Headlines of the day 26-06-2023

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PM Modi conferred Egypt’s highest state honour Indian Express GS-2/IR
  • What are the key Highlights of PM Modi’s Egypt Visit?
  • Why is PM Modi’s Egypt visit significant?
Egypt conferred PM Modi with ‘Order of the Nile’ Times of India GS-2/IR
  • PM Modi was conferred with the ‘Order of the Nile’, Egypt’s highest honour, by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the Presidential palace in Cairo
  • What are other international awards received by PM Modi?
mRNA booster vaccine Gemcovac-OM for Omicron launched Economic Times GS-3/Science
  • mRNA booster vaccine Gemcovac-OM for Omicron launched. Who can take it and what are the precautions?
‘Balidan Stambh’ in Srinagar PIB GS-3/Security
  • Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid foundation stone of ‘Balidan Stambh’ in Srinagar
  • The Stambh will inspire patriotism among the youth by immortalizing the memory of the martyrs
India achieves milestone of 101 Million Cubic Meters per Day of gas production AIR GS-3/Eco
  • Why India imports about 50 per cent of its natural gas requirement?
  • How can india reduce it?

Russia and private militia Wagner agree to Belarus mediated deal to defuse rebellion tensions

AIR GS-2/IR
  • What is the Wagner Group?
  • How is the Wagner Group involved in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? 
  • Why it agreed to Belarus mediated deal?
The Sahitya Akademi Award  AIR Awards
  • The Sahitya Akademi has announced a list of 22 recipients of its Bal Sahitya Puraskar and 20 winners of its Yuva Puraskar for this year.
The India-U.S. deal for 31 MQ-9B drones The Hindu Page 10 GS-2/IR
  • What are the capabilities of the soon-to-be procured MQ-9B High Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial vehicles? 
  • What is the process to be followed for timely delivery? 
Titan submersible The Hindu Page 11  GS-3/Science
  • What is the Titan submersible?
  • What is the difference between a submarine and a submersible?
  • What happened to Titan?

Meghalaya tribal council resolves to oppose UCC

The Hindu Page 13 GS-2/Polity
  • What is  Uniform Civil Code (UCC)? Why Meghalaya tribal council is opposing it?

PM Modi calls Emergency ‘dark’ and ‘unforgettable period’ in India’s history

The Hindu Page 13 GS-2/Polity
  • What happened on June 25, 1975? Why did Indira Gandhi take such a step?
  • What was its impact?

Chandrayaan-3,  Lander Vikram, rover Pragyan to return for another tryst with the moon

The Hindu Page 14 GS-3/Science
  • Chandrayaan-3 will be launched in mid-July: ISRO Chairman
  • What are its “primary objectives”?