Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (June 01st to 07th June 2022)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of June 01st to 07th June 2022. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2022 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• On the 30th of May, the world celebrates World Vape Day to raise awareness about the alternatives to hazardous tobacco products and to promote the relative safety of e-cigarettes as harm reduction and smoking cessation tools.
• On the 31st of May, the world commemorates World No Tobacco Day
• Every year on June 1st, the world celebrates Global Day of Parents.
• The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization designated June 1 as World Milk Day.
• Telangana, the 28th state of India, was established on June 2, 2014.
• World Bicycle Day is celebrated on June 3rd each year, celebrating cycling as a way to find a sustainable form of travel that guarantees physical health.
• The International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is an annual United Nations observance day on June 4th each year.
• Every year on June 5, the globe celebrates World Environment Day.
• The International Day to Fight Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing is celebrated every year on 5 June.
• United Nations Russian Day is celebrated every year on June 6.
• World Food Safety Day (WSFD) is observed annually on 7 June to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi revealed the benefits of the PM CARES for Children program for children orphaned by the Covid19 pandemic.
• The 17th edition of the Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short Fiction, and Animation Films (MIFF-2022) kicked off with a colourful opening ceremony at Mumbai’s Nehru Centre in Worli.
• The Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Program (PMEGP) has been extended for another five years, until fiscal year FY26.
• Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) project, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will give the 11th tranche of financial benefits of Rs 21,000 crore to over 10 million farmers in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
• The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has launched an online site to help higher education institutions recognise teacher education programmes.
• Instagram has launched an “alert” function to assist in the search for missing children.
• Union Minister of Youth and Sports Shri Anurag Thakur launched the “National Cycling Race for Indian Freestyle Cyclists” on World Cycling Day.
• Shri Ram Nath Kovind, President of India inaugurated the 59th Maha Adhiveshan of Akhil Bhartiya Ayurved Mahasammelan in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.
• Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Dr Virendra Kumar launched the “SHRESHTA” program for boarding education for high school students in the targeted areas.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will launch the national portal for credit-linked government schemes- Jan Samarth Portal in New Delhi.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• UNICEF has delivered over 190 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Bangladesh through COVAX in one year, with Bangladesh being the top recipient of doses under COVAX.
• The United Nations has changed the Republic of Turkey’s country name at the organisation from “Turkey” to “Türkiye” after a request from the country’s government.
• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government introduced new legislation that would put a freeze on importing, buying, or selling handguns.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• EKA, an electric vehicle manufacturing, and technology company, and a subsidiary of Pinnacle Industries has launched its first 9-meter pure electric and zero-emission bus, EKA E9, in Pune.
• Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai aunched a new health and wellness app AAYU to address and help heal chronic diseases and lifestyle disorders through yoga and
• After a five-year gap, Maharashtra has overtaken Uttar Pradesh (UP) to regain its position as India’s top sugar producer.
• Punjab Revenue Minister Mr Bram Shanker Jimpa launched the ‘e-stamp facility’ to abolish physical stamp papers to bring more efficiency and check the pilferage of state revenue.
• A Special Health Care Abhiyan ‘Anchal’ has been launched in the Karauli district of Rajathan for pregnant women.
• The Delhi government is set to replace the word ‘Harijan’ from names of colonies & streets and name them after Babasaheb Ambedkar
• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the ACB ‘14400’ app developed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), to register corruption-related complaints against officials in the state.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• The US surpassed China to become India’s top trading partner in 2021-22, reflecting strengthening economic ties between the two countries.
• According to the Ministry of Finance, GST revenue in May stood at nearly Rs 1.41 lakh crore, up 44% from the same month last year.
• The Government of India has released the entire amount of GST compensation payable to States up by releasing an amount of Rs.86,912 crores.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND ECONOMY

