DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 21ST JUNE 2024

World Refugee Day - 20th June 

Theme 2024 - Solidarity With Refugees 

International Yoga Day - 21st June ( 10th Edition) 

Theme 2024 - Yoga For Self, & Society 

1) QUAD Health Security Partnership Meeting Held In Sydney, Australia On 18th June 2024. 

2) ILYA Sustskever, Co-Founder Of OpenAI Has Launched Safe Super Intelligence ( SSI). 

3) Union Cabinet Has Approved The New MSP For Kharif Crops ( For Dhaan Is 2300 Per Quintal) 

For Cotton 7121/7521) 

4) National Stock Exchange ( NSE) Has Launched Nifty India Tourism Index 

5) Manoj Jain Has Been Appointed As The Chairman And MD Of BEL. ( Bharat Electricals Limited) 

6) David Johnson, Former Indian Test Cricketer Passed Away.

7) Cabinet Has Approved The Development Of An All Weather Greenfield Deep Draft Major Port At Vadhavan in Maharastra For Rs 76,220 Crores.

8) Russia Has Won 156 Gold, 93 Silver And 63 Bronze Medals At BRICS Games.

( Belarus - 26 Gold, 49 Silver And 59 Bronze) 

( China- 17 Gold, 16 Silver And 12 Bronze) At Third Position 

( INDIA - 1 Gold, 3 Silver And 12 Bronze) 8th Position 

9) Dwaraka Tirumala Rao Has Been Appointed As The DGP Of Andhra Pradesh.

10) The 3rd Edition Of India-France-Australia Trilateral Focal Points Meeting Held On 19th June 2024.

11) Patna High Court Scraps The 65% Reservation For Backward Classes 

12) Annurag Batra, Founder Of Exchange 4 Media And Chairman Of BW Business World Has Been Selected As A Member Of International Academy Of Television Arts And Sciences.

13) The West Bengal Government Has Launched a Centralized Portal For Admission To Under graduate 

14) Devendra Kumar Has Been Appointed As The CFO of ONGC Board.

15) Tata Communication Has Secured 5 Years$250 million Sustainability Linked Loan From ANZ, DBS Bank, Export Development Canada.

16) Jharkhand State Government Decide To Hold A Caste Based Survey In The State.

17) Uttar Pradesh Is Set To Establish The World's FIRST Conservation And Breeding Center For Asian King Vultures Or Red Headed Vultures In Maharajganj.

( Center Named As Jatayu Conservation And Breeding Center) 

18) India's 9 Major Port Has Been Listed In Top 100 By World Bank 

19) Indian Army And Punjab national Bank Has Signed MoU For Personnel Services Providing.

20) Justice Suryakant, Supreme Court Of India Represent India At The BRICS Chief Justice Forum 2024 In Sochi, Russia.

21) Arvind Kumar Talan Has Been Appointed As The CFO Of Energy Efficiency Services.

22) Dinesh Chandra Agarwal Has Been Appointed As THE MD & CEO Of India Mart For Next Five Years.( from January 2025) 

23) 2nd Edition Of Global Conference On Financial Resilience Organised By RBI.

24) National Highway Authority Of India (NHAI ) And Indraprastha Institute Of Information And Technology Delhi Signed MoU For Enhance The Road Safety By Deploying AI Technology.

25) Researchers Have Discovered a New Genus Of Gomphonemoid Diatom Found In The Water Of Eastern Ghats.

( The Species Is Named As INDICONEMA) 

26) President Droupadi Murmu Appoints 8th Times MP From Odisha  Bhartruhari Mahtab, Member Of Lok Sabha As Speaker Protem Of Constitution. 

( Article - 95(1) ) 

27) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated 84 Various  Development Projects In Sringar Worth Rs 1500 Crores.