ROY’S INSTITUTE OF COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION

Current Affairs
(26th May, 2023 to 25th June, 2023)

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RECENT BOOKS AND AUTHORS

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Books Authors
“Magadh” Shrikant Verma
“A Life Well Spent – Four Decades in the Indian Foreign Satish Chandra

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Service”
“India’s Finance Ministers: From Independence to A.K. Bhattacharya

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Emergency (1947-1977)”
“Guts amidst Bloodbath” [Autobiography] Anshuman Gaekwad [Indian cricketer]
“Kathakali Dance Theatre: A Visual Narrative of Sacred KK Gopalakrishnan
Indian Mime”
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“Symphony To Jazz” Ankit Khemka
“Nalanda” Abhay K.
APPOINTMENTS
International
Name Post
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Sameer Pandey 1st Indian-origin Lord Mayor of Australia (Parramatta Council, Sydney)
Bola Ahmed Tinubu President of Nigeria
Girish Chandra Murmu External Auditor of World Health Organization
[CAG of India]
Celeste Saulo 1st female Secretary-General of World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
[Argentina]
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Dennis Francis President of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
[Trinidad and Tobago’s
Ambassador to the United
Nations (UN)]
Petteri Orpo Prime Minister of Finland
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National
Name Post
Shah Rukh Khan Brand Ambassador of Realme
Rajesh Gopal Head of Cheetah Project Steering Committee
[To oversee the implementation of ‘Project Cheetah’]
Sanjay Vijaykumar Chief Justice of Madras High Court
Gangapurwala
Praveen Kumar Srivastava Central Vigilance Commissioner
Sachin Tendulkar Smile Ambassador for Maharashtra’s ‘Swachh Mukh Abhiyan’
Amarendu Prakash Chairman of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)
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Name Post
Amit Agrawal Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI)
Nitin Agarwal Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force (BSF)
Ramaswamy Narayanan Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of General Insurance Corporation
of India
Swaminathan Janakiraman Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

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Hasmukh Adhia Chairman of GIFT City Ltd
Janardan Prasad Director General of the Geological Survey of India (GSI)

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Rajiv Sinha Election Commissioner of West Bengal
Ravi Sinha Chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)
AWARDS & HONOURS

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International

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1. 76th Cannes International Film Festival 2023
• Venue: Cannes, France
Category Winner
Palme d’Or [Best Film] ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ by Justine Triet
Honorary Palme d’Or Michael Douglas and Harrison Ford
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Best Director Tran Anh Hung for ‘The Pot-au-Feu’
Best Actress Merve Dizdar for ‘About Dry Grasses’
Best Actor KōjiYakusho for ‘Perfect Days’
Screened Indian films • ‘Kennedy’ by Anurag Kashyap,
• ‘Agra’ by Kanu Behl,
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• ‘Nehemich’ by YudhajitBasu,
• ‘Ishanou’ [Manipur] by AribamSyam Sharma

2. UNESCO Michel Batisse Award 2023

Jagdish Sudhakar Bakan of Tamil Nadu becomes first Indian to win United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s 2023 Michel Batisse Award for Biosphere Reserve Management.
3. Spinoza Prize 2023
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Dutch Research Council has named Indian-origin Scientist Joyeeta Gupta, Professor of at the University of Amsterdam,
as the recipient of the 2023 Spinoza Prize, also called the 'Dutch Nobel Prize'.
4. Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star
Suriname President honoured President Draupadi Murmu with the “Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star”,
the highest civilian honour of Suriname.
5. 45th European Essay Prize
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Indian writer Arundhati Roy was awarded the 45th European Essay Prize for lifetime achievement by the Charles
Veillon Foundation for the French translation of her compilation of essays titled “Azadi” (2021).
6. Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021
The Ministry of Culture has named Gita Press, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), a publishing house, as the winner of
Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 in recognition of the work done by the institution in community service.
7. Olympic Order
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach presented the Olympic Order to the World
Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom.
8. Order of the Nile
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was bestowed with the highest Civilian honour of Egypt,‘Order of the Nile.’

