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June 30, 2022
1. Based on implementation of Business Reforms Action Plan 2020 -
  1. Top Achievers - Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
  2. Achievers - Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
  3. Aspirers - Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand, Kerala, Rajasthan and West Bengal.
  4. Emerging Business Ecosystems - Andaman & Nicobar, Bihar, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Puducherry and Tripura.
  5. Feedback could not be obtained for Sikkim, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep and Ladakh due to insufficient User Data.
2. Justice Alok Aradhe has been named as Acting Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court.
3. Eknath Shinde (Shiv Sena) has been named New (20th) Chief Minister of Maharashtra, succeeding Uddhav Thakre.
  1. Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has been named as deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
4. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated new premises of Ministry of Commerce and Industry called Vanijya Bhawan. He also launched a new portal - NIRYAT (National Import-Export Record for Yearly Analysis of Trade), developed as a one stop platform for stakeholders to get all necessary information related to India’s foreign trade.
5. Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) launched One Health Pilot project in Karnataka, which DAHD is executing to bring stakeholders from animal, human and environment health on a common platform. It is being undertaken in Karnataka and Uttarakhand, in collaboration with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Confederation of Indian Industry as implementation partner.
6. General News / Conferences (June 2022) -
  1. 4 Holy Relics of Lord Buddha came back to India from Monglia, after being displayed for 12 days at Batsagaan Temple at Gandan Monastery, as part of celebrations of Mongolian Buddh Purnima.
  2. NITI Aayog and World Food Program launched report Take Home Ration-Good Practices across the State/Union Territories, presenting a set of good and innovative practices adopted in implementation of the Take Home Ration value chain by the States and UTs.
    1. Government of India provides Take Home Ration under Supplementary Nutrition component of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) to fill the gap in nutrition among children and pregnant and lactating women.
  3. NITI Aayog launched report India's Booming Gig and Platform Economy, as a first-of-its-kind study that presents comprehensive perspectives and recommendations on gig–platform economy in India, along with a scientific methodological approach to estimate current size and job-generation potential of the sector.
  4. India hosted ASEAN Foreign Ministers for a Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi, to commemorate 30 years of ASEAN-India Dialogue Relations.
  5. Former McDonald's restaurants in Russia have been renamed Vkusno i tochka, meaning Delicious. Full Stop. Russian businessman Alexander Govor, who held license of Mcdonald's since 2015, bought all 850 Mcdonald's restaurants in Russia after American company announced its withdrawal from Russia in May 2022.
  6. Sao Joao festival has been observed in Goa, after a two-year coronavirus-induced gap. The festival is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, who baptised Lord Jesus on the river of Jordan, and is celebrated at the onset of monsoon.
  7. Transport minister Nitin Gadkari approved Draft GSR Notification to introduce Bharat NCAP (New Car Assessment Program), wherein automobiles shall be accorded Star Ratings based upon their performance in Crash Tests.
7. Visits to India (June 2022) -
  1. Hossein Amirabdollahian, Foreign Minister of Iran, visited India.
  2. Defence Minister of Israel, Benjamin Gantz, Visited India.
  3. Nepal's Agriculture Minister Yadav visited India.
  4. Australian Deputy Prime Minister & Defence Minister Richard Marles visited India.
  5. Masato Kanda, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs of Japan, visited India, to attend 1st India-Japan Finance Dialogue in New Delhi.
  6. Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President of European Commission, Visited India.
    1. During his visit, India and EU formally re-launched India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations.
    2. Besides, negotiations were also launched for a stand-alone Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) and a Geographical Indicators (GIs) Agreement.
8. June 30 is observed annually as International Asteroid Day. It marks event anniversary of Tunguska event in 1908, when an asteroid leveled about 2,150 square kilometres forest in Siberia.
  1. June 30 is also observed as UN International Day of Parliamentarism, proclaimed in 2018.
  2. June 30 is also observed as World Social Media Day.
9. Visits from India (June 2022) -
  1. Labour & Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav visited Geneva (Switzerland), to attend Plenary Session of 110th International Labour Conference (ILC) and World Of Work Summit.
  2. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal visited Belgium. He inaugurated a Mango Festival in Brussels, to promote Indian mangoes in Europe.
  3. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu Visited Qatar (Middle East) and African nations Senegal & Gabon. Mr Naidu is first Indian Vice President to visit these nations.
    1. Gabon -
      1. Announced special training programme for a batch of 20 Gabonese diplomats at Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Services.
    2. Senegal -
      1. This is first ever high level Indian visit to Senegal.
      2. India-Senegal signed 3 MoUs for cultural exchange, cooperation in youth matters and visa free regime for officials.
      3. Announced Phase II of upgradation of Entrepreneurial Training & Development Centre (CEDT) at Senegal Capital Dakar. CEDT was set up in Dakar in 2002 under Indian assistance and every year over 1000 youth, from 20 African nations (mainly from Senegal), get trained in 6 different disciplines at the Centre.
    3. Qatar -
      1. Launched India-Qatar Start Up bridge, that aims to link start-up ecosystems of the two countries.
  4. PM Narendra Modi Visited Germany and UAE -
    1. Attended G7 Summit held under German Presidency, on special Invitation by Germany. G7 Grouping consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK and USA.
  5. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Visited Vietnam -
    1. Signed Joint Vision Statement on India-Vietnam Defence Partnership towards 2030, to enhance defence cooperation.
    2. MOU signed on Mutual Logistics Support, as first such major Logistics agreement Vietnam has signed with any country.
    3. Handed over 12 High Speed Guard Boats to Vietnam, constructed under India’s $US 100 million Defence Line of Credit to Vietnam. Initial 5 boats were built in Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Shipyard in India and other seven in Hong Ha Shipyard.
10. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Raising & Accelerating MSME Performance scheme, with outlay of 6000 crores.
  1. Also inaugurated ‘Capacity Building of First-Time MSME Exporters’ scheme and new features of ‘Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme’.
  2. Raising & Accelerating MSME Performance Scheme (RAMP) aims to scale up capacity and coverage of MSME in the states, with an impact on enhancement of exiting MSME schemes. RAMP will complement Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan by fostering innovation, incubating new business and entrepreneurship.
11. Maharashtra Cabinet approved changing names for 2 districts - Aurangabad and Osmanabad to Sambhaji Nagar and Dharashiv respectively.
  1. Navi Mumbai airport’s name will also be changed to DB Patil International Airport.
12. 2022 NATO Summit held in Madrid (Spain), bringing together 30 NATO member nations from Europe and North America.
  1. Japan and South Korea Attended NATO Summit 2022, as their first NATO Summit.
June 29, 2022
1. June 29 is observed as National Statistics Day in India. 2022 Theme is Data for Sustainable Development.
  1. It is celebrated annually on occasion of Birth anniversary of India’s eminent statistician, Late Prof Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.
  2. 2022 Awardees -
    1. PC Mahalanobis National Award in Official Statistics 2022 - Jointly awarded to Dilip Kumar Sinha (Deputy Director General, MoSPI) and K. P. Suresh (NIVEDI).
    2. PV Sukhatme National Award for life time contribution in statistics 2022 - Padam Singh (Former Member, National Statistical Commission)..
  3. June 29 is also observed by UN as International Day of the Tropics, proclaimed by UN in 2016.
2. Cabinet Approvals (June 29, 2022) -
  1. MOUs -
    1. Singapore - Cooperation in fields of Science, Technology and Innovation.
  2. General -
    1. Apprised of a Strategic Partnership Agreement between Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (India) and International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), signed in January 2022. It aims to boost green energy transitions based on renewable energy in India, to help achieve 500 GW installed non-fossil fuel electricity capacity in India by 2030.
    2. Approved categorization of Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) as an International Organization and signing of Headquarters Agreement (HQA) with CDRI for granting it exemptions, immunities and privileges as contemplated under United Nations (Privileges & Immunities) Act 1947.
      1. It will provide CDRI an independent and international legal persona, so that it can efficiently and effectively carry out its functions internationally.
      2. Since its launch by PM Narendra Modi during UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019 at New York, 31 Countries, 06 International Organizations and 2 private sector organizations have joined CDRI.
      3. CDRI is second major global initiative launched by India (After International Solar Alliance). It aims to promote resilience of infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks, thereby ensuring sustainable development.
  3. CCEA Approvals -
    1. Approved Deregulation of Sale of Domestically Produced Crude Oil, whereby Government has decided to cease allocation of crude oil and condensate w.e.f. 01.10.2022. This will ensure marketing freedom for all Exploration and Production (E&P) operators.
      1. Condition in Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) to sell crude oil to Government / Government Companies shall be waived off, freeing E&P companies to sell crude oil from their fields in domestic market.
    2. Approved Computerization of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) with objective of increasing efficiency of PACS, bringing transparency and accountability in their operations.
      1. It proposes computerization of about 63,000 functional PACS over 5 years, with outlay of 2516 crores (Government share of 1528 crores).
      2. PACS constitute lowest tier of three-tier Short-term cooperative credit in country, comprising of approx 13 Crore farmers as its members, which is crucial for development of rural economy.
      3. PACS account for 41 % (3 Cr. farmers) of KCC (Kisan Credit Card) loans given by all entities in Country and 95 % of these KCC loans through PACS are to Small and Marginal farmers.
        Other two tiers - Cooperative Banks (StCBs) and District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs) have already been automated by NABARD and brought on Common Banking Software (CBS).
      4. The project comprises of development of cloud based common software with cyber security and data storage, providing hardware support to PACS, digitization of existing records including maintenance support and training.
3. US, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and UK launched a new initiative called Partners in the Blue Pacific, for more effective cooperation with region’s small island nations, in response to China’s aggressive push to expand its sphere of influence in Pacific.
4. NASA Launhed CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) lunar orbiter Mission, that will test and verify calculated orbital stability planned for Lunar Gateway space station. It was launched by Rocket Lab, from New Zealand.
  1. Reason for Launching CAPSTONE -
    1. For Artemis, NASA’s program to send astronauts back to moon, NASA decided to include Gateway, a small space station around moon. It would make it easier for astronauts to reach more parts of moon. This outpost is to be placed in what is known as a near-rectilinear halo orbit.
    2. Halo orbits are influenced by gravity of two bodies - in this case, Earth and moon. Influence of two bodies makes orbit highly stable, minimizing amount of propellant needed.
    3. No spacecraft has ever traveled in this orbit. CAPSTONE will provide data to confirm its mathematical models for operating its Gateway outpost in a near-rectilinear halo orbit.
June 28, 2022
1. 835 Squadron (CG), an indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) MK III squadron, has been commissioned into Indian Coast Guard.
  1. ALH MK III helicopters have been indigenously manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), featurng state-of-the-art equipment.
  2. So far, 13 ALH MK-III aircraft have been inducted in the Indian Coast Guard in phased manner, with four of these positioned at Porbandar.
  3. Also, Pay Roll Automation for Disbursement of Monthly Allowances (PADMA), an automated Pay & Allowances module for Indian Coast Guard, has been inaugurated.
2. Keel for seventh & last ship under P17A of Indian Navy, informally named Y-12654, has been laid, to be built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders.
  1. Under P-17A, also called Nilgiri-class frigates, 7 projects will be built (4 by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders & 3 by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers).
  2. Among 4 Ships to be built by MDL, INS Nilgiri & Udaygiri have been launched, While other 2 are under construction.
  3. Among 3 Ships to be built by GRSE, INS Himgiri & Dunagiri have been launched, while 3rd ship is under construction.
3. Global Liveability Index 2022 released by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) -
  1. Top 5 - Vienna (Austria), Copenhagen (Denmark), Zurich (Switzerland), Calgary (Canada), Vancouver (Canada)
  2. Indian Cities -
    1. New Delhi ranked 112th, Mumbai ranked at 117th position.
4. Justice Satish Chandra Sharma has been appointed as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.
5. Togo (West Africa) and Gabon (Central Africa) joined Commonwealth of Nations, taking number of its member nations to 56.
  1. Commonwealth of Nations, is a political association of 56 member states, vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire.
  2. However, newest Commonwealth members, Togo and Gabon are not former British Colonies. They gained independence from France in 1960.
6. June 28 is observed as National Insurance Awareness Day in India.
June 27, 2022
1. June 27 - International MSME Day, being observed since 2017. 2022 theme is Resilience and Rebuilding.
  1. On this occasion, National MSME Awards 2022 were announced -
    1. Odisha has been awarded first prize among states, followed by Bihar and Haryana, for promotion and Development of MSME Sector.
2. Health and Family Welfare Ministry announced to launch One Nation, One Dialysis programme, under Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme. Through this, any patient in India can get a dialysis facility from anywhere in country.
3. Parameswaran Iyer has been named as new chief executive of NITI Aayog, to succeed Amitabh Kant, who term will end on June 30.
4. S M Krishna (Former Karnataka CM), N R Narayana Murthy (Infosys founder), and Prakash Padukone (Noted former badminton player), have been selected for first edition of Kempegowda International Award instituted by Karnataka government.
  1. Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai presented the awards on June 27, to mark 513th Kempegowda Jayanti, to honour 16th century chieftain who founded city of Bengaluru. Award carries a cash prize of 5 lakh.
  2. Another similary named award, Kempegowda Award or Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Award is a civilian award presented annually by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (Bengaluru).
5. Nitin Gupta has been appointed as new chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
  1. He succeeded Sangeeta Singh, who was given additional charge as CBDT chairman, after J B Mahapatra retired as CBDT Chairman.
June 26, 2022
1. June 26 - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Proclaimed by United Nation General Assembly in December 1987 and Observed since 1989. 2022 Theme is Care in Crises.
  1. June 26 is also observed as International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
2. Food delivery Firm Zomato acquired quick commerce company Blinkit for 4,447 crores in all-stock deal.
  1. Zomato’s restaurant supplies subsidiary Hyperpure will also acquire the warehousing and ancillary services business of Hands-on Trade Private Limited for 61 crores.
3. Noted Indian tennis Player Vijay Amritraj has been named 2021 recipient of Golden Achievement Award by International Tennis Hall of Fame and International Tennis Federation. He is first recipient of this honour from India.
4. Tata Power subsidiary Tata Power Solar commissioned India's largest floating solar power project in Kayamkulam (Kerala), on a 350-acre water body, with installed capacity of 101.6 Megawatt Peak.
  1. Also, world’s largest floating solar power plant will be built at Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh, which will generate 600 Megawatt power. It will be constructed at cost of over 3000 crore, over Omkareshwar Dam.
5. RBI gave preliminary approval to State Bank of India for its proposed operations support subsidiary, which aims to reduce the cost-to-income ratio.
June 25, 2022
1. June 25 is observed as International Day of Seafarer (DotS).
  1. June 25 is also observed as World Vitiligo Day.
2. Tapan Deka has been appointed as new Chief of Intelligence Bureau.
3. Dinkar Gupta has been appointed as new Director-General of National Investigation Agency (NIA).
4. Ruchira Kamboj has been appointed as next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations. She will succeed TS Tirumurti.
  1. Currently Ruchira Kamboj is Indian Ambassador to Bhutan.
5. South Korea launched its first satellite successfully using a homegrown rocket Nuri.
  1. Nuri (Korean meaning world ), also known as KSLV-II (Korean Space Launch Vehicle-II), is a three-stage launch vehicle, and successor to Naro-1 (KSLV-1), developed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute.
June 24, 2022
1. PM Narendra Modi virtually attended 14th BRICS Summit hosted by China, attended by leaders from its member nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).
  1. Also, Iran and Argentina have applied to join BRICS bloc.
2. European Union leaders granted Ukraine and Moldova candidate status for EU membership.
  1. EU leaders had gathered in Brussels to formally grant Ukraine candidate status to join the European Union just as Russia continue to invade Ukraine.
  2. Process of Joining EU -
    1. First step is getting official candidate status for EU membership but this does not necessarily mean that the nation will join the EU.
    2. After getting candidate status, formal membership negotiations begin. This involves adoption of established EU law and implementation of judicial, administrative, economic and other reforms that are deemed necessary for the country to meet membership conditions, known as accession criteria.
    3. Following completion of membership negotiations and accompanying reforms to satisfaction of both sides, the country is allowed to become an EU member.
3. Jammu and Kashmir UT will host 2023 meetings of G20 Nations.
  1. India will hold G-20 presidency from December 1, 2022, for 1 year.
  2. Earlier, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal was appointed as India's Sherpa for the G20 in September 2021.
  3. G20 countries include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, US and UK.
4. Anil Khanna has been appointed as acting President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
5. S.S. Mundra has been appointed as Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
June 23, 2022
1. June 23 - United Nations Public Service Day, proclaimed in 2003.
  1. On this occasion, Odisha's public transport service Mo Bus, has been named among winners of United Nations award, for role in promoting gender-responsive public services to achieve UN SDGs, and helping in better recovery from Covid-19.
  2. June 23 is also observed as International Olympics Day and UN International Widows' Day.
  3. June 23 is Death Anniversary of Noted politician Syama Prasad Mukherjee, who founded Bharatiya Jana Sangh (the predecessor to Bharatiya Janata Party).
2. World Bank approved a project costing 1000 crores, to advance rain-fed agriculture in steep areas of Uttarakhand, called Uttarakhand Climate Responsive Rain-fed Farming Project.
3. Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport became first airport in India to run entirely on hydro and solar power, towards achieving ambitious goal of becoming a Net Zero Carbon Emission Airport by 2030.
  1. This came after Delhi Airport signed a long-term power purchase agreement with a Himachal Pradesh-based hydropower producing company for supply of hydroelectricity for airport until 2036.
4. India has been ranked fourth largest gold recycler, recycling 75 tonnes of Gold in 2021, according to World Gold Council (WGC).
  1. China topped global gold recycling chart by recycling 168 tonnes of Gold in 2021, followed by Italy (80 tonnes) and US (78 tonnes).
5. Europe’s premier startup conference Vivatech 2020, held in Paris (France).
  1. It recognized India as country of the year.
  2. The Conference was attended by Railways and MEITY Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, on India's Behalf.

