11 exam-relevant headlines, written simply. Read the bold fact in each — that's what exams ask.
The Nationalist Congress Party split on July 2, 2023, when Ajit Pawar and several NCP leaders crossed over to the BJP-led Maha Yuti alliance in Maharashtra, deepening the state's political churn.
Czech-French writer Milan Kundera, whose novel 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' (1984) became a modern classic, died in Paris on July 11, 2023, aged 94. His books were banned in communist Czechoslovakia before the 1989 Velvet Revolution.
NATO held its summit at Vilnius, Lithuania on July 11-12, 2023. Turkey unblocked Sweden's accession on the summit's eve, but Ukraine received no membership invitation - allies said it could not join while the war continues.
ISRO launched Chandrayaan-3 on the LVM3 M4 rocket from Sriharikota on July 14, 2023 at 2:35 pm, carrying the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover towards a soft-landing near the lunar south pole.
Carlos Alcaraz beat defending champion Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon men's final on July 16, 2023, while Czech Marketa Vondrousova won the women's title over Ons Jabeur. Roger Federer was honoured 20 years after his first title.
Twenty-six opposition parties meeting in Bengaluru announced on July 18, 2023 that their front would be called the 'Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance' (INDIA), formed to take on the NDA in the 2024 general election.
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup opened on July 20, 2023 - the first edition hosted by two nations (Australia and New Zealand) and the first in the Southern Hemisphere, running to August 20.
The Knesset passed the first piece of the judicial overhaul on July 24, 2023, barring the Supreme Court from striking down government decisions on 'reasonableness' grounds. The vote went 64-0 as the opposition boycotted.
NASA announced on July 24, 2023 that the James Webb Space Telescope had detected water vapour around the young star PDS 70, where planets are forming.
Niger's presidential guard under General Abdourahamane Tchiani detained President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, 2023 and seized power as the CNSP junta. ECOWAS suspended Niger, imposed sanctions and gave a one-week ultimatum to restore Bazoum, later activating a standby force.
The Lok Sabha passed the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill on July 26, 2023, permitting forest-land diversion for 'security and strategic purposes'; the Rajya Sabha cleared it on August 2.
From exactly the headlines above. If you read the month, you should score 8+.
Suggested time 3 min · wrong answers go to your mistake notebook automatically.