1. First India –Russia joint
committee on Science and technology cooperation held in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk and the key areas identified to boost
are space and marine technologies, IT and deep ocean engineering.The meeting
was Co chaired by the Defence Minister Arun Jaitley and Russian Deputy PM
Dmitry Rogozin. Rogozin praised India’s Make in India initiative and it
inspired Russia to launch its own initative “ Do It in Russia “initiative in Moscow, to boost local manufacturing and
technology development. This year, India and
Russia are celebrating 70 years of establishment of diplomatic relations
between them. India’s Department of Science & Technology, New
Delhi and Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Moscow are celebrating
their 10th year of their partnership.
2. Italian fashion legend Carla Fendi passed away . She was the public face
of the company famous colourful ‘baguette “ bags.
3. Kenneth I Juster was chosen to be next US ambassador to India
4. Vladimir Voronkov was appointed as the Under-Secretary- General of UN
Counter -Terrorism office.
5. According to UN report India is going to become the most populated country in the
world by 2024.
6. Sonam Kapoor’s fashion label Rheson won the Compassionate Business Award 2017 from PETA (People for
Ethical Treatment of animals) for a line of bags made exclusively of vegan
materials.
7. Social media giant Face book on 21st June 2017 introduced some new tools in
India that will allow users especially women
to protect their profile pictures from being downloaded and shared . By triggering the Photo Guard , one
can prevent the downloading, sharing or sending of the photo in a Face book
message.Profile pictures with added security will be displayed with a blue
border and shield forming visual cue so that people can understand the picture
is protected.
8. Uttarakhand has become the 4th state to be Open defecation free(ODF) and Haryana became the 5th state to be ODF in India . Sikim was the 1st state to be ODF free in India . Himachal Pradesh and Kerala found to be ODF in the latter half of
2016.
9. Rajiv Gauba to be the next Union Home Secretary with immediate effect. He is a 1982
batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
10.Former
Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar has
been choosen as the Presidential
candidate nominee by Congress to
fight against BJP- led NDA’s Ramnath Kovind
11.June
23 – International Widows Day Observed Day
12.Union
Government launched VAJRA (
Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty ) scheme to attract Indian scientists abroad and India
–based researchers for
conducting joint researches in India.
13.Union
Cabinet has approved the amendment of Social Security
agreement( SSA) between India
and Netherlands to strengthen
their tie between the two countries .
14.ISRO has launched
successfully Cartosat -2
series satellite along with 30
other co-passengers payload by
the launch vehicle PSLV C-38
from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota at 9 a.m on 23rd June 2017.The 30 nano satellites
includes 29 satellites from 14 countries and 1
domestically pay load of
a private educational institute from Kanyakumari
district.
15.A
recent notification of Union Health Ministry states that TB patients should submit their Aadhaar details to avail cash benefits from the government for their treatment.
16.The first Olympic Games activation will take place at Olympic Winter Games Pyeongchang
2018 in South Korea in Feb 2018. The Intel technology will provide real time virtual reality viewing of the Olympic winter Games.
17.ONGC
and UNSECO conducted a
preliminary survey for the conservation of Chilika
Lake to get Chilika Lake a world
Heritage site tag. In order to secure the tag, the lake should have
outstanding global values in terms of bio diversity and ecosystem .Chilika lake
is a brackish water lagoon in the state of Odisha.
18.The Union Ministry of Electronics and
IT has launched a dedicated web page to help companies in the IT
services and electronics sectors to adapt to the new GST regime. The web page can be
accessed through the ministry’s portal : http://meity.Gov.in/
19.Nisha Dutt, Chief
Executive Officer of Intellecap has become the first
Indian woman leader to have
been honoured with the “Social
Entrepreneur of the Year” award at The 7th Asian Awards in London. Her key contribution lies
in integrating technology with challenges of healthcare, financial
services, incubation and conceptualising programs such as Innovations Labs.
20.NASA has launched world’s
lightest satellite weighing only 64 grams designed
by 18-year-old boy Rifath Sharook from Tamil Nadu. The
tiny satellite has been named as KalamSat after
the former President APJ Abdul Kalam. The tiny satellite was launched into
space on a sounding rocket from NASA’s facility in Wallops Island.
KalamSat is a 3-D printed
satellite. This is the first time that 3-D printing technology is used
to make satellites. The satellite has been made of reinforced carbon fibre
polymer. By using the concept called BalloonSats, the
group created a Near Space Launch Vehicle (NSLV) to launch
KalamSat. BalloonSats are designed to carry lightweight experiments
into near-space. The satellite was operated for 12 minutes in a micro-gravity
environment of space after its flight. The purpose behind the launch of
KalamSat was to demonstrate the performance of 3D-printed carbon fibre.
