Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That’s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post, Daily Current Affairs 21 June 2022, we have tried to cover each and every point and also included all important facts from National/ International news that are useful for upcoming competitive examinations such as UPSC, SSC, Railway, State Govt. etc.
Current Affairs for Competitive Exam – 21 June 2022
Japan to attend NATO summit for first time in Madrid, Spain
Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida will attend North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit, which will be held in Madrid and becomes the Japan’s first leader to join NATO summit.
Sweden and Finland will also send delegations to the summit and South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk-yeol will also become the first leader from his country to join the meeting.
NATO Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium.
NATO Secretary General: Jens Stoltenberg.
MeitY declares HDFC, ICICI, NPCI’s IT resources as critical information infra
The government has declared the IT resources of ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and UPI managing entity NPCI as ‘critical information infrastructure’, implying any harm to them can have an impact on national security and any unauthorised person accessing these resources may be jailed for up to 10 years, according to an official notification. The IT resources under CII include Core Banking Solution, Real Time Gross Settlement and National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) comprising Structured Financial Messaging Server.
Key Points:
The persons authorized to access IT resources of ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, and NPCI are their designated employees, authorized team members of contractual managed service providers or third-party vendors who have been authorised by them for need- based access and any consultant, regulator, government official, auditor and stakeholder authorised by the entities on case-to-case basis. This decision, to put their IT resources under CII, has been taken due to cyber attacks which raised the need for a protected system by all the banks and financial institutions.
Indian Coast Guard inducts new Advanced Light Helicopter Squadron 840 CG
The Indian Coast Guard on Monday inducted the made-in-India Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mk3, into the Coast Guard Region East. While this is the first induction into the newly created ‘840 Squadron’ that is to be based in Chennai, three more choppers of the same variant are to follow. The first chopper was received at Coast Guard Air Station, Chennai with a traditional ‘water cannon salute’, in the presence of Inspector General AP Badola, Commander, Coast Guard Region East. This is the first time the defence force has deployed such a plane in the eastern region.
According to the Coast Guard, three more ALH aircraft will be added to the new Squadron’s inventory in the near future. Modern radars are used to detect beyond the visual range of the aircraft. It is armed with a mounted Heavy Machine Gun for target neutralisation operations. The ALH is an indigenous aircraft built by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited as part of the government’s ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative.
Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mark-III aircraft:
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) created and developed the HAL Dhruv utility helicopter (HAL). HAL Dhruv’s development was confirmed in November 1984. The helicopter initially flew in 1992, although it took longer to build due to a number of issues, including the Indian Army’s request for design improvements, funding constraints, and sanctions imposed on India after the 1998 Pokhran-II nuclear tests.
The ALH MK- III is powered by two Shakti engines and is equipped with surveillance radar, electro optic pod, medical urgent care unit, high-intensity searchlight, infrared suppressor, heavy machine gun, and glass cockpit.
Khuvsgul lake of Mongolia added to UNESCO Biosphere Reserves
Khuvsgul Lake National Park of Mongolia has been added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO.
This decision was made during the 34th session of the International Co-ordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme taking place in Paris, France.
Location of Khuvsgul Lake: Northern Mongolian province of Khuvsgul near the Russian border.
The lake is 1,645 meters above sea level, 136 km long and 262m deep.
Kotak General Insurance joins hands with PhonePe to offer vehicle cover
Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company Limited (Kotak General Insurance) has partnered with PhonePe Insurance Broking Services Pvt. Ltd (PhonePe).
Aim: To offer motor insurance on the PhonePe platform.
With the help of this platform, the Kotak General Insurance will provide quick and seamless car and two-wheeler insurance policies to its customers.
Phonepe HQ: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Kotak Mahindra General Insurance HQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
12th Ministerial Conference of WTO held in Geneva, Switzerland
The 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) of World Trade Organisation concluded at WTO headquarters in Geneva on 16th June 2022.
