Current Affairs Update – 21st June, 2015

Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here are the Important Current Affairs of 21st June, 2015. These are important for the upcoming SBI PO 2015 Mains Exam and RBI Assistant 2015 Exam.

Finance
India slips to 61st
place on Swiss money list; Pak at 73rd

  • India has moved down to 61st place in terms of foreigners’
    money in Swiss banks and it now accounts for a meagre 0.123 per cent of the
    total global wealth worth USD 1.6 trillion in Switzerland’s banking system.
  • While the UK and the US have retained their top two
    positions with the largest shares of the foreign clients’ money with Swiss
    banks, Pakistan has inched up to 73rd place.
  • Interestingly, just two big banks — UBS and Credit Suisse —
    account for nearly two-third of the total money kept by foreigners in Swiss
    banks, while their share in case of Indians is even higher at about 82 per
    cent.
  • As per the latest data released by Switzerland’s central
    banking authority SNB (Swiss National Bank), Indians’ money in Swiss banks
    declined by over 10 per cent to about 1.8 billion Swiss francs (USD 1.98 billion
    or Rs. 12,615 crore) in 2014.
  • This accounts for just 0.123 per cent of the total funds
    kept in the Swiss banks by people from across the world.
  • This is the second lowest level of Indian money in Swiss
    banks — after an increase of over 40 per cent in 2013 — and the latest data
    comes amid an enhanced clampdown against the famed secrecy wall of
    Switzerland’s banking system.

American company
BrightSKY to invest Rs 500 crore in Chhattisgarh
  • Florida-based American company BrightSKY would set up a
    plant in Chhattisgarh for manufacturing electronics and telecom products.
  • The company inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to
    execute the proposal. The plant proposed to come up in the Naya Raipur, the
    upcoming new capital city of Chhattisgarh and would manufacture light-emitting
    diode (LED) bulb, telecom and 4G WiFi devices.
  • The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BrightSKY, Nick
    Shevillo said the company had expertise in manufacturing telecom, cellular and
    LED devises.
  • The company officials said effective and advanced LED
    system, and devices would be made available in the state. They said the new
    generation 4G internet network should be spread across the country. High speed
    internet service should be provided in the remote areas of the Bastar region,
    they added.
  • Under the MoU clauses, the American company would be
    investing Rs 500 crore in the project. It would generate direct and indirect
    employment for over 600 people.

Days
PM Narendra Modi
leads Yoga Day celebrations, says a ‘new era’ starts

  • Leading the first International Yoga Day celebrations in the
    country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said it marks the dawn of a
    “new era” to bring peace and harmony in the world.
  • India set two Guinness world records on Sunday with the Yoga
    mass session at Rajpath in new Delhi — one for largest number of participants
    and another for the most number of nationalities at a single event.
  • A yoga enthusiast himself, the Prime Minister surprised
    everyone as he joined over 35,000 people, including leaders, officials,
    soldiers and students, in a yoga demonstration at the historic Rajpath this
    morning.
  • The day was observed in over 251 cities in 191 countries
    across the world and the Indian missions and diplomatic posts have made
    arrangements for the celebrations and other related events.
  • External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was in New York to
    participate in the Yoga Day celebrations at the United Nations.
  • Union Ministers fanned out across the country for Yoga Day
    events. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh addressed a mass yoga session at K D
    Singh Babu stadium in Lucknow. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari was in Nagpur and
    Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda in Hyderabad. BJP President Amit Shah
    attended an event in capital of poll-bound Bihar.
  • Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was in Meerut. Top defence
    officers led by Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha and
    Navy’s Admiral R K Dhowan were present at the Rajpath.

Also:
World Music Day and International Father’s Day is celebrated
on 21st June.
India

Govt to launch 1st
One-Stop Crisis Centre under Nirbhaya Fund in Chhattisgarh

  • The first One-Stop Crisis Centre for women in distress out
    of the proposed 660 is set to be inaugurated in Chhattisgarh later this month
    under the Nirbhaya Fund.
  • A Women and Child development ministry’s initiative, the
    Centre would act as a one-stop facility to provide all kinds of aid to women in
    distress including medical help, counselling, legal and police assistance,
    while ensuring anonymity of the victim.
  • The scheme is being implemented on the recommendations of a
    committee that was set up in the aftermath of the public uproar against the
    December 16 gang-rape.
  • The Centre will be mandated to provide legal, medical and
    psychological assistance to distressed women. Proposed to be established in a
    phased manner, in the first phase, such facilities will be set up in every
    state, and will gradually be expanded to every district.
  • These centres would be set up in independent buildings or
    hospitals, depending on the state government’s preference.

