Yak June 2018 Electrical Flow Affairs Of Import Highlights (One-Liners)

Friends, hither are the Major Current Affairs Highlights of June 2018. These one-liners encompass all of import International, National, MOUs, Indexes, Banking, Technology, Books & Authors, Committees as well as Sports affairs of June calendar month (from 1st to 30th June 2018). We will  provide the pdf version past times tomorrow. All the Best as well as Happy Reading :)

June 2018 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners)

• 10th Meeting of Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF) was held inwards New Delhi, India. This is 2nd fourth dimension Republic of Republic of India hosted coming together of GAELF. Earlier inwards 2002, Republic of Republic of India had hosted the meeting.
• 11th edition of Geo-Intelligence Asia 2018 was held at Manekshaw Centre inwards New Delhi. Theme of 11th Geo-Intelligence Asia 2018 : ‘GeoSpatial: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Force Multiplier for Defense as well as Internal Security’.
  
• 12th June 2018 was observed equally the World Day against Child Labour with the subject ‘Generation Safe & Healthy’.
• 13th June 2018 was observed equally International Albinism Awareness Day with the subject “Shining Our Light to the World.”
• 14th June 2018 was observed equally World Blood Donor Day‬ with the subject “Blood Connects us All”.
• 15th June 2018 was observed equally Association of Southeast Asian Nations Dengue Day with the subject “One Asean Community Against Dengue”.
• 16-year-old Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary set a novel globe tape as well as won a Gold inwards the 10m air pistol lawsuit inwards the ISSF Junior World Cup inwards Germany.
• 16-year-old Manu Bhaker won the top prize inwards 10m air pistol lawsuit at ISSF Junior World Cup inwards Germany. Apart from the CWG gilded medal, this was Manu's 7th ISSF private gilded inwards the year, 3rd with a globe record.
• 17th June 2018 was observed equally World Day to Combat Desertification as well as Drought with the subject “Land has truthful value – invest inwards it”.
• 18 years after achieving statehood, Indian province Uttarakhand is going to debut inwards Ranji cricket this season.
• 1st June 2018 was observed equally World Milk Day with the subject "Drink Move Be Strong".
• 20th June 2018 was observed equally World Refugee Day with the subject “Now More Than Ever, We Need to Stand with Refugees”.
• 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer (Switzerland), has won the Stuttgart Open 2018 championship inwards Men's singles category past times defeating Milos Raonic (Canada).
• 25th June 2018 was observed equally Day of the Seafarer with the subject "seafarers' wellbeing".
• 26th June 2018 was observed equally International Day Against Drug Abuse as well as Illicit Trafficking with the subject "Listen First - Listening to children as well as youth is the commencement measure to assist them grow healthy as well as safe."
• 29th June 2018 was observed equally National Statistics Day with the subject ‘Quality Assurance inwards Official Statistics’.
• 3rd June 2018 was observed equally the commencement official World Bicycle Day.
• 4 twelvemonth old Ayan Gogoi Gohain (Assam) was honoured with the ‘Youngest Author of India’ championship past times the Indian Book of Records. Ayan Gogoi Gohain has been honoured for his volume ‘Honeycomb’, which was published inwards Jan 2018.
• 4th International Yoga Day was observed on 21st JUne 2018 with participation of Crores of people inwards 192 countries. Theme of International Yoga Day 2018 : "Yoga for Peace".
• 5th June 2018 was observed equally World Environment Day with the subject ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’. This year’s host province : India.
• 8 states as well as 4 Union Territories have got signed MoUs with the Union Health Ministry to implement the government's ambitious scheme Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission. The viii states which signed the MoUs include Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu as well as Kashmir as well as Uttarakhand. The Union Territory of Chandigarh is with the 4 UTs.
• 8th June 2018 was observed equally World Oceans Day with the subject "Preventing plastic pollution as well as encouraging solutions for a healthy ocean".
• A 11-year-old Indian girl, Nathania John K, led the Brazilian as well as Costa Rican teams on to the champaign at the FIFA World Cup. With this, Nathania became the 1st Indian daughter to live an Official Match Ball Carrier (OMBC) at the World Cup.
• A 22-year-old Sikh soldier Guardsman Charanpreet Singh Lall created history past times becoming the 1st to article of apparel a turban instead of a bearskin chapeau during the Trooping the Colour parade (an annual parade that marks the birthday of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II).
• According to a recent study past times the Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation, the Rural sanitation coverage of Republic of Republic of India has risen to 85% nether Swachh Bharat Mission.
• According to a recent survey past times the matrimony housing as well as urban affairs ministry, nineteen of the 25 dirtiest cities inwards Republic of Republic of India are inwards West Bengal. The nineteen cities include Darjeeling, Siliguri, North Barrackpore as well as Bankura.
• According to a lately released study past times global think-tank SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute), Pakistan, with 140-150 nuclear warheads, is ahead of Republic of Republic of India which has 130-140 warheads.
• According to lately released Henley Passport Index, Nippon has the "most powerful" passport inwards the world. The Indian passport secured the 76th rank inwards the index.
• According to the authorities recall tank NITI Aayog's recent report, at to the lowest degree 21 major Indian cities, including Delhi as well as Bengaluru, are expected to run out of groundwater past times 2020, affecting 100 1000000 people.
• According to the Save The Children’s End of Childhood Index 2018, Republic of Republic of India has been ranked at 113 with 175 countries inwards the world. Singapore tops the index followed past times Slovenia as well as Niger is ranked the lastly at 175.
• Actress Priyanka Chopra is writing a memoir, titled "Unfinished", which volition live published simultaneously inwards India, the US as well as Great Britain side past times side year.
• Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman has go the commencement 21st-century born to play Test cricket (17 years as well as 78 days), achieving the feat against Republic of Republic of India .
• Afghanistan's 19-year-old spinner Rashid Khan became the world's fastest cricketer to gain 50 wickets inwards T20I cricket after reaching the milestone with a wicket on his commencement ball of the represent against Bangladesh.
• Ahead of 4th International Day of Yoga (June 21) the Australian Parliament for the 1st fourth dimension organized a Yoga session. Important Note : It was the commencement fourth dimension that the International Yoga Day was celebrated inwards whatever Parliament.
• Aiming to select the defense strength ties to a newer height, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj handed over handed over the 2nd Dornier maritime reconnaissance aircraft to visiting President of Republic of Seychelles Danny Faure.
• American fighter Ronda Rousey volition go the 1st woman mortal MMA fighter to live inducted into the Ultimate Fighting Championship Hall of Fame.
• American multinational majority media as well as amusement conglomerate Time Warner has been renamed equally WarnerMedia, a twenty-four hours after AT&T completed its $85.4 billion acquisition of the media conglomerate.
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• “The Shiva Trilogy” writer Amish Tripathi is going to release a novel volume titled “Suheldev & the Battle of Bahraich”.
• American multinational engineering society Microsoft has launched the epitome of an underwater information centre off the coast of Scotland's Orkney Islands. The 40-foot-long capsule, which contains 864 servers as well as 27.6 Petabytes of storage, has been placed 117 feet below the ocean's surface.
