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MOU/Agreement Countries

Indian Railway Station Development Corporation (IRSDC) entered into a tripartite agreement with French National

Railways (SNCF) and French Development Agency (AFD), under which a grant of up to 7 lakh euros will be provided

to boost capacity building for railway station development program in India.

India has partnered with Portugal to set up a national maritime heritage museum at Lothal in Gujarat.

Japan has decided to invest about Rs 13,000 crore in several ongoing as well as new projects in different states of

the north-eastern region.

MOU Industry/States/Others

Hinduja Group flagship firm Ashok Leyland has partnered with Suryoday Small Finance Bank for vehicle loans.

Under the pact, the bank will provide end-to-end financial solutions to Ashok Leyland’s customers for auto loans

across India.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and the

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for data exchange between the two regulatory organisations.

ECL Finance, the flagship non-banking financial company of Edelweiss Group, and Bank of Baroda, India’s second

largest public sector bank, signed an agreement to form a strategic partnership to explore co-lending opportunities.

The Railway Ministry release said that the Indian Railways signed the MoU with RailTel Enterprises Ltd (REL), a

wholly-owned subsidiary company of RailTel Corporation of India Ltd, for modernization of signalling system on

four sections, which includes Automatic Train Protection System with Long Term Evolution (LTE) based Mobile Train

Radio Communication System (MTRC), together with provision of Electronic Interlocking (indoor) wherever

required.

IT firm Tech Mahindra has signed a multi-year contract with Airbus for cabin and cargo design engineering with an

aim to capitalise on the specialised skills and competencies in the growing cabin engineering business over the next

few years.

Appointments and Resignations

Name Post Other Info

Nagaland Governor Padmanabha Balkrishna Acharya has been given additional charge of Manipur in absence of

Najma Heptulla.

Anita Bhatia UN Deputy Executive Director Appointed by UN Secretary

General Antonio Guterres

Sanjay Mitra Defence Secretary He is a 1982-batch IAS

officer of the West Bengal

cadre.

Admiral Karambir Singh 24th Chief of the Naval Staff

Ajit Doval National Security Advisor

Om Birla 17th Lok Sabha Speaker

Sonia Gandhi Leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party

(CPP)

Smriti Irani Minister of Women and Child Development Constituency- Amethi,

Uttar Pradesh

Thawarchand Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Constituency- Shajapur,








Madhya Pradesh

Rajiv Mehrishi External auditor of the World Health

Organization (WHO)

He is the Comptroller and

Auditor General of India

Rakesh Makhija Chairman of Axis Bank

Sachin Bansal Director of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank He is the Founder of

Flipkart.

Nayib Bukele President of El Salvador

Mrutyunjay Mohapatra Chief of the India Meteorological

Department (IMD)

Rajiv Kumar Vice Chairman of the National Institution for

Transforming India (NITI) Aayog

Azim Premji will retire as Executive Chairman of Wipro

Tijjani Muhammad-Bande President of the General Assembly

Gianni Infantino President of football’s international

governing body FIFA

Sarada Kumar Hota Managing Director of National Housing Bank

(NHB)

Sharad Kumar Saraf President of Exporters body Federation of

Indian Export Organisations (FIEO)

N Gopalaswami BCCI’s electoral officer He is a former Chief

Election Commissioner of

India

Shefali Juneja India’s representative in the council of

International Civil Aviation Organisation

(ICAO)

Samant Kumar Goel Head of foreign intelligence agency, Research

and Analysis Wing (RAW),

Arvind Kumar Director of Intelligence Bureau

Krishnaswamy Natarajan Director general of Indian Coast Guard

Sharad Kumar Acting Central Vigilance Commissioner

Virendra Kumar Protem Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha

U Venkateswarlu Chief Secretary of Tripura

Thawar Chand Gehlot Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha

Nripendra Mishra Principal Secretary to Prime Minister

Narendra Modi

Rajnath Singh Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha

I V Subba Rao Secretary to Vice President M Venkaiah

Naidu

Laxman Narasimhan Chief Executive Officer of British consumer

goods giant Reckitt Benckiser

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev President of Kazakhstan

Tiger Shroff Brand ambassador for G-Shock Watches

Zuzana Caputova Slovakia’s first female President

Prayuth Chan-ocha Thailand’s New Prime Minister

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani President of Mauritania








RESIGNATIONS:

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Viral Acharya told that he has quit his role, six months before the

end of his tenure.

