1. Lazarus Chakwera Elected As the New President of Malawi (East Africa)
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8/3/2020 Current Affairs - December 1 - 10, 2017 Current Affairs - June 2020 Month All Type All 143 Current Affairs were found in Period - June 21-30, 2020 for Type - All Appointments 1. Lazarus Chakwera elected as the new President of Malawi (East Africa). 2. Micheal Martin has been elected as new Prime Minister of Ireland, replacing Leo Varadkar. 3. Vini Mahajan has been appointed as First Female Chief Secretary of Punjab. 4. Anandiben Patel (Governor of Uttar Pradesh) has been given additional charge as Governor of Madhya Pradesh. 5. Cricketer Wasim Jaffer is appointed as head coach of Uttarakhand cricket team. He is most run-getter in Ranji Trophy. 6. Former England Cricketer Clare Connor is to become first female president of 233 year old Marylebone Cricket Club. She will replace Kumar Sangakkara from October 1, 2021. Sangakkara is first non-British MCC president. 7. Former Gujarat HC Judge Rajesh Shukla is appointed as 5th Lokayukta of Gujarat State. 8. Kubatbek Boronov has been Appointed as new new Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan. 9. Maharashtra government appointed Sanjay Kumar as new state chief secretary. 10. Misc. Appointments (June 2020) - 1. Virendra Nath Datt Appointed as Chairman & Managing Director of PSU National Fertilizers Limited. 2. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) reconstituted its advisory committee on service providers. It would now be chaired by Manipal Global Education Services Chairman T V Mohandas Pai. 3. New Indian Ambassadors - 1. Raveesh Kumar - Finland 2. Sushil Kumar Singhal - Papua New Guinea. 3. Sibi George - Kuwait. 4. Gaitri I. Kumar - United Kingdom. 5. Rahul Shrivastava - Romania. 6. Monika Mohta - Switzerland. 7. Shambhu S. Kumaran - Philippines 8. Santosh Jha - Belgium. He will also be accredited as Ambassador of India to the European Union. 9. Vijay Khanduja - Zimbabwe. 4. RBI approved extension of tenure for Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) MD and CEO Subramanian Sundar by 6 months. 5. Twitter appointed ex-Google CFO Patrick Pichette as new board chairman. 6. Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Appointed Sharad Mathur as its MD & CEO. 7. NBFC India Infoline Finance Limited (IIFL) Appointed Cricketer Rohit Sharma as its first-ever brand ambassador. 8. Biswajit Dasgupta is appointed as Chief of Staff of Eastern Naval Command of Indian Navy. 9. President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Javed Iqbal Wani as a Judge of Jammu and Kashmir High Court. Gita Mittal is current chief justice of J&K High Court. 10. Google Appointed India's Prabhakar Raghavan as head Google Search and Assistant. 11. UTI Mutual Fund appointed Imtaiyazur Rahman as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). 12. Attorney General of India, KK Venugopal's term has been extended by one year. 13. Anmol Narang becacme 1st observant Sikh to graduate from distinguished United States (US) Military Academy. file:///C:/Users/oaxis/Desktop/jun_21_30.html 1/23 8/3/2020 Current Affairs - December 1 - 10, 2017 14. Devendra Kumar Singh has been appointed as Central Government nominee Director on Board of Directors of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). Mohammad Mustafa is MD and CEO of SIDBI. 15. Former SC judge DK Jain will continue as Board of Control for Cricket in India’s ethics officer and ombudsman, after getting 1 year extension. 16. RBI approved re-appointment of Kaizad Bharucha as Executive Director of HDFC Bank. 17. Nirakar Pradhan is appointed as new as CEO of Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA). 18. Jaideep Nandi is appointed as new MD of Bajaj Consumer Care. 19. Indian-origin chief of London Stock Exchange, Nikhil Rathi is appointed as new chief executive of UK’s Financial Conduct Authority. 11. RBI Subsidiary IFTAS (Indian Financial Technology & Allied Services) appointed T Rabi Sankar as its Chairman and N Rajendran as CEO. 12. TATA Sons Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran has been re-nominated by Govt as a Part-Time Non-Official Director on RBI Central board for 2 years. 1. RBI Central Board consists of 21 members. 2. Currently, RBI’s central board has 15 directors, including Governor and three Deputy Governors. 1. Governor - Shaktikanta Das 2. Deputy governors - M.D. Patra, M. K. Jain, B.P. Kanungo 13. World Athletics appointed Laurent Boquillet as the Head of Global Development. Top Awards 1. 8 sitting Lok Sabha members and 2 Rajya Sabha members will be presented Sansad Ratna Awards 2020 under various categories. 1. Also Srikakulam TDP MP K Ram Mohan Naidu created record as youngest MP to be honoured with Sansad Ratna Award. 2. Maharashtra government declared Vithabai Narayangaokar lifetime achievement award to folk artist Gulabbai Sangamnerkar. It consists money prize of Rs 5 lakh. 1. Sangeetacharya Annasaheb Kirloskar musical theatre lifetime achievement award will be presented upon veteran theatre artist Madhuvanti Dandekar. Top Books 1. 