English Vocabulary from
sponsored links
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.
- Download January 2019 Month's Current Affairs PDF File from HERE (New) Download December 2018 Month's Current Affairs PDF File from here
- Download November 2018 Month's Current Affairs PDF File from HERE
- Download October 2018 Month's Current Affairs PDF File from HERE
- Download September 2018 Month's Current Affairs PDF File from HERE
- Download August 2018 Month's Current Affairs PDF File from HERE
- Download July 2018 Month's Current Affairs PDF File from HERE
- Download June 2018 Month's Current Affairs PDF File from HERE
- Download May 2018 Month's Current Affairs PDF File from HERE
- Download April 2018 Month's Current Affairs PDF File from HERE
- Download March 2018 Month's Current Affairs PDF File from HERE
- Download February 2018 Month's Current Affairs PDF File from here
- Download January 2018 Month's Current Affairs PDF File from here
sponsored links
0 Responses:
Post a Comment