June 22, 2022

June 22 is observed as World Rainforest Day, since 2017.
ISRO's commercial arm NSIL (NewSpace India Limited) undertook launch of GSAT-24, a 24-Ku band ISRO communication satellite weighing 4180 kg with pan-India coverage for meeting DTH application needs. Launch was undertook on-board Ariane-V rocket from Kourou, French Guiana (South America).
As per REN21's Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (GSR 2022) -
1. India ranked third globally for total renewable power capacity additions with 15.4 GW in 2021, after China (136 GW) and US (43 GW).
As per MFIN Micrometer Q4 FY21-22 (quarterly published by Microfinance Institutions Network) -
1. Tamil Nadu became largest state in terms of outstanding portfolio of microfinance loans.
2. Gross loan portfolio of Tamil Nadu as of March 31, 2022 stood at 36806 crores, followed by Bihar (35941 crore) and West Bengal (34016 crores).
As per Coursera Global Skill Report 2022 -
1. In terms of overall skills proficiency, India slipped 4 places to be ranked 68th globally and 19th in Asia.
2. Top 3 - Switzerland (1), Denmark (2), Indonesia (3).
  1. Note that Indonesia improved 39 places compared to earlier year.

2022 Asian Track Cycling Championships (New Delhi) -

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	14	4	1	19
2	South Korea	4	8	1	13
3	Malaysia	1	3	1	5
4	United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	1
5	Kazakhstan	0	2	4	6
6	Indonesia	0	2	0	2
7	India	0	1	8	9

Notably, Ronaldo Singh became first Indian cyclist to win a silver medal in a continental competition in senior division.

June 21, 2022
1. Assam become 36th State/UT to implement One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC). With this, ONORC plan has been successfully implemented in all 36 states/UTs, making food security portable throughout country.
  1. Objective to empower all NFSA beneficiaries to become AtmaNirbhar for their food security anywhere in country, through portability of their existing ration cards enabling them to lift their entitled subsidized foodgrains from any Fair Price Shop of their choice.
2. Highlights of PM Narendra Modi's visit to Karnataka -
  1. Mysuru-
    1. Launched Centre of Excellence for persons with communication disorder at All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH Mysuru).
    2. On occasion of Yoga day 2022 (June 21), PM participated in a Mass Yoga Demonstration at Mysore Palace ground (Mysuru), as part of novel programme Guardian Yoga Ring, a collaborative exercise between 79 countries and UN organisations along with Indian Missions abroad to illustrate Yoga's unifying power that surpasses National boundaries.
  2. Bengaluru -
    1. Inaugurated and laid foundation stones of multiple rail and road infrastructure projects worth over 27000 crores in Bengaluru, notably including -
      1. Laid Foundation stone of Bengaluru Suburban Rail project, which will connect Bengaluru city with its suburbs and satellite townships, to be built at cost over 15700 crores, envisages 4 corridors with a total route length of over 148 Kms.
      2. Launched India’s first Air Conditioned Railway Station - Sir M Visvesvaraya Railway Station at Baiyappanahalli.
      3. Laid foundation stone of two sections of Bengaluru Ring Road project, to be developed at a cost 2280 crores, to help decongest the city.
    2. Inaugurated Centre for Brain Research and laid foundation Stone for Bagchi Parthasarathy Multispeciality Hospital at IISc Bengaluru.
    3. Inaugurated new campus of Dr. B R Ambedkar School of Economics (BASE) University.
3. Department of School Education and Literacy (Ministry of Education) released 1st ever Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) (starting with 2018-19 and 2019-20), to assess performance of school education system at District level by creating an index for comprehensive analysis.
  1. PGI-D report Graded 725 districts in 2018-19 and 733 districts in 2019-20 across States / UTs. It comprises of total weight age of 600 points across 83 indicators, grouped under 6 categories.
  2. PGI-D grades districts into ten grades - Highest achievable Grade is Daksh (Districts scoring more than 90% of total points), and lowest grade is Akanshi-3 (scores under 10% of total points).
4. June 21 - UN International Yoga Day, being Observed Since 2015. 2022 Theme is Yoga for Humanity.
  1. On this occasion -
    1. Main event of 8th edition of International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2022 held at Mysuru Palace (Mysuru, Karnataka), attended by PM Narendra Modi.
    2. Prime Minister's Award for Outstanding Contribution towards Development and Promotion of Yoga, have been announced for 2021. Winners -
      1. Individuals - Bhikkhu Sanghasena (Leh, Ladakh) and Marcus Vinicius Rojo Rodrigues (Brazil)
      2. Organisations, The Divine Life Society (Rishikesh, Uttarakhand) and British Wheel of Yoga (United Kingdom).
    3. Ministry of Education and National Council of Educational Research and Training held National Yoga Olympiad 2022 and quiz competition in New Delhi.
    4. Haryana CM Manohar Lal khattar released book Ashtang Yoga authored by Sonu Phogat.
  2. Other Observations Made on June 21 -
    1. World Music Day. First all-day musical celebration on the day of the summer solstice was celebrated in Paris in 1982.
      1. On this occasion, Sangeet Natak Akademi organised Jyotirgamaya festival, to showcase talent of rare musical instruments from across country, including street performers, train entertainers, performers attached to temples, etc.
    2. Summer Solstice day. Summer Solstice is longest day of year which marks official start of summer season in Northern hemisphere.
      1. International Day of Celebration of the Solstice was proclaimed by UN General Assembly in 2019.
    3. World Hydrography Day, Proclaimed by International Hydrographic Organization in 2005.
5. Khuvsgul Lake National Park of Mongolia has been added to World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO.
6. As per Ministry of Commerce and Industry's data -
  1. US become India's largest trading partner, with bilateral trade with US being USD 119.42 billion in FY 22 (2021-22), exceeding India's trade with China.
  2. India's exports to US increased to USD 76.11 billion in FY 22 (2021-22) and imports increased to USD 43.31 billion.
  3. China was India's largest trading partner from 2013-2014 to 2017-2018 and 2020-2021. India's trade with China increased to USD 115.42 billion in FY 22.
7. Biography of noted industrialist Gautam Adani, titled Gautam Adani: The Man Who Changed India, written by RN Bhaskar, will be released in October 2022.
8. Indian football player Sunil Chhetri became joint fifth highest goalscorer in international football history. He achieved this during AFC Asian Cup Qualifier against Hong Kong, where he scored his 84th goal, equalling Hungarian player Ferenc Puskas's record.
  1. He is now third on the list of active international goalscorers, behind Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina's Lionel Messi.
9. Noted US-Canadian author Ruth Ozeki won Women's Prize for Fiction 2022, for her novel The Book of Form and Emptiness'.
  1. Women's Prize for Fiction is one UK's most prestigious literary prizes, awarded annually to a female author of any nationality for best original full-length novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom in preceding year.
10. NCERT's Constituent unit Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET)'s initiative called PM eVIDYA, won UNESCO’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize 2021 for Use of ICT in Education.
June 20, 2022
1. Housing & Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched project NIPUN (National Initiative for Promoting Upskilling of Nirman workers), under flagship scheme Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM).
  1. It aims to train over 1 lakh construction workers, through fresh skilling and upskilling programmes and provides them with work opportunities in foreign countries also.
2. Multinational Peacekeeping Exercise Ex Khaan Quest 2022 held at Peace Support Operations Training Centre in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), attended by armies from 16 Nations including India (participated by personnel from Ladakh Scouts).
3. General Conferences (Jun 11-20, 2022) -
  1. Steel Minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh inaugurated first six lane highway road made by using Steel Slag at Surat (Gujrat), to connect the port with the city.
  2. PM Narendra Modi chaired First National Conference of Chief Secretaries, held at HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh).
  3. Dak Karmayogi, an e-learning portal of the Department of Posts has been launched by Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
  4. 12th Edition of India Chem 2022 will be held in November 2022 at Pragati Maidan (New Delhi), with Theme Vision 2030-Chem and Petrochemicals Build India.
  5. Bollywood Actress Kajol and Tamil actor Suriya have been invited to join Class of 2022 of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hosts the Oscars every year. The two Indian actors are among 397 distinguished artists from around the globe to be invited to join the organisation in 2022.
  6. Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated Karkinos Healthcare’s advanced centre in Kochi, as country's first oncology laboratory for comprehensive cancer diagnostic services.
  7. National Conference on Cyber Safety and National Security held at Vigyan Bhawan (New Delhi).
  8. Egypt hosted 8th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians, in Sharm El Sheikh. Nagaland's first woman elected as Member of Parliament to Rajya Sabha, S. Phangon Konyak, represented India at the Conference.
  9. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Mumbai become India’s first airport to launch a one-of-its-kind Vertical Axis Wind Turbine & Solar PV hybrid, to explore possibility of utilisation of wind energy at airport.
  10. Google announced a startup accelerator program for women founders, to help them address challenges such as fundraising and hiring. It will run from Jul to Sep 2022.
  11. India’s first Balika Panchayat started in five villages of Gujarat’s Kutch district, to promote social and political development of girls and ensure their active participation in politics.
4. June 20 - UN World Refugee Day, Proclaimed by United Nations General Assembly in Dec 2000. 2022 Theme is Whoever. Wherever. Whenever. Everyone has the right to seek safety.
5. As per IMD, Meghalaya's Mawsynram has set a new rainfall record of highest single-day rainfall since 1966, breaking Cherrapunji's record as wettest place on earth. Mawsynram received 1003 mm rainfall in 24 hours, on June 17.
6. British financial firm HSBC announced to lend USD 250 million to startups in India.
7. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) signed MoU with France’s Lyra Network, to enable acceptance of UPI and Rupay Platforms in France.
  1. So far, other countries that have adapted India’s UPI payment system are Singapore, UAE, Bhutan and Nepal.
8. Former Karnataka HC judge Bhimanagouda Sanganagouda Patil has been named as new Lokayukta of Karnataka.
9. Professional network LinkedIn announced to invest USD 500000 in partnership with UN Women, to advance women’s economic empowerment in India.
  1. Project will launch a pilot in Maharashtra, to cultivate digital, soft and employability skills of 2000 women and present them with career-building opportunities.
10. Adani Transmission's $700 million revolving facility has been tagged as a 'green loan' by Sustainalytics, Notably, projects under which are being implemented in Gujarat and Maharashtra.

