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Indian Navy & Indian Maritime University moves ahead towards Technical Collaboration

PIB

GS-3/Eco

• MoU signed between Indian Navy and Indian Maritime University for Technical Collaboration
• Indian Maritime University Act 2008

Curtains come down on the Khelo India University Games 2022 at Varanasi

PIB

Sports

• 3rd Khelo Indian University Games (KIUG) concluded in Uttar Pradesh (UP)
• First edition (Odisha) – Punjab University, Chandigarh (PUC) 

Bhaderwah has emerged as the Lavender capital of India

PIB

GS-3/Eco

• Bhaderwah has emerged as the Lavender capital of India and Agri StartUp destination
• CSIR-Aroma Mission 
• Lavender and its Applications

India’s first carbon neutral village being developed

AIR

GS-3/Environment

• India’s first carbon neutral Village is being developed in Maharashtra
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President Murmu to attend celebrations in Suriname’s capital marking 150th anniversary of arrival of Indians in that country

AIR

GS-2/IR

• President Droupadi Murmu arrives in Suriname
• What is Girmitiyas
• Geography of Suriname

UAE to Host World’s Largest Conservation Conference in 2025

AIR

GS-3/Environment

• 2025 World Conservation Congress (WCC)
• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Plastic addiction is choking us

Mint Page 1

GS-3/Environment

• June 5: World Environment Day
• 1973: The Day was celebrated for the first time with the slogan “Only One Earth.”

Himachal Pradesh and Punjab appear set for a face-off over the Shanan power project

The Hindu Page 4

GS-1/Places in News

• Shanan hydropower project
• The project was constructed following the execution of the lease agreement in 1925

Turtles die as fire breaks out in wetland in Kasaragod

The Hindu Page 6

GS-3/Environment

• The Indian flapshell turtle (Lissemys punctata)
• The Indian black turtle (Melanochelys trijuga) or Indian pond terrapin

Understanding the Kavach system

The Hindu Page 10

GS-3/DM

• What is Kavach? How does Kavach work on Railway Systems?
• What is the Kavach deployment strategy?

Why does North Korea want spy satellites?

The Hindu Page 10

GS-2/IR

• What is N. Korea’s space programme?
• Why does it want assets in space? What does this mean for East Asia?

What Law Commission said on sedition Law

Indian Express Page 15

GS-2/Polity

• Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code penalises a crime against the state.
• What reasons has the Law Commission given for retaining the contentious provision?

How researchers used AI to find an antibiotic against a superbug

Indian Express Page 15

GS-2/Health

• What is Acinetobacter baumannii?
• How did researchers use AI in this case?