Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (June 08th to 14th June 2022)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of June 08th to 14th June 2022. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2022 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• World Oceans Day is celebrated every year on June 8 to ponder upon the role and importance of the oceans.
• World Brain Tumor Day is observed every year on June 8 as a day dedicated to creating awareness about brain tumours.
• World Day Against Child Labour 2022 is observed all over the world on June 12th as an awareness event to protect children against labour.
• On June 14th every year, World Blood Donor Day is observed all over the world as an awareness event to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has launched the Global Initiative Lifestyle for the Environment (LiFE) movement and said his vision is to live a lifestyle that is in harmony with our planet and without harming it.
• President Shri Ram Nath Kovind has paid tributes to Sant Kabir and inaugurated Sant Kabir Academy and Research Centre and Swadesh Darshan Yojana at Kabir Chaura Dham, Maghar, Uttar Pradesh.
• In Raxaul in Bihar, the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers, Mr Mansukh Mandaviya, inaugurated the FSSAI National Food Laboratory.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, India is the land of Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi, who set an example of what it means to live for others.
• Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid foundation stones of 15 National Highway projects in Patna and Hajipur in Bihar with a total cost of Rs.13,585 crores.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Biotech Startup Expo – 2022 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi and address the gathering.
• The National Health Authority (NHA) announced the release of its newly revamped public under its flagship scheme of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) dashboard that provides a granular view of the PM-JAY scheme implementation data comprehensively.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has launched a special series of coins that are also ‘visually impaired friendly’.
• The government has hiked the insurance premium rates for Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY).
• PM Shri Narendra Modi has inaugurated the world’s first nano urea liquid plant by Indian Farmers’ Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) at Kalol in
• The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi, has approved the expansion of the mandate of GeM to allow procurement by Cooperatives as buyers on GeM.
• Power giant NTPC has come out with its “biodiversity policy 2022” for the conservation and restoration of a balanced ecosystem.
• The Supreme Court has ordered that mining within the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries shall not be permitted.
• Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI), the implementing agency of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) has for the first time crossed 100 crore rupees sales in May.
• Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah have inaugurated the National Tribal Research Institute (NTRI) in Delhi.
• Union Education Minister Mr Dharmendra Pradhan stated that the technology of incremental extrude is over and entreated better instructional establishments to recognition on exponential improvement to expand future-prepared workers.
• The Presidential election 2022 will be held on July 18 and the counting of votes, if required, will be conducted on July 21, the Election Commission announced.
• The “Ayurveda Aahar” Logo become released with the aid of using Health Minister Mr Mansukh Mandaviya, at the event World Food Safety Day.
• State-owned NHAI has created a Guinness World Record for the longest continuously laid bituminous lane of 75 kilometres in 105 hours and 33 minutes on the national highway between Amravati and Akola districts in Maharashtra.
• IDS launched Bharat Blockchain Network & Polyversity in the presence of Dharmendra Pradhan – Minister for Education and Skill and Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India and AICTE officials at an event organised at AICTE Auditorium.
• The Union Cabinet hiked the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy by ₹100 per quintal for the 2022-23 Kharif season.
• The Indian National Center for Space Promotion and Authorization (IN-SPACe) was inaugurated in Ahmedabad by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
• Union Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman will dedicate to the nation ‘Dharohar’, the National Museum of Customs and GST in Goa here as part of the Centre’s ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Iconic Week’ celebrations

