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June 13, 2019

12th June 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (12th June 2019) Important Current Affairs updates. You can download the pdf version of these current affairs from below link. Check complete Daily Current Affairs of the year 2019 from HERE. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 12th June 2019

International Current Affairs
  • India has voted in support of Israel at the UN's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to deny observer status to a Palestinian organisation named 'Shahed'. 
    • The organisation claims to deal with human rights and humanitarian issues. 
    • However, Israel claims that 'Shahed' is a terrorist organisation and operates as an arm of the Lebanon-based Hamas terror group.
  • Botswana's High Court today ruled in favour of decriminalising same-sex relations, saying the colonial-era laws were discriminatory and unconstitutional. 
    • The court cited the decriminalisation of same-sex relations in India while delivering the verdict. 
  • The 16th Asia media summit kicked-off in Cambodia today.
    • This summit is deliberating on many issues pertaining to the media and broadcasting industry.
National Current Affairs
  • The Gujarat administration is on high alert to deal with Cyclone Vayu, which is likely to hit the state on Thursday.
    • Vayu is expected to touch Gujarat coast between Porbandar and Mahuva as a 'Very Severe Cyclonic Storm' with wind speed 140-150 kmph in the morning. 
  • In a Cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the Bihar government has approved the proposal to punish sons and daughters, who abandon their elderly parents, with jail term. 
    • Such cases will be registered under the non-bailable section after receiving complaints from elderly parents, the proposal by the state's social welfare department mentioned.
  • Union Cabinet has accorded ex-post facto approval for the extension of the term of the Commission to examine the issue of Sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes by 2  more months upto 31st July this year. 
    • Note : This is the 6th extension to the commission whose term would have expired on 31st of May.
  • Union Cabinet has approved the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill 2019.
    • This bill replaces the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2019. 
  • The Union Cabinet has approved the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill 2019 which will be introduced in both the Houses of Parliament in the forthcoming session.
    • The bill is aimed at providing relief to persons in Jammu and Kashmir residing in areas adjoining international border. 
    • They can now avail reservation in direct recruitment, promotion and admission in different professional courses.
  • Amasebailu in Kundapura Taluk of Udupi district has become Karnataka’s 1st solar-powered Gram Panchayat. 
    • Over 1800 houses were provided solar lamps at a total cost of 2.13 crore rupees. 
    • The project was funded by Centre and State Government in the ratio of 30:20 and the rest was paid by the Panchayat and charitable organizations.
Recent Committees in News
  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today constituted a 6-member committee to review the ATM interchange fee structure. 
    • An interchange fee is paid by one bank when its customer transacts at the ATM of another bank. 
    • The committee will review overall patterns of usage of ATMs and assess the impact, if any, on charges and interchange fees.
    • Head of the Committee : V G Kannan (Chief Executive of Indian Banks’ Association)
    • The committee also consists of senior officers from National Payments Corporation of India, SBI, HDFC Bank, Confederation of ATM Industry and Tata Communications Payment Solutions Limited.
Science & Technology
  • ISRO Chairman K Sivan today announced that India's 2nd Moon mission will be launched on July 15 at 2:51 AM from Sriharikota. 
    • The Chandrayaan-2 satellite, weighing 3.8 tonnes, is expected to land on the Moon on September 6. 
    • This is the most complex mission ever to be undertaken by ISRO that costs under ₹1,000 crore, the ISRO chief said.
Awards & Honors
  • Noted English writer Amitav Ghosh was conferred the 54th Jnanpith award for the year 2018. 
    • The award was given for his outstanding contribution in English. 
    • Note : Mr Ghosh is the 1st English writer to get this award. 
  • Bollywood Actress Priyanka Chopra will be honoured with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award at UNICEF's annual Snowflake Ball in December. 
  • An 8 year old Indian origin student named Nia Tony was honoured during 22nd edition of Emirates Recycling Awards in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). 
    • She won the award in the paper section in individual category for collecting a total of 14,914 kg of paper waste.
New Appointments
  • Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot has been appointed as the Leader of House in Rajya Sabha.
    • He has replaced BJP leader Arun Jaitley, who had opted out of the government citing health reasons. 
  • Reckitt Benckiser, the maker of Dettol cleaners today named PepsiCo's Global Chief Commercial Officer Laxman Narasimhan as its next CEO.
    • He is going to replace Rakesh Kapoor. 
    • Note : Narasimhan will be the 1st outside leader of the British consumer goods group since its formation in 1999. 
  • China has appointed veteran diplomat Sun Weidong as its new envoy to India.
    • He is going to replace Luo Zhaohui, who has been appointed as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.
    • Note : Indian Ambassador to China : Vikram Misri 
Sports Current Affairs
  • Indian men's archery team secured the Olympic quota for the 2020 Tokyo Games by storming into the quarterfinals of the World Championships with a 5-3 win over Canada in the Netherlands today.
    • Note : This is for the first time after 2012 London Olympics that Indian men could secure a team quota.
  • Young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant today brought in as cover for the injured Shikhar Dhawan in India's World Cup squad.
  • In Football, the United States recorded the biggest-ever victory in the Fifa Women's World Cup last night when they crushed Thailand, 13-nil in a Group-F match at Reims in France. 
    • Alex Morgan scored five times for the three-time winners and defending champions. 
  • India's 18-year-old top-order batsman Jemimah Rodrigues has been signed by the Kia Super League franchise Yorkshire Diamonds for the 2019 season. 
    • The 18-year old is the 3rd Indian player to feature in the league after Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur. 

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