India-US Strategic Partnership

The Indian Prime Minister embarked on a significant visit to the United States, aiming to bolster the strategic partnership between both nations by focusing on shared challenges, global issues, emerging technology collaboration, sustainable development, and clean energy transition.

Custodial Torture and Ethical Concerns

• Upholding a 10-year sentence for five policemen involved in a 2006 custodial death, Delhi High Court renews focus on custodial torture.
• Custodial torture can involve physical or mental abuse by authorities.
• Types of Custodial Death include those that occur in police custody, judicial custody, or army/paramilitary force custody.

Ethical Concerns of Organ Donation and Transplantation

• A brain dead man's organs give new life to four people, bringing organ donation ethics to the forefront.
• India, having the 3rd highest transplant rate, has seen deceased organ donations rise from 837 in 2013 to 2,765 in 2022.
• Organ donation in India is regulated by the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 and the 2023 National Organ Transplantation Guidelines.

Protecting India's Forest Frontline

• Following the death of a forester in Odisha's Simlipal tiger reserve, focus is on the threats faced by India's forest staff.
• Forest officers are employed by the Government to administer and govern forests, with duties including protecting endangered animals, trees, sand, minerals, and forest land.

Wagner Mutiny in Russia

• Russia's Wagner Private Military Company chief staged a short-lived mutiny, causing an internal security crisis.
• The Wagner Group's chief accused the Ministry of Defense leadership of corruption and incompetence.
• The Russian President negotiated with the chief to retreat and relocate to Belarus.

Lab-Grown Meat

• Two Californian companies, Good Meat and Upside Foods, have been given U.S. government approval to produce and sell 'cell-cultivated chicken'.
• Lab-grown meat is derived from isolated animal cells that are grown in a lab, with Singapore being the first country to approve its sale in 2020.

Influence of Y Chromosome on Cancer Outcomes

• Studies have revealed that the Y chromosome influences cancer outcomes, revealing males' higher vulnerability to certain types of cancer.

Radio Telescope

• Radio telescopes are essential tools for astronomers, detecting and analyzing radio waves from astronomical objects.
• They can observe objects too faint or distant for optical telescopes, measure magnetic fields and rotation rates of stars and galaxies, and operate day and night.

Evolution of Eukaryotes from Prokaryotes

• Recent interest in how complex cells with nuclei and organelles evolved from prokaryotes has been fueled by the theory of endosymbiosis, suggesting eukaryotes evolved from a symbiotic relationship between an ancient archaeon and a bacterium.

Mushroom Cultivation Transforms Assam’s Kokrajhar District

• The launch of the Mushroom Mission in 2021 and the inclusion of mushrooms in the midday meal scheme has significantly improved children's nutrition and reduced maternal mortality rates.

DPCGC Takes Action Against Obscene Content on OTT Platform

• The Digital Publisher Content Grievances Council (DPCGC) has taken action against the OTT platform ULLU for streaming explicit content, demanding the removal of such content within 15 days.

Fibonacci Spirals in Plants

• A recent study questions the belief that plants consistently exhibit Fibonacci spirals, after finding fossilised plants did not conform to this sequence.

Chandrayaan-3 to Retain Chandrayaan-2 Lander and Rover Names

• ISRO announces the lander and rover of the upcoming Chandrayaan-3 mission will keep the names 'Vikram' and 'Pragyan' from the Chandrayaan-2 mission.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis 

Kyriakos Mitsotakis sworn in for a second term as Prime Minister of Greece. He is the leader of the centre-right New Democracy party and has secured a clear majority in his re-election.

Five new Vande Bharat trains

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off five new Vande Bharat trains on 27th June 2023 from Rani Kamlapati Railway Station in Bhopal.

Michael Mibach, the CEO of Mastercard, has joined the US ISPF Board of Directors. US ISPF stands for US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum.

MD and Head of DBS Bank

DBS Bank India has appointed Rajat Verma as the Managing Director and Head of Institutional Banking in India.

Pakistan and China Nuclear Deal

Pakistan and China have signed a $4.8 billion deal to construct a 1,200-megawatt nuclear power plant, known as Chashma 5, in Punjab, Pakistan.

"Jeetenge Hum" campaign

Adani Group founder Gautam Adani launched the "Jeetenge Hum" campaign. This initiative was started to commemorate the 40th anniversary of India's victory in the 1983 Cricket World Cup and to boost morale ahead of the ICC ODI Cricket World Cup 2023.

Odisha Gunvatta Sankalp

The Odisha Government and the Quality Council of India (QCI) launched the Odisha Gunvatta Sankalp (Odisha Quality Mission) in Bhubaneswar.

The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare signed an MOU

The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare signed an MOU with Pixxel Space India Pvt Limited to develop geospatial solutions for the Indian Agriculture Ecosystem using Pixxel's hyperspectral dataset.

Dr K Venugopal

Dr K Venugopal, a doctor from Alappuzha, has been awarded by the Indian Medical Association (IMA). The event will be held on 1st July on National Doctors Day.

Rythu Bandhu Scheme

The Telangana Government has begun distributing financial assistance to farmers for the Kharif season under the Rythu Bandhu Scheme.

World MSME Day 

World MSME Day is observed globally on 27 June. The theme for MSME Day 2023 in India is "Future-Ready MSMEs for India@100".

NANDI Portal

Union Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Parshottam Rupala launched NANDI Portal on 26th June. This portal is developed to digitize and streamline the regulatory approval process in India's Animal Health Sector. It's expected to support the development of India as a global manufacturing hub for veterinary products and encourage R&D in animal health.