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) launched a naval exercise BALTOPS 22 on the Baltic Sea.
• The New York State Legislature in the United States has passed the world’s first ‘Right to Repair’ law that will allow digital electronics manufacturers to make parts, tools, information, and software available to consumers and independent repair shops.
• Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term.
• The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted an India-sponsored resolution on multilingualism that mentions the Hindi language for the first time.
• The Indian government has decided to extend a Line of Credit (LOC) of USD 55 million to Sri Lanka for the procurement of Urea Fertilizer.
• The Central African Republic has become the 2nd country in the world to adopt bitcoin as official currency, after El Salvador.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• On the occasion of World Environment Day on June 05, 2022, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has declared Blue Duke as the state butterfly.
• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin flagged off the luxury cruise liner “Empress” from Chennai port.
• While addressing the inauguration and the player award ceremony at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, The Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot announced that the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award will be introduced for sportspersons in Rajasthan.
• The Arignar Anna Zoological Park (Vandalur zoo), Chennai, Tamil Nadu has introduced a new method to check the littering of plastic bottles inside its premises.
• Under the Tamil Nadu Govt’s Naan Mudhalvan (I am the first), it launched the programme called Nalaya Thiran (Tomorrow’s ability).
• The chief minister of Goa Shri Pramod Sawant launched a “Beach Vigil App”.
• The 18th Maharashtra State Board for Wildlife (MSBWL) chaired by Chief Minister Shri Uddhav Thackeray approved 12 new conservation reserves & 3 wildlife sanctuaries in Maharashtra.
• A week-long special sacred Hindu festival, Sital Sasthi is being celebrated in Odisha .
• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched YSR Yantra Seva Scheme and flagged off the mega distribution of tractors and combine harvesters at Chuttugunta Centre in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.
• People in India’s north eastern state of Assam celebrated the Baikho festival which is called the gateway to northeast India.
• Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha rolled out ‘Accidental Insurance Scheme’ for employees of the J&K Government.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• mRube, the e-commerce platform promoted by Rubber Board, will go live from June 8.
• Former Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni has invested an undisclosed amount in Chennai-based Garuda Aerospace, India’s leading provider of drones (DaaS).
• Bajaj Finance Limited, the lending arm of Bajaj Finserv Limited, a global financial services group, has launched Har Time EMI On Time, a digital campaign to raise awareness of the importance and benefits of good financial habits for a secure financial future.
• A neo banking platform Stashfin has introduced a credit line card, especially for women named #LiveBoundless.
• WhatsApp India announced SMBSaathi Utsav – an initiative that aims to support small businesses by helping them adopt digital mediums such as the WhatsApp Business App to run their business.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND ECONOMY