The Principal Advisor to Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) Padma Vibhushan E. Sreedharan has submitted

his resignation citing health issues.

Awards and Recognitions

Award Name Person/Institution Extra Knowledge

“Orden Mexicana del Aguila

Azteca” (Order of the Aztec Eagle)

Ex-President Pratibha Patil This is the highest civilian

award of Mexico given to

foreigners.

World Health Organisation (WHO)

award

Rajasthan health department for contribution in the field of

tobacco control.

J.C. Daniel Award Veteran actress Sheela This award is the Kerala

government’s top film award

for a film veteran

Global Leadership Awards 2019 Google’s India-born CEO Sundar

Pichai and Nasdaq president Adena

Friedman

Women’s prize for fiction American novelist Tayari Jones For her novel “An American

Marriage”.

Nishan Izzuddeen, the Maldives’ highest honour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Gold Award for Automobiles in South

Africa

Automobile major Mahindra

Tony Award Ali Stroker

Prestigious Prix Liberté Award Greta Thunberg This award is designed to honor

a young person ‘engaged in a

fight for peace and freedom’ Distinguished Alumni Award Finance Minister Nirmala

Sitharaman and External Affairs

Minister Dr S Jaishankar

54th Jnanpith award Amitav Ghosh

Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award by

UNICEF

Priyanka Chopra

Femina Miss India World 2019 Suman Rao from Rajasthan

BBC World Service Global Champion

Award

Akshaya Patra, a non-profit

organisation

Save Water Hero Award Makarand Tilloo Received award for his efforts

to raise awareness about water

conservation in Pune

2019 Commonwealth Secretary Nitesh Kumar Jangir








General’s Innovation for Sustainable

Development Award in the “People”

category in London.

‘Innovative Research Excellence

Award 2019’ at Asian Leadership

Summit, Bhutan

Dr Gaurav Nigam

Miss Universe Australia title for 2019 India born Priya Serrao

A 22-year-old youth from Imphal East, Manipur, Zonel Sougaijam was recognized by the social media giant —

Facebook for discovering and reporting a WhatsApp bug.

Rachna Khaira of The Tribune has bagged the prestigious RedInk Award for ‘Journalist of the Year’ for her

expose during 2018 on the functioning of the UIDAI and its Aadhaar data cache.

Nia Tony, an 8-year old Indian girl honoured in UAE’s waste recycling campaign.

Veyil Marangal, directed by Dr Biju, has received the Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award at the Shanghai

International Film Festival, one of the largest fests in East Asia.

Iconic Pakistani playback and Qawwali singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has been awarded with an honourary degree

at the prestigious Oxford University.

The Pakistani singer was presented with the degree of Doctor of Music at a ceremony.

Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has been conferred with an honorary doctorate degree by Russia-based Ural

Federal University for his contribution to the development of inter-cultural friendship between India and

Russian Federation.

IIT Kanpur honours India’s chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand with honorary doctorate on the

occasion of their 52nd convocation.

Conference and Summits

Summit Place Extra Knowledge

World Food India New Delhi To be held from November 1-4

Intersessional meeting of Kimberley Process (KP) Mumbai,

Maharashtra

International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)

congress

Hyderabad,

Telangana

G20 summit Osaka, Japan

Indo-French cyber dialogue 2019 Paris, France

5th Conference on Interaction and Confidence

Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Summit 2019

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

14th summit of the Organisation of Islamic

Cooperation (OIC)

Mecca, Saudi Arabia The summit was hosted by

Saudi King Salman bin Abdul

Aziz Al Saud.

OIC Headquarters: Jeddah,

Saudi Arabia

Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) Bangkok, Thailand

G20 Finance Ministers’ Meeting Japan

2nd Global Disability Summit Buenos Aires,








Argentina

16th Asia Media Summit Siem Reap Province,

Cambodia

17th International Association of Athletics

Federations(IAAF) Council Meeting

Monaco

International News

Puerto Williams, a growing hamlet draped in snow-covered peaks on the remote southern tip of the South American

continent, has been upgraded to the category of “city” by Chilean authorities, making it the world’s southernmost

city.

