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Current Affairs For June 2021
- PM Modi announced that the Rs 10 lakh Fixed Deposit form the PM CARES Fund in the name of the child, who was orphaned due to COVID.
- Maharashtra has announced ‘Corona Free Village’ competition.
- Assam state’s CM has recently appointed ‘Guardian Ministers’.
- Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated Indus Best Mega Food Park in Chhattisgarh.
- WHO (World health organization) has named Covid-19 variant found in India as Kappa and Delta.
- Egypt and Pakistan conducted ‘Sky Guardians 1’ exercise to bolster military cooperation.
- World Environment Day is observed on 5th June and the theme for this year was “Ecosystem Restoration”.
- Sir Anerood Jugnauth former Prime Minister of Mauritius passed away, his Son Pravind Jugnauth is the Prime Minister of Mauritius now.
- Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has found three caves in Buddhist Caves Complex in Maharashtra.
- In Hockey, the Indian men’s team maintained their 4th position while the women’s team held ninth position in the latest International Hockey Federation world rankings.
- Davinci+ and Veritas, two new robotic missions of NASA.
- Paresh B Lal is appointed as the WhatsApp Grievance Officer for India.
- Spoorthi Priya appointed as the Grievance Office of Facebook for India..
- Dr Patrick Amoth has been appointed as the Chairman of WHO Executive Board.
- X-Ray On Wheels Facility has been started by Odisha.
- Assam has launched a scheme called Mukhyamantri Shishu Seva Yojana, to provide relief to children who have lost both their parents due to Covid-19. This includes financial aid of Rs 3,500 per month and laptops/tablets for children.
- China has relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have three children after a census showed its population is rapidly ageing.
- Ajit Doval has commissioned Indian Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel Sajag.
- Laurence des Cars became the first female president of Musée du Louvre, the world’s largest museum in Paris, France in 228 years.
- The Ministry of Education has launched “YUVA– Prime Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors”.
- Sanjay Dutt is the first Bollywood actor who has received UAE’s Golden Visa.
- ICICI Bank has collaborated with NPCI to link its ‘Pockets’ digital wallet to the UPI.
- Kuldiep Singh has got the additional charge of National Investigation Agency (NIA).
- Mahesh Jethmalani, Senior Advocate has been nominated to Rajya Sabha member by the President.
- ‘Cooper’ is One of the world’s biggest, new dinosaur species discovered in Australia
- The Indian Navy will receive three of the 24 MH-60 “Romeo” multirole helicopters from the USA.
- Abdulla Shahid from Maldives has been appointed as president of UNGA (United Nation General Assembly).
- Thomas Vijayan has won the 2021 Nature TTL Photography Awards for his photo of an Orangutan clinging to a tree.
- The Films Division of India holded a two-day online film festival, Oasis of Hope, to mark World Environment Day.
- The YounTab scheme is related to Ladakh, in which the Students will be given Tablet phone for their Online Class.
- Mukhyamantri Anuprati Coaching yojana is related to Rajasthan.
- India ranks 117 in the Environment Report 2021.
- World Ocean Day is observed on 8th June.
- Jahan Vote, Wahan Vaccination’ campaign was started in New Delhi.
- Medicine ATMs will be opened in Uttar Pradesh.
- Assam’s two new national parks are Dihing Patkai and Raimona now Assam has a total of 6 National Parks.
- The Haryana government has decided to create an ‘Oxi-van’.
- Sushant Singh Rajput tops The Times 50 Most Desirable Men 2020 list and in women Rhea Chakraborty tops the list.
- In QS World University Rankings 2020, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati was ranked at 41st position in the ‘Research Citations per Faculty’ category.
- Anup Chandra Pandey has been appointed as the Election Commissioner by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice. He is the former Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh.
- India and Thailand started the 31st edition of Coordinated Patrols or CORPAT exercise. has Interpol launched a new global database named “I-Familia” to identify missing persons through family DNA and help the police solve cold cases in member countries.
- Mukhyamantri Kisan Mitra Urja Yojana is related to Rajasthan.
- Tsitsi Dangarembga is the winner of the PEN Pinter Prize 2021.
- Brisbane in Australia is named to host the 2032 Olympic Games.
- David Diop has become the first French winner of the International Booker Prize in 2021.
- Sergio Perez, F1 racing driver has won the Azerbaijan GP 2021.
- Sunil Chhetri has become the 2nd highest active international goalscorer by overtaking Lionel Messi.
