WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 13TH TO 19TH JUNE 2022

 WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 13TH TO 19TH JUNE 2022 

International Albinism Awareness Day - 13th June 

Theme 2022 - United In Making Our Voice Heard. 

1) Russia's McDonald's Renamed As Vkusno & Tochka. 

2) Max Verstappen Wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix For Red Bull. 

3) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurates & Lays The Foundation Of Various Development Works At Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar.

4) Viktor Axelsen Wins Indonesia Masters Men's Single Title. 

5) The First Ever India-EU Security & Defense Consultations Took Place On 10th June At Brussels. 

6) AAP Gujarat Leader Isudan Gadhvi Appointed As The National Joint General Secretary Of The Aam Aadmi Party. 

7) Argentina Women Wins The FIH Pro League After Belgium Beat India. 

8) Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) Has Introduced Buses That Have Wheel Chair Lifting Facility For The First Time.

9) IIT Bombay Team Has Designed The First Spiking Neuro Synaptic Core On 45 Nanometer Silicon On Insulator Technology. 

10) Gurunaidu Sanapathi (55kg) Wins Gold In Men's In IWF Youth Weightlifting Championship. And Soumya S Dalvi Wins Bronze In Women's 45 Kg Category Held At Mexico. 

11) Akanksha Vyvahare Wins Silver In Women's 40 kg Category At IWF Youth Weightlifting World Championship Held At Mexico. 

12) Vijay Prajapati Wins Silver In Men's 49 Kg Event At IWF Youth World Weightlifting Championship Held At Mexico. 

World Blood Donor's Day - 14th June 

Theme 2022 -  Donating Blood Is An Act Of Solidarity, Join The Effort And Save Lives 

13) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launched A Special Stamp Commemorating The 200th Anniversary Of Mumbai Samachar.

14) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy Releases 2977 Crores For 2021 Kharif Crop Loss To Farmers.

15) Air Marshal Vibhas Pande Appointed By The Government As The New Chief Of The Air Force Maintenance Command Headquarted In Nagpur.

16) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The Gallery Of Revolutionaries At Raj Bhawan, Mumbai.

17) Ministry Of Defense Launched The Agnipath Recruit Scheme.

18) Veteran Artist Subhomoy Chatterjee Passed Away.

19) 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist Monica Puig Retires From International Tennis.

20) IPL Media Rights For TV Wins Star Media And For Digital Platform Viacom 18.

21) Zydus Life Sciences Limited Chairman Pankaj R Patel Appointed As Part Time Non Official Director Of Central Board Of Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) For A Period Of 4 Years.

22)  President Joe Biden Signs Bill To Start National Asian American And Pacific Islander Museums.

23)  Chairman Of Ceylon Electricity Board M M C Ferdinando Resigned From His Post

24) Shane Warne Has Received His First Australian State Honour Posthumously Along With Former Tennis Player Ash Barty.

25) The Telengana Government Signed An MoU With Bengaluru Based Elest For Setting Up India's First Display Fabrication Unit In Hyderabad By Investment 24000 Crores.

26)  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated Jagat Guru Srishant Tukaram Maharaj Temple, Dehu At Pune.

27) 38th India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol Begins In Andaman Sea  And Straits Of Malacca.

 World Wind Day - 15th June 

Theme 2022 - Celebrate And Admire The Benefits Of Wind Energy Has The Power And Possibility To Change The Complete Energy System.

28) Haryana Wins The 2021 Khelo India Youth Game Title.

29) N J Ojha Appointed As The MGNREGA Ombudsman.

30) Ex Supreme Court Judge Ranjana Desai Is The New Chief Of Press Council Of India.

31) Tokyo Olympic Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra Threw 89.03 Meter At Paavo Nurmi Games, He Broke His Own Record.

32) Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh Appointed As The Next Commander In chief Of Air Command Base Of Prayagraj.

33) India's First Ever Private Train Service Bharat Gaurav Scheme Flagged Off From Coimbatore.

34) US State Department Launches Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative.

