Daily Current Affairs - Week 24, 2022 (13 Jun 2022 - 19 Jun 2022)
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Weekly Current Affairs
- Three-day International Literary Festival 'Unmesh' organized in Himachal Pradesh
- Punjab's Saanvi Sood becomes the youngest girl in India to hoist the Indian flag at the base camp of Mount Everest
- Kerala tops in National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment (NESDA) Report 2021
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- Reliance Jio Infocomm Chairman Pramod K Mittal appointed as the President of Industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI)
- Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai appointed as the next President of the Press Council of India (PCI)
- AR Rahman appointed ambassador of Indo-UK culture platform “The Season of Culture”
- Krishna Srinivasan appointed as Director of the Asia and Pacific Division of the International Monetary Fund
- Mayank Kumar Agarwal appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Amandeep Singh Gill as UN chief's envoy on technology
- NJ Ojha appointed as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGA) Lokpal
- Former Judge Bhimanagouda Sanganagouda Patil appointed as Lokayukta of Karnataka State
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- NASA announces DAVINCI mission to research the hellish landscape of Venus in 2029
- Bharti Airtel ("Airtel") Unveils India's First Multiplex on Metaverse Platform
- Unusual Titanosaurid dinosaur eggs found in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh
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- Neeraj Chopra to lead 37-member athletics team in Commonwealth Games 2022
- Rameshbabu Pragyanand won the title of Norway Chess Group A Open Chess Tournament
- Rahul Srivastava P of Telangana becomes India's 74th Grandmaster
- Red Bull's Max Verstappen wins Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix title
- Indian weightlifter Sanapati Gurunaidu won the gold medal in the men's 55 kg event at the IWF Youth World Championships
- Sri Lankan star batsman Angelo Mathews named "ICC Players of the Month" for May 2022 by ICC
- Host state Haryana won the title of Khelo India Youth Games 2021
- Sunil Chhetri becomes the joint 5th highest goalscorer in the International Football History
- Para-powerlifters Manpreet, Paramjeet Kumar win bronze medals at Pyeongtaek Asia Oceania Open Championship
Weekly Current Affairs
- 38th India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol between the Indo-Indonesia Navy in the Andaman Sea and Straits of Malacca has been launched
- Centre Clears AGNIPATH Scheme to Recruit Youth in Armed Forces for a Period of Four Years
- Indian ballistic missile Prithvi-II successfully test-fired as part of training test
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- World Blood Donor Day 2022 celebrated on 14th June
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- Ramkrishna Mukkavilli becomes first Indian to be recognised as Global SDG pioneer by UNGC
- India recognized as 'country of the year' by Europe's Vivatech
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- Padma Bhushan and Sahitya Akademi awardee and eminent Urdu scholar Gopi Chand Narang passed away
Weekly Current Affairs
- Book containing selected speeches of Shri Ram Nath Kovind 'Loktantra Ke Swar' and 'The Republican Ethic' released
- Newly listed navigation firm MapmyIndia collaborates with ISRO to boost 3D mapping
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- Kerala ranked first in Asia in 'Global Startup Ecosystem Report'
- Upper age limit increased from 21 to 23 under Agneepath scheme
- India's first Biotech Startup Expo 2022 inaugurated at Pragati Maidan, Delhi
- India inaugurates its first COVID-19 vaccine for animals produced by NRCE
- India ranked 7th in FDI report released by UNCTAD
- FM Nirmala Sitharaman dedicates to nation ‘Dharohar’ - National Museum of Customs and GST in Goa
- India's first display plant announced to set up in Telangana
- Indian Railways introduced the first train between Coimbatore and Shirdi under the 'Bharat Gaurav' scheme
- PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Jal Bhushan Building and Gallery of Revolutionaries at Raj Bhawan in Mumbai
- India's first indigenously developed vaccine qHPV to eliminate cervical cancer has been approved
- India jumps 6 places to 37th rank on IMD's World Competitiveness Index
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- NPCI International ties up with Lyra Networks to launch UPI, RuPay cards in France
