Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: June 10, 2022

– Govt launches Rashtriya Puruskar Portal for inviting nominations for various awards to ensure transparency and public partnership

– Awards for Excellence in District Skill Development Planning (DSDP) given; Rajkot in Gujarat, Cachar in Assam and Satara in Maharashtra ranked top three

– Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru emerges as the best higher education institution in India, ranking 155th globally in the latest edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds (OS) World University Rankings

– Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hands over 12 high-speed guard boats to Vietnam

– India, UAE aim to sign MoU in Industries & Advanced Tech to push commercial ties

– SC pulls up Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) over 1,450 vacant seats in NEET-PG ‘21

– Nirmala Sitharaman launches EASE (Enhanced Access and Service Excellence) 5.0 ‘Common reforms agenda’ for Public Sector Banks (PSBs)

– FM Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates Mega exhibition on Nation Building and Central Public Sector Enterprises in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar

– PM opens 2-day Biotech Startup Expo-2022 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

– India’s economy to grow at 6.9% in FY23: OECD global macroeconomic report

– India’s FDI rank rises to 7th position despite falling inflows, says UNCTAD; flows to India declined to $45 bn in 2021 from $64 billion in the preceding year

– Ninth Summit of the Americas being held in Los Angeles (US): June 6-10; theme: “Building a Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Future”

– European Parliament votes to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035 to fight climate change

– US: House of Representatives votes to raise nationwide age limit for buying semi-automatic weapons from 18 to 21

– IAEA’s 35-nation board passes resolution chiding Iran on uranium traces

– Iran to remove 27 surveillance cameras from nuclear sites, says Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA director-general