Headlines of the day 05-07-2023


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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) adopted New Delhi Declaration 

The Hindu

GS-2/IR

  • SCO adopted New Delhi Declaration 
  • India has established five pillars of cooperation within SCO

Iran in the SCO

Indian Express

GS-2/IR

  • Iran Joins the SCO: The background, context, and relevance

Leptospirosis, a disease that surges in the monsoon months

The Hindu Page 20

GS-2/Health

  • What are the symptoms of leptospirosis?
  • Which people are at risk? 

Homes for rehabilitation of trafficking victims

The Hindu Page 14

GS-1&2/Society

  • Centre to assist border States and UTs to set up homes for rehabilitation of trafficking victims
  • What will be its impact?

U.K. wants expansion of UNSC permanent seats 

The Hindu

GS-2/IR

  • United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Reforms 
  • What is its Mandate?

Second edition of the Social Trailblazer Program for entrepreneurs launched

PIB

GS-3/Eco

  • Shri Pradhan launched the second edition of the Social Trailblazer Program
  • What are its Aim?

Assam: Tourist-cum-cargo IWT Terminal to be developed at Bogibeel

Economic Times

GS-3/Eco

  • Tourist-cum-cargo IWT Terminal worth Rs 46.6 crore to be developed at Bogibeel
  • What will be its significance?

Country’s first cooperative-run Sainik School in Gujarat

AIR

GS-2/Education

  • Union Home Minister will lay the foundation stone of the country’s first cooperative-run Sainik School near Mehsana, Gujarat

REC extends ₹4,785 crore loan for HPCL Rajasthan Refinery’s project 

Mint

GS-3/Eco

  • REC Limited has extended a loan of ₹ 4,785 crores to HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL). 
  • What are Maharatna CPSU?

India is organizing an International Conference on Green Hydrogen (ICGH-2023) 

PIB

GS-3/Eco

  • What is International Conference on Green Hydrogen (ICGH 2023)?

‘Trade in services for development’: World Bank & WTO report

The Hindu

GS-3/Eco

  • What are the key findings of ‘Trade in services for development’: World Bank & WTO report?

Merger between Housing Development Finance Corp Ltd (HDFC) and HDFC Bank 

Mint

GS-3/Eco

  • Merger between Housing Development Finance Corp Ltd (HDFC) and HDFC Bank came into effect. Its Significance

IAEA has approved plans by Japan to release waste water 

BBC

GS-3/Science

  • IAEA has approved plans by Japan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea
  • What are concerns related to it?

What is GIFT NIFTY

Indian Express

GS-3/Eco

  • What is GIFT NIFTY?
  • What is the deal between SGX and NSE?

Carbon molecules in space matters

Indian Express

GS-3/Science

  • Why detecting carbon molecules in space matters?

The U.S. student loan crisis 

The Hindu Page 10

GS-2/IR

  • How big is the U.S. student loan debt?
  • What was Mr. Biden’s original student debt cancellation plan?