Current affairs

June 2023

Important Apps, Portal & Services -

 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the

‘Mukhy mantri Tirtha Darshan’ Yojana.

 Union Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Giriraj Singh

launched ‘SAMARTH’ Abhiyan in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow.

 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched ‘Mo Ghara’ Project.

 Union Minister Hardwip Singh Puri launched ‘PM SVANidhi’ app for

street vendors.
 Union Minister Mahendranath Pandey launched ‘Dugdh Sanakalam

Sathi’ app in Uttarakhand.

 Union Minister Purushottam Rupala launched the portal ‘NANDI’.

 Bangalore Airport has launched ‘BLR Pulse app’ for passengers.

 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the ‘Nanda Baba

Milk Mission’.
 Chief Minister Prema khandu launched ‘Arunpol’ App of Arunachal

Pradesh Police.
 The Champions 2.0 portal was launched by Union Minister, Narayan

Rane.
 The Uttar Pradesh Government launched ‘Polytechnic Chalo Abhiyan’.

Important Summits/Meetings/Sessions/Festivals/Conferences -
 ‘Lavender Festival’ has started in Badreya Valley of Jammu and

Kashmir.
  Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘the first National Training

Conclave’ for Civil Servants at the International Exhibition and

Convention Center at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
 The ‘Raja Parba’ festival was celebrated in odisha.

 The 76th annual meeting of the World Assembly was held in Geneva,

Switzerland.
 The ‘Global DPI Summit 2023’ was held in Pune, Maharashtra.

 The ‘Wihu Kuh’ festival is celebrated by the Thangsa tribal group of

Arunachal Pradesh.

Important days and weeks -

24 May - World's schizophrenia awareness day.
24 May - Indian Commonwealth Day.
28 May - World hunger day (Theme: Celebrating sustainable solutions to
hunger and poverty).
28 May - International Day of action for women's health.
29 May - International Day of United Nation peacekeepers (Theme: peace
begins with me).
29 May - International Everest day.
31 may - World no Tobacco Day.
1 June - World milk day.
3 June - World bicycle day (Theme: riding together for a sustainable future).
5 June - World Environment Day (Theme: solutions to plastic pollution)
7 June - World food safety day (Theme: food standard saves lives).
8 June - World Oceans day (Theme: Planet Ocean - Tides are changing).
12 June - World day against child labour.
14 June - World blood donor day.
15 June - World elder abuse awareness day.
18 June - International picnic day.
18 June - International Day for countering head speech.
19 June - National reading day.
20 June - World Refugee day.
21 June - International yoga day.
21 June - World hydrographic day.
21 June - World music day.
23 June - International Olympic day (Theme: Let's move).
29 June - National Statistics Day (on the occasion of the birth anniversary of
Prashant Chandra Mahalbis).
30 June - World Planet Day.

Index, Report, Study, Ranking -

 Real Madrid tops the Forbes most valuable club in the world for 2022.

 Most innovation companies 2023: reaching new Heights in uncertain

Times - (Apple first), (Tata Group 20th).

 61st Top 500 Global supercomputing list - (First position - Frontier of

USA) and (75th position - Airabat of India).

 Tata Group Named India's Most Valuable Brand.

 Fifth the impact ranking 2023 - The top educational institution is

Western Sydney Australia, India's top institution in this ranking is

‘Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham’ in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
 8th India ranking 2023 - IIT Madras in first position.

 ‘Kerala’ tops the fifth state food safety index.

 Gujarat ranks first in installing wind power capacity.

 Global slavery index 2023 - North Korea in first position, India is at the

top among the G20 nations.

 ‘Tata Power Company’ named India's Most Attractive Employer Brand.

 Global competitiveness index 2023 - Denmark in first position. India in

40th.
 Global gender gap index 2023 - Iceland in first position, India is in 127th.

