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Grand Slam No. 23

Indian Express 

Page 1

Sports

• Novak Djokovic won his third French Open title and his record-breaking 23rd men’s singles major singles title overall
• Margaret Court has 24 singles majors, an all-time record

The American Hand

Indian Express 

Page 17

GS-2/International

• How the US paved the way for India’s Green Revolution while the Soviet Union drove its industrialisation in the 1950s and 1960s

Potential Ecological Impact of Ukraine’s Kakhovka Dam Collapse

Indian Express 

Page 17

GS-2/International

• Why the collapse of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam is an ecological disaster

Captagon pills crisis

Indian Express 

Page 17

GS-3/Science

• What are amphetamine-based drugs and why have they been used by militaries around the world?

Who was Ram Prasad Bismil?

Indian Express

GS-1/History

• Ram Prasad Bismil was involved in the Mainpuri Conspiracy of 1918 as well as the more famous Kakori Train Action of 1925
• He founded the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA, later Hindustan Socialist Republican Association) 

RBI notifies 4 key measures to help strengthen 1,514 Urban Co-operative Banks

Economic Times

GS-3/Eco

• Aiming to strengthen 1,514 Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs), the Reserve Bank has notified four key measures, including giving them two years more to meet the priority sector lending targets
• What are Urban Cooperative Banks?

NCGG opens its door to young minds

PIB

GS-2/Governance

• National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) launched its first internship programme
• NCGG was set up in 2014 by the Government of India 

Peace Committee in Manipur

PIB

GS-2/Polity

• Government of India constitutes Peace Committee in Manipur under the Chairpersonship of Governor, Manipur

Kerala-cadre IPS officer Nitin Agarwal appointed BSF DG

The Hindu Page 14

GS-3/Security

• Nitin Agarwal, a 1989-batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre, was on Sunday night appointed the new Director-General of the BSF
• BSF has been termed the First Line of Defence of Indian territories

Centre to complete 3D digitisation of museums by year-end

The Hindu Page 14

GS-1/Culture

• The Central government plans to complete 3D digitisation of all museums under its administrative control by the year end for better conservation of artefacts.
• JATAN is a digital collection management system for Indian museums.