Current Affairs – Today’s Headlines: June 12, 2021

June 12, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for June 12, 2021

INDIA

– UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) India lauds Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP), recommends replication in other parts of the world

– Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates two centres of excellence of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in New Delhi: CoERSA (Centre of Excellence for Road Safety and Awareness) and CoERBAT (Centre of Excellence for Roads, Bridges, Air Fields and Tunnels)

– National Security Guard (NSG) and the Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) sign MoU for cooperation and collaboration

– RRU is an institute set up under the Ministry of Home Affairs and is located in Gandhinagar, Gujarat

– Environmentalist Sunita Narain appointed to an international advisory group for climate action by Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation

– Neurologist and Padma Shri recipient Dr Ashok Panagariya dies at 71

– Padma Shri awardee environmentalist Professor Radha Mohan dies at 78

– ICMR to start national sero surveys to assess COVID-19 spread: Health ministry

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

– Road Transport and Highways Ministry notifies rules mandatory for accredited Drivers Training Centres; should have simulators and dedicated driving test track

– SBI offers collateral-free Kavach personal loans for Covid-stressed customers; maximum of Rs 5 lakh loan can be availed at 8.5% per annum for a period of 5 years

– Foreign exchange reserves (USD 605.008 billion) cross the USD 600 billion mark for the first time in the week ended June 4,

– India, Kuwait sign MoU for cooperation on recruitment of domestic workers

– Factory output, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), rose 134.4% in April 2021