NATIONAL:
1. Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Design Coins
Why in news – PM Modi launched new series of coins on June 06, 2022 with Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’s design.
Key Points –
• The coins that are 'visually impaired friendly'.
• Denominations - Rs 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20.
ECONOMY:
1. Kiyaverse
Why in news – Kiya.ai launched India’s first banking metaverse ‘Kiyaverse’ in Mumbai.
Key Points –
• It would allow banks to extend their own metaverse for clients, partners, and employees through services like relationship managers, peer avatars and Robo-advisors.
IMPORTANT DAYS:
1. World Oceans Day
Why in news – It is celebrated on June 8 every year across the globe.
Key Points –
• Theme – ‘Revitalization: collective action for the ocean’
• The proposal was brought in the Earth Summit 1992 named 'Planet Earth' in Rio de Janeiro.
SECURITY:
1. Ex Khaan Quest 2022
Why in news – A multinational peacekeeping exercise ‘Ex Khaan Quest 2022’ featuring participation from 16 countries has commenced in Mongolia on June 6, 2022.
Key Points –
• Indian Army was represented by Ladakh Scouts.
• It is a 14-day exercise.
• India- Mongolia bilateral military exercise - Nomadic Elephants.
2. BALTOPS 22 Exercise
Why in news – 14 NATO allies and 2 NATO partner nations, Finland and Sweden, participated in the exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS 22, 51st edition).
Key Points –
• Location - Baltic Sea (June 5 to 17).
• Host Country – Sweden.
• The US Sixth Fleet is leading the exercise.
SCIENCE - TECH:
1.‘Astonishing’ result in cancer drug trial
Why in news - ‘First time in history’, cancer vanishes from every patient’s body in a drug trial.
Key Points –
• Trial was conducted by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York.
• Drug name - ‘Dostarlimab’.
• Drug company – GlaxoSmithKline.
RANKS & INDICES:
1. Environment Performance Index (EPI) 2022
Why in news - Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University released the index.
Key Points –
• India has been placed at the bottom 180th rank (score - 18.9) (EPI-2020 – 168th).
• Top 3 – Denmark (1st,) UK (2nd), Finland (3rd).
• Bottom 3 – India (180th), Myanmar (179th), Vietnam (178th).
• It uses 40 performance indicators across 11 issue categories.
• China - 161st (score - 28.4), United States – 43rd.
2. State Food Safety Index
Why in news - The fourth edition of the State Food Safety Index (by FSSAI) was released by Mansukh Mandaviya on June 7, 2022.
Key Points –
• Top 3 (larger states) - Tamil Nadu (1st), Gujarat (2nd), Maharashtra (3rd).
• Top 3 (smaller states) - Goa (1st), Manipur (2nd), Sikkim (3rd).
• Top 3 UTs - Jammu and Kashmir (1st), Delhi (2nd), Chandigarh (3rd).
• The states were judged on five parameters of food safety.
• It was started in 2018-19.
• He also launched the Ayurveda Aahar logo for easy identification of ayurvedic foods.
AWARDS & HONOURS:
1. IIFA awards 2022
Why in news - The International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) held in Abu Dhabi.
Key Points –
• It was hosted by Salman Khan, Maniesh Paul and Riteish Deshmukh.
• Winners’ list –
• Best Actor (Male): Vicky Kaushal (Sardar Udham)
• Best Actor (Female): Kriti Sanon (Mimi)
• Best Director: Vishnuvaradhan (Shershaah)
• Best Film: Shershaah
• Best Original Story: Ludo by Anurag Basu
SUMMITS & CONFERENCES:
1. World Summit of Information Society (WSIS) Summit 2022
Why in news – WSIS summit held at Geneva, Switzerland from May, 30 to June, 3 2022.
Key Points –
• Union Minister of State for Communications, Devusinh Chouhan attended the event.
• Theme – ‘ICTs for Well-Being, Inclusion and Resilience: WSIS Cooperation for Accelerating Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’.
• India was re-elected to the ITU Council for the term 2023-2026.
• It was organized by International Telecommunications Unions (ITU) (Hq – Geneva, Switzerland).
2. Rotary International Convention 2022
Why in news – PM Modi virtually addressed the Rotary International World Convention 2022.
Key Points –
• Two Mottos of Rotary – ‘Service Above Self" and ‘One Profits Most Who Serves Best’.
ENVIRONMENT:
1. Cheetah Reintroduction in India
Why in news - The first batch of 5-6 Cheetahs would be translocated from South Africa to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh by August 15.