• The largest insurer in India Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched a non-linked, non-participating, individual, savings life insurance plan called Bima Ratna which offers a combination of protection and savings.
• The International Monetary Fund(IMF) has increased the yuan’s weighting in the Special Drawing Rights(SDR) currency basket, prompting the Chinese central bank to pledge to push for a further opening of its financial markets.
• A neobanking platform, Stashfin has launched a credit line card especially for women called LiveBoundless.
• Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Limited (Tata AIA Life) has launched a ‘Smart Value Income Plan’, a non-linked, participating life insurance savings plan where the bonus can be adjusted against premium payments.
• Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has restructured its committee, which reviews the risk management framework for the cash and derivatives, including commodity derivatives.
• Multi-channel automobile buying and selling platform CarTrade Tech Ltd has entered into an alliance with IDFC First Bank to offer easy and smart financing for used cars.
• SBI General Insurance has launched a new health insurance vertical, through which the company plans to focus on new innovative health products, in-house claim settlement process, among others, to boost customer experience.
• According to the data released by the Statistics Ministry, India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed to 4.1 percent in January-March 2021-22 period.
• India’s largest housing finance company, HDFC Ltd., has collaborated with global information technology services firm Accenture to digitally transform its lending business.
• A brand of Naffa Innovations Pvt Ltd,Tone Tag, has been declared as the winner in two categories in the RBI’s first global hackathon Harbinger 2021.
• The SBI Research has projected the Indian economy to grow at 7.5 percent in 2022-23, an upward revision of 20 basis points from its earlier estimate.
• The government has appointed Canara Bank executive director A Manimekhalai as managing director(MD) of Union Bank of India (UBI).
• The government has approved an 8.1 per cent rate of interest on employees’ provident fund (EPF) deposits for 2021-22 – an over four-decade low – for about five crore subscribers of retirement fund body EPFO.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• Noted author and documentary filmmaker Shri Sanjit Narwekar, conferred V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award at the 17th edition of the Mumbai International Film Festival of India (MIFF 2022).
• Radio Jockey Umar Nisar (RJ Umar), hails from south Kashmir, has been awarded the ’01 Greatest Content material Award’ and the Immunization Champion award by UNICEF on the annual Radio4Child 2022 Awards in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• Radio Jockey Umar Nisar (RJ Umar), hails from south Kashmir, has been awarded the ’01 Greatest Content material Award’ and the Immunization Champion award by UNICEF on the annual Radio4Child 2022 Awards in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• Radio Jockey Umar Nisar (RJ Umar), hails from south Kashmir, has been awarded the ’01 Greatest Content material Award’ and the Immunization Champion award by UNICEF on the annual Radio4Child 2022 Awards in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• West Indies captain Darren Sammy has been awarded Pakistan’s third highest civilian award,Sitara-e-Pakistan, for his “excellent contribution” to the revival of international cricket in Pakistan.
• On 3rd Times Business Awards, Director of Ruchi Foodline, Eastern India’s leading food brand and Odisha’s No.1 spices company, young and dynamic women entrepreneur Mrs. Rashmi Sahoo has been awarded the prestigious Times Business Award 2022.
• The author of the Booker Prize-winning novel ‘Midnight’s Children’, Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie leads a list of over 40 professionals and community champions of Indian-origin to be honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list 2022.
• At the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2022, an initiative the Meghalaya government’s primary e-proposal system (part of the Meghalaya Enterprise Architect) received the prestigious UN Award in the category of “the role of governments in the promotion of ICTs for development”.
• The Dutch documentary film “Turn Your Body to the Sun” has won the prestigious Golden Conch award for the Best Documentary Film at the 17th edition of the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF).

CURRENT AFFAIRS : APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• International Boxing Association (IBA) announced that Indian boxer and Tokyo Olympics Bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain has been elected as the chair and a voting member on the Board of Directors for the Athletes’ Committee
• Leading UK-based Indian-origin academic Dr Swati Dhingra has been named as the first Indian-origin woman to be appointed as an external member of the Bank of England’s interest rate-setting committee, Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
• The Karnataka government appointed senior IAS officer Ms Vandita Sharma as the state’s new Chief Secretary till November 2023 & Ms. Sharma took over from P. Ravi Kumar, who retired on May 31.
• Former State Bank of India (SBI) executive Mr Natarajan Sundar has been appointed managing director and CEO of National Assets Reconstruction Company Ltd (NARCL).
• According to the order issued by the Personnel Ministry, Senior scientist Mr Rajesh Gera has been appointed as the Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC).
• The Center has appointed Mr Pankaj Sharma the Joint Secretary in the Department of Financial Services (DFS) as a part-time member of the Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority (PFRDA).
• Senior IPS officer S L Thaosen has been appointed as the new Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) upto Nov 30, 2023.
• Former managing director at the State Bank of India (SBI), Ashwani Bhatia was appointed as a whole time member (WTM) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
• The legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar will continue as UNICEF’s ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ for a record 20th year, working for the welfare of underprivileged children.

• Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed cricketer Yash Dhull as the “state icon” for National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi to motivate youngsters to get enrolled to exercise their right to vote.

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has been granted to extend the service tenture of Sports Authority of India (SAI) Director General Sandip Pradhan to another two years till September 30, 2024.
• An Indian nationalised bank, Punjab & Sind Bank Limited, announced that its Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer Shri S Krishnan to retire from the role.
• Meta Platforms veteran Mr Javier Olivan is taking over as the company’s chief operating officer (COO) & he will replace Sheryl Sandberg & however, she will continue to serve on Meta’s board of directors.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and UAE’s DP World for the development of Skill India International Centre at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and UAE minister Dr Ahmad Belhoul in New Delhi.
• Gujarat’s Climate Change Department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to participate in the global “Save Soil” programme.
• Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Limited (TPEML), a subsidiary of Tata Motors Ltd and Ford India Private Limited (FIPL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Gujarat (GoG) for the potential acquisition of the manufacturing plant of Sanand’s FIPL car.
• The Tamil Nadu government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) for obtaining life certificates from pensioners through doorstep services of the Postal Department.
• BSE’s international arm India International Exchange (India INX) and Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) has signed a cooperation agreement through which the two bourses will enhance the visibility of listed Indian securities to international investors by facilitating admission of such securities on LuxSE.
• The UT Administration and the Indian Air Force (IAF) signed an MoU on the Indian Air Force Heritage Centre coming up at the Government Press building in Sector 18.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SUMMITS & CONFERENCES