Important MOUs and agreements -

Puducherry and L&T engineering - This MoU has been signed for the purpose
of developing the infrastructure of tourist places.
Navy and IMU - For technical cooperation purposes.
Govt of Odisha Department of Higher Education and Infosys and Net Com -
This MoU has been signed to enhance the skills and employment
opportunities among students studying in higher educational institutions of
Odisha.
Goa and Uttarakhand - The MoU was signed to enhance the tourism
landscape of both the states.
Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak - ‘The Atlantic Declaration’ was signed to promote
economic cooperation between the United Kingdom and the United States.
SMS group of Germany and Tata Steel - This MoU was signed to reduce the
amount of carbon emissions in the steel production process.
United Nation and Niti Aayog - This MoU was signed for the purpose of
‘Government of India United Nation sustainable development cooperation
framework 2023 to 2027’.
India, Nepal and Bangladesh - This tripartite agreement was signed to create
greater Power connectivity.
India and Philippines - This MoU was signed for fintech cooperation.

Science and Technology -

 Iran's new generation of ballistic missile ‘Kheibar’.

 Alstom, a French company, will make 100 Vande Bharat trains.

 The world's first 3D printed Hindu temple is being built in Telangana.

 Israel tests autonomous flying taxis to reduce traffic congestion.

 The world's first multi-center Earth observation satellite ‘Drishti’ was

built by IIT Madras' Galaxeye Space.

 South Korea's first commercial grade satellite ‘NEXTsat2 or Next

Generation Small Satellite 2’.

 DRDO successfully test-fired ‘Agni Prime’ missile off Odisha coast.
  Google ‘Indian launches program’ launched in India to support local

news publishers.
 India's first hydrogen-powered train will run from Haryana's Jind

district to Sanipat.

Defense -
 ‘Ekatha’ Naval exercise - The sixth naval exercise between Indian and

Maldivian navies was held in Maldives.

 6th Arctic challenge exercise 2023 - The event was held in Finland,

Norway and Sweden.

 ‘Ex - Ekuverin’ - The exercise was held between the Indian Army and the

Maldives National Defense Force.

 ‘Air defender 23’ - NATO Air Drill exercise ‘Air Defender 23’ organized

by Germany in Europe.
 GRSE's new two warships are ‘INS Anjadip’ & ‘INS Sanshodhak’.

 ‘Exercise Agneyastra 1’ - Held by the Northern Command of the Indian

Army.
 Indian Airport recently conducted an exercise called 'Ranvijay'.

Important books and authors -

 NTR: A political biography - Ramachandra Murthy Kondubhatla.

 A life well spent-four decades in the Indian Foreign Service - Satish

Chandra.
 The power of one thought : Master your mind - K.K. Gopalakrishnan.

 India's Finance Minister - Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya.

 Symphony to jazz - Ankit Khemka.

 RAW Hitman - Is Hussain Zaidi.

 The Yoga Sutra for children - Rupa Pai.

Important Deaths -
  Noted Sanskrit scholar ‘Ved Kumari Ghai’ passed away recently at the

age of 91.
 ‘Govindara H Naik’, an Indian writer and educationist, died recently at

the age of 89.

 Ghanaian writer and feminist ‘Ama Ata Aidoo’ died recently at the age

of 81.
 An eminent writer and educationist ‘V. Arjunan’ passed away recently

at the age of 90.

 Popular Hindi and Marathi film actress ‘Sulochana Latkar’ passed away

recently at the age of 94.

 Doordarshan's first female English news anchor ‘Gitanjali Iyer’ passed

away recently at the age of 71.

 Noted American writer ‘Cormac McCarthy’ died recently at the age of

89.

Important National recruitments -

 Chairman of Paytm payments Bank Limited - Vijay Shekhar Sharma.

 Ambassador of Sony Sports network - Sania Mirza.

 Smile ambassador of Maharashtra government - Sachin Tendulkar.

 Chairman and managing director of Steel Authority of India Limited -

Amarendu Prakash.
 Chairman of intermediary advisory of SEBI - S. Rabindran.

 External auditor of WHO - Girish Chandra Murmu.

 CEO and MD of TCS - K. Kritibhashan.

 Brand ambassador of Hyundai Motors - Hardik Pandya.

 DG of BSF - Nitin Agarwal.

 CEO of UIDAI - Amit Agarwal.

 Deputy governor of RBI - Swaminathan Janki Raman.

 Election commissioner of West Bengal - Rajiv Sinha.

 Brand ambassador of Epson India - Rashmika Mandhana.

 Power Secretary of India - Pankaj Agrawal.

  Aviation Secretary of India - Chanchal Kumar.