June 19, 2022

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch) won Canadian Formula One Grand Prix 2022.

F1 Season 2022 -

Grand Prix	Winner	Race date
Bahrain Grand Prix	Ferrari's Charles Leclerc (Monaco)	20 March
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Red Bull's Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch)	27 March
Australian Grand Prix	Ferrari's Charles Leclerc (Monaco)	10 April
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix	Red Bull's Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch)	24 April
Miami Grand Prix	Red Bull's Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch)	8 May
Spanish Grand Prix	Red Bull's Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch)	22 May
Monaco Grand Prix	Red Bull's Sergio Pérez (Mexico)	29 May
Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Red Bull's Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch)	12 June
Canadian Grand Prix	Red Bull's Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch)	19 June
British Grand Prix		3 July
Austrian Grand Prix		10 July
French Grand Prix		24 July
Hungarian Grand Prix		31 July
Belgian Grand Prix		28 August
Dutch Grand Prix		4 September
Italian Grand Prix		11 September
Singapore Grand Prix		2 October
Japanese Grand Prix		9 October
United States Grand Prix		23 October
Mexico City Grand Prix		30 October
São Paulo Grand Prix		13 November
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix		20 November

PM Narendra Modi launched main tunnel and five underpasses of Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor Project, as part of Pragati Maidan Redevelopment Project.
1. It has been built at a cost over 920 crores, funded by Central Government. It is aimed to provide hassle free and smooth access to the new world class exhibition and convention centre being developed at Pragati Maidan.
PM Narendra Modi released Ram Bahadur Rai’s book Bhartiya Samvidhan: Ankahi Kahani.
World Competitiveness Index 2022 released by Institute for Management Development (IMD) -
1. Top 3 - Denmark (1), Switzerland (2), Singapore (3).
2. India ranked 37th in list, compared to 43rd last year.
June 19 is observed as World Sickle Cell Day, to raise public awareness about sickle cell disease and its treatment methods. It was proclaimed by United Nations General Assembly in 2008.
1. Sickle Cell Disease is a commonly occurring genetic disease. It is an inherited genetic abnormality of hemoglobin (oxygen-carrying protein found in red blood cells) due to which red blood cells (RBCs) causes stuck in small blood vessels and are unable to carry adequate amount of oxygen throughout body.
2. June 19 is also observed as International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.
3. June 19 is also observed as National Reading Day, to honour father of Library Movement in Kerala, P.N. Panicker whose death anniversary falls on June 19.

June 18, 2022

Highlights of PM Narendra Modi's Visit to Gujarat -
1. Participated in Gujarat Gaurav Abhiyan at Vadodara.
2. Inaugurated and laid foundation stone of development projects worth Rs 21,000 crores, along with laying foundation stone of over 1.4 lakh houses under PM Awas Yojana.
3. Launched Mukhyamantri Matrushakti Yojana, aiming to improve maternal and child health, with outlay of 800 crores. Under the scheme, pregnant and lactating mothers will be given 2 kg of chickpeas, 1 kg of tur dal and 1 kg of edible oil free of cost from Anganwadi Centres every month.
4. Disbursed 120 crores towards ‘Poshan Sudha Yojana’, which is now being extended to all tribal beneficiaries in state.
5. Inaugurate redeveloped temple of Shree Kalika Mata at Pavagadh Hill.
June 18, 2022 is observed as First ever UN International Day for Countering Hate Speech.
June 18 is observed by UN as Sustainable Gastronomy Day.
1. June 18 is also observed as Autistic Pride Day.

2022 Youth World Weightlifting Championships held in León (Mexico) -

Medal Table (Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)) -

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kazakhstan	12	3	6	21
2	Colombia	10	5	4	19
3	Egypt	6	5	3	14
4	Turkey	5	11	7	23
5	Ecuador	4	0	2	6
6	India	3	5	3	11

Indian Gold Medalists -
1. Sanapathi Gurunaidu - 2 Gold Medals (Clean & Jerk and Total), in Men's 55 KG
2. Snatch Akanksha Vyavahare - 1 Gold (Snatch), in Women's 40 KG

Kerala has been ranked first in Asia in Affordable Talent in Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER).
1. The State has also been ranked fourth in global ranking in the GSER.
2. In first GSER published in 2020, Kerala was ranked 5th in Asia and 20th in the world.

June 17, 2022
1. Govt nominated Ranjana Prakash Desai (retired Judge of Supreme Court of India) as Chairperson of Press Council of India.
2. June 17 - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (WDCDD), proclaimed in Jan 1995 by United Nations General Assembly. 2022 theme is Rising up from drought together.
  1. Notably, UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) organises Land for Life Award every two years to recognize excellence and innovation in efforts towards land in balance.
  2. Last Time it was awarded in 2021, and was won by Familial Forestry of Rajasthan, for a unique concept that relates a tree with a family, making it a green family member.
  3. Land for Life Award was launched at UNCCD COP 10 in 2011, and is considered world’s highest reward regarding land conservation and restoration.
3. RBI issued Payments Vision 2025 document, with core theme E-Payments for Everyone, Everywhere, Everytime (4Es).
  1. It aims to provide every user with safe, secure, fast, convenient, accessible and affordable e-payment options.
  2. RBI foresees tripling of total digital payment transactions by 2025.
4. China launched its third aircraft carrier, as its most modern and first completely domestically made naval warship, named Fujian.
5. Canara HSBC OBC Life renamed itself as Canara HSBC Life, after exit of its third partner Punjab National Bank (PNB).
  1. PNB had acquired a stake in the company following the amalgamation of Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) with PNB.
  2. Currently, Canara Bank holds 51% in insurance firm, HSBC holds 26% and PNB 23%. Following PNB’s exit, stake will be acquired by existing shareholders.
6. Hamza Abdi Barre has been appointed as new Prime Minister of Somalia (East Africa).
7. Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin launched Ennum Ezhuthum scheme, to bridge learning gap caused due to COVID pandemic among students aged below 8 years. It aims to ensure foundational literacy and numeracy by 2025.

June 16, 2022

Joint Indo-Bangladesh Army exercise Ex SAMPRITI-X conducted at Jashore Military Station in Bangladesh.
As per Environmental Performance index 2022 released by Yale University (US) -
1. India has been ranked at Bottom (180th position), out of 180 Nations in Index.
2. Top 3 - Denmark, United Kingdom, Finland
3. Bottom 3 - Vietnam (178), Myanmar (179), India (180)
4. Neighbors - Pakistan (176), China (160), Bangladesh (177), Sri Lanka (132)
5. Notably, India's Environment Ministry Rejected this Environmental Performance index 2022 report, stating its indicators as extrapolated and based on surmises and unscientific methods.
June 16 - International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR).
As per Kantar Brandz's Most Valuable Global Brands report -
1. 4 Indian companies - Tata Consultancy Service, HDFC Bank, Infosys and Life Insurance Corporation are featured among top 100 global biggest brands.
2. Apple retains its 1st position, followed by Google, Amazon and Microsoft.
As per Skytrax 2022 World Airport Awards (Paris, France) -
1. Qatar’s Hamad International Airport has been named World’s Best Airport for second year consecutively.
2. Kempegowda International Airport (Bengaluru) has been named finest regional airport in India and South Asia.
3. Tokyo Haneda Airport named as World’s Cleanest Airport, Best Domestic Airport, Best Airport in Asia, and Best Airport PRM & Accessible Facilities.
Inflation and Trade Deficit Data in May 2022 -
1. Wholesale price Index Based (WPI) -
  1. WPI based inflation spiked to 15.88% in May 2022, highest since September 1991, amid surge in price pressure in food and fuel.
  2. WPI Inflation in last 6 months -
    1. April 2022 - 15.08%
    2. March 2022 - 14.55%
    3. February 2022 - 13.11%
    4. January 2022 - 12.96%
    5. December 2021 - 13.56%
    6. November 2021 - 14.23%
    7. WPI Inflation has remained in double digits for 14 months now, due to elevated global commodity prices.
2. Consumer Price Index (CPI) Based (retail inflation) -
  1. CPI-based inflation rate for May 2022 came down to 7.04 %, after staying at 8 year high in April 2022 (7.79 %). It was still fifth straight month of retail inflation being above RBI Monetary Policy Committee’s medium-term target of 4 (+/-2) %.
  2. CPI Inflation in Last 6 Months -
    1. April 2022 - 7.79% (8 Year High)
    2. March 2022 - 6.95%
    3. February 2022 - 6.07%
    4. January 2022 - 6.01%
    5. December 2021 - 5.66%
    6. November 2021 - 4.91%
3. Trade Deficit (Imports - Exports) -
  1. Trade Deficit widened to 24.29 Billion USD in May 2022, with exports of USD 38.94 billion and imports of USD 63.22 billion.
  2. Trade Deficit in last 6 Months (Billion USD)-
    1. April 2022 - 20.1
    2. March 2022 - 18.7
    3. February 2022 - 20.9
    4. January 2022 - 17.4
    5. December 2021 - 21.7
    6. November 2021 - 23.0
Govt appointed industrialists Anand Mahindra, Pankaj R Patel and Venu Srinivasan, and former IIM Ahmedabad professor Ravindra H Dholakia as non-official directors on central board of RBI, for 4 years.
1. RBI Board Consists of -
  1. Official Directors -
    1. Full-time : Governor and not more than four Deputy Governors
  2. Non-Official Directors -
    1. Nominated by Government - 10 Directors (from various fields and two government Officials)
    2. Others : 4 Directors (one each from four local boards)

Government, in consultation with RBI, has announced Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme 2022-23, to be issued in tranches as per specified schedule -

S. No.	Tranche	Date of Subscription	Date of Issuance
1.	2022-23- Series I	June 20- June 24, 2022	June 28, 2022
2.	2022-23 Series II	August 22 –August 26, 2022	August 30, 2022

Features -

Item	Details
Issuance	To be issued RBI on behalf of Government of India, to resident individuals, HUFs, Trusts, Universities and Charitable Institutions.
Denomination	The SGBs will be denominated in multiples of gram(s) of gold with a basic unit of one gram.
Tenor	The tenor of the SGB will be for a period of eight years with an option of premature redemption after 5th year to be exercised on the date on which interest is payable.
Minimum size	Minimum permissible investment will be One gram of gold.
Maximum limit	The maximum limit of subscription shall be 4 KG forindividual, 4 Kg for HUF and 20 Kg for trusts and as notified by Government.
Joint holder	In case of joint holding, the investment limit of 4 KG will be applied to the first applicant only.
Issue price	Price of SGB will be fixed in Indian Rupees on basis of simple average of closing price of gold of 999 purity, published by India Bullion and Jewellers Association Limited (IBJA) for last 3 working days of week preceding subscription period. Issue price will be less by Rs 50 per gram for investors who subscribe & pay online.
Payment option	Payment for the SGBs will be through cash payment (upto a maximum of 20000) or demand draft or cheque or electronic banking.
Issuance form	The SGBs will be issued as Government of India Stock under Government Securities Act, 2006. The investors will be issued a Certificate of Holding for the same. SGBs will be eligible for conversion into demat form.
Redemption price	The redemption price will be in Indian Rupees based on simple average of closing price of gold of 999 purity, of previous three working days published by IBJA Ltd.
Sales channel	SGBs will be sold through Commercial banks, Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited (SHCIL), Clearing Corporation of India Limited (CCIL), designated post offices and recognised stock exchanges.
Interest rate	Investors will be compensated at a fixed rate of 2.50 percent per annum payable semi-annually on nominal value.
Collateral	Bonds can be used as collateral for loans. The loan-to-value (LTV) ratio is to be set equal to ordinary gold loan mandated by the Reserve Bank from time to time.
Tax treatment	Interest on SGBs shall be taxable as per provision of Income Tax Act 1961. Capital gains tax arising on redemption of SGB to an individual is exempted. Indexation benefits will be provided to long term capital gains arising to any person on transfer of bond.
Tradability	SGBs shall be eligible for trading.
SLR eligibility	SGBs acquired by banks through invoking lien/hypothecation/pledge alone, shall be counted towards Statutory Liquidity Ratio.
Commission	Commission for distribution of the bond shall be paid at the rate of one percent of the total subscription received by the receiving offices and receiving offices shall share at least 50 percent of commission with agents for business procured through them.

