Headlines of the day 13-06-2023

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President of India interacts with the members of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups PIB GS-2/Society (Vulnerable sections)
  • What are Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)?
  • ‘PVTG’ DEVELOPMENT MISSION
INDO-MALDIVES joint military exercise “Ex Ekuverin” commenced at Chaubatia, Uttarakhand  PIB GS-2/IR
  • Ekuverin meaning ‘Friends’ is a bilateral annual exercise conducted alternatively in India and Maldives
  • The 12th edition of EXERCISE “EKUVERIN” commenced on 11 June at Chaubatia, in Uttarakhand.
Inauguration of Vigyan -Vidushi – 2023 PIB GS-3/Science
  • Vigyan -Vidushi – 2023, an initiative to address the gender balance in the discipline of Physics at the doctorate level
World Day Against Child Labour AIR GS-2/Society
  • The International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the first World Day Against Child Labour in 2002
  • The theme for 2023 is ‘Social Justice for All. End Child Labour!’
India & UAE to take bilateral trade in non-petroleum products to 100 billion dollars by 2030 AIR GS-2/IR; GS-3/Eco
  • India and UAE successfully held the 1st Meeting of the Joint Committee of the India-UAE CEPA
  • India and UAE agree to more than double the trade in non-petroleum products to USD 100 billion by 2030

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s ex-Prime Minister and media mogul, dies at 86

The Hindu Page 15 GS-2/IR
  • Who was Silvio Berlusconi? 
CoWIN vaccination data out, Centre denies breach The Hindu Page 1 GS-2/Health
  • What is CoWIN?
  • What are the lessons from the CoWIN experience?
Right to life includes the right not to be tied down by casteism, says HC The Hindu Page 2 GS-2/Polity and Society
  • What does Right to life includes?
ISRO, Norway and the ‘Svalbard mission’ of 1997 The Hindu Page 6 GS-3/Science
  • What is the significance of Svalbard mission?

Will a hike in MSP help farmers?

The Hindu Page 10 GS-3/Eco
  • How does the MSP work? What is the government’s announcement? Why are farmers worried?

What is Betelgeuse?

The Hindu Page 11 GS-3/Science
  • The bright red star Betelgeuse, called ‘Thiruvathirai’ or ‘Ardra’ in Indian astronomy, is easily spotted in the constellation Orion. 

Global Slavery Index 2023

Indian Express Society
  • Global Slavery Index: What is it, where does India rank, and what ails with this index