PM MODI INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH : Fortune 500 Companies

PM Modi set an ambitious target that 50 Indian companies should feature in the Fortune Global 500 within the next decade. The 2026 Fortune Global 500 currently includes 9 Indian companies.
Reliance Industries — #88
LIC — #95
Indian Oil Corporation — #127
State Bank of India — #163
ONGC — #181
BPCL — #285
Tata Motors — #283
HDFC Bank — #258
ICICI Bank — #464

PM Modi said India should aim to have at least one Indian bank among the world's top five banks.

Fortune Global 500 ranks the world's largest corporations primarily according to total revenues. Amazon tops this ranking.

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IB ACIO MAINS lecture 2
Topic : Women
https://www.youtube.com/live/Nlk9IjgHkJw?si=Ieszl3U4HWiWTwRu

Look at this news along with IB SA final result pdf. Compare the selection ratio of ESMs across all the categories. First batch of Agniveer will come in December , now examine the competition level for all IB vacancies to come after December.

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IB ACIO INTERVIEW DISCUSSION
What changes did you observe this Independence day after hoisting Indian flag ?
What are the guidelines issued by MHA for National Song and Nation Anthem ?

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🍦 Purabi Ice Cream: Assam → Bhutan
What happened? Assam exported its first-ever international consignment of dairy products—5,627 litres of Purabi Ice Cream—to Bhutan.
Date: 28 July 2026
Flagged off by: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
Exporter: North East Dairy and Foods Limited (NEDFL)
Manufacturer: West Assam Milk Producers' Cooperative Union Limited (WAMUL)
Brand: Purabi
Facilitated by: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)


APEDA — MUST KNOW for IB ACIO
Full form: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
It is a statutory body under the administrative control of the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
APEDA promotes India's agricultural and processed food exports.
Its work includes market development, export infrastructure, quality development and assistance to exporters.

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This will be your duty after getting into IB.

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UPSC EPFO APSC 2025 Paper.

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ChatGPT is a conversational AI system (not a programming language) developed by OpenAI. It is built on large language models (LLMs), which are trained on very large amounts of data and learn patterns in language to generate responses.


The Term AI was coined by John Mc Carthy in 1956.
Chat GPT was developed in 2022 by Open AI (CEO- Sam Altman).
GPT = Generative Pre-Trained Transformer.
NITI Aayog released the National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in 2018.
Turing Award is considered as “Nobel Prize for computing” and is named after famous British mathematician A M Turing.

Why Important ?
Kerala recently became the first state to launch dedicated ministry for AI. Tamil Nadu followed it and became second after Kerala.

Now your work is to search Kerala and TN AI minister name ?? I'll ask it after 2-3 days. Happy Learning.

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Don't burn the cognitive development of a child or yourself. It's something whole memory depends upon.

Operation Toofan is a statewide anti-narcotics campaign launched by Kerala Police in 2026 to combat drug trafficking and the growing use of synthetic drugs.

State: Kerala
Launch: June 2026
Official name: Operation Toofan – The Narco Hunt
Agencies: Kerala Police, Excise Department and other state departments, with coordination with central agencies.
Major focus: Drug trafficking networks, particularly the spread of synthetic drugs.
Approach: Enforcement + public awareness + inter-state intelligence sharing.
Technology angle: Digital surveillance, anonymous reporting mechanisms and monitoring of online/courier-based drug networks.

Very Very Important for ACIO & EPFO exams.

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🇮🇳INDIA calls for urgent reforms in UN Security Council

The present UNSC structure was created in the aftermath of World War II. However, the international system has changed dramatically since 1945.

The UN originally had 51 members in 1945, while today it has 193 members. India argues that a Council designed around the geopolitical realities of the 1940s cannot adequately represent today's world.

The five permanent members are: China, France, Russia, UK and USA.

India wants:

Permanent membership of the UN Security Council with greater representation for developing countries and the Global South.

https://newsonair.gov.in/india-calls-for-urgent-reforms-in-un-security-council-to-reflect-present-day-global-realities/

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In a threat to claim sovereignty over the critical chokepoint that has been shut down by Iran, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a map on his Truth Social, depicting the Strait of Hormuz as "new US territory".

This is not the first time Trump has raised the idea of a US takeover. On Friday, he said in a light-hearted manner that he would soon declare it to be US territory. Iran quickly responded and said that the strait "will remain Iranian".

Trump has threatened to annex foreign territory in the past too.

Since returning to power in 2025, he has threatened to make Canada the 51st US state and seize Greenland and has even alluded to taking control of the Gaza Strip without following through on any of these threats.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-trump-posts-ai-photo-of-hormuz-as-new-us-territory-says-all-mines-removed-11927959

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