Weekly Current Affairs (3rd Week June 2024)

15th - 22nd June 2024

CURRENT AFFAIRS

6/23/20246 min read

  1. Cloud giant 'Oracle Cloud' will help in training two lakh students of India

● In cloud computing, data science, artificial intelligence (AI), and other emerging technologies

  1. India's Shruti Vora has become the first Indian rider to win a

● Three-star Grand Prix event in horse riding

(held in Lipica, Slovenia, from 7th to 9th June)

  1. India's Dhinidhi Desinghu and Likith SP have won two bronze medals in the

● Singapore National Swimming Championships 2024

  1. Mata Kheer Bhawani Fair celebrated on Jyeshth Ashtami has been organized in

● Jammu and Kashmir

  1. Senior IPS officer Ajit Doval has been appointed as the

● National Security Advisor of India for the third time

  1. England has defeated Oman by eight wickets in the

● ICC T-20 Cricket World Cup

  1. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh state Dr. Mohan Yadav has launched

● PM Shri Religious Tourism Heli Service

(To air-connect Madhya Pradesh's two Jyotirlingas, Mahakaleshwar and Omkareshwar)

  1. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the State Bank of India (SBI) signed MoU

● To enhance digital payment services for users of the eMigrate portal

  1. New chairperson of telecom industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI)

● Abhijit Kishore , COO of Vodafone Idea

  1. Germany has defeated Scotland 5-1 in the opening match of

● Euro Cup football (17th edition of the European Championship)

  1. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has won the

● “Risk Manager of the Year Award 2024”

(By Central Banking, a leading publication based in London, UK)

  1. India's Divya Deshmukh has won the

● Girls World Junior Chess Championship in Gandhinagar

  1. Karnataka Bank Limited (KBL), a leading private sector bank launched

● KBL WISE Senior Citizen Savings Account

(Wellness Investments and Savings for Elderly)

  1. Assam government has announced monthly stipend to prevent

● Child marriage

(Mukhya Mantri Nijut Moina Scheme)

  1. The World Bank will lend support to the

● Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC)

(To achieve sustainable waste management in the city)

  1. Cyril Ramaphosa has once again been elected

● President of South Africa

  1. Indian Air Force will host the first multinational air exercise

● Tarang Shakti in August 2024

  1. Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts (IGNCA) has signed an agreement with

● Sansad TV

(To enhance public access to India's vast cultural treasures, reflecting a shared commitment to preserving and celebrating the nation's heritage)

  1. Olympic medalist Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain won a silver medal in the

● Grand Prix 2024 competition held in the Czech Republic

  1. India has become the second largest emitter of

● Nitrous Oxide (N2O) in the world

Top 5 Emitters of N2O were China (16.7%), India (10.9%), US (5.7%), Brazil (5.3%) and Russia (4.6%)

  1. West Indies spinner Gudakesh Motie has been chosen as the

● ICC Player of the Month for May 2024

  1. International Tourism Fair has been organised in

● Kathmandu from June 14th to 15th, 2024

(For global tourism sustainable development and cultural exchange)

  1. Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company Ltd. (Kotak Life) has formed a partnership with

● Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (Mahindra Finance)

(To provide life insurance solutions to customers)

  1. The Indian High Commission and the Eastern Province Tourism Bureau of Sri Lanka have organized a

● Mega yoga event in Trincomalee's Mc Heyzer Stadium

  1. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has begun accepting premium payments through

● RBI’s Central Bank Digital Currency, known as digital rupee

  1. Wildlife filmmaker Subbiah Nallamuthu will be honoured with

● The prestigious 'V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award'

  1. The name of Railways has been recorded in the Limca Book of Records for

● The participation of a large number of people in a public service programme

  1. Snapdeal and Bhashini signed an

● MoU to promote digital inclusiveness in India

  1. The popular Hemis TseChu festival has started in

● Ladakh

(celebrates the birth of Guru Padmasambhava)

  1. The 18th Mumbai International Film Festival has begun in

● Mumbai From 15th to 21st June

  1. Smritivan Earthquake Memorial Museum built in Bhuj, Gujarat has been selected for

● The UNESCO Prix Versailles Museums

(World Selection for the Prix Versailles Museums 2024)

  1. A book titled A Fly on the RBI Wall is written by

● Alpana Killawala

(Book is about many events that occurred during her tenure in the Reserve Bank of India)

  1. Thailand has become the third country in Asia

● To approve gay marriage (the third place in Asia)

(Taiwan in 2019 and Nepal in 2023)

  1. The world's first conservation and breeding centre for the Asian King species of vultures or red-headed vultures will be set up in

● Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh

(To improve the population of critically endangered species listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's red list since 2007)

  1. The new Executive Officer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam

● Senior IAS officer J Shyamala Rao

  1. The 7th Annual Leadership Summit of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum began in

● Washington D.C on 17 June

  1. Hindi writer Gaurav Pandey will be awarded the

● Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2024

  1. Olympian and world champion Neeraj Chopra has won the gold medal in the

● javelin throw event of the World Athletics Continental Gold Tour at the Paavo Nurmi Stadium in Turku, Finland