• American pol who served equally the 41st President of the United States, George HW Bush lately turned 94. With this, he officially became the longest living President inwards US history.
• American professional person basketball game squad Golden State Warriors lifted NBA Finals 2018 past times defeating Cleveland Cavaliers.
• American professional person golfer Brooks Koepka wins US Open 2018 (Golf) past times defeating Tommy Fleetwood at Shinnecock Hills.
• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has declared the province open-defecation costless after achieving the goal of constructing 2.77 lakh private toilets.
• Andhra Pradesh is set to go 1st province inwards Republic of Republic of India to utilization Auto-Disable Syringes for all clinical purposes to forestall infection.
• Arvind Subramanian has announced that he is going to measure downward equally the Chief Economic Advisor. Subramanian's extended term equally the Chief Economic Advisor ends inwards Oct this year.
• As portion of Digital Republic of Republic of India Initiative, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched BHIM, RuPay as well as SBI mobile payment applications inwards Singapore at a job concern lawsuit focussed on digital platforms.
• At to the lowest degree v major banks including ICICI Bank as well as Axis Bank are testing the organization to send banking communications through WhatsApp. These communications volition include notifications on ATM cash withdrawal details as well as betoken of sales (PoS) transactions.
• Bangladesh has won the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup past times defeating Republic of Republic of India inwards the finals at Kuala Lumpur. India's Harmanpreet Kaur has been named equally the Player of the Series.
• Canada's upper theatre of parliament voted inwards favour of a neb to legalise recreational marijuana. With this, Canada becomes the commencement G7 land to legalise cannabis.
• Centre has approved construction of i lakh l chiliad houses for urban misfortunate nether the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. The latest approving entails an investment of 7,227 crore rupees with fundamental assistance of 2,209 crore rupees.
• Chennai's R Praggnanandhaa has go the 2nd youngest Grandmaster inwards chess history at the historic catamenia of 12 years, 10 months, thirteen days. The youngest Grandmaster e'er is Sergey Karjakin (Russia), who achieved the feat aged 12 years, 7 months as well as has held the tape since 2002.
• China has announced that a delegation of troops from the People's Liberation Army volition live visiting Republic of Republic of India this twelvemonth for the commencement fourth dimension since the 73-day standoff at Doklam.
• China is going to build a railway line connecting the Tibetan metropolis of Xigaze with Nepal's uppercase Kathmandu.
• China led multilateral evolution bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved investment of $200 1000000 inwards India’s National Investment & Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) to give greater impetus to mega infrastructure projects. AIIB thus far approved $4.4 billion investments inwards 25 projects.
• China's artificial tidings major Baidu has tested its ii driverless cars for the commencement fourth dimension inwards Tianjin City, China. The trial run would enable developers to collect information on the cars' performance inwards positioning, mapping, as well as self-control.
• Commerce as well as manufacture government minister Suresh Prabhu was on a ii twenty-four hours take in to the United States. This is his commencement such high-level engagement since the US slapped duties on Indian steel as well as aluminum.
• Concerned over funds sent abroad nether the ‘Maintenance of Close Relative’ category of the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS), the Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has narrowed the Definition of relatives to banking company check the flow of funds. Hence, funds nether the ‘maintenance of closed relative’ category tin can live sent alone to immediate relatives such equally parents, spouses, children as well as their spouses.
• Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the 1st business office of leading defense strength PSU Bharat Electronics Limited inwards Hanoi, reflecting India's deepening armed services cooperation with Vietnam.
• Denmark voted inwards favour of a ban on full-face veils inwards public, including Islamic veils such equally the niqab or burqa.
• Egyptian goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary, aged 45 years as well as 161 days, has go the oldest instrumentalist to play a FIFA World Cup match.
• External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj embarked on a 4-nation take in to Italy, France, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as well as Belgium. Aim of this Visit : Providing chance to take hold in-depth discussions with the political leadership on a broad gain of global, regional as well as bilateral issues, as well as advance India's growing strategic engagement with the European Union.
• External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the 2-sided bust of Mahatma Gandhi, titled "Birth of Satyagraha" at the Pietermaritzburg railway station where 125 years agone Mahatma Gandhi decided to care against injustice as well as colonialism.
• External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was on a 5 twenty-four hours take in to South Africa. During this visit, she attended the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting.
• Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp has started the majority rollout of WhatsApp Payments characteristic via UPI platform inwards India.
• Finance Minister Piyush Goyal has announced setting upwards of a commission on the formation of Asset Reconstruction Company for faster resolution of stressed accounts of world sector banks. Head of this commission : Sunil Mehta (Non-executive chairman of PNB).
• Following directions from Supreme Court, the Central Government has constituted the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CMA) to address the dispute over sharing of river H2O with Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala as well as Puducherry.
• Following the recommendation of the 7th Pay Commission, the Centre has decided to halt giving overtime allowance to most employees, excluding operational staff. The authorities volition also non revise the rates for overtime allowance as well as the operational staff volition larn the allowance equally per its 1991 order.
• For the 1st time, Scientists of Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad have got discovered a distant planet revolving closed to Sun-like star as well as named both the planet as well as the star equally EPIC.
• For the commencement time, US President Donald Trump as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin are going to take hold a bilateral summit at Helsinki (Finland's capital) on 16th July 2018.
• Gujarat volition go the 1st Indian province to larn completely covered nether the piped gas distribution network , i time Petroleum as well as Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) completes bidding physical care for for distributing natural gas inwards viii geographical areas (GAs) inwards Gujarat.
• Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has banned single-use H2O bottles inwards all authorities offices inwards the province as well as ordered the utilization of alone multi-use H2O bottles.
• Haryana has made utilization of LED bulbs as well as tubelights mandatory inwards all authorities offices past times August 15.
• Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur flagged off a helicopter taxi service that volition trim back the go fourth dimension betwixt Shimla as well as Chandigarh to 20 minutes, against the nearly 3.5 hours past times road.
• Hong Kong martial artist, actor, cinema manager Jackie Chan's memoir 'Never Grow Up' translated past times Jeremy Tiang, volition live released inwards November.
• In a bid to banking company check e-waste problem, Rajasthan authorities has launched a scheme wherein people tin can sell their old phones, computers, routers as well as whatever other electronic items to the government.
• In it's June 2018 monetary policy meet, the Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) increased the Repo Rate (the charge per unit of measurement at which the RBI lends short-term money to the banks) past times 25 Basis Points to 6.25 Per Cent. This was the commencement charge per unit of measurement hike past times the Indian fundamental banking company inwards four-and-a -half years, since the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance authorities was voted into business office inwards May 2014.
• In it's lately released International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 11, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified Gaming addiction equally mental health disorder. The WHO also announced that existence Transgender volition no longer live classified equally mental illness.
• In the wake of recent celebrity suicides, the New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo has launched a suicide prevention programme titled, Attempted Suicide Short Intervention Program (ASSIP).
• India as well as People's Republic of Bangladesh have got agreed to institute Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) equally an annual do betwixt navies of ii neighbouring countries. The commencement edition of CORPAT was inaugurated past times Indian Navy’s Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba during his take in to Bangladesh.
