Page-23 of Current Affairs - June, 2021

Rebecca Grynspan: 1st woman to head UNCTAD

June 12, 2021

UN General Assembly (UNGA) has approved nomination of Rebecca Grynspan to head United Nations Conference on Trade and development (UNCTAD). She is an economist from Costa Rica. Key Points She will be the first woman and Central American to lead ..

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RBI extends Risk Based Internal Audit rules to HFCs

June 12, 2021

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended Risk-Based Internal Audit (RBIA) rules to all deposit-taking and non-deposit taking HFCs (Housing Finance Companies) who are having assets above Rs 5,000 crore. These rules will be effective from June 30, 2022. Highlights ..

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ESA announces orbiter to study Venus

June 12, 2021

European Space Agency (ESA) has announced about its probe called ‘EnVision’ to study Venus, after American Space agency NASA decided to send two missions to the planet. About EnVision EnVision will be the next orbiter to circle over Venus. It ..

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Module to compile Out-of-school children’s data

June 12, 2021

Education ministry has developed an online module to compile data on out-of-school children. Ministry has also asked states and union territories to upload a quarterly progress report. About the Module Under this online module, data on out-of-school children should be ..

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Border Roads Organisation sets up two CoE

June 12, 2021

Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh inaugurated two Centres of Excellence (CoE) established by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) at Seema Sadak Bhawan in New Delhi. About Centres of Excellence CoEs have been established to achieve excellence in road safety and to foster ..

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ICMR to start 4th National Sero Survey

June 12, 2021

According to member of NITI Aayog, Dr VK Paul, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will start 4th national Covid-19 serosurvey. Highlights He also urged states to roll out their own sero surveillances in order to assess spread of covid-19 ..

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TRAI released new framework for broadcasting & cable services

June 12, 2021

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released new framework for broadcasting and cable services by amending interconnection regulations of 2017. Background Regulation of 2017 provides a framework for technical compliance of conditional access system (CAS) and subscriber management system ..

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Flipkart to lead ‘Medicines from the Sky’ project

June 12, 2021

E-commerce giant, Flipkart, has partnered with Telangana government to lead “Medicines from the Sky” project. Medicines from the Sky project Consortium has been tasked with development and execution of drone deliveries of medical supplies to remote areas under the project. ..

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India-Kuwait MoU on Domestic Worker Recruitment

June 12, 2021

India and Kuwait signed an MoU on cooperation on domestic worker recruitment on June 10, 2021. About MoU This MoU will bring Indian domestic workers in Gulf nation within the legal framework which will provide them protection under law. Agreement ..

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What is New Atlantic Charter?

June 12, 2021

US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held meeting recently in Cornwall and inspected documents related to Atlantic Charter and signed a document titled “New Atlantic Charter”. What is New Atlantic Charter? New Atlantic Charter is an ..

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