Important International recruitments -

 Brand ambassador of realme - Shahrukh Khan.

 Chairman of Hinduja group - Gopichand Hinduja.

 CEO of Alibaba - Eddie Wu.

 Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization - Celeste

Saulo.
 14th president of the World Bank - Ajay Banga.

Important Award and Honours -

 Blue Plaque honour - Princess Sofia Dalip Singh.

 International Booker prize 2023 - Georgi Gospodinov.

 57th Gyanpith Puraskar - Damodar Maujo.

 Order of the British Empire - Cricketer Moin Ali.

 German book trade peace prize: 2023 - Writer Salman Rushdi.

 European essay price 2023 - Writer Arundhati Roy.

 RSL Christopher blood price 2023 - Writer Peterson Joseph.

 Professor Jayashankar award - Acharya Gopi.

 Most valuable private company in India - Reliance.

 Olympic order - Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus.

 Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2023 - Writer Priya A.S.

 Governor of the Year 2023 - Shaktikanta Das.

 Spinoza prize 2023 - Joyita Gupta.

 Environmental airline of 2023 - Etihad Airways.

 76th Kan film festival -

 Grand Prix - The Zone of interest.

 Best director - T.A hung.

 23rd IIFA awards -

  Best film - Drishyam 2.

 Best director - R. Madhavan.

 Best actor - Hrithik Roshan.

 Best actress - Alia Bhatt.

 Best songwriter - Amitabh Bhattacharya.

 Best singer male - Arijit Singh.

 Best female singer - Shreya Ghoshal.

 Best music director - Pritam.

 Best cinematography - Sudip Chatterjee.

Sports -
 ICC World test Championship - Australia.

 Hero Intercontinental cup Football - India.

 Men's Junior Asia Cup Hockey Tournament 2023 - India.

 CAVA women's volleyball challenge cup 2023 - India.

 Spanish Grand Prix 2023 - Belgium dutch racing car driver Max

Verstappen.
 Khelo India University games 2022 - Punjab University.

 World Boxing championship 2023 - India won three bronze medals.

 IPL 2023 - Chennai Super Kings (Fifth time).

 May 2023, ICC Player of the month Male - Harry Tector.

 May 2023, ICC Player of the month female - Thipatcha Putthapong.

 FIFA U20 World Cup - Uruguay.

 Under 17 Asian Wrestling Championship - Iran tops the medal tally.

 Women's junior Asia Cup 2023 - India won.

 Nations League 2023 - Spain won.

 Women emerging Asia Cup 2023 - India won.

 Ladies European title - Indian women golfer Diksha Dogar.

 Saudi Arabia will host the FIFA Club World Cup 2023.

 Indonesia will host the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

 The mascot of the 37th National Games is ‘Moga’.

  Goa will host the 37th National Games.

 Dubai is hosting the first Women's Kabaddi League.

 Malaysia Masters badminton tournament 2023 -

Male singles - H.S. Pranay (India)
Female singles - Yamaguchi Akane (Japan)

 France Open tennis tournament 2023 -

Male singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Female singles - Iga swiatek (Poland)

 World table tennis Championship 2023 -

Male singles - Fan Zhendong (China)
Female singles - Sun Yingsha (China)

 Indonesia open badminton tournament 2023 -

Male singles - Victor Excellence (Denmark)
Female singles - Chen Yufei.

Miscellaneous -
 North India's first Skin Bank inaugurated at Safdarjung Hospital, New

Delhi.
 Asia's largest cluster development project launched in Thane,

Maharashtra.
 The name of Ahmed Nagar has been changed to Ahlyadevi Nagar.

 Union Minister for Ports and Waterways Sarbananda Soneyal launched

MB Empress, India's first international Cruise.

 Kerala is the first E-Govern State of the country.
 Bajaj Allianz Company launched India's first insurance service for

diabetic patients.
 Blue pansy has been declared as the official butterfly of Jammu and

Kashmir.
 India is the highest source of international travelers to Asia in 2022.

 India's largest private rail coach factory inaugurated in Hyderabad.

 Prisons in Uttar Pradesh will be known as ‘Reforms Homes’.

 Yogi Adityanath became the first Chief Minister of India to complete 25

million followers on Twitter.

 National Food Safety and Standards Training Center inaugurated in

Ghaziabad.