Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: June 24, 2022

– GSAT-24 satellite (4180 kg), built by ISRO for NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), launched by French company Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana (South America)

– IPS officer Dinkar Gupta appointed director general of National Investigation Agency (NIA)

– Maharashtra: Rebel Shiv Sena MLAs declare Eknath Shinde as their leader

– External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar addresses CHOGM Foreign Ministers’ plenary in Kigali, Rwanda

– Home Ministry extends FCRA validity of NGOs with pending renewal till Sept 30

– Indian Ambassador to China Pradeep Kumar Rawat meets Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing

– No entry of medium, heavy vehicles into Delhi from October 1

– Tamil Nadu government dispatches second consignment of relief materials to Sri Lanka worth Rs.67.70 crore

– RBI proposes norms for outsourcing of IT services by banks, NBFCs; regulated entities (REs) will not require prior approval from the central bank for the outsourcing of IT and IT-enabled services

– World Bank approves $245-million loan for the railway logistics project to help reduce India’s high carbon emissions

– Seven companies have built ONDC (open network for digital commerce) compatible apps: Piyush Goyal

– Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah addresses National Conclave of Scheduled and Multi-State Urban Co-operative Banks and Credit Societies on Future Role of Urban Cooperative Credit Sector in New Delhi

– PM inaugurates Vanijya Bhawan– the new premises of Commerce & Industry Ministry – in New Delhi

– PM launches NIRYAT (National Import-Export Record for Yearly Analysis of Trade) portal, a one-stop platform for stakeholders to get all necessary information related to India’s foreign trade

– ONGC Videsh Limited announces new discovery in Colombia

– Gautam Adani and his family pledge to donate Rs 60,000 cr for social causes

– IOC unveils indoor solar cook top Surya Nutan

– CBI starts biggest banking fraud probe; registers a case against Dewan Housing Finance Corporation promoters Kapil Wadhawan, Dheeraj Wadhawan and others for defrauding a consortium of 17 banks to the tune of Rs. 34,615 crores

– BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) annual summit held virtually; hosted by China

– Germany triggers gas alarm stage, accuses Russia of ‘economic attack’ for cutting gas flows

– International Widows’ Day observed on June 23

– United Nations Public Service Day celebrated on June 23

– Asian Track Cycling Championships in New Delhi: India finish with best-ever nine senior medals

– International Olympic Day celebrated on June 23; theme: ‘Together for a peaceful world’