National

ASEAN-India Millet Festival

• Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda inaugurated ASEAN-India Millet Festival in New Delhi.
• The festival aims to increase awareness and establish a larger market for millet and millet-based products in line with the International Year of Millets.

Post Office Bill, 2023

• Lok Sabha will take up the Post Office Bill, 2023 for consideration and passing, which was moved by the Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
• The Bill seeks to consolidate and amend the law relating to Post Office in India.

Man on moon before 2040

• Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said, India will put a man on the moon before 2040.
• Gaganyaan project envisages demonstration of human space flight capability.

International

India-Botswana

• The fourth Foreign Office Consultations between India and Botswana were held in Botswana.

Economy

GeM by MoC

• Coal Ministry’s Government e-Marketplace (GeM) procurement has reached over 34 thousand crore rupees, exceeding the target of 21 thousand crore rupees in the current fiscal year.

Sports

400-plus runs in a single day

• In Cricket, India has become second-ever Women's team to post 400-plus runs in a single day of Test Match.

Khelo India Para Games

• Kasthuri Rajamani from Tamil Nadu won gold in the elite 67kg event of powerlifting competition.
• Karnataka’s Sandesha BG won gold with a stupendous effort of 171kg in the elite 88kg section.
• Manish Narwal claimed a Gold medal in Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1.

 Awards & Honours

Golden Owl Award

• Three Indian officers were awarded the prestigious Golden Owl award by Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremasinghe in Sri Lanka.
• The officers, Wing Commander Sumeet Mahajan, Major Rohit and Lieutenant Commander Sunny Sharma received the award for standing first amongst the foreign student officers.

Miss India USA 2023

• Miss India USA pageant 2023 was crowned to Rijul Maini, a medical student from Michigan held in New Jersey.

Person in News

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

• PM Narendra Modi paid tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his death anniversary.

John T Chambers

• US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) chairman John T Chambers has said that India will continue its pursuit to become the world’s number one economy in the world.

 Miscellaneous

Guinness World Record

• The citizens of Pune accomplished the Guinness World Record of the largest reading activity at SP College in Pune.

New Science Museums

• Ministry of Culture is developing new science centres/museums across the country under Scheme for Promotion of Culture of Science (SPoCS).

Solar-Electric Boat

• India’s fastest solar-electric boat was launched at the yard of Navalt Solar and Electric Boats, located off Aroor in Alappuzha.