The UN Security Council has extended an arms embargo and sanctions on South Sudan for a year, despite resistance

from African countries, Russia and China.

In an effort to defuse rising trade tensions between the United States and Mexico, Mexican Economy Minister

Graciela Marquez met with US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in Washington.

American Jay-Z has been named the world’s first billionaire rapper in a new Forbes cover story.

The first US lunar lander in the 21st century will be designed in India, the result of NASA’s new willingness to

outsource production of its space vehicles.

Razorpay, India’s first converged payments solution company, announced that it now supports 100 currencies for

international digital payments – including all popular currencies such as U.S. Dollar (USD), European Dollar (EUR),

British Pound (GBP), Arab Emirates Dirham (AED) and Singapore Dollar (SGD).

In Russia, the first tourist train traveling through Russia’s Arctic region and on to Norway set off from St. Petersburg

station with 91 passengers aboard for the inaugural trial journey.

The Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia organised a “Gandhi cycle rally for peace” in Riyadh on 7th June to

commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Vietnam has been elected unopposed to the Security Council on behalf of the Asian countries in an election that

could reshuffle the dynamics of the UN’s highest body that is already paralyzed on many important issues like Syria,

Yemen and Venezuela.

Hong Kong held the annual dragon boat festival with teams competing to race the traditional craft.

Sri Lankan Airlines, the flag carrier of the island nation, has been named the ‘World’s Most Punctual Airline’ for the

second consecutive time with over 90 per cent of its flights in May being “on time”.

Singer Rihanna has been named as the “World’s Richest Female Musician” by the Forbes magazine with an

estimated fortune of $600 million with the bulk of that coming from her Fenty beauty range.

India handed over NPR 1.6 billion as reimbursement of part payment of the first and second tranches of housing

reconstruction in Nuwakot and Gorkha, among the areas affected in the devastating 2015 earthquake.

In an effort to curb pollution of oceans, the Canadian government announced that it will ban single-use plastics as

early as 2021.

Facebook, the social networking giant on Tuesday announced a digital wallet subsidiary called ‘Calibra’ that would

launch Blockchain-powered cryptocurrency ‘Libra’ next year to help nearly one billion people globally who don’t have a bank account but do have a mobile phone.

Composer, Bhushan Kumar has been felicitated with an official certificate from Guinness World Records as T-Series

became the first YouTube channel to reach 100 million subscribers.

Social networking giant Facebook announced its first interactive game show, titled “Confetti”in India.








The National Geographic Society has announced the successful installation of the world’s highest operating weather

stations on Mount Everest to provide researchers, climbers, and the public with near real-time information about

mountain conditions.

Ali Stroker made history by becoming the first actor in a wheelchair to win a Tony Award. The 31-year-old won best-

featured actress in a musical award for her outstanding role as Ado Annie in Rogers and Hammerstein’s ‘Oklahoma!’ WHO offers a new tool “AWaRe” to contain rising antimicrobial resistance and make antibiotic use safer and more

effective.

AWaRe classifies antibiotics into three groups:

“Access” specifies which antibiotics to use for the most common and serious infections.

“Watch” specifies which ones should be available at all times in the healthcare system.

“Reserve” are those that must be used sparingly or preserved and used only as a last resort.

Bangladesh has emerged as the fastest growing economy among the 45 countries of the Asia-Pacific region

according to Asian Development Bank (ADB).

According to a report released by BloombergNEF, nearly half the world’s electricity will come from renewable

energy by 2050 as costs of wind, solar and battery storage continue to plummet.

India has extended USD 15 million assistance to Niger for organising the African Union (AU) summit scheduled to be

held in Niamey early next month.

Sri Lanka’s first satellite ‘Ravana-1’, designed and developed by two local engineers, was successfully launched into

orbit this week from the International Space Station (ISS) along with two other BIRDS 3 satellites from Japan and

Nepal.

The US overtook China to once again become India’s top goods trading partner in 2018-19, official data shows. Also,

India’s trade surplus with the US declined to $16.8 billion from $21.2 billion a year ago.

Saudi Arabia became the first Arab country to get full membership of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). With

this, the number of permanent members in the group accounted to 39.