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National
1. Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2023
Language Winner For
English Sudha Murty “Grandparent’s Bag of Stories”
Bengali Shyamal Kanti Das “Eroplaner Khata”
2. Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2023

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Language Winner For
Bengali Hamiruddin Middya “Mathrakha”
3. 4th National Water Awards, 2022

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Category Winner
Best State Madhya Pradesh
Best District Ganjam District, Odisha

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SPORTS NEWS
1. All India Football Federation (AIFF) has declared 23rd June as “AIFF Grassroots Day” to commemorate the birth
anniversary of Indian football icon Pradip Kumar Banerjee.
2. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, a Dutch-Belgian racer recently won Monaco Grand Prix 2023, Spanish Grand Prix 2023
and Canadian Grand Prix2023.
3. The 16th Edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023
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 Winners: Chennai Super Kings (5th title)
 Runners up: Gujarat Titans
 Player of the Tournament: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)
 Most runs [Orange Cap Winner]: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)
 Most wickets [Purple Cap Winner]: Mohammed Shami (Gujarat Titans)
 Emerging player: Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals)
 Fairplay award : Delhi Capitals
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4. 3rd edition of the Khelo India University Games 2023

 Host : Uttar Pradesh
 Mascot : Jitu, A Barasingha also called swamp deer [State animal of UP]
 Medal Tally Topper : Panjab University (Chandigarh)
5. 127th edition of the French Open/2023 Roland-Garros
Location : Paris, France
Category Winner Runner-Up
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Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic [Serbia] Casper Ruud [Norway]

[23rd Grand Slam titles (Most)
and 3rd French Open]
[He is also the only male player to
win all 4 grand slam titles at least
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3 times]
Women’s Singles Iga Świątek [Poland] Karolína Muchová
[Czech Republic]
6. 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship
 Champions : Australia (1st title)(Australia became the first and only team to win all four major ICC events)
 Runners-up : India
 Venue : The Oval, London
 Player of the match : Travis Head (Australia)
 Most runs : Joe Root [England] (1915)
 Most wickets : Nathan Lyon [Australia] (88)
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7. India won both Men’s Junior Hockey Asia Cup 2023 (for the 4th time) and Women’s Junior Hockey Asia Cup 2023
(for the 1st time).
8. Indian badminton players Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy won the Men’s doubles title at Indonesia Open
2023.
9. Indian Men’s Football Team (also known as Blue Tigers) captained by Sunil Chhetri won the Hero Intercontinental
Cup 2023(2nd time) title by defeating Lebanon at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
10. 4th edition of Squash World Cup 2023

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 Host : Chennai, Tamil Nadu
 Champions : Egypt

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 India’srank : 3rd place [Jointly with Japan]
11. Germany unveils a Teddy Bear as the mascot for UEFA Euro Cup 2024.
12. Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo became the first Male football player to make 200 international appearances.

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13. Manchester City beat Inter Milan 1-0 to win their maiden UEFA Champions League 2023

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14. Spain won the UEFA Nations League 2023 by defeating Croatia.
15. ‘Moga’ is the mascot of 37th edition of the National Games of India 2023 which will be held in Goa.
THEME OF IMPORTANT DAYS
Date Important Day Theme for 2023
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May 28 World Hunger Day “Celebrating sustainable solutions to hunger and poverty”
May 31 World No Tobacco Day “We need food, not tobacco”
June 5 50th United Nations World “Solutions to Plastic Pollution”
Environment Day
June 7 World Food Safety Day “Food standards save lives”
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June 8 World Oceans Day “Planet Ocean: tides are changing”

June 12 World Day Against Child Labour “Social Justice for All. End Child Labour!”
June 20 World Refugee Day “Hope away from home”
June 21 International Day of Yoga “Yoga for VasudhaivaKutumbakam”
June 23 International Olympic Day “Let’s Move”
OBITUARIES
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1. Tina Turner was an American-born Swiss singer, known as the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, passed away at the age of
83 in Zurich, Switzerland. Tina Turner won a total of 8 Grammy awards.
2. Gitanjali Aiyar, one of India’s first English news presenters (anchor) on national broadcaster Doordarshan (DD)
passed away.
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3. Sylvester daCunha, who created Amul’s ‘Utterly Butterly’ girl campaign in 1967, passed away.
4. Tapas Das, lovingly known as Bapi Da,a member of the India’s first rock band ‘Mohiner Ghoraguli’, has passed away
in Kolkata.
APPS AND PORTALS
Apps/Portals Launched by Objective
“Jugalbandi” Microsoft Inc. To cover areas of rural India which aren’t
[AI-driven multilingual chatbot easily penetrated through media and lack
accessible via WhatsApp] access to government’s welfare activities

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SUMMITS & CONFERENCES

Name Venue
3rd in-person Quad Leaders’ Summit 2023 Hiroshima, Japan
76th Annual World Health Assembly 2023 Geneva, Switzerland
[Theme: ‘WHO at 75: Saving lives, driving health
for all']

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3rd Employment Working Group Meeting of G20 Geneva, Switzerland
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3rd G20 Tourism Working Group Meeting 2023 Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir

