Current Affairs June 2022-II.pdf

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2. Appointments & Elections
•New Permanent Rep. to
UN: Ruchira Kamboj
•IBA Athletes Committee
Chair: LovlinaBorgohain
•UNICEF Goodwill
Ambassador for 20
th
Year: SachinTendulkar
•Lokpal’sActing Chairman:
PradipKumar Mohanty

3. Important Days & Dates
•World Day Against Child
Labour: 12
th
June
•Theme:Universal Social
Protection to End Child Labour
•World Day to Combat
Desertification &
Drought: 17
th
June
•Theme:Rising up from
Drought Together

4. Important Days & Dates
•World Oceans Day:8
th
June
•Theme: Revitalization-
Collective Action for Ocean
•World Food Safety Day: 7
th
June
•Theme: Safer Food, Better Health
•Int. Yoga Day (8
th
): 21
st
June
•Theme: Yoga for Humanity
•World Blood Donor Day: 14
th
June

5. International News
•Turkey changes its
Name to: Turkiye
•World Competitiveness
Index by: Int. Institute for
Mgmt. Dvlpmt. (IMD, Lausanne)
•1
st
:Denmark / 2
nd
:Switzerland
•3
rd
:Singapore / 37
th
:India
•PM to attend I2U2 Summit
•I2U2: (India, ISRAEL USA, UAE)

6. 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 GatiShaktiat: Chennai

7. Banking News
•For CardlessEMI Facility
ICICI Bank Partners with:
ZestMoney
•Co-Branded Credit Card
by IOCL &:AXIS Bank
•1
st
CryptoIndexin Indian
Rupee: CRE8 (CoinSwitch)
•$250Mn. Fund for Lending
to Startups by: HSBC India

8. 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

9. Defence News
•4000 KM Nuclear
Capable (Intermediate
Range Ballistic Missile)
fired from Dr.KalamIsland, Odisha: Agni-4
•Nuclear Capable Missile Short Range
Ballistic Missile tested from Chandipur,
Odisha: Prithvi-2
•10
th
India-Bangladesh Ex. SAMPRITI held
at: JashoreMilitary Station, Bangladesh

10. Defence News
•Bharat Dynamics bags
2,971Cr. Deal for Beyond
Visual Range Air-to-Air
Missile: Astra MK-1
•38
th
India-Indonesia
CORPAT at: Andaman
Sea & Straits of Malacca
•Guided Missile Frigate
Decommissioned: INS Gomati (34 Yrs.)

11. India in Focus
•MoUon Bilateral Coop.
in Climate Action,Env.
Protectionwith: Canada
•MoUon Bilateral Coop.
Framework on Climate
Action with: UAE
•MoUon Coop. in
Industries & Advanced Tech. with:UAE
•MoUin Health Sector with: USA

12. India in Focus
•India & Israelsign Vision
Statement on: Def. Coop.
•‘Country of Focus’ at 7
th
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

13. State News
•India’s 1
st
Balika
Panchayatset up in:
KunariaVillage
(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

14. 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
& Baminiareintroduced
in KunoNat. Park in: MP
•PM launches Mukhyamantri
MatrushaktiYojanain: Guj.

15. 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 9
th
to 12
th
with Parental Income upto: 2.5 LacYearly

16. Inaugurations & Launches
•Nat. Tribal Research
Institute in:New Delhi
•Nat. Museum of
Customs & GSTin: Dharohar(Goa)
•‘Gallery of Revolutionaries’
Museum at Raj Bhavanin: Mumbai
•Launch of AKAM Series Coins of:
Rs. 1, 2, 5, 10 & 20