- Anerood Jugnauth, who passed away recently, was the former President and PM of Mauritius.
- World Food Safety Day is observed on 7th June.
- The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is hosting a three-day virtual “Conference of BRICS Network Universities”.
- The United Kingdom and Australia have signed a free trade deal on June 15, 2021.
- The International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly and is observed on 16th June.
- IIT Ropar has developed a device dubbed ‘Jivan Vayu’.
- Recently, the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare addressed the 42nd session of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Conference.
- European Space Agency will launch the world’s first wooden satellite called WISA Woodsat in Earth’s orbit by the end of 2021.
- Bihar exported the first commercial consignment of GI-certified Jardalu mangoes to the United Kingdom.
- Tulu Language is demanded by Karnataka to be made an official language and put in 8th Schedule, also spoken in Kerala.
- Naftali Bennett has become the new Prime Minister of Israel.
- Recently, Coast Guard has enforced laws and started operation Olivia to protect Olive Ridley turtles in Odisha.
- Ladakh has been declared Open Defecation Free UT in India under the First Phase of Swachh Bharat Mission.
- Akshay Kumar has become the Brand Ambassador of ‘Mylab Discovery Solutions.
- As per the ‘Global Skills Report 2021’ released by Coursera, India has been ranked 67th overall globally.
- Bikaner in Rajasthan is to be the first city in the country to start door-to-door vaccination.
- India maintained 43rd rank on an annual World Competitiveness Index compiled by the Institute for Management Development.
- ADI PRASHIKSHAN portal is developed by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
- The government of India has appointed a private person Aashish Chandorkar as
- Counsellor in India’s Permanent Mission in the World Trade Organisation for three years.
- GI certified Jalgaon banana has been exported to Dubai from Maharashtra.
- Satya Nadella has been appointed as the Chairman of Microsoft.
- Novak Djokovic has won the Men’s singles title of French Open 2021..
- Vinoo Mankad has been inducted into ICC Hall of Fame ahead of the WTC final, He was a Batsman.
- “Believe – What Life and Cricket Taught Me” is the autobiography of Suresh Raina.
- Milkha Singh (Flying Sikh) passed away recently. He was associated with Athletes.
- World Blood Donor Day is observed on 14 June.
- China has planned to send its first crewed mission to MARS in 2033.
- Nikol Pashinyan elected as the Prime Minister of Armenia.
- Kerala has decided to expand the Kaval Plus programme.
- The Student Credit Card scheme has been launched by West Bengal.
- Nirbhay is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile, developed by India DRDO.
- SBI has launched the Aarogyam healthcare business loan to provide enhanced support to the healthcare sector amid the pandemic.
- Karwar naval base is located in Karnataka.
- Odisha state launches Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) under the universal vaccination programme on June 30, 2021.
- India and Bhutan have jointly launched the “Tax Inspectors Without Borders(TIWB)”.
- Reliance to launch Jio Phone Next along with Google.
- Cochin International Airport won Airport Council International (ACI) Director General’s Roll of Excellence honour in Airport Service Quality.
- Mohit Chauhan composed the song titled “Lakshya Tera Samne Hai”, an Olympic theme song.
- Karnam Malleswari was a weightlifter from Andhra Pradesh. Delhi Government Sport University has appointed her as Vice-Chancellor.
- OnePlus, the global technology brand appointed cricketer Jaspreet bumrah as Brand Ambassador for its Wearables category.
- Manpreet Singh will lead Indian men’s hockey team in the Olympics.
- Israel military has successfully tested an airborne high-power laser which has the capability to shoot down drones.
- Yellow Gold 48 is a type of Watermelon variety for high yield.
- First-ever genetically modified rubber plant set up in Assam.
- Odisha has become the only state to have all three kinds of crocodile species in its Mahanadi River.
- Arunachal Pradesh woman, Dr Tadang Minu, becomes the first in the state and the second Indian woman in the country to be appointed as a member of the Coaches Committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA).
- The Indian Navy – European Union Naval Force conducted (IN-EUNAVFOR) Exercise in the Gulf of Aden.
- Ebrahim Raisi is elected as the President of Iran.
- Yoga day is observed on 21st June, theme “Yoga for well-being”.
- The Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot announced the setting of 5 Divyangta Khel Kendras in various parts of the country.
- M yoga app has been launched by Narendra Modi.
- Habibganj Railway Station is located in Madhya Pradesh in it looks like the airport and also provides the facility like the airport.
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