Appointments & Elections • New Permanent Rep. to UN: Ruchira Kamboj • IBA Athletes Committee Chair: Lovlina Borgohain • UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for 20th Year: Sachin Tendulkar • Lokpal’s Acting Chairman: Pradip Kumar Mohanty
Important Days & Dates • World Day Against Child Labour: 12th June • Theme: Universal Social Protection to End Child Labour • World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought: 17th June • Theme: Rising up from Drought Together
Important Days & Dates • World Oceans Day: 8th June • Theme: RevitalizationCollective Action for Ocean • World Food Safety Day: 7th June • Theme: Safer Food, Better Health • Int. Yoga Day (8th): 21st June • Theme: Yoga for Humanity
• World Blood Donor Day: 14th June
International News • Turkey changes its Name to: Turkiye • World Competitiveness Index by: Int. Institute for Mgmt. Dvlpmt. (IMD, Lausanne) • 1st : Denmark / 2nd: Switzerland • 3rd: Singapore / 37th: India • PM to attend I2U2 Summit • I2U2: (India, ISRAEL USA, UAE)
Development Projects • PM unveils 11 Infra Projects worth Rs.31,500 Cr. in: TN • PM unveils Projects Worth Rs.22,000 Cr. in: Gujarat • PM unveils 1406 Projects worth Rs.80,000 Cr. in: Uttar Pradesh • Multi Modal Logistic Park under PM Gati Shakti at: Chennai
Banking News • For Cardless EMI Facility ICICI Bank Partners with: ZestMoney • Co-Branded Credit Card by IOCL &: AXIS Bank • 1st CryptoIndex in Indian Rupee: CRE8 (CoinSwitch) • $250Mn. Fund for Lending to Startups by: HSBC India
Banking News Monetary Policy Review • Repo Rate: 4.9% • Standing Deposit Facility Rate (Floor of Liquidity Adjustment Facility) window: 4.65% • MSF & Bank Rate: 5.15% • Fixed Reverse Repo Rate: 3.35% • New Limit for Auto-Debit Mandate through Cards & UPI: Rs. 15000
Defence News • 4000 KM Nuclear Capable (Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile) fired from Dr.Kalam Island, Odisha: Agni-4 • Nuclear Capable Missile Short Range Ballistic Missile tested from Chandipur, Odisha: Prithvi-2 • 10th India-Bangladesh Ex. SAMPRITI held at: Jashore Military Station, Bangladesh
Defence News • Bharat Dynamics bags 2,971Cr. Deal for Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile: Astra MK-1 • 38th India-Indonesia CORPAT at: Andaman Sea & Straits of Malacca • Guided Missile Frigate Decommissioned: INS Gomati (34 Yrs.)
India in Focus • MoU on Bilateral Coop. in Climate Action, Env. Protection with: Canada • MoU on Bilateral Coop. Framework on Climate Action with: UAE • MoU on Coop. in Industries & Advanced Tech. with: UAE • MoU in Health Sector with: USA
India in Focus
• India & Israel sign Vision Statement on: Def. Coop. • ‘Country of Focus’ at 7th Mumbai Int. Film Festival: Bangladesh • $55Mn. Line of Credit for Urea Fertiliser Procurement by to: Sri Lanka
• UNGA adopts Multilingualism Resolution on: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu
• VP visits: Gabon, Qatar & Senegal
State News • India’s 1st Balika Panchayat set up in: Kunaria Village (Kutch, Gujarat) • No.1 State on 2021 Nat. E-Governance Service Delivery Assessment: Kerala • No.1 (UT): J&K • No.1 (NE & Hill States): Nagaland
• Caste Based Census in: Bihar
State News Food Safety Index 21-22 1. TN 2. Guj. 3. Maha. 1. (Smaller States): Goa 1. (Union Territory): J&K • Cheetah from S. Africa & Baminia reintroduced in Kuno Nat. Park in: MP • PM launches Mukhyamantri Matrushakti Yojana in: Guj.
Govt. Schemes • Nat. Portal for Credit Linked Govt. Schemes: Jan Samarth • Scheme for Residential Education for Students in Targeted Areas (SHRESHTA) by: Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment • For Meritorious SC Students of 9th to 12th with Parental Income upto: 2.5 Lac Yearly
Inaugurations & Launches • Nat. Tribal Research Institute in: New Delhi • Nat. Museum of Customs & GST in: Dharohar (Goa) • ‘Gallery of Revolutionaries’ Museum at Raj Bhavan in: Mumbai • Launch of AKAM Series Coins of: Rs. 1, 2, 5, 10 & 20