The UAE has become the first country in the Gulf to launch ‘goAML’, a new anti money laundering reporting

platform developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to curb organised crimes.

The bronze statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was unveiled at Lahore fort near Maharani Jinda haveli at Lahore on

180th death anniversary of Ranjit Singh.

National News The Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Yury Trutnev addressed a gathering of businesspersons and industrialist in

Mumbai and invited Indian Investments in the Russian Far East.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved changes to the Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme for wards of

deceased defense personnel under the National Defence Fund. The quota of new scholarships for children of state

police officials will be 500 in a year. The rates of scholarship have also been increased from Rs. 2000 per month to

Rs. 2500 per month for boys and from Rs. 2250 per month to Rs. 3000 per month for girls.

Assam government has waived admission fees for students taking admission up to Post Graduate level whose

parental income is less than 2 lakh rupees per year.

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has organized two-day workshop for Population Research

Centres (PRCs) in New Delhi to highlight various features off its fagship schemes for concurrent management.

A Two-day Yoga Mahotsava, a Curtain Raiser for International Day of Yoga (IDY) 2019 was inaugurated by the Vice-

Chairman, NITI AAYOG Rajeev Kumar at New Delhi. On this occasion Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH Vaidya Rajesh

Kotecha announced two Applications ‘Yoga Locator’ and ‘Bhuvan App’ related to International Day of Yoga 2019.

‘Yoga for Heart’ was the themevfor IDY 2019.








Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited Siachen Glacier and reviewed the security situation along the borders with

Pakistan. The Defence Minister was accompanied by Army Chief General Bipin Rawat.

Government has responded to the decision by the United States of America to withdraw India’s GSP benefits with

effect from 5th June 2019.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that all animals are legal persons entitled to legal rights like human

beings.

Ahead of the International Yoga Day on June 21, the AYUSH ministry has launched a mobile application ‘Yoga

Locator’to enable people locate yoga events and centres providing training.

Delhi Metro has become the first ever project in the country to receive power generated from a waste-to-energy

plant.

Bancha in Betul district, Madhya Pradesh is the first village in India to have zero wooden stoves and almost no use

for LPG cylinders with all its 75 houses relying on solar-powered stoves to meet their cooking needs.

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar launched a people’s campaign #SelfiewithSaplingurging all to join and

plant a sapling and post the selfie with the sapling on social media.

Woman in Delhi can soon travel free on public transport, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced.

L&T Financial Services’ (LTFS) ‘Digital Sakhi’, an educational programme aimed at digital financial inclusion of rural

women, was launched in 20 villages of Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu.

In a bid to spur investment and create new employment opportunities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set up two

Cabinet committees to deal with the two crucial issues. Both the panels, respectively on Investment and Growth

and on Employment and Skill Development, will be headed by the prime minister.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised markets by naming Nirmala Sitharaman, formerly the country’s defence

minister, as the next finance minister at a time when Asia’s third-largest economy is stuttering.

Indian construction market is expected to grow on an average by 7.1% each year and it would become the third

largest by 2025.

For the first time in India, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), has launched an

initiative to improve the adaptive capacity of the rural poor engaged in farm-based livelihoods to cope with climate

change.

Chaukhandi Stupa, an ancient Buddhist site located in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, has been declared as a Monument

and protected area of national importance by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the New Delhi International Arbitration

Centre Bill which will be introduced during the upcoming session of parliament.

According to the annual report on internet trends by venture capitalist Mary Meeker, India accounts for 12%

world’s internet users.

The U.S. Embassy organised its fifth annual ‘Student Visa Day’ and launched ‘EducationUSA India’. It is a mobile

application to provide Indian students with “current, comprehensive and accurate information about studying in the

U.S.”

HCL Technologies is all set to roll out “Tech Bee” programme, a company initiative under which it trains and hires

students who have completed XII th standard, across several states.

Software giant Microsoft launched Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled digital labs in collaboration with 10 higher

educational institutions in India.

Celebrated mango grower, Haji Kalimullah, popularly known as ‘Mango Man’, has named a new variety of mango

after Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to attend the G-7 Summit this year as a Special Invitee by French

President Emmanuel Macron, confirmed the Ministry of External Affairs.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 200 million dollar line of credit to Kyrgyzstan after wide-ranging talks

with Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov in Bishkek.

Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State (I/C) of Culture & Tourism, Government of India inaugurated the

exhibition titled “Astitva: The Essence of Prabhakar Barwe”, at National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.








India has been designated as the Guest of Honour at the 33rd Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara

(Guadalajara International Book Fair), in Mexico, the National Book Trust announced.

Indian Navy’s first Naval Air Squadron 550 celebrated its Diamond Jubilee at naval base Kochi after Completing 60

glorious years of yeoman service to the nation.

The recent report of NITI Ayog on groundwater level says 21 Indian cities including Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and

Hyderabad – will run out of groundwater by 2020, affecting around 100 million people.

According to the President of India, construction or upgradation of about 35,000 kilometres of national highways are

to be undertaken by 2022 under the ‘Bharatmala Project’. Minister of State (I/c) for Civil Aviation inaugurated the Air Traffic Flow Management Central Command Centre in

New Delhi.

Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development has launched Integrated

Scheme for School Education i.e. Samagra Shiksha effective from 2018-19. Self Defence training for girls is an activity

under Samagra Shiksha. Keeping in view, the rising number of crimes against girls and women in the country and to

ensure safety and security of girls, Self Defence training is imparted to girls of class VI to XII belonging to

Government Schools.

Kerala took the top spot among larger states for overall performance on health indicators in a NITI Aayog report,

followed by Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, while Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Odisha languish at the bottom.

The Centre has approved Rs 13,343 crore for the National Animal Disease Control Programme for Foot and Mouth

Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis for the next five years. The amount of Rs 2683 crore is proposed for the Financial Year

2019-20.

Power distribution company BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL) has tied up with several private organisations to

launch a slew of initiatives including a ‘behavioural energy saving app’ to reduce electricity consumption. The app —

Susthome — developed by BYPL and TERI to bring about a behavioural change in how consumers use electricity, will

track energy consumption patterns.

State News

Assam

Assam government has waived admission fees for students taking admission up to Post Graduate level whose

parental income is less than 2 lakh rupees per year.

Assam government will set up a Skill University at the cost of 850 crore rupees at Darrang district. This will be

perhaps the first skill university of the country with a capacity of 10 thousand seats.

Centre has approved setting up of e-Foreigner Tribunal (e-FT) in Assam.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the Ambubachi Mela in Guwahati.

Bihar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched the Mukhyamantri Vriddha Pension Yojna for poor people above 60

years of age in the state.

The Government of Bihar recently banned felling of trees, citing increasing pollution as well as a fatal heatwave.

Trees on private land, however, can be felled in the absence of a tree-protection Act in Bihar.








Chhattisgarh

A museum exhibiting Sikh culture and tradition has opened in the heart of state’s capital city Raipur.

Delhi

Woman in Delhi can soon travel free on public transport, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced.

The Aam Aadmi Party government’s flagship CCTV project, which is started from 8th June in the national capital,

has the deadline of April next year, while the city government has set September 2020 to be the deadline for

providing free WiFi facility to Delhiites, according to the Outcome Budget.

Delhi Metro has become the first ever project in the country to receive power generated from a waste-to-energy

plant.

Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State (I/C) of Culture & Tourism, Government of India inaugurated the

exhibition titled “Astitva: The Essence of Prabhakar Barwe”, at National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.

Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment flagged off “17th Run Against Drug Abuse” on the occasion of

“International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking” in New Delhi.

Gujarat

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on the World Environment Day launched the country’s first emissions trading

scheme (ETS) to encourage and incentivize the industrial units to cut air pollution.

India’s first Dinosaur Museum cum Park was inaugurated in Gujarat’s Mahisagar district and is set to give visitors

the true Jurassic Park feel.

Haryana

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that all animals are legal persons entitled to legal rights like human

beings.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has approved the construction of six nursing colleges at a cost Rs

194.30 crore in the state so as to overcome the shortage of trained and qualified nursing personnel.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced an annual financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to “loktantra

senanis” or their spouse.

Himachal Pradesh

The Himachal Pradesh government makes mandatory for trekkers to carry a GPS device so that they can be

provided all possible help in case of any emergency. Kullu and Dalhousie have been identified for installation of

early warning system.

