Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: June 12, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for June 12, 2022

– BJP wins 8 out of 16 Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra, Karnataka Rajasthan and Haryana; Congress bags five seats

– Nagaland Police frames charges against 30 soldiers over 2021 killing of civilians

– 4 Holy Relics of Lord Buddha from India to be taken to Mongolia for 11-day exposition as part of celebrations of Mongolian Buddha Purnima

– FM Nirmala Sitharaman dedicates to nation Dharohar – National Museum of Customs and GST in Goa

– RBL Bank appoints R Subramaniakumar as new MD & CEO

– India extends Sri Lanka $55 mn credit line for fertiliser imports

– WTO Ministerial Conference to begin from June 12 in Geneva; Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal to lead Indian delegation

– Senior Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill appointed by UN chief Antonio Guterres as his Envoy on Technology

– 17 countries elected into UN Economic and Social Council for 3-year term

– United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopts India-sponsored resolution on multilingualism that mentions the Hindi language for the first time

– Bangladesh: Women’s Hostel funded by Indian govt inaugurated in Sylhet

– In a first, Canada to require a warning be printed on every cigarette

– Norway’s Magnus Carlsen wins Norway Chess 2022 at Stavanger; India’s Viswanathan Anand is third

– R. Praggnanandhaa wins Norway Chess Group A open chess tournament