NATIONAL UPDATES
1. Chandrababu Naidu awards Rs. 5 lakhs to Nellore's
Jyotsna: The Chief
Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu has announced a financial
support of Rs. 5,00,000 to a girl, Jyotsna of Nellore, for performing most
difficult asanas on 3rd International Yoga Day celebrations in Vijayawada.
2. Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute selected
for PM's Yoga Award 2017: After 85 nominations received and 15 more recommended by the
Screening Committee, Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (Pune) has
been selected for the Prime Minister's Award for outstanding
contribution to promotion and development of Yoga. The Yoga Institute has
worked to spread Yoga, internationally over a period of four
decades. The Institute has published books on Yoga in multiple
languages.
3. Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind resigns: President Pranab Mukherjee has
accepted the resignation of Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind. Earlier, National
Democratic Alliance (NDA) had announced the name of Dalit
leader Kovind as its nominee for the president's post. President has appointed
West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi to discharge the function of
Governor of Bihar until further notice.
4. GST facilitation cell established for
implementation of new indirect tax regime for stakeholders: To facilitate the implementation of
the new indirect tax regime for the stakeholders, Petroleum and Natural Gas
Ministry and its organizations have established ‘GST facilitation cell’. The
cell has been constituted to serve as the first point of contact for industry
to facilitate, guide and provide all support to the stakeholders for a smooth
and successful rollout of GST from 1st of next month. Nine officers have been
deployed in the cell.
5. India & Portugal sign agreement to promote
Cooperation in the Field of Archives
The National Archives of India and the Minister of Culture of
the Portuguese Republic have signed agreement called Protocol of Cooperation in
the field of archives in Lisbon, Portugal. The National Archives of Portugal
handed over to the National Archives of India digital copies of 62 volumes of
the collection known as ‘Moncoes do Reino’.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES
1. International Yoga Day being celebrated worldwide: To promote yoga and make it
as a part of people’s daily routine International Yoga Day (3rd) is
observed worldwide on 21stJune.The theme of this year is "Yoga for
Health", in order to highlight the fact that yoga can contribute in a
holistic way to achieve an equilibrium between body and mind.
2. Saudi king names son Mohammed bin Salman as crown
prince: Saudi King
Salman named his son ‘Mohammed bin Salman’ as crown prince and also
named him as the deputy prime minister and minister of defence. This completes
a gradual removal of powers from the previous Prince Mohammed bin Nayef,
who has been fired.
3. Luxembourg and Estonia open the World’s 1st
data embassy: PM of
Estonia Jüri Ratas and PM of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel signed an agreement
on housing data and information systems between 2 countries, thereby
creating world’s 1st data embassy. Luxembourg has been chosen as the
location for the embassy and will begins its operations from 2018.
4. World Refugee Day observed: World Refugee Day is held every
year on June 20th to raise awareness of the situation of refugees
throughout the world. On this day, refugee advocates urge people to
focus on plight of those who have been displaced by famine and war.
OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS:
1. AnilKumble resigns as Head Coach of Indian Cricket
team: Former Indian Captain Anil Kumble has
resigned from the post of ‘Head Coach’ of the Senior Indian Cricket team.
Earlier at the end of the Champions Trophy, one year contract of Kumble expired
but he was given the option to travel with the team to the West Indies tour. The
BCCI has deputed MV Sridhar (General Manager of cricket operations) to
supervise the team management for the West Indies tour.
BUSINESS & ECONOMY:
2. Hike partners with Yes Bank: A completely new interface and the
addition of a mobile wallet, Hike Messenger has launched the new version of the
app ‘Hike 5.0’ in partnership with YES Bank.The new version with Unified
Payments Interface (UPI) support will enable the users to do free and instant
bank-to-bank transfers with their friends even if they aren't on Hike.
3. Air Asia- the World’s best budget airline: Air Asia has been named the
World’s Best Low-Cost Airline for the ninth time in a row at the 2017 Skytrax
World Airline Awards.
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