National

Floating Solar Energy Technology

• NHPC Limited will collaborate with Norwegian company, Ocean Sun, for implementation of Floating Solar Energy Technology in India.

International

India and Croatia

• India and Croatia held the 11th session of Foreign Office Consultations in New Delhi.
• Both sides stressed the importance of strengthening cultural and people-to-people exchanges.

World’s Most Polluted City

• According to IQAir, an organization that measures the real-time pollution of 101 cities in the world, Kathmandu was found to be the most polluted city in the world.

Post Investment Summit India-Nepal B2B Meet

• After the third Nepal Investment Summit in Kathmandu Valley, Post Investment Summit India-Nepal B2B Meet was organised by the Embassy of India, Kathmandu in collaboration with the Investment Board of Nepal and Nepal India Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Philippines plans to boost the share of solar in power output

• Philippines plans to boost the share of solar in power output to 5.6% in 2030 from 2.4% in 2024, and wind to 11.7% from 3.1%, according to a government presentation, potentially making the archipelago's grid among the cleanest in the region.

Economy

Growth in Asia-Pacific Expected to Slow

• Economic growth in the Asia Pacific region is better than previously projected but is expected to slow from 5 per cent in 2023 to 4.5 per cent in 2024, according to IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific.

Sports

T20 World Cup

• BCCI named India’s 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
• Rohit Sharma will be leading his troops, while Hardik Pandya has been named the vice-captain.

World Jr. badminton Championship

• National Centre of Excellence for badminton in Guwahati will host the 2025 World Jr. badminton Championship.

Person in News

Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi

• Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi has taken over as the India's 26th Chief of the Naval Staff.
• He has succeeded Admiral R Hari Kumar.

Reem Al Hashimy

• Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra met Minister of State for International Cooperation, UAE Reem Al Hashimy in New Delhi.

Miscellaneous

State of India’s Birds Report 2023

• According to State of India’s Birds Report 2023, Indian bird species, particularly carnivores, insectivores, and granivores, are declining at a faster rate than omnivores and nectar eaters, indicating the impact of diet on the avian population.
• In 2020, India joined the list of countries that regularly assess the status of their birds, with the launch of the first report on the State of India’s Birds (SoIB) at the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species in Gandhinagar