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Daily Current Affairs 18th June 2019
IMPORTANT DAYS – Daily Current Affairs
18th June is observed as Sustainable Gastronomy Day
- Sustainable Gastronomy Day is observed every year on 18th June all around the world.
- It emphasizes the need to focus the world’s attention on the role that sustainable gastronomy can play. It also reaffirms that all cultures and civilizations are contributors and crucial enablers of sustainable development.
- The UN General Assembly adopted on 21 December 2016.
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- United Nations- It is an International Organization. Its Objective of UN is to not only maintain International Peace and Security but also to develop Friendly relations among nations.
- Founded – 24th October, 1945
- Headquarter- New York,United States
- Secretary General- Antonio Guterres (9th SG OF UN)
- He is from PORTUGAL
- Portugal (Capital/Currency) – Lisbon/ Euro
- United States (Capital/Currency) – Washington, D.C/ US Dollar
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS – Daily Current Affairs
World Food India to be held in New Delhi from Nov 1-4
- The World Food India event will be held during November 1-4 in New Delhi.
- This event will position India as food processing destination of the World.
- This will be the second edition of World Food India.
- Tagline for the event will be “Forging Pertnerships for Growth”.
- First event was held in 2017 with the participation of 61 countries and signing of MoUs worth $14 billion.
- Indian food processing industry has grown tremendously, recording 11 per cent growth rate.
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- Food Processing Minister – HarsimratKaurBadal (Constituency –Bathinda)
Assam govt to set up Skill University at Darrang district
- Assam government will set up a Skill University at the cost of 850 crore rupees at Darrang district.
- This will be perhaps the first Skill University of the Country with a capacity of 10 thousand seats.
- International Yoga Day will be observed at 459 centres of the Skill Development Mission.
- The admission test for the first batch of the North East Skill Centre will be held on 30th of this month.
- 80 per cent seats will be reserved for Assam and rest 20 per cent for other North Eastern states.
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- Assam- Capital City (Dispur) CM(SarbanandaSonowal) Governor(JagdishMukhi)
Centre sets up committee headed by Kirit Parikh to review LPG marketing
- Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is now looking to review the existing structure of LPG marketing in India.
- To review the existing marketing structure, the Centre has set up a five-member committee headed by economist Kirit Parikh.
- The new committee, set up on May 30, will look into issues related to definition or quality standards of LPG being marketed.
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- Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas – DharmendraPradhan (Independent Charge)
India, Italy decide on regular info sharing to combat international terror
- India and Italy have decided to join hands to counter radicalisation, terror financing and money laundering through regular exchange of information and sharing of best practices.
- The 2nd meeting of the India-Italy Counter Terrorism Joint Working Group was held in New Delhi on June 13.
- It was co-chaired by MahaveerSinghvi, Joint Secretary (Counter Terrorism), Ministry of External Affairs and Diego Brasioli, Principal Director for Security, Disarmament and non-Proliferation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy.
- The next meeting of the JWG will be held in Italy.
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- Italy (Capital/Currency) – Rome/Euro
- Prime Minister – Giuseppe Conte
BANKING & FINANCE – Daily Current Affairs
Digital transactions set to rise four times by 2021: Reserve Bank of India
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stated that the digital transactions till March 2019 witnessed tremendous growth and they will rise by four times from Rs 2,069 crore in December 2018 to Rs 8,707 crore in December 2021.
- RBI Report stated that in 2018-19, total digital transactions in volume terms recorded a growth rate of 58.8%. In 2017-18, growth was 50.4%.
- RBI expects volume of cheque-based payments to be less than 2% of the retail electronic transactions by 2021.
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- RBI – The Reserve Bank of India is India’s central banking institution, which controls the issuance and supply of the Indian rupee.
- Founded: 1 April 1935, Kolkata
- Headquarters: Mumbai
- Governor: Shaktikanta Das
- Deputy Governors -Shri M. K. Jain, ShriB.P. Kanungo, Dr. Viral V. Acharya, Shri N. S. Vishwanathan
- First Governor of RBI -Sir Osborne Smith
- First Indian Governor of RBI -ChintamanDwarkanathDeshmukh(3rd Governor of RBI)
BUSINESS & ECONOMY – Daily Current Affairs
Amazon India most attractive employer brand
- As per a Randstad Employer Brand Research, E-com player Amazon India has been rated as the country’s most ‘attractive employer brand.
- Microsoft India emerged as the runner-up, followed by Sony India. Mercedes-Benz, IBM, Larsen & Toubro, Nestle, Infosys, Samsung and Dell are others among the country’s top 10 most attractive employers.
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- Amazon – an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming and artificial intelligence
- Founded: 5 July 1994
- CEO: Jeff Bezos
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS – Daily Current Affairs
44th Matri Shree Media Award
- Twenty-nine journalists from print and electronic media were felicitated with Matri Shree Media Awards for their contribution towards journalism.
- A social activist was also presented the Bharat Mata shield at the 44th Matri Shree media award.
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- The Matri Shree Media Awards was constituted during the Emergency to felicitate people for their contribution towards Journalism.
- The first award was presented to journalist LalaJagat Narayan.
SPORTS – Daily Current Affairs
Gary Woodland won the 119th US Open
- American Gary Woodland won the 2019 United States Open Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links in California.
- He defeated world No. 1 Brooks Koepka in the final round.
- The two-time defending champion Koepka finished second with a score of 10-under par.
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- US (Capital/Currency) – Washington D.C/Dollar
- President – Donald Trump
OBITURIES – Daily Current Affairs
Egypt′s former President Mohammed Morsi dies in court
- In Egypt, former president Mohammed Morsi died yesterday after collapsing during a session in court.
- He was of 67 years old.
- Turkish President RecepTayyipErdogan also blamed Egyptian rulers for the death of former president.
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- Egypt (Capital/Currency)- Cairo/ Pound
- Prime Minister – MostafaMadbouly
