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Grand Slam No. 23
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Indian ExpressÂ
Page 1
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Sports
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- Novak Djokovic won his third French Open title and his record-breaking 23rd men’s singles major singles title overall
- Margaret Court has 24 singles majors, an all-time record
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The American Hand
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Indian ExpressÂ
Page 17
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GS-2/International
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- How the US paved the way for India’s Green Revolution while the Soviet Union drove its industrialisation in the 1950s and 1960s
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Potential Ecological Impact of Ukraine’s Kakhovka Dam Collapse
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Indian ExpressÂ
Page 17
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GS-2/International
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- Why the collapse of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam is an ecological disaster
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Captagon pills crisis
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Indian ExpressÂ
Page 17
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GS-3/Science
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- What are amphetamine-based drugs and why have they been used by militaries around the world?
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Who was Ram Prasad Bismil?
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Indian Express
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GS-1/History
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- Ram Prasad Bismil was involved in the Mainpuri Conspiracy of 1918 as well as the more famous Kakori Train Action of 1925
- He founded the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA, later Hindustan Socialist Republican Association)Â
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RBI notifies 4 key measures to help strengthen 1,514 Urban Co-operative Banks
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Economic Times
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GS-3/Eco
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- Aiming to strengthen 1,514 Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs), the Reserve Bank has notified four key measures, including giving them two years more to meet the priority sector lending targets
- What are Urban Cooperative Banks?
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NCGG opens its door to young minds
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PIB
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GS-2/Governance
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- National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) launched its first internship programme
- NCGG was set up in 2014 by the Government of IndiaÂ
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Peace Committee in Manipur
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PIB
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GS-2/Polity
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- Government of India constitutes Peace Committee in Manipur under the Chairpersonship of Governor, Manipur
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Kerala-cadre IPS officer Nitin Agarwal appointed BSF DG
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The Hindu Page 14
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GS-3/Security
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- Nitin Agarwal, a 1989-batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre, was on Sunday night appointed the new Director-General of the BSF
- BSF has been termed the First Line of Defence of Indian territories
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Centre to complete 3D digitisation of museums by year-end
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The Hindu Page 14
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GS-1/Culture
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- The Central government plans to complete 3D digitisation of all museums under its administrative control by the year end for better conservation of artefacts.
- JATAN is a digital collection management system for Indian museums.
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