Published on: July 14, 2023

Snippets: 11-12 JULY 2023

Snippets: 11-12 JULY 2023

  • Longest­serving Dutch PM Mark Rutte quits politics after 13 years in power
  • TI Clean Mobility to set up e­tractor factory in Chennai
  • India has overtaken China as the most attractive emerging market for investing for sovereign wealth funds in 2023 due to its solid demographics, political stability and proactive regulation, according to a report published
  • Multimedia exhibition of CBC was Inauguarted at Srinagar
  • Lakshya Sen won Canada Open 2023
  • Every year, World Population Day is celebrated on July 11. Theme for 2023 Unleashing the power of gender equality: Uplifting the voices of women and girls to unlock our world’s infinite possibilities. On this day of 1987, the world population reached five billion this influenced the start of celebrating World Population Day, proposed by Dr KC Zachariah
  • Solomon Islands and China sign deals on police, economy and technology.
  • Indian Navy to get 26 Rafale-M fighters and three attack submarines from France
  • PM hails Guinness World Record for ‘largest display of Lambani items’ during 3rd G20 Culture Working Group Meeting in Hampi, Karnataka
  • The unwillingness of many leading countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to stand with NATO over the war in Ukraine has brought the term “Global South.”
  • The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approved building two thermal power projects of 800 MW each at a cost of Rs.18,000 crore in Sonbhadra district.
  • Saudi Arabia has deposited $2 billion into Pakistan’s central bank, the government, a much-needed financial boost ahead of a critical meeting of the International Monetary Fund on the new bailout package.
  • Schedule M to be mandatory for MSME pharma firms soon. M, part of the ‘Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940’ deals with ‘Good Manufacturing Practices’ for pharmaceuticals that should be followed by pharmaceutical manufacturing units in India.
  • Ash Gardner becomes first to win ICC Player of the Month honour thrice
  • Austria and Switzerland known for their strong traditions of foreign policy neutrality have joined a regional grouping that seeks to develop a common air defence shield in the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
  • Supreme Court asks ED chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra to quit, but upholds statutory amendments
  • According UNDP, 415 million Indians came out of multidimensional poverty in 15 years.
  • The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, at its 50th meeting to impose 28% tax on online gaming firms
  • Chief Election Commissioner Shri Rajiv Kumar led a three-member Election Commission of India (ECI) delegation to Cartagena, Colombia to attend the 11th meeting of the Executive Board of the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB).
  • DPIIT notifies Quality Control Orders for ‘Potable water bottles’ and ‘Flame-Producing Lighter
  • Japan India Maritime Exercise 2023 (JIMEX 23) hosted by the Indian Navy concluded in the Bay of Bengal
  • International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) and Climate Policy Initiative sign MoU to cooperate on Sustainable Finance
  • International Financial Services Centers Authority (IFSCA) and IIML-EIC, have signed a MoU at IIM (Indian Institute of Management) Lucknow EIC, Noida campus in Uttar Pradesh