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4th and final G20 Tourism Working Group Meeting Goa
and G20 Tourism Ministerial Meeting 2023
Labour 20 summit of G20, 2023 Patna, Bihar

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Women 20 Summit of G20, 2023 Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu

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2nd Anti-Corruption Working Group Meeting of Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
G-20, 2023
Lavender Festival 2023 Bhaderwah Valley, Jammu and Kashmir
1st ever Urban Climate Film Festival 2023 New Town, Kolkata
1st International Sports Film Festival 2023 Nandan, Kolkata
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SPACE AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
1. The Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) successfully launched a second-generation Navigation Satellite,
GSLV-F12/NVS-01, into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
INAUGURATIONS AND LAUNCHINGS
2. New Parliament House
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 Location : 118, Rafi Marg, New Delhi, Delhi

 Inaugurated on : May 28, 2023 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
 Structure : 4-storey triangular-shape
 Main Purpose : RequirementforMore Space
 Built by : TATA Group under 20,000-crore ‘Central Vista Project’
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 Chief Architect : Bimal Patel

 Seating capacity : 1,272 (Lok Sabha chamber: 888 and Rajya Sabha chamber: 384)
 The historic sceptre ‘Sengol’ has been placed : Near the Lok Sabha Speaker’s chair. The Nandi, as the beholder
of “Nyaya”, is hand-carved at the top of the Sengol. It is adopted as the National Symbol of the Amrit Kaal. Sengol
first appeared in the Chola dynasty and it is derived from the Tamil word “Semmai” means “Righteousness,”. It is the
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symbol of ‘Transfer to Power’.

 The PM unveiled : a special Rs. 75 coin and it has the image of the new Parliament building.
3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually Inaugurated North-East region’s 1st Vande Bharat Express which will connect
Guwahati (Assam) with New Jalpaiguri (West Bengal). It is the 3rd Vande Bharat Express connecting West Bengal.
4. The world’s first 3D-printed Hindu templeis being built in Telangana.
5. India’s highest herbal garden has been Inaugurated in Phobrang village in Leh, Ladakh.
6. India’s maiden International Cruise Vessel – ‘MV Empress’ has been Inaugurated from Chennai to Sri Lanka. It is built
at a cost of Rs.17.21 crores.
7. India’s 1st carbon neutral Villageis being developed in Bhiwandi Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra.

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RETIREMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS

NAME RETIRED/RESIGNED FROM
Zlatan Ibrahimovic [Footballer of Sweden] Retired from Professional Football

Shabnim Ismail [South African Woman Cricketer] Retired fromInternational Cricket

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INDEX AND REPORTS
Index Rank of India Topper

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Top 500 Global Supercomputing List 2023 75 ‘Frontier’
[‘AIRAWAT’] [USA]
[Installed at Pune]

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Global Gender Gap Report 2023 127 Iceland

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[World Economic Forum] [Out of 146 countries] [146:Afghanistan]
Global Liveability Index 2023 141 Vienna
[By Economist Intelligence Unit] [New Delhi and [Austria]
Mumbai] [Damascus, Syria
ranked 173rd as the
least liveable city]
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SCHEMES, PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS
Name Launched by Objective
‘Har Ghar Camera’ [Scheme] Lucknow Police To bolster security in the state capital.
‘Project Kuber’ State Bank of India Establishment of four Transaction Banking
Hubs and one Corporate Salary Package
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Hub in Bengaluru, Karnataka

‘Amrit Dharohar Yojana’ Government of India To conserve the existing Ramsar sites and
make them as the centres of eco-tourism and
a source of green jobs.
‘MISHTI Yojana’ Government of India To comprehensively explore the possible
area for the development of mangroves
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spreading across 9 states and 4 union

territoriesover 5 years(2023-2028).
‘Shakti’ Scheme Government of Karnataka To provide free rides for women and girls
students of the state in government buses.
‘Operation Maryada’ Uttarakhand Police To maintain cleanliness at the pilgrimage
and tourist places.
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Monthly Pension Scheme Government of Haryana A monthly pension of 10,000 rupees for the
Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma
Vibhushan awardees of the person belonging
to Haryana.
‘Didi ki libraries’ Scheme Government of Bihar To promote reading habits among village
children.
‘Sarasari Mukhyamantri’ Government of West Bengal To reach out to the farthest citizen in the
state and redress their grievance regarding
public service delivery.

