IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF
JUNE 19th, 2018
1.
The President of India Ram
Nath Kovind, who is on a State visit to Greece held
delegation level talks with the President of Greece, Prokopis
Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis
Tsipras.
a. During
this meeting, Kovind emphasized the age-old civilizational ties between the two
nations and highlighted India’s commitment to promote trade and
investment engagement between the two nations.
b. He also
informed the Greek delegation that India had accepted the
invitation to participate in the prestigious Thessaloniki
International Fair 2019 as the “Honoured Country”.
2.
In it's recently released International
Classification of Diseases (ICD) 11, the World Health Organisation
(WHO) has classified Gaming addiction as
mental health disorder.
a. This
classification will be used by health professionals across the globe to
uniformly diagnose and classify risks for addictive gaming behaviour.
3.
According to a recently released report by
global think-tank SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute), Pakistan,
with 140-150 nuclear warheads, is ahead of India which has 130-140 warheads.
a. Meanwhile,
US and Russia are on top with 6,450 and 6,850 warheads, respectively.
b. According
to SIPRI, nine countries — the United States, Russia, Britain, France, China,
India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea — had 14,465 nuclear warheads at the
beginning of this year, of which 3,750 were actually deployed.
4.
Ahead of 4th International Day of Yoga
(June 21) the Australian Parliament for the
1st time organized a Yoga session.
a. Important
Note : It was the first time that the International Yoga Day was
celebrated in any Parliament.
5.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has
pulled out of the alliance with Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) over repeated attacks on forces and civilians in the
Valley.
a. Minutes
after this announcement, Jammu & Kashmir's Chief Minister Mehbooba
Mufti submitted her resignation to the Governor.
6.
India's first café which will
be run by HIV-positive teenagers is set to open in West
Bengal's Kolkata next month.
a. The
café will be operated by 10 teenagers who were abandoned by their families
after being diagnosed.
7.
Ministry of Electronics & Information
Technology (MeitY) is going to expand its India BPO Promotion
Scheme to 1 lakh seats from current 48,000 seats.
a. It will
also set up 5th and India’s largest National data centre (NDC)
in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh with capacity of 5 lakh virtual
servers.
b. About
India BPO Promotion Scheme (IBPS)
c. This
scheme was launched in the year 2014.
d. Aim of
IBPS Scheme : To incentivize establishment of BPO firms and their extension
to Tier II and Tier III cities (as per census 2011) to provide employment,
distributed across various states in proportion to population of state with
financial support in form of Viability Gap Funding (VGF).
8.
Concerned over funds sent abroad under the ‘Maintenance
of Close Relative’ category of the Liberalised Remittance
Scheme (LRS), the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has narrowed the
definition of relatives to check the flow of funds.
a. Hence,
funds under the ‘maintenance of close relative’ category can be sent only
to immediate relatives such as parents, spouses, children and their
spouses.
9.
India's fourth largest private sector
bank, Yes Bank today announced that it has received approval
from market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India
(Sebi) for acting as custodian of securities.
a. Important
Note : Custodian of securities is a licence granted by SEBI to
eligible entities allowing them to offer custodial services to financial market
participants including foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and foreign
portfolio investors (FPIs).
10.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has
commissioned Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) ICGS Rani Rashmoni, in
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
a. It is
5th and last ship to be commissioned in the series of Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV)
project of ICG.
b. It is
named after legendary Rani Rashmoni of Kolkata, and is equipped with most
advanced and sophisticated communication and navigational sensors and equipment.
11.
The CEO of ICICI Prudential Life
Insurance, Sandee Bakhshi has been appointed as
the Wholetime Director and Chief Operating Officer
(COO) of ICICI Bank.
a. Note :
Chanda Kochhar, managing director (MD) & chief executive officer (CEO) will
be on leave, amid allegations of a quid pro quo in transactions between
Videocon Industries, Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar’s company NuPower
Renewables.
12.
During Indian President Kovind's visit
to Greece, both countries signed 3 Memorandums of Understanding
(MoUs). They are :
a. MoU
between Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and National
Quality Infrastructure System/Hellenic Organization for
Standardization on Cooperation in the Fields of Standardization.
b. MoU
between Foreign Service Institute (FSI), India and Diplomatic Academy, Greece
on Cooperation in Diplomatic Training.
c. The
Programme of Cultural Cooperation for the year 2018-2020.
13.
The Central Water Commission
(CWC) has signed collaboration agreement with search engine
giant Google for flood forecasting and dissemination of flood
related information to masses.
a. This
initiative will help crisis management agencies to deal extreme hydrological
events in better manner for effective flood management in India under National
Hydrology Project (NHP).
14.
Eminent scholar and social activist Pushpa
Bhave has been selected for the 'Rajarshi Shahu Puraskar 2018'.
a. She
will be conferred the award on June 26 on the occasion of the birth anniversary
of Rajarshi Shahu, a former ruler of the erstwhile princely state
of Kolhapur.
15.
American professional golfer Brooks
Koepka wins US Open 2018 (Golf) by defeating
Tommy Fleetwood at Shinnecock Hills.
a. With
this, Brooks became the first player in 3 decades to successfully
defend his title.
16.
North Korea and South
Korea today announced that the two countries would march together at
the upcoming Asian Games.
a. The
Koreas also agreed to hold a joint basketball match in Pyongyang.
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