22nd June, 2022

1. Department of Telecommunications has extended the PLI Scheme for Telecom sector by a year.
2. All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, along with NIT-Jalandhar, has developed a first-ever anti-gravity body suit to allow astronauts to perform yoga in space on the occasion of International Yoga Day 2022.
3. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched NIPUN – National Initiative for Promoting Upskilling of Nirman workers – under its Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Missions.
4. IIT-Madras, along with the Army Training Command (ARTRAC), will establish a 5G test bed at the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering in Indore to facilitate the use of 5G technology for the Army along the borders.
5. Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah addressed the National Conference on Cyber ​​Safety and National Security (Azadi from Cyber ​​Crime – Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav) in New Delhi.
6. India is planning to develop a 10 GW Upper Siang multi-purpose storage project at Yingkiong in Arunachal Pradesh to counter China’s water diversion project on the Siang River (a tributary of Brahmaputra river).
7. PM Modi has laid the foundation stone for rail and road projects worth over Rs 27,000 crores in Bengaluru.
8. Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has announced to conduct “Kerala Migration Survey 2022-23” to prepare a data bank of Malayali expatriates across the world.
9. Indian Navy’s stealth frigate, INS Talwar is presently deployed for Operation Sankalp.
10. Indian Coast Guard has inducted the indigenously designed and developed Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mark III, into the newly created “840 Squadron”.
11. 8th meeting of the heads of the border services of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held in New Delhi under the chairmanship of India.
12. 12th meeting of BRICS National Security Advisors (NSA) was held virtually.
13. BOB Financial Solutions (BFSL) has launched a co-branded contactless RuPay Credit Card, in partnership with Nainital Bank.
14. RBI has cancelled the licence of Millath Co-operative Bank Ltd., Davangere, Karnataka, due to inadequate capital.
15. Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) has partnered with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to allow sale and purchase of agricultural goods on this e-commerce platform.
16. DBS Bank India has bought a 9.9% stake in Svakarma Finance (NBFC) for providing the financial solutions to micro-enterprises through direct lending and co-lending.
17. Adani Power has acquired 100% stake in Support Properties Private Ltd and Eternus Real Estate Private Ltd for about Rs 609 crores.
18. SEBI has levied a fine of Rs 3 million on Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) and two of its compliance officers for violating fair disclosure norms during Facebook’s $5.7 billion investment in Reliance Jio.
19. Gustavo Petro has become the first Leftist President of Columbia.
20. June 19 – National Reading Day (death anniversary of P N Panicker, the Father of the Library Movement in the Indian state of Kerala)
21. June 20 – World Refugee Day; Theme / Focus – Whoever. Wherever. Whenever. Everyone has the right to seek safety
22. Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) awards –
23. PM e-VIDYA initiative, operated by Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET), has won UNESCO’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education for the year
24. World’s Top 100 Airports 2022 list has been released by Skrytrax.
25. Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch motorsport racer) has won the Canadian Grand Prix 2022.
26. American Caeleb Dressel has grabbed his 15th World championship gold medal in 50m butterfly in Budapest.
27. India has named a full-strength 18-member senior men’s hockey squad for the Commonwealth Games.
28. Men’s Tennis ATP Rankings 2022 has been released by Association of Tennis Professionals.
29. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) has won the Halle Open (tennis) tournament at Halle, Germany by defeating top-ranked Daniil Medvedev.
30. Hollie Doyle (British) became the first woman jockey to win the French Oaks (Prix de Diane) French Classic event.
31. Italy’s Matteo Berrettini has won the ATP Queen’s Club championship, a male tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Queen’s Club in West Kensington, London.

National News

1. Department of Telecommunications has extended the PLI Scheme for Telecom sector by a year.
   • The beneficiaries will have to choose between FY22 or FY23 as their base year.
   • In the performance-linked incentive scheme for the telecom sector, ‘design-led manufacturing’ has been added as a new component.
   • Additionally, incentives worth Rs 4,000 crores have been announced for 5 years, beginning April 1.
   • 11 new telecom and networking products, like Open RAN and satellite communication equipment, have been added under the scheme.

   PLI Scheme for Telecom Sector –

   • Launched – February 2021
   • Total Outlay – Rs 12,195 crores
   • Duration – Up to 2025-26 (earlier)
   • So far, 31 companies, including 7 global and 8 domestic, have been chosen under the scheme.
   • The scheme aims to enhance India’s contribution to the global value chain as envisaged in National Digital Communication Policy, 2018.
2. All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, along with NIT-Jalandhar, has developed a first-ever anti-gravity body suit to allow astronauts to perform yoga in space on the occasion of International Yoga Day 2022.
   • This will help in strengthening muscles and prevent loss of bone density minerals of astronauts.
3. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched NIPUN – National Initiative for Promoting Upskilling of Nirman workers – under its Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Missions.
   • National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is the implementing agency of the initiative.
   • Purpose ­– to train 1 lakh construction workers through fresh skilling and upskilling programs and provide them with work opportunities in other countries also.

• In Jan 2021, “NAVARITIH : Certificate Course on Innovative Construction Technologies” program was launched.
• NAVARITIH stands for New, Affordable, Validated, Research Innovation Technologies for Indian Housing.
• 2021 was also the ‘Construction Technology Year’.
• Implementing Agencies – School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi and Building Materials & Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC), Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
• Objective – to familiarise the professionals with the latest materials and technologies being used worldwide for housing

4. IIT-Madras, along with the Army Training Command (ARTRAC), will establish a 5G test bed at the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering in Indore to facilitate the use of 5G technology for the Army along the borders.
   • IIT-Madras Director – V. Kamakoti
5. Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah addressed the National Conference on Cyber ​​Safety and National Security (Azadi from Cyber ​​Crime – Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav) in New Delhi.