• India as well as Republic of Cuba have got agreed to lift cooperation inwards biotechnology, renewable loose energy as well as traditional medicine equally President Ram Nath Kovind held wide-ranging talks with his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel to farther cement the strong bilateral ties. Republic of Cuba also reiterated back upwards for India's candidature for a permanent topographic point inwards the United Nations Security Council.
• India as well as the the States have got pledged to go on their strong bilateral strategic partnership, after a coming together betwixt Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis.
• India as well as World Bank signed a 500 1000000 Dollar loan understanding to provide additional financing for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) Rural Roads Project.
• India announced to increment its grant to Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) novel four-year investment cycle, known equally GEF-7 from $12 1000000 to $15 million.
• India defeated Republic of Ireland inwards the commencement T20I of the two-match serial inwards Dublin to register their 62nd outright T20I victory, the most past times a squad after 100 T20Is. South Africa held the previous tape of winning the most number of matches (59) after 100 T20Is.
• India extended financial assistance of Rs. 99 1000000 to Nepal for the construction of 2,700 Shallow Tube Well (STWs) irrigation systems inwards 12 districts of southern Terai part to boost agricultural productivity. The assistance was extended equally portion of terminal payment for Nepal-Bharat Maitri Irrigation Project.
• India has been excluded from the United Kingdom's novel listing of countries considered "low risk", whose applicants volition undergo reduced checks piece applying for pupil visas. The countries on the listing include the US, Canada as well as Communist People's Republic of China with others.
• India has decided to go ahead with acquiring the S-400 anti-aircraft missile organization from Russian Federation despite the US alarm against the procurement. The ₹40,000-crore bargain volition live announced during a summit betwixt PM Narendra Modi as well as President Vladimir Putin inwards October.
• India has lifted the Intercontinental Cup football game title.
• India has pledged $5 1000000 for United Nations Relief as well as Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) inwards the Near East. Besides India, nineteen countries also made pledges (contributions) for UNRWA at the Pledging Conference for UNRWA held inwards New York, US.
• India has proposed to innovate $240-million retaliatory tariffs on a listing of thirty items imported from the United States.
• India has raised import duties on almost thirty items including agricultural as well as steel products inwards protestation against the US imposing higher levies on products shipped from the country.
• India has registered a meaning pass upwards inwards Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) recording a 22-per cent reduction inwards such deaths since 2013. According to the Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin released, the MMR has declined from 167 inwards 2011-2013 to 130 inwards 2014-2016.
• India has signed ii Memorandum of understandings (MoUs) with Cuba. First MoU is on Bio Technology as well as the Second i is on Traditional Systems of Medicine.
• India hosted the 23rd European Union Film Festival (EUFF) from 18th to 24th June 2018 at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi. The festival was organized past times Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information as well as Broadcasting partnering with the Delegation of European Union (EU) as well as embassies of European Union Member States inwards diverse metropolis cinema club.
• India is going to host 1st armed services do of the BIMSTEC Countries 2018. The do is scheduled to live held inwards Pune (Maharashtra) inwards the 2nd calendar week of September.
• India is going to sign a ₹3,400-crore ($500 million) bargain with State of Israel for the purchase of closed to 4,500 Spike missiles for the Indian Army.
• India is looking at cutting petroleum imports from Iran, as well as replacing them with to a greater extent than purchases from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well as Kuwait. This comes after the US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley asked PM Narendra Modi to trim back India's dependence on Iran.
• India received the commencement shipment of its thus far cheapest Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Russian supplier Gazprom. The LNG has been delivered at a cost closed to USD 7 per 1000000 British Thermal Unit (mmBtu).
• India successfully test-fired the indigenously developed as well as nuclear-capable Long Range Ballistic Missile Agni 5. This was the 6th trial of the surface-to-surface missile, which has a strike gain of 5,000 km.
• India volition larn its 1st national constabulary museum inwards Lutyens Delhi.
• India volition shortly start producing 1st indigenous Lithium Ion batteries. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 MOU inwards this regard was lately signed betwixt CSIR’s Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu as well as RAASI Solar Power Pvt Ltd.
• India Women opener Smriti Mandhana is set to go the 1st Indian to play inwards the English linguistic communication T20 league after existence signed past times defending champions Western Storm.
• India would start getting information on deposits made past times Indians this twelvemonth inwards Swiss Banks from 2019 equally portion of a bilateral treaty signed betwixt the ii nations.
• India’s football game squad captain Sunil Chhetri became articulation 2nd highest international goal scorer with active players along with Argentine superstar footballer Lionel Messi.
• India’s information technology major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) became 1st listed society inwards Republic of Republic of India to closed day’s merchandise with Market Capitalisation (m cap) of over Rs. 7 lakh crore (over $103 billion).
• India’s immature women’s doubles twain of Simran Singhi as well as Ritika Thaker won the Republic of Mauritius International Badminton tournament (Women's Doubles Category) which concluded at Rose Hill inwards Mauritius.
• Indian Archer Deepika Kumari won her commencement private Gold Medal inwards half-dozen years at the Salt Lake World Cup next a 7-3 win over Germany’s Michelle Kroppen inwards the recurve final.
• Indian Health Ministry notified the Mental Healthcare Act 2017. As per this act, Attempting suicide is no to a greater extent than a offense inwards Republic of Republic of India as well as at that topographic point volition live no to a greater extent than electrical shocks for mentally sick children. This human activity also prohibits tying mentally sick persons with chains.
• Indian long distance runner Gavit Murali Kumar bagged Gold Medal inwards men's 10,000 metre race at the Gouden Spike coming together inwards Leiden, The Netherlands.
• Indian Naval Ship (INS) Sunayana successfully completed the Operation NISTAR, which was initiated to rescue 38 Indian Nationals from cyclone-hit Socotra isle inwards Republic of Yemen nether swift Humanitarian as well as Disaster Relief Operation (HADR).
• Indian Skipper Virat Kohli has been named BCCI's best international cricketer (Men) for the 2016-17 as well as 2017-18 seasons. Indian women's T20I squad captain Harmanpreet Kaur as well as opener Smriti Mandhana received the awards for best international cricketer (women) for the 2016-17 as well as 2017-18 seasons respectively.
• Indian swimmer Sandeep Sejwal clinched the Gold medal inwards men’s 50 meter breaststroke lawsuit with a timing of 27:59 seconds at the Singapore National Swimming Championships inwards Singapore. Virdhawal Khade grabbed Silver medal inwards the 50 meter freestyle lawsuit with a timing of 22.68 seconds.
• Indian adult woman boxer Saweety Boora claimed a Gold medal inwards the middleweight category at the Umakhanov Memorial Tournament inwards Kaspiysk, Russia.
• India's 1st indigenous, long-range artillery gun 'Dhanush' has cleared its terminal examination at Pokhran, Rajasthan as well as is create to live inducted into the Indian Army.
• India's commencement café which volition live run past times HIV-positive teenagers is set to opened upwards inwards West Bengal's Kolkata side past times side month.
• India's 4th largest private sector bank, Yes Bank announced that it has received approving from marketplace topographic point regulator Securities as well as Exchange Board of Republic of Republic of India (Sebi) for acting equally custodian of securities.
