Daily Current Affairs Quiz : June 9, 2022

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Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to hike the Policy Repo Rate by 50 basis points to 4.9 per cent in its June 2022 meeting.
The MPC members voted unanimously to hike rates and to continue the withdrawal of the accommodative stance. RBI’s MPC last month raised the repo rate by 40 basis points. Real GDP forecast for FY23 has been retained at 7.2% while inflation projection was revised for FY23 to 6.7 %.

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The Reserve Bank of India increased the limit for auto-debit mandates done through cards and unified payment interface (UPI) to ₹15,000 from the earlier ₹5,000.
It means Customers will no longer be required to authenticate recurring transactions on their subscriptions, utility bills, EMIs up to ₹15,000 with a one-time password (OTP) every time during payment.

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The Central Government has amended service rules of the armed forces six months after General Bipin Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff, died in a helicopter crash.
As per the new rules, all three-star and four-star officers from the three services under the age of 62 eligible for the post of CDS. It also includes those who retired in the last two years. The CDS is the most senior uniformed officer in rank. The only four-star officers in the country are the CDS, the chiefs of the tri-services.

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National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) created the Guinness World Record for completing the construction of 75 km continuous bituminous concrete in a single lane on NH 53 between Amravati and Akola in Maharashtra.
The lane was laid in 105 hours and 33 minutes (under 5 days), breaking Qatar’s record. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari congratulated the team of 720 workers including a team of independent consultants.

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Ace woman cricketer Mithali Raj recently announced her retirement from all forms of Cricket. The 39-year-old player is the first and only woman cricketer in the world to appear in six World Cups so far.
She joined the list of Sachin Tendulkar and Pakistan’s Javed Miandad recently, for this feat. Her tally of 7,805 runs from 232 ODIs is the highest in the women’s ODI game. She is also the long-serving India captain with a total of 10,868 runs, a women’s cricket record.