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Cabinet approves establishment of a Regional Office of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in New Delhi

PIB

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• Regional Office of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) 
• UPU established by the Treaty of Bern of 1874
• Parent organisation – UN Economic and Social Council

CAG Girish Chandra Murmu re-elected External Auditor of WHO for four year term

All India Radio

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• Girish Chandra Murmu has been re-elected as External Auditor of the WHO
• The CAG is the supreme audit institution of India

Cabinet approves Constitution and Empowerment of an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) for Facilitation of “World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector”

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Economy

• Cabinet approves Constitution of an Inter-Ministerial Committee for Facilitation of “World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector
• Its key objectives

India’s GDP expanded 6.1% in 2022-23’s last quarter

The Hindu Page 1

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Economy

• The Gross Value Added (GVA) in the economy increased by 7% in 2022-23
• Only three of eight sectors, including farming and services, recorded higher GVA for FY23

Cabinet nod for second phase of CITIIS Programme

The Hindu Page 16

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Society

• The Union Cabinet has approved the CITIIS 2.0
• CITIIS 2.0 is a program conceived by the MoHUA
• CITIIS 2.0 has three major components

OTT platforms mandated to show anti-tobacco warnings

The Hindu Page 16

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Health

• World no Tobacco day
• Theme of 2023
• Tobacco cultivation in India

China’s military diplomacy in Southeast Asia

The Hindu Page 12

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• What is the PLA currently undertaking?
• What is causing China’s growing influence in S-E Asia?
• Global security initiative

Fresh excavation reveals pre Mauryan era signs in Delhi’s Purana Qila site

The Hindu May-31,Page 14

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• Findings of excavations in purana qila
• Association of different dynasties with purana qila

Chinese mission with first civilian reaches spaces

The Hindu May 31 Page 15

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• Shenzhou-16
• Tiangong space station

The personal and the political: From Nepal, reading Prachanda’s visit to India

Page 15 Indian express

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• Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ of Nepal arrived in New Delhi 
• President Ram Chandra Poudel gave his assent to a controversial amendment to Nepal’s citizenship law