Daily Current affairs for June 23, 2018 ( English)
Important Days
1. June 23 - The
International Olympic Day is celebrated all around the world for
commemorating the birth of modern Olympic games on June 23, 1894 at Sorbonne in
Paris.
2. June 23 -The United
Nations Public Service Day is celebrated every year to highlight the Value
and virtue of public service to the community. The theme of 2018 is “Transforming
governance to realize the Sustainable Development Goals”.
3. June 23- International
Widows Day.
The ultimate goal of the day is to develop resources and policy to
empower widows and allow them to have access to education, work, healthcare and
lives free of violence and abuse.
National:
1.
The Union Ministry of
Power is considering making 24 degrees celsius as mandatory default setting and
labeling of air conditioners within few months. It will result in substantial energy savings and also reduce
greenhouse gas emission. Every one degree increase in temperature of
air-conditioner results in saving of 6% of electricity consumed. The normal
human body temperature is approximately 36-37 degree Celsius. Setting lower
temperature in the range of 18-21 degree Celsius is also unhealthy and compels
people to wear warm clothing resulting in wastage of energy. This has been
planned after six months campaign was launched on voluntary basis to increase
awareness and encourage consumers to adopt the guidelines and also to promote
energy efficiency in the area of air-conditioning.
2.
The foundation stone for icon tower in Amaravati was laid by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N
Chandrababu Naidu. It is to be constructed
by Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Telugus (AP NRT) society at
Rayapudi village, will become a center for many NRT owned IT industries. The
construction of building will be in the form of letter ‘A’ and it represents
Amaravati. It consists of 33 floors and about 158-meter high. The iconic
structure will give a stunning 360° degree view of Amaravati for the occupants.
3.
A Guinness World
Record was created in Rajasthan’s Kota city, where more than 1.05
lakh people performed yoga to mark International Yoga Day on 21st June
2018. The previous record of yoga, performed by 55,524
people, was achieved in Mysore in 2017.
4.
Prime
Miniser Narendra Modi inaugurated several urban development projects worth
over Rs 40 billion, at various locations across the State during his visit
to Madhya Pradesh, on 23rd June 2018. The
development projects includes houses under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana,
urban drinking water supply schemes, urban solid waste management, urban
sanitation, urban transportation and urban landscape projects.
5. Odisha cabinet has approved a proposal to utilise a piece
of land in Ganjam district as a Domestic Tariff
Area (DTA) to set up a Private Industrial Park by a Tata
Steel company. The Park will be under the Odisha Industrial
Infrastructural Development Corporation (IDCO).
International:
1.
The construction of
its first strategically important oil refinery funded by India in southern
Dornogovi province has been launched by Mongolia. It planned for completion in late 2022. On completion, it will
meet all of the nation’s demand for gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel and liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG). The refinery will be capable of processing 1.5 million
tonnes of crude oil per year. The refinery project is also considered as
important milestone in bilateral ties between India and Mongolia.
2. The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism, Shri K.
J. Alphons will attend a series of ‘Incredible India road shows’ in
the United States of America. This is to
project India as a ‘must visit’ tourist destination. The road shows were held
in several major cities of US including New York, Chicago & Houston.
3. The first ever UK-India Week 2018 a bilateral meeting was held at the Taj Hotel in London.
This was held for promoting prosperity, generating jobs, developing skills, and
enhancing the competitiveness of the two economies.
Awards:
1.
The United Nations
Medal for “selfless service” was awarded to the Indian Army contingent
comprising of 7 Garhwal Rifles Infantry Battalion Group. The contingent is part of the United Nations Mission in South
Sudan (UNMISS) in South Sudan. It has played an active and decisive role in
ensuring peace and stability in violence hit Jonglei State of South Sudan.
Appointments/
Resignations:
1. Abhay V. Udeshi appointed as International Castor Oil
Association President. ICOA is an
organization involved in growing, processing, trading, marketing and/or
consuming Castor Oil. Abhay V. Udeshi has graduated from MS University of
Baroda in B.E in Chemical Engineering. He is a Director at Jayant Agro Group,
manufacturer of castor oil. ICOA announced it at Annual General Meet
in Stockholm, Sweden.
2. Bharti Infratel has appointed S. Balasubramanian as new chief
financial officer (CFO) and Key Managerial
Personnel (KMP) of the company from Aug. 10 2018. He replaces Pankaj Miglani.
3. Arijit Basu has appointed as the new Managing
Director of State Bank of India till October 31, 2020 by the appointments
committee of the cabinet.
4. Senior Supreme Court judge, Justice Jasti Chelameswar will
resign after nearly seven-year tenure in the apex court on 22nd June 2018. Justice Chelameswar joined as a Supreme Court
judge on October 10, 2011, was part of the nine-judge bench that had delivered
the historic judgement which ruled that a citizen’s right to privacy was a
fundamental right.
Sports:
1. Former World No.1 Heena Sidhu of Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation (ONGC) topped the charts for the selection trials 5 in the 10M Air
Pistol Women category at the Dr. Karni Shooting Range in the 18th KSS Memorial Shooting Championship. The
para-shooter Rubina Francis from Madhya Pradesh clinched a gold and silver
medal in the senior and junior category of the 10M Air Pistol (IPC)
Championship women. Punjab’s Harveen Sarao who clinched a bronze in the 10M Air
Pistol event had to settle for second spot . Double gold
medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Rahi Sarnobat took the third spot.
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