- Canara HSBC OBC Life renamed to Canara HSBC Life
- RBI approves appointment of R Subramaniakumar as MD and CEO of RBL Bank
- 12th WTO Ministerial Conference to be held during 12-15 June 2022
- XPay.Life Launches India's First Blockchain-Enabled UPI Services to Make Financial Services Accessible in Rural Areas
- Omnicard becomes first RBI licensed PPI (Prepaid Payment Instrument) to introduce cash withdrawal
- Anand Mahindra, Ravindra Dholakia, Venu Srinivasan, and Pankaj Patel join RBI board
- Russia overtakes Saudi Arabia to become India's 2nd biggest oil supplier
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- Hamza Abdi Barre appointed new Prime Minister of Somalia
- Defense Minister Rajnath Singh handed over 12 high-speed guard boats to Vietnam under the Line of Credit
- Thailand becomes first Asian country to legalize cannabis consumption
- Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year terms
- Queen Elizabeth II becomes world's second longest-reigning monarch after Louis XIV of France
- Cho Son-hui becomes North Korea's first female foreign minister
- US State Department launches Gandhi-King scholarly exchange initiative
- 'Internet Explorer' browser closed after 27 years of service
- China begins building a planetarium to explore the universe in Tibet, known as the "roof of the world"
International literary festival ‘Unmesh’ begins in Himachal
- Three-day international literary festival ‘Unmesh’ began at Gaiety Theater in Shimla.
- Over 425 writers, poets, translators, critics and distinguished personalities from 15 countries, representing over 60 languages, are attending the event.
- The festival was formally inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Culture Arjun Ram Meghawal.
- The festival is being organised by the Union Ministry of Culture and the Sahitya Akademi with the support of the Himachal Pradesh Department of Art and Culture as part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
- More than 1,000 books related to the freedom movement will be displayed during the three-day event.
- Booker Prize-winning author Geetanjali Shree will express her views on women’s writing in Indian languages.
Ex-Supreme Court judge Ranjana Desai is new Press Council of India chief
- Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, a former judge of the Supreme Court has been selected as the next chairperson of the Press Council of India (PCI).
- Justice Desai had recently headed the Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir, which was set up to redraw the assembly constituencies of the Union Territory.
- Justice Desai, 72, is also a former judge of the Bombay high court.
Pramod K Mittal appointed as the new President of Cellular Operators Association of India
- Industry body Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) named Pramod K Mittal, President of Reliance Jio Infocomm, as the new Chairperson of the association for 2022-23.
- Mittal was previously the Vice Chairperson of the Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI), whose members include Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (VIL).
- Mittal will replace Ajai Puri as the COAI Chairperson.
Somali president appoints Hamza Abdi Barre as prime minister
- Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud appointed lawmaker Hamza Abdi Barre as the country’s prime minister.
- The 48-year-old MP from the semi-autonomous state of Jubaland replaces Mohamed Hussein Roble, whose 22 months in office were marred by a rancorous dispute with Mohamud's predecessor Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.
- He has served in a number of public and political roles and from 2011 to 2017 he was secretary general of the Peace and Development Party (PDP), the precursor to the Union for Peace and Development (UDP) now led by Mohamud.
Neeraj Chopra to lead Indian athletics team
- The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) named a 37-member Indian athletics team, to be led by Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.
- Out of the 37 picked by the selection committee of the AFI, 18 are women, with the likes of star sprinters Hima Das and Dutee Chand.
- Commonwealth Games 2022 will be held in Birmingham.
Upper age limit for Agnipath scheme hiring raised to 23 for 2022
- Union government increased the upper age limit to 23 from 21 for recruitment under the Agnipath scheme for the year 2022.
- The decision has been taken as no recruitment had taken place in the last two years.