21.Union Minister for
Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, M. Venkaiah
Naidu has announced a new
batch of 30 smart cities under Smart City Mission, which
was launched on June 25, 2015. With the addition of these 30 smart cities,
the total cities picked up under the Smart City Mission has reached 90. Out of the 30 cities, 26 had proposed
affordable housing projects, 26 had proposed new schools and hospitals and 29
had proposed redesign and development of roads. The newly selected cities include Thiruvananthapuram
in Kerala, Naya Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Rajkot in Gujarat, Amravati in
Andhra Pradesh, Patna in Bihar, Karimnagar in Telangana, Muzaffarpur in Bihar, Puducherry, Gandhinagar in Gujarat, Srinagar in
Jammu and Kashmir, Sagar in Madhya Pradesh, Karnal in Haryana, Satna in Madhya
Pradesh, Bengaluru in Karnataka, Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, Dehradun in
Uttarakhand, Tirupur in Tamil
Nadu, Pimpri Chinchwad in Maharashtra, Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, Pasighat
in Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu in Jammu & Kashmir, Dahod in Gujarat,
Tirunelveli, Thootukkudi and Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu, Jhansi in Uttar
Pradesh, Aizawl in Mizoram, Allahabad and Aligarh in U.P. and Gangtok in Sikkim.
The government will further
select 10 more cities under smart city mission as 100 cities were supposed to be selected for the
Smart Cities Mission in total. The remaining 20 cities that will be
contesting for the remaining 10 slots are: Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh),
Biharsharif (Bihar), Diu (Daman & Diu), Silvassa (Dadra and Nager Haveli),
Kavaratti (Lakshadweep), Navimumbai, Greater Mumbai and Amaravati
(Maharashtra), Imphal (Manipur), Shillong (Meghalaya), Dindigul and Erode(Tamil
Nadu), Bidhannagar, Durgapur and Haldia (West Bengal), Meerut,Rai
Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Sharanpur and Rampur (UP).
22.The United States has cleared the sale of the state-of-the-art Guardian 22 unmanned Guardian
drones to India.The transfer of the state-of-the-art UAV technology to
India will be the first significant progress after India’s entry into the
exclusive Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and after the US has
designated India as a major defence partner.
23.The Pune Municipal
Corporation (PMC) became the first municipal corporation in the country to tap money through municipal bonds
in 14 years. The AA+ rated PMC’s municipal bonds raised Rs
200 crore at 7.59 per cent rate at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). This is the
first-ever mobilisation of debt capital by a municipal corporation on the BSE
BOND platform. Municipal bonds have been in existence in India from the year
1997. Cities such as Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Nashik and Madurai have already
issued them. The 10-year bonds will be used by the Pune Municipal Corporation
(PMC) for a Rs 2,300-crore water project. The scheme is aimed at providing
water 24×7 for all residents of Pune.
24.China has launched a research project aimed at compiling historical data obtained during earlier expeditions
conducted by its teams to the disputed
South China Sea since the
late 1950s.
25.Saudi Arabia’s king has appointed his son Mohammed
bin Salman as crown prince and heir to the throne replacing his
nephew, Mohammed bin Nayef. This also means that Prince Mohammed bin Salman
will become the kingdom’s deputy prime minister while continuing as defence
minister.
26.Indian Railways have
decided to launch “Operation Swarn (‘gold’)“ to revamp Rajdhani and Shatabdi
Express concerned over the complaints received from the public over these
premium trains. Under the operation, in the first phase, Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani
Express and Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express will be upgraded. Under the
operation, a sum of Rs 50 lakh would be allotted to Rajdhani and Shatabdi
trains on various routes for the purpose of revamping. Under the initiative,
Indian Railways will work towards improving 10 aspects, namely, punctuality,
cleanliness, linen, coach interiors, toilets, catering, staff behaviour,
security, entertainment, housekeeping and regular feedback.
27.A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the US House of Representatives by two law makers that seeks to revoke Pakistan’s status as a major non- NATO ally (MNNA) to the
US.
28.The Odisha Government on 22nd June
2017 has approved 53 Urban
Projects under the AMRUT scheme ( Atal Mission for Rejuvenation
and Urban Transformation .
29.Poet J.Jayabharathi
from Tamil Nadu has been chosen for Sahitya Akademi Yuva
purashkar Awards 2017.This year regional
poets were dominated and sweep out 16 awards for
their exceptional
poetry work. The other
awardees included 5 authors for short stories, 2 for biographies
and one for essay.
30.Governor of West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi took the additional charge of Governor of Bihar .
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