# UPSC CSE

• An analysis of 20 all India toppers in civil services examination 2022 shows that 60% of them are Women, 45% engineers and 40% from the humanities stream with one-fourth hailing from Uttar pradesh.
• Three women Ishita Kishore, Garima Lohia, Uma Harathi N – were the top three scorers in CSE 2022, repeating the trend from last year.
• Top 20 candidates represent a pan India coverage : 5 hail from UP, three each from Bihar and Delhi, two each from Haryana and J&K, one each from Kerala, Rajasthan, MP, Telangana and Assam.

# GDP growth

• The RBI has said that growth momentum in India is likely to be sustained as inflationary pressure ease.
• The central bank has said that unless an El Nino event strikes – the inflation trajectory is expected to move down in the current financial year, with headline inflation edging down to 5.2% from the average level of 6.7% in the previous year.
• RBI said that real GDP growth for FY24 is likely to be 6.5% with risks evenly balanced.
• The easing of inflation has been attributed to the combined efforts of monetary policy actions and effective supply management.

# ICC

• Cricket’s cash starved associate member nations fear the proposed new international revenue distribution model, which heavily favour’s the game’s superpowers could potentially stall the growth of game.
• The International cricket council has proposed a new revenue sharing model for the 2024-27 cycle to be voted on at its July board meeting in Durban.
• According to sources, cricket’s financial engine India would alone claim 38.5% primarily in recognition of its contribution to the commercial revenue pot.
• The 12 full members of the ICC would collectively take 88.81% with the rest distributed among 94 associate members.