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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”?