Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: June 8, 2022

– Govt widens eligibility for CDS (Chief of Defence Staff) appointment; Includes serving or retired three-star Army Lt General, Air Marshal and Vice Admiral for the post

– India-Bangladesh Joint Military Exercise Sampriti being held at Jeshore in Bangladesh from June 5 to 16

– Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Central Universities and Directors of Institutions of National Importance being held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on June 7-8

– Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates newly-built National Tribal Research Institute at India Institute of Public Administration Campus in New Delhi

– Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya launches logo for Ayurveda Aahar

– Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya releases Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) 4th State Food Safety Index (SFSI)

– World Bank cuts India’s economic growth forecast to 7.5% for FY23

– Alok Kumar Choudhary appointed MD of SBI for a period of two years

– 25th Founding Day of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) celebrated in Dhaka on June 6

– World Food Safety Day observed on June 7; slogan: “Food safety, everyone’s business”

– Wrestling: India return from Bolat Turlykhanov Cup at Almaty in Kazakhstan on 2nd position with 12 medals

– Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announces first ever National Air Sports Policy 2022