June 15, 2022
1. June 15 is observed as UN World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
  1. June 15 is also observed as Global Wind Day.
2. US Department of State launched Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative, dedicated to M K Gandhi and Dr Martin Luther King Jr., who were known as patrons of civil rights and social justice.
  1. It aims to bring together 20 emerging young civic leaders from India and US to advance civil rights, social justice, and inclusion on local, national and international levels by exploring histories and legacies of M K Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
3. Microsoft retired its web browser internet explorer, after 27 years of its launch, in 1995. Microsoft will no longer offer support for existing versions of Internet Explorer, and users will be directed to its replacement, Microsoft Edge.
4. New Chief Justices of Several State High Courts -
  1. Delhi High Court - Satish Chandra Sharma
  2. Telangana High Court - Ujjal Bhuyan
  3. Uttarakhand High Court - Vipin Sanghi
  4. Gauhati High Court -(Jurisdiction Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland) - Rashmin Manharbhai Chhaya
  5. Himachal Pradesh High Court - Amjad Ahtesham Sayed
5. Cabinet Approvals (June 15, 2022) -
  1. General -
    1. Approved proposal of Department of Telecommunications to conduct spectrum auction through which spectrum will be assigned to the successful bidders for providing 5G services to public and enterprises.
      1. Total 72097.85 MHz of spectrum with a validity period of 20 years will be put to auction soon. Auction will be held for spectrum in various Low (600 MHz, 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz), Mid (3300 MHz) and High (26 GHz) frequency bands.
      2. Mid and High band spectrum will be utilised by Telecom Service Providers to roll-out of 5G technology-based services, capable of providing speed and capacities, which would be about 10 times higher than current 4G services.
      3. Cabinet also decided to enable development and setting up of Private Captive Networks to spur a new wave of innovations in Industry 4.0 applications such as machine to machine communications, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) across automotive, healthcare, agriculture, energy, and other sectors.
    2. High Level Committee under Chairmanship of Home Minister Amit Shah approved additional Central assistance under National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to two States, which were affected by drought during 2021-22. It includes 1004 crores to Rajasthan and 39 crores to Nagaland.

June 14, 2022

First service of theme-based Bharat Gaurav Train from Coimbatore North to Sainagar Shirdi started its journey. With this, Southern Railway becomes the first zone in Indian Railways to get the first Registered service provider under ‘Bharat Gaurav” Scheme.
Highlights of PM Narendra Modi's Visit to Maharashtra -
1. Inaugurated Jagatguru Shrisant Tukaram Maharaj Temple in Dehu (Pune).
  1. Sant Tukaram was a Warkari saint and poet, famously known for Abhanga devotional poetry and community-oriented worship through spiritual songs known as Kirtans.
2. Participated in Dwishatabdi Mahotsav (200 years) of Mumbai Samachar in Mumbai. He also released a postal stamp to commemorate the occasion.
  1. Printing of Mumbai Samachar as a weekly was started on 1st July, 1822 by Fardunjee Marzbanji. It later became a daily in 1832.
June 14 is observed as World Blood Donor Day.

Cabinet Approvals (June 14, 2022) -

General -

Approved new recruitment scheme for Indian youth to serve in Armed Forces, called AGNIPATH. Youth selected under this scheme will be known as Agniveers. Features -

About : Agnipath is a new HR Management scheme for Armed Forces. Candidates inducted through this scheme will be called Agniveers, to be enrolled into Armed Forces (Air Force, Army and Navy) for 4 years. With introduction of this Scheme, the enrolment of soldiers in the regular cadre of Armed Forces, except technical cadres of Medical Branch, will be available only to those personnel who have completed their engagement period as Agniveer.
Afterwards : Post period of four years, Agniveers will be released. Based on requirements, upto 25 % Ex-Agniveers from each batch will be offered an opportunity to apply for enrolment in Armed Forces.
Age Limit : Eligible age will be in a range from 17.5 to 21 years. Note that For Recruitment year 2022 only, upper age limit has been kept at 23 years.
Uniform : A distinctive insignia will be worn by Agniveers on their uniform during their engagement period. Agniveers will also be entitled to honours and awards, as per guidelines.
Leaves : Agniveers will be entitled to Annual Leaves of 30 days per year.
Medical and CSD Facilities : For duration of their engagement period, Agniveers will be entitled for medical facility at Service Hospitals as well as CSD provisions.
Vacancies : In 2022, approx 46000 Agniveers shall be recuited into 3 Armed force branches (Navy, Army and Air Force).

Remuneration Package:

Year	Customised Package (Monthly)	In Hand (70%)	Contribution to Agniveers Corpus Fund (30%)	Contribution to Corpus fund by GoI
1st year	30000	21000	9000	9000
2nd year	33500	23100	9900	9900
3rd year	36000	25550	10950	10950
4th year	40000	28000	12000	12000
Total Contribution in Agniveers Corpus Fund after four years			5.02 Lakh	5.02 Lakh
Exit after 4 year			Rs. 10.04 Lakhs as Seve Nidhi Package (absolute amount excluding interest)

Agniveers will not be required to contribute to any Provident Fund of the Government.
There shall be no entitlement to gratuity and any kind of pensionary benefits in the case of Agniveers.
Agniveers will be provided life insurance cover of Rs. 48 lakhs for the duration of their engagement period as Agniveers in the IAF.
In case of death, cover amount upto 1 crore will be admissible to Next of Kin (NOK) from the Agniveer Corpus Fund.
Additional Annuncements made regarding Agnipath Scheme -
1. Ministry of Education announced to launch a special, three year skill based bachelor degree programme, to be granted by IGNOU, for serving defence personnel that will recognize the skill training received by them during their tenure in the defence establishments.
2. Defence Ministry approved to reserve 10% of job vacancies in Ministry of Defence for Agniveers meeting requisite eligibility criteria. 10% reservation will be implemented in the Indian Coast Guard, defence civilian posts and all the 16 Defence Public Sector Undertakings.
3. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) decideed to reserve 10 percent vacancies for recruitment in CAPFs and Assam Rifles for Agniveers, completing four years under Agnipath Scheme.
4. MHA also decided to give 3 years age relaxation beyond prescribed upper age limit to Agniveers for recruitment in CAPFs & Assam Rifles. Further, for first batch of Agniveer, the age relaxation will be for 5 years beyond the prescribed upper age limit.
5. Govt increased maximum entry age from 21 years to 23 years by giving two years relaxation in first year of 'Agnipath Yojana’.

MOUs -
1. Approved Agreement signed among Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states on cooperation in field of youth work.
2. Approved Memorandum of Association by India for establishment of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Technology Transfer Facility (TTF), which was signed by BIMSTEC countries at 5th BIMSTEC Summit held at Colombo (Sri Lanka), in Mar 2022.
3. Approved proposal for signing of an agreement between India and United Nations on a ‘Way Finding Application’ to be used in the Palais des Nations, United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG).
  1. While Global Positioning System (GPS) based Apps function in open space, a more precise in-building navigational App will assist visitors in locating room and offices.
  2. Project of development of ‘Way Finding Application’ was conceptualized as donation from India to UN on occasion of its 75th anniversary in 2020. Estimated financial implication for development deployment and maintenance of the App is $ 2 Million.
  3. Application will enable users to find their way from point to point within the 21 floors spread across five buildings of UNOG.
CCEA Approvals -
1. Approved moratorium of three years (2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23) to Cochin Port Authority (CoPA) towards repayment of the balance outstanding Government loans amounting to 446.83 crores, to tide over financial crisis due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Approved development of Phase I of New Greenfield Airport at Dholera, Gujarat at an estimated cost of 1305 crores, to be completed within 48 months.
  1. Project will be implemented by Dholera International Airport Company Limited (DIACL), a Joint Venture comprising Airports Authority of India, Government of Gujarat and National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust, holding equity in ratio of 51:33:16.
  2. This Airport is planned for operationalization from 2025-26, with initial passenger traffic to be 3 lakh passengers per annum, expected to grow to 23 lakh over 20 years.

June 13, 2022
1. Indian Railways launched StartUps for Railways, which aims at bringing scale and efficiency in field of operation, maintenance and infrastructure creation in Railways. Notable features -
  1. Grant up to Rs. 1.5 Crore to innovator on equal sharing basis with provision of milestone-wise payment.
  2. Trials of prototypes will be done in Railways. Enhanced funding will be provided to scale up deployment on successful performance of prototypes.
  3. Developed Intellectual property rights (IPR) will remain with innovator only.
  4. De-centralization of complete product development process at divisional level to avoid delays.
2. 4th Khelo India Youth Games 2021 Highlights -
  1. Held at Panchkula, Shahbad, Ambala, Chandigarh and Delhi.
  2. Games featured total 25 sports, including 5 indigenous games of India – Kalaripayattu, Thang-Ta, Gatka, Mallakhamba and Yogasana.
  3. Unlike previous editions, where Khelo India Youth Games were held in two age categories, 2021 edition had only Under-18 players competing.
  4. Hosts Haryana topped table with total 137 medals (52 gold), followed by Maharashtra (125 medals – 45 gold) and Karnataka (67 medals – 22 gold).
3. June 13 is observed as International Albinism Awareness Day (IAAD). 2022 Theme is United in making our voice heard.
4. Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill has been appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as his Envoy on Technology.
  1. Previously, Amandeep Singh was Executive Director and Co-lead of UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation.
5. IPL Digital and TV Rights for 2023-2027 have been sold by BCCI to two separate broadcasters, for 44075 crores. It includes TV rights (23,575 crores) and digital rights (20,500 crores).
  1. While Star India renewed its television deal, Viacom18 bagged digital rights for the tournament in the Indian subcontinent. The two broadcasters will now hold right to broadcast 410 matches for a five-year IPL cycle (2023 to 2027). Value of each IPL match will be Rs 107.5 crore.
  2. With this, IPL became second biggest league after America's Baseball league NFL in terms of media rights, overtaking most watched football league English Premier League.
  3. While NFL’s media rights is valued at Rs 136 crore per game, the EPL media rights are valued at Rs 82 crore per match.
6. Jammu and Kashmir administration approved establishment of State Investigation Agency in Union Territory, as a nodal agency to coordinate with central probe agencies.
7. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched Bharat Blockchain Network (BBN) (Academic Blockchain Consortium) & Polyversity (Educational Metaverse), developed by USA-based IT Services & IT Consulting company Information Data Systems (IDS).
  1. IDS is building Bharat Blockchain Network (BBN)- India’s Nationwide hybrid blockchain Network visioned to enable blockchain projects of academic interest around Governance, Issuance of verifiable credentials, Skill badges, Student transfer & Audit Trail along lines of NEP (National Education Policy) 2020.
  2. Polyversity is India’s Largest Educational Metaverse, with over 100 Academic Partners establishing virtual campuses to make education more accessible, immersive and meaningful.
8. Union Minister Jitendra Singh released 2nd edition of National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment 2021 -
  1. Overall, in NeSDA 2021, Kerala had highest overall compliance score amongst all States and UTs.
  2. North-East and Hill States - Nagaland, Meghalaya, Assam.
  3. Union Territories - Jammu & Kashmir, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Puducherry.
  4. About -
    1. Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) constituted National e-Governance Service Delivery Assessment (NeSDA) in 2019, to boost e-government endeavours and drive digital government excellence. The biennial study assesses States, UTs, and Central Ministries on effectiveness of e-Governance service delivery.

