World Cup Squash Championship begins in Chennai.

  • The World Cup Squash championship is being organized in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on June 13, 2023, after a gap of 12 years.
  • It was formally inaugurated by the State Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Udhayanidhi Stalin.
  • On the first day, India will play against Hongkong and China in the pool B matches and in another match Japan will play against South Africa.
  • Each match will be played to the best of five games, each to seven points with a total of 11 points in general.


India's 1st Twin-Track Undersea Rail Tunnel To Be Built in Thane Creek.

  • India's first 7-km-long twin-track undersea rail tunnel to be built in Thane Creek.
  • The nearly 7-km undersea tunnel at Thane Creek, situated in the inter-tidal zone, will be the first undersea rail tunnel in India.
  • It is a part of a 21-km-long tunnel on Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor (Bullet train corrdor) that will connect the underground station at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) to Shilphata in Maharashtra.
  • It will consist of a single tube accommodating twin tracks for both up and down trains.
  • The depth of the tunnel will between 25 to 65 metres below the ground level.


MRF becomes first stock in India to hit Rs 1 lakh per share mark.

  • MRF became the first Indian stock to touch the rupee one lakh per share mark on June 13, 2023.
  • The stock opened at ₹99,500 on BSE against the previous close of ₹98,939.70 and touched an all-time high of ₹1,00,300 in morning trade.
  • The stock has witnessed strong gains in the last one year.
  • It is up 45% in the last one year against a 19% gain in the benchmark Sensex.
  • MRF shares hit their 52-week low of ₹65,900.05 on BSE on June 17, 2022.


Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare signs an MoU with private sector.

  • Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) under the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare signed an MoU with the M/s Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company Limited on 12 June 2023 in New Delhi.
  • Aim: To bring the corporate companies and Ex-Servicemen on a common platform to generate employment opportunities for the esteemed Ex-Servicemen of the Defence Services.
  • This partnership would bring in more visibility of our Ex-servicemen to the industry and corporates.


Uruguay beat Italy 1-0 to win maiden FIFA U-20 World Cup.

  • The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and Israel’s Ministry of Finance have completed the proof of concept phase for a digital Israeli bond traded on a dedicated blockchain platform.
  • The development positions Israel to release the world’s first digital government bond.
  • The collaboration between the TASE and the Finance Ministry’s Office of the Accountant General “marks a significant milestone in revolutionizing the settlement and issuance processes in traditional capital markets.

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