Page-19 of Current Affairs - June, 2019

Centre sets target to provide Clean Drinking Water to all by 2024

June 13, 2019

The Central government has set a target of providing clean drinking water to all by 2024. It includes increasing coverage of piped water to households from current 18 to 100% by 2024. Water Status in India Over the years per ..

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CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian appointed part-time member in IBBI

June 12, 2019

Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) and B. Sriram, former managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI Bank) were appointed part-time members of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI). K Subramanian, ..

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RBI constitutes high-level committee to review ATM charges

June 12, 2019

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted a high-level committee under the chairmanship of VG Kannan, Chief Executive of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) to review the entire gamut of ATM charges and fees. Key Highlights Background: There are around 2 ..

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Manipur man detects WhatsApp bug, enters Facebook Hall of Fame 2019

June 12, 2019

Zonel Sougaijam, a civil engineer from Manipur was included in Facebook Hall of Fame 2019, for detecting a WhatsApp bug that violated privacy of a user. Key Highlights Facebook, the social media giant honoured 22-year-old Mr. Sougaijam, by including him ..

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Kailash Mansarovar Yatra 2019: EAM flags off 1st batch of yatris

June 12, 2019

S Jaishankar, Union Minister of External Affairs flags off the first batch of pilgrims (yatris) from New Delhi, for this years’ Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. The duration of pilgrimage is 24 days for each batch including 3 days in Delhi for ..

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Scientists discover New Frog Species in Assam

June 12, 2019

A team of scientists from Delhi University (DU) and Wildlife Institute of India (an autonomous institution under Union Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change), in collaboration with researchers from the United States and Indonesia, have discovered a new species ..

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Thawarchand Gehlot appointed as Leader of Rajya Sabha

June 12, 2019

Thawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment was recently appointed as Leader of Rajya Sabha (Council of States). The Leader of the Rajya Sabha is appointed by the party in power at Centre. This position was occupied by ..

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Virendra Kumar: Pro-tem Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha

June 12, 2019

The Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP) from Madhya Pradesh Dr Virendra Kumar will be the Pro-tem Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha. Key Highlights The 65 year old Virendra Kumar, is a seven-term MP. He won the 17th ..

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