- Around 46,000 soldiers will be recruited this year between the ages of 17 and a half years and 21 years (23 years for 2022) into the Army, Navy and the Air Force.
- The Army will recruit 40,000 soldiers under this scheme, and the process would commence within three months.
- The Army, Navy and Air Force will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with IGNOU for implementation of the scheme.
Distinguished Urdu scholar Gopi Chand Narang passes away
- Eminent Urdu scholar and former president of Sahitya Akademi Prof. Gopi Chand Narang passed away in the United States.
- His works, Hindustani Qisson Se Makhooz Urdu Masnaviyan and Hindustan Ki Tehreek-e-Azadi aur Urdu Shayari, blazed a new trail in understanding not only the nuances of Urdu prose and poetry but also the socio-cultural context in which they were penned.
- In 1995, Prof. Narang won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his comprehensive work Sakhtiyat, Pas-Sakhtiyat aur Mashriqui Sheriyat (Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, and Eastern Poetics).
- A recipient of Padma Bhushan and Sahitya Akademi Awards, Prof. Narang published more than 65 scholarly and critical books on language, literature, poetics and cultural studies in Urdu, Hindi and English.
Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance rebranded as Canara HSBC Life Insurance
- Canara HSBC OBC Life has renamed itself as Canara HSBC Life following its third partner Punjab National Bank’s (PNB’s) decision to exit.
- PNB had acquired a stake in the company following the amalgamation of Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC).
- Currently, Canara Bank holds 51% in the insurance arm, HSBC holds 26% and PNB 23%.
Kerala becomes Asia’s Best Startup Ecosystem
- Kerala’s efforts to become the world’s best startup hub get global recognition.
- The ‘Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER)’ presented by the US-based startup genome and global entrepreneurship network indicates Kerala holds 1st rank in availing employees at lower costs (Affordable Talents) in Asia.
- The global ranking is 4th. In 2020, they were in 20th place.
- Kerala achieved the award based on initial funding, venture investment and attracting and retaining professionals.
- In the venture capital funding category, Kerala is among the top three Asian nations where most funding was received.
NPCI to launch UPI, RuPay Cards in France
- The National Payments Corporation Of India’s (NPCI) international arm, NPCI International, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Lyra Network of France for acceptance of UPI and RuPay Cards in the country.
- The UPI payment system is currently available in countries including Bhutan, Singapore, Nepal, and the UAE. The NPCI International is also in talks to extend UPI services in the United States, West Asia and other European countries.
- Nepal also adopted the payment mechanism for digital transactions in March this year.
- NPCI International was incorporated in 2020 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of NPCI.
- The international arm works on deployment of RuPay and UPI outside India.
B.S. Patil sworn in as Karnataka Lokayukta
- Former Karnataka High Court judge Bhimanagouda Sanganagouda Patil has been sworn in as the Lokayukta of Karnataka.
- Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath of office to Justice Patil at a ceremony in Raj Bhavan, Bengaluru.
- Justice Patil, who also served as the Upalokayukta of Karnataka.
- The move to appoint Justice Patil as the Lokayukta comes nearly six months after the tenure of the previous Lokayukta, Justice Vishwanath Shetty, ended in January.
India Successfully Test-fires Short-range Ballistic Missile Prithvi-II
- India successfully test-fired it's indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile as part of a user training trial from a test range off the Odisha coast.
- The missile is a proven system and is capable of striking targets with a very high degree of precision.
- The trial of the surface-to-surface missile, which has a strike range of 350 km, was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near Balasore.
- Prithvi-II is capable of carrying 500-1,000 kilogram of warheads and is powered by liquid propulsion twin engines.
- Already inducted into the armory of Indian defence forces in 2003, the nine-meter-tall, single-stage liquid-fuelled Prithvi is the first missile to have been developed by the DRDO under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).
