1.

Israeli PM BENJAMIN NETANYAHU faves an end to his long hold on power from 2009 in Israel as the
coalition of right-wing, left-wing, centrist and arab parties would be sworn in with NAFTALI BENNETT to
be the new PM on June 14th. His opponents have cited his corruption trial as the main reason why Israel
needs to change its longest serving leader.

2. 3 Indian universities continue to be in the Top 200 of the QS World University Ranking (WUR) this year
as well. They are IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IISc Banglore. MIT regains the first spot.

3. Researchers hint that a booster dose (3rd dose) will be required within 12 months of full vaccination
(2 doses) citing the decrease in efficacy of the immune system to fight against the virus after some
months.

4. GoI's Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the PM Modi, has increased the MSP on
Kharif crops for the 2021-2022 season amid the farm protests. The MSP on rice is increased by ₹72, ₹120
on jower and ₹100 on bajra and so on.

5.TRIPS -- Trade Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights is an agreement for safeguarding the
Intellectual property rights such as copyright, patents, industrial designs and protection of undisclosed
information or trade secrets. It has ahreed on a patent waiver for vaccines for an equitable access to all
the nations.

6. The retail inflation or the Consumer Proce Index (CPI) reached a 6 month high with 6.3% increase
breaching the RBI's inflation target of 4 +/- 2%. WPI also reached a all time high of 12.94% mainly due to
the high crude prices. Some of the items that pushed retail inflation were fuel with an inflation of 11%,
transport and communication, edible oil and pulses. The RBI had kept the key interest rates (repo and
reverse repo) unchanged earlier in June.

7. Rajnath Singh revised the policy on how India compiles, archives and disseminates its war documents
and war history.

8. Bharat Biotech, who invested 500 crore fr its own pocket to develop the vaccine, said that vaccine
companies should be allowed to maintain differential pricing for the government and the private market
because low product prices constraints innovation and dispirits R & D. The supply price of Covaxin to the
government is 150 which isn't sustainable in the long run. So a higher price in private market is required
to offset part of the cost.
9. According to IMD, the temperatures in Gujarat rose by 2.9°C between 1986 to 2019 (33 years) as
compared to the 0.7°C that is went up by in 34 years till 1985. The temperatures could further rise by
5°C by the end of yhis century if proper measures aren't taken to control it said the Gujarat's State
Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC).

10. 3 Chinese astronauts on 17th June glew to an unfinished space station Tianhe - the module that will
be the living quaters of China's space mission - on Shenzhou-12 or "Divine Vessel" spacecraft. They will
live for 3 months where they will test out technologies on Tianhe including its life support system.
China's space station which will be completed by 2022 will be the only alternative to the US led
International Space Station (ISS) which maybe retired in 2024.

11. The US-UK reach a aircraft deal truce with the Boeing and Airbus in a major boost to their relations.

12. The CBI has approached the Dominica court for the extradition of Mehul Choksi, key accused in the
13000 crore PNB fraud case, to India to join investigation. Choksi was abducted from a private yatch in
Dominica and ge claims to be a citizen of Antigua from 2018.

13. The IAF is undergoing a monumental transformation with rapid infusion of niche technologies due to
rapidly evolving security challenges coupled a rising geopolitical uncertainty in the neighbourhood and
beyond, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said addressing the Combined Graduation Parade in the Air
Force Academy, Dundigal, Hyderabad.

14. Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari will be the next Vice Chief of Air Staff and will replace incumbent
Air Marshal HS Arora who will superannuate on 30 June.

15. Squadron Leader Abhinav Choudhary died in a tragic plane accident on 20th may. He was riding a
MIG-21 Bison aircraft which crash landed in moga district of Punjab. He tried to land safely using the
parachute but broke his neck and spinal chord.

16. The IAF has conducted close to 2000 sorties in 13 countries with 3800 flying hours in just 2 months
of the second wave.

17. The first Integrated Battle Groups (IGBs) of the Indian Army will be carved out by early 2022 which
will be leaner and more agile than the current formations with around 5000 soldiers and will have a mix
of infantry, tanks, artillery, air defence system, signals and engineers. The creation of IGBs will enable
the army to take quick offensive action against the enemy in time of an outbreak.

18. The Indian Navy on 7th June inducted three indigenously developed, by the HAL, ALH Mk lll
helicopters at the Indian Naval Station Dega, Eastern Naval Command (ENC) in Vishakhapatnam. These
helicopters will be used for Maritime reconnaissance and coastal safety (MRCS).

19. Iran's new president Ebrahim Raisi said that he would not meet Joe Biden nor negotiate over
Tehran's ballistic missile program. These missiles with a range of over 2000 km can reach the US military
bases.

20. Joe biden would meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his chief peacemaker Dr Abdullah at white
House on 25th june first time after the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan by 11
September.This comes at the backdrop of Taliban insurgents having captured dozens of new district in
Afghanistan and both sides have said yo suffer huge blows.

21. 64% (56 lakh) of India's record breaking immunisation on 21st June (88 lakhs) took place in rural
areas. The division on rural and urban in our country is 70:30 which menas that in order to innocuoate
our whole population, rural coverage has to emphasized.

22. Bharat Biotech's covaxin has showed the ability to bring down symptomatic covid patients by 77.8%,
according to the phase 3 efficacy data. The company will be meeting the WHO where it is expected to
submit a proposal for emergency use listing (EUL).

23. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) INS VIKRANT is
likely to be commissioned in the first half of 2022. At present India has only one aircraft carrier INS
Vikramaditya. INS Vikrant will have MIG-29K, Kamov early warning helicopter and the MH-60R multi-role
helicopters.

24. In a first of its kind attack, two back to back explosives, at 1:37am and 1:42am on 27th june, were
dropped from a suspected drone on IAF station in Jammu, which is 14-15 kms away from the IB. The
drones had Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) which were dropped on the roof.

25. On 2nd July, the US officials announced the definitive closure of the Bagram airfield, the nerve
center of 20 years of US military operations in Afghanistan, in the functional end of the US war here. As
more and more districts fall into Taliban across the country (25% of the districts have been caltured by
the Taliban in the previous 2 months), the environment is extremely tense in Afghanistan and it is
beyond a crisis. Iran on 7th July hosted the first significant peace talks between the Taliban and the
Afghan government representatives in Tehran.

26. A fire on the ocean surface west of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula has been extinguished after 5 hours,
state oil company Pemex said, blaming a gas leak from an underwater pipeline for sparking the blaze
that was dubbed 'eye of fire' on social media.

27. India confirmed cases -- 3.08 cr (second in the world)

Rocovered -- 2.99 cr

Deceased -- 4.08 lakhs

Active -- 4.5 lakhs

Total population -- 130 cr

Total doses administered -- 37.3 cr

doses per day -- 40 lakhs

27. Gujarat confirmed cases - 8.23 laks (12th rank in India; Maharashtra, kerela, Karnataka, AP, TN
leading the chart for max number of cases)

Recovered - 8.11 lakhs

Deceased -- 10k

Active -- 1100 cases

Total population - 6.8 crores

Total doses administered -- 2.73 cr

Doses per day for last 7 days - 3 lakh

28. Vadodara confirmed cases -- 78k (third in the state)

Recovered -- 77k

Deceased -- 800

Active -- 97

Total population -- 21 lakhs

Doses per day for last 7 days -- 23k

29. Sherpa NGO of France has asked for an investigation in the India France Rafale deal of 2016 on the
basis of reports submitted by the france publication Mediaparts. This has been approved by the PNF, the
national financial prosecutor's office, and a judge has been appointed to check on the corruption
charges on the multi billion euro deal. Dassult had intially won a contract in 2012 to supply 126 jets to
India and had been negotiating with Indian aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). By
March 2015, those talks had almost reached a conclusion, according to Dassault.But in April of that year,
after Modi paid an official visit to France, the talks suddenly broke down to general surprise.Reliance
Group, which has no experience in aeronautics, replaced HAL and finalised a new contract for 36 jets.In
January 2016, at the time of the negotiations, Reliance had financed a film co-produced by Julie Gayet,
the partner of Francois Hollande, who was president at the time.Sherpa believes this could constitute
"influence peddling". It has also accused Dassault Aviation of tax evasion and money laundering charges.

30. A Philippine lockhead C-130 hercules aircraft carrying combat troops crashed in the southern Sulu
province while landing on 4th july, killing 30 soldiers on board and 2 civilians while 50 were rescued
from the burning wreckage. Of the 96 people on board, some soldiers were seen jumping of the plane
before it crashed.

31. The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) is an electoral alliance between the several
regional political parties in Jammu and Kashmir reportedly aimed at restoring special status along with
Article 35A of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. Farooq Abdullah is the president of the
alliance, also the president of the J&K National Conference. The current members of the PAGD are the
National conference(NC), People's Democratic party (PDP), Communist party of India (CPI), Awami
National conference and the people's movement.

32. The Captain Amrinder Singh's government if facing dissent from its own leaders from the party lead
by former minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and the infighting has made the state's condition even worse. The
desecration case (delay in punishing the criminals) inability to weed out drugs from the state, high
power tariffs and unscheduled power cuts and the lack of jobs are the several unfilled promises that the
government had made in 2017 when it came to power.

33. A sports complex that offers facilities of international standards will come up on 20 acres of land in
Ahmedabad at an estimated cost of 585 crores. This wilp be the 3rd oublic sports complex in
Ahmedabad after the existing Sardar Patel Stadium and the new sports complex coming up on the
Sabarmati riverfront. This will complement the world class sardar Vallabhbhai Patel sports complex in
Motera.
34. In May, Cairn energy initiated a process to seize Indian assets and brought a lawsuit in the US against
air india to enforce a 1.2 billion dollar arbitration award it won last year against yhe indian government
in a long standing tax dispute. It has started freezing of 20 Indian government properties in Paris valued
at over 20 million euros.

35. The central vista project will vost around 20,000 crore and mkst of the important work will be
completed by 2024. Under the project, offices of the vice president, prime minister and the 51 ministries
will be under one roof. All the building will be connected with each other. Along with this, national
museum, national archives and indira gandhi national centre for arts will also be present.

36. On 8th August 1967, the foreign ministers of 5 countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand
and Singapore - formed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It is an economic union
comprising 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and
facilitates economic, political, security, military, educational, and sociocultural integration between its
members and other countries in Asia. ASEAN's primary objective was to accelerate economic growth.
Currently there are 10 members of the ASEAN - Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines,
Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia,Laos and Myanmar.