35) Kerala State Government Launched Suraksha Mitra Project Vehicle Monitoring Project.

36) National Museum Of Customs & GST Was Recently Inaugurated In Goa.

37) Singapore Hosts Shangri- La Dialogue (Asia Security Summit).

38) Under The Chairmanship Of PM Narendra Modi The First National Conference Of Chief Secretaries Is Being Organised In Dharamsala.

39) First Ever National Film Festival Of Jammu And Kashmir To Be Held At Srinagar.

40) European Union (EU) Signs Deals With Egypt Israel To End Dependency On Russia For Gas. 

41) India Successfully Tested Prithvi 2 A Short Range Ballistic Missile From Chandipur, Odisha.

42) UGC And IGNOU To Launch Three Years Skill Based BA Programme For Agniveers.

43) Parmjeet, Manpreet Clinched Bronze Medals In Asia Oceania Para Powerlifting Championship.

44) An MoU Signed Between NPCI, International And Lyra Network Of France For Acceptance Of UPI And RUPAY Card In France.

45) External Affairs Minister Dr.  S Jaishankar Along With Sports Minister Anurag Thakur Inaugurated 6 Squash Court At Major Dhyanchand Stadium, New Delhi.

46) Myanmar Will Not Take Part In 24th ASEAN Summit This Year.

47) Linked In The Online Professional Network Will Invest 3.88 Crores In A Three Year Regional Partnerships With UN Women. 

World Day To Combat Desertification & Drought - 17th June 

Theme 2022 - Rising Up From Drought Together 

48) Farman Basha Wins Silver Medal In Para Powerlifting Championships At Pyeongtaek 2022. 

49) Congress Appoints Jairam Ramesh As AICC General Secretary Incharge Of Communication, Publicity And Media Including Social And Digital Media. 

50) Hrithik  Roshan's Maternal Grand Mother Padma Rani Om Prakash Passed Away. 

51) Kailash Gehtodi Appointed As The Chairman Of Forest Development Corporation Of Uttarakhand. 

52) Melbourne To Host Australian F1 Race Until 2035. 

53) The Long Halloween Comic Artist Tim Sale Passed Away. 

54) India's First Balika Panchayat Started In 5 Villages Of Kutch, Gujarat. Under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao The Scheme Initiated. 

55) Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) Lifts The Business Restriction On Master Card On Asia Pacific. 

56) Jammu White Corps Signed An MoU With Patronage LNG For Super 30 Training To Youth In Jammu. 

57) Telengana State Government Has Appointed State Assisted Reproductive Technology And Surrogacy Board For Implementation Of Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Act And Surrogacy Act 2021. 

58) Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stalin Inaugurated The Newly Established All Women Police Station (AWPS) At Perundurai Via Video Conferencing. 

59) Senior Congress Leader P Chidambaram Resigns From His Rajya Sabha Seat From Maharashtra. 

60) President Of China Xi Jinping Will Host The 14th BRICS Summit In Beijing On 23rd June. 

61) The 12 Day Long Joint Military Exercise Between India And Bangladesh Sampriti Culminated At Jashore, Bangladesh. 

62) Naftali Bennett Takes Charge As Israel's New Prime Minister. 

63) Angelo Mathew And Tuba Hassan Crowned ICC Players Of The Month For May. 

64) India's First Centralized AC Railway Terminal In Bengaluru Becomes Operational. 

65) Denmark Topped The List In Annual World Competitive Index 2022. India Ranks 37th. 

66) China To Build a Planetarium At Roof Of The World In Tibet.

67) Israel, India, UAE And USA Have Formed I2U2 Grouping, The First Summit Will Held On July 2022.

68) Aarti Prabhakar Has Been Appointed As Science Adviser To The President OF USA.

69) Kerala State Ranked The Highest In National e-governance Service Delivery Assessment, As Per NeSDA Report. 

70) Russia Overtakes Saudi Arbia To Becomes India's Second Biggest Oil Supplier. 

71) Karnataka State Government Launched FRUITS Scheme For Farmers. 

