Current Affairs 21st June 2016

1. International Yoga Day : 21st June
The theme for 2016 International Day of Yoga is “Connect the Youth”. This is the second edition of the International Day of Yoga.

2. Union Government approves 100% FDI in Aviation, Defence and e-commerce sectors

3. India, Thailand sign 2 agreements to boost ties

i. India and Thailand have signed two agreements in culture and educational sectors to boost bilateral ties. 

4. Centre approves a proposal for Greenfield Electronic Park in Odisha

i. The department of electronics and information technology (DeitY), government of India has given its final approval for setting up of a greenfield electronic park within the Infovally complex, a dedicated IT hub, on the outskirt of Bhubaneswar.

5. Punjab Government launches Mukh Mantri Punjab Hepatitis C Relief Fund

6. Assam Government launches Maitree Ek Gyan Yatra initiative to link primary schools to colleges

7. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to be launched in Odisha

i. Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram and Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan have launched  the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to provide free of cost LPG cooking gas connections to women from BPL households in Sambalpur, Odisha.

8. Union Government bans the use of cancer-causing chemical potassium bromate as food additive

9. Martian crater named after Nepal quake-hit village Langtang

i. The International Astronomical Union in June 2016 named a 9.8 kilometers wide crater on Mars as Langtang, a popular trekking site in Nepal.

10. China’s Sunway TaihuLight declared world’s fastest supercomputer

11. Scientists make world's first 1,000-processor microchip "KiloCore".

12. Tata-Boeing joint venture establishes an aerospace facility in Hyderabad

13. HAL unveils indigenous basic trainer aircraft HTT-40

i. Public sector aerospace Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has unveiled indigenous Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA) HTT-40 in Bengaluru.

14. Virginia Raggi became first female mayor of Rome

15. BCCI suspends Goa Cricket Association officials for misappropriation of organization funds