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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
MoD, GSL sign contract for construction 2 Pollution Control Vessels
- The PCVs will help ICG to respond to oil spill disasters at sea and enhance Pollution Response (PR) efficiency. They will be used for pollution response requirements in Eastern and the ecologically sensitive Andaman & Nicobar Regions.
- The acquisition is taking place under ‘Buy Indian – Indigenously Designed Developed & Manufactured (Buy Indian-IDDM)’ category of Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 (DAP 2020) which is the highest priority category of defence capital procurements.
- The vessels will be delivered by November 2024 and May 2025 respectively.
About Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Union Minister – Rajnath Singh (Constituency – Lucknow, UP)
Minister of State (I/C) – Shripad Yesso Naik (Constituency – North Goa, Goa)
About Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL)
CMD – Commodore B.B. Nagpal
Headquarters – Vasco Da Gama, Goa
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India-Fiji inked MoU for cooperation in Agriculture and Allied sectors
ii.It was signed by Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, MoA&FW from Indian side and Dr. Mahendra Reddy, Minister of Agriculture, Waterways & Environment of Fiji.
iii.There will also be setting up of a Joint Working Group (JWG) to set down procedures and plan and recommend programs of cooperation towards achieving its aims.
About Fiji:
Capital– Suva
Currency– Fijian dollar
Prime Minister– Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama
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India, Italy & Japan launch Trilateral partnership for stability in Indo-Pacific Region
- The Trilateral was inaugurated through a virtual meeting between the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the Embassies of Italy in Tokyo and New Delhi and the Japanese foreign ministry besides ambassadors of the three countries’ key stakeholders.
- The partnership was inaugurated by ambassadors of Italy in Japan and India, Mr. Giorgio Starace and Mr. Vincenzo de Luca respectively.
- It is India’s 2nd Trilateral partnership with an European power. The first one being the India, France & Australia Trilateral signed in 2020.
Background
The Indian & Pacific Ocean region are witnessing increased influence of China. So in order to counter this, India along with several countries like the US, Japan, Australia are developing partnerships to maintain global order in the region.
About Italy
Prime Minister – Mario Draghi
Capital – Rome
Currency – Euro
About Japan
Capital – Tokyo
Currency – Japanese yen
Prime Minister – Yoshihide Suga
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High-level Committee Formation for Consultations on Theatre Commands
- The committee will examine all issues and find a way forward before a formal note on their creation is sent to the Cabinet Committee on Security.
- It also aims to bring the paramilitary forces, which are under the Home Ministry, under the purview of the theatre commands.
- An integrated theatre command is a unified command of the three Services, under a single commander, for geographical theatres (areas) that are of strategic and security concern.
Proposed Integration of Commands:
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat stated about the proposed integration of commands such as,
i.To integrate all air assets of the armed forces into Air Defence Command
ii.To bring in all assets of Navy, Coast Guard, coastal formations of Army and Air Force under Maritime Theatre Command
iii.On land, to convert the Army’s Northern command and Western into 2-5 theatre commands.
About Current Commands of Armed forces:
i.The Indian armed forces currently have 17 commands. 7 commands each of the Army and the Air Force, 3 commands of the Navy.
ii.Andaman and Nicobar joint command was the 1st Tri-Service theatre command of Indian Armed Forces, created in 2001 at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India.
iii.SFC (Strategic Forces Command) is the second joint command created in 2003 to look after the delivery and operational control of the country’s nuclear assets (it is not an integrated theatre command but an integrated functional command).
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India to host 9th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable 2022
- Chief executive officers of Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum Corp, in addition to senior officers from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, were also present at the meeting
Key points:
i.The decisions about global energy security in the age of change that were concluded in AMER8 in Abu Dhabi in 2018 will be further enhanced in AMER9.
ii.It has to be noted that AMER8 was co hosted by India along with Abu Dhabi.
iii.The dates for AMER9 will be announced later.
About The International Energy Forum (IEF):
The IEF is the world’s largest international organisation of energy ministers from 71 countries and includes both producing and consuming nations.