• India's largest lender State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI) is inwards the physical care for of closing downward nine unusual branches equally portion of rationalisation of overseas operations. Note : SBI has over 190 unusual offices spread across 36 countries.
• Inline with Union Government’s Digital Republic of Republic of India Initative, the Union Ministry of Railways has launched Rail MADAD Application to expedite as well as streamline rider grievance redressal. MADAD - Mobile Application for Desired Assistance During travel
• Island land Republic of Mauritius is going to host the 11th World Hindi Conference (विश्व हिंदी सम्मेलन) inwards its uppercase metropolis Port Lois from 18th to 20th August 2018. Theme of 11th World Hindi Conference 2018 : “Vaishvik Hindi Aur Bharatiy Sanskriti“.
• Jammu as well as Kashmir Governor northward N Vohra made biometric attendance compulsory inwards all province authorities offices with immediate effect. The displace is aimed at ensuring punctuality inwards all the offices.
• Japan’s Cabinet has adopted an economical project design that volition allow to a greater extent than unusual workers to piece of work inwards the country.
• Japanese conglomerate SoftBank is going to invest upwards to $100 billion inwards solar might generation projection inwards India.
• Japan's Princess Hisako has go the 1st fellow member of the Imperial theatre unit of measurement to take in Russian Federation since 1916.
• Kerala's tourism subdivision has given its clearance to take hold IPL-style boat races, including the Nehru Trophy boat race as well as the President's Trophy Boat Race inwards Kollam.
• Landlocked land Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is going to build a novel Navy equally portion of armed services reforms. Note : Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia had disbanded its Navy inwards 1991 after its then-province Eritrea declared independence, leaving it landlocked.
• Madhya Pradesh volition live awarded nether Prime Minister's Safe Motherhood Campaign for reducing maternal mortality.
• Maharashtra has go the 18th province to enforce a consummate ban on the sale, utilization as well as manufacture of plastic bags. Other states which have got imposed a consummate ban include Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, with others.
• Maharashtra has been ranked the most vulnerable province inwards the draft National Disaster Risk Index, followed past times West Bengal as well as Uttar Pradesh.
• Malabar 2018, the Trilateral Naval Exercise betwixt India, Nippon as well as the States was held off the coast of Guam inwards Philippine Sea from 6th to 15th Jun 2018. This is the 22nd edition of the naval exercise, as well as volition focus on high-end state of war fighting skillsets, dependent area thing goodness as well as professional person exchanges.
• Malaysia has prepare a trust fund for the world titled Malaysia Hope Fund, to donate money to assist the authorities repay the country's debt. Note : Malaysia's national debt amounts to $250.8 billion which is 80% of its GDP.
• Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) is going to expand its Republic of Republic of India BPO Promotion Scheme to 1 lakh seats from electrical flow 48,000 seats. It volition also prepare fifth as well as India’s largest National information centre (NDC) inwards Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh with capacity of 5 lakh virtual servers.
• Mongolia has launched construction of its 1st strategically of import petroleum refinery funded past times Republic of Republic of India inwards southern Dornogovi province. This refinery was jointly launched past times by Mongolian Prime Minister Khurelsukh Ukhnaa as well as Indian Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh.
• Mukesh Ambani's Reliance is going to launch its e-commerce job concern past times terminate of this twelvemonth through an app meant for local retailers as well as stores. This app volition assist merchants care inventory, logistics, as well as furnish chain requirements as well as fifty-fifty select payments as well as credit money back.
• NASA's record-breaking astronaut, Peggy Whitson (58), retired after a 22-year-long career.
• Nepali Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli was on his 1st take in to Communist People's Republic of China after assuming the accuse equally Prime Minister. During this visit, he signed several bilateral deals with China, including a MOU, according to which, Communist People's Republic of China volition build a railway connecting the western part of Tibet with Nepal.
• NITI Aayog has come upwards up with the Composite Water Management Index inwards persuasion of limitations on availability of H2O resources as well as the rising demand for water. The index is a useful tool to assess as well as ameliorate performance inwards administration of H2O resources.
• On the backdrop of rising petroleum prices as well as shortfall inwards FPI inflows to the province the Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) is expected to lift $30-35 billion via NRI bonds to lift the rupee.
• On the occasion of International Day Against Drug Abuse as well as Illicit Trafficking, the Karnataka authorities has announced a novel toll-free number 1908 to study drug activity.
• On the occasion of 'Passport Seva Divas' (26th June), External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj launched the mPassport Seva mobile application to assist deliver passports to applicants at their residence.
• On the World Environment Day, Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami announced that the province would ban the utilization of plastic from 2019. Milk as well as petroleum pouches, along with other basic demand items volition live exempted from the ban.
• Playing inwards her 74th T20I, Indian cricketer Mithali Raj became the 1st-ever Indian adult woman cricketer to gain 2,000 runs inwards T20I cricket equally Republic of Republic of India defeated Sri Lanka past times 7 wickets inwards the Women's Asia Cup.
• President Ram Nath Kovind approved the imposition of Governor's dominion inwards Jammu as well as Kashmir with immediate effect. This comes after the PDP President Mehbooba Mufti resigned equally the Chief Minister.
• President Ram Nath Kovind embarked on 3 land official tour to Greece, Suriname as well as Republic of Cuba from 16th to 22th June 2018.
• President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to ordinance to prepare the India’s commencement national sports academy inwards Imphal.
• President Ram Nath Kovind has declared the Queen diversity pineapple equally province fruit of Tripura. Note : Tripura is i of the largest pineapple growing states inwards country.
• President Ram Nath Kovind launched Solar Charkha Mission nether which Government volition disburse subsidy of Rs 550 crore to thousands of artisans, generating work inwards rural areas. Aim of Solar Charkha Mission : To generate work inwards rural areas as well as contribute to the greenish economy.
• President Ram Nath Kovind on 21st June met Surinam’s President Dési Bouterse inwards uppercase Paramaribo as well as performed yoga asanas along with him to observe the International Day of Yoga. This is the commencement fourth dimension that heads of ii countries together participated inwards the International Day of Yoga.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved setting upwards of commission to lay downward standards for subway scheme rail systems inwards India. Head of this Committee : E Sreedharan (Metro homo of India).
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 3rd annual coming together of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) inwards Mumbai. Theme of 3rd Annual Meeting of AIIB 2018 : 'Mobilising finance for infrastructure: invention as well as collaboration'.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Mohanpura irrigation projection inwards Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district. The ₹3,866 crore projection includes a dam as well as a canal organization which volition provide drinking H2O to over 400 villages.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi set the foundation stone for National Centre for Ageing at All Republic of Republic of India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi set the foundation stone of Vanijya Bhawan at Delhi's Akbar road. Once ready, the novel edifice volition theatre the Department of Commerce.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a 2 twenty-four hours take in to China. During this visit, he attended the annual summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). PM Narendra Modi is the commencement Indian Prime Minister to attend the summit after Republic of Republic of India became a total fellow member inwards 2017 along with Pakistan.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Singapore's quondam premier Goh Chok Tong, unveiled a plaque dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi at Clifford Pier inwards the city-state, where his ashes were immersed.