  1. According to SIPRI report, the number of nuclear weapons in India has increased to

● 172 warheads by January 2024

  1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new campus of Nalanda University an international University in Rajgir in

● Nalanda district of Bihar

  1. Independent director of Paytm

● Rajeev Krishnamuralilal Agarwal for five years

  1. Malabar River Festival 2024 will be organized in

● Kerala from July 25 to 28

  1. A state-of-the-art skin bank has been opened at the Army's

● Research and Referral Hospital in New Delhi

  1. According to the Report of Cost of Living City Ranking 2024, India is ranked most expensive city

● Mumbai

  1. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the license of

● Purvanchal Cooperative Bank in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh

(Due to insufficient capital and unsustainable financial prospects)

  1. The Supreme Court will organizing a Special Lok Adalat from July 29 to August 3

● For amicable disposal of suitable pending cases

  1. India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has partnered with

● Ria Money Transfer

(To provide financial services to customers in remote areas)

  1. Noted child filmmaker Vinod Ganatra will be honoured with

● South Africa's Nelson Mandela Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to films

  1. Biju Janata Dal president and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has become the leader of

● opposition in the Odisha Assembly

  1. Bonn Climate Conference 2024 will be organized in

● Germany (3-13 June 2024)

(The Subsidiary Bodies meet twice a year, June and November/December alongside the COP)

  1. New Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Dhanlaxmi Bank (Private sector)

● Ajith Kumar KK

  1. Indian Air Force contingent has successfully participated in

● Exercise Red Flag 2024

(An advanced aerial combat training exercise conducted by the United States Air Force (USAF) at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, from June 4 to June 14, 2024)

  1. The first direct international flight service has been started between

● India and Cambodia from 16 June

  1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi lead the main International Yoga Day event

● In Srinagar on June 21, 2024

  1. Cricketer Virat Kohli regained the top slot in the

● Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2023 released by Kroll

  1. Rajya Sabha chairperson and Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar has inaugurated the

● Prerna Sthal in the Parliament House complex

  1. The new secretary-general of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

● Mark Rutte

(Mark Rutte has been the PM of Netherlands for 14 years)

  1. Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has released his autobiography on 10th June 2024

● I Have the Streets: A Kutty Cricket Story

  1. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has launched

● A campaign against fraud committed in the name of Indian Customs

  1. Adani Group will set up a 570 MW green hydropower plant in

● Bhutan

  1. Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and Mastercard India have signed MoU for collaboration in cyber security

● To enhance India’s cyber-resilience in the financial sector

  1. India has refused to sign the joint statement and related documents issued at

● The Ukraine Peace Conference in Switzerland

  1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 17th instalment of

● PM-Kisan Yojana in Varanasi on June 18, 2024

  1. Mission Nishchay has been launched by the

● Punjab State Police in Fazilka district from June 15 to 21

To induce a sense of community participation among residents of border villages as we make efforts to curb the menace of drugs

  1. The 53rd meeting of the GST Council meeting will be held in

● New Delhi on 22 June 2024

● Under the leadership of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

● To discuss rate rationalization, compliance issues, and ISDs

  1. Arjun Erigaisi is related with

● Chess

  1. Ajit Doval chaired the second annual meeting of the US-India Initiative on critical and Emerging Technologies has concluded in

● New Delhi

  1. The Department of Animal Husbandry and World Bank has organized

● An Avian Influenza Outbreak and Response Simulation Exercise in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

  1. World Blood Donor Day is observed on

● 14th June

(Theme 2024 : 20 years of celebrating giving: thank you blood donors!)

  1. Global Wind Day is celebrated on

● 15th June

(World Wind Day took place for the first time in Europe in 2007)

  1. International Day of Family Remittances is observed on

● 16th June

(Theme24 : Digital remittances towards financial inclusion and cost reduction)

  1. World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (WDCD) is celebrated on

● 17th June

(Theme 2024 : United for Land. Our Legacy. Our Future)

  1. World Sickle Cell Awareness Day is observed on

● 19th June

(Theme 2024 : Hope Through Progress: Advancing Sickle Cell Care Globally)

● It was first celebrated on 19 June, 2009

● Sickle cell disease or sickle cell anemia is an inherited form of anemia in which red blood cells are not able to carry adequate oxygen throughout the body

  1. National Reading Day is celebrated in India on

● 19th June

  1. World Refugee Day is observed on

● 20th June

(Theme 2024 : For a World Where Refugees Are Welcomed)

  1. International Day of Yoga is celebrated on

● 21st June [10th]

(Theme 2024 : Yoga for Self and Society)

● Rishikesh : Yoga capital of the world

  1. World Rainforest Day is observed on

● 22nd June

(Theme 24 : Empowering the World in Defense of Our Rainforests)

● World Rainforest Day was celebrated for the first time in 2017

● Forest Man : Jadav payeng, an environmental activist and forestry worker

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