Headquarters: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Establishment: 1991
Secretary-General: Joseph McMonigle
DBT issues special call to NER farmers under Biotech KISAN Programme
- Despite being a predominantly agrarian region (70% of workforce engaged in agriculture for livelihood), NER produces just 1.5% of the country’s food grains and remains a net importer of food grains.
- Through Biotech-KISAN, DBT aims to increase the income of farmers by promoting location specific crops, horticultural and plantation crops, fisheries and livestock production.
- The Biotech-KISAN hubs in NER will collaborate with top scientific institutions of India, State Agriculture Universities(SAUs)/Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) and other organizations for demonstration of technologies and training of farmers.
- The main targets of the scheme will be small & marginal farmers, and women farmers.
Biotech-KISAN
It is a scientist-farmer partnership scheme launched in 2017 for agriculture innovation. It aims to connect science laboratories with the farmers to find out innovative solutions and technologies to be applied at farm level.
- Under the scheme, 146 Biotech-KISAN Hubs have been established in all 15 agroclimatic zones and 110 Aspirational Districts of India.
- Apart from creating 200 Entrepreneurship in rural areas, the scheme has benefited over two lakhs farmers by increasing their agriculture output and income.
About Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
It was set up in 1986 under the Ministry of Science & Technology
Secretary – Dr. Renu Swarup
Headquarters – New Delhi
NSG signs MoU with RRU to Strengthen the Competencies of the NSG
The National Security Guard (NSG), counter-terrorism unit under the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) for cooperation and collaboration for focus on strengthening the core competencies of the NSG which are counter-terrorism, counter-IEDs (Improvised Explosive Device), and anti-hijacking.
- RRU has established the Security and Scientific-Technical Research Association (SASTRA) to serve the innovation requirements of the forces.
- The MoU was signed between Prof. (Dr.) Bimal N. Patel, Vice-Chancellor, RRU, and Shri M.A. Ganapathy, IPS, Director General, NSG in presence of Dr. Akshat Mehta, University Dean, RRU; Shri Konark Rai, Managing Director, Security, and Scientific-Technical Research Association and the entire NSG echelons.
Tata Power inaugurated India’s largest solar carport at Pune
Tata Motors and Tata Power jointly inaugurated India’s largest grid-synchronized, behind-the-meter solar carport at the Tata Motors car plant in Chikhali, Pune, Maharashtra. The 6.2 MWp solar carport deployed by Tata Power will generate 86.4 lakh kWh of electricity per year and is estimated to reduce 7,000 tons of carbon emissions annually and 1.6 lakh tons over its lifecycle.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Sanjay Dhotre represented India at G20 Education Ministers,and Labour & Employment Meet 2021
- Both meetings were held under the Chairmanship of Italy (G20 Presidency for 2021) at Catania, Italy, in a hybrid format.
- G20 Education Ministers meet 2021 is one of ministerial meetings arranged as part of the G20 Leaders Summit 2021, which will be hosted by Italy in October 2021.
i.During the Education Ministers meet 2021, the leaders reaffirmed the role of education for inclusive economic growth, equity, equality, human dignity, social inclusion, and wellbeing.
ii.During the Labour & Employment meet 2021, the leaders agreed to address the transition from education to work, a central issue for a sustainable and inclusive economic and social recovery.
G20 Countries
The G 20 countries include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the UK, the US and the European Union.
About G20
Members – 20 (19 countries + European Union)
2021 Presidency – Italy
Established – 1999
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India remains 2nd Largest source of FDI for UK in 2020: UK Report
- Indian companies have invested in 99 projects and created 4, 830 jobs in the UK.
- Foreign investment has created 55, 319 new jobs across the UK in 2020.
- The US, which is the top source of FDI for the UK, has invested in 389 projects and created 19, 301 new jobs in 2020-21, which is low compared to 2019 (462 projects & 20, 131 jobs).