2017 Nobel Literature Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro (Japan) will release his new novel ‘Klara and the Sun’ in March 2021. 2. A Burning, debut novel of Megha Majumdar has been released. 3. Author Amish Tripathi released his new fiction book Legend of Suheldev: The King Who Saved India. Top Committees 1. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has formulated a 9-member working group(WG) headed by Anjan Dey to suggest insurance products covering various risks involved in the use of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System(RPAS)/ Drones. 2. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has set up a Project Development Cell (PDC) under its joint secretary Amitesh Kumar Sinha to attract investment in clean energy, especially in solar sector. 3. National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered for a high-level committee to look into recent blowout at an Oil India Ltd (OIL) well in Baghjan, Assam. It also asked the public sector company to deposit Rs 25 crore for damages caused. 4. To strengthen Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)'s enforcement mechanism and also to improve its system of recovery of siphoned off money, committee headed by former SC Judge Anil Dave proposed a method of quantification of profit made by the defaulter and loss caused to investors. 1. Committee also examined insolvency, recovery and securities laws jurisprudence and suggested suitable changes in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016, to ensure that insolvency law is not used as a protection. Top file:///C:/Users/oaxis/Desktop/jun_21_30.html 2/23 8/3/2020 Current Affairs - December 1 - 10, 2017 Days 1. June 21 - UN International Yoga Day, being Observed Since 2015. 1. 2020 Theme is Yoga for Health - Yoga at Home, stipulated by UN. 2. PM’s Awards for Outstanding Contribution for Promotion and Development of Yoga, were not announced in 2020, due to COVID-19 Pandemic. 3. Other Observations Made on June 21 - 1. World Music Day. 1. First all-day musical celebration on the day of the summer solstice was celebrated in Paris in 1982. 2. For this Observance, French integrated content,media and communications group Vivendi partnered with Grammy winner Ricky Kej for “My Earth Concert for Kids”. 2. Summer Solstice day. Summer Solstice is longest day of year which marks official start of summer season in Northern hemisphere. 1. International Day of Celebration of the Solstice was proclaimed by UN General Assembly in 2019. 3. World Hydrography Day, Proclaimed by International Hydrographic Organization in 2005. 2019 theme is “Hydrography enabling autonomous technologies”. 2. June 22 is observed as World Rainforest Day. 3. June 23 - United Nations Public Service Day, proclaimed in 2003. 1. On this occasion, United Nations honoured Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja for her efforts in fighting the Covid-19 Pandemic. 2. June 23 is also observed as International Olympics Day and UN International Widows' Day. 3. June 23 is Death Anniversary of Noted politician Syama Prasad Mukherjee, who founded Bharatiya Jana Sangh (the predecessor to Bharatiya Janata Party). 4. June 25 is observed as International Day of Seafarer (DotS). 1. June 25 is also observed as World Vitiligo Day. 5. June 26 - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Proclaimed by United Nation General Assembly in December 1987 and Observed since 1989. 2020 Theme is Better Knowledge for Better Care. 1. June 26 is also observed as International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. 6. June 27 - International MSME Day, being observed since 2017. 7. June 28 is Birth Anniversary of P. V. Narasimha Rao, 9th Prime Minister of India. 8. June 29 is observed as National Statistics Day in India, as 13th edition of this day. 2019 Theme is SDG- 3 (Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages) & SDG- 5 (Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls). 1. It is celebrated annually on occasion of Birth anniversary of India’s eminent statistician, Late Prof Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis. 2. In 2019, Ministry instituted a new award, namely Prof. P.C. Mahalanobis National Award in Official Statistics. 3. Ministry recognises outstanding contribution for high quality research work in field of applied and theoretical statistics benefitting official statistical system through Prof. C. R. Rao and Prof. P. V. Sukhatme awards, awarded in alternate years. Top Defence 1. Anti - Submarine Warfare capability of Indian Navy received a boost with conclusion of a contract for Advanced Torpedo Decoy System Maareech, capable of being fired from all frontline warships, Developed at DRDO labs (NSTL and NPOL). 1. Bharat Electronics Limited, a Defence PSU, would undertake production of this decoy system. Top Economy 1. According to EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation), formal employment in India saw an 28.6 % increase at 78.58 lakh in 2019-20 as compared to 61.12 lakh added in 2018-19. 2. Adani Power acquired 49% stake in Odisha Power Generation Corporation(OPGC), from affiliates of US-based global energy company AES, for USD 135 million.