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Weekly Current Affairs Update

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Weekly Current Affairs Update

For the Week: June 20 to 25, 2018

HEADLINES

Section A: INDIA

 Govt sets up CM‘s group to coordinate policy for farm sector, MGNREGS

 Indian Medical Association to support AB-NHPM

 Handbook on legal processes for Police in respect of Crime against Children launched

 5th National Standards Conclave organised in New Delhi

 WWF-India launches first-ever nature-themed comic book

 Resignation of YSRCP MPs accepted

 Anukreethy Vas crowned Femina Miss India 2018

Section B: INDIA & THE WORLD

 President Ram Nath Kovind visits Greece, Suriname and Cuba

 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visits Italy, France, Luxembourg and Belgium

 Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh visits Mongolia

 Union Minister Nitin Gadkari visits Tajikistan

 India hits back at US with higher import duties on farm, steel products

 Nepal‘s agriculture minister visits India

 India, Bangladesh navies to start Coordinated Patrol

Section C: WORLD

 US withdraws from UN Human Rights Council

 World Refugee Day observed on June 20

 United Nations United Nations Public Service Day observed on June 23

 US extends sanctions on North Korea for a year

 President Trump signs order to end family separations at U.S. border

 Pakistan has more nuclear warheads than India: SIPRI

 South Korea, US suspend major military exercise

 China, Nepal to build Tibet-Kathmandu railway link

 Canada legalises recreational use of marijuana nationwide

 NZ PM Jacinda Ardern becomes second elected leader to give birth in office

 Ex-South Korean PM Kim Jong-pil dies at 92

 Veteran Pak diplomat Jamsheed Marker dies at 95

 Celebrated Urdu satirist Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi dies in Pak at 94

 Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, dies at 46

 World‘s oldest Sumatran orangutan dies aged 62 in Australia

Section D: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

 IBM computer debates with humans

 ISS deploys satellite to clear up space junk

 Norway tests 2-seater electric aircraft

Section E: AWARDS

 India Smart Cities Awards conferred

 Vishwas Mandalik in Nasik, Yoga Institute in Mumbai recipients of PM award

 UK-India Awards conferred

 Sahitya Akademi announces winners for Bal Sahitya, Yuva Puraskar for 2018

 Smart India Hackathon 2018 Hardware Awards conferred

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 Indian contingent, part of UN peacekeeping mission, awarded

 WCD Ministry conferred with ‗Best Performing Social Sector Ministry‘ award by SKOCH

 Vasundhara Raje conferred with ‗Chief Minister of the Year‘ award at Skoch Summit

 Arunachal Pradesh wins ‗SKOCH Order-of Merit‘ Award

 Ugandan scientist wins Africa Engineering Prize

 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wins PEN Pinter prize

 Preti Taneja wins Desmond Elliott Prize

 Italy‘s Osteria Francescana is world‘s best restaurant

 Black Panther wins big at MTV Awards

 Kalki Koechlin conferred with French honour

 Tim Robbins to receive Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary Festival

Section F: BANKING & FINANCE

 RBI tightens remittance norms

 RBI directs banks to upgrade software at ATMs by June 2019 or face penalty

 Annual Meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) held in Mumbai

 SEBI eases norms for share buy-backs, IPOs

 SEBI scraps IPO grading, safety net

 Further Fund Offer (FFO) of Bharat 22 Exchange Traded Fund launched

 RITES IPO subscribed over 66 times

 Bank of Maharashtra CMD Ravindra Marathe arrested in 30-bn DSK Group scam

 Arijit Basu to be State Bank of India‘s new Managing Director

 B. Sriram of SBI appointed MD & CEO of IDBI Bank

 N. S. Kannan appointed as ICICI Prudential‘s MD and CEO

 Ananta Barua appointed as SEBI whole-time member

Section G: ECONOMY

 Forex reserves decline by USD 3.03 bn to USD 410.07 bn

 India Infrastructure Expo 2018 organised in Mumbai

 Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Arvind Subramanian resigns

Section H: CORPORATE

 Air India set to have ‗Maharaja‘ class seats on international flights

 Sri Sri Tattva launches apparel brand BYOGI

 NASSCOM launches programme to support women techies

 Centre to use ‗Turnitin‘ software to curb Ph.D plagiarism

 AC manufacturers to keep default setting at 24 degree Celsius

 HCL launches app dedicated to Indian classical music

 Ducati drives in Multistrada 1260 in India at Rs 1.6 million

 Instagram reaches one billion active users

 Google announces training programme for journalists in India

 Microsoft buys student video discussion platform Flipgrid

 YouTube offers creators new ways to earn money

 Paul Polman appointed new Chairman of International Chamber of Commerce

 Intel CEO Brian Krzanich quits

 Kazuo Kashio, co-founder of Casio, dies at 89

 Amazon‘s Jeff Bezos now world‘s richest with $141 billion net worth: Forbes

Section I: STATES

 President approves imposition of Governor‘s rule in J&K

 Sindhu Darshan Festival begins in Ladakh

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 Haryana gives star rankings to panchayats on 7 parameters

 Haryana govt. to set up ‗Yog Aayog‘

 Guinness World Record set at State Level yoga celebration in Kota

 Happiness curriculum in Delhi govt schools from July

 PM Modi launches Mohanpura Irrigation project in MP

 Punjab offers saplings through mobile app

 Plastic ban comes into force in Maharashtra from June 23

 Legal heir or wife of martyred soldiers from Maharashtra to get two hectares land

 Gujarat unveils Suryashakti Kisan Yojana to encourage farmers to use, produce solar power

 World‘s first International Centre for Humanitarian Forensics launched in Gujarat

 AIIMS in Tamil Nadu to come up near Madurai

 Life size statue of General K M Cariappa unveiled at OTA

 Kerala‘s 4th international airport at Kannur to open in September

 HRD Ministry approves inter-university yoga centre in S-VYASA varsity in Bengaluru

 Shillong 100th city to be selected under Smart Cities Mission

 Visva-Bharati setting up ‗Yoga Gram‘ with central grant

 Meghalaya: Cong MLA resigns; party loses ‗single largest party‘ tag in Assembly

 Sikkim govt announces A R Rahman as its Brand Ambassador

 Poetess Sujatha Devi dies in Thiruvananthapuram at 72

 Veteran rock climber and mountaineer dies Gautam Kanjilal at 69

 Legendary mimicry artiste Venumadhav dies at 85

Section J: SPORTS

 Ulaanbaatar Cup Boxing: India win 1 gold, 4 silver, and 4 bronze medals

 Chemistry Cup Boxing: India win 2 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze medals

 Kidambi Srikanth named Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year

 England posts highest ever ODI total

 Sandeep Sejwal clinches gold at Singapore National Swimming Championships

 Australian golfer Peter Thomson dies at 85

 Lewis Hamilton wins Formula One French Grand Prix

 Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Austin Krajicek win Men‘s Doubles at Ilkley Challenger tennis

 Karman Kaur Thandi wins Women‘s Singles title on ITF Pro circuit in Hong Kong

 Borna Coric wins Men‘s Singles title at Halle Open tennis

 R. Praggnanandhaa becomes India‘s youngest Grand Master

 Amit Saroha wins gold at World para athletics GP

 India-Spain women‘s hockey series ends 2-2

 Olympic Day celebrated on June 23

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