June 12, 2022

Indian shooters won 12 Medals (6 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze) at Para Shooting World Cup 2022 in Chatreauroux (France). Gold winners also secured their place at Paris 2024 Paralympics. Gold Winners -
1. Avani Lekhara (Tokyo 2020 gold medallist) - Women's 10m Air Rifle standing SH1 AND in R8 - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 event.
2. Srihari Devaraddi Ramakrishna - Mixed 10m Air Rifle SH2.
3. Rubina Francis and Manish Narwal - P6 - 10m air pistol mixed team.
4. Rahul Jakhar - In P5 - Mixed 10m Air Pistol Standard SH1 individual.
5. Team of Rahul Jakhar, Akash and Deepender Singh - P5 - Mixed 10m Air Pistol Standard SH1 Team.
June 12 - World Day against Child Labour. 2022 theme is Universal Social Protection to End Child Labour. It was established by International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2002.
1. Also, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) observed Elimination of Child Labour Week between June 12-20, 2022.
2022 Indonesia Masters Badminton Title -
1. Men's singles - Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
2. Women's singles - Chen Yufei (China)
3. Men's doubles - Indonesia's Fajar Alfian AND Muhammad Rian Ardianto
4. Women's doubles - China's Chen Qingchen AND Jia Yifan
5. Mixed doubles - China's Zheng Siwei AND Huang Yaqiong
Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, has been appointed as Under Secretary General of United Nations.
1. She succeeds Courtenay Rattray of Jamaica, who was appointed as Chef de Cabinet.
RBI Approved appointment of R Subramaniakumar as MD & CEO of RBL Bank.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II overtook Thailand’s King to become world’s second-longest reigning monarch in history, after France’s Louis XIV.
1. Crowned in 1953, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-serving British monarch in September 2015, surpassing her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria.
2. Now she has overtaken Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who reigned for 70 years and 126 days between 1927 and 2016, to set another record as world’s second-longest reigning monarch ever.
3. Louis XIV of France remains longest-reigning monarch ever, with a 72-year and 110-day reign from 1643 until 1715.
Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched YSR Yantra Seva Scheme and flagged off distribution of tractors and combine harvesters at Chuttugunta Centre in Guntur. Under this -
1. Around 3,800 tractors and 320 combined harvesters would be made available at Rythu Bharosa Centres (RBKs) across state.
2. Subsidy of 175 crores has been credited into 5,260 farmer group bank accounts.
3. Andhra Pradesh government aims to establish 10750 YSR Yantra Seva Kendras (CHCs).
4. YSR Yantra Seva Pathakam initiative was taken up to overcome shortage of farming machinery to farmers and to provide them with support in renting machinery at affordable prices.
Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland have been elected to United Nations Security Council as non-permanent members for 2023-2024 term.
1. With this, temporay term of India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, and Norway came to an end.
2. India’s two-year stint as a non-permanent member of UN Security Council will finish in December 2022, when it will simultaneously hold Presidency of UNSC.
3. UNSC has 15 members (5 permanent and 10 temporary) -
  1. Permanent members - China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States
  2. Non-permanent - Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Norway, United Arab Emirates.
    1. Note that after latest election, India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, and Norway will be replaced by Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch) won Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix 2022.

F1 Season 2022 -

Grand Prix	Winner	Race date
Bahrain Grand Prix	Ferrari's Charles Leclerc (Monaco)	20 March
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Red Bull's Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch)	27 March
Australian Grand Prix	Ferrari's Charles Leclerc (Monaco)	10 April
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix	Red Bull's Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch)	24 April
Miami Grand Prix	Red Bull's Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch)	8 May
Spanish Grand Prix	Red Bull's Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch)	22 May
Monaco Grand Prix	Red Bull's Sergio Pérez (Mexico)	29 May
Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Red Bull's Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch)	12 June
Canadian Grand Prix		19 June
British Grand Prix		3 July
Austrian Grand Prix		10 July
French Grand Prix		24 July
Hungarian Grand Prix		31 July
Belgian Grand Prix		28 August
Dutch Grand Prix		4 September
Italian Grand Prix		11 September
Singapore Grand Prix		2 October
Japanese Grand Prix		9 October
United States Grand Prix		23 October
Mexico City Grand Prix		30 October
São Paulo Grand Prix		13 November
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix		20 November

June 11, 2022
1. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman dedicated to nation Dharohar - the National Museum of Customs and GST in Goa, as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Iconic week of Ministry of Finance (June 6-12).
  1. The two storey ‘Blue building’, where museum is housed, was earlier known as Alfandega, during Portuguese rule in Goa.
2. June 11 is observed as Green Mizoram Day in Mizoram State.
3. Russia overtook Saudi Arabia to become India's second-biggest supplier of oil, behind Iraq.
  1. India is third-biggest oil-importing nation, behind China and US.
4. Karnataka government launched The Farmer Registration & Unified Beneficiary Information System (FRUITS) software for Aadhar-based, single-window registration for schemes.
  1. FRUITS software will facilitate single registration using an Aadhar card and Karnataka’s Bhoomi digitized land record system for authenticating ownership.
5. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched fifth edition of Enhanced Access and Service Excellence (EASE 5.0), which spells out common reforms agenda for public sector banks (PSBs) under EASENext program.
  1. EASE 5.0 will focus on digital customer experience, and integrated andinclusive banking, with emphasis on supporting small businesses and agriculture.
  2. Simultaneously, all PSBs will create a bank-specific three-year strategic roadmap.
6. 12th World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Ministerial Conference (MC12) held at WTO headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland). WTO Ministerial Conference is held every two years. Kazakhstan was originally scheduled to host MC12 in June 2020, but the conference was postponed due to pandemic.
7. Noted Industrialist Ratan Tata has been presented with Honorary Doctor of Literature by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, granted by HSNC University.
June 10, 2022
1. China released a new comprehensive geological map of the moon, being called most detailed map of the moon to date. It goes past map released by United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Science Centre in 2020, which was released to a scale of 1:5,000,000.
  1. The new geological map of moon released by China is to a scale of 1:2,500,000. It includes 12341 impact craters, 17 rock types, 81 impact basins, and 14 types of structures.
2. Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M. Scindia launched National Air Sport Policy 2022, laying out vision of making India as one of the top sports nations by 2030, by providing a safe, affordable, accessible, enjoyable and sustainable air sports ecosystem in India.
  1. The policy will cover following air sports -
    1. Aerobatics
    2. Aero modeling and model rocketry
    3. Amateur-built and experimental aircraft
    4. Ballooning
    5. Drones
    6. Gliding and powered gliding
    7. Hang gliding and powered hang gliding
    8. Parachuting (including skydiving, BASE jumping and wing suits etc.)
    9. Paragliding and para motoring (including powered parachute trikes etc.)
    10. Powered aircraft (including ultra light, micro light and light sports aircraft etc.)
    11. Rotorcraft (including autogyro)
  2. Under the new policy, there will be four-tier governance structure for air sports -
    1. Air Sports Federation of India (ASFI) as the apex governing body.
    2. National associations for individual air sports or a set of air sports, as appropriate.
    3. Regional or State / UT level units of national air sports associations, as appropriate.
    4. District-level air sports associations, as appropriate.
3. Misc. MOUs (June 2022) -
  1. MoU signed between Directorate General of Shipping and Indian Navy for transition of Indian Navy Personnel to Merchant Navy.
  2. To boost indigenous development of 5G, C-DOT and Galore Networks signed an agreement for collaborative development of end-to-end 5G RAN products & solutions.
  3. Tamil Nadu government signed MoU with India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) for obtaining life certificate from pensioners through doorstep services of Postal Department.
  4. To encourage investment in UP Defense Industrial Corridor, Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) signed MoUs with SBI, BOB, PNB, and SIDBI.
  5. Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) signed MoU with Belarus's Defense Initiatives (DI), to build cooperation for supply of Airborne Defense Suite for Indian Air Force’s helicopters.
4. Misc. Science News / Events (June 2022) -
  1. ONGC Subsidiary ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) announced oil discovery in recently drilled well, Urraca-IX, in Llanos Basin (Colombia).
  2. As per IIT Bombay Research, Mumbai is sinking at an average rate of 2mm per year because of a geographical phenomenon known as land subsidence.
  3. A fisher in Cambodia caught world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, measuring approx four metres (13 feet) and weighed approx 300 kg. Previous record for largest freshwater fish was a 293-kg Mekong giant catfish, discovered in Thailand in 2005.
  4. Very well preserved mummified body of a baby woolly mammoth with skin and hair has been discovered in Klondike gold fields (far north of Canada).
  5. ISRO Chairman S Somanath inaugurated ANANTH Technologies’ spacecraft manufacturing unit at Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) Aerospace Park, which can conduct assembly integration and testing of four large spacecraft simultaneously.
  6. In Leh (Ladakh), Amara Raja Power Systems will build India’s first green hydrogen fueling station for National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). It will create minimum of 80 kg of 99.97 % pure hydrogen each day, expected to operate five hydrogen fuel cell buses in the region.
  7. World’s largest living plant has been identified in shallow waters off the coast of Western Australia. The marine seagrass flowering plant known as Posidonia australis, stretches for over 112 miles in Shark Bay, a wilderness area protected as a World Heritage site.
  8. Indian Oil Corporation unveiled its patented indigenous solar cook top Surya Nutan, developed by its Faridabad R&D centre.
  9. China launched Three new remote sensing satellites as part of the Yaogan-35 family, by a Long March-2D carrier rocket.
  10. Researchers found largest bacterium known so far, in a Caribbean mangrove swamp, which can be seen with unaided eye. Named Thiomargarita magnifica, it is about size of a human eyelash.
5. Misc. Sports News / Events (June 2022) -
  1. Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated Squash Courts at Major Dhyanchand Stadium in New Delhi, as first-ever Squash courts opened by Sports Authority of India in any centre across country.
  2. Indian Olympic Gold Medalist Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra achieved new National world record at Paavo Nurmi Games 2022 in Finland, with his career’s best throw of 89.30 meters. He bagged a silver medal in the tournament, while Finland’s 25-year-old Oliver Helander won gold medal with his throw of 89.83 meters.
