Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 3rd Week of June 2018. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2018 and other competitive exams can make use of it.
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.
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| NITI | National Institution for Transforming India. |
| NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman | Rajiv Kumar |
| CEO | Amithab Kanth |
5) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has inaugurated and laid foundation stones for more than 100 schemes, worth – Rs 875 crore
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| Bihar Capital | Patna |
| CM | Nitish Kumar |
| Governor | Satya Pal Malik |
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
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| Odisha Capital | Bhubaneswar |
| CM | Naveen Patnaik |
| Governor | Ganeshi Lal |
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.
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| Kerala Capital | Tiruvananthapuram |
| CM | Pinarayi Vijayan |
| Governor | P.Sadasivam |
19) The Arunachal Pradesh govt inked an agreement with Andhra Pradesh-based – Smart Village Movement (SVM)
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| Arunachal Pradesh Capital | Itanagar |
| CM | Pema Khandu |
| Governor | B. D. Mishra |
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 – 5th.
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
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| Bangladesh Capital | Daka |
| Currency | Taka |
| President | Abdul Hamid |
32) 19 cancer centres in Assam to start functioning from mid – 2020
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| Assam Capital | Dishpur |
| CM | Sarbananda Sonowal |
| Governor | Jagdish Mukhi |
33) The Union Govt approved financial assistance amounting to Rs. 5.5 lakh per family to – West Pakistan Refugees (WPRs).
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| Jammu & Kashmir Capital | Srinagar , Jammu |
| CM | Mehbooba Mufti |
| Governor | Narinder Nath Vohra |
34) 24×7 mobile policing service started by – Tripura
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| Tripura Capital | Agartala |
| CM | Biplab Kumar Deb |
| Governor | Keshari Nath Tripathi (additional charge) |
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
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| UAE Capital | Abu Dhabi |
| Currency | Dirham |
| President | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
44) National project status for eastern canal is seek by – Rajasthan
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| Rajasthan Capital | Jaipur |
| CM | Vasundhara Raje |
| Governor | Kalyan singh |
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 20th.
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| Theme | ‘Now More Than Ever, We Need to Stand with Refugees’. |
56) Limba Ram got the financial assistance of – Rs.5 lakhs
57) U.K. links student visa row to issue of – ‘over-stayers’
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| UK Capital | London |
| Currency | Pound Sterling |
| President | Theresa May |
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.
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| Uttar Pradesh Capital | Lucknow |
| CM | Yogi Adityanath |
| Governor | Ram Naik |
61) Brand Ambassador of Sikkim is – A.R. Rahman.
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| Sikkim Capital | Gangtak |
| CM | Pawan Kumar Chamling |
| Governor | Shriniwas Patil |
63) Telangana Police launched a mobile application – COP CONNECT
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| Telangana Capital | Hyderabad |
| CM | Chandrashekar Rao |
| Governor | ESL Narashimman |
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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