Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (15th to 21st June 2018)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 3^rd Week of June 2018. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2018 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

Important Weekly Current Affairs 3^rd Week of June 2018

1) World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2018 is held on – June 15th

2) Sale of pre-Goods and Service Tax packaged goods has now been allowed with stickers of revised rates till – July 31.

3) The Union Cabinet gave final extension to commission constituted to examine sub-categorisation within Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Central list. The commission earlier had term till Jun 20, 2018 but with extension it will now work till – Jul 31, 2018.

4) Minister for Water Resources Nitin Gadkari released Niti Aayog’s composite water management index report in New Delhi – Gujarat topped the list while Jharkhand was adjudged as the worst performer.

 5) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has inaugurated and laid foundation stones for more than 100 schemes, worth – Rs 875 crore

6) The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) conducted a mock exercise on flood preparedness in Uttar Pradesh in a move to improve flood preparedness ahead of the monsoon season. The exercise was held in collaboration with – State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA)

7) Flipkart-owned digital payments start-up PhonePe announced a partnership with ride-hailing firm Ola for – A hassle-free cab and auto booking experience.

8) Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF) held in – New Delhi

9) The Union Cabinet has been apprised of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU signed between the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and – Institute National de la Santeet de la RechercheMedicale (INSERM), France.

10) Dhivya Suryadevara has been named the Chief Finance Officer of the US’ largest automaker, – General Motors.

11) Indian woman boxer Saweety Boora has claimed a gold medal in the middleweight category at the Umakhanov Memorial Tournament in – Kaspiysk, Russia.

12) Panel for better temple management for Shree Jagannath Temple in – Puri

13) International Integration Day is held on – June 16th

14) A Conference on Implementation of National Pension System (NPS) by the Central Autonomous Bodies (CABs) was organized by Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) in – Delhi.

15) National Tribal Museum proposed to be set up at – Delhi

16) Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah has been killed in a U.S.-Afghan air strike in – Afghanistan

17) Former World Bank Economist Omar al-Razzaz was sworn in as Jordan’s – Prime Minister

18) ‘Water literacy’ campaign initiated by – Kerala.

19) The Arunachal Pradesh govt inked an agreement with Andhra Pradesh-based – Smart Village Movement (SVM)

20) Marg ERP limited, a leading Inventory and Accounting software solution company has partnered with ICICI Bank to offer an integrated payments platform to – Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) customers

21) Fitch Ratings raised India growth forecast for 2018-19 to – 7.4%

22) According to Forbes magazine rank of HDFC in the ‘consumer financial services category’ is – 5^th.

23) Government was announced that The 106th Indian Science Congress will be held at Lovely Professional University (LPU) in – Jalandhar, Punjab from January 3 to 7, 2019.

24) The European Union Film Festival (EUFF) will premiere in – New Delhi at the Siri Fort Auditorium.

25) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has slated its next launch mission, an Earth observation satellite, tentatively for – August

26) Water productivity mapping of major Indian crops’ is based on a study of 10 important crops by a team under the leadership of leading agricultural economist – Dr. Ashok Gulati.

27) First Indian to play in England’s Kia Super League is – Smriti Mandhana

28) Fathers day is observed on the – Third Sunday in June.

29) International Picnic Day is a made-up holiday that is celebrated annually on – June 18

30) The country that adopts economic plan to allow more foreign workers is – Japan

31) The World Bank has approved $700 million to help – Bangladesh

 32) 19 cancer centres in Assam to start functioning from mid – 2020

 33) The Union Govt approved financial assistance amounting to Rs. 5.5 lakh per family to – West Pakistan Refugees (WPRs).

 34) 24×7 mobile policing service started by – Tripura

 35) Government has decided to start the consolidation process of Regional Rural Banks (RRB) after a gap of six years and bring down the number of such entities to – 38 from 56 now

36) Muthoot Fincorp Limited announced its partnership with National Skill Development Corporation to train over 10,000 youth over the – Next three years

37) The fourth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog was held under the chairmanship of the PM Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati Bhavan in – New Delhi

39) Twenty States signed MoU with Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) for implementing – Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM).

40) DRDO converts Pinaka rocket system into – Guided Missile

41) Visva-Bharati University (VBU), founded by Rabindranath Tagore, will set up a yoga centre inside the campus, named – Yoga Gram (village).

42) PM Modi to interact with farmers through – NaMo App

43) Arab group wants India on board of – Yemen

44) National project status for eastern canal is seek by – Rajasthan

45) ICICI Bank’s new COO is – Sandeep Bakhshi.

46) Oriental Bank of Commerce awarded for – Atal Pension Yojana

47) IRDAI has formed a panel to review the regulations pertaining to – Insurance Marketing Firms

48) Ivan Duque Wins Election to Become Colombia’s – President

49) SAARC Development Fund (SDF) will launch the social enterprise development programme (SEDP) as part of its – Social Window.

50) A 3-day National Yoga Olympiad was inaugurated at the National Council of Educational Research and Training in CIET in – New Delhi

51) Government teams up with Google for – Flood Warning

52) Glonass-M satellite was launched by – Russia

53) Renowned mimicry artist Nerella Venu Madhav passes away at 85

54) U.S.-based cab aggregator Uber said it had elevated Pradeep Parameswaran as president of its – India and South Asia operations.

55) World Refugee Day 2018 is observed on – June 20^th.

 56) Limba Ram got the financial assistance of – Rs.5 lakhs

57) U.K. links student visa row to issue of – ‘over-stayers’

58) WHO classifies gaming addiction as – Mental health disorder

59) United Nations announced the withdrawal of the United States from the – United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC),

60) U.P. govt.’s ‘special exemption’ to – Patanjali.

 61) Brand Ambassador of Sikkim is – A.R. Rahman.

 63) Telangana Police launched a mobile application – COP CONNECT

 64) Yes Bank gets SEBI nod for custodian of – Securities business

65) 18,000 banks branches, post offices have Aadhaar facility now – UIDAI

66) Inter-Governmental Ministerial meeting on anti-doping held in – Colombo

67) 5th National Standards Conclave Held In – New Delhi

68) Punjab offers saplings through – Mobile App

69) Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Rani Rashmoni’ commissioned in – Vizagapattinam

70) England record for the highest total scored in a men’s ODI when it posted – 481

71) International Day of Yoga is celebrated annually on – 21 June

72) World Music Day is an annual music celebration that takes place on – 21 June.

73) India’s first river interlinking project caught in – U.P.-M.P. tussle

74) As the Smart Cities Mission enters its fourth year, the Centre has finally announced the 100th and the last city which will be part of the project – Shillong.

75) Railways to become net Zero Carbon emitter by – 2030

76) US scientists unveiled world’s most powerful and smartest scientific supercomputer – Summit

77) The country which shuts down internet nationwide to prevent cheating during high school exams – Algeria

78) Pattiseema will help revive – Krishna delta.

79) First state in India to give star ranking to its villages is – Haryana

80) NITI Aayog has ranked Rajasthan at No.1 state in – Water Conversation

81) Haryana government introduced a scheme to give school kids 50 rupees for – Planting Trees

82) SBI MD B Sriram took charge as the CEO and MD of IDBI Bank for – 3 months

83) The Richest Person in the World is – Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos

84) KVIC adopts Jagatpur village in Delhi for – Swachhata Abhiyaan

85) Vice President receives the Book ‘Vedvigyan Alok’ authored by – Acharya Agnivarat Naishthik

86) India, Russia to hold military exercise – Indra 2018

87) New Zealand broke the record for the highest score in a women’s T20I — 216 for one.

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