State News

1. India is planning to develop a 10 GW Upper Siang multi-purpose storage project at Yingkiong in Arunachal Pradesh to counter China’s water diversion project on the Siang River (a tributary of Brahmaputra river).
   • NHPC Ltd will develop this project at a cost of Rs 1.13 trillion.
   • Currently, NHPC is developing the pre-feasibility report of the project.
2. PM Modi has laid the foundation stone for rail and road projects worth over Rs 27,000 crores in Bengaluru.
   • Konkan railways have been electrified 100%.
   • The suburban railway project will be completed within 40 months.
   • The Centre for Brain Research (CBR) was inaugurated and the foundation stone for Bagchi Parthasarathy Multi-speciality Hospital at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru was laid.
3. Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has announced to conduct “Kerala Migration Survey 2022-23” to prepare a data bank of Malayali expatriates across the world.
   • A “Malayali Pravasi Portal” will be launched as part of this.

Defence News

1. Indian Navy’s stealth frigate, INS Talwar is presently deployed for Operation Sankalp.
   • Indian Navy had commenced Maritime Security Operations, code named ‘Op SANKALP’, in the Gulf Region in June 2019 to ensure safe passage of Indian Flag Vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz.

2. Indian Coast Guard has inducted the indigenously designed and developed Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mark III, into the newly created “840 Squadron”.
   • The new squadron will be stationed at Chennai, the headquarters of the Eastern Region of the Coast Guard.
   • ALH MK-III is indigenously designed and developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).

International News

1. 8th meeting of the heads of the border services of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held in New Delhi under the chairmanship of India.
   • The members decided to conduct the Joint Border Operation named as “Friendship Border 2022”.
   • In 2023, SCO members will conduct a joint border operation of the border services named as “Solidarity 2023”.
2. 12th meeting of BRICS National Security Advisors (NSA) was held virtually.

Banking and Economy

1. BOB Financial Solutions (BFSL) has launched a co-branded contactless RuPay Credit Card, in partnership with Nainital Bank.
   • The card has been launched in the centenary year of Nainital Bank.
2. RBI has cancelled the licence of Millath Co-operative Bank Ltd., Davangere, Karnataka, due to inadequate capital.
3. Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) has partnered with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to allow sale and purchase of agricultural goods on this e-commerce platform.
   • Both entities will host the NABARD-ONDC Grand Challenge to establish market linkages between the buyers and Farmers Producers Organisations (FPOs).
   • ONDC CEO – T Koshy
   • Major banks (such as SBI, PNB) and investment companies (like the BSE Investments) have invested in the ONDC.
4. DBS Bank India has bought a 9.9% stake in Svakarma Finance (NBFC) for providing the financial solutions to micro-enterprises through direct lending and co-lending.
   • DBS stands for Development Bank of Singapore.
5. Adani Power has acquired 100% stake in Support Properties Private Ltd and Eternus Real Estate Private Ltd for about Rs 609 crores.
6. SEBI has levied a fine of Rs 3 million on Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) and two of its compliance officers for violating fair disclosure norms during Facebook’s $5.7 billion investment in Reliance Jio.

Appointments

1. Gustavo Petro has become the first Leftist President of Columbia.

Important Days

1. June 19 – National Reading Day (death anniversary of P N Panicker, the Father of the Library Movement in the Indian state of Kerala)
   • June 19 to July 18 – National Reading / Digital Reading Month
2. June 20 – World Refugee Day; Theme / Focus – Whoever. Wherever. Whenever. Everyone has the right to seek safety

Awards

1. Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) awards –

2. PM e-VIDYA initiative, operated by Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET), has won UNESCO’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education for the year
   • Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) is a constituent unit of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).
   • The “Digital Educational Programme”, implemented by the Tanzania, is the other winner of this award.

About the Award –

• Established in 2005 with the support of the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Prize rewards individuals and organizations that are implementing outstanding projects and promoting the creative use of technologies in education.
• An international Jury selects the two best projects Each prize winner receives US$ 25,000, a medal and a diploma during a ceremony at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
3. World’s Top 100 Airports 2022 list has been released by Skrytrax.
   • Top 3 – Doha Hamad, Tokyo Haneda, Singapore Changi
   • India – Delhi Indira Gandhi International

Sports

1. Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch motorsport racer) has won the Canadian Grand Prix 2022.
2. American Caeleb Dressel has grabbed his 15th World championship gold medal in 50m butterfly in Budapest.
   • 100 metre backstroke winner – Nicolo Martinenghi (Italy)
   • 100m butterfly Women – Torri Huske (USA)
3. India has named a full-strength 18-member senior men’s hockey squad for the Commonwealth Games.
   • Manpreet Singh has been appointed as the captain and Harmanpreet Singh as his deputy.
   • India had finished 4th at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
4. Men’s Tennis ATP Rankings 2022 has been released by Association of Tennis Professionals.
   • Top – Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
   • WTA Ranking has been topped by Iga Świątek (Poland).
5. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) has won the Halle Open (tennis) tournament at Halle, Germany by defeating top-ranked Daniil Medvedev.
6. Hollie Doyle (British) became the first woman jockey to win the French Oaks (Prix de Diane) French Classic event.
   • Jockey means a person who rides in horse races, especially as a profession.
7. Italy’s Matteo Berrettini has won the ATP Queen’s Club championship, a male tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Queen’s Club in West Kensington, London.

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