Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: June 15, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for June 15, 2022
INDIA
– Home Ministry to give priority to Agniveers who complete 4 years of service under Agnipath scheme in recruitment of CAPFs, Assam Rifles
– IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University) to offer a special three-year programme for ‘Agniveers’
– President Ram Nath Kovind lays foundation stone of new Raj Bhavan building at Dona Paula in Goa
– First National Conference of Chief Secretaries being held at Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh on June 15-17
– EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar holds meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares Bueno in New Delhi
– India’s Life Expectancy at Birth Grows by 2 Years to 69.7 in 2015-19; Still Below Global Average of 72.6
– India ranks last in World Bank’s Environment Performance Index 2022 among 180 countries
– Air pollution reducing Indians’ life expectancy by 5 years, says University of Chicago study
– 12th meeting of BRICS National Security Advisors held virtually
– China lifts 2-year Covid visa ban on Indians
– Surat to be the first city in the country to get processed steel slag road
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Denmark tops World Competitiveness Index of 63 economies compiled by the Institute for Management Development; India 37th
– Govt to auction 5G spectrum for 20 years; allows private captive networks
– 90% of business leaders feel GST made doing business easy: Deloitte survey
– France’s TotalEnergies to buy 25% stake in Adani Group’s hydrogen unit
WORLD
– World Elder Abuse Awareness Day observed on June 15
– Egypt hosts Eighth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians in Sharm El Sheikh
– Sri Lanka: Govt. imposes 2.5% social contribution tax on companies with an annual turnover of Rs 120 million
SPORTS
– Neeraj Chopra set a new national record of 89.30 metres in men’s javelin throw
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