Jammu & Kashmir

The annual ‘Mela Kheer Bhawani’, the most important festival of Kashmiri pandits, associated with Hindu

Goddess Ragnya Devi was Monday celebrated with religious fervor and gaiety at Tulmulla area of central

Kashmir’s Ganderbal district and Kupwara with thousands of Pandith devotees participated in the function.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, has formally approved 120 crore rupee Cancer

Institute at Government Medical College, Jammu for strengthening the tertiary level cancer services in the State.








Karnataka

Namma Kolhapuri chappal has earned Geographical indication tag from Intellectual Property India. The approval for

GI tag was jointly received by Karnataka and Maharashtra.

Madhya Pradesh

The government in Madhya Pradesh is coming up with 300 “smart gaushalas” in the state and has signed a contract

with a foreign company for the construction and development of these cow shelters.

Madhya Pradesh government will run “Save Water” campaign with the suggestions and involvement of common

people. A state level “Water Cell” has also been constituted for the purpose.

Maharashtra

Namma Kolhapuri chappal has earned Geographical indication tag from Intellectual Property India. The approval for

GI tag was jointly received by Karnataka and Maharashtra.

A pilot project aimed at providing smoke-free environment in the kitchen for women will be launched by the

Maharashtra government.

The project, named “Chullah (wood-fired stove)-free and smoke-free Maharashtra”, will target the women who

have not benefited under the Ujjwala or any other LPG distribution scheme.

The Rahimatpur police station in Satara district in Maharashtra has emerged as the State topper in a survey based

on the ‘SMART’ policing concept.

Manipur

Japan gifts Manipur a “Peace Museum” which is built on the memories of one of the fiercest battles of the Second

World War.

Mizoram

The Tripura and Mizoram governments have undertaken an ambitious plan for afforestation in the two

Northeastern states.

Meghalaya

In a major move towards enhancing the growth of eco-tourism, the Institute of Bio-Resources and Sustainable

Development (IBSD) opened the first ever state-of-the-art orchidarium in Upper Shillong.

Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced to make the state the country’s basketball hub.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that all animals are legal persons entitled to legal rights like

human beings.

Rajasthan

Male applicants will get Rs 3,000/month, while the women and differently-abled will get Rs 3,500/month under

Chief Minister Yuva Sambal Yojana from February this year.

Tripura

The Tripura and Mizoram governments have undertaken an ambitious plan for afforestation in the two

Northeastern states.

After Guwahati and Imphal, the Agartala airport is set to become the third international airport in the northeastern

region by the end of this year or by early 2020.








Telangana

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has entered into an agreement with the Government of

Telangana to offer MeeSeva portal users the option to pay using UPI Collect Request, RuPay Debit and Credit Cards

for the services on the portal.

Along with the Kaleswaram Lift Irrigation project, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao also inaugurated

the world’s biggest pumphouse at the Medigadda.

Uttar Pradesh

India has opened its first specialised hydrotherapy treatment for elephants suffering from arthritis, joint pain and

foot ailments in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

The Yogi Adityanath government approved a loan of Rs 2,000 crore to expedite the construction of the Purvanchal

expressway.

West Bengal

West Bengal government has announced a crop insurance scheme in collaboration with the Agriculture Insurance

Company of India (AIC), for the 2019 kharif season. The scheme called Bangla Shashya Bima (BSB) is applicable for

farmers in 15 districts.

Finance and Banking News The Reserve Bank of India constituted a task force on development of secondary market for corporate loans. The

six-member task force will have T. N. Manoharan, Chairman of Canara Bank, as its chairperson and will submit its

report by the end of August 2019.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut repo rate for the third consecutive time this year to 5.75 per cent from the

current 6 per cent amid falling economic growth and uncertain global scenario.

Repo Rate: 5.75%

Reverse Repo Rate: 5.50%

SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio): 19.00%

CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio): 4.00%

MSF(Marginal Standing Facility) Rate: 6.00%

Inflation: 2.86%

In an effort to boost digital payments, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) scrapped charges levied on Real Time Gross

Settlement (RTGS) and National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) transactions.

Fincare Small Finance Bank and Kookmin Bank have been included in the second schedule of the Reserve Bank of

India Act, according to RBI notifications.

Paytm Payments Bank has received a target of 501.16 crore digital transactions for the financial year 2019-20 from

the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), higher than the targets set for major banks

including HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Punjab National Bank.

