Gkhabbit: WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 10TH TO 16TH JUNE 2024 ( PDF ATTACHED)

Sunday, 16 June 2024

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 10TH TO 16TH JUNE 2024 ( PDF ATTACHED)

1) Kolkata Based Filmmaker Short Film MEHROON Has Bagged Two Laurels Awards At The Kashish International Film Festival In Mumbai.

2) Colombia Officially Suspends Coal Sales To The Israel.

3) Pooja Tomar Became The First Indian To Win a Bout In The UFC.

4) Rajasthan State Government Has Announced Increase Of Rs 2000 In PM Kishan Samman Nidhi Scheme.

5) Lt Jamyang Tsewang Etched His Name As The First Pilot Of Indian Navy From Ladakh.

6) IIT Kharagpur Ranked Fourth In The QUACQUARELLI SYMONDS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING 2025.

118TH - IIIT BOMBAY ( First In India)

150th - IIT Delhi ( 2nd)

211ST - IISC Bengaluru ( 3rd)

222ND - IIT KHARAGPUR ( Fourth )

* The Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Ranked 1 Globally For The 13th Consecutive Time.

7) Literature Dr Kambupani Samatha Has Received Prestigious BHANJ SOURAV SAMMAN.

8) Founder Of KIIT And KISS Former Lok Sabha MP From Odisha's Kandhamal District Shri Achyuta Samanth Announced His Retirement From Politics.

9) Uttar Pradesh To Host MOTO GP From 2025//-29.

10) 7 Countries Leader Were Present On Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ministry Oath Ceremony.

* Ranil Wickremesinghe ( President Of Srilanka)

* Dr. Mohamed Muizzu ( President, Maldives)

* Ahmed Afif ( Vice President, Seychelles)

* Sheikh Hasina ( Prime Minister, Bangladesh)

* Pravind Kumar Jugnauth ( Prime Minister, Mauritius)

* Pushpa Kamal Dahal ( Prime Minister, Nepal)

* Tshering Tobgay ( Prime Minister, Bhutan)

11) Sanjivani Jhadav Has Win Gold Medal in Women's 10000 m At The Portland Track Festival At Mt Hood Community College In Gresham, Oregon.

* Parul Chaudhary Won Bronze Medal In Women's 3000m Steeplechase

12) Sofia Firdous Became The First Muslim Woman, Who Win Assembly Election in Odisha.

13) Adani Airport International Cargo Tonnage Amounted To 6.6 Lakh Metrics Tonne.

14) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Has Appointed As Indian Football Team CAPTAIN.

15) Sumit Nagal Has Won ATP Heilbronn Challenger.

16) Carlos Alcaraz Wins Men's Single Title At French Open 2024 (Roland Garos)

17) Belgium Prime Minister Has Resigned.

18) India, South Korea, The United States, Japan And The European Union Have Launched A Biopharmaceutical Alliance In San Diego, USA.

19) The Great Nicobar Betrayal: Book Author - Pankaj Sakhsaria

1) Actress Sanya Malhotra Has Been Won Best Actress Award At New York Film Festival 2024 For Mrs

2) Sameer Bansal Has Been Appointed As MD & CEO Of PNB Metlife.

3) JSW Energy Is Setting Up India's Largest 25 Megawatt Green Hydrogen Projects In Karnataka.

4) Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) Has Commissioned India's First Digital Substation With Indigenously Designed 420 KV Optical Fiber Current Transformer ( FOCTs) And IEC 61850 Compliant IEDs.

5) Navy Education Society (NES) Has Signed MoU With M/S Jeannypr Softtech Private Limited To ERP System To Naval School.

6) ISRO Has Released Images Of. ADITYA L1 Which Capture Geomagnetic Storm In Sun In May 2024.

7) CSIR-IIT Scientists Have Spotted The Potential Of Chlorella Growth Factor (CGF) a Protein Rich Extract Derived From Microalgae Chlorella Sorokiniana, Which Have Various Food Ingredients Application.

8) Karnataka Rajya Chalakara Parishath (Karnataka State's Driver Council) Along With Agnibhu Technologies Has Launched The Nagara Metered Auto App.

9) Amol Kale, Mumbai Cricket Association Chief Passed Away.

