1.Every year, on 14 June, countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day.The event serves to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood and to raise awareness of the need for regular blood donations.This year’s slogan is “Be there for someone else. Give blood. Share life”.
2.The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Russia on June 14.Thirty-two teams from around the world will compete in the month-long tournament that concludes on July 15.Qatar will be the next host nation in 2022, a highly contested choice.This year’s World Cup mascot is a soccer-playing wolf named Zabivaka.
3.Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that the state will give ₹2 lakh to poor families whose heads die before the age of 60.He further said that in case the head of the family dies in an accident, the state will give ₹4 lakh to the families.He also announced waiver on previous electricity bills.
4.Raksha Mantri, Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the first Representative Office of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited in Hanoi, Vietnam.Smt Sitharaman handed over the symbolic key of the Representative Office of BEL at Vietnam (VIRO) to Chairman of BEL.The Representative Office will aim to promote BEL’s exports in areas such as Weapon Systems, Radar Systems, Naval Systems etc.
5.Social reformer & founder of Sulabh Int. Bindeshwar Pathak was honoured with Japan’s prestigious Nikkei Asia Prize.The award was given under Culture and Community category for his significant work in tackling poor hygiene and discrimination.
6.NITI Aayog has come up with the Composite Water Management Index as a useful tool to assess and improve the performance in the efficient management of water resources.This index is an attempt to inspire States and UTs towards efficient and optimal utilization of water.The index would provide useful information for the States and also for the concerned Central Departments.
7.The Solar Charkha Mission of the Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), will be launched by the President, Ram Nath Kovind on June 27, 2018, in New Delhi.The Mission will cover 50 clusters and every cluster will employ 400 to 2000 artisans.The Mission has been approved by the Government of India and will disburse subsidy of Rs. 550 crore to the artisans.
8.Union Cabinet has been apprised of the joint issue of a postage stamp between Department of Posts and Viet Nam Post.Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications and Viet Nara Post mutually agreed to jointly issue Postage Stamps on India-Viet Nam: Joint Issue on the theme “Ancient Architecture”.Postage Stamps depicts Sanchi Stupa of India and Pho Minh Pagoda of Viet Nam.
9.Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) for the nomination of the Union Home Minister as ex-officio Chairman of North Eastern Council (NEC)NEC is a statutory body with Governors and Chief Ministers of all the eight North Eastern States as its Member.NEC implements various projects through the State and Central agencies.
10.Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of the Three Year Action Plan (2017-2020) of the scheme for Agricultural Education Division and ICAR Institutes with an outlay of Rs.2225.46 crore.It comprises of: “Strengthening and Development of Higher Agricultural Education in India”The scheme is aimed to generate quality human resources from the institutions of higher agricultural education
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