About United Kingdom
Prime Minister – Boris Johnson
Capital – London
Currency – British Pound Sterling (GBP)
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Wealth of India’s Super-rich decreased by 4.4% in 2020: Credit Suisse Report
i.The fall in value of Rupee has caused
- Number of dollar millionaires in India to fall from 7,64,000 in 2019 to 6,98,000 in 2020.
- Decline in cumulative wealth of India’s super-rich to USD 12.833 trillion in 2020, down by USD 594 billion or 4.4% compared to 2019.
- Currently, India is home to 1% of the global rich list.
ii.At the global level, Global Wealth grew by 7.4% in 2020 to USD 418.3 trillion in 2020. The number of millionaires increased by 5.2 million to 56.1 million in 2020.
iii.The Global Wealth Report is released annually. The full edition of the 2020 report will be published in the second quarter of 2021.
About Credit Suisse
CEO – Thomas Gottstein
Headquarters – Zurich, Switzerland
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BANKING & FINANCE
Govt Eased Listing Norms for Companies having M-cap over Rs 1 lakh crore 
- The issuer companies should reach a public shareholding of 10 percent within 2 years of listing and 25 percent within 5 years of listing.
- The amendments became beneficial to the Government of India for the proposed IPO (Initial public offering) of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), as the minimum divest is reduced to 5 percent than the earlier norms of 10 percent.
- Meanwhile, under the latest amended rules, “every listed company shall maintain public shareholding of at least five per cent as a result of implementation of the resolution plan approved under section 31 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016”.
Background:
i.In March 2021, SEBI along with the Department of Economic Affairs under the finance ministry, amended the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules and eased the listing norms for large companies and enabled them to divest a minimum of 5 percent in the IPO, instead of 10 percent.
ii.It has also increased the term for raising the public float to 25 percent, to 5 years instead of 3 years. Click here to know more
About Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI):
Establishment– 1992
Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra
Chairman– Ajay Tyagi
SBM Bank, Paisabazaar Launched – Step Up Credit Card
- Step Up Credit Card is a secured credit card, provided against the customers’ Fixed Deposit (FD).
- It was the 1st product that was launched under Paisabazaar’s neo-lending strategy.
Key points about Step Up Credit Card:
i.It will help the consumers with damaged credit or no credit history to build their Credit Score. The card was launched initially as a pilot program.
ii.The Card could be availed by the customers on the Paisabazaar platform through a completely digital and paperless process, with instant issuance and activation.
iii.It has a joining fee of Rs 500 and the Credit limit under the card is about 83 percent of the customer’s FD amount. It also provides a return on FD at an interest rate of 6.5 percent per annum.
About SBM Bank (India) Ltd:
Establishment – 1994
Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra
MD & CEO – Sidharth Rath
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India Ranked 2nd after Turkey in Central bank’s surplus transfers’ share: RBI Report
List of Top 5 countries under Surplus Transfer:
| Rank | Country | Surplus Transferred (as per percent of GDP in 2021) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Turkey | 0.50% |
| 2. | India | 0.44%(FY21) |
| 3. | Malaysia | 0.26% |
| 4. | Sweden | 0.13% |
| 5. | Kenya | 0.04% |
Key Facts of the Report:
i.Due to the surplus transfer, RBI was characterised as ‘free-ranging’ and conducting independent monetary policy, i.e., independent of fiscal dominance.
ii.RBI reported India as the 5th largest reserve holding country in the world, the 12th largest foreign holder of US treasury securities and the 10th largest in terms of gold reserves.
About Reserve Bank of India(RBI):
Establishment– 1st April 1935
Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra
Governor– Shaktikanta Das
Deputy Governors – Mahesh Kumar Jain, Michael Debabrata Patra, M. Rajeshwar Rao, T. Rabi Sankar
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PhonePe launches India’s first Wallet with Auto Top-Up
Digital payments company,PhonePe launched India’s first Wallet Auto Top-up feature using UPI (Unified Payments Interface) e-mandates for its customers. The amount for Auto top-up ranges from Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000.