The share of e-Money in India’s payment systems grew to 21.5 per cent in 2017 from 0.8 per cent in 2012,

according to a new report from the Reserve Bank of India.

In February 2018, the RBI had issued a framework on the resolution of stressed assets under which banks were

asked to initiate resolution or restructuring of loans worth Rs 2,000 crore or more even if there was a single day of

default. The RBI has now revised the circular and said that a lender should initiate a resolution plan before the

loan default.








The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directed banks to withdraw the charges levied on the National Electronic Funds

Transfer (NEFT) and Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) transactions with effect from July 1.

IDBI Bank Ltd. and Max Bupa, a standalone health insurer (SAHI), signed a Bancassurance corporate agency

agreement on June 1, 2019. It is the first time that IDBI Bank has been on-boarded as a corporate agent for a SAHI

partner under open architecture.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das launched “Complaint Management System (CMS)”, a

software application to facilitate RBI’s grievance redressal processes.

The Reserve Bank of India has advised all Scheduled Commercial Banks to adopt Education Loan Scheme, formulated by

Indian Banks Association. Salient features of the Scheme includes:

Loan upto Rs 10 lakh for study in India and upto Rs 20 lakh for studyabroad.

Collateral free loans upto Rs 7.5 Lakh under the Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for Education Loans (CGFSEL).

No Margin for loan up to Rs 7.50 Lakh.

Repayment period of 15 years

One Year Moratorium for repayment after completion of studies in allcases.

Moratorium taking into account spells of unemployment/under-employment, say two or three times during the life

cycle of theloan

Moratorium for the incubation period if the student wants to take up a start-up venture after graduation.

Business News ONGC, India’s top oil and gas producer, has toppled Indian Oil Corp (IOC) to regain crown of being the

country’s most profitable public sector company.

Air India Express, India’s first international budget airline created a unique record which is a dream for any airline in

the world. The airline recorded a perfect 100% load factor on its international flights into Indian destinations as all

seats on all of its flights into India were sold and not even a single seat was vacant.

India’s leading fashion company, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited began a new chapter in its growth story

with 100 per cent acquisition of ‘Jaypore’; an Indian online and offline retailer, that offers curated collections of

handmade, handwoven and handcrafted apparel, jewellery, home textiles and accents, based on craft forms, from

all over India.

According to global market research agency Kantar in its 2019’s ‘100 Top BrandZ Report’, US retail giant Amazon

has moved past hi-tech titans Apple and Google to become the world’s most valuable brand.

Indian IT major Infosys has been selected by Finnish postal service Posti as a strategic partner for the digital

transformation of its business and IT services.

According to a report released by brand analytics firm TRA Research, “Dell” has emerged as the most trusted brand

in India in 2019.

Blackstone (Asset management company) announced that private equity funds managed by it have acquired a 97.7

per cent stake in Aadhar Housing Finance Limited (Aadhar), including the entire stake held by the existing

controlling shareholders, Wadhawan Global Capital Limited (WGC) and Dewan Housing Finance Limited.

To review codes, Microsoft-owned GitHub has acquired a US-based start-up called Pull Panda that makes

collaboration tools for software teams at an undisclosed amount.

Online mutual fund investment platform FundzBazar announced the release of its new feature called ‘Selfiewala

KYC’ for first-time mutual fund investors.

IDBI Bank has entered a bancassurance corporate agency agreement with Tata AIG. This is to provide the general

insurer’s products to the bank’s two crore customers through its 1,850-plus branches.








Private sector lender IndusInd Bank and Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd (BFIL) said their merger will be effective from

July 4.

Indiabulls Housing Finance said that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved its proposed merger

with Lakshmi Vilas Bank.

Based on the feedback that the existing margin requirements in the derivatives segment is pushing up cost of

trading while not managing risk in the most efficient manner, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has

decided to review the current framework of margins in the futures and options segment.

The capital markets regulator has set up a working group, headed by NSE Clearing Ltd., to look into the issue and

submit its recommendations to the Secondary Market Advisory Committee.

Maruti Suzuki India said it has joined hands with Bank of Baroda to support dealer inventory financing and

customer auto loans. The company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bank of Baroda, under which

the bank will become a preferred financier.

