www.study4u.in: Weekly Current Affairs June 2018 (Week-II)

Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Banking and Financial Awareness:

●The monetary policy committee of Reserve Bank of India has unanimously decided to increase the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 per cent.
●RBI to set up Public Credit Registry to Curb Bad Loans.
●RBI Amends Gold Monetisation Scheme To Make It More Attractive.
●Reserve Bank has stated that interest subsidy scheme on short-term crop loans of up to three lakh rupees will be implemented through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode.

●The latest Sample Registration System (SRS) figures revealed that India has seen a decline in its Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) from 139 to 130.
●Anupam Kher To Receive Outstanding Achievement Award At IIFA 2018
●Kagiso Rabada Wins South Africa's Cricketer Of The Year Award.
●India's Sanjana Ramesh Wins MVP Award At Basketball Without Borders Asia.
●India was ranked 136th in Global Peace Index 2018 among 163 countries.

●Odisha's lyricist, Narayan Prasad Singh was popularly known as 'Rasaraj' passed away.

●India, World Bank Sign $500 Million Loan Pact for Rural Roads
●India, China Sign 2 Agreements On Brahmaputra Water Data Sharing & Non-Basmati Rice Export.
●Prime Minister Modi Reaches China To Attend SCO Summit.
●World Environment Day 2018 Celebrated In New Delhi
●49th Conference Of Governors Concludes In New Delhi.
●India Hosted Geo-Intelligence Asia 2018.

●Indian received its first cheapest shipment of Liquefied Petroleum Gas from Russia's Gazprom.
●French swimmer, Ben Lecomte has set off from Japan to become the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean.

●World Environment Day: 05th June 2018. The theme for the World Environment Day 2018, is "Beat Plastic Pollution".
●World Ocean Day: 8th June 2018

●Taj Declaration to Beat Plastic Pollution Adopted in Agra.
●Government launches ‘JANAUSHADHI SUVIDHA’ Sanitary Napkin.
●Cabinet Approves Rs 8,500 Crore Bailout Package for Sugar Industry.
●The Government of India has formed a group of to study the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Policy of India, headed by Baba Kalyani.
●Govt. launched Krishi Kalyan Abhiyaan for doubling farmers’ income by 2022
●Sports Ministry Approves Upward Revision Of Pension To Meritorious Sportspersons.
●Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa On 4-Day Visit To Brazil.
●Election Commission Launches Its Online RTI Portal.
●IIT Bombay replace IIT Delhi As Best-Ranked Indian University.

●The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) and a Japanese multinational NEC released a joint study on “Electricals & Electronics Manufacturing in India”.
●FDI Inflows To India Fall By $4 Billion Last Year: UN Report.
●Global Economy Is Healthy But Growth Will Slow: World Bank.

●India, Japan and US start Malabar 2018 exercise off coast of Guam Island in western Pacific.
●Indian Coast Guard (ICG) commissioned interceptor ship ICGS C 439 at Mumbai, Maharashtra.

●1st Cargo of Russian LNG Arrives at Dahej in Gujarat.
●Asia's 1st 13 'Blue Flag' Beaches to Be Developed in India.
●President Declares Queen Pineapple as Tripura's 'State Fruit'.
●President Distributes LPG Connections to 20 Beneficiaries Under PMUY in Agartala.
●Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu stated that the state was now Open Defecation Free (ODF).
●West Bengal Govt Decides To Invest Rs 107 Cr To Check Riverbank Erosion.
●Minister of State for Defence, Dr, Subhash Bhamre has dedicated a highway tunnel at Theng near Chungthang in north Sikkim.
●Himachal Pradesh Govt To Scrap Semester System In UG Courses
●Punjab Govt Launches Business First Portal.
●Maharashtra Announces Financial Aid For Tur Farmers.
●Madhya Pradesh Announces Power Bill Waiver Scheme.
●Polythene to Be Completely Prohibited From 31st July In Uttarakhand.
●Andhra Pradesh is become the first state in India to use auto-disable syringes for all clinical purposes to prevent infection.

●Simona Halep has won her first Grand Slam title in the French Open final.
●Mithali Becomes First Indian to Score 2000 T20I Runs.
●Kohli to Get Cricketer of the Year Award At BCCI Annual Gala.
●Virat Kohli is among the world’s highest-paid athletes, according to a Forbes’ compilation.