Indian para-powerlifters Manpreet Kaur won bronze medal
- Indian para-powerlifters Manpreet Kaur and Parmjeet Kumar won bronze medals at the ongoing The Pyeongtaek 2022 Asia Oceania Open Championships in South Korea.
- Manpreet Kaur, Para-Powerlifter from SAI National Centre of Excellence, Gandhinagar won the bronze medal in the 41 kg category.
- Paramjit Kumar, who created history by winning India's first medal at the World Championships by claiming bronze in Tbilisi 2021, has won a bronze medal in the men's 49kg Open final.
Sunil Chhetri becomes fifth highest goalscorer
- The Captain of the Indian Men Football Team Sunil Chhetri has become the joint fifth highest goalscorer in International Football history.
- Sunil Chhetri achieved this feat during the AFC Asian Cup Qualifier clash against Hong Kong where he scored his 84th goal.
- Chhetri is now equaled legendary Real Madrid and Hungarian Player Ferenc Puskas goals scoring exploits on the international level.
- Currently, Ronaldo is the highest goalscorer in international football with 117 goals, while Messi is in the 4th spot with a total of 86 goals.
Govt Panel Approves India’s First Indigenously Developed Vaccine qHPV Against Cervical Cancer
- The DCGI’s Subject Expert Committee recommends Serum Institute’s indigenously developed quadrivalent human papillomavirus (qHPV) vaccine for cervical cancer patients above 9 years to 26 years of age.
- Cervical cancer in India ranks as the second most frequent cancer among women between 15 and 44 years of age.
- Every year in India, 122,844 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 67,477 die from the disease.
- The HPV vaccine reduces a woman’s risk of cervical cancer. Men cannot develop cervical cancer, but the HPV vaccine may prevent genital warts, penile cancer, anal cancer, and the spread of HPV to sexual partners.
India got 37th rank in the World Competitiveness Index
- India has jumped six positions from 43rd to 37th rank on the annual World Competitiveness Index for the year 2022.
- The 63-nation list, which is compiled by the Switzerland-based Institute of Management Development (IMD), ranks Denmark on top, while Switzerland slipped from the top to the second position.
- Singapore has also regained the third spot in 2022 from fifth in 2021.
- India's ranking in the index has improved after no change for three years i.e. 2019, 2020 and 2021. During these years, India's competitive ranking stayed the same at 43. In 2018, it was 44.
- Denmark reached the number one spot in the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking (WCR) for the first time in the ranking’s 34-year history.
"Jal Bhushan Bhawan" and "Gallery of Revolutionaries" inaugurated in Mumbai
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Jal Bhushan Building and Gallery of Revolutionaries at Raj Bhawan in Mumbai.
- The gallery has come up in the subterranean network of 13 pre-World War-I British era bunkers, discovered in the Raj Bhavan campus in August 2016 during the tenure of the then Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao.
- The gallery includes information on the freedom movement heroes, their role in the movement, sculptures, rare photographs, murals and details on tribal revolutionaries drawn by school-kids.
Russia becomes India's second largest oil supplier
- Russia has overtaken Saudi Arabia to become India's second-biggest supplier of oil behind Iraq as refiners snap up Russian crude available at a deep discount following the war in Ukraine, industry data showed.
- Indian refiners bought about 25 million barrels of Russian oil in May, or more than 16 per cent of all their oil imports.
- Iraq remained the top supplier to India in May and Saudi Arabia is now the third biggest supplier.
- After the U.S. and China, India is the world’s third-largest consumer of oil, over 85 per cent of which is imported.
China begins construction of planetarium at ‘roof of the world' in Tibet
- China has started constructing a planetarium at the world's highest altitude in Tibet for exploration of the universe at the "roof of the world”.
- The planetarium, scheduled to be completed in 2024, is expected to receive over 100,000 visitors annually.
- The planetarium will have the region's largest optical astronomical telescope, with a one-meter-diameter lens and become a major regional base for astronomical research and public science education.