• Prime Minister of Kingdom of Spain Mariano Rajoy lost a confidence vote inwards the Parliament. This makes his authorities the commencement inwards Castilian history to live ousted this way.
• Private sector lender Karnataka Bank is targeting to disburse most Rs 9,000 crore agriculture loan this fiscal, seeing potential opportunities inwards the sector. medico as well as CEO of Karnataka Bank : Mahabaleshwara M S.
• Public Sector Banks (PSBs) accounted for over 85% of total fraud cases reported inwards the banking organization inwards 2017-18, a lately released RBI study revealed. The banking organization reported 6,500 frauds, amounting to to a greater extent than than ₹30,000 crore.
• Public Sector Banks collectively suffered a network loss of ₹87,357 crore inwards 2017-18. Punjab National Bank (PNB) posted the highest loss of nearly ₹12,283 crore.
• Public sector banks have got written off bad loans worth Rs 1.20 lakh crore, an amount that is nearly one-and-a-half times to a greater extent than than their total losses posted inwards 2017-18.
• Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi has inaugurated a tourist kiosk or robocop called 'Singham' (Lion). Singham volition guide people to the nearest constabulary station, hospitals, tourist spots, available carry services as well as other facilities.
• Punjab authorities has launched ‘i-Hariyali’ mobile application nether ‘Mission Tandarust Punjab’ aimed at increasing the state’s greenish cover.
• Rafael Nadal claimed an 11th French Open championship inwards Men’s singles terminal inwards Paris after defeating Austrian Dominic Thiem.
• Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has announced that, the target of replacing bio-toilets with vacuum bio-toilets inwards trains volition live achieved 100 pct past times March, 2019.
• Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh has discontinued the tradition of giving ceremonial Guard of Honour to the Governor.
• Rajasthan has been ranked commencement past times the NITI Aayog with all states after it registered a meaning increment inwards groundwater storey due to the H2O conversation structures built nether Chief Minister's Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan.
• Rajinikanth starrer 'Kaala' became the 1st Indian cinema to release inwards Saudi Arabia, months after the kingdom opened a pic theatre for the commencement fourth dimension inwards 35 years.
• Researchers at IISc Bangalore have got developed a 'LifeBox' that tin can extend the preservation fourth dimension of organs, specifically the heart, as well as allows for increased go fourth dimension as well as distances.
• Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have got developed an artificial tidings (AI) tool called Norman which they claim is the world's commencement 'psychopathic' AI.
• Richard Branson-led Virgin Hyperloop One is going to invest ₹3,000 crore to build a 15-km-long Hyperloop demonstration rail inwards Pune for the Mumbai-Pune Hyperloop project.
• Romanian professional person lawn tennis player, Simona Halep has won French Open 2018 inwards women's singles category past times defeating USA's Sloane Stephen.
• Russia has successfully launched Glonass-M positioning satellite on board of Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Plesetsk infinite centre inwards Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast.
• Russian billionaire as well as scientist Igor Ashurbeyli officially declared himself equally the leader of the world's commencement infinite land 'Asgardia'.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to attend the Eastern Economic Forum which is scheduled to live held inwards September 2018 at Russia.
• Saudi Arabia became the lastly province inwards the globe to allow women to drive after it lifted the ban on woman mortal motorists.
• Seychelles has gifted twain of Giant Aldabra tortoise to Republic of Republic of India equally a goodwill gesture. They were brought to Republic of Republic of India equally gift from the President of Republic of Seychelles Danny Faure during his five-day take in to India.
• Seychelles president Danny Faure is on a 6 twenty-four hours take in to India. This is his commencement bilateral take in to India.
• Shillong (Capital metropolis of Meghalaya) has been selected equally 100th Smart City, to have funding nether the Centre’s flagship Smart Cities Mission, after evaluating the proposal submitted past times it.
• Spain have got appointed quondam Real Madrid defender Fernando Hierro equally their novel manager.
• Spanish lawn tennis star Rafael Nadal was the official race starter at the 86th edition of the 24 Hours Le Mans classic endurance race.
• Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar’s consumer goods venture Sri Sri Tattva has launched an in-house clothe create – BYOGI.
• State-owned Bank of Baroda along with Indian Overseas Bank as well as Andhra Bank are inwards advanced discussions with a possible buyer to sell their stake inwards Malaysian articulation venture — Republic of Republic of India International Bank (Malaysia) Berhad. Bank of Baroda holds a forty per cent stake inwards Republic of Republic of India International Bank (Malaysia), piece Indian Overseas Bank as well as Andhra Bank ain 35 per cent as well as 25 per cent stake, respectively.
• State-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) has prepare loan recovery cells inwards all its 6,900 branches.
• Tamil Nadu is going to ban electronic cigarettes, battery-operated inhalers that emit doses of vaporised nicotine.
• Tata Power announced that it has bagged the contract for setting upwards a 150-MW solar projection inwards Maharashtra.
• Technology giant Google is planning to launch its e-commerce platform inwards the Indian marketplace topographic point after this year. Google's Vice President of Product Management Caesar Sengupta is probable to caput the e-commerce unit of measurement for the society inwards India.
• Telangana authorities entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of Republic of Republic of India to provide RS.5 lakh insurance encompass to the farmers nether ‘Telangana Rythu Beema’ scheme.
• Thai professional person golfer Ariya Jutanugarn won the 73rd US Women’s Open at the Shoal Creek Alabama course, United States.
• The 106th Indian Science Congress volition live held at Lovely Professional University (LPU), Jalandhar, Punjab from 3rd to 7th Jan 2019. Theme of Indian Science Congress 2019 : ‘Future India: Science & Technology’.
• The 13th edition of India-Nepal articulation armed services do 'Surya Kiran' successfully concluded at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. Aim of Surya Kiran XIII : Enhancing as well as strengthening storey of defense strength cooperation betwixt the ii neighbouring nations.
• The 18th Shanghai Corporation Organization (SCO) summit concluded on 10th June at Qingdao, Communist People's Republic of China with the adoption of the Qingdao declaration. It was Republic of Republic of India as well as Pakistan’s commencement summit equally total members of SCO grouping.
• The 1st biannual Indian Air Force Commanders' Conference was held at Air Headquarters, New Delhi. This conference was inaugurated past times Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
• The 29th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests / massacre was observed inwards Communist People's Republic of China on 4th June 2018.
• The 3rd Home Affairs’ Dialogue betwixt Republic of Republic of India as well as U.K. was held inwards New Delhi. The Government of Republic of Republic of India Delegation was led past times Rajiv Gauba, Union Home Secretary as well as the Delegation from Home Office of the U.K. was led past times its Second Permanent Secretary Patsy Wilkinson.
• The Andhra Pradesh authorities has announced a commencement of it's form monthly allowance of ₹1,000 each to unemployed graduate youths inwards the province with an upper historic catamenia boundary of 35.
• The ban on plastic came into number from 23rd June 2018 across the province of Maharashtra.