  3. Indian Olympic gold medalist Javelin Thrower Neeraj Chopra won gold medal at Kuortane Games in Finland, with throw of 86.69 metres.
  4. India will host FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 (7th edition), to be held in October 2022.
  5. Noted Indian Female cricketer Mithali Raj announced her retirement from all forms of International Cricket.
  6. England's World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan announced retirement from international cricket.
  7. Home Minister Amit Shah laid foundation stone of an Olympic-level sports complex to be constructed of Rs 632 crore in Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
  8. Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa won Norway Chess Group A open chess tournament.
  9. Rahul Srivatshav P (Telangana) became India’s 74th Grandmaster, achieving title after breaking 2500 (Elo points) barrier in live FIDE ratings during 9th Cattolica Chess Festival 2022 in Italy.
  10. Indian women’s Wrestling team won Under-17 Asian Championship 2022 title, at Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan).
  11. Indian Female Cricketer Rumeli Dhar announced her retirement from international cricket.
  12. Madhya Pradesh won its first Ranji Trophy title, beating Mumbai in final.
  13. Indian female discus thrower Navjeet Dhillon won gold at Qosanov Memorial 2022 athletics meet in Almaty (Kazakhstan).
  14. Olympic gold medallist Sydney McLaughlin (US) broke her own women’s 400 metres hurdles world record at U.S. championships in Eugene (Oregon), winning in 51.41 seconds.
  15. Wrestler Deepak Punia won bronze in 86kg freestyle weight category at U23 Asian wrestling championships 2022 in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan).
6. Notable Points in PM Narendra Modi Visit to Gujarat -
  1. Inaugurated and laid foundation stones of multiple development initiatives worth 3050 Crores during ‘Gujarat Gaurav Abhiyan’at Khudvel, a tribal region in Navsari.
  2. Inaugurated headquarters of Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) at Bopal, Ahmedabad.
    1. INSPACe is an independent nodal agency under Department of Space, for allowing space activities and using of Department of Space-owned facilities by non-government private entities and ensuring greater private participation in the sector.
    2. IN-SPACe also began authorising Indian private firms, marking beginning of private space sector launches in India. It came after Digantara Research and Technologies from Bengaluru and Dhruva Space from Hyderabad getting authorised by IN-SPACe, to launch their payloads.
7. General News / Conferences (June 1 -10, 2022) -
  1. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated India's First Biotech Startup Expo - 2022 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
  2. 4th volume of Books Loktantra ke Swar and The Republican Ethic, having selected speeches of President Ram Nath Kovind, have been released.
  3. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways HAS formulated scheme to engage talented, forward-thinking and dynamic young professionals in various divisions of Ministry, named Sagarmala Young Professional Scheme. It focuses on active on-the-ground learning for young professionals, about functioning of government and developmental policy concerns.
  4. Airports Authority of India began work for construction of New Greenfield Airport at Rajkot (Gujarat), To cater to increasing flow of air traffic in this region, with cost 1405 crores. It will be Spread over 2534 acres.
  5. New Guinness World Record created by NHAI in laying 75 km of bituminous concrete in a single lane on NH53 in 105 hours and 33 minutes, between Amrawati to Akola Districts.
  6. United Nations officially recognised name change of Turkey, to now be officially known as Turkiye.
  7. Union Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad released e-book titled Pratidhwani, which showcases policy initiatives by Income Tax Department and positive impacts during 2000 to 2022.
  8. For inviting nominations for various civilian awards, a common Rashtriya Puruskar Portal (awards.gov.in) has been developed by Government, to bring together all Awards of various Ministries/Departments/Agencies under one digital platform.
  9. Shreyas Hosur, from South Western Railways became first Railway officer to complete gruelling ‘IRONMAN’ Triathlon, which includes 3.8 km Swim, 180 km Cycling and 42.2 km Running.
  10. National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) launched a CiSS application under Baal Swaraj portal, to help in rehabilitation process of Children in Street Situations (CiSS).
  11. Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid foundation stones of 15 National Highway projects in Patna and Hajipur in Bihar, worth 13,585 crores. It notably includes east lane of revamped Mahatma Gandhi Setu, which connects North Bihar with South Bihar.W ith this super structure replacement project, time taken to cross Mahatma Gandhi Setu has been reduced from 2 to 3 hours to 5 to 10 minutes.
  12. Malaysia abolished mandatory death penalty, and also agreed on a substitute sentence that will be imposed at discretion of the courts.
  13. India's first indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine for animals, Anocovax, has been launched.
  14. Gujarat hosted National Education Ministers’ Conference 2022.
  15. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau unveiled new legislation that would implement some strict gun control measures, including a freeze on country’s handgun purchases and sales.
  16. Noted Former Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar will continue as United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador for a record 20th year, working for the welfare of underprivileged children.
  17. Following Central government’s guideline advising against usage of word ‘Harijan’, Delhi government will replace word ‘Harijan’ from names of colonies & streets and name them after Babasaheb Ambedkar instead.
  18. Rajasthan Govt launched a Special Health Care Campaign for pregnant women in Karauli district, called Anchal.
  19. mRube, the electronic trading platform promoted by Rubber Board, has been made live, with Ahmedabad-based i-Sourcing Technologies as technology partner.
  20. Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin flagged off luxury cruise liner Empress from Chennai port, as 11 storey tourist vessel that can accommodate up to 2000 passengers.
  21. Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated FSSAI's National Food Laboratory (NFL) in Raxaul of Bihar’s East Champaran district. It has been set up as a modern facility equipped with advanced facilities and infrastructure for testing of food samples entering India.
  22. Baikho festival observed in state of Assam, by Rabha tribes, to call for auspicious harvest season.
  23. United Nations approved humanitarian assistance of $48 million to Sri Lanka, amid its economic struggles.
  24. Goa CM Pramod Sawant launched Beach Vigil App, for enabling a better and holistic management of beaches.
  25. Week-long Sital Sasthi hindu festival celebrated in Odisha, marking marriage of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati.
  26. Delhi Government, in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India, built an oxygen producing facility at G. B. Pant Hospital in New Delhi, To supplement oxygen supply capacities.
  27. First-ever India-European Union (EU) Security and Defence Consultations held in Brussels (Belgium).
8. United Nations General Assembly adopted an India-sponsored resolution on multilingualism, mentioning Hindi language for the first time.
  1. It encourages United Nations to continue disseminating important communications and messages in official as well as non-official languages, including in Hindi.
9. India’s sovereign rating has been upgraded to Stable from Negative by Fitch Ratings, as downside risks to medium-term growth diminished due to India's sustained economic recovery and easing financial weaknesses.
10. As a first such move globally, New York state legislature (US) passed right to repair bill, that will require digital electronics manufacturers to make parts, tools, information, and software available to consumers and independent repair shops. This will enable independent repair shops to compete with manufacturers.
June 09, 2022
1. June 9 is observed as World Accreditation Day.
  1. June 9 is also observed as Coral Triangle Day, to raise awareness of ocean conservation and protection, especially on Coral Triangle, which are world's epicenter of marine biodiversity.
2. NASA's DAVINCI mission (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging) to Venus will be launched in 2029, with a spacecraft and probe.
  1. DAVINCI will perform two flybys of Venus before taking a plunge through the layered atmosphere to attempt landing on surface of the planet in 2031.
  2. It will be the first-ever mission to Venus using both spacecraft flybys and a descent probe. During flybys, the spacecraft will take measurements of the clouds and ultraviolet absorption on Venusian day side and also take measurements of the heat emanating from planet’s surface on the night side.
  3. The mission has been named after the Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci.
3. Ramkrishna Mukkavilli became first Indian to be recognised as Global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Pioneer for water stewardship by United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), as first such recognition for any Indian.
4. Misc. / Industrial Awards (June 2022) -
  1. Indian American Harini Logan won 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee in US.
5. Members of European Parliament voted to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035, to step up fight against climate change through faster development of electric vehicles.
6. International Institute of Sports & Management Mumbai (IISM) launched India’s first book on Sports Marketing titled Business of Sports: The Winning Formula for Success, authored by Sports author Vinit Karnik.
7. WhatsApp announced SMBSaathi Utsav initiative, that aims to support small businesses by helping them adopt digital mediums such as WhatsApp Business App to run their business.
  1. It has been Launched in Jaipur, in collaboration with Josh Talks, to educate and help small businesses unlock their potential through WhatsApp.
8. Maruti Suzuki has set up a 20 MWp solar power plant at its Manesar-based manufacturing facility (Haryana), which will contribute 28000 MW per annum.
9. Market regulator SEBI revamped its 25-member mutual fund advisory committee, to now be chaired by Usha Thorat (former RBI Deputy Governor). Previously, the panel consisted of 24 members.
10. PM Narendra Modi launched a special circulation series of Rs 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 denominations, with Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav design. These coins will also be visually impaired friendly’.
June 08, 2022
1. In a key RBI Monetary Policy Committee Meet -
  1. RBI hiked Repo Rate by 50 basis points to 4.90 %. Accordingly, Standing Deposit Facility Rate stands adjusted to 4.65% and Marginal Standing Facility rate and Bank Rate to 5.15%.
    1. Earlier, repo rate was increased by 40 basis points, on May 04, 2022. More rate hikes are anticipated by RBI in near future, to contain mounting retail inflation.
  2. Other highlights -
    1. Assuming normal monsoon in 2022 and average crude oil price of $105 per barrel in Indian basket, inflation is projected at 6.7% in 2022-23. Quarterly -
      1. Q1 - 7.5%
      2. Q2 - 7.4%
      3. Q3 - 6.2%
      4. Q4 - 5.8%
    2. Real GDP growth for 2022-23 is estimated at 7.2%. Quarterwise -
      1. Q1 - 16.2%
      2. Q2 - 6.2%
      3. Q3 - 4.1%
      4. Q4 - 4.0%
      5. Note that According to NSO provisional estimates released on May 31, India's GDP growth in 2021-22 is estimated at 8.7%.
    3. Measures to benefit Cooperative Banks -
      1. Increased existing limits on individual housing loans by cooperative banks -
        Limits for Tier I /Tier II UCBs shall stand revised from 30 lakh/ 70 lakh to 60 lakh/140 lakh, respectively.
        