• The National Education Ministers’ Conference will be held in Gujarat for two days.
• For the first time, Jan Aushadhi outlets exceeded Rs 100 crore in sales.
• The India-Bangladesh Border Coordination Conference was opened in Sylhet by Inspector General BSF Regional Commander BGB.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS

• The Ministry of Defence has signed a deal worth ₹2,971 crore with Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) for the supply of Astra Mk-1 Beyond Visual Range (BVR) Air to Air Missile (AAM) and associated equipment for the Indian Air Force & Indian Navy.
• Indigenously developed PARAM ANANTA supercomputer under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) has been commissioned at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, Gujarat by Sunita Verma, Group Coordinator & Scientist ‘G’, MeitY.
• The Indian Navy decommissioned the Indian Navy Ship (INS) Gomati from the naval dockyard in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India after 34 years of service.
• The Russian defence ministry has successfully test-fired a hypersonic Zircon cruise missile over a distance of about 1,000 km (625 miles) from the Admiral Gorshkov frigate of the Northern Fleet in the Barents Sea of Arctic Ocean.
• Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 325, operating the indigenously built ALH MK III aircraft, was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Lieutenant General Ajai Singh, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal holder and Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar at an impressive ceremony held at INS Utkrosh, Port Blair of Andaman & Nickobar island.
• A joint military training exercise between India and Bangladesh Ex SAMPRITI-X is being conducted at Jashore Military Station in Bangladesh from 05 June to 16 June 2022.
• The Indian Navy decommissioned its two ships, INS Akshay and INS Nishank, after 32 years of service.
• Datair Technology Pvt Ltd (Ambee), has joined National Aeronautics & Space Administration’s (NASA’s) PACE elongates to the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission as an early adopter.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• On the 59th TOP500 list published by an international conference of computer experts, the United States of America has built a supercomputer titled ‘Frontier’ as the world’s fastest machine with1 exaflops of performance that dethroned Japan’s ‘Fugaku’.
• Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has launched AMBER (America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response) Alerts on the platform that will allow people to see and share notices of missing children in their area.
• The 1st International liquid mirror telescope (ILMT) in the country and the largest in Asia – commissioned over Devasthal, a hill in Uttarakhand.
• The chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dr S Somanath inaugurated the Ananth Technologies Private Limited (ANANTH) Technologies’ spacecraft manufacturing unit at Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) Aerospace Park, Bengaluru, Karnataka.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITION AND MERGERS

• The Adani Group has agreed to buy Swiss building materials maker Holcim Ltd’s India assets Ambuja Cements and ACC Ltd for $10.5 billion ( ₹80,000 crore) in one of the largest ever acquisitions by an Indian group.
• Edible oil major Ruchi Soya Industries acquired Patanjali Ayurved’s food retail business for Rs 690 crore as part of its strategy to focus on non-food, traditional medicine, and wellness business.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING & INDEX

• The 7th edition of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List 2022 has released by Forbes magazine features 30 notable honorees selected for each of the 10 categories, under the age of 30 who are inspiring change and driving innovation in their respective fields amid the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.
• The 20th annual Forbes Global 2000 list of public companies was released, according to that Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) climbed two spots to No. 53 followed by State Bank of India at No. 105, HDFC Bank at No. 153 and ICICI Bank at No. 204.
• According to Bloomberg Billionaire Index As of June 3, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani has regained the position of India as well as Asia’s richest man, replacing Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : SPORTS NEWS

• India won its first-ever medal in the IBSA Judo Grand Prix in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan.

• Driver Sergio Pérez (Mexican) of the Red Bull team won the Monaco Grand Prix (GP) Formula One (F1) 2022 with 25 points, held at Circuit de Monaco, Monaco, Europe.
• India beat Japan 1-0 to win the bronze medal at the 2022 Men’s Hockey Asia Cup in Jakarta,
• Shri Amit Shah, Union Minister for Cooperation and Housing, laid the groundwork for an Olympic level sports complex in Ahmedabad, Gujarat for Rs 632 crore.
• Indian American Harini Logan Wins 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee
• The 2022 French Open is a Grand Slam tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts.
• National champion Aman Sehrawat clinched gold medal while Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Bajrang Punia settled for bronze of the 2022 Bolat Turlykhanov Cup wrestling tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

• Bujar Nishani, a former Albanian President, died of a health ailment.
• KK (Krishnakumar Kunnath), a well-known Bollywood singer who has enchanted music fans for over three decades, has passed away.
• National Panther Party Chief Professor Bhim Singh died at his residence in Jammu after a long illness.
• Santoor Maestro and Padma Shri award winner Bhajan Sopori passed away at the age of 73.
• Freedom fighter Anjalai Ponnusamy, who fought for India’s independence from the British colony, died aged 102.

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