10) Maharastra Chief Minister Ekanth Sindhe Has Inaugurated The 2nd Phase Of Mumbai Coastal Road From Marine Drive To Haji Ali.

11) Russia Host The BRICS 2024 Foreign Ministerial Meeting from 10-11th June 2024.

12) Lt Zubin Minawalla Has Assumed As Command Of Trishakti Corps.

13) GAIL India Will Set Up Ethane Cracker Project In Madhya Pradesh Sehore District At 60,000 Crores.

14) Sikkim Krantikari Morcha ( SKM) Chief Prem Singh Tamang Takes Oath As The Chief Minister Of Sikkim.

15) Quality Council Of India-Celebrate World Accreditation Day.

( Theme- Accreditation: Empowering Tomorrow And Shaping The Future)

1) India Welcomes Egypt, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia And Ethiopia Joining As A BRICS Member.

2) Indian Army Vice Chief Lt General Upendra Dwivedi Has Launched The VIDYUT RAKSHAK - An Integrated Generator Monitoring Protection And Control System Developed By Major Rajprasad RS Of The Corps Of Engineers For Mass Induction In The Indian Army.

3) Bengaluru Based AXIS CADES Has Delivered The First Batch Of It's Man Portable Counter Drone System ( SOFT KILL) To The Indian Army.

4) RBI Rejects The Reappointment Of Raj Kumar Bansal As MD & CEO Of Edelweiss ARC.

5) Union Government Has Released Rs. 1.39 Lakh Crores Instalment Of Tax Devolution To States.

6) The Karnataka State Government Has Decided To Transfer Rs 3000 Each To 17.9 Lakh Farmers Towards Drought Compensation.

7) Researchers Of IIT Madras And NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Are Studying Multi Drug Resistant Pathogens On The International Space Station ( ISS).

8) Professor Milind Atrey, INOX Chair Professor Of Cryogenics, Department Of Mechanical Engineering IIT Bombay Has Been Elected AS Member Of The International Academy Of Refrigeration ( IAR).

9) UPEIDA Has Signed Two Agreement To Implement AI For The Superior Ride Quality And Comfort On The Upcoming Ganga Expressway In Uttar Pradesh.

10) IAS OFFICER Vishal Dev Has Been Took Charge As Principal Secretary Of Odisha Electronics And IT Department.

11) Oxford UNIVERSITY Has Agreed To Return a 500 Years Old Bronze Statue To India.

12) Adani Defense And UAE's Edge GROUP Has Signed A Strategic Agreement On Aerospace Sector.

13) India To Host Men's Junior Hockey World Cup In 2025.

14) The United States And The Republic Of Korea Convened The Third Nuclear Consultive Group (NCG) IN Seoul On 10th June 2024.

15) Priyanka Jarkiholi Became The Youngest Tribal Woman To Win From An Unreserved Seat In Karnataka.

16) The Fifth Barge Of Missile Cum Ammunition Barge Project, Build By MSME Shipyard M/S Secon Engineering Project Limited (SEPPL) Vishakapatanam, For Indian Navy.

17) Chandra Babu Naidu HAS Announced Amravati Is The Sole Capital Of Andhra Pradesh.

18) Mukesh Kamath Has Been Appointed As The Interim Chief Financial Officer Of Biocon.

19) Kedar Lele Has Been Appointed As The MD Of Castrol India For Next 5 Years.

20) Inder Pal Singh Bindra Has Been Appointed As The Secretary, Competition Commission Of India (CCI).

21) The 8th Edition Of Japan-India Maritime Exercise JIMEX-24 Commenced At Yokosuka, Japan.

( INS Shivalik Participated)

22) National Highway Authority Of India (NHAI) Has Unveiled The New Corporate Identity Of National Highways Infra Trust. (NHIT) With The New Logo

23) Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima Along With 9 Others Killed In A Plane Crashed Chikangawa Mountain Range.

24) Nokia Has Unveiled The World's FIRST Cellular Call Using Immersive Voice AND Audio Services (IVAS).

25) IISC Researchers Have Developed A Novel Remediation Process For Removing Heavy Metal Contaminant Like Arsenic From Ground Water.