• The Bank of Maharashtra board stripped the bank's medico as well as CEO Ravindra Marathe as well as Executive Director RK Gupta of all functional responsibilities with immediate effect. This comes after Marathe as well as Gupta were arrested inwards the ₹2,043-crore DSK Group loan fraud case.
• The Banks Board Bureau (BBB) has recommended 22 full general managers to live elevated equally Executive Directors at the diverse Public Sector Banks (PSBs).
• The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has pulled out of the alliance with Jammu as well as Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over repeated attacks on forces as well as civilians inwards the Valley.
• The Bombay High Court lately approved the service of notice most a litigation inwards a PDF format through WhatsApp equally valid.
• The Cabinet approved an MoU signed betwixt Republic of Republic of India as well as Holland on technical cooperation inwards the champaign of Spatial Planning, Water Management as well as Mobility Management.
• The Cabinet approved MoU signed betwixt Republic of Republic of India as well as Sultanate of Oman on Cooperation inwards the peaceful uses of outer space.
• The Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, the health tidings fly of the directorate full general of health services inwards the Union ministry building of health as well as theatre unit of measurement welfare, has lately released the National Health Profile 2018. Republic of the Maldives spends 9.4% of its gross domestic product to claim the top spot inwards the list, followed past times Thailand (2.9%).
• The Central Water Commission (CWC) has signed collaboration understanding with search engine giant Google for overflowing forecasting as well as dissemination of overflowing related information to masses.
• The Centre approved the continuation of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle as well as Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark-III programmes, costing over ₹10,000 crore. While ₹6,131 crore was allotted for launching light-weight satellites inwards thirty PSLV flights, ₹4,338 crore was given for heavy-weight satellites on 10 GSLV missions.
• The Centre announced a total overhaul of the University Grants Commission Act as well as a novel legislation to prepare the Higher Education Commission of Republic of Republic of India (HECI). The novel torso is expected to provide to a greater extent than autonomy as well as flexibility to institutes.
• The Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) signed understanding with Kerala authorities to build 3 marine ambulances for province fisheries department.
• The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) lab has signed Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with RAASI Solar Power Pvt Ltd for transfer of engineering for India’s commencement Lithium Ion (Li-ion) Battery project.
• The Data Security Council of Republic of Republic of India (DSCI), an arm of the Nasscom, has signed an understanding with the Telangana authorities to prepare the Centre of Excellence (CoE) for cyber security.
• The Dutch metropolis of Eindhoven is set to live the 1st inwards the globe to have got habitable houses made past times a 3D printer.
• The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at its plenary coming together inwards Paris, French Republic has officially placed Islamic Republic of Pakistan on its Grey List of countries involved inwards providing monetary assistance to terrorism as well as related causes for failing to curb terror financing on its soil. The placement on to grayness listing could wound Pakistan’s economic scheme equally good equally its international standing.
• The commencement International Day of Parliamentarism was observed on 30th June 2018 to highlight the role of parliaments worldwide equally indispensable cornerstones of democracy.
• The Foreign right away investment (FDI) inwards Republic of Republic of India increased to US $61.96 billion inwards 2017-18.
• The French authorities has announced a project design to reintroduce compulsory national service for all 16-year-olds. Under this plan, French boys as well as girls would do a minimum of one-month service inwards the commencement stage which would focus on voluntary teaching as well as working with charities with others.
• The authorities has announced a comprehensive packet of to a greater extent than than ₹8,000 crore to provide relief to sugarcane farmers as well as to clear their dues, which have got crossed over ₹22,000 crore.
• The authorities has clarified that the GST volition non live applicable to costless banking services such equally cheque volume issuance as well as ATM withdrawals. However, involvement charged on outstanding credit carte bills, as well as larn out fee paid past times investors of mutual funds volition live taxable nether GST.
• The authorities has made Permanent Account Number (PAN) mandatory for sending money abroad nether the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS). Earlier, PAN was non insisted upon for electrical flow job concern human relationship transactions of upwards to $25,000.
• The authorities has opened 10 articulation secretary-level posts for private sector employees, who neither require to live an IAS officeholder nor UPSC qualified to live eligible for the job. The openings spread through major ministries including Finance as well as Agriculture.
• The authorities has prepare a commission to convey inwards transparency inwards the jobs information calculation. The commission volition aspect into the limitations of the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) as well as submit its report. Head of this Committee : TCA Anant (former Chief Statistician of India)
• The authorities planning to merge at to the lowest degree 4 state-run banks including IDBI Bank, Bank of Baroda, Central Bank of India, as well as Oriental Bank of Commerce. With combined assets of ₹16.58 trillion, the merged entity would go India's second-largest banking company after the State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI).
• The Gujarat authorities has launched a novel solar might scheme for farmers titled Suryashakti Kisan Yojana (SKY). It is commencement such scheme inwards the country, where farmer volition make his might as well as sell surplus to State might utility.
• The Haryana authorities has decided to innovate an environment-centric scheme, nether which schoolhouse children volition live given ₹50 for planting trees every half-dozen months for a catamenia of 3 years. The scheme volition encompass students from Classes 6 to 12 of both authorities as well as private schools. It volition live launched on July 10.
• The Haryana authorities has raised the upper historic catamenia boundary of entry into authorities service from forty to 42 years.
• The Hungarian Parliament has adopted the "Stop Soros" law that criminalises helping migrants. Republic of Hungary named the legislation after George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist it accuses of encouraging migration of Muslims to Europe.
• The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has commissioned Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) ICGS Rani Rashmoni, inwards Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is aiming to create Republic of Republic of India the commencement land to solid reason a rover close Moon's due south pole as well as study the potential for mining waste-free nuclear fuel that could live worth trillions of dollars. ISRO volition launch Chandrayaan-2 inwards Oct to analyse crust samples for signs of helium-3, which could encounter global loose energy demands for 250 years if harnessed from Moon.
• The indigenous Pinaka rocket organization of the Defence Research as well as Development Organisation (DRDO), known for firing a salvo of 12 rockets inwards merely 44 seconds, is existence evolved into a precision-guided missile, with enhanced gain as well as accuracy to hitting its targets.
• The indigenously upgraded artillery gun Dhanush (also known equally Desi Bofors) has successfully completed the 3rd as well as terminal user trials as well as is create for induction into Indian Army.
• The informal coming together of IBSA Foreign Ministers was lately held at Pretoria, South Africa. India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Minister of International Relations as well as Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Lindiwe Sisulu as well as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Marcos Bezerra Abbott Galvão participated inwards the meeting.
• The Insurance Regulatory as well as Development Authority (IRDAI) has approved Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)’s project design to purchase 51 per cent stake inwards IDBI Bank equally the insurance regulator gave the insurer exemption from fifteen per cent investment cap. The LIC is expected to invest closed to Rs. 13,000 crore inwards tranches inwards the NPA-mired state-run lender.
• The International Conference on Information as well as Communication Technology (ICT) was held inwards Kathmandu (Nepal's capita) during 17th as well as 18th June 2018. Theme of the Conference : “Sustainable Development Goals for Smart Society”.
• The International Cricket Council (ICC) has charged Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal with "changing the status of the ball" during the 2nd Windies Test inwards St Lucia.
