WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS (2nd WEEK JUNE 2024)

8th - 14th June 2024

CURRENT AFFAIRS

6/14/20244 min read

  1. According to second bi-monthly monetary policy for the financial year 2024-25, the Repo Rate is

● 6.5%

  1. Ukraine peace conference to be held in

● Switzerland on 15th - 16th June 2024

  1. NHAI has unveiled the new corporate identity with the launch of a logo of its infrastructure Investment Trust

● National Highway Infra Trust (NHIT)

  1. Ministry of Defence Signs MoUs to Expand

● SPARSH Service Centers

System for Pension Administration (RAKSHA) (SPARSH)

  1. The headquarter of Ashok Leyland

● Chennai

Ashok Leyland, the Indian flagship of the Hinduja Group launched ‘Sarathi Suraksha Policy’

- a comprehensive insurance policy for safeguarding the driver community

  1. A Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko became the first person to spend a cumulative

● 1,000 days in space

  1. ISRO, through its Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), has introduced the

● PraVaHa (Parallel RANS Solver for Aerospace Vehicle Aero-thermo-dynamic Analysis) software

a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tool aimed at facilitating aerodynamic design and analysis for aerospace vehicles.

  1. The President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Asirvad Micro Finance Limited

● Satish Nair

  1. Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) has been awarded

● UN’s WSIS 2024 Champion Award

  1. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has inaugurated a new exclusive branch on

● Anna Salai (Mount Road) in Chennai

dedicated completely to support start-ups

  1. SBI General Insurance Company has announced the withdrawal of

● Arogya Plus policy

  1. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has been awarded the Best Conduct of Business Regulator in the Asia Pacific region by

● The Asian Banker

  1. Title of Best Trading Platform in India

● QuantPower

the most innovative AI-enabled trading platform

  1. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) focused non-banking financial company

● Ashv Finance

a part of the Aavishkaar Group, has entered into a co-lending agreement with HDFC Bank to offer unsecured business loans to micro and small enterprises (MSEs)

  1. Phonepe partners with Sri Lankan Ride-Hailing Service PickMe to Enable

● Unified Payments Interface Payments

  1. Haryana Police has secured the first position in the country in blocking mobile numbers

● Involved in cyber crime

  1. India has included two bird sanctuaries from Bihar, Nagi and Nakti, to the

● Ramsar Sites list

  1. The Director of Department of Rural Development under the Ministry of Rural Development

● Raj Priy Singh

  1. The first Command and Control Compatibility Board (CCCB) meeting for 2024 between India and the US has been held in

● Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi from 04th - 07th June 2024

  1. Director General of Employees' State Insurance Corporation

● Senior IAS officer Kamal Kishore Soan

  1. Paintbrush Art Community, a group of Indian expatriate artists, has organized a unique exhibition titled Retro Revival in

● United Arab Emirates (UAE)

  1. Amaravati is the official capital of Andhra Pradesh from

● 12th June 2024

  1. Indian shooter Sift Kaur Samara has won bronze medal at

● ISSF World Cup 2024 (Rifle/Pistol) in Munich

  1. The 18th Mumbai International Film Festival will be held at the National Film Development Corporation - Films Division premises at Pedder Road in Mumbai from

● 15th to 21st June, 2024

  1. India's freestyle wrestler Aman Sehrawat has won the silver medal in the

● Wrestling Ranking Series 2024 in Budapest, Hungary

  1. The United Nations (UN) has included Israel and Hamas in its

● List of shame

A report documenting violations against children in armed conflicts

  1. Bisleri Limonata has appointed its first brand ambassador

● Bollywood actor Aditya Roy Kapoor

  1. Veteran Spanish player Corlos Alcaraz has won the

● French Open 2024 (Men's Singles) title

  1. India's tennis player Sumit Nagal has won the

● Heilbronner Neckar cup Tournament in Germany

  1. Bangladesh has defeated Sri Lanka by two wickets in the

● ICC Cricket Men's T-20 World Cup at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas, USA

  1. According to the latest QS World University Rankings 2025, the fourth best higher education institute in the country

● IIT Kharagpur

  1. The 4th Mid-Career Training Program for Gambian Civil Servants has successfully concluded in

● New Delhi on 7th June 2024

  1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released the 17th instalment of

● Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN Nidhi)

The move will benefit more than 93 million farmers by disbursing more than Rs 20,000 crore

  1. Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) supremo Prem Singh Tamang has become the Chief Minister of

● Sikkim state for the second time

  1. Indian archer Kumud Saini has won the gold medal in

● Archery Asia Cup 2024 Stage 3

  1. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of PNB MetLife India Insurance

● Sameer Bansal

  1. Senior tennis coach Narsingh has been nominated for the

● Dilip Bose Lifetime Achievement Award

  1. Defence Services Technical Staff Course for tri-service officers of the Army has started at

● Military Institute of Technology, Pune

  1. Brain Infinity Company has received seed funding investment of $100,000 from

● American company Video LLC

  1. Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has become the third highest wicket taker for India in

● T-20 international cricket

  1. India's Gulveer Singh has won silver medal in 5000 m race at the

● Portland Track Festival High Performance Meet

(national record timing of 13 minutes 18.92)

  1. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has inaugurated the

● Second phase of Mumbai's Coastal Road

Dharmveer Swarajya Rakshak Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Coastal Road

  1. World Athletics signs five-year broadcasting services contract with

● Tata Communications

Expanding its media business by adding over 20 international events

  1. India and the UAE have launched a pioneering Local Currency Settlement System (LCSS) to conduct bilateral trade in

● Indian Rupees and UAE Dirhams

This step reduces dependency on intermediary currencies like the US Dollar

  1. The new MD and CEO of SBICAP Ventures Limited

● Prem Prabhakar

  1. India has reached 129th position in the Global Gender Gap Index released by

● The World Economic Forum (WEF)

  1. The Indian Army has launched a Pan-India Motorcycle Expedition to commemorate

● 25 years of victory in the Kargil war

As a tribute to the valour and sacrifices of the heroes of the Kargil War

  1. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has declared India will host the Men's Junior

● Hockey World Cup in Dec 2025

  1. New Director General of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

● Jyoti Vij

  1. Norway's Magrus Carlsen has won the

● Norway Chess 2024 tournament

  1. Former Commonwealth heavyweight champion Sangram Singh has become the first Indian wrestler to join

● Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

  1. World Oceans Day is observed every year on

● 8th June

● Theme 2024 – Awaken New Depths

  1. . World Accreditation Day is observed every year on

● 9th June

● Theme 2024 – Accreditation: Empowering Tomorrow and Shaping the Future.

  1. World Day against Child Labour is observed on

● 12th June

● Theme 2024 - Let's act on our commitments: End Child Labour

● Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian social reformer who campaigned against child labour in India

● UP Govt Starts Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana To Educate Child Labourers

  1. International Albinism Awareness Day (IAAD) is celebrated on

● 13th June

● Theme 2024 - A decade of collective progress

● Albinism is a genetic condition that causes very little or no pigmentation in the skin, hair and eyes

  1. International Archives Day is celebrated across the world on

● 9th June

  1. World Blood Donor Day is celebrated on

● 14th June

● Theme 2024 - 20 years of celebrating giving: thank you blood donors

● Study of Blood and blood disorders - Hematology