Today Current Affairs:16th June 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Month: June 2022
Lumpy Skin Disease
Lumpy Skin Disease: Around 1,229 cattle across five districts of Gujarat have been infected with Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD). Lumpy Skin Disease: LSD is caused by infection of cattle or water buffalo with the poxvirus Lumpy Skin Disease Virus (LSDV). According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), The mortality rate is less than 10%. […]
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: On the eve of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD – 15th June), the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry has released a report on the state of Elderly People in India. The report was based on a survey conducted by a Non-Governmental Organisation across 22 cities. WEAAD occurs every year […]
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO): The Union Cabinet was apprised about the Agreement signed among the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states on cooperation in the field of youth work among the authorized bodies of the member states of SCO. Following adoption of the agreement on cooperation in youth work by the member states in […]
Neobanks
Neobanks: The RBI (Reserve Bank of India) is taking a hard look at the neobank business model where fintechs plug into a conventional bank’s network and become customer-facing banking service providers. The concern is that the digital model business can scale up very fast and could grow to be bigger than the underlying bank in […]
India, Israel, The US, UAE Are Participating In The I2U2 Summit
India, Israel, The US, UAE Are Participating In The I2U2 Summit: The US President will host a virtual summit with the Prime Minister of India, Israel Prime Minister and UAE President during his visit to West Asia from July 13 to 16. The new grouping will be called “I2U2” — “I” for India and Israel […]
Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2020-21
Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2020-21: As per the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for 2020-21 released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the unemployment rate saw a decrease of 0.6% and fell to 4.2% in 2020-21, compared with 4.8% in 2019-20 Data show the rate of joblessness fell to 4.2% in 2020-21, […]
Type Certificate (TC) Under Drone Rules, 2021
Type Certificate (TC) Under Drone Rules, 2021: Union Minister of Civil Aviation awarded the first Type Certificate (TC) under Drone Rules, 2021 to IoTechWorld Avigation Pvt Ltd. The Gurugram based company was established in April 2017 and is one of India’s leading manufacturers of kisan drones. IoTech has received the Type Certificate in barely 34 […]
Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Mela
Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Mela: Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Mela was organised across 200 locations across India on June 13th, 2022. The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship will be organising the Pradhan Mantri National Apprenticeship Mela every month now on. It’s objective is to connect the youth with more opportunities of on-ground training within […]
Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF)-2022
Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF)-2022: Union Minister for Health launched the Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF)-2022. IDCF programme is being implemented from 13th June to 27th June, 2022 in the States/UTs. The Intensive Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF) is being organized since 2014 with an objective to ‘bringing the number of deaths due to diarrhoea in […]