Key Points –
• To import 32 Cheetahs over a period of time.
• Rs 38.7 crore from Project Tiger was allocated for the Cheetah reintroduction project between 2021-22 and 2025-26.
• The cheetah was declared extinct from India in 1952.
• In 1947, Maharaja Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo of Koriya had shot the last three recorded Asiatic cheetahs.
• A second conservation centre for the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) at Ramdevra in Rajasthan is under development.
APPS & PORTALS:
1. Jan Samarth Portal
Why in news – PM Modi launched ‘Jan Samarth Portal’ on June 6, 2022 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
Key Points –
• It is a one-stop digital portal that links 13 credit linked government schemes on a single platform.
APPOINTMENTS:
1. Bajram Begaj
Why in news – Bajram Begaj has been elected as the new President (8th) of Albania.
STATES/UTs:
1. Nalaya Thiran (Tomorrow’s ability) Skilling Program
Why in news - Tamil Nadu has the program to train 50,000 college students in computer science, electronics and IT domains and skilling them in problem solving using technologies.
2. Blue Duke
Why in news - Blue Duke has been declared as the state butterfly of Sikkim on June 5, 2022.
Key Points –
• Scientific name - Bassarona durga durga.
• It is unique to Sikkim and the eastern Himalayas and was discovered in the state in 1858.
• It falls in Schedule 2 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
BIHAR:
1. Eastern end of Mahatma Gandhi Setu Inaugurated
Why in news - Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the eastern flank of renovated Mahatma Gandhi Setu on June 7, 2022.
Key Points –
• It became the longest steel bridge in the country.
• Length - 5.6 km, Iron used - 66.380 tonnes.
• Construction work of the eastern lane started in the year 2017.
• A 4-lane bridge (6 km long) being constructed parallel to Gandhi Setu would be ready by September 2024. Cost -Rs 2926.42 crores.
• Gandhi Setu (on river Ganga) was built by Gammon India Limited in 1982 to connect North and South Bihar. It connects NH 30 (Patna) and NH 19 (Hajipur).
• He also laid the foundation stone/completion of road and bridge projects in Bihar worth ₹13,585 crore.
• Foundation stone was laid for –
• Munger-Bhaglpur-Mirzapur four-lane new greenfield corridor.
• Aurangabad to Chordhaha (Jharkhand border) six-lane road.
• Begusarai town four-lane elevated flyover.
• AIIMS Patna to Naubatpur two-lane road.
• Road network in Bihar – 2.91 lakh km (India- 62.16 lakh km), 3086 km2 road per 10,000 km (India – 1617 km2 per 10,000 km).
2. Emergency Response Support System (ERSS)
Why in news - The trial of ERSS ‘Dial 112’ has started from Patna.
Key Points –
• Emergencies covered - Police, fire, ambulance, accident and traffic related services.
• A control room has been set up at the Bihar Police Radio Headquarters located at Rajvanshi Nagar.
• Response time is 25 minutes.
• One vehicle has to cover a radius of 1 km.
• After trial, Patna would be divided into 60 zones.
3. Check-up of pregnant women
Why in news – Patna district tops in terms of health checkups (>5000 ante-natal checkups) of pregnant women.
Key Points –
• Institutional deliveries top 3 – Patna (5160), Rohtas (3370), Nalanda (2388).
• Family planning in Patna – Tubectomy (2088), vasectomy (31). (Overall Rohtas tops in sterilization).
4. Vision Document-2047
Why in news - Bihar Police to prepare ‘Vision Document-2047’ to make blueprint of future policing in the state.
POINTERS:
• Which IIT has started a free course on ‘Out of the Box Thinking’ through Mathematics to encourage innovative thinking - IIT Madras.
• Airtel Payments Bank has partnered with whom to offer gold to customers - Muthoot Finance.
• Which Union Minister has inaugurated the National Tribal Research Institute (NTRI) in New Delhi - Amit Shah.
• Who has organized the ‘Puneet Sagar Abhiyan’ recently - NCC.
• Who has been chosen by Garuda Aerospace as its new brand ambassador - Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
• Which ministry has approved the procurement of military equipment, platforms worth Rs 76,000 crore - Ministry of Defense.
• Swarup Kumar Saha has been appointed as the head of which bank recently - Punjab and Sind Bank.
• Electronic trading platform 'MRub' is related to which body - Rubber Board.
• Which has recently launched India's first banking metaverse Kiyaverse - Kiya.ai.
• Which day is celebrated across the world on 8 June 2022 - World Ocean Day and World Brain Tumor Day.