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Daily Current Affairs of 22nd June 2019
International Current Affairs
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 14th G20 summit in Japan next week and will raise the issues of financial stability, black money and terrorism, among others.
- The 14th edition of G20 Summit will be held in Osaka, Japan during 28th and 29th June 2019.
- More than 20 countries will be participating in the G20 Summit.
- Former Union Minister Suresh Prabhu will be India's sherpa at the summit.
- Meaning of Sherpa : a civil servant or diplomat who undertakes preparatory work prior to a summit conference
- Food security, energy security, financial stability, terrorism-related issues, Innovation in the digital economy and artificial intelligence will be discussed in the summit.
- Theme of 14th G20 Summit : "Human-centred future society".
- Important Note : India will host the G20 summit in 2022 for the 1st time.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree temporarily banning Russian airlines from carrying Russian citizens to Georgia from July 8.
- This comes after a Russian MP's speech in Georgia's Parliament triggered widespread protests and clashes, with Russia calling it "an anti-Russian provocation".
- The decree also ordered to assure the return of Russian citizens currently in Georgia.
- New Zealand has allowed placing ballot boxes in supermarkets and malls to make it easier for people to vote.
National Current Affairs
- The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project in Telangana was inaugurated by the state's Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao.
- Important Note : This project is believed to be the largest multi-stage, multi-purpose lift irrigation project in the world.
- Government think-tank NITI Aayog has proposed that 2-wheelers with an engine capacity less than 150 cc to be converted to electric by 2025.
- Moreover, it also aims to make 3-wheelers to be fully electric by 2023.
- The Maharashtra Legislative Council today cleared a bill to provide 16% reservation to the Maratha community students in Post-graduate (PG) medical courses.
- This comes a day after the bill was unanimously passed in the Legislative Assembly.
- The Uttar Pradesh government has announced that Khadi uniforms will be introduced in the primary schools of some districts on a pilot project basis to promote the fabric among children.
- The uniform for boys will be dark brown trousers and pink shirts, while for girls it will be dark brown skirts and pink tops.
- The Government has set up 713 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and 684 Agricultural Technology Management Agencies at the district level in the country for dissemination of technologies among the farming community.
- This is aimed at meeting the target of doubling the farmers' income by 2022.
Deaths
- Noted mridangam exponent and former top grade staff artist of All India Radio, Thanjavoor Ramamoorthy (90) passed away in Trichy, Tamilnadu today.
- He had the unique distinction of having accompanied four generations of Carnatic stalwarts starting from violin genius Muringapuri Gopalakrishna Iyer, right up to renowned vocalist ML Vasanthakumari.
- He was the recipient of the Kalaimamani award of the Government of Tamilnadu.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
- The Printing of Union Budget Documents 2019-20 began today with the traditional Halwa ceremony.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman performed the Halwa ceremony along with Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur.
- After the Halwa ceremony, officials of the Finance Ministry will stay in Budget printing press until the Budget is presented in Parliament.
- Note : Ms Sitharaman will present the Union Budget in Parliament on 5th July 2019.
- For the first time in about 15 months, the price of the world's largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin breached $10,000 today.
- The cryptocurrency surged to $10,900, gaining nearly 200% so far this year.
- Note : Bitcoin reached an all-time high of around $20,000 in December 2017, capping a nearly 1,400% increase that year.
- The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council led by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today decided to extend the tenure of the National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA) by two years.
- If the profiteered amount is not deposited in 30 days, penalty to the extent of 10% of the profiteered amount will be imposed on the company.
Awards & Honors
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi was voted the 'World's Most Powerful Person 2019' in the reader's poll conducted by UK-based British Herald magazine.
- Modi received 30.9% of total votes to beat US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- Note : PM Modi will feature on the cover page of the July 15 edition of the magazine.
New Appointments
- Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan was sworn-in as Chief Justice of Telangana High Court in Hyderabad this morning.
- Governor ESL Narasimhan administered the oath of office to Justice Chauhan at Raj Bhavan.
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