Aadhav Arjuna as President of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI)

• Aadhav Arjuna, who served as the president of the Tamil Nadu Basketball Association (TNBA), achieved a significant victory in the election conducted at Nehru Stadium.
• He successfully secured the position of president for the Basketball Federation of India (BFI).
• Aadhav demonstrated his strong support as he received an outstanding 38 out of 39 votes, defeating the incumbent president, K Govindaraj.
• Kulvinder Singh Gill, a former player and the president of the Madhya Pradesh Basketball Association, was elected as the secretary general of the BFI.

Google to Hire Former Apple Executive as India Policy Head

• Google is preparing to hire Sreenivasa Reddy, an experienced professional in manufacturing and policy, for a key role as its top government affairs executive in India.
• The intention behind this appointment is for Google to effectively address legal obstacles and enhance its hardware assembly operations in the country.

International Conference on Green Hydrogen 2023

• The Government of India has initiated the three-day International Conference on Green Hydrogen (ICGH-2023) in New Delhi.
• This conference is designed to facilitate the development of a Green Hydrogen ecosystem and facilitate discussions on the progress made in the value chain of green hydrogen.
• The event serves as a platform for international leaders in scientific, policy, academic, and industrial domains to come together and promote innovation and sustainability in the industry.

Scheme for Expansion and Modernization of Fire Services in the States

• The Ministry of Home Affairs has launched the "Scheme for Expansion and Modernization of Fire Services in the States" with a substantial allocation of Rs. 5,000 Crore.
• The announcement of this scheme was made by Shri Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, during a meeting held in New Delhi on June 13, 2023, with Ministers of Disaster Management from the States and Union Territories.
• The primary objective of the scheme is to augment and modernize fire services in the States by strengthening preparedness and capacity-building aspects of the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF).

RBI Has Introduced its Centralised Information Management System

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has implemented the Centralised Information Management System (CIMS) to bring about a significant transformation in its data management, analysis, and governance practices.
• By utilizing advanced technology, the system enables efficient handling of large volumes of data, facilitating powerful capabilities such as data mining, text mining, visual analytics, and statistical analysis.
• Governor Shaktikanta Das announced the introduction of CIMS during the 17^th Statistics Day Conference in Mumbai, emphasizing its potential to revolutionize economic analysis, supervision, monitoring, and enforcement activities in diverse sectors.

Bilateral Japan-India Maritime Exercise 2023

• The seventh edition of the bilateral Japan-India Maritime Exercise 2023 (JIMEX 23) hosted by the Indian Navy, is being conducted at/ off Visakhapatnam from 05 -10 July 2023.
• This exercise commemorates the 11^th anniversary of JIMEX, which was first initiated in 2012.
• The primary objective of JIMEX 23 is to strengthen interoperability and collaboration between the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) and the Indian Navy.