- Under this feature, when a customer will set up a UPI e-mandate the PhonePe will automatically top up the wallet balance when it drops below a minimum level.
- This feature will save a lot of time and effort as there is no need to manually top up wallet balance for every transaction.
RBI imposes ₹23 lakh fine on 3 cooperative banks
The RBI imposed penalties of ₹23 lakh on three cooperative banks, including for contravention of various norms.
A penalty of ₹12 lakh has been imposed on Mumbai based Mogaveera Co-operative Bank Limited, ₹10 lakh on Pune Indapur Urban Cooperative Bank, and ₹1 lakh on The Baramati Sahakari Bank Limited.
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Moody’s Projected India’s Growth Forecast for 2021 to 9.6%, 2022 at 7%
- It reported 10 states in India as hardest hit by the second wave of COVID-19 and stated them as accountable for about 60 percent of the pre-pandemic level of India’s GDP.
- The 4 states, viz, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka are mentioned as the largest shares contributor of GDP among all other states in FY20.
Note – Due to the 1st wave of COVID-19, the Indian economy has contracted by 7.3(-7.3) percent in FY21 against the 4 percent growth in FY20.
About Moody’s Corporation:
Moody’s Investors Service is the operating division of Moody’s Corporation
Headquarters – New York, United States
President &CEO – Rob Fauber
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS
HDFC Bank to buy stake in ‘ERGO General Insurance ‘ & ‘Borderless Softtech’
ii.Apart from above, HDFC Bank along with its subsidiary HDFC Securities will purchase 8,108 compulsory convertible cumulative preference shares (CCCPS) worth Rs 6.9 crore of face value of Rs 10 each of Borderless Softtech at a premium of Rs 606.60 for consideration of Rs 616.60 per piece.
About HDFC Bank:
Establishment-1994
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer– Sashidhar Jagdishan
Headquarters– Mumbai,Maharashtra
Tagline– We understand your world
Chatbot– Eva
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Israel successfully tested Laser Weapon System that can shoot down Drones mid-air
Technology used in Laser Weapon:
The weapon used a technology similar to C-Music, developed by Elbit Systems. C-Music is a defence system fitted to aircraft which uses a laser to blind the incoming missiles. This weapon uses the tracking feature of C-Music but will destroy targets by heating them up.
Key Points:
i.With this success, Israel has become the one of the first countries who have tried and succeeded in such inception.
ii.Israel is also planning to develop a laser weapon for ground-based systems with a range of 8-10 kilometers (5-6 miles) that can intercept rockets, mortar rounds and drones.
About Israel:
Capital– Jerusalem
Currency– Israeli Shekel
Prime Minister– Naftali Bennett
SPORTS
Indian Cricketer Shafali Verma Became the 1st Women Cricketer to Hit 3 Sixes in Test Match
About Sahafali Verma:
i.Shafali Verma became the youngest woman, and the fourth overall, to score twin half-centuries in her debut Test match.
- Previously the record was held by Jessica Louise Jonassen of Australia.
- She also became the first Indian woman to hit a six on her Test debut.
ii.She was the youngest cricketer to represent India in T20 International.
iii.She had also equalled the record for most sixes by a woman in Test innings.
iv.She scored two sixes in Bristol, equalling Alyssa Healy and Lauren Winfield-Hill’s joint record.
v.She broke the Indian record for the highest score on women’s Test debut and overtook Chanderkanta Kaul’s tally of 75 against New Zealand in 1995.
Ireland Cricketer Kevin O’Brien Retired from ODIs
Ireland Cricketer Kevin O’Brien has announced his retirement from One-day International (ODI) Cricket after a 15-year long career.
- He played 153 ODIs and scored 3619 runs at an average of 29.42 and a strike rate of 88.79. He scored two centuries in the format with the highest score of 142 runs.
- He scored the fastest century ever in 50-over World Cup, from 50 balls against England on 2 March 2011 in M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bengaluru,Karnataka.