        For rural cooperative banks (RCBs), limits increased from 20 to 50 lakh for RCBs with assessed net worth less than 100 crore, and from 30 to 75 lakh for the rest.
        
        These limits were last revised for UCBs in 2011 and for RCBs in 2009.
      2. Urban cooperative banks can now extend doorstep banking services to customers.
    4. To further augment customer convenience and facilitate recurring payments like subscriptions, insurance premia and education fees of larger value, limit per transcation for e-mandate based recurring payments increased from 5000 to 15000.
    5. Now, credit cards too can be linked with UPI platform, beginning with RuPay cards.
2. Misc. Economic / Financial News (June 2022) -
  1. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh approved enhancement of funding under Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme of Ministry of Defence to Rs 50 crore per project from Rs 10 crore. TDF scheme, executed by DRDO, supports indigenous development of components, products, systems and technologies by MSMEs and start-ups.
  2. Competition Commission approved Google's acquisition of 1.28 % stake in Bharti Airtel, with investment upto 1 Billion USD.
  3. At end March 2022, India’s external debt was placed at US$ 620.7 billion, recording increase of US$ 47.1 billion over its level at end March 2021. External debt to GDP ratio declined to 19.9 %, from 21.2 % at end-March 2021.
  4. RBI cancelled banking license of The Mudhol Co-operative Bank (Bagalkot, Karnataka) and Millath Co-operative Bank (Davangere, Karnataka).
  5. After satisfactory compliance demonstrated by Mastercard Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd, RBI has lifted ban issued on it for on-boarding of new domestic customers.
  6. Digital solutions provider Kiya.ai launched India’s first banking metaverse Kiyaverse.
  7. Indian Bank launched its KCC Digital Renewal scheme, enabling customers to renew their Kisan Credit Card accounts digitally, as part of bank’s digital transformation project WAVE - World of Advanced Virtual Experience.
  8. Payments solution provider OmniCard became 1st RBI licensed PPI (prepaid payment instrument) to launch cash withdrawal using a RuPay-powered card from any ATMs across country. This came after RBI permitted non-bank licensed entities to enable cash withdrawals from digital wallets.
  9. Chinese firm Tencent bought stake worth $264 million (about 2060 crores) in Walmart-owned e-commerce firm Flipkart from its co-founder Binny Bansal.
  10. Equitas Small Finance Bank launched kids’ savings account called ENJOI.
  11. Financial platform CASHe launched industry-first credit line service using its AI-powered chat capability on WhatsApp, to provide customers a convenient way to access instant credit line.
  12. Govt declared IT resources of ICICI, HDFC Bank and NPCI as critical information infrastructure under Section 70 of IT Act 2000, implying any harm to them can have an impact on national security and unauthorised access punishable with up to 10 years jail term.
  13. DBS Bank India acquired 9.9% share in Svakarma Finance, a non-deposit taking NBFC that provides micro businesses with relevant financial solutions.
  14. LIC introduced new product called Dhan Sanchay, as a non-linked, non-participating individual savings life insurance plan that offers both protection and savings.
  15. Bengaluru-based neobanking platform Freo launched its digital savings account ‘Freo Save’ in partnership with Equitas Small Finance Bank. It become first consumer neobank in country to provide full-stack neo-banking products, including savings account, credit and payments products, cards and wealth-growth products.
  16. Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare collaborated with State Bank of India, to create an integrated pension portal to enhance ease of living for pensioners.
  17. CARD91, a global payment infrastructure powering B2B payments, partnered with Yes Bank and RuPay, to create a card management system that will allow companies to launch a variety of co-branded card instruments and maintain real-time insights.
  18. Indian drone manufacturer startup Garuda Aerospace announced to invest 115 crores in construction of a production facility in Malaysia.
  19. NBFC Mufin Finance received preliminary authorisation from RBI to issue semi-closed prepaid payment instruments.
  20. Fintech services Firm Acemoney launched UPI 123Pay payment and wearable ATM cards. UPI 123Pay framework was earlier launched by RBI in March 2022, which allows cashless transactions without smartphones or internet connections using feature phones. Wearable ATM cards are Wearables that enables cashless transactions without ATM cards and phones.
3. June 8 - World Oceans Day. 2022 theme is ‘Revitalization: collective action for the ocean’.
4. Cabinet Approvals (June 08, 2022) -
  1. MOUs -
    1. Approved MoU between S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS), Kolkata, and Leibniz-Institut fur Festkorper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden e.V. (Germany), to boost scientific cooperation in field of "Novel Magnetic and Topological Quantum Materials".
    2. Approved MoU to establish collaborative guidelines between National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan and Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), India, to carry out and implement joint research on air quality and climate change.
    3. Approved MOU with Australia for Technical Cooperation in urban water management.
    4. Approved MOU with USA for Cooperation in health sector.
    5. MOU with MoUwith United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Cooperation in field of Industries and Advanced Technologies.
  2. CCEA Approvals -
    1. Approved increase in Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for all mandated Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2022-23, ensuring 50 - 85 % Return over cost.
  3. General -
    1. Approved transfer of 10 in-orbit communication satellites from Government of India to Newly formed PSU NewSpace India Ltd. (NSIL), estabished in 2019 under Department of Space.
      1. Cabinet has also approved increasing authorized share capital of NSIL from Rs.1000 crore to Rs.7500 crore.
June 07, 2022
1. June 7 is observed as World Food Safety Day, with 2022 theme - ‘Food Safety, everyone’s business’. It was First Observed in 2019, facilitated by World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of United Nations (UN). On this occasion, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya released 4th State Food Safety Index. This year -
  1. Among larger states, Tamil Nadu was the top ranking state, followed by Gujarat and Maharashtra.
  2. Among smaller states, Goa stood first followed by Manipur and Sikkim.
  3. Among UTs, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi and Chandigarh secured first, second and third ranks.
2. Ministry of Railways announced to disband 5 Railway Engineers Territorial Army Regiments located at Jhansi, Kota, Adra, Chandigarh and Secunderabad.
  1. It will Retain one Railway Engineer Regiment (TA) at Jamalpur (Bihar), for operational role along the route New Jalpaiguri-Siliguri-Newmal-Alipurduar-Rangiya (361Kms) to cover critical rail link through Siliguri corridor and further upto Rangiya.
3. Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated National Tribal Research Institute in New Delhi, as a premier national level institute to cater to tribal concerns, issues and matters in academic, executive and legislative fields.
4. Noted Musician AR Rahman has been appointed as ambassador of India/UK Together Season Of Culture, a series of events hosted by British Council.
  1. The 10-month initiative, which will culminate in March 2023, is part of the India-UK Roadmap 2030 which was launched in May 2021 to strengthen bilateral ties.
5. Himachal Pradesh cabinet approved Drone Policy 2022, to propagate use of drones and drone-enabled technology for creating employment opportunities. Himachal Pradesh also became first to approve a state drone policy.
6. Tamil Nadu government launched programmne called Nalaya Thiran (Tomorrow’s ability) under Naan Mudhalvan (I am the first) umbrella programme.
  1. Under it, approx 50000 college students will be trained with knowledge in computer science, electronics and IT domains, skilling them on problem solving using technologies.
7. Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy launched 14400 app, to enable people to register corruption-related complaints against state officials.
8. Albania (Southeastern Europe) elected military official Bajram Begaj as Albania's new president.
9. International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) Awards 2022 (Abu Dhabi) -
  1. Best Actor (Male): Vicky Kaushal (Sardar Udham)
  2. Best Actor (Female): Kriti Sanon (Mimi)
  3. Best Director: Vishnuvaradhan (Shershaah)
  4. Best Film: Shershaah
  5. Best Playback Singer Female: Asees Kaur for ‘Raataan Lambiyan’, (Shershaah)
  6. Best Playback Singer Male: Jubin Nautiyal for song ‘Raataan Lambiyan’, (Shershaah)
  7. Best Music Direction: A R Rahman for Atrangi Re and Jasleen Royal, Javed-Mohsin, Vikram Montrose, B Praak, Jaani for Shershaah
  8. Best Supporting Actor Female: Sai Tamhankar (Mimi)
  9. Best Supporting Actor Male: Pankaj Tripathi (Ludo)
10. Times Higher Education Asia (THE Asia) University Rankings 2022 -
  1. Top 3 - Tsinghua University (China), Peking University (China), National University of Singapore (Singapore)
  2. Indian Universities in List -
    1. Indian Institute of Science Banglore (IISc) is ranked as India's best institute, ranked 42nd in Asia.
    2. IISC is followed by JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, IIT Ropar, IIT Indore and IIT Gandhinagar.
11. QS World University Rankings 2023 -
  1. Top 5 -
    1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
    2. University of Cambridge (UK)
    3. Stanford University (USA)
    4. University of Oxford (UK)
    5. Harvard University (USA)
  2. Indian Institutes in List -
    1. Top 5 out of 41 Indian Universities in List -
      1. IISc Bangalore (155)
      2. IIT Bombay (172)
      3. IIT Delhi (174)
      4. IIT Madras (250)
      5. IIT Kanpur (264)
June 06, 2022
1. Misc. Defence News / Events (June 2022) -
  1. 38th India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) jointly held between Indian and Indonesian Navies, in Andaman Sea and Straits of Malacca.
  2. Ministry of Defence approved setting up wayside amenities at 75 locations in 12 States/UTs on different roads built by Border Roads Organisation (BRO), branded as ‘BRO Cafes’.
  3. Indigenously-developed Laser-Guided Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) successfully test-fired from Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun by DRDO and Indian Army. ATGM employs a tandem High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) warhead to defeat Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA) protected armoured vehicles.
  4. ABHYAS – High speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) successfully flight-tested from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur (Odisha).
  5. An Indian 5G test bed will be established at the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE), Mhow in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M). It will facilitate Indian Army to utilise 5G technology for its operational use, especially along its borders.
  6. Successful launch of a Short-Range Ballistic Missile Prithvi-II carried out from ITR Chandipur (Odisha), with range upto 350 KMs.
  7. Defence Acquisition Council, chaired by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh, approved Capital Acquisition Proposals of Armed Forces amounting to 76390 crores, to boost Atmanirbhar Bharat Campaign. It notbaly includes procurement of Next Generation Corvettes (NGC) at an estimated cost of approx 36000 crores, For Indian Navy.
  8. Indian Air Force participated in Tactical Leadership Programme with Egypt Air Force, at Egyptian Air Force Weapon School (Cairo west Airbase).
  9. Defence Ministry signed a contract with defence PSU Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) for supply of indigenously developed Astra Mk-I Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air to air missiles and associated equipment for Indian Air Force (IAF) and Navy at 2971 Crores.
  10. A heritage centre to showcase role of Indian Air Force in various wars and its overall functioning will come up at Chandigarh, with signing of an MoU between Chandigarh Administration and IAF.
  11. Defence Ministry amended regulations related to appointment of Chief of Defence Staff -
    1. As per new rules, government may now consider officers serving as Lt Gen equivalent or General equivalent for appointment of CDS. Officers who have retired in rank of Lt Gen or Gen but have not attained age of 62 years on date of appointment, can also be considered for CDS appointment.
    2. Earlier, a four-star general from any of the three services was eligible to be appointed as CDS, on the basis of merit-cum-seniority of the military officer.
2. President Ram Nath Kovind visited Uttar Pradesh -
  1. Attended 90th year celebrations of the Merchants Chamber of Uttar Pradesh at Kanpur, and centenary celebrations of Gitapress at Gorakhpur.
  2. Inaugurated Santkabir Academy and Research Centre at Maghar and Swadesh Darshan Yojana.
3. Govt notified Green Open Access Rules 2022, to further accelerate renewable energy programmes and help achieve 500 GW of Non-fossil fuel by 2030. Salient Features -
  1. Green Open access is allowed to any consumer and limit of Open Access Transaction has been reduced from 1 MW to 100 kW for green energy, to enable small consumers also to purchase renewable power through open access.
  2. Provide certainty on open access charges to be levied on Green Energy Open Access Consumers which includes transmission, wheeling, cross-subsidy surcharge and standby charges.
  3. Transparency in approval process of open access application. Approval to be granted in 15 days or else it will be deemed to have been approved.
  4. Tariff for green energy shall be determined separately by the Appropriate Commission.
  5. Consumers will be given the green certificates if they consume green power.
4. June 6 is observed as UN Russian Language Day, established by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2010.
  1. June 6 is also observed as World Pest Day or World Pest Awareness Day.
  2. June 6 is also observed as BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Day, with 2022 marking BIMSTEC's 25th anniversary.
5. India defeated Poland to win inaugural FIH Hockey 5s championship, in Lausanne (Switzerland). About -
  1. First played in preparation for 2014 Youth Olympic Games, 5s is a shorter format of hockey, designed to adapt to multiple surfaces, spaces, and environments.
  2. As name suggests, it features 5 players on each team (including a goalkeeper). Field of play is 55 metre long and 41.70 metre wide, which is approx half the size of a regular pitch.
6. PM Narendra Modi launched Jan Samarth Portal for credit-linked government schemes, as part of Iconic week celebrations (June 6-11) of Ministry of Corporate Affairs).
  1. Jan Samarth Portal wil be a one-stop portal linking government credit schemes, as a first-of-its-kind platform that will directly connect beneficiaries to lenders.

June 05, 2022

June 5 - World Environment Day, designated by United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) in 1972. It was first celebrated in 1974.
1. 2022 Theme is Only one Earth. It is hosted in Sweden in 2022. India was host Nation in 2018.
2. On this occasion -
  1. PM Narendra Modi attended a programme on ‘Save Soil Movement’ at Vigyan Bhawan (New Delhi). Save Soil Movement is a global movement to increase awareness about deteriorating soil health and bring about a conscious response to improve it, started by Sadhguru in March 2022.
  2. PM Narendra Modi launched Lifestyle for the Environment (LiFE) Movement, and initiated LiFE Global Call for Ideas and Papers, inviting measurable and scalable behavior change solutions that can drive climate-friendly behaviors among individuals, communities and organisations.
    1. Idea of LiFE was introduced by PM Modi during 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, in 2021.
  3. National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and World Resources Institute (WRI) India, jointly announced ‘Leaders in Climate Change Management’ (LCCM), a practice-based learning program. It aims at building capacity among urban professionals to lead climate action across sectors and geographies in India.
    1. For this, Administrative Training Institute Mysuru, singed tripartite MoU with NIUA and WRI India, becoming first delivery partner of LCCM program.
    2. Program aims to build capacity among 5,000 urban leaders in climate change adaptation and mitigation by 2027.
  4. World’s first fishing cat survey, which took place at the Chilika Lake in Odisha, stated that the lake has 176 fishing cats.
  5. Indian Railways have been awarded by UIC International Sustainable Railway Awards (ISRA) in category of “Best use of Zero-Carbon Technology” for feeding Solar Energy directly to 25 KV AC Traction System.
  6. Sikkim Govt declared Blue Duke as State Butterfly of Sikkim.
3. June 5 is also observed as International Day for the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing, observed by UN Food and Agriculture Organization since 2018.
2022 French Open Grandslam Tennis (126th edition) -
1. Men's singles - Rafael Nadal (Spain). He defeated Casper Ruud (Norway) in final.
  1. It is Nadal's 14th French Open and overall 22nd grand slam title.
2. Women's singles - Iga Świątek (Poland). She defeated Coco Gauff (USA).
  1. It is Iga Świątek's 2nd french open and 2nd grand slam title.
3. Men's doubles - Marcelo Arévalo (El Salvador) AND Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands)
4. Women's doubles - France's Caroline Garcia AND Kristina Mladenovic
5. Mixed doubles - Ena Shibahara (Japan) AND Wesley Koolhof (Netherlands)
6. Boys' singles - Gabriel Debru (France)
7. Girls' singles - Lucie Havlíčková (Czech Republic)
Meghalaya government's key initiative of e-proposal system, part of Meghalaya Enterprise Architect, has won UN Award- World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS) prize at Geneva (Switzerland), in category of role of governments in promotion of ICTs for development.

PARAM ANANTA Supercomputer has been launched at IIT Gandhinagar, with 838 TeraFlops Capacity (.838 Peta Flops), under Phase 2 of National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).

About National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) -

NSM is steered jointly by the department of science and technology (DST) and ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY), and implemented by C-DAC and IISc.
Under NSM, till date 15 supercomputers have been installed across nation with aggregate compute capacity of 24 petaflops. All these supercomputers have been manufactured in India and operating on indigenously developed software stack.

Supercomputers Installed & Commissioned in India as a part of NSM
Name	Speed	Location
PARAM Ananta	838 TF	IIT Gandhinagar
PARAM Shivay	833 TF	IIT BHU Varanasi
PARAM Shakti	1.66 PF	IIT Kharagpur
PARAM Brahma	797 TF	IISER Pune
PARAM Sanganak	1.66 PF	IIT Kanpur
PARAM Seva	833 TF	IIT-H
PARAM Yukti	833 TF	JNCASR
PARAM Smriti	833 TF	NABI Mohali
PARAM Utkarsh	833 TF	C-DAC B
PARAM Sidhi (Fastest)	5.26 PF	National AI Facility CDAC-Pune
PARAM Pravega	3.3 PF	IISC
PARAM Ganga	1.66 PF	IIT Roorkee
Total	19.338 PF

NSM phases -
1. Phase 1-Plan was to install 6 supercomputers with 30% value additions done in India. Focus on this phase was to create an ecosystem for assembly of system components within the country. Supercomputers were installed at IIT-BHU (Varanasi), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (Pune), IIT-Kharagpur and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (Bengaluru).
2. Phase 2- Second phase which started in April 2021 aimed at manufacturing supercomputers in the country with an indigenous software stack.
3. Phase 3- Focus is on design and manufacturing in the country. Phase 3, has been initiated in 2021 and is expected to take computing speed to 45 PF. As per plan three system with 3 PF each and one system with 20 PF will be installed at national facility.

Globally -
1. China has largest number of Supercomputers in top 500 list -173 followed by US-149 and Japan-32. India has so far three supercomputers in the list and includes PARAM Siddhi AI, Pratyush and Mihir.
  1. Prathyush (4 PF) and Mihir (2.8 PF) are supercomputers established at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune and National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast (NCMRWF), Noida respectively. It was inaugurated in January 2018.
2. Also, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Frontier, or OLCF-5 is world's first supercomputer, hosted at Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) in Tennessee, United States. Its capacity has been measured at 1.102 exaFLOPS (1102 PetaFlops).
3. Fugaku supercomputer located at RIKEN Centre for Computational Science in Kobe, Japan is world’s 2nd fastest supercomputer, with 442 PF Capacity.