India got the recognition of 'country of the year'
- Europe's biggest start-up conference - Vivatech 2020 has recognized India as the "country of the year."
- It has been given this recognition due to the contribution of Indian start-ups in the world.
- Around 65 start-ups from India participated in VivaTech 2022 with government support.
Anand Mahindra, Ravindra Dholakia, Venu Srinivasan, Pankaj Patel appointed to RBI Board
- The government has named Anand Mahindra, Ravindra Dholakia, Venu Srinivasan and Pankaj Patel to RBI's board.
- These appointments will be for a period of four years.
- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet gave its nod to these appointments.
- Mahindra is the chairman of the Mahindra Group. Patel is chairman of Zydus Lifesciences. Srinivasan is the chairman emeritus of TVS Motor Company. Dholakia, an economist and member of the first monetary policy committee, is a retired professor of IIM-A.
Abnormal Titanosaurid Dinosaur Egg discovered in Madhya Pradesh
- A team of researchers from Delhi University has discovered an 'egg-in-egg' dinosaur egg from Madhya Pradesh, which is probably the first time in the fossil history.
- According to the researchers, the discovery is a "rare and important find" as no ‘ovum-in-ovo’ egg was found in reptiles until now.
- The abnormal titanosaurid dinosaur egg was discovered from Bagh area in MP’s Dhar district.
- The Upper Cretaceous Lameta Formation of central India has been long known for discovery of dinosaur fossils (both skeletal and egg remains).
Airtel launches India’s first multiplex in the Metaverse
- Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider unveiled India’s first multiplex on the Partynite Metaverse platform.
- Users will be able access the multiplex service on a metaverse platform called Partynite Metaverse.
- The Xstream multiplex is an extension of Airtel’s Xstream Premium offering, which recently achieved a 2-million subscriber milestone within 100 days of its launch.
Microsoft Is Shutting Down Internet Explorer Browser after 27 Years
- Microsoft announced the retirement of its oldest browser, Internet Explorer after 27 years of service.
- It was first released in 1995 as an add-on package for Windows 95. Later, the company began providing the browser for free as part of the package.
- As per the company notification, Internet Explorer will be rendered inoperable from June 15, 2022.
NASA set to take the plunge into Venus' hellish landscape in 2029
- NASA has set a launch date for its exploration of Venus’ hellish landscape.
- In June 2029, the space agency’s DAVINCI Mission will launch, with the goal of plunging through the harsh layers of atmosphere to the planet’s surface by the end of 2031.
- DAVINCI — which stands for Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging — will be the first mission to study Venus using both spacecraft flybys and a descent probe.
38th India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol begins in Andaman Sea and Straits of Malacca
- The 38th India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (IND-INDO CORPAT) between the Indian Navy Units of Andaman & Nicobar Command (ANC) and Indonesian Navy is being conducted from June 13 to 24 2022 in the Andaman Sea and Straits of Malacca.
- The 38th CORPAT is the first post pandemic Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) between the two countries.
- The two Navies have been carrying out CORPAT along their International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) since 2002.
Central government approved the Agneepath scheme
- The Centre has cleared the AGNIPATH Scheme for recruitment of youth in the Armed Forces.
- The youth selected under this scheme will be known as Agniveers.
- The AGNIPATH Scheme cleared by Cabinet Committee on Security allows patriotic and motivated youth to serve in the Armed Forces for a period of four years.
- Over forty six thousand Agniveers to be recruited this year.
- This is a major defence policy reform introduced by the Government to usher in a new era in the Human Resource policy of the three services.
- Agniveers will get a salary of 30,000 rupees to 40,000 rupees per month and allowance as applicable.
- Agniveers will be provided non-contributory Life Insurance Cover of 48 lakh rupees for the duration of their engagement period in the Indian Armed Forces.
