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Daily Current Affairs of 30th June 2019
International Current Affairs
- Today (30th June 2019) is 2nd International Day of Parliamentarism.
- This day is being observed to highlight the role of parliaments worldwide as indispensable cornerstones of democracy.
- This date was chosen by the United Nations General Assembly in a resolution adopted on 22nd May 2018 as it coincides with the day in 1889, close to 130 years ago, that the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) — the global umbrella organization of parliaments — was founded.
- US President Donald Trump today met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the border separating North and South Korea.
- This is the 3rd meeting between the two leaders.
- During this meet, both leaders have agreed to resume nuclear talks between the two nations, which were stalled following the Vietnam summit between them.
- Note : With this, Donald Trump has become 1st-ever sitting US President to step foot into North Korea.
- Trump also held a lengthy meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- During this meet, both leaders have agreed to re-launch the stalled negotiations to end the trade war.
- Indian Naval Ship Tarkash reached Alexandria today on a 3-day visit to Egypt, as a part of Western Fleet Overseas Deployment programme.
- During the visit of Tarkash, professional interactions are planned with the Egyptian Navy towards further enhancing co-operation between the two forces.
- The current visit seeks to underscore India's peaceful presence and solidarity with friendly countries and, in particular, to strengthen the existing bonds of friendship between India and Egypt.
- Note : Tarkash is a state of the art warship of the Indian Navy equipped with a versatile range of weapons and sensors capable of addressing threats in all three dimensions.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
- An analysis by the Swiss National Bank has ranked India at 74th position in terms of Money parked by individuals and enterprises in Swiss banks, about 0.07% of funds by all foreign clients of Switzerland-based banks in 2018.
- The UK topped the list with over 26% of such funds.
- Top 5 Countries :
- UK
- US
- West Indies
- France
- Hong Kong
- To mark 2 years of Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation, the Finance Ministry is going to unveil a new return filing mechanism tomorrow.
- The ministry said it will introduce the new return system on a trial basis from July 1 and on mandatory basis from October 1.
- Rationalisation of cash ledger system and a single refund-disbursing mechanism are also likely to be implemented.
- The 13th Annual Conference of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was recently held.
- The theme of the conference is 'Statistics for the Future - Select Issues'.
- In his inaugural address, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has cautioned against cherry-picking of data by experts, saying correlations can conveniently be used to establish "spurious causality" to achieve desired results.
- He said the central bank will continue to refine methodologies and use cutting edge techniques for forecasting of macroeconomic developments.
Science & Technology
- India is now producing the cheapest solar power among the G20 countries, an International Renewable Energy Agency survey shared by the World Economic Forum stated.
- The costs of building large-scale solar installations in India fell by 27% in 2018, year-on-year, it added.
- Average solar prices of large-scale Indian installations were under a third of Canada's, where costs were the highest.
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has reopened the Apollo Mission Control Center at Johnson Space Center after restoring it to appear as it did in 1969.
- This comes before the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing on July 20.
- The restored control room, visitor's gallery and adjacent simulation support room's pieces are original artifacts or recreated items based on original samples.
People in News
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Aparna Kumar has become the 1st civil servant to scale Mount Denali, the highest peak in North America.
- Ms Kumar, a 2002 batch IPS officer from UP cadre is currently posted as DIG, ITBP Northern Frontier at Dehradun.
- She also became the first woman IPS DIG and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer to successfully complete the South Pole expedition.
Awards & Honors
- Odisha-based Navaratna Company NALCO (National Aluminium Company) has been selected for President's award for utilisation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund in social development.
- NALCO was honored for it's scheme titled "Aliali Jhia", which was launched in 2015 to promote the education of Girls of BPL families.
- CMD of NALCO : Tapan Chand
Sports Current Affairs
- In the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, England defeated India by 31 runs in the league match at Birmingham.
- Chasing a huge target of 338, India could only score 306 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs.
- As a result of this win, England have now moved to the 4th position in the tournaments standing.
- India will next play against Bangladesh, while England will take on New Zealand on Wednesday.
- Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant featured in his first World Cup match after replacing all-rounder Vijay Shankar for this match .
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