The Conference was co-hosted by Kazakhstan and chaired by Mr Timur Suleimenov (Deputy Chief of Staff of Kazakhstan’s President).
The ministers from across the world attended the meeting to review the functioning of the multilateral trading system, make general statements and to take action on the future work of the WTO.
Fitch revises rating outlook on 9 Indian banks from ‘Negative’ to ‘Stable’
Fitch Ratings has shift the rating outlook of nine Indian banks which include SBI, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank, from negative to stable.
The other banks are: Bank of Baroda (BOB), Bank of Baroda (New Zealand) Ltd, Bank of India, Canara Bank, Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Union Bank of India.
The Fitch’s Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) are based on assessment of high to moderate probability of extraordinary state support for these banks.
PM Modi launches various development projects in Bengaluru worth Rs 27K cr
PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate and launch various development programmes in Bengaluru and Mysuru.
During his two days visit, he will inaugurate the Brain Cell Research Centre, it cost 450 crore rupees, which was donated by Kris Gopalakrishnan (co-founder of Infosys).
PM will also lay foundation stone for an 850 bed Bagchi-Parthasarathy Research hospital at IISc being funded by MindTree IT Company.
Manu and Shiva win at Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting competition
The team of Manu Bhaker and Shiva Narwal has won the 10m air pistol mixed team title at the 20th Kumar Surendra Singh Memorial Shooting competition.
They beat the duo of Amanpreet Singh and Shweta Singh of ONGC by 16-8 to clinched the gold medal.
Esha Singh (Telangana), had teamed up with Kaushik Gopu to win bronze in both the senior and junior mixed team competitions.
Meena Kumari (Haryana) has clinched the women’s 50m rifle title.
World Music Day 2022: 21st June
World Music Day, Make Music Day or Fête de la Musique is celebrated on June 21 every year to honour musicians and singers. The day is celebrated to motivate budding, young, and professional musicians to perform and support the love of music around the world. On this day musicians take to the streets to perform for free and concerts, events are organized to thank them. On this day, free concerts are organised for everyone to attend. It is a massive cultural exchange and also brings society closer. The theme for World Music Day 2022 is “Music on the intersections”.
How to celebrate World Music Day?
Music artists around the globe organise concerts on World Music Day. The celebrations are no more restricted to European nations. In fact, the day is marked by 120 countries, including India, Italy, Greece, Russia, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Canada, the United States, the UK, Japan, China and Malaysia. Fests, parades, fairs, feasts and dance parties are often the part and parcel of World Music Day.
World Music Day: History
World Music Day was first celebrated as Fête de la Musique in France in 1982. The then French Minister of Art and Culture, Jack Lange and Maurice Fleuret, a French composer, started Fête de la Musique (festival of music), in the streets of Paris. That is also why World Music Day is alternatively known as Fête de la Musique as well.
Beneficiaries of the PFRDA pension scheme increased by 24%
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on Friday said subscriber base under its flagship pension schemes rose by 24 per cent in August this year to over 4.53 crore. According to the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), the number of subscribers in various NPS plans climbed to 531.73 lakh by the end of May 2022, up from 428.56 lakh in May 2021, a year-on-year rise of 24.07 percent.
KEY POINTS:
By the end of May this fiscal year, the Atal Pension Yojana (APY), the largest contributor to the subscriber base, had grown by 31.6 percent to 3.72 crore. The number of NPS members among federal government employees increased by 5.28 percent to 22.97 lakh, while the number of subscribers among state government employees increased by 7.70 percent to 56.40 lakh.
According to the data, the number of NPS subscribers in the corporate sector climbed by 26.83 percent to 14.69 lakh, while those in the all citizens category increased by 39.11 percent to 23.61 lakh by the end of May. The number of subscribers in the NPS Lite category declined by 2.7 percent to 41.85 lakh in April 2015, when no new registrations were allowed. As of May 31, 2022, the two plans’ total assets under management (AUM) had increased by 21.5 percent to Rs 7.38 lakh crore.