Indian Railways launch first train under ‘Bharat Gaurav’ scheme
- The first train operated by a private operator between Coimbatore and Shirdi under the Indian Railways' 'Bharat Gaurav' scheme has been flagged off.
- Southern Railway becomes the first zone to get its first Registered service provider under the ‘Bharat Gaurav’ Scheme & commence operations of the maiden service from Coimbatore North to Sainagar Shirdi.
- The train is being operated by a private operator – South Star Rail.
- The theme-based ‘Bharat Gaurav’ trains were announced in November last year. The objective of the themes is to showcase India’s rich cultural heritage, as well as historical places, to the people of India and the world.
National e-governance service delivery assessment (NeSDA) Report 2021
- The National e-governance service delivery assessment (NeSDA) report 2021 was published recently.
- In this edition, Jammu and Kashmir was assessed for the first time. It has been ranked at 1st position among Union Territories, with overall compliance of around 90 per cent for national e-governance service delivery assessment (NeSDA).
- The report was released on June 13, 2022.
- Overall, in NeSDA 2021, Kerala had the highest overall compliance score amongst all the States and UTs.
- Meghalaya and Nagaland were ranked at top in State Portals with overall compliance of over 90 per cent on all assessment parameters among northeast and hill states.
- NeSDA was constituted in 2019, by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) under its mandate for boosting e-government endeavours and driving digital government excellence.
US State Department launches Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative
- The US Department of State has launched Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative.
- The two great luminaries Mahatma Gandhi and Dr Martin Luther King, Jr were patrons of civil rights and social justice.
- The Department of State`s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced the launch of the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative, which brings together 20 emerging young civic leaders from India and the United States.
Angelo Mathews and Tuba Hassan Crowned “ICC Players Of The Month” For May 2022
- The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that Sri Lankan batting star Angelo Mathews and Pakistan’s spin sensation Tuba Hasan have been selected as the ICC Men’s and Women’s Players for May 2022.
- Mathews has surpassed compatriot Asitha Fernando and Bangladeshi Mushfiqur Rahim to win the award, while Tuba Hasan has surpassed his captain Bismah Maroof and Trinity Smith of the jersey.
- Right-handed batsman Angelo Mathews, one of Sri Lanka’s most experienced players, has been named the ICC Player of the Month (May 2022) for scoring runs during his team’s impressive ICC World Test Championship series win against Bangladesh.
- Pakistan’s Tuba Hasan had significant success with the ball during her first international series. Because of this, she was nominated for the ICC Women’s Player of the Month.
Haryana won the title of Khelo India Youth Games 2021
- Haryana has won the title of Khelo India Youth Games 2021.
- Host state Haryana has won the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2021 title with 52 gold medals
- Haryana won 39 silver and 46 bronze medals, taking their total medal tally to 137 medals - the most medals won by any state.
- Maharashtra finished second with 125 medals, winning 45 gold, 40 silver and 40 bronze medals.
- Karnataka finished third with 67 medals with 22 gold, 17 silver and 28 bronze.
- This is Haryana's second Khelo India Youth Games title. Haryana won the inaugural title in 2018 but finished second behind Maharashtra in the next two seasons.
Max Verstappen won Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix
- Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as his world championship rival Charles Leclerc was forced to retire from the lead.
- This is Verstappen 25th GP win of his career.
- Verstappen had never previously finished on the podium in Baku.
- It is Verstappen’s 66th podium for Red Bull, breaking Vettel's team record.
Rahul Srivatshav becomes India's 74th Grandmaster
- Rahul Srivatshav P of Telangana has become India’s 74th Grandmaster, achieving the title after breaking the 2500 (Elo points) barrier in live FIDE ratings during the 9th Cattolica Chess Festival 2022 in Italy.
- The 19-year-old Rahul Srivatshav P reached the 2500 Elo live rating mark after drawing his 8th round game against Grandmaster Levan Pantsulaia in the Cattolica event.