72) Bhogeshwara The Asia's Longest Tusked Elephant Dies Of Natural Causes Recently. 

73) Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Launches Green India Challenge 5.0 In Hyderabad. Aim To Improve The Green Cover And Protect The Environment. 

74) Union Minister Of State For Health And Family Welfare Dr. Bharti Pravin Pawar Launched The Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF) 2022. 

75) India- EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Talks To Begin At Brussels. 

76) India Today Journalist Boria Mazumdar Launched His New Book Titled Maverick Commissioner. 

77) Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport List In Top 50 In The World, 37th Best Airport Of World By Skytrax World Airport Awards. 

78) England Set a World Record By Making 498 Runs In 50 Overs Odi Match Against Nederlands. 

79) India's Ashok Malik Wins Gold In Asia Oceania Para Powerlifting Championship At Pyeongtaek 2022, South Korea. 

80) The 8th Meeting Of The Heads Of Border Services Of The Member States Of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Held In New Delhi. 

81) Jennifer Lopez Raises USD 3.6 Million At LA Dodgers Foundation Gala.

82) WWE CEO Vince McMahon Steps Down From His Post. 

83) External Affair Minister Dr. S Jaishankar And Vietnam Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son Launched a Logo To Mark 50 Years Of Diplomatic Relations Between The Two Nations. 

84) USA, Mexico And Canada To Host FIFA 2026 World Cup. 

85) Defense Minister Rajnath Singh & Lieutenant Governor Of Jammu Manoj Sinha Inaugurated The Boulder Climbing Wall And The Himalayan Museum At Jawahar Institute Of Mountaineering And Winter Sports, In Pahalgam. 

86) Solidarity 2023 The Border Operation Will Be Organized By China. (8th SCO Meeting)  

87) Microsoft Names CEO Satya Nadella As Chairman. 

88) The Government Of India Has Launched Project O2 For India To Step Up Production Of Medical Oxygen. 

89) Asia Development Bank (ADB)  Inked USD 484 Million Loan With GoI To Upgrade Road Network In Tamilnadu. 

World Sickle Cell Day - 19th June 

Theme 2022 - Shine The Light 

World Fathers Day - 19th June 

90) Egypt Hosted The 8th Global Conference Of Young Parliaments. 

91) Sargam Koushal Crowned As Mrs India World 2022-23.

92) Neeraj Chopra Wins Gold In Kuortane Games With Throw Of 86.69 Meter. 

93) Elijah Winnington (Australia)  Wins The First Gold In The Men's 400m Freestyle At World Swimming Championship Held At Budapest. 

94) Katie Ledecky Wins Gold In Women's 400m Free Style At World Swimming Championship Held At Budapest.

95) Prannoy Loses In Semifinal OF Indonesia Open 2022. 

96) Pranati Nayak Wins Bronze Medal In The 9th Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships Held In Doha, QATAR. 

97) Indian Hockey Female  Player Neha Goyal Completes 100 International Matches.

98) England Pacer Katherine Brunt (Female Cricketer) Announced Retirement From Test Cricket.

99) India And Bangladesh To Hold Their 7th Physical Joint Consultative Commission Meeting In New Delhi On 19th June. 

100) Prime Minister Narendra Modi To Lay Foundation Stone Of Various Developmental Projects Worth Rs 21000 Crores In Vadodara. 

101) Congress Appoints Pawan Khera As The Chairman Of Media And Publicity In The New Communications Department. 

102) Gujarat Yoga Board And Patanjali Yog Samiti Organized Yoga Shivir In Ahmedabad Ahead Of International Yoga Day On 21st June. 

103) Researchers From IIT Mumbai And Kharagpur Built a Microscope That Can Image Magnetic Field Within Microscopic Two Dimensional Samples That Change Over Milliseconds. 

104) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated Redeveloped Temple On Pavagarh Hills In Gujarat, Which Is 500 Years Old. 

105) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The 1.6 Km Long Pragati Maidan Tunnel And Five Other Underpasses.