WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS (1st Week JUNE 2024)

1st - 7th June 2024

CURRENT AFFAIRS

6/7/20245 min read

  1. The ad-hoc committee formed by SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India ) would be chaired by

● Usha Thorat

  1. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Yojana (PM-KISAN) has been launched in

● 2018

  1. IndiGo will host the 81st annual general meeting of the International Airport Transport Association (IATA) in

● New Delhi in June 2025

  1. The prestigious Gudleppa Hallikeri Award for 2024 by the Gudleppa Hallikeri Memorial Foundation is received by

● Siddhalinga Pattanashetti (Poet and playwright)

  1. The world’s first EV battery passport ahead of EU rules has been launched by

● Volvo Cars

  1. An innovative Fire Rescue Assistant drone has been developed by

● Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dharwad, led by Sudheer Siddapureddy and Ameer Mulla

  1. Independent Director of Cashfree Payments

● Abhaya Hota

  1. The Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam campaign to commemorate the World Environment Day has been launched by

● Prime Minister Narendra Modi

  1. Asian Youth Para Games 2025 will host by

● Uzbekistan in SeptemberOctober 2025

  1. Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has hosted

● The Sharjah – India Business Forum

  1. The Nelson Mandela Award for 2024 for the promotion of health services by the World Health Organization has been received by

● National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru

  1. The 46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM-26) and the 26th Environment Protection Committee (CEP-26) has been hosted by

● INDIA

  1. Indian Army Major Radhika Sen has been awarded the UN Military Gender Advocate award of the Year for 2023 by the

● United Nations

  1. 100 tonnes of gold has been brought back to the country from Britain by the

● Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

  1. Reliance Industries will begin construction of India's first

● Multimodal Logistics Park near Chennai

(it is part of PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan)

  1. Six NATO countries (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Finland, and Norway) will together build a drone wall against

● Russia

  1. Delhi Police has organized a painting competition on the theme

● Say No to Drugs

(To make people aware about drug addiction in the capital Delhi)

  1. In May 2024 year, a total revenue of Rs 1 lakh 73 thousand crore has been received from

● Goods and Services Tax (GST)

  1. T20 World Cup 2024 has started in

● America and West Indies

  1. Commandant of the College of Defense Management, Secunderabad

● Major General Harsh Chhibber

  1. The state of Kerala has included

● Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the school curriculum

(The Information & Communication Technology (ICT) textbook for Class 7 students)

  1. A 2-day international conference on Steel: FOCUS ON CAPITAL GOODS (ICONS24) has been organized during 30th & 31st May 2024 in

● Ranchi to promote the steel industry

  1. India has won three gold, three silver and one bronze medals in

● Taiwan Athletics Open

  1. Recently Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has joined the

● World boxing

(a newly established governing body formed after the International Olympic Committee (IOC))

  1. India's legendary boxer Amit Panghal has qualified for the

● Paris Olympics

  1. Chandrashekhar Gaurinath Karhadkar has taken charge as the new Director of

● Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Kalpakkam

  1. The Ministry of External Affairs has appointed Harsh Kumar Jain as the next

● Ambassador of India to the Republic of the Philippines

  1. Indian chess Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has joined the

● Top ten players in the world rankings

  1. China's space mission Chang'e-6 has made a successful landing on the

● Darkest side of the Moon

  1. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has approved the appointment of Sandeep Batra as Chairman of

● ICICI Prudential Board

  1. Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected the

● First female President of Mexico

  1. South Africa has defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the

● ICC T-20 Cricket World Cup 2024

  1. The International Music Festival (LIMF) has concluded grandly in

● Leh

  1. The Department of School Education has signed an MoU with the

● National Book Trust under the Department of Higher Education

(To develop the institutional framework for the National e-Library)

  1. Indian cricketer Kedar Jadhav has announced his retirement from all formats of cricket.

  1. Dr. Helen Mary Roberts has become the first woman brigadier from the minority community in

● Pakistan

  1. Malaysia has appointed Dato Muzaffar Shah Mustafa as its next Ambassador to

● India

  1. Dr. Emmanuelle Soubeyran has become the new Director General of the

● World Organization for Animal Health

  1. Well-known Mumbai police officer Krishna Prakash has been honored with the

● Hindi Sahitya Bharati Award

  1. According to commerce ministry data, the Netherlands has emerged as India's third largest export destination after

● The US and UAE during 2023-24

  1. Slovenia has become the latest European country to recognize

● Palestine statehood

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been ranked top in the

● QS World University Rankings 2025

43. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has directed all Food Business Operators (FBOs) to remove the claim of being 100% fruit juice from

● The labels and advertisements of fruit juices

  1. The first woman to fly into space aboard a Boeing Starliner in the first crewed mission

● Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams

  1. IIT Bombay has been ranked as the first Indian institute in the

● QS World University Rankings-2024

  1. Indian researchers have discovered a unique species of blue ant in the

● Biodiversity hotspot Siang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh

(New species belongs to the rare genus Paraparatrechina and has been named Paraparatrechina neela)

  1. Haryana government will launch a project worth Rs 10000 crore funded by the World Bank to tackle

● Air pollution

  1. Sanya Malhotra has won the Best Actress Award at the New York Indian Film Festival 2024 for the film

● Mrs

  1. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has appointed

● Vijaya Bharathi Sayani as acting chairman

  1. The Central Government has approved the Assam Government's proposal to set up

a new

● Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Kamrup district

  1. Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT S. Krishnan has inaugurated the

● Indigenous Air Quality Monitoring System on the occasion of World Environment Day

  1. . The NDA alliance has got absolute majority in the

● Lok Sabha elections 2024

  1. Halla Tomasdottir has become the

● New President of Iceland

  1. The Department of Neuro Surgery at Tata Memorial Centre has acquired

state-of-the-art advanced intraoperative imaging equipment for

● complex brain tumor surgeries

  1. Badminton star PV Sindhu has been appointed brand ambassador for

● Tobacco control

  1. The 21st edition of Shangri La Dialogue 2024, a major Asia-Pacific Defence summit, has been concluded in

● Singapore on 2nd June 2024

  1. World Milk Day is celebrated on

● 1st June

  1. Global Day of Parents is observed on

● 1st June

(Theme: The Promise of Playful Parenting)

  1. Italy Republic Day is celebrated on

● 2nd June

  1. International Sex Workers' Day is celebrated on

● 2nd June

  1. Telangana Formation Day is celebrated on

● 2nd June

  1. World Bicycle Day is observed on

● 3rd June

(Theme : Promoting Health, Equity, and Sustainability through Cycling)

  1. International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is celebrated on

● 4th June

  1. World Environment Day is observed on

● 5th June

(Theme : Land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience)

  1. UN Russian Language Day is observed every year on

● 6th June

  1. World Food Safety Day is observed on

● 7th June

(Theme24 : Food Safety: Prepare for the Unexpected)

● It was celebrated by the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

● WORLD FOOD DAY: 16th OCT

  1. National Donut Day is celebrated on

● 7th June (First Friday of June)