IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS
OF JUNE 17th, 2019
IMPORTANT
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JUNE 17th, 2019
1.
(17th June 2019) is World Day to Combat Desertification
and Drought.
a. This day is a
United Nations observance with the purpose highlight ways to prevent
desertification and recover from drought. Each annual celebration has a
different theme. It should be celebrated all over the world.
b. Theme
of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought 2019 : “Let’s
Grow the Future Together”
2.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahualong
with US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman attended
a ceremony to unveil a sign for a new community named after US
President Donald Trump in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
a. The sign of
the community, named 'Trump Heights', was decorated with the
Israeli and US flags and planted on a patch of synthetic grass.
3.
The armies of India and Myanmar carried
out ‘Operation Sunrise 2’, a 3-week-long coordinated operation in their
respective border areas to bust terror camps.
a. The operation
was targeted at militant groups operating in Manipur, Nagaland andAssam.
This was the 2nd edition of Operation Sunrise.
4.
The 3rd edition of Namaste Thailand Film Festival was
recently concluded in Delhi.
a. The film
festival was inaugurated with the screening of modern Thai romantic
comedy Friend Zone.
b. Important
Points to Note :
i) Namaste
Thailand Film Festival is an annual festival organised to bridge the gap
between Indian and Thai cultures.
ii) The festival featured
6 movies which presented the culture and tradition of Thailand in different
ways.
5.
To ensure greater
transparency and accountability, the Jammu and Kashmir Bank will
now come under the purview of Right to Information Act and Central
Vigilance Commission (CVC) guidelines.
a) This comes
days after J&K Bank's Chairman Parvez Ahmed was removed over alleged
corruption, nepotism and favouritism.
6.
State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) has put
on sale 6 Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) amounting to over ₹1,000 crore.
a. The reserve
price for this has been fixed at over ₹341
crore.
7.
Former Union Minister and 7-time MP Virendra
Kumar took oath as the Pro-tem Speaker of the 17th
Lok Sabha.
a. President Ram
Nath Kovind administered the oath in the presence of Vice President Venkaiah
Naidu and PM Narendra Modi.
8.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union
Ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh today
took oath as the members of the 17th Lok Sabha.
a. Pro-tem
Speaker Virendra Kumar administered the oath on the first day of the maiden
session of the 17th Lok Sabha.
9.
Denmark’s Inger Andersen took charge as
the new Executive Director (ED) of United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP).
a. She will hold
the designation for period of 4-years.
10.
India defeated Pakistan by 89 runs (DLS method) in a
rain-curtailed match at Manchester to register their 3rd victory in 2019
World Cup.
a. With this,
India extended their 100% winning run against Pakistan in World Cup to 7
matches.
b. The match
witnessed India register their highest ever total (336/5) against
Pakistan in a World Cup match.
c. India's
previous highest World Cup total against Pakistan had come in 2015 edition when
they scored 300/7 in their allotted 50 overs.
d. Opener Rohit
Sharma smashed his second hundred in 2019 World Cup, reaching the
three-figure mark off 85 balls against Pakistan.
i) It is the
32-year-old batsman's second ODI hundred against Pakistan and overall 24th in
ODI cricket.
ii) Note : Rohit is
the 4th Indian batsman after Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Shikhar
Dhawan to score at least three World Cup hundreds.
b) India
captain Virat Kohli has become the fastest
batsman to score 11,000 runs in ODI cricket.
i) The
30-year-old overtook Sachin Tendulkar, who reached 11,000 runs in
his 276th innings, against England in 2002.
ii) Note : Kohli was
also the fastest to 8,000, 9,000 and 10,000 ODI runs.
11.
Indian squash player Joshna Chinappa won
a record 17th national title by defeating Sunayna Kuruvilla.
a. With this
Chinappa broke the 16-time national champion Bhuvneshwari Kumari's record,
which stood for 27 years.
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