26) Sarod Mastero Pandit Rajeev Taranath Passed Away.

World Day Against Child Labour - 12th June

Theme 2024 - Lets Act On Our Commitments: End Child Labour

1) Sanjeet Kharel Has Sworn In As Pro-Tem Speaker Of Sikkim Legislative Assembly.

2) Government Has Appoints Lt General Upendra Dwivedi As The Next Chief Of The Army Staff ( COAS) With Effect From 30th June 2024.

( Currently He Served As Vice Chief Of Indian Army)

3) N Chandrababu Naidu Has Take Oath As Chief Minister Of Andhra Pradesh For The Fourth Time.

( Actor And Jan Sena Kalyan Leader Pawan Kalyan Has Take Oath As Deputy Chief Minister Of Andhra Pradesh).

4) Mohan Charan Majhi Has Take Oath As The New Chief Minister Of Odisha.

( K V Singh Deo & Pravati Parida Took Oath As The Deputy Chief Minister Of Odisha).

5) DRDO's Technology Development Fund (TDF) Has Awarded The Technology Development Contract For ULUAV To Sagar Defense Engineering.

6) Tata Communication Has Signed 5 Years Host Broadcasting Service Pact With World Athletic.

7) Former Football Player And Football Coach T K Chathunni From Kerala Passed Away.

8) World Health Organisation (WHO) Confirmed Human Infection With Bird Flu H9N2 Virus Was Detected In A 4 Years Old Boy In West Bengal.

9) Australian Spinner Adam Zampa Became The First Bowler (Australian) To Get 100 T20I Wickets.

* Haris Rauf (Pakistan) Has Became The Fastest To Get 100 T20I Wickets In 72 Innings.

10) World Bank Released Global Economic Prospect 2024.

( India Became The Steady Economy Nation With 6.7% in Last 3 Financial Year).

11) Krishnan Seshadri Has Been Appointed As The Executive Director Of DCB Bank.

12) The World Bank Has Revised The India's GDP Growth Forecast to 6.6% From 6.4.

13) IIT Madras Developed The Universal Battery Charger For The Electric Vehicle

14) India Ranked 129th (Slipped 2 Ranks) In The World Global Gender Gap Index 2024 .

( Published By World Economic Forum)

a) Iceland

b) Finland

c) Norway

d) New Zealand

e) Sweden

f) Nicaragua

g) Germany

h) Namibia

I) Ireland

J) Spain

14) IIT KANPUR And AVPL International Have Joins Hand For The Co Development Of Cutting edges Drone Equipment With Advanced Technology.

15) Max Verstappen Has Win The Canadian Grand Prix

16) United Nations States 2025 Will Be Designed As International Year Of Quantum Science And Technology.

17) IIT GANDHINAGAR Has Bagged Star Campus Award 2024 For Outstanding Water Conservation And Management Practices.

18) SEBI Bagged Best Conduct Of Business Regulator AWARD 2024.

1) ITALY To Host The 5oth G7 Meeting. ( India's 7th Participation In G7)

( G7 Members - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, US)

2) Ministry Of New And Renewable Energy ( MNRE) And IREDA In Collaboration Host The Odisha's Green Energy Potential.

3) Prema Khandu Has Sworn In As Chief Minister Of Arunachal Pradesh For Third Term.

* Chowna Mein Takes Oath As The Deputy Chief Minister Of Arunachal Pradesh.

* Raj Kumari Thapa Has Been Elected As The Deputy Speaker Of House Of Sikkim.

4) The Scientists Of Ahmedabad Based Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) Have Discovered Three New Craters On Mars.

( Two New Craters Have Been Named On Bihar And Uttar Pradesh Town Name As HILSA And MURSAN By International Astronomical Union).

5) Scientists From BARC, Tata Memorial Of DAE, ACTREC In Collaboration With IDRS Lab Have Developed AKTOCYTE- a Transformative Step To Cancer Care (Commercial Launch).

6) English Cricketer Joe Root Has Been Member Of The Order Of The British Empire By The Princess Royal At Windsor Castle.

7) The Madhya Pradesh Government Has Completed Preparation For Cheetah Reintroduction Project At Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary.

8) Swetha Sagar Has Been Appointed As The Manager Of Butterfly Gandhimathi For 5 Years.

9) India Sent 19 Tonnes Humanitarian And Disaster Relief (HADR) Materials To PNG On 13th June 2024.

10) Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) Has Launched The Self Baggage Drop In Facility.

11) Dr. Mohan Yadav, Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh Has Inaugurated The PM Shri Tourism Air Service From Bhopal.

12) 53rd GST Council Meeting Will Held At New Delhi On 22nd June 2024.

13) Professor Rintu Banarjee Became The First Woman To Take Charge As Deputy Director Of IIT Kharagpur.

14) IM Divya Deshmukh Has Became The FIDE World Junior Girl's Champion 2024.

15) Samsung Partners With Paytm To Bring Travel And Entertainment Service To Samsung Wallet in India.

16) The Assam State Government Has Introduced a Fiscal Scheme For Girls Students To Prevent Them Being Marriage Before The Age.

17) Jyothi Vij Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of FICCI.

18) Abhijit Kishore Has Been Appointed As The Chief Operating Officer (COO) Of Vodafone Idea.

19) Nethra Gururaj Has Been Selected For 2024 Oscar Academy Gold Rising Program.

( She Is an Cinematographer Of Bengaluru)

20) Ajit Doval Has Been Appointed As The National Security Advisor For The Third Term.

21) Retired IAS OFFICER Dr P K Mishra To Continues As Secretary To Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

* Amit Khare And Tarun Kapoor Have Been Appointed As Advisor To PMO Office.

22) West Indies Bowler Gudakesh Motie Has Chosen As ICC Men's Player Of The Month May 2024

* Srilankan Female Cricketer Chamari Athapaththu Has Won ICC Women's PLAYER Of The Month May 2024.

23) Shruti Vohra Became The First Indian To Win Three Grandprix Event in Lipica, Slovenia, in Equestrian.

International Blood Donor's Day- 14th June

Theme 2024 - 20 Years Of Celebrating Giving: Thank You Blood Donors

Global Wind Day - 15th June

1) According To United Nations - 120 million People Were Displaced Between 2023 To May 2024 ( Reported By UNITED NATIONS REFUGEE AGENCY UNHCR).

2) South Indian Actor Pradeep K Vijayan Passed Away.

3) NALCO Executes Pattangi Bauxite Mining Lease Deed With Odisha Government For 679.979 Hectares Area.

4) NCRB Launched A mobile Application NCRB Sankalan Of Criminal Laws -

5) Vice Chief Of Army Staff Lt General Upendra Dwivedi Has Flagged Off Dras Thunder Motorcycle Rally From Delhi To Kargil War Memorial

6) Indira Gandhi National Center For The Arts (IGNCA) Has Signed MoU With Sansad TV To Make INDIAN Culture And Art more Accessible To People.

7) Tripura State Agriculture Minister Ratnalal Nath Flagged Off Consignment Of GI TAG Queen Variety Of Pineapple To Oman.

8) INDIAN Deaf Cricket Team Will Play FIRST Bilateral Series Against England.

9) Haladia Petrochemicals Has Signed MoU With QATAR Energy For Long Term Naptha Deal.

10) RBI Approved The Aurion Pro Solutions Auro Pay.

11) Devang Pravin Patel Has Been Appointed As The CFO Of Jaypee infratech.

12) A subsidiary Of German Defense Conglomerate ThyssenKrupp Marine System, Atlas Elektronik Gmbh Partnered With CFF Fluid Control Limited For The Supply Of 12 Indigenous Low Frequency Variable Depth Sonar System For Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW).

13) Researchers From Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre ( APRC) Associated With Botanical Survey Of India (BSI) Have Identified a New Herbaceous Plant Species In Mandla Region Of West Kameng District.

( NAMED - Petrocosmea Arunachalense)

( Plant Family - Gesneriaceae)

14) Joshi Math Has Been Renamed As Jyotirmath And Kosiyakutoli As Kainchi Dham.

15) Tamilnadu State Government Has Launched The Chief Minister's Mannuyir Kaathu Mannuyir Kaappom Scheme.