India’s first
air-conditioned DEMU train launched in Kochi

  • Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today flagged off India’s
    first diesel electric multiple unit (DEMU) train service with an
    air-conditioned coach here.
  • The Angamaly-Ernakulam-Tripunithura-Piravom train service is
    expected to help in reducing traffic congestion in the state’s fastest growing
    city.
  • Top Railway officials said the AC coach provides reclining
    type comfortable cushion seats for 73 passengers similar to air-conditioned
    chair car of inter-city express trains.
  • Other coaches of DEMU train are provided with bench type
    cushion seats and large windows with glass shutters.
  • The train is equipped with bio-toilets and fully vestibule
    for free movement of passengers between coaches.

Awards
& Honors –
Swathi Puraskar Given
To Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
  • Kerala Government’s highest honour for music, Swathi Puraskar,
    has been awarded this year to Ustad Amjad Ali Khan for his outstanding
    contribution to Indian music.
  • The award will be presented to the sarod maestro by Kerala
    Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in August. The announcement was made by K C Joseph,
    Kerala Culture Minister.
  • A five-member committee headed by Soorya Krishnamoorthy,
    chairman of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy took the decision to confer the
    honour to Amjad Ali Khan. The Academy is under the Department of Culture in the
    Kerala government.
  • The award is named after the great composer Maharaja Swathi
    Thirunal. Earlier awardees included Pandit Jasraj, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and
    Ustad Bismillah Khan. The award includes citation, Rs one lakh and a trophy.

Carnatic singer S Subrahmanyan
selected for Sangita Kalanidhi Award
  • Renowned Carnatic singer Sanjay Subrahmanyan will be
    honoured with the Sangita Kalanidhi Award of the Music Academy.
  • The decision was taken at the meeting of the Executive
    Committee here, said President N Murali, adding, Subrahmanyan will also preside
    over the 89th Annual Conference of the Academy slated between December 15 and
    January 1, next year.
  • The Committee has also decided to confer other awards during
    the concert, such as Sangita Kala Acharya and TTK Awards.

Appointments
Sanjay Deshmukh
appointed Vice-Chancellor of Mumbai University
  • Maharashtra Governor and Chancellor of Universities in the
    state Ch Vidyasagar Rao Saturday appointed professor Sanjay Vasant Deshmukh as
    the new Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of the University of Mumbai.
  • According to an official release from Raj Bhavan, the
    appointment of Dr Deshmukh, a professor of Life Sciences in the University of
    Mumbai, will be for a term of five years, with effect from July 7, 2015. Dr
    Deshmukh will take over from Dr Rajan Welukar, whose controversial term will
    end on July 6.

Sports
India Settle for
Bronze in Snooker World Cup
  • India settled for a bronze medal after narrowly missing the
    final berth of the Snooker World Cup here today.
  • Up against a seasoned Scotland side, India, comprising
    12-time world champion Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta, went down 3-4 in the
    best-of-seven semifinal match.
  • Scotland, which had defeated hosts and defending champions
    China ‘A’, consisted of heavyweights in four-time world champion John Higgins
    and top snooker player Stephen Maquire.
  • Placed third in the prestigious event, this is India’s best
    finish in the competition.

Obituaries
Former Indian Hockey
Captain Shashi Bala Killed in Accident
  • Former Indian women hockey team captain, Shashi Bala, was
    among the three persons killed in a car accident today near Kahma village here.
  • The incident occurred when the car in which 47-year-old Bala
    was travelling with her son, daughter and a driver, collided head on with
    another vehicle coming from an opposite direction near Kahma village here,
    police said.
  • The other two deceased persons were identified as Bala’s son
    Agrim (14) and car driver Attar Singh (35), they said.
  • Bala’s daughter Varnika (20) was too critically injured in
    the accident and was rushed to a local hospital here, they said.
  • Shashi Bala was a former captain for Indian hockey team for
    women and was presently posted as hockey coach for RCF Kapurthala.

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