National News

Sir Ganga Ram Cancer Center

• President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the Sir Ganga Ram Cancer Center in New Delhi to provide comprehensive care to cancer patients.

Operation Chakra-V

• To combat cybercrime and Digital Arrest Scams, CBI has launched drive across five States – Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh under operation Chakra-5.

Central Bureau of Investigation

Aadhaar authentication for IBPS exams

• The Department of Financial Services under the Ministry of Financehas authorised the use of Aadhaar authentication for candidate verification in examinations conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS).
• Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique identification number issued by UIDAI to every individual resident of India.

Aadhaar

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

SCO joint statement dropped

• SCO joint statement was dropped because India registered strong objections on omission of terrorism concerns.
• India refused to sign a joint communique at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ meeting in Qingdao, China.

SCO

Bangladesh Declares August 8 as ‘New Bangladesh Day’

• Bangladesh will observe August 8 as ‘New Bangladesh Day’ to mark the anniversary of swearing-in of the interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus who took over three days after the fall of Sheikh Hasina government on August 5 last year, following a student-led uprising.

Bangladesh

NATO members agree to spend 5%

• All NATO members at the NATO summit in the Hague have agreed to raise defence and security spending to 5 percent of GDP by 2035.

Operation Sindhu

• India launched Operation Sindhu on June 18 to evacuate its nationals from Iran and Israel.
• India has expressed gratitude to the governments of Israel, Iran, Jordan, Egypt, Armenia, and Turkmenistan for their support in the evacuation efforts carried out under ongoing Operation Sindhu.

ECONOMY & BANKING

India’s 1st maritime sector NBFC

• Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, inaugurated India’s first Non-Banking Financial Company-NBFC in the maritime sector, Sagarmala Finance Corporation Limited-SMFCL.
• SAGAR SETU platform was also launched to boost operational efficiency and ease of doing business and Ministry also signed an MoU with CDAC to establish a Digital Centre of Excellence, promoting digital transformation in the maritime sector.

FM Sitharaman chairs meeting

• Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired a meeting with officials of GIFT City and the International Financial Services Centre Authority – IFSCA in Gandhinagar, Gujarat including the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs, officials from the Department of Legal Affairs, the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, and the Chairman of SEBI.

PERSON IN NEWS

Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj

• On the occasion of the 151st birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, tributes were paid across Maharashtra, and the day was observed as Social Justice Day.

ART & CULTURE

Trust for Maa Janaki Temple in Sitamarhi

• The Bihar government has issued a notification regarding the constitution of a nine-member trust for the construction of a grand temple dedicated to Maa Janaki in Sitamarhi which will be known as Shree Janaki Janmabhoomi Punauradham Mandir Nyas Samiti.

Bihar

Akhanda Godavari project

• Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, along with Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, laid the foundation stone for the prestigious Akhanda Godavari Tourism Project near Pushkar Ghat in Rajamahendravaram.

Andhra Pradesh

Ashadhi Bij

• Auspicious occasion of Ashadhi Bij or the Kutchi New Year was celebrated across the world by Kutchi community.
• Ashadhi Bij falls on the second day of Shukla paksha of Ashada month of Hindu calendar.

Some Similar Festivals in India

ENVIRONMENT + SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Docking of SpaceX Dragon at ISS

• SpaceX Dragon spacecraft named ‘Grace’ is carrying Ax-4 Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, and Mission Specialists Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski and Tibor Kapu successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) at 4:15 PM IST on 26 June.
• The crew launched to the ISS Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, aboard a new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.

SPORTS

World Police & Fire Games 2029

• India has won the bid to host the prestigious 2029 World Police & Fire Games (WPFG).
• The event is set to take place across Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, and Ekta Nagar in Gujarat.

78th Senior National Aquatics Championships

• Karnataka’s Shaon Ganguly has clinched the gold in the 400 metre Individual Medley at the 78th Senior National Aquatics Championships at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

2nd Asian Squash Doubles Championships

• India clinched all three titles, men’s, women’s, and mixed doubles at 2nd Asian Squash Doubles Championships.
• Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar won men’s doubles, women’s doubles title was secured Joshna Chinappa and Anahat Singh and Abhay and Anahat won mixed doubles.