Important Days
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking – 26 June
- Theme 2023: “People first: Stop stigma and discrimination, strengthen prevention”.
Sports and Games
Special Olympics 2023
- From 17 – 25 June 2023, Berlin, Germany will
welcome 7,000 Special Olympics athletes and
Unified partners from approximately 190 countries
to compete in 26 sports.
India crosses 150-medal mark at Special Olympics 2023
- Indian contingent had a whopping 157 medals (Gold : 66; Silver: 50; Bronze: 41) on the penultimate day of the Special Olympics World Games 2023.
Diksha claims the Czech Ladies Open title
- Diksha Dagar won her second Ladies European Tour (LET) title with a commanding four-shot win in the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open at the Royal Beroun Golf Club.
Awards and Honours
The Order of the Nile
- India and Egypt signed an agreement on a strategic partnership as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo.
- The Government of Eqypt bestowed the highest honour of the land – the Order of the Nile – on Mr. Modi.
- The four agreements that were signed during the visit was signature on the strategic partnership between India and Egypt.
- Green and renewable collaboration memoranda of understanding (MoUs) in the fields of agriculture, archaeology and antiquities, and competition law.
About Egypt
- President – Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
- Prime Minister – Mostafa Kamal Madbouly
- Capital – Cairo
- Currency – Egyptian Pound