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UPCOMING EVENTS
Events Venue
71st edition of Miss World 2023 India
Men’s Asia Cup Cricket 2023 Pakistan and Sri Lanka
IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC), 2025 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

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BANKING AND FINANCIAL NEWS

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1. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) granted the Certificate of Registration (CoR)
to Go Digit Life Insurance Limited (Go Digit) to carry out life insurance business in India. So, the total number of
Indian life insurers rises to 26.

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2. The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a USD 148 million loan to support West Bengal, in improving

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irrigation practices in rural areas.
3. Reserve Bank of India Governor, Shaktikanta Das, launched a financial inclusion dashboard named ‘Antardrishti’ to
assess and track the development of financial inclusion by recording relevant data.
4. Patna Municipal Corporation in Bihar, has become the 1st Municipal Corporation in the country to adopt Central
Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
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5. Indian Overseas Bank has launched ‘My Account My Name’ which enables customers to select any name as their
savings account number.
6. The Labour 20 Summit held in Patna from June 21–23, 2023, resolved for a multilateral mechanism among G20 member
states and other associated countries on the portability of social security benefits. Addressing the press conference after
the conclusion of the two-day Summit L-20 President and All India President of the Indian Labour Union Shri Hiranmay
Pandya said the summit noted that at present most of the countries allow portability under bilateral agreements between
sending and receiving countries while discussing in detail the task force report on ‘International Migration of labour -
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International Portability of social security funds.'

7. The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, permitted all Public Sector Banks and eligible Private Sector
Banks to implement and operationalise the Mahila Samman Savings Certificate, 2023. This aims at enabling enhanced
access of the scheme for girls/women. With this, Mahila Samman Savings Certificate scheme will now be available for
subscription in Post Offices, and eligible Scheduled Banks.
The scheme has been in operation since April 1, 2023 through the Department of Post.
Key Features of the Scheme :
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p Provides attractive and secured investment option to all girls and women.
p An account can be opened under this scheme on or before the March 31, 2025 for a tenure of two years.
p The deposit made under MSSC will bear interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum which will be compounded quarterly.
Therefore, the effective interest rate will be roughly 7.7 percent.
p Minimum of ₹1000 and any sum in multiple of 100 may be deposited within the maximum limit of ₹200,000.
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p Maturity of the investment under this scheme is two years from the date of opening of the account under the scheme.
p It envisions flexibility not only in investment but also in partial withdrawal during the scheme tenor. The account holder
is eligible to withdraw maximum up to 40% of the eligible balance in the scheme account.
8. 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 crore, compared to Rs. 3,41,568 crore in the corresponding period of the preceding Financial Year i.e.
FY 2022-23, representing an increase of 11.18%.
The Gross collection of Direct Taxes (before adjusting for refunds) for the FY 2023-24 stands at Rs. 4,19,338 crore
as compared to Rs. 3,71,982 crore in the corresponding period of the preceding financial year, registering a growth of
12.73% over collections of FY 2022-23.
9. The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on 8th June 2023 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.

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10. 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".
11. The G20 Agriculture Ministerial Meeting was held from 15th-17th June in Hyderabad. The Agriculture Ministers
and delegates from various G20 countries were taken for a technical excursion to ICAR-IIMR, the Global Centre of
Excellence on Millets (Shree Anna).
12. Keeping in view interest of sugarcane farmers (Ganna Kisan), the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by

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the 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%. It has also been approved to provide
a premium of Rs.3.07/qtl for each 0.1% increase in recovery over and above 10.25%, & reduction in FRP by Rs.3.07/

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qtl for every 0.1% decrease in recovery.
13. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi approved a
unique package of innovative schemes for farmers with a total outlay of Rs.3,70,128.7 crore. The bouquet of schemes is
focused at overall well being and economic betterment of farmers by promoting sustainable agriculture. The initiatives

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will boost farmers’ income, strengthen natural / organic farming, rejuvenate soil productivity, and ensure food security.
Rs. 1451 crore approved for Market Development Assistance (MDA) Scheme to exemplify model of wealth from waste.

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14. Shri Narayan Rane, the Union Minister for MSME, launched key initiatives on International MSME Day. These included
the 'CHAMPIONS 2.0 Portal' for MSME support, a mobile app for geo-tagging cluster.
15. NITI Aayog and the United Nations in India sign the Government of India - United Nations Sustainable Development
Cooperation Framework (GoI-UNSDCF 2023-2027).
16. 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
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pan India level and more importantly streamline the process of setting up CBG/Biogas plants in India.

