1.The appointments committee of the cabinet has appointed Arijit Basu as the new Managing Director of State Bank of India till October 31, 2020.Prior to this, Basu was heading the corporate accounts group as the Deputy MD.SBI’s Managing Director B. Sriram will take charge as the MD and CEO of IDBI Bank after existing Chief MK Jain got recently appointed as the RBI Deputy Governor.
2.The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) was awareded at X International IT Forum at Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.FICCI was awarded for its support and active participation at the forum, consecutively for two years.The forum brought together industry leaders from BRICS and SCO nations to interact in the fields of information technology and digital transformation.
3.Ministry of Women & Child Development receives the ‘Best Performing Social Sector Ministry’ SKOCH Award.The ministry achieved results through schemes like Beti Bachao Beti Padhao has achieved huge success and improved sex ratio.The Minister, Maneka Gandhi shared details of 6 months maternity leave, Sexual Harassment at Work Place Act, SHe-box, One stop centres, Women help line (181).
4.PM Modi inaugurated the ‘YO1 Nature Cure Center’ in the Catskills area of New York on the occasion of 4th International Day of Yoga.YO1, which means youthful in Sanskrit, is the first of its kind nature cure center in America located in Monticello in the scenic region of Catskills.The centre will be a wellness destination that will offer therapies based on ancient Indian Yoga and Pranayam.
5.Seychelles president Danny Faure, who is on a 6-day visit to India will visit Gujarat, Goa and Uttarakhand.India will hand over a Dornier aircraft to Seychelles President even as project to jointly develop military infrastructure on Assumption Island was cancelled.The ministers would talk about cooperation between the 2 countries, in the fields of trade, defence and security.
6.June 23, the world is commemorating International Widows’ Day as stipulated by the United Nations.According to UN Women’s 2018 Turning Promises into Action: Gender Equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is to assist nearly 10% of the 258 million widows globally live in extreme poverty.
7.The 7 Garhwal Rifles Infantry Battalion Group was awarded the United Nations Medal for selfless service in the peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.Indian Battalion played an active and decisive role in ensuring peace and stability in Jonglei State.India is a leading contributor to the United Nations Peacekeeping missions. India contributes over 6,000 troops in 14 missions across the world.
8.Jasti Chelameswar has retired as Supreme Court judge on 22nd June 2018.Justice Chelameswar, who had held presser along with three other Supreme Court judges to highlight discrimination in allocation of cases to benches, said that the credibility of the highest judiciary in danger.Chelameswar was the only judge to support the govt. move to replace the collegium system with NJAC.
9.K. Jain has assumed charge as the fourth Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).Jain has come in place of SS Mundra who retired last year.Jain was the MD & CEO of IDBI Bank before being appointed as Deputy Governor for a term of three years.The other 3 deputy governors are N S Vishwanathan, Viral V Acharya and B P Kanungo.
10.The Department of Economic Affairs & Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will host the 3rd Annual AIIB meeting on June 25-26, 2018 in Mumbai.The theme for this year’s meeting is – Mobilizing Finance for Infrastructure: Innovation and Collaboration.The AIIB is a development bank with a mission to improve socioeconomic standards. Its HQ is in Beijing & started operations in Jan 2016.
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