IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS
OF JUNE 23rd, 2019
IMPORTANT
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JUNE 23rd, 2019
1.
(23rd June) is International
Olympic Day.
a. This day was
introduced in 1948 to commemorate the birth of the modern Olympic Games on 23
June 1894 at the Sorbonne in Paris.
b. The goal of
this day is to promote participation in sport across the globe regardless of
age, gender or athletic ability.
2.
Today (23rd June) is the World Public Service Day.
a. This day is
dedicated by the United Nations to “celebrate the value and virtue of public
service to the community”.
b. Since 2003,
this day is marked with UN Public Service Awards Ceremony wherein works of
public servants are recognised and they are awarded for their contributions in
the field.
3.
Today (23rd June) is International Widows Day.
a. This day is a
United Nations ratified day of action to address the "poverty and
injustice faced by millions of widows and their dependents in many
countries".
b. This day was
established by The Loomba Foundation to raise awareness of the issue of
widowhood.
c. The
significance of 23 June is that it was on that day in 1954 that Shrimati Pushpa
Wati Loomba, mother of the foundation's founder, Lord Loomba, became a widow.
4.
Northwest African country Mauritania went to
polls for the 1st time since gained independence from France nearly 60
years ago.
a. President Mohamed
Ould Abdel Aziz, who seized power in a coup in 2008, agreed to step down and
abide by the maximum two five-year elected terms.
b. Non-elected
military governments have mostly ruled the country following independence.
5.
Indian Navy launched ‘Operation Sankalp’ in Persian Gulf and
Gulf of Oman to reassure safe passage of Indian flagged vessels transiting
through area.
a. This
deployment is in the wake of following recent maritime incidents in region.
6.
Bihar recently banned felling of trees, citing increasing
pollution as well as a fatal heatwave.
a. Trees on
private land, however, can be felled in the absence of a tree-protection Act in
Bihar.
7.
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced that the government
is going to pay examination fee charged by CBSE from students
in government schools from next year.
8.
Union Minister for Environment Prakash Javadekar informed the
Lok Sabha that India’s forest cover has increased by 1% in
last one year period and over 24.39% of India’s geographical area now
constitutes of green cover.
9.
The Air strike by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on
a terrorist training camp in Balakot, Pakistan, was code-named ‘Operation
Bandar (Monkey)’.
a. As a response
to the Pulwama terror attack which claimed the lives of 40 security personnel,
12 IAF Mirage-2000 fighter jets struck on Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in
Balakot inside Pakistan in the early hours on February 26 with precision guided
munitions.
10.Civil
Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri today
inaugurated the Central Command Centre for Air Traffic Flow Management
(ATFM) in Delhi.
a. As of now,
only countries including the US, Australia and Japan have a
centralised air traffic flow management system.
b. The system
will help balance capacity against demand for optimum utilisation of resources
like airspace and aircraft at capacity-constrained airports.
11.To send a rover to Mars'
moons Phobos and Deimos, Japanese space agency JAXA has
partnered with the space agencies of Germany (DLR) and France
(CNES).
a. If
successful, the rover will become the 1st-ever to land on a minor body
in the solar system.
b. Note : JAXA is
targeting the launch of the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission for 2024.
12.The World Health
Organisation (WHO) recently launched a global campaign urging
governments all across the world to adopt its new online tool called AWaRe
(Access, Watch and Reserve), which is aimed at guiding policy-makers and
health workers of country to reduce spread of antimicrobial resistance, adverse
events and costs.
a. This AWaRe
tool was developed by World Health Oraganisation’s Essential Medicines List
(EML) to reduce spread of antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic-related adverse
events, and also to make antibiotic use safer, cheaper and more effective for
its consumer.
13.The Securities
and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has set up a panel to review
current framework of margins in the futures and options (F&O) derivative
segment.
a. The panel
will be headed by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Clearing Ltd., and will
submit its recommendations to Secondary Market Advisory Committee.
14.Former Tamil Nadu
DGP V R Lakshminarayanan (91) who arrested the late
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in a corruption case, passed
away.
15.Yoga guru Baba
Ramdev recently announced that he is going to release his
autobiography titled ‘My Life, My Mission’.
a. The book is
co-authored by senior journalist Uday Mahurkar.
b. This book, is
being published by Penguin Random House, will unveil trials, tribulations, and
triumphs of Ramdev's life and provide insights into his childhood.
16.Indian author Amish
Tripathi has been named the Director of London's Nehru
Centre, which is under the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.
a. Amish is
known for his novels The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of the Nagas, The Oath
of the Vayuputras, Scion of Ikshvaku and Sita: Warrior of Mithila.
17.1992 batch officer of
Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre) Shefali Juneja was
appointed as Representative of India (JS Level) in council of
International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Montreal, Canada.
18.India clinched
the women's FIH Series Finals hockey tournament by beating
hosts Japan 3-1 in the summit clash in Hiroshima today. T
19.World number 3 Roger
Federer defeated David Goffin in the final to win the Halle
Open for the 10th time.
a. It is the
first time that the 37-year-old has won the same title 10 times in his career.
b. It was
Federer's 102nd tour-level title and his 19th tour-level title on grass.
20.Fast bowler Mohammad
Shami took a last-over hat-trick as India defeated Afghanistan in
a low-scoring match to continue their unbeaten run in 2019 World Cup.
a. With this,
India became the 3rd team after Australia (67) and New Zealand (52) to win 50
World Cup matches.
b. India have
now accumulated 9 points from 5 matches in the tournament.
21.The Indian
women's rugby team claimed their 1st-ever international 15s
victory by defeating Singapore 21-19 in the Asia Rugby Women's
Championship Division 1. I
22.Pranati
Nayak of India won bronze medal in vault event held
at Senior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2019 in
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
23.Indian cueist Pankaj
Advani has completed his 'career grand slam' in cue
sports after winning the 35th men's Asian Snooker Championship.
a. With his win,
Advani has now won the ACBS Asian Snooker events, 6-red (short format) and
15-red (long format), along with the IBSF World Championships in both formats
too.
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