DEFENCE NEWS
1. Iran unveiled the first Indigenously-made Hypersonic ballistic missile, “Fattah” with a range of 1,400 kilometres.
DEFENCE EXERCISES
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Exercises Venue Forces Participating Countries

6th Exercise ‘Ekatha’ Maldives Navy India and Maldives
12th ‘Ex Ekuverin’ Exercise Chaubatia, Uttarakhand Army India and Maldives
19th edition of Ex Khaan Quest Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Army Mongolia [Host], India and
2023 others
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‘Air Defender 2023’ Germany Air Force Multi-National Exercise

[NATO’s Biggest Air Exercise]
MIXED BOX
1. ‘Little India’ gateway to be built in Harris Park, Sydney, Australia as a symbol of the friendship between India and
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Australia and to recognise the diaspora’s immense contribution.

2. Kerala became India’s 1st fully e-governed state as it successfully digitized a range of government services for
prompt and transparent delivery to its citizens.
3. India becomes the 1st country in the world to regulate anti-tobacco warnings on OTT platforms.
4. “Atlantic Declaration”, an economic partnership has been signed between USA and UK to enable future cooperation
on issues such as artificial intelligence, and other economic and commercial relations.
5. Cyclone Biparjoy
Name Name Given by Origin
Cyclone “Biparjoy” Bangladesh Arabian Sea
6. Israel to release the world’s first digital government bond.

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7. Canada to become 1st country in the world to put health warnings on individual cigarettes.
8. Kerala became the 1st state in the country to have a drone surveillance system in all police districts in the state.
9. The Guwahati Railway Station in Assam becomes the 1st railway station in Northeast Frontier Railwayto get ‘Eat
Right Station’ certification from Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in recognition of providing
high-quality, nutritious food to passengers.
10. Surat of Gujarat creates a Guinness World Record for hosting the largest gathering of people for a yoga session in one

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place on International Yoga Day (21st June 2023).
11. The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, made a significant decision to rename Uttar Pradesh’s prisons

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to ‘Sudhaar Grah’ or 'Reform Homes'.
SUDAN CRISIS AND INDIA’S RESPONSE
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l The conflict in Sudan has its roots in the overthrowing of long-serving President Omar al-Bashir by military generals

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in April 2019, following widespread protests.
l This led to an agreement between the military and protesters, under which a power-sharing body called the Sovereignty
Council was established to lead Sudan to elections at the end of 2023.
l However, the military overthrew the transitional government led by Abdalla Hamdok in October 2021, with Burhan
becoming the de-facto leader of the country and Dagalo his second-in-command
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l An armed conflict between rival factions of the military government of Sudan began on 15 April 2023, when clashes
broke out in cities, with the fighting concentrated around the capital city of Khartoum and the Darfur region. As of 20
June, between 3,000 and 5,000 people have been killed and 6,000 to 8,000 others were injured, while 2 million were
internally displaced and 600,000 others had fled the country as refugees.
l The conflict began with attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on government sites. Airstrikes,
artillery, and gunfire were reported across Sudan including in Khartoum. Throughout the conflict, RSF leader Mohamed
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Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo and Sudan’s de facto leader and army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan have disputed control of
government sites, including the general military headquarters, the Presidential Palace, Khartoum International Airport,
Burhan’s official residence, and the SNBC headquarters. In June, a faction of the militant Sudan People’s Liberation
Movement–North (SPLM-N) led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu started attacking army positions in the south of the country.
Repercussions of the Current Crisis
l Difficulty in Democratic Transition: The battle between the army and RSF has likely made Sudan’s transition to democracy
more difficult.
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l It is anticipated the tussle may transform into a wider conflict leading to the country’s collapse.
l Economic Crisis: Sudan’s economy is struggling, battered by hyperinflation and crippled by massive foreign debt.
l Billions of dollars given in international support and debt relief were frozen after the ouster of the Hamdok government.
l Disturbance in Neighbouring Countries: Since Sudan’s location borders seven countries, this conflict may spill over
into neighboring countries and destabilize the region. Chad and South Sudan are particularly vulnerable.
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l The situation could lead to major external intervention if the fighting continues. Refugees from Sudan’s contested areas
have already arrived in Chad.
India’s Response: Operation Kaveri
l Operation Kaveri is a codename for India’s evacuation effort to bring back its citizens stranded in Sudan amid intense
fighting between the army and a rival paramilitary force there.
l The operation Involves the deployment of Indian Navy’s INS Sumedha, a stealth offshore patrol vessel, and two Indian
Air Force C-130J special operations aircraft on standby in Jeddah.
l There are about 2,800 Indian nationals in Sudan, and there is also a settled Indian community of about 1,200 in the
country.
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