IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS
OF JUNE 25th, 2019
IMPORTANT
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JUNE 25th, 2019
1.
(25th June) is the Day
of the Seafarer.
a. Seafarer
means "person who travels by sea"
b. This day is
observed as an expression of thanks to the seafarers for their contribution to
the economy and civil society of the world.
c. The
observance of the day also acknowledges the risks and personal costs endured by
seafarers while being in their jobs.
d. Day of the
Seafarer (DotS) Theme 2019 : "I Am On Board with gender equality".
2.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is arriving
tonight to India on a 3-day visit.
a. During this
visit, he will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow
and hold talks with External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar in
New Delhi.
b. Note : This is the
first high-level engagement with the US after the General Elections in
India.
c. Mr Pompeo's
visit will be an important opportunity for both sides to explore ways to
further strengthen the India-US Strategic Partnership.
3.
44th anniversary of the Emergency.
a. The then
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had imposed emergency on
the midnight of 25th of June in 1975.
4.
Kerala has topped among large states on overall health performance
in NITI Aayog's Health Index.
a. Kerala was
followed by Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
b. However, in
terms of incremental performance Haryana, Rajasthan and Jharkhand are
the top three states who performed well in comparison to the last health
index.
c. The report
ranks states and Union territories innovatively on their year-on-year
incremental change in health outcomes, as well as, their overall performance
with respect to each other.
5.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched an
application titled Complaint
Management System (CMS) on its website for lodging
complaints against banks and NBFCs with a view to improve customer experience
in timely redressal of grievances.
a. CMS aims to
facilitate RBI's grievance redressal process.
b. The
application also improves transparency by keeping the complainants informed
through auto-generated acknowledgements and enabling them to track the status
of their complaints and file appeals online against the decisions of the
Ombudsmen, where applicable.
6.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today
announced that the number of wilful defaulters in Nationalized
Banks increased by over 60% to 8,582 in five years to
March 2019.
a. Over ₹7,600 crore has been recovered from their accounts during last five fiscals,
she added.
b. Note : A wilful
defaulter is an entity that hasn't paid the loan back despite the ability to
repay it.
7.
Freedom fighter Mohan Ranade (90), who
participated in Goa’s liberation movement, passed away.
a. During Goa’s
liberation movement, Ranade was active in attacking police stations at Betim,
Banastarim and other outposts.
b. He was
arrested by Portuguese police in 1955 and was imprisoned at the Fort of Caxias
near Lisbon in Portugal.
c. He was kept
in solitary confinement for six years.
8.
Rajasthan BJP chief Madan Lal Saini (75)
passed away.
a. Saini, a
Rajya Sabha MP since April 4, 2018, was appointed Rajasthan BJP President on
June 30, 2018.
9.
K Natarajan has been appointed as the new Chief of the Indian
Coast Guard.
a. He has
replaced Rajendra Singh, who retired on Sunday.
b. An alumnus of
the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Krishnaswamy Natarajan is now
serving as Additional Director General and Coast Guard Commander (West) at
Mumbai.
10.36 years ago, on this day
(25th June) in the year 1983, Indian Cricket Team led by Kapil
Dev made history by winning the ICC Cricket World Cup for the
1st time.
a. India
achieved this feat by defeating 2 time winners West Indies by 43 runs.
11.India today
proposed to host the 2023 International Olympic Committee (IOC)
session in Mumbai, which is expected to choose the host city for the
2030 Winter Olympics.
a. Indian
Olympic Association President Narinder Batra and IOC
member Nita Ambani submitted the formal bid to IOC
Chief Thomas Back on the sidelines of the
governing body's 134th Session at Lausanne in Switzerland.
b. Note : India has
earlier hosted an IOC Session in 1983 in New Delhi.
12.Ashleigh
Barty has become the 1st Australian in 43 years to
climb to the top of the WTA singles ranking after she won
the Birmingham Classic title.
a. Note : The
23-year-old former cricketer had won the French Open earlier in June.
13.All-rounder Shakib
Al Hasan has become the 1st-ever Bangladesh batsman to
score 1,000 runs in World Cup history.
a. He achieved
the feat during the 2019 World Cup match against Afghanistan yesterday.
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