- The current Elo rating of Srivatshav is 2468.
- Srivatshav secured five GM norms and also achieved the title when he crossed the rating threshold of 2500.
- Bharath Subramaniyam became the country’s 73rd GM in January.
- The legendary Viswanathan Anand is India’s first GM.
Saanapathi clinches Gold medal at IWF Youth World championship
- Indian weightlifter Saanapathi Gurunaidu clinched Gold medal in men's 55 kilogram event at the IWF Youth World Championships in Leon, Mexico.
- Saanapathi won Gold medal in men's 55 kilogram event with total lift of 230 kilogram.
- He lifted 104 kilogram in Snatch winning Silver while 126 kilogram lifting in Clean and Jerk to finish on the top to grab the Gold medal.
- Two other Indian weightlifters Vijay Prajapati and Akansha Kishor Vyavhare clinched silver medals on the opening day of the event.
World Blood Donor Day 2022: 14 June
- World Blood Donor Day is observed globally on 14 June every year.
- The day is celebrated to promote awareness about the need for blood donation and thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.
- The day aims to promote regular blood donations to ensure that all individuals have access to affordable and timely supplies of safe blood in times of emergency needs.
- The host nation for World Blood Donor Day 2022 is Mexico.
- The theme of the World Blood Donor Day 2022 is “Donating blood is an act of solidarity. Join the effort and save lives”.
OmniCard becomes 1st RBI licensed PPI to launch cash withdrawal across all ATMs PAN India
- OmniCard has announced that it became the 1st RBI licensed PPI (prepaid payment instrument) to launch cash withdrawal using a RuPay-powered card from any ATMs across the country.
- The move came in after RBI permitted the non-bank licensed entities to enable cash withdrawals from the digital wallets.
- Sanjeev Pandey, OmniCard Co-Founder and CEO said that they provide an alternative platform for users to keep their bank account safe where savings are stored from cyber frauds using digital wallets linked with Rupay Card and UPI.
Rajesh Exports announces setting up of India's first display plant with an investment of $3 billion
- Jeweller Rajesh Exports has to invest $3 billion in Telangana to set up the country's first electronic-display plant.
- The Telangana government signed an MoU with Karnataka-based Elest for the proposed fabrication unit which will manufacture next generation displays for smartphones, tablet computers, and laptops.
- Karnataka-based Elest was incorporated for the purpose of manufacturing innovative technology products such as AMOLED displays, Lithium-ion cells, batteries and electric vehicles, among others.
- The proposed investment of Elest is one of the largest investments in India’s electronics sector and the largest-ever investment by size into Telangana.
XPay.Life launches India's first blockchain-enabled UPI services
- Fintech startup XPay.Life, which claims to be India’s first blockchain-enabled transaction framework, launched its UPI services targeted at rural India, as it completes three years of operations.
- XPay.Life aims to make financial facilities accessible for people in rural areas who need financial support the most.
- The launch of its UPI services is expected to benefit XPay.Life’s 4 million consumers across more than 15 states and 1 lakh villages.
- XPay.Life’s major focus has been to reach out to unbanked and financially excluded customers of India; especially those in rural India.
N J Ojha appointed as MGNREGA ombudsman
- N J Ojha has been appointed as ombudsman for a two-year term under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
- Ojha has the power to investigate allegations by MGNREGA staff, consider them, award awards within 30 days of receipt of the complaint.
- An ombudsman has the power to receive complaints from MGNREGA workers, consider such complaints, pass awards within 30 days from the date of receipt of complaint and issue direction for conducting spot investigation and also initiate proceedings ‘suo motu’ if there are any grievance including on issues related to delayed payment of wages or non-payment of unemployment allowance.
North Korea appoints its first female foreign minister
- North Korea has appointed veteran diplomat Choe Son-hui as its first female foreign minister.