IOA ropes in MPL, Amul, JSW Group as sponsors for Tokyo Olympics 2020
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has roped in mobile gaming platform MPL Sports Foundation as the principal sponsor for 2020 Tokyo Olympics ,2022 Asian Games & Birmingham Commonwealth Games. The association is for one-and-a-half years(till December 31, 2022). As per the deal, It will pay a total of Rs eight crore to IOA.
- Amul has agreed to be a sponsor for the Tokyo Olympics with an amount of Rs 1 crore for a period till 31st december, 2021.
- Similarly, IOA also roped in JSW Group as sponsor for Tokyo Olympics with a sponsor amount of Rs 1 crore.
Australian Swimmer Kaylee McKeown Breaks 100-meter Backstroke World Record
Australian Swimmer Kaylee McKeown breaks the 100-meter backstroke world record at the South Australian Aquatic Centre with a time of 57.45 seconds, from the previous mark of 57.57 seconds set by American Regan Smith in 2019. Emily Seebohm finished 2nd in 58.59 seconds to qualify for her 4th Olympics.
Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey sets the women’s 10,000 metres new world record of 29 minutes and 1.03 seconds at Ethiopia’s Olympic trials held in the Netherlands.
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- Gidey currently holds the new world records in the 5,000m and 10,000m track, became the first woman to hold both the world records simultaneously after Norway’s Ingrid Kristiansen who hold the record from 1986-1993.
OBITUARY
Pritzker Prize Laureate Gottfried Böhm dies
Gottfried Böhm, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect who was known for his strikingly sculptural concrete buildings and as a leader of a generation of German architects, passed away at 101. The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually “to honor a living architect and it was the highest award of Architect.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Dr. Vipin Gupta Wrote Two New Books Under Project VIPIN
- “What is Consciousness” – 5th book
- “What is Para Consciousness” – 6th book
He has already published 4 books, which capture the issues of divine energy and present reality namely,
- What is Divine Energy
- What is Present Reality
- Is Present Reality
- Is Divine Energy
The common subject of Project VIPIN is Nature’s “essence”.Under this project 6 more books will be published.
About Dr. Vipin Gupta :
i.Dr. Vipin Gupta has been a recipient of the coveted 2005 Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace from Society for Industrial Organization Psychologists, USA
ii.He has been a gold medalist for outstanding academic performance in the post-graduate MBA program at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
iii.He has authored about 180 journal articles and book chapters including the Strategic Management and Business Policy: Concepts and Applications (PHI Learning, 2003 and 2005).
Ruskin Bond Authored A Book Titled “It’s a Wonderful Life”
- This book is written in a Perceptive, uplifting,deeply moving and in a non fictional way.
- It is about the joys and positive truths to be found in the smallest of incidents that occur in our lives
About Ruskin Bond:
i.Ruskin Bond, Indian author of British descent, is one of India’s most well-known children’s writers.
ii.His first novel was ‘The Room On the Roof’. His first children’s book, ‘Angry River’, was published in the 1970s.
iii.Awards– He received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.
IMPORTANT DAYS
International Widows’ Day 2021 – June 23 
The day provides the opportunity for action towards achieving full rights and recognition for widows.
Background:
i.The United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) adopted the resolution A/RES/65/189 on 21st December 2010 and proclaimed the 23rd June of Every year as the International Widows’ Day.
ii.International Widows Day is an initiative of the Loomba Foundation, launched at the House of Lords in London on 26 May 2005.
About Loomba Foundation:
The Loomba Foundation is a registered charity in the United Kingdom (UK), India and the United States.
Founder and Chairman Trustee– Lord Raj Loomba
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International Olympic Day 2021 – June 23 
Background:
i.The proposal for the celebration of the World Olympic Day was presented by Doctor Gruss, IOC member in Czechoslovakia during the 41st Session of the International Olympic Committee in Stockholm in 1947.
ii.The idea of an Olympic Day was approved at the 42nd Session of the International Olympic Committee(IOC) held in January 1948 in St Moritz, Switzerland.
iii.The first Olympic Day was celebrated on 23 June 1948.
