Ø  Indian Bank has been empanelled as a Clearing and Settlement Bank with the Indian Clearing Corporation Ltd (ICCL).

Ø  Agriculture Insurance Company of India (AIC) has announced its plans to introduce insurance products for the livestock, aquaculture, and sericulture sectors, following the approval and licensing received from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI).

Ø  Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) cut its holding in NHPC to 3.19% in the March quarter from 3.48% in the preceding quarter.

Ø  According to reports, the Union government has ended the paper-based communication system & introduced a digital communication mechanism  between Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) banks & the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB) to check Loan Defaults.

Ø  The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link Road, the longest sea link in India, is nearing completion, and will likely be open to the public by November 2023

Ø  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new Parliament building in Delhi

Ø  Ministry of Home Affairs released a new set of rules under the Special Protection Group Act, 1988 (34 of 1988).

Ø  Skoch SILVER Award 2023 presented to Department of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Chandigarh

Ø  Flipkart group-owned fashion commerce platform Myntra has rolled out ‘MyFashionGPT’, a search feature powered by ChatGPT

Ø  Nvidia Corp soared about 25% near a market value of $1 trillion after its stellar forecast showed that Wall Street has yet to price in the game-changing potential of AI spending

Ø  According to the Third Advance Estimates of Production of major crops for agricultural year 2022-23, released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Foodgrains production in the country in 2022-23 is estimated at 330.53 million tonnes, the highest ever, and a big jump over 315.61 million tonnes recorded in 2021-22

Ø  According to the NITI Aayog’s annual ‘State Health Index’ (5th edition) for the Covid year of 2020-21, the three southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana emerged as the top performers among the ‘larger states’

Ø  Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, was erupting, spewing ash on Catania, eastern Sicily’s largest city, and forcing a suspension of flights at that city’s airport.

Ø  Australian Prime Minister (PM) Mr.Anthony Albanese announced that Australia will now open a new Consul-General in Bengaluru, Karnataka in May, 2023 as part of the efforts of the two countries to enhance bilateral ties.

Ø  The Government of Madhya Pradesh (MP) has unveiled the new scheme named Mukhyamantri Seekho-Kamao Yojana (CM Learn and Earn Scheme) for unemployed youth.

Ø  Rajasthan Chief Minister (CM) Shri Ashok Gehlot virtually inaugurated ‘Jungle Safari’ at Jaisamand Wildlife Sanctuary.

Ø  Ioannis Sarmas, a senior judge, was sworn in as Greece's caretaker prime minister (PM) to lead the country to a repeat election on June 25, 2023.

Ø  President Droupadi Murmu, exercising her powers conferred to her by Clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India 1950, has appointed Justice Sanjay Vijaykumar Gangapurwala as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.

Ø  Billionaire Mukesh Ambani has been appointed as the member of Advisory Committee to the President of the 28th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Ø  Discount brokerage firm 5paisa Capital Limited (5paisa.com) has appointed former Google executive Narayan Gangadhar as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Ø  The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is collaborating with the Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru, Karnataka to build the X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) that is scheduled to be launched later 2023.