IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS
OF JUNE 13th, 2019
IMPORTANT
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JUNE 13th, 2019
1. Canada's Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau announced the country will ban harmful single-use
plastics like plastic bags, straws, among other items, as
early as 2021.
a.
Canada plans to introduce targets and standards for firms that
manufacture plastic products or sell items with plastic packaging so they
become responsible for their plastic waste.
2. Humans may be
ingesting 5 grams of plastic each week, the equivalent of a credit
card, a study commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature announced.
a.
The largest source of plastic ingestion is drinking water, with
the plastic particles found in bottled, tap, surface and groundwater.
b.
The findings are the first to estimate the ingestion of
microplastics by humans.
3. UK Home Secretary Sajid
Javid has signed a request for WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange to be extradited to the US.
a.
Assange is accused of obtaining and publishing classified information
and conspiring to hack into a government computer.
4. Union Minister of
Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has announced that the
Centre will extend free coaching to Muslim girls preparing
for UPSC, banking and state service exams.
a.
He further announced that the government will provide 100%
funding to build schools, colleges, hospitals, community centres, common
centres, and hostels on Waqf properties, which will be geo-tagged and digitised.
5. The Karnataka government
has announced that it will waive all eligible farm loans in
one go.
a.
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, has announced that
loans of 2,28,961 farmers amounting to ₹4,617.31 crore will be
released in a single phase across the state.
6. A team of scientists
including Delhi University researchers discovered a new species of
'paddy frog' in Assam.
a.
The frog 'Micryletta aishani' was named after the
Sanskrit word 'aishani', meaning northeast, in reference to
Northeast India.
b.
The new frog is reddish-brown in colour and measures about
2.2-2.8 cm in length and has an absence of web on its feet.
7. The Union Cabinet has
approved the extension of President's rule in Jammu and Kashmir for
another 6 months, beginning from July 3.
a.
Note : J&K has been under President's rule since December
2018.
b.
Earlier, the state was under Governor's rule after the BJP
pulled out of the coalition government with PDP in June last year.
8. Over 53,000 cases
of bank frauds worth ₹2.05
lakh crore were
reported in India between 2008-09 and 2018-19, the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) recently revealed.
a.
The highest of 6,811 cases were reported by the ICICI
Bank involving ₹5,034 crore.
b.
This was followed by the State Bank of India
(SBI) which reported 6,793 cases worth ₹23,735 crore.
9. American multinational
computer technology company Dell has emerged as the most
trusted brand of India in 2019, according to a research by TRA's The Brand
Trust Report.
a.
Dell climbed five ranks over the previous year to grab the top
spot and also introduced the laptop category in the report.
10. The Bimal Jalan
committee, which is reviewing the size of capital reserves the RBI
should hold, delayed submitting its report again today due to a difference
of opinion.
a.
Originally scheduled for submission in April, the report will
now be submitted by June-end.
b.
The 6-member panel will have one more meeting before finalising
its report.
11. Bollywood Actor Shah
Rukh Khan will be the chief guest at the 10th Indian Film
Festival of Melbourne in Australia.
a.
The film festival will be held between August 8 and August 17
this year.
12. Jawaharlal Nehru
University has approved a proposal to give Distinguished Alumni
Award to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during
convocation in August.
a.
Sitharaman did her Masters in Economics and MPhil in International Studies
from JNU, while Jaishankar did Masters in Political Science
and MPhil and PhD in International Relations from the university.
13. The Chairman
of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K Sivan today
announced that India is planning to set up a separate
station in space.
14. The Central Government
has approved the formation of Defence Space Research Agency
(DSRO) to develop weapon systems and capability enhancing technologies
for space wars.
a.
The DSRO will reportedly comprise scientists who'll work with
integrated officers of the three armed forces.
b.
Separate military agency Defence Space Agency (DSA) was also
reportedly set up to fight any future space wars.
15. Indraprastha Institute of
Information Technology (IIIT-Delhi) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian
Navy to train its officials in Artificial Intelligence (AI).
a.
The officers will be allowed to pursue MTech AI from the
institute as regular students.
16. Team India captain Virat
Kohli is the sole Indian and the only cricketer in the Forbes
2019 list of world's highest-paid athletes with estimated annual
earnings of $25 million (₹173 crore).
a.
The list is topped by Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel
Messi.
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