- Choe, who formerly served as the North's vice foreign minister, was tapped to lead the foreign ministry at a ruling party meeting overseen by leader Kim Jong Un.
- She replaces Ri Son Gwon, a hardline former military official who previously led talks with the South.
R Subramaniakumar appointed MD and CEO of RBL Bank
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the appointment of R Subramaniakumar as Managing Director and CEO of the RBL Bank for three years tenure.
- Subramaniakumar's tenure will begin from the date of his taking charge, under Section 35B of the Banking Regulation Act 1949.
- R Subramaniakumar is a veteran Banker with 40 years of experience.
- He was an Executive Director at Indian Bank and Indian Overseas Bank.
- He also held the position of Managing Director & CEO of Indian Overseas Bank.
MapmyIndia collaborates with ISRO
- Homegrown navigation firm MapmyIndia has collaborated with India's space agency ISRO which will enhance the quality of its 3D maps.
- The company is developing new maps as part of its foray into the metaverse.
- MapmyIndia users will be able to see vegetation maps or heat maps, air quality maps, and other information on exact locations that are searched by people or on routes of their interest, through the collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Indian teenage GM R Praggnanandhaa wins title in Norway Chess open
- India's Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa won the Norway Chess Group A open chess tournament after netting 7.5 points from nine rounds.
- The rising Indian star finished a point ahead Marsel Efroimski and Jung Min Seo, who tied for second place.
- While, Magnus Carlsen emerged as the winner of the Norway Chess 2022, the competition celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
- Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand defeated Norway's Aryan Tari in the ninth and final round of the Classical section to clinch the third place in the Norway Chess tournament
7-Year-Old Punjab Girl Creates History, Scales Mount Everest Base Camp at 5,364 Metres
- A seven-year-old girl from Punjab's Ropar has created history and made the country proud by reaching the base camp of Mount Everest.
- Saanvi Sood has now become the youngest girl in India to wave the Indian flag at the base camp of Mount Everest at a height of 5,364 metres.
- Since she is only seven, she was not allowed to go beyond the base camp.
National Customs and GST Museum ‘Dharohar' opened in Goa
- Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman dedicated to the nation, Dharohar - the National Museum of Customs and GST in Panaji Goa.
- The two-storey ‘Blue building’, which was earlier known as Alfandega, during the period of Portuguese rule in Goa, has been standing on the banks of the Mandovi River in Panaji for more than 400 years.
- Dharohar is one of its kind museums in the country that showcases not only the artifacts seized by Indian Customs but also depicts various aspects of work performed by the Customs Department.
Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland elected non-permanent members of UN Security Council
- Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for a two-year term.
- The newly elected members will take up their new responsibilities on Jan 1, 2023, and will serve till Dec 31, 2024.
- They will replace the outgoing non-permanent members of India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico and Norway.
- Among the five newly elected members, Mozambique and Switzerland have never served on the Security Council.
- The Security Council has 15 members, five of which are permanent ones: Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States. The 10 non-permanent seats of the council are allocated by geographic region, with five replaced each year.
Panjab University alumnus Amandeep Singh Gill appointed as UN chief's Envoy on Technology
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed senior Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill as his envoy on technology to coordinate programmes for international digital cooperation.
- Amandeep Singh Gill has been India's permanent representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva from 2016-to 2018.
- Previously, Gill was the Executive Director and Co-Lead of the United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation (2018-2019).
- He was also a visiting scholar at Stanford University.
Queen Elizabeth II Becomes World's Second-Longest Reigning Monarch
- Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (UK) overtook Thailand's King to become the world's second-longest reigning monarch in history, after France's Louis XIV.
- Queen Elizabeth has overtaken Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who reigned for 70 years and 126 days between 1927 and 2016, to set another record.
- Louis XIV of France remains the longest-reigning monarch, with a 72-year and 110-day reign from 1643 until 1715.
- Crowned in 1953, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-serving British monarch in September 2015, surpassing her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria.