India Current Affairs June 2021

30th June:

• Indian Crypto Exchange Koinex Shuts down its operation.
• Mumbai in top 20 most expensive cities in Asia for expatriates.
• Sarada Kumar Hota took over as NHB MD.
• Sharad Kumar Saraf is appointed as the new President of FIEO.
• Ministry of New and Renewable Energy successfully observed ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’.
• NASA announced a new mission to explore Saturn’s largest moon.

29th June:

• India and World Bank signed USD 400M loan agreement to eliminate TB.
• Maharaja Ranjit Singh honoured on his 180th death anniversary.
• MOA signed between Ministry of Shipping and IIT Kharagpur to set up CICMT.
• India born Priya Serrao has won the Miss Universe Australia title for 2021.
• U.S. President to hold talks with Prime Minister Modi to discuss India’s retaliatory tariffs.
• Lok Sabha has approved the extension of President’s rule in J&K for a further period of six months.

28th June:

• Narinder Batra elected as IOC member.
• Oracle launches Crime Mitigation solution for smaller banks.
• ICC World Cup 2021 India beats West Indies by 125 runs.
• Russia extends Western food embargo to end of 2021.
• Author Amish Tripathi appointed as the Director of Nehru Centre in London.

27th June:

• Next British PM will be announced on 23 July.
• RBI has asked the public to continue to accept the coins of various denominations.
• Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises Day is celebrated Today.
• Korean Ambassador to India Bong-kil Shin signed agreement with BMVSS and launched ‘Jaipur Foot Korea’.
• Sofia Kenin won the Mallorca Open Title 2021.
• Samant Goel appointed as the new Chief of Research and Analysis Wing.

26th June:

• NASA’s Curiosity rover confirmed the presence of Methane in Mars.
• Russia extended its ban on food products from the European Union up to 31 December 2021.
• Home Ministry reported that 64 people died and over 1.4 lakh hectare crop area affected due to cyclone Fani in Odisha.
• Italy won the bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics.
• Trump awards highest military honor to iraq veteran.
• Trump announces sanctions on Ayatollah Khomeini who died in 1989.

25th June:

• NOC: Calls to shutdown oil production risk escalating national crisis
• Libya assets tax should go to IRA Semtex victims
• 6 killed, 39 injured as bus falls into gorge in Jharkhand.
• Legendary Punjabi film actress Anjuman got married.
• BJP’s Rajasthan chief Madan Lal Saini dies in Delhi’s AIIMS.
• Ekrem Imamoglu wins Istanbul mayoral election for second time.

24th June:

• President of Pakistan Arif Alvi presented the Nishan e Pakistan to Emir e Qatar.
• Ethiopia army chief shot dead in Coup bid attacks.
• Justice V Ramasubramanian appointed as the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
• IRSDC signed 2 MoAs to renovate 22 railway stations.
• NABCB gets APAC certificate for personnel certification bodies in Singapore.
• Hardeep Puri inaugurated the central ATFM complex.

23rd June:

• Centre holds pre-Budget consultations with state Finance Ministers.
• Sri Lanka in talks for $1 billion loan from China-led lender.
• Trump nominates Mark Esper as Next Defense Secretary.
• India has the hightest data usage per smartphone in the world.
• PM Modi to attend G-20 summit in Japan from June 27-29.
• Govt set to roll out IMEI database to help people track stolen mobile phones.

22nd June:

• Ministry of AYUSH announces PM Yoga Awards 2021.
• Women’s cricket nominated for inclusion at 2024 Commonwealth Games.
• World Archery appoints Bindra to sort AAI trouble.
• IIIDEM (ECI) organises Capacity Building Program On Electoral Technology.
• ICC World Cup 2021: Sri Lanka beat England by 20 runs.
• Indonesia; match factory caught fire 30 people died.
• CCI approves Indiabulls Housing Finance and Lakshmi Vilas Bank merger.

21st June:

• Bronze for India in the 58th Ostrava Golden Spike Athletics meet.
• Fresh bill to ban Triple Talaq to be introduced in Lok Sabha.
• PU Chitra and Sreeshankar strikes Gold & Johnson wins silver at Folksam Grand Prix 2021.
• ICC world Cup 2021:Australia beat bangladesh by 48 runs.
• Mohsin Khan resigns from PCB committee.

20th June:

• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the 20th Meeting of the FSDC in New Delhi.
• Mike Pompeo canceled his trip to Sri Lanka due to unavoidable reason.
• Rashid Khan becomes most expensive bowler in World Cup history.
• Indian engineer wins Innovation for Sustainable Development Award.
• Maharashtra topped the USGBC list of Top 10 States for LEED in India.

19th June:

• Matri Shree Media Award was presented to 29 print and electronic media journalists.
• KSEB signed an agreement with GJ Eco Power Pvt. Ltd. to establish Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plants.
• Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd has appointed Naveen Uppal as the Chief Risk Officer.
• World Bank agreed a loan agreement of USD 518 million to Pakistan for reforms.
• Kona Raghupati was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
• England captain Eoin Morgan set the world record for most sixes in an ODI.

18th June:

• Iran slams Saudi Arabia over tanker attack allegations.
• Egypt’s former president Morsi dies in court after heart attack.
• Saudi Arabia’s King Salman offers $1m to International Civil Aviation Organization.
• Popular UAE restaurant group owner dies in India.
• Report: Rockets fired at U.S. military base in Iraq.
• U.S. airstrike kills 16 Islamic State jihadists in Iraq.

17th June:

• United States has allowed Iraq to import Iranian gas.
• World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought observed today.
• ICC Word Cup 2021: India beat Pakistan by 89 runs.
• Zuzana Caputova sworn as Slovakia’s first female President.
• Suman Rao from Rajasthan Crowned Miss India 2021.
• Social activist Makarand Tilloo won ‘Save Water Hero Award’.

16th June:

• June month is celebrated as the LGBTQ Pride month today.
• Australia and Qatar to be guest nations at the 2021 Copa America.
• Around 600 american companies urged Trump to resolve trade dispute with China.
• Scientists places worlds highest weather stations atop Mount Everest.
• Death toll rises to 66 in Muzaffarpur, Bihar due to Encephalitis.

15th June:

• World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Celebrated today.
• Poet and lyricist Pazhavila Ramesan passed away.
• Peter Gilchrist won the 2021 Pacific International Billiards Championship.
• Akshaya Patra was awarded the BBC World Service Global Champion Award.
• Narasimhan has been appointed as CEO of Reckitt Benckiser.
• NASAs OSIRIS REx spacecraft creates new record.

14th June

• World Blood Donor Day Celebrations Today.
• Modi, Xi agreed that the approach to the border issue should be constructive.
• Saudi air defence intercepts five Houthi drones: SPA.
• Priyanka Chopra to be honoured with humanitarian award by UNICEF.
• ISRO unveiled plan to set up its own space station in seven years.

13th June

• Wahab Riaz becomes highest Pakistani scorer at number 9 in world cup
• International Albinism Awareness Day 2021 is observed today
• JNU to confer alumni award to Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar
• Amasebailu Becomes First 100% Solar Powered Village in Karnataka
• IRSDC signed a Tripartite Agreement with SNCF and AFD

12th June

• Mekathoti Sucharitha appointed as the Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
• NDMA conducted training programme for CBRN emergencies.
• Tokayev sworn in as the President of Kazakhstan.
• Cabinet approved the setting up of Defence Space Research Agency DSRO.
• I V Subba Rao continues as secretary to Vice President.
• International Day Against Child Labour observed today.

11th June:

• ASI declares Chaukhandi Stupa as of national important monument.
• Pakistani actor Santosh Kumar 37th Death anniversary being observed.
• India’s automobile Mahindra Group Won Gold Award in South Africa.
• Lewis Hamilton Won Canadian Grand Prize 2021.
• Modi 2.0 Cabinet Approved Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojana.

10th June:

• Union Cabinet has approved the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Siddhi Scheme.
• Jammu and Kashmir government appointed RK Chibber as interim chief of J&K Bank.
• Wipro Founder Azim Premji to retire as Executive Chairman by end of July.
• Romila Thapar elected as a member of American Philosophical Society.
• Japan defeat Mexico and won FIH Hockey Series.
• Rafael Nadal beats DominicThiem to win 12th French Open title.

9th June:

• Prayuth Chan-Ocha elected as new Prime Minister of Thailand.
• Ex UEFA chief Johansson passed away at 89 due to a short illness.
• Ajeya Kallam appointed principal advisor to Andhra Chief Minister.
• Lt Gen PJS Pannu designated as Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (operation).
• Mrutyunjay Mohapatra is appointed as IMD Chief.
• India beats Ireland 1-0 in the final to claim U21 four-nation title.

8th June:

• FIFA vice President Ahmad detained by the French Police.
• BSF officer appointed as head of its Tekanpur-based academy.
• World Oceans Day is celebrated today.
• Justice Prashant Kumar appointed as Acting CJ Of Jharkhand HC.
• Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel Takes Oath As New CJI Of Delhi High Court.

7th June:

• P Jayadevan appointed as IOCL executive director for TN, Pondy
• Delhi Metro Station becomes India’s first project to receive power from waste-to-energy.
• Asma Zaheer a Pakistani computer scientist honoured with IBM’s highest award.
• Congresswoman Jayapal, the First Indian-American Woman to Chair US House.
• Muhammad Bande has been elected as next President of the 74th session UN General Assembly
• Taiwan proposed deal to buy tanks from the US

6th June:

• Google Sundar Pichai and Nasdaq Adena Friedman Receive 2021 Global Leadership Award.
• China launched a space rocket from the sea for the first time.
• Report: Sharp 10 percent decline in the approval rate of H 1B visa by the US
• Pramila Jayapal as first Indian-American woman to preside over US House
• Forbes magazine named Rihanna as the worlds richest female musician

5th June:

• AAI signs with Boeing to improve airspace utilization.
• Mahindra Susten partners with Mitsui & Co. Ltd for solar power generation
• US terminated India’s preferential trade status under GSP programme.
• RBI approved the appointment of Rakesh Makhija as chairman of Axis Bank.
• V P Sivakolundhu elected as the Speaker of Puducherry Assembly

4th June:

• Flipkart co-founder joins Ujjivan small finance Bank as Director.
• Satish Chandra Verma appointed as Advocate General of Chhattisgarh
• National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajith Doval gets Cabinet rank with extension of Five more year
• Brand Veeba foods appoint Shah Rukh Khan as its brand Ambassador for its new brand “V-Nourish”
• Nayib Bukele is elected as the new president of El Salvador

3rd June:

• Veteran industrialist BM Khaitan passes away.
• The World Bicycle Day is observed today across the globe.
• Spice Jets Chairman and MD Ajay Singh was elected to the board of IATA.
• CEO Pakistan Stock Exchange Richard Morin resigns.
• India, US, Japan and Australia supports ASEAN led architecture mechanism.
• Anton Aditya Subowo re-elected as President of Badminton Asia

2nd June:

• United Nations to cut 1,000 troops from Somalia force.
• Russia rejected an Iranian request to buy S 400 missile defense systems
• Astronomers discovered the Forbidden Planet, NGTS- 4b in the Neptunian Desert
• Pakistan approves Rs 930 crore fund to support stock market
• Anita Bhatia appointed as Deputy Executive Director in UN Women
• The US formally terminated Indias eligibility for a duty free import scheme

1st June:

• The World’s smallest baby, weighing 245 grams survives.
• Chandrani Murmu of BJD became the youngest MP in the country.
• ISRO partnered with IAF for Gaganyaan astronaut selection, training.
• Reserve Bank of India permitted Banks to use Aadhaar only for DBT accounts for KYC requirements.
• Supreme Court extended the term of Justice VKJain as Judicial Member Of NCDRC.