About International Olympic Committee(IOC):
President– Dr. Thomas Bach(Germany)
Headquarters– Lausanne, Switzerland
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United Nations Public Service Day 2021 – June 23 
The day highlights the importance of public service and its role in development.
- The Division of Public Institutions and Digital Government of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), which collaborates with the Government of the UAE, will host the virtual event of the United Nations Public Service Day 2021.
- The Virtual Celebration of United Nations Public Service Day 2021 is celebrated under the theme “Innovating the Future Public Service: New Government Models for a New Era to Reach the SDGs(Sustainable Development Goals)”.
Background:
The United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution A/RES/57/277 on 20th December 2002 and proclaimed the 23rd June as the United Nations Public Service Day.
About UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA):
Under-Secretary-General– Liu Zhenmin
Headquarters– New York, United States
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STATE NEWS
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani e-Launched Agricultural Diversification Scheme-2021 for Tribal Farmers; Inaugurated ‘Command and Control Centre 2.0’
- Under the scheme the tribal farmers will be benefited through the fertilizer-seed assistance of Rs 31 crores, under which 45 kg of urea, 50 kg of NPK and 50 kg of ammonium sulphate will be provided to them.
- Seeds of crops such as maize, Bitter Melon (karela), Calabash (dudhi), tomato, millet, etc. will be provided through the scheme.
Vijay Rupani Inaugurated the ‘Command and Control Centre 2.0’:
CM Vijay Rupani also inaugurated the ‘Command and Control Centre(CCC) 2.0’ for monitoring activities in 54,000 schools, covering over 3 lakh teachers and 1 crore students across the state to predict and stop the dropping out from school.
About Gujarat:
i.National Parks – Gir Wildlife Sanctuary & National Park, Blackbuck National Park, Marine National Park, and Vansda National Park
ii.Bird Sanctuary – NalSarovar Bird Sanctuary
iii.Wildlife Sanctuary – Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary, Wild Ass Sanctuary
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Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
- He will succeed Sanjay Yadav,who is due to retire on June 25,2021.
- He was appointed by the exercise of the power conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India.
About Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari:
i.Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari is currently serving as the Judge of the Allahabad High Court.
ii.Earlier he has practised in the Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur and Jaipur, the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jaipur.
iii.He also practised in the Supreme Court where he handled Constitutional, Civil, Service, Labour, Criminal and Arbitration matters and specialised in Constitutional, Service, Labour and Arbitration matters.
Note:
Chief Justices and Judges of the high courts retire at the age of 62. The retirement age of the chief justice of India and judges of the Supreme Court is 65 years.
About Allahabad High Court:
Allahabad High Court was established in 1866 as the High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces and was changed to the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad from 11 March 1919.
- It is the fourth oldest High Court in India after Calcutta,Madras and Bombay High Courts.
- It is the highest judicial body of Uttar Pradesh and it has a bench in Lucknow
Maharashtra Cabinet Approved the Amendments for Protection of “Heritage Trees”
The amendment is set to come into force by way of ordinance.
The Cabinet has also approved the formation of the Maharashtra Tree Authority, which will be responsible for all the decisions regarding the protection and conservation of trees, including “heritage trees”.
Heritage Trees: According to the cabinet, a tree with an estimated age of 50 years or more is defined as a Heritage Tree.
Note:
i.In October 2020 the implementation of the Act was transferred from the state urban development department to the environment and climate change department headed by Aaditya Thackeray.
ii.The Department of Environment in consultation with the Department of Forest will issue the guidelines to determine the age of the tree.
Highlights of the amendments:
i.The party cutting down the Heritage trees should compensate by planting trees and ensure the survival of the plant for at least 7 years along with geotagging of the trees.
ii.If the compensatory plantation is not possible the party must pay compensation for the economic valuation of the felled trees.
iii.The proposal to cut down more than 200 trees of over 5 years or more should be referred to the Maharashtra Tree Authority and the proposal for cutting down the trees of less than 5 years old shall be referred to the local civic bodies.