June 04, 2022
1. 17th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) Awards -
  1. Best Documentary Film of the Festival (Golden Conch award) - Dutch documentary Turn Your Body to the Sun, that tells story of a Soviet Prisoner of War. It carries award money of 10 Lakh INR.
  2. Best Short-fiction - Saakshatkaaram (Malayalam) & Brother Troll (Denmark).
  3. Best Animation Film: Prince in a Pastry Shop (Poland)
  4. National Competition -
    1. Best Documentary (above 60 minutes) - Admitted (5 Lakh INR)
    2. Best Documentary (under 60 minutes) - Screaming Butterflies (5 Lakh INR)
    3. Best Short Fiction (upto 45 minutes) - Geru Patra (3 Lakh)
    4. Best Animation - Kandittundu (Seen It) (3 Lakh)
    5. Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari Award for Best Debut Director (Animation) - Radha (1 Lakh)
2. June 4 is observed as International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.4
3. RBI issued results for its first global hackathon named HARBINGER 2021 – Innovation for Transformation, with theme Smarter Digital Payments.
  1. It invited participants to identify and develop solutions that have potential to make digital payments accessible to under-served, enhance ease of payments and user experience.
4. Govt appointed A Manimekhalai as managing director of Union Bank of India.
5. Alok Kumar Choudhary has been appointed as a Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI), in charge of Retail Business & Operations.
  1. SBI Board has 1 Chairman, 4 Managing Directors and 8 Directors.
June 03, 2022
1. June 3 - World Bicycle Day, declared by United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2018. It promotes use of Bicycle for its environmental and health benefits
2. Social Justice and empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar launched Scheme SHRESHTA (Scheme for residential education for students in High school in Targeted Areas), to benefit SC students those who could not reach for higher quality education, and bring change for betterment of their livelihoods.
  1. SHRESHTA will provide access to high quality residential education to meritorious poor students from Scheduled Caste communities, whose parental annual income is up to 2.5 Lakh per annum, at free of cost from class 9th to class 12th.
  2. Under this, each year a specified number of meritorious SC students (Approx 3000) in States / UTs will be selected through a transparent mechanism of a National Entrance Test for SHRESHTA (NETS), conducted by the National Testing Agency ( NTA ). Selected students are admitted in the Best Private Residential Schools, affiliated by CBSE, in classes 9th and 11th for completion of education till 12th standard.
3. Indian Navy Ships Nishank and Akshay have been decommissioned, after rendering 32 years of services to the nation.
  1. INS Nishank was commissioned on 12 September 1989, while INS Akshay was commissioned a year later on 10 December 1990 at Poti, Georgia.
4. First liquid mirror telescope in India and largest in Asia, has been commissioned at Devasthal (Uttarakhand).
  1. It will help surveying sky, by keeping a watch on overhead sky to identify transient or variable objects such as supernovae, gravitational lenses, space debris, and asteroids.
  2. It is Built by astronomers from India, Belgium and Canada, and employs a 4-meter-diameter rotating mirror made up of a thin film of liquid mercury to collect and focus light. It is located at an altitude of 2450 metres at the Devasthal Observatory campus of Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), in Nainital district, Uttarakhand.
5. Former SBI MD Ashwani Bhatia has been appointed as whole time member at market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).
6. Swarup Kumar Saha has been named as MD & CEO of Punjab and Sind Bank.
7. Punjab government abolished physical stamp papers, and launched e-stamp facility, to bring efficiency and check pilferage of State revenue.
8. Govt approved 8.1 % rate of interest on employees' provident fund (EPF) deposits for 2021-22, for about five crore subscribers of retirement fund body Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). It is at its lowest level in over four-decades.
June 02, 2022
1. June 2 is Statehood Day of Telangana, which was formed in 2014 as India's 29th State.
2. England Cricketer Moeen Ali has been awarded Order of the British Empire (OBE), for his services to Cricket. Moeen Ali was included on Queen’s Birthday Honours List, in recognition of his 16 years professional cricket career.
3. Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot announced Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards to be introduced in state, to honor meritorious sportspersons.
  1. Also announced conducting Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympics in state, from August 29, 2022 onwards, with over 27 lakh players participating.
4. Tata Projects bagged contract to construct Noida International Airport at Greater Noida’s Jewar (Uttar Pradesh).
  1. Earlier in 2019, Flughafen Zürich AG, the operator of Zurich Airport in Switzerland won the bid to build and operate Noida International airport for 40 years.
  2. For this purpose, Yamuna International Airport Private Limited (YIAPL), a subsidiary of Zurich Airport International AG was incorporated as a Special Purpose Vehicle.
  3. Planned to be completed by October 2024, it will be India's largest airport.
5. Former West Indies Cricketer Darren Sammy has been conferred with Sitara-i-Pakistan Award, for his role in helping bring international cricket back to Pakistan. It is third-highest civil award conferred in Pakistan.
  1. Earlier In March 2020, he received highest civilian medal of Pakistan, Nishan-e-Pakistan.
6. S L Thaosen has been appointed as Director-General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
  1. Also, Zulfiquar Hasan has been appointed as Director-General of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
June 01, 2022
1. Cabinet Approvals (June 01, 2022) -
  1. General -
    1. Approved proposal of Ministry of Home Affairs to relax requisite minimum educational qualification from 10th class pass to 8th Class for the recruitment of 400 candidates as Constable (General Duty) in CRPF from 03 districts of South Chattisgarh namely Bijapur, Dantewada and Sukma.
    2. Approved expanding mandate of GeM (Government e-Marketplace) to allow procurement by Cooperatives as buyers on GeM.
      1. GeM was launched in August 2016, to create an open and transparent procurement platform for Government buyers. A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), named Government e- Marketplace (GeM SPV) was set up as National Public Procurement Portal, in May 2017.
      2. At present, platform is open for procurement by all government buyers: central and state ministries, departments, public sector enterprises, autonomous institutions, local bodies, etc.
      3. Allowing Cooperative Societies now to register on GeM as Buyers will help Cooperatives in getting competitive prices through an open and transparent process.
2. Gross GST revenue collected in May 2022 is 140805 crores (CGST 25036 crores, SGST 32001 crores, IGST 73345 crores, and cess 10502 crores).
3. Obituaries (June 2022) -
  1. Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry - Noted Indian-born Irish construction businesman. He was chairman of Shapoorji Pallonji Group.
  2. Anjalai Ponnusamy - Noted Freedom Fighter, and INA Veteran from Malaysia.
  3. Baba Yogendra - Padma Shri Awardee and National Guardian of Sanskar Bharti, an organization that promotes Indian art, fine arts, and culture.
  4. Krishnakumar Kunnath (popularly known as KK) - Noted Singer. He recorded songs in several Indian languages.
  5. Ambika Rao - Malayalam Actress.
  6. V Krishnamurthy - Called as Father of Public Sector Undertakings in India. He was former Chairman of SAIL, Maruti Udyog, BHEL and GAIL. He was also conferred with Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
  7. Bhajan Sopori - Noted Santoor maestro from Kashmir, and Padma Shri awardee.
  8. Hari Chand - Noted Long distance runner. He was two-time Olympian, double Asian Games gold medallist and an Arjuna awardee.
  9. Gopi Chand Narang - Renowned Urdu scholar and former Chairperson of Sahitya Akademi. He was honoured with Padma Bhushan and Sahitya Akademi Awards.
  10. R. Raveendran - Noted photojournalist.
  11. Chowalloor Krishnankutty - Noted lyricist and journalist from Kerala.
  12. Varinder Singh - Noted Indian hockey Player and member of gold medal winning 1975 World Cup team.
4. Misc. Appointments (June 2022) -
  1. Govt named Rajesh Gera as Director General of National Informatics Centre (NIC), under Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.
  2. US President Joe Biden nominated Indian-American Security Expert Radha Iyengar Plumb to post of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
  3. Javier Olivan has been named as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of social network Facebook's Parent Meta, succeeding Sheryl Sandberg.
  4. Swati Dhingra has been named as first Indian-origin woman to be appointed as an external member of Bank of England’s interest rate-setting MPC (Monetary Policy committee).
  5. Doordarshan director general Mayank Kumar Agrawal has been assigned additional charge as Prasar Bharati CEO.
  6. Indian's Krishna Srinivasan has been named as Director of Asia and Pacific Department of International Monetary Fund.
  7. International Aluminium Institute, the body representing global primary aluminium industry, appointed India's Satish Pai (Hindalco Industries MD) as its new Chairman.
  8. N J Ojha has been appointed as ombudsman for two-year term under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
  9. Industry body Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) named Pramod K Mittal (President of Reliance Jio Infocomm), as its Chairperson for 2022-23.
  10. US president Joe Biden named Indian American Arati Prabhakar as head of White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).
  11. P Udayakumar has been appointed as CMD of National Small Industries Corporation.
  12. Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB) of BRICS countries named D J Pandian as Director-General of its India Regional Office in Gujarat's GIFT City.
  13. Former Australian cricketer Lisa Sthalekar has been named first female president of Federation of International Cricketers’ Association (FICA).
  14. Shyam Saran has been named President of Delhi-based India International Centre. He is former foreign secretary of India and Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change.
  15. Samant Kumar Goel’s term as Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief has been extended by an year.
  16. Avinash Kulkarni has been selected to head India Debt Resolution Company (IDRCL), which will be sole agent to resolve bad loans to be acquired by government-backed National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL).
  17. Lausanne (Switzerland) based International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) named Mohammed Jalood (Iraq) as its president.
5. 2022 Men's Hockey Asia Cup (Jakarta, Indonesia) -
  1. South Korea won their 5th title, defeating Malaysia in Final. India remained at 3rd place.
6. June 1 - World Milk Day. It has been marked by Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), observed since 2001.
  1. Nov 26 is observed as National Milk Day In India, to commemorate birth anniversary of Dr. Verghese Kurien, father of India’s White Revolution. India is top Milk Producer Nation, followed by US.
  2. June 1 is also observed by United Nations as Global Day of Parents.
7. President Ram Nath Kovind conferred Gallantary awards to Armed Forces personnel during Defence Investiture Ceremony (Phase-2) at Rashtrapati Bhawan (New Delhi) -
  1. Awards Included 1 Kirti Chakra (Posthumous) and 14 Shaurya Chakras (eight posthumous), to personnel of the Armed Forces, CAPFs and State/UT Police.
  2. Kirti Chakra -
    1. Altaf Hussain Bhat (J&K Police) (Posthumous)
  3. Shaurya Chakra -
    1. Shahbaz Ahmad (J&k Police) (Posthumous)
    2. Ajeet Singh (CRPF) (Posthumous)
    3. Vikas Kumar (CRPF) (Posthumous)
    4. Purnanand (CRPF) (Posthumous)
    5. Kuldeep Kumar Urawan (CRPF) (Posthumous)
    6. Debasis Sethy (Odisha Police) (Posthumous)
    7. Sudhir Kumar Tudu (Odisha Police) (Posthumous)
    8. Varun Singh (Air Force) (Posthumous)
    9. Chitesh Kumar (CRPF)
    10. Manjinder Singh (CRPF)
    11. Sunil Choudhary (CRPF)
    12. Dilip Malik (CRPF)
    13. Anirudh Pratap Singh (CRPF)
    14. Sachin Reuben Sequeira (Navy)
  4. President also conferred 13 Param Vishisht Seva Medals and 29 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals.
8. PM Narendra Modi released benefits of PM CARES (Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund) scheme, meant to aid children who lost their parents due to Covid-19 pandemic.
  1. Financial Support -
    1. Lump sum amount will be transferred directly in post office account of beneficiaries upon opening and validation of accounts. A pro-rata amount will be credited upfront, such that corpus for each beneficiary becomes 10 lakhs at time of attaining 18 years age.
    2. Beneficiary will receive monthly stipend once they attain 18 years of age, upto attaining 23 years of age.
    3. They will receive amount of Rs. 10 lakh on attaining 23 years of age.
  2. Health Insurance -
    1. All children will be enrolled as a beneficiary under Ayushman Bharat Scheme (PM-JAY) with a health insurance cover of Rs. 5 lakhs.
  3. Scholarship -
    1. Scholarship allowance would be 20,000 per child per annum which will comprise monthly allowance of 1,000 per month and Annual academic allowance of Rs. 8,000 to cover school fees, cost of books and uniform, shoes and other educational equipment.
    2. Scholarship will be disbursed through DBT to the school going Children studying in Class 1-12.
9. Tata Motors subsidiary Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Limited signed MOU with Ford India Private Limited and Government of Gujarat, for acquisition of FIPL’s Sanand vehicle manufacturing facility, valued at approx 725 crores.
10. Combined net profit of Public sector banks (PSBs) during FY 22 (2021-22), got more than doubled, compared to previous financial year FY 21 (2020-21).
  1. Collective profit of 12 state-owned banks during 2021-22 worked out to 66539 crores, increase of 110% over 31816 crores in FY21.
  2. Top 3 Most profitable PSBs - SBI (31676 Cr), BOB (7272 Cr), Canara (5678 Cr).
11. Natarajan Sundar has been appointed as MD & CEO of National Assets Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL).
12. Israel signed free trade agreement with United Arab Emirates (UAE), as its first such areement with an Arab country, to boost bilateral trade.

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