• The International Cricket Council (ICC) included Nepal, Netherlands, Scotland as well as the UAE inwards their ODI rankings listing apart from the 12 existing countries.
• The International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) was observed on sixteen June 2018 across the world. Aim of IDFR : Recognizing meaning financial contribution migrant workers create to wellbeing of their families dorsum dwelling as well as to sustainable evolution of their countries of origin.
• The International Space Station (ISS) has launched a spacecraft titled RemoveDEBRIS, which would assist take human mission-threatening infinite debris including defunct satellites as well as used rockets.
• The Kerala authorities has announced plans to launch the Comprehensive Newborn Screening programme to observe nascency defects inwards babies born inwards authorities health facilities inside 48 hours of birth. The scheme aims at improving the character of life for the surviving children.
• The Khadi as well as Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has adopted Jagatpur hamlet (Delhi) for its Swachhata Abhiyaan.
• The Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport close Varanasi is set to go the commencement Indian airdrome to have got a national highway underneath its runway.
• The Madhya Pradesh authorities has announced Bijli Bill Mafi Yojana 2018 (Power Bill Waiver Scheme), a waiver scheme for outstanding might bills for labourers as well as misfortunate families. The scheme is expected to do goodness closed to 77 lakh people inwards the state.
• The Maharashtra authorities has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Quebec province of Canada to increment economical cooperation as well as welfare of tribal community inwards the state.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has banned Al Qaeda inwards Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) as well as Islamic State inwards Khorasan Province (ISKP) nether anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967. AQIS is an affiliate of al Qaeda as well as ISKP is Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan fly of Islamic State (IS).
• The much-awaited summit betwixt the the States as well as Democratic People's Republic of Korea took house inwards Singapore. US President Donald Trump as well as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met at a resort isle of Sentosa along with their respective translators. Kim as well as Trump became the commencement leaders of their countries to e'er come upwards confront to face.
• The number of hungry people inwards the globe has risen for the commencement fourth dimension inwards to a greater extent than than a decade, according to a lately released UN’s Sustainable Development Goals study 2018.
• The Odisha authorities has launched Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana, a novel Healt Insurance scheme for Journalists. This scheme provides Rs. 2 Lakh per annum health insurance encompass to all working journalists of the state.
• The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is going to host the 7th OPEC International Seminar at the Imperial Hofburg Palace inwards Vienna, Austria. Theme of 7th OPEC International Seminar 2018 : ‘Petroleum – cooperation for a sustainable future’.
• The plenary coming together of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was lately held at Jurmala, Latvia. In this meeting, Communist People's Republic of China announced that volition oppose India's entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) whose plenary session is underway inwards Bern. Note : Republic of Latvia assumed chairmanship of NSG for 2018-19.
• The Pune Police arrested the medico & CEO of Bank of Maharashtra, Ravindra Marathe along with executive manager R K Gupta inwards the ₹3,000 crore DSK Group loan fraud case.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has announced that it volition prepare a Public Credit Registry (PCR) equally a repository of information regarding loan information of individuals as well as corporate borrowers.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has asked payment services firms to provide fortnightly updates on activity taken past times them to shop transaction information inwards the country.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has made changes inwards the Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS) 2015 to enable people to opened upwards a hassle-free gilded deposit account.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has proposed setting upwards of Board of Management (BoM) inwards all Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) having deposits of over Rs 100 crore inside i twelvemonth to strengthen governance as well as promote professional person administration inwards these banks.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has revised the Priority Sector Lending (PSL) guidelines for housing loans with Affordable Housing Definition nether the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
• The Rupee has hitting an all-time depression of 69.10 against US dollar on 28th June. This comes after spike inwards unsmooth petroleum prices as well as concerns of higher inflation as well as widening electrical flow job concern human relationship deficit. The previous tape depression for Rupee was 68.86 on Nov 24, 2016.
• The SAARC Development Fund (SDF) is going to launch a Social Enterprise Development Programme (SEDP) equally portion of its social window. The programme volition live implemented inwards all SAARC fellow member states with objective of identifying as well as edifice social enterprises past times using mix of grants as well as concessional returnable capital.
• The State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI) has informed refiners that it won't grip payments for unsmooth petroleum from Islamic Republic of Iran from November.
• The province of Telangana has celebrated the 4th anniversary of its foundation on 2nd June 2018.
• The Telangana authorities directed all urban local bodies as well as civic municipal bodies to ban usage of single-use plastic inwards the offices.
• The UK High Court has ordered embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya to pay a minimum of 2 lakh pounds towards the costs incurred past times thirteen Indian banks inwards their legal battle to recover alleged dues.
• The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has fined state-owned Canara Bank's UK segmentation £896,100 (₹8 crore) for breaching anti-money laundering laws. It has also prohibited the banking company from accepting novel deposits for nearly v months.
• The UK's Queen Elizabeth II gave regal assent to the Brexit neb that would allow the province to leave of absence the European Union (EU). The European Union withdrawal neb repeals the 1972 European Communities Act through which the UK became a fellow member of the bloc.
• The Union Cabinet has approved establishment of additional 6.5 Million Metric Tonne (MMT) Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) facilities at Chandikhol inwards Odisha as well as Padur inwards Karnataka.
• The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for introduction of Dam Safety Bill, 2018 inwards the Parliament. This neb aims to assist all States as well as Union Territories to adopt uniform dam security procedures which volition ensure security of dams as well as safeguard benefits from such dams.
• The Union Finance Ministry has given "in-principle" approving to proposed Metro Rail projects inwards Indore, Bhopal, Kanpur, Agra as well as Delhi. The estimated cost of the projects is ₹1.07 lakh crore.
• The Union Ministry of Culture has launched a novel scheme titled Seva Bhoj Yojana. Aim of Seva Bhoj Yojana : To provide financial assistance on purchase of specific nutrient items past times Charitable Religious Institutions (CRIs) for costless distribution with people.
• The Union Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeITY) launched 5000 Wi-Fi Choupals inwards villages inwards partnership with mutual service centres (CSCs). Aim of Wi-Fi Choupals : To transform rural Internet connectivity through Bharat Net Project.
• The Unique Identification Authority of Republic of Republic of India (UIDAI) has clarified that the utilization of or access to Aadhaar biometric information for criminal investigation is non permissible nether Aadhaar Act.
• The Unique Identification Authority of Republic of Republic of India (UIDAI) has extended the deadline for service providers to implement the Virtual ID (VID) organization to July 1. The Virtual ID organization aims to give users the selection of non sharing their Aadhaar number with service providers as well as give them a 16-digit temporarily generated VID instead.
• The Unique Identification Authority of Republic of Republic of India (UIDAI) has restricted Mobile Wallet Companies from accessing the Aadhaar database, effective July 1.
• The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) elected South Africa, Indonesia, Dominican Republic, Deutschland as well as Kingdom of Belgium equally non-permanent members of the Security Council. Their terms volition get down on Jan 1 side past times side year, with the non-permanent members existence elected for a two-year term.
• The the States enforced 'Restoring Internet Freedom Order', replacing Obama-era 'net neutrality' rules, which had barred network service providers from charging to a greater extent than for for sure content to grant equal access to the internet.