• India’s largest crypto investing app, CoinSwitch, launched Crypto Rupee Index (CRE8), which is the country’s first benchmark index to measure the performance of the rupee-based crypto market.
• According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s latest report, it has forecast India’s GDP progress at 6.9 percent for FY23 & it is 120 basis points lower than the 8.1 percent projection made in December 2021.
• Kotak Investment Advisors Ltd, a subsidiary of Kotak Mahindra Bank, has launched a curated tech-led investment management platform, Kotak Cherry.
• A digital solutions provider serving financial institutions and governments globally, ai, has launched India’s first-ever banking metaverse – Kiyaverse.
• According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves for the week ended May 27 rose by USD 3.854 billion to USD 601.363 billion led by a sharp increase in the country’s foreign currency assets.
• Easy Home Finance Ltd (EASY), a tech-based mortgage company, has partnered ICICI Home Finance Company Ltd. (ICICI HFC) have entered into a co-lending partnership to disburse affordable home loans in India.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a new set of norms for provisioning for standard assets by large Non-Banking Financial Companies-Upper Layer (NBFC-UL) in view of the increasing role played by such entities in the financial system.
• DBS Bank India has launched its first-ever credit card in India in partnership with Bajaj Finance Limited, co-branded as ‘Bajaj Finserv DBS Bank SuperCard’, powered by Visa.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 27.5 lakh on Punjab & Sind Bank for non-compliance with certain directions issued by it on ‘external benchmark-based lending’.
• Suryoday Small Finance bank, one of India’s leading small finance banks, has partnered with Mobisafar Services Private Limited to provide banking services through all Mobisafar’s franchises and Business Correspondent network across India.
• Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has restructured its advisory committee on mutual funds.
• The World Bank In its latest Global Economic Prospects report, lowered its 2022-23 (FY23) real gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for India to 5 percent, from 8 percent, on the back of inflationary pressures, supply-chain pressures, and geopolitical tensions due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
• Axis Bank and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) in partnership with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), have announced the launch of a co-branded contactless INDIANOIL AXIS BANK RuPay Credit Card.
• Private sector lender Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) has received capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) nod to launch and raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO).
• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) has reduced the capital required by insurance companies offering policies under Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) by almost 50 per cent.
• SBI Foundation has launched UpSchool, a digital learning program for students from classes 1 to 10 in partnership with Khan Academy, an educational nonprofit in India.
• Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled EASE 5.0 – 5th edition of Enhanced Access and Service Excellence, a common reform agenda for public sector banks (PSBs).
• Fino Payments Bank has partnered with one of India’s fastest growing general insurers, Go Digit General Insurance Limited, to offer shop insurance policies to small and medium business owners.
• ICICI Bank has partnered with ZestMoney, a digital EMI/ pay-later platform, to expand its ‘Cardless EMI’ facility for purchases at retail and e-commerce platforms.
• Electric two-wheeler manufacturer Ather Energy has partnered with the State Bank of India to provide customers with vehicle financing.
• The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has canceled the Certificate of Registration (CoR) of three Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) including 2 Housing Finance Companies (HFCs).
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has canceled the license of “The Mudhol Co-operative Bank Limited, in Bagalkot, Karnataka” citing inadequate capital situation.
• Senior Indian diplomat Mr Amandeep Singh Gill was appointed as the United Nations Secretary-General Mr António Guterres’s envoy on technology to coordinate programmes for international digital cooperation
• The sovereign wealth fund Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has picked up a 20 per cent stake in IIFL Home Finance for Rs 2,200 crore.
• National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Chairman Dr GR Chintala launched My Pad My Right programme, in Leh
• Bharat BillPay system (BBPS), the wholly-owned subsidiary of National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI), has on-boarded CRED as a key agent institution (AI) to provide bill payment solutions to CRED users.
• Public sector banks (PSBs) have doubled the collective profit of 12 state-owned banks during the financial year 2021-22 to Rs 66,539 crore, an increase of 110% over Rs 31,816 crore in FY21.
• India’s leading digital payments company, PhonePe in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group (BCG), unveiled a report titled, “Digital payments in India: A $10 trillion opportunity”
• Airtel Payments Bank has partnered with Muthoot Finance to offer gold loans through the Airtel Thanks app.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• Indian Railways have been awarded by the UIC International Sustainable Railway Awards (ISRA) in the category of “Best use of Zero-Carbon Technology” for feeding Solar Energy directly to 25 KV AC Traction System in Berlin, Germany.
• The 22nd edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2022 was held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates hosted by Salman Khan, Maniesh Paul and Riteish Deshmukh.
• The WHO has given the Resource Centre for Tobacco Control (e-RCTC) of the Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health at PGIMER in Chandigarh the Regional Director Special Recognition Award in recognition of its efforts in advancing tobacco control.
• The 2nd edition of Awards for Excellence in District Skill Development Planning, DSDP was organised in New Delhi.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• Albanian lawmakers elected General-Major Bajram Begaj, as the country’s new president after no candidates were nominated in three rounds of voting.
• The International Aluminium Institute (IAI), the only body representing the global primary aluminium industry, has appointed Mr Satish Pai as its new Chairman.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal of the Department of Financial Services for the appointment of Shri Alok Kumar Choudhary as new Managing Director (MD) of State Bank of India (SBI) for a two-year term with effective from 30th June 2022 to 30th June 2024.
• The former in-charge registrar and university engineer for MS University, Mr N J Ojha has been appointed as ombudsman under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNERGS) for a 2 year term.
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Mr Kristalina Georgieva has appointed Indian national Krishna Srinivasan as Director of the Asia and Pacific Department (APD) from June 22,2022 & he will succeed Mr Changyong Rhee.
• The director general of Doordarshan & Doordarshan News, Mr Mayank Kumar Agrawal, has been given additional charge as the CEO of the public broadcaster Prasar Bharati & he succeeded Mr Shashi Shekhar Vempati.
• Legendary musician Mr A R Rahman has been appointed as the ambassador of British Council’s ‘India-UK Together Season of Culture, which marks the 75th anniversary of India’s independence.
• Mr Ramkrishna Mukkavilli has become the first Indian to be recognised as the Global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Pioneer for water stewardship by the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).
• The Reserve Bank of India has approved the appointment of Mr R Subramaniakumar as Managing Director and CEO of RBL Bank for a period of three years.
• Secretary General Ms Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Ambassador MsRabab Fatima, has been appointed as the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• India and Canada signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen bilateral cooperation on climate change, conservation and environmental conservation.
• The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) in collaboration with Indian agri-land marketplace SFarmsIndia has launched the IIMA-SFarmsIndia Agri Land Price Index (ISALPI), a first-of-its-kind land price index that will record and present ‘quality controlled’ data of prices of agricultural land across India.
• Logistics services provider Blue Dart has signed the “Climate Neutral Now (CNN)” pledge by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS

• A Multinational Peacekeeping exercise “Ex Khaan Quest 2022” featuring participation from military contingents from 16 countries has commenced at Five Hills Training area near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia .
• India successfully carried out a night launch of the nuclear-capable Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), Agni-4 from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha.
• The United States and South Korean militaries launched 8 ballistic missiles into the sea in a show of force matching a North Korean missile display.
• Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has approved enhancement of funding under Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme of the Ministry of Defence to Rs 50 crore per project from Rs 10 crore.
• Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 325, operating the indigenously built ALH MK III aircraft, was commissioned into the Indian Navy in an impressive ceremony held at INS Utkrosh, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Command (ANC).
• Addressing the World Ocean Day celebrations in Delhi, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh will achieve the unique distinction of simultaneously launching the first Human Space Mission “Gaganyaan” as well as the first manned Human Ocean Mission in 2023.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced China successfully launched the Shenzhou 14 crewed mission to the Tiangong space station, where the 3 astronauts went on a 6 month mission to complete its construction.
• NASA is set to launch a mission called Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging Mission (DAVINCI Mission) to Venus is scheduled for launch in 2029.
• China has released a new comprehensive geologic map of the moon, the “most detailed” to date, which is expected to make a great contribution to scientific research, exploration and landing site selection on the moon.
• Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has launched India’s first indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine for animals, Anocovax

