for about Rs 649 crore.
• Piramal Enterprises sold its entire stake of 8.34% in Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) major Shriram Finance through a block deal.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : DEFENCE NEWS

• The Indian Army contingent participated in the Multinational Peacekeeping Joint Exercise ‘Ex Khaan Quest 2023’ in Mongolia which is scheduled to be held from June 19 to July 2, 2023 (14 day long exercise).
• Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh announced that India will gift the indigenously-built in-service missile ‘Corvette INS Kirpan’ to Vietnam and both the countries will also collaborate in defence industry cooperation, maritime security and multinational cooperation.
• The Department of Defence Production, MoD organized a briefing and interaction meeting with the Thailand delegation led by Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Royal Thai Air force (RTAF) – Air Marshal Piboon Vorravanpreecha in New Delhi showcasing defense industries cutting-edge capabilities and fostering bilateral defense cooperation between two countries.
• India-United States Defence Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS X) was launched at an event in Washington DC, USA.
• Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Integrated Simulator Complex (ISC) ‘Dhruv’ at Southern Naval Command,
• To commemorate International Day of Yoga (IDY) 23, the Ministry of AYUSH has planned an event ‘Ocean Ring of Yoga’ (symbolising unity and solidarity) in coordination with the Ministry of Defence and other ministries.
• Indian Army took part in Agneyastra 1 military exercise in eastern Ladakh.
• The Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out Exercise ‘Ranvijay’ with a focus on integration.
• Indian Naval Ship (INS) Anjadip, the 3rd of the eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (SWC) Project, was launched at the Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Kattupalli Port, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN).
• Indian Naval Ship (INS) Sanshodhak’, the fourth of four ships of Survey Vessels (Large) (SVL) Project, being built by Larsen and Toubro (L&T)/ Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) for the Indian Navy was launched at Kattupalli, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• 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.
• Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd, TRIFED has collaborated with the Ministry of Ayush to supply 34,000 yoga mats.
• US aerospace major, GE Aerospace, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indian aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, to produce fighter jet engines for the Indian Air Force.
• Indian Railways (IR) is proactivelyworking towards the achievement of Net Zero Carbon Emission by 2030.
• NHPC Limited, the largest hydropower development organization in India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with GRIDCO Odisha, Government of Odisha, for “Development of Pumped Storage Projects (PSPs) and Renewable Energy in the State of Odisha”.
• Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare signed an MOU with Pixxel Space India Pvt. Limited in the presence of the Shri Manoj Ahuja, Secretary, DA&FW, Pramod Kumar Meherda, Additional Secretary, DA&FW and other senior officers of the Ministry at New Delhi.
• India and Belgium have 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.
• Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) under the 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 Gujarat government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with computer storage chip maker Micron for setting up a USD 2.75 billion semiconductor assembly and test facility at Sanand in Ahmedabad district.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING AND REPORTS

• Tata Power Company has emerged as India’s most ‘attractive employer brand’, followed by Amazon and Tata Steel, reveals the findings of Randstad Employer Brand Research (REBR) 2023.
• IIT Bombay has been ranked 1st in India and 149th in the world in QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World University Rankings.
• According to the global liveability index 2023, Austria’s capital Vienna has been named the world’s “most livable city” for 2023.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) has developed an indigenous innovative rapid haemoglobin detection test kit called ‘SenzHb’.
• India’s first indigenous mRNA vaccine for the Omicron variant, GEMCOVAC-OM, developed by Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd, was approved under emergency use guidelines by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI).
• The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has successfully conducted a test flight for cloud seeding.
• Skyroot Aerospace Private Limited successfully conducted the flight qualification test of the Raman-I engine, intended for roll attitude control in the Vikram-I rocket.
• The Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) launched 47 Starlink internet satellites by Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, United States of America (USA).
• In a significant advancement towards a sustainable and renewable fuel-based transport system, researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur have successfully developed India’s first 100% Dimethyl Ether (DME)-fuelled tractor/vehicle with a mechanical fuel injection system for both on- and off-road applications.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• In the run up to the International Day of Yoga, 2023 (IDY-2023), Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports organized “Yoga Mahotsav” at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi.
• At the Special Olympics World Games 2023 in Berlin, Germany, India added 21 medals to their overnight tally to take it to 76 (26 gold, 30 silver, 20 bronze) by the end of the action.
• In the tournament, the men’s team, composed of Kamal Chawla, Brijesh Damani, and Sparsh Pherwani, secured a gold medal.
• 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.
• Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka has achieved a remarkable feat in cricket by becoming the first spinner and second overall player in history to take three consecutive 5-wicket hauls in the One Day Internationals (ODIs).
• 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.
• In a significant milestone for women’s Kabaddi, Dubai hosted the world’s first international Women’s Kabaddi final, featuring the Punjab Panthers vs Uma Kolkata.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : OBITUARIES

• Advertising industry veteran & the creator of the iconic ‘Amul Girl’ campaign that started in the 1960s, Sylvester daCunha, Passed away at the age of 80.
• The American co-inventor of Lithium-ion batteries and a co-winner of 2019 Nobel prize for Chemistry, John Bannister Goodenough passed away at the age of 101.
• Veteran Congress leader and former Sultanpur MP Raj Karan Singh has passed away at the age of 90.
• The Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) from Uttar Pradesh (UP) Hardwar Dubey passed away at the age of 74 in New Delhi, Delhi.

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