NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Lakshadweep becomes the first Union Territory to sign 24x7 ‘Power for All’
documents: The document
chalks out a plan to increase solar capacity of the region from 2.15 MW to 8.45
MW.
2.
New committee to swipe towards cashless society: From past couple of month, the GOI and RBI have been
working on how to reduce cash transactions in the economy. For this, they have
formed a committee of 7 members which is chaired by a ministry official, Neeraj
Kumar Gupta. The committee is working on maximizing the acceptance of card
payments.
3. PM Modi flags off direct train
from Kamakhya to Katra: The train will connect
the two pilgrim towns of Devi Peeth of MaaKamakhya and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi
shrine.
4. President of India to present
MaltiGyanPeethPuraskars tomorrow: Every year the
MaltiGyanPeethPuraskars are awarded to five teachers, one each in the subjects
of Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, English and Social Studies.
5. FM ArunJaitley to embark on
six-day official visit to Japan: He will have
meetings with CEOs of Japanese companies including Soft Bank in Tokyo and will
also attend the 22nd International Conference on the Future of Asia.
6. Bihar Government, UNICEF and MDM
join hands to curb Malnourishment: As
per the MoU signed between the three, an Agriculture Nutrition Cell would be
set up in the Rajendra Agriculture University, Pusa.
7. Committee of Evolution of a
National Education Policy submits report to Ministry of HRD: The
committee headed by Ex-Cabinet Secretary T S R Subramanium submitted the
report. The report containing its recommendations to the Ministry of HRD which
had undertaken a consultation process for framing a New Education Policy and
this process included online, grass-root and national-level thematic
deliberations on 33 themes.
8. Special webpage on two years of
NDA Government unveiled by Press Information Bureau.
9.
Sadhguru to lead Yoga Session at UN on 2nd International Yoga
Day: Spiritual leader and Isha Foundation
founder, SadhguruJaggiVasudev will lead a yoga session at the UN on the
occasion of the 2nd International Yoga Day on 21st June.
The theme for this year will be Sustainable Development Goals.
10. Tata Group forays into
e-commerce with the launch of ‘Tata CliQ’, an online and app-based platform to
let users buy apparel and electronics.
11. Tech Mahindra to acquire
UK-based Target Group.
12. Ashok Leyland reappoints Vinod
K Dasari as Managing Director for 5 years.
13. Three school-girls from J&K
scale Mount Everest: The girls StanzlinLaskit, TashiLaskit and TseringAngmo were a part of the
first ever all-girls Mount Everest expedition of the National Cadet Corps (NCC).
14. Telangana Government enters
Limca Book of Records for conducting the most intensive household survey by a state.
15. Man gets 366 flag tattoos for
Guinness record: HarPrakash Rishi is an Indian man who holds the Guinness World Record for
having the maximum number of flags (366) tattooed on his body.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.
Google cleared of infringement in Oracle lawsuit over Java: Google has won a major US court battle with software
firm Oracle after a jury ruled it did not unfairly appropriate parts of the
Java programming language.
OTHER UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
1. Number of public sector banks to
come down to 8-10: As per the Minister of State for Finance JayantSinha, India will have
8-10 very competitive public sector banks once the ‘dust settles’ and the
consolidation phase ends.
2. RBL Bank to launch scheme for fintech
entrepreneurs: RBL Bank is going to set launch an
Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) programme for fintech start-ups in the next
9-12 months.
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