Tamil Nadu’s Economic Advisory Council Includes Esther Duflo, Raghuram Rajan
Tamil Nadu government has constituted an “Economic advisory council to the chief minister”. Its members include:
- Esther Duflo – Nobel laureate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA
- Raghuram Rajan – Former Reserve Bank of India governor
- Arvind Subramanian – Former chief economic advisor to central government
- Jean Dreze – Development economist and
- S Narayan – Former Union finance secretary.
On the basis of recommendations of this council, the government will revitalise the economy in the state and ensure that benefits of economic growth reach all segments of society.
This was revealed by Governor Banwarilal Purohit during his address to the 16th State Assembly.
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| S.no | Current Affairs 24 June 2021 |
|---|---|
| 1 | MoD, GSL sign contract for construction 2 Pollution Control Vessels |
| 2 | India-Fiji inked MoU for cooperation in Agriculture and Allied sectors |
| 3 | India, Italy & Japan launch Trilateral partnership for stability in Indo-Pacific Region |
| 4 | High-level Committee Formation for Consultations on Theatre Commands |
| 5 | India to host 9th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable 2022 |
| 6 | DBT issues special call to NER farmers under Biotech KISAN Programme |
| 7 | NSG signs MoU with RRU to Strengthen the Competencies of the NSG |
| 8 | Tata Power inaugurated India’s largest solar carport at Pune |
| 9 | Sanjay Dhotre represented India at G20 Education Ministers,and Labour & Employment Meet 2021 |
| 10 | India remains 2nd Largest source of FDI for UK in 2020: UK Report |
| 11 | Wealth of India’s Super-rich decreased by 4.4% in 2020: Credit Suisse Report |
| 12 | Govt Eased Listing Norms for Companies having M-cap over Rs 1 lakh crore |
| 13 | SBM Bank, Paisabazaar Launched – Step Up Credit Card |
| 14 | India Ranked 2nd after Turkey in Central bank’s surplus transfers’ share: RBI Report |
| 15 | PhonePe launches India’s first Wallet with Auto Top-Up |
| 16 | RBI imposes ₹23 lakh fine on 3 cooperative banks |
| 17 | Moody’s Projected India’s Growth Forecast for 2021 to 9.6%, 2022 at 7% |
| 18 | HDFC Bank to buy stake in ‘ERGO General Insurance ‘ & ‘Borderless Softtech’ |
| 19 | Israel successfully tested Laser Weapon that can shoot down Drones mid-air |
| 20 | Indian Cricketer Shafali Verma Became the 1st Women Cricketer to Hit 3 Sixes in Test Match |
| 21 | Ireland Cricketer Kevin O’Brien Retired from ODIs |
| 22 | IOA ropes in MPL, Amul, JSW Group as sponsors for Tokyo Olympics 2020 |
| 23 | Australian Swimmer Kaylee McKeown Breaks 100-meter Backstroke World Record |
| 24 | Pritzker Prize Laureate Gottfried Böhm dies |
| 25 | Dr. Vipin Gupta Wrote Two New Books Under Project VIPIN |
| 26 | Ruskin Bond Authored A Book Titled “It’s a Wonderful Life” |
| 27 | International Widows’ Day 2021 – June 23 |
| 28 | International Olympic Day 2021 – June 23 |
| 29 | United Nations Public Service Day 2021 – June 23 |
| 30 | Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani e-Launched Agricultural Diversification Scheme-2021 for Tribal Farmers; Inaugurated ‘Command and Control Centre 2.0’ |
| 31 | Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court |
| 32 | Maharashtra Cabinet Approved the Amendments for Protection of “Heritage Trees” |
| 33 | Tamil Nadu’s Economic Advisory Council Includes Esther Duflo, Raghuram Rajan |
