National News

India-European Union 3rd High Level Dialogue

• The third high-level dialogue between India and the European Union was held in New Delhi.
• Both sides discussed in detail the market access issues under the India-EU Trade and Technology Council.

 European Union

Deendayal Port Authority

• Deendayal Port Authority signed Concession Agreement with DP World.
• The agreement is part of a target to explore investment potential of over Rs 10 lakh crore in the Indian maritime sector ahead of the Global Maritime Summit 2023.

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National Space Day

• The Prime Minister announced that August 23 would be celebrated as National Space Day.
• On this day ISRO's Chandrayaan mission created history by landing near the south pole of the Moon.

Chandrayaan - 3

State News

Rail Link Project

• A train was successfully run for the first time in the 8.6 km long rail tunnel connecting Banihal Railway Station and Khadi Railway Station in Ramban district under the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Union Territory - Jammu and Kashmir

Sport News

Men's Blind Cricket Team

• The Indian men's blind cricket team won a silver medal in the International Blind World Games.
• Pakistan won the gold medal by defeating India by 8 wickets in the final match at Birmingham, England.

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World Badminton Championship

• At the World Badminton Championships in Copenhagen, H.S. Prannoy won the bronze medal.
• In the semi-finals in Copenhagen, Denmark, Prannoy was defeated by Thailand's Kunlavut Witisaran.

Badminton

Economy 

B-20 Summit India 2023

• In the conference, Finance Minister Sitharaman said that due to the reforms done by the government, the country has come on the path of sustainable growth.
• She also stressed that controlling inflation is the priority of the government.

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Asian Development Bank

• Having bagged the first WHO Centre for Global Traditional Medicine, to be set up in Gujarat, India is now all set to open a climate change and health hub in New Delhi in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

About ADB

Miscellaneous

Meta Platforms  

• Meta said it will release an artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to assist in writing computer code, expanding its contribution to the new technology.

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Gond painting

• During the BRICS meeting, the Prime Minister of India gifted a “Gond painting” to the President of Brazil, Lula de Silva.
• It is painted by artists from the Pardhan tribe, a sub-branch of the Gond tribe, depicting Gond tales, songs and stories.

 Incorruptible friend

• Indian Air Force committed to provide assistance to 765 TB patients under 'Ni-Kshaya Mitra'.
• It aims to end TB by the year 2025, five years ahead of the global target of 2030.

Incorruptible friend

Award

Ownership Plan

• Swamitva Yojana of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj won the National Award for e-Governance 2023.

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Environment + Science & Technology

State of India's Birds 2023

• According to SoIB 2023, a total of 204 bird species have shown a decline in the past three decades. 
• This report is developed by 13 institutions in India (six government institutions including the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and seven conservation NGOs) and independent professionals.

 Wildlife Institute of India

Sodium-ion Battery Pack  

• Recently, AR4 Tech partnered with Singapore's Sodion Energy to manufacture sodium-ion battery packs for domestic and export markets.

 Four astronauts to ISS 

• NASA, SpaceX  has launched four astronauts from four countries (US, Denmark, Japan and Russia) to International Space Station (ISS) by Elon Musk’s Dragon spacecraft carried out by a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

International Space Station (ISS)

• Launch date: 20 November 1998Project of five space agencies: United States' NASA, Russia's Roscosmos, Japan's JAXA, Europe's ESA, and Canada's CSA. 

Global Biodiversity Framework Fund

• The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) was approved and launched at the Seventh Assembly of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in Vancouver, Canada.
• Governments, non-profits and the private sector can now contribute their money here.

Global Environment Facility (GEF) 

Joint Exercises

Exercise Bright Star-23

• The Indian Air Force (IAF) will participate in the biennial multilateral tri-services Exercise Bright Star-23 to be held at Cairo (West) Air Base in Egypt.
• The aim of the exercise is to put into practice the exercise plan for joint operations.

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5th edition of AUSINDEX-23

• The fifth edition of the biennial AUSINDEX maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and the Royal Australian Navy was held in Sydney.

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