National

Bagless Day 2024

• Bagless Day 2024 was observed in all the government schools of District Doda in Jammu and Kashmir to reduce pressure on school children and make teaching and learning more interesting.

REJUPAVE

• In Ladakh, the Border Roads Organisation’s Project Vijayak in Kargil has successfully utilized the indigenous REJUPAVE road construction technology. 
• REJUPAVE was used to construct high-altitude bituminous roads in low and sub-zero temperatures on the Drass-Umbala-Sankoo Road, located in Drass, the world’s second coldest inhabited place.

International

Seizure of US properties inside Russia

• Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to allow seizure of US properties inside Russia, in response to the US’s potential confiscation of Russian assets.

Maldives to launch India's RuPay service

• Maldives is set to launch India's RuPay service, a move expected to strengthen the Maldivian Rufiyaa.

Economy

Record Rise in Exports

• Indian economy has registered a record rise in exports and the sharpest upturn in employment over 18 years in May this year. 
• According to the HSBC Flash Purchasing Manager’s Index, India recorded the third-strongest upturn in private sector output since July 2010.

Sports

Paris Paralympics 2024

• Indian para discus thrower Monu Ghangas has secured his spot in the Paris Paralympics 2024 with his best throw of 34.7m in the Men’s Discus Throw F11 event at the World Para Athletics Championships 2024 in Kobe, Japan.

‘Let’s Move India’ Campaign

• International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the launch of ‘Let’s Move India’, an initiative to inspire people to celebrate the athletes participating in the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. 
• The move invites people from across the country to join the movement through a digital challenge on social media.

World Youth Championships

• Preetismita Bhoi became the first weightlifter from the country to win a title with a clean and jerk World record and led an unprecedented Indian 1-2 finish in the women’s 40kg in the World youth championships in Lima, Peru.

Person in News

Kamal Kishore

• A top Indian official, Kamal Kishore, started his term as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s special representative for disaster risk reduction. 
• Kamal Kishore succeeds Mami Mizutori of Japan.

Mikael Stahre

• Kerala Blasters FC has named Mikael Stahre, the 48-year-old from Sweden, as their new head coach.

Kaamya Karthikeyan

• Sixteen-year-old Kaamya Karthikeyan successfully summited Mt. Everest.
• She has become the second youngest girl in the world, and the youngest Indian mountaineer to summit the world's highest peak from the Nepal side.

Environment & Ecology

Mangrove ecosystems at risk of collapse

• Half of the world’s mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse as a result of human activity, rising sea levels and extreme weather, according to the latest survey by an international conservation group. 
• Mangrove forests cover around 15% of the world’s coastlines and play a vital ecological and economic role, filtering water and providing breeding grounds for fish and other marine life.

Miscellaneous

Spy Satellites 

• SpaceX launched an inaugural batch of operational spy satellites it built as part of a new U.S. intelligence network designed to significantly upgrade space-based surveillance powers.