• The the States has named Democratic People's Republic of Korea equally i of the worst human trafficking nations for reportedly the 16th consecutive year.
• The the States has unveiled the world's most powerful supercomputer titled 'Summit', beating the previous record-holder China's Sunway TaihuLight.
• The the States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) citing anti-Israel bias. The US was elected to the Council for the commencement fourth dimension inwards 2009 after boycotting it for 3 years.
• The United States, United Mexican States as well as Canada won the correct to jointly host the 2026 Fifa World Cup after beating Kingdom of Morocco inwards a vote past times FIFA fellow member nations inwards Moscow.
• The Upper House of the Dutch Parliament passed a law banning full-face veils such equally the burqa as well as niqab inwards world places. The law bans wearing the veils inwards educational as well as authorities institutions, hospitals as well as on world transport, but non on streets.
• The US authorities has approved a bargain to sell half-dozen AH-64E Apache set on helicopters to Republic of Republic of India for $930 million. Under the deal, the US volition also provide nighttime vision sensors, command radars, Hellfire Longbow missiles as well as Stinger air-to-air missiles to India.
• The Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat announced a blanket (complete) ban on polythene starting July 31.
• The Uttarakhand High Court has banned H2O sports inwards the province until the authorities frames a policy to regulate them.
• The Uttarakhand High Court has ordered the province authorities to set the boundary of loudspeakers at 5 decibels.
• The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has received the volume titled "Vedvigyan Alok" authored past times Acharya Agnivarat Naishthik. This volume is the scriptural poesy inwards Vedas' prose.
• The world’s commencement International Centre for Humanitarian Forensics was launched inwards Gandhinagar (Gujarat).
• To address the criticality of the world H2O resources inwards a major portion of the country, the Indian authorities has formulated a novel scheme titled, Atal Bhujal Yojana. The scheme aims to ameliorate the world H2O administration inwards priority areas inwards the province through community participation.
• To facilitate infrastructure investments past times insurance as well as pension funds, the Union Government is going to launch Rs.500 crore Credit Enhancement Fund (CEF) inwards July 2018.
• To facilitate money withdrawals for people of far flung areas, Fintech job solid Mahagram volition deploy over 1 lakh Aadhaar-enabled ATM machines across India.
• To focus on creating awareness with customers of banks, the Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has conducted Financial Literacy Week from 4th June 2018. Theme of Financial Literacy Week : ‘Customer Protection’.
• To monitor citizens living inwards different parts of the country, Communist People's Republic of China has launched bird-shaped drones fitted with a camera, GPS antenna, as well as satellite communication capability.
• To provide create clean drinking water, the Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation has launched a scheme titled Swajal Yojana inwards 115 Aspirational districts of India. Swajal Yojana is a community owned drinking H2O scheme for sustained drinking H2O supply.
• To study the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Policy of India, the Indian Government has constituted a Group of eminent persons. Head of this Group : Baba Kalyani (Industrialist).
• To describe missing as well as abandoned children inwards India, the Commerce as well as Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu launched a mobile application titled ReUnite.
• Uganda passed a neb for "social media tax" imposing a daily fee of most 200 shillings (₹3.57) for using platforms similar WhatsApp, Facebook, as well as Twitter.
• UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the province is going to launch 'Start-Up Visas' from the twelvemonth 2019 to invite talented founders of job concern ventures.
• UK’s Prince William became the 1st fellow member of the regal theatre unit of measurement to take in State of Israel on an official visit. During this visit, he met Holocaust survivors, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin as well as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
• Undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has been named the world's highest-paid athlete past times Forbes for the 4th fourth dimension inwards 7 years with $285 1000000 inwards earnings.
• Union Cabinet apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed betwixt Republic of Republic of India as well as Kingdom of Denmark on technical cooperation inwards the champaign of Sustainable as well as Smart Urban Development.
• Union Cabinet approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed betwixt the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Republic of Republic of India as well as Institut National de la Santeet de la RechercheMedicale (INSERM), France. This MoU aims at cooperation inwards areas of mutual involvement inside medical, health query as well as life sciences fields.
• Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for grant of permission to HDFC Bank to lift additional part uppercase of upwards to a maximum of 24,000 crore rupees.
• Union Culture as well as Environment Minister Mahesh Sharma has announced that a scientific study called Colour Stereography volition live done on the Taj Mahal to determine its exact colour.
• Union Minister for Women as well as Child Development Maneka Gandhi set the foundation stone for India's commencement Advanced deoxyribonucleic acid Forensic Lab inwards Chandigarh. Built at a cost of Rs 99.76 crore from the Nirbhaya Fund, the state-of-the-art 'Sakhi Suraksha' lab, volition come upwards up at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory campus to assist inwards investigation as well as prosecution of crimes including those committed against women as well as children.
• University of Michigan has regained the championship of making the world's smallest 'computer' from IBM past times making a device measure 0.3mm x 0.3mm, one-tenth of IBM's version. Smaller than a grain of rice, the device loses all prior information when unplugged, dissimilar desktop computers.
• US Food as well as Drug Administration has approved the 1st Prosthetic Iris (coloured portion of the eye) that tin can live implanted to care for patients with missing or damaged iris .
• US President Donald Trump as well as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have got signed an understanding to completely denuclearise Republic of Korea inwards central for security guarantees from the US.
• US President Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize past times ii Norwegian MPs for his efforts inwards reaching an understanding with Democratic People's Republic of Korea to denuclearise the Korean peninsula.
• Uttar Pradesh's Mughal Sarai Junction has officially been renamed equally Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction, after President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the province government's proposal.
• Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu released a commemorative money of Rs 125 as well as circulation money of Rs 5 denomination on the occasion of Statistics Day as well as 125th nascency anniversary of P C Mahalanobis .
• Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has launched a volume titled “Human Rights, Values as well as Cultural Ethos”. This volume is a collection of essays as well as lectures written past times Dr. R.P. Dhokalia.
• With 1,86,000 Indian students currently studying inwards the United States, Republic of Republic of India is the 2nd highest sender of unusual students to the US, side past times side alone to China.
• With an aim to promote loose energy efficiency, Power Minister RK Singh has asked major air-conditioner manufacturers to maintain default temperature setting at 24 storey Celsius. Some countries similar Nippon have got regulated the temperature at 28 degree.
• With the inspiration of ‘Beti Bacho-Beti padao’ programme existence initiated past times the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, East coast Railways, Waltair Division has launched ‘SUBHADRA VAHINI’ programme for the security as well as protection of Women. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 32 member- women squad consisting of RPF constabulary as well as TC women employees volition monitor the security of the women passengers inwards Trains as well as Railway stations inwards the division.
• With the total projection portfolios of US$4.4 Billion, Republic of Republic of India has been the largest borrower of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) lending since the fourth dimension the Bank started its operations.
• World number i Test bowler Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) became the 1st Cricketer to purse 6 Trophies at the annual Cricket South Africa awards.
• World's largest international maritime warfare exercise, RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific Exercise) volition live held from 27th June 2018 to 2nd August 2018. As many equally 26 countries, including India, volition participate inwards the biennial exercise.

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