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITION AND MERGERS

• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves acquisition of shareholding in Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. by HCJI Holdings G.K., Citrus Investments, HCJ Holdings 2 G.K., Japan Industrial V – GP K.K., and other investors.
• Chinese technology major Tencent has bought a stake worth $264 million (Rs 2,060 crore) in Walmart-owned Flipkart from co-founder Binny Bansal, through its European subsidiary.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING & INDEX

• According to the 2022 edition of the Asia University Rankings released by the Times Higher Education (THE), India being the third most-represented country, with 71 institutions.
• According to Everest Group, Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) has retained its 10th position among the top global BPM (business process management) providers in 2021.
• In the 2022 Environment Performance Index (EPI), India has been ranked lowest among 180 countries with a total score of 18.9 & Denmark topped the 2022 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) followed by the UK and Finland.
• A new survey at the Chilika Lake, Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon in Odisha, has provided the world’s first population estimation of the fishing cat.
• According to Forbes real-time billionaires list, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk continues to be the richest person in the world with a net worth of $233.7 billion.
• On the occasion of World Food Safety Day, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya released the 4th State Food Safety Index (SFSI) by FSSAI & in that Among large States, Tamil Nadu topped the list followed by Gujarat & Maharashtra.
• The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru has emerged as the highest ranked Indian institute with the rank of 155 rising 31 places since the 2022 ranking and also the fastest rising South Asian University in the 2023 edition of the QS World University rankings.
• The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) has released the annual World Investment Report, as per this India is ranked 7th position among the top recipients of foreign direct investment (FDI).
• As per the United States Department of Treasury’s semi-annual Report to Congress on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States, India remained on the US treasury department’s currency “Monitoring List” along with 11 other major economies that merit close attention to their currency practices and macroeconomic policies.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• In Wrestling, India ended their campaign at the Bolat Turlykhanov Cup at Almaty in Khazakstainon in the second position with 12 medals.
• Union Civil Aviation Minister Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia has announced first-ever National Air Sports Policy-2022 in New Delhi.
• Indian shooter Avani Lekhara won the gold medal at the Para Shooting World Cup in France with a record score.
• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin unveiled the mascot and the logo named ‘Thambi’ for the 44th Chess Olympiad, in Chennai.
• Badminton World Federation has confirmed that the US Open scheduled for 4th to 9th October has been cancelled.
• India beat Poland 6-4 in the final to clinch the inaugural FIH Hockey 5s championship in Lausanne in Switzerland.
• Paralympian Prachi Yadav made history for India by becoming the first canoeist from the country to win a World Cup medal when she bagged a bronze in the VL2 Women’s 200m in the Paracanoe World Cup held in Poznan, Poland.
• Shreyas G Hosur after he created history by becoming the first officer from the Indian Railways to complete the ‘Ironman Triathlon’ – considered to be the toughest single-day sports event in the world.
• Indian cricketer Virat Kohli has crossed the 200 million followers mark on the social media site Instagram.
• Mithali Raj, captain of India women’s ODI and Test teams, announced her retirement from all forms of international cricket
• Tokyo Paralympics champion Avani Lekhara won gold at the Para Shooting World Cup with a world record score of 250.6 in women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 in Chateauroux, France.
• International Institute of Sports & Management (IISM) has launched India’s first-ever Sports Academic book ‘Business of Sports- The Winning Formula for Success’ by Mr Vinit Karnik.
• India’s Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa won the Norway Chess Group A open chess tournament after netting 5 points from nine rounds.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS AND AUTHORS

• Union Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan along with Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Sports Shri Anurag Thakur released a book ‘Loktantra ke Swar’ and ‘The Republican Ethic’ having selected speeches of the President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind.
• India’s leading sports and Management institute, the International Institute of Sports & Management (IISM) has launched India’s first-ever Sports Academic book ‘Business of Sports- The Winning Formula for Success’ by Mr Vinit Karnik.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

• Nobuyuki Idei, who led Japan’s Sony from 1998 through 2005, steering its growth in the digital and entertainment businesses, has died.

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