* ( 206 Crores Schemes For Farmers)

( To Preserve Soil Fertility By Distributing Green Manure Seeds To Farmers)

16) Lt General Waker Uz Zaman Has Been Appointed As The New Army Chief Of Bangladesh.

17) Assam State Government Has Launched The Mukhyamantri Nijut Moina Scheme.

( Under This Scheme Empower Girls With Financial, Encourage For Education).

18) Admiral Dinesh K Tripathy Has Inaugurated State Of Art Facility SAMAGRI An Automated Material Support Center At Nausena Bhawan, New Delhi.

19) India Ranked In The Wind Power Capacity In World 2024.

20) The Indian Indigenous NAGASTRA-1 Developed By Solar Industries, Nagpur Has Been Delivered To INDIAN Army.

21) DRDO Unveiled The Women Led Startup DIVYA DRISTHI, AI Tool For Personal Identification.

22) World Health Organisation (WHO) Designated CCRAS- NIIMH Hyderabad As Collaborating Center For Traditional Medicine Research.

23) BJD MLA Ranendra Pratap Swain Has Take Oath As Protem Speaker Of Odisha Legislative Assembly.

24) NATO Defense Minister Meet Held At Brussels.

25) Paul M Nakasone Has Been Appointed As The Board Of Directors Of Open AI.

26) The Telengana State Government Has Announced To Setting Up Mahila Shakti Canteen Services In All Collectrate, Religious Places, Bus Stand, Industries.

27) Kerala State Government Has Organising A 2 Days Gen AI Conclave At Kochi.

28) Srinivas Hegde, Director Of Chandrayaan Mission 1 Passed Away.

29) Saudi Arabia Has Ends Deal Of Petrodollar with US After 50 Years.

1) Sanjeeb Chaudhari Has Been Re-appointed As The Part-Time Chairman Of IDFC First Bank.

2) Manoj Dobhal Has Been Appointed As The Whole Time Director Of Dishtv India.

3) India's Forex Reserves Touches Another Record Of $ 655.82 Billion As On 7th June 2024.

4) Dipanjan Banarjee Has Been Appointed As The Chief Commercial Officer Of BlueDart.

5) Mahindra & Mahindra Became The India's 2nd Largest Auto Manufactured By Market Cap Surpassed Tata Motors.

6) 92 Countries Were Participated In Ukraine Peace Summit. ( HOST - Switzerland)

7) Nepal International Tourism Expo ( NITE) Kicked Off At Kathmandu.

( 155 Entrepreneurs Are Participated From 16 Countries)

8) Cyril Ramaphosa Has Been Re-elected As The President Of South Africa. ( 2nd Term)

9) India's Goods Exports Touches USD 68.29 billion Till May 2024. ( 61.95 In May 2023)

10) A MoU Signed Between Ministry Of External Affairs, Government Of India And State Bank Of India To Provide An Additional Digital Payment Services Of The SBI Through Payment Gateway SBIePay To Indian Migrant Workers, Recruiting Agents Through Migrate Portal.

11) Smritivan, Bhuj Gujarat Has Been Placed List Of World's 7 Most Beautiful Museums By UNESCO.

12) NIT Rourkela, Odisha Has Introduced a New B Tech Programme In Artificial Intelligence In State.

13) Bharat Electricals Limited (BEL) Has Won The Digital Champions Award, For Documents Management At The Express Computer PSE Summit Held At Jaipur.

14) Veteran Sports Journalist Harpal Singh Bedi Passed Away.

15) Rear Admiral Ravnish Seth Has Assumed As Chief Staff Officer (Technical) At Eastern Naval Command.

16) India's Wholesale price Index Inflation Rate Rises 2.61% in May 2024.

17) 72nd Meeting Of Network Planning GROUP Under PM Gati Shakti Held.

18) Tesam Pongte Has Been Elected As The Speaker Of Arunachal Pradesh.

19) Kardo Nyigyor Has Been Elected As Deputy Speaker Of The Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

20) SBI Has Launched SME Digital Business Loan.

21) Dolphy Jose Has Been Appointed As The New Executive Director Of South Indian Bank For 3 Years.

22) Eminent Wildlife Filmmaker Subbaih Nallamuthu Announced Winner As V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award At 18th Mumbai International Film Festival.