Daily GK Update - 07th June 2023 Current Affairs

                                                          Current Affairs

                                                          National Affairs

President Droupadi Murmu was Honored with Suriname’s highest civilian award.

• President Droupadi Murmu became the first Indian to be honored with the Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star, the highest civilian award in Suriname.
• Droupadi Murmu became the first Indian to be honored with the Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star, the highest civilian award in Suriname.

The Indian Government has signed an agreement with Microsoft for the upgradation of Cybersecurity Skills.

• Under the Cyber Shiksha Programme, Microsoft will train Indian youth in cybersecurity.
• This agreement was signed between the Ministry of skill development and Microsoft.

India Navy has successfully tested a heavyweight torpedo.

• The Indian Navy has successfully tested the indigenous heavyweight torpedo ‘Varunastra’.

508 Districts of India now are manual scavenging free.

• According to a report submitted by the Ministry of Social Justice, 508 Districts out of 766 Districts of India are now manual scavenging free.

                                                      International Affairs

A Dam in Ukraine's Kherson region was destroyed.

• Nova Khakova Dam in Ukraine's Kherson region was destroyed due to unknown reasons.
•  Nova Khakova Dam is built over the Dnipro River.

Iran has developed its first hypersonic missile.

• Iran has developed its first hypersonic missile called ‘Fattah’.
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Norwegian Climber created a record by climbing 14 peaks in 3 months.

• Kristin Harila is a Norwegian Mountaineer who has created a record recently by climbing the 14 tallest peaks in the world within 3 months.
•  The current record for climbing the highest number of peaks in the shortest time is with British-Nepalese Mountaineer Nirmal Purja who has climbed 14 world’s highest peaks in 189 days.

                                                              Economy

India’s growth rate is going to slow down to 6.3% according to the world bank.

Growth in India is expected to slow to 6.3% in Financial Year 2023/24 (April-March), a 0.3% point downward revision from January according to the World Bank.

                                                       Books and Authors

BJP President JP Nadda releases a Book ‘Amrut Kaal Ki Ore’.

• ‘Amrut Kaal Ki Ore’ Book has been written by Shivananda Dwivedi and KK Upadhyay.

                                                                  Sports

Zlatan Ibrahimovic announces his retirement from football.

• AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic announces his retirement from football after they played the season's final game against Hellas Verona.