Current Context : Recently, Aid for Trade in Action report is released by World Trade Organization (WTO).

• This report supports the transition to clean energy, which highlights the Aid-for-Trade Initiative.

ABOUT AID-FOR-TRADE INITIATIVE

• It is led by the WTO, grew out of the 2005 WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Conference.
• Aim: to help developing economies integrate into world trade by mobilizing additional development support to address supply side capacity and trade‑related infrastructure constraints in these economies.
• Objectiove : to mobilize financial resources to address the trade‑related constraints identified by developing economies and leastdeveloped countries.

Current Context : Recently, Indian Navy participated in the 29th edition of the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise was held in Hawaii (USA).

ABOUT RIMPAC EXERCISE

• It is the world’s largest international multilateral maritime exercise.
• Aim: To build relationships, enhance interoperability, contribute to the peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.”
• It is led by the US Navy, approx 29 countries are participating in the current edition of the multi-dimensional exercise.

Current Context : International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dashboard released the AIPI Dashboard.

• Singapore has been placed at 1st position.
• India’s ranked 72 out of 174

ABOUT AIPI DASHBOARD

• It tracks the level of AI preparedness across 174 countries.
• Assessment of readiness of countries is bases on four key areas: Digital infrastructure, Human capital and Labour market policies, Innovation and economic integration and Regulation and Ethics.
• Categorization of Countries: Advanced Economy (AE), Emerging Market Economy (EM), and Low-Income Country (LIC).
  • Singapore (0.80), Denmark (0.78), and the United States (0.77) are among the highest-rated AEs.
  • India categorised as an EM with a 49 rating. India ranks 72 in a total of 174 countries, with Bangladesh (0.38) on 113, Sri Lanka (0.43) on 92, and China (0.63) on 31.

Current Context : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched Virtual NQAS Assessment and Spot food license initiative to promote Healthcare for All.

ABOUT INITIATIVES

• NQAS Assessment: It has been launched for Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAM) and Integrated Public Health Laboratories (IPHL).
• It will lead to improvement in providing quality of healthcare in public health facilities.
• It is launched in compliance with Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS).
• IPHS is a digital platform for real-time monitoring of public health facilities that provides a comprehensive overview of the assessment and compliance status of public health facilities.
• Spot Food License Initiative: It is for the instant issuance of licenses and registrations through pan-India IT platform the Food Safety and Compliance System (FoSCoS).
• Aim : to enhance the Ease of Doing Business in India.

Current Context :  US, Japan and South Korea, began their first trilateral multi-domain exercise, Freedom Edge.

About Freedom Edge Exercise

• It took place in South Korea’s southern island of Jeju.
• It will focus on ballistic missile defence, air defence, antisubmarine warfare, search and rescue, maritime interdiction and defensive cyber training.
• Exercise comes amid North Korea and Russia’s signing a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty to deepen security cooperation.

Current Context : Indian cricketer and ardent amateur golfer Kapil Dev has been elected as the new president of the Professional Golf Tour of India(PGTI).

• He was elected after the previous president, H Srinivasan.

About Kapil Dev

• He was the captain of the 1983 Men’s Cricket World Cup winning team and has been the vice president and member of PGTI’s governing body for the last three years.
• Nickname : Haryana Hurricane

Celebrated on 2 July.

• Aim : to raise awareness about Unidentified Flying Objects and the existence of life beyond our planet.
• It was founded by the UFO hunter Haktan Akdogan.
• The first World UFO Day was celebrated in 2001 to spread awareness among people to gaze at the heavens scanning for unidentified flying objects.

Celebrated on 1^st July

• Theme : “Innovating for a sustainable future.”
• It is an annual celebration held in July to honour the founding of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in 1949.
• This day serves as a platform to acknowledge and pay tribute to the immeasurable impact that CAs make across diverse sectors of the economy.

Celebrated annually on July 1.

• Theme : Honoring the Backbone of Communication.
• Aim : to acknowledge the efforts of everyone, from the clerks to the drivers who carry the letters to faraway places to the delivery partners, in the postal service.

Celebrated on 1 July

• Theme : Healing Hands, Caring Hearts.
• Aim : to honour the birth and death anniversary of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy, a renowned physician, freedom fighter, and former Chief Minister of West Bengal.
• National Doctor’s Day was officially designated in 1991.