Health insurance provider Max Bupa partners with fintech platform MobiKwik to promote bite sized group health

insurance products for MobiKwik’s 107 million customers across the country.

Economy News The country’s median GDP is forecast at 7.1 per cent for FY20 and 7.2 per cent for FY 21. The industry

body FICCI’s economic outlook survey said that the minimum and maximum growth estimate stood at 6.8 per cent

and 7.3 per cent, for 2019-20.

Fitch Ratings saw India’s growth for FY 2019-20 at 6.6 per cent and 7.1 per cent in 2021-22.

India is projected to overtake China as the world’s most populous country around 2027, according to a UN report,

‘The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights’. India lost its spot as the fastest growing major economy to China in the January-March quarter for the first time in

one-and-a-half years, government data showed. India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate slowed to 5.8%

in the quarter, compared to China’s 6.4%

Growth rates in low-income countries are expected to rise to 6 per cent in 2020 from 5.4 per cent this year, but

that is still not enough to substantially reduce poverty, according to the World Bank (WB)..

World Bank slashed its global growth forecast for 2019 to 2.6 per cent as opposed to 2.9 per cent announced in

January this year.

The World Bank retained its forecast of India’s growth rate at 7.5 per cent for the current financial year.

The Government of India said joblessness in the country was 6.1 per cent of total labour force during 2017-18, the

highest in 45 years.

DBS Bank has revised India’s GDP growth for fiscal year 2020 downwards to 6.8 per cent year-on-year (YoY) from 7

per cent projected earlier, citing headwinds for exports amidst challenging trade outlook.

L&T Finance, a subsidiary of L&T Finance Holdings, launched ‘Sabse Khaas Loan’ for two-wheeler customers.

Tata Mutual Fund has announced plans to introduce segregated portfolios (side pockets) in three schemes hit by

the DHFL debt crisis – Tata Corporate Bond Fund, Tata Medium Term Fund and Tata Treasury Advantage Fund.

The Reserve Bank of India lowered the economic growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7 per cent due to

slowdown in domestic activities and escalation in global trade war.

The Reserve Bank raised the retail inflation forecast marginally to 3-3.1 per cent for the first half of the current

fiscal, tracking uptick in food prices – mainly vegetables, albeit expectations of a normal monsoon this year.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in services sector grew 36.5 per cent to $9.15 billion in 2018-19, according to the

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).








American brokerage Goldman Sachs pegged the Indian GDP growth to accelerate to 7.2 per cent in 2019-20 on

lower oil prices, political stability and removal of infrastructure bottlenecks.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised economic growth forecasts for the US to 2.6 per cent this year

and 2 per cent in 2020.

Global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows declined by 13 per cent in 2018 to $1.3 trillion from $1.5 trillion in

2017, the UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2019 said.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India grew by 6 per cent to $42 billion last year, according to the UN Conference

on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

India’s largest and fastest growing consumer lending technology company, ZestMoney, announced a partnership

with Digit Insurance to offer EMI insurance to the company’s five million customers.

The Government of India has taken a historic decision to reduce the rate of contribution under the ESI Act from

6.5% to 4%.

Over 6,800 cases of bank fraud involving an unprecedented Rs 71,500 crore have been reported in 2018-19, the

Reserve Bank of India has said.

The Reserve Bank of India it will infuse Rs 15,000 crore into the financial system through bond purchases. It further

said there is an overall aggregate ceiling of Rs 15,000 crore for all the securities in the basket put together and

there is no security-wise notified amount.

The Reserve Bank relaxed the leverage ratio (LR) to 4% for Domestic Systemically Important Banks (DSIBs) and 3.5%

for other banks. This has been done to help them boost their lending activities.

The Reserve Bank of India has allowed Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) to buy financial assets from other

ARCs. The transactions must be settled in cash between the 2 enitities.

The GoI has reduced interest rates for small savings schemes by 10 basis points for the July-September quarter of

the 2019-20 financial year. Current Rates are

Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) – 7.6% and mature in 113 months

National Savings Certificate (NSC) – 7.9%

Public Provident Fund (PPF) – 7.9%

Sukanya Samriddhi Account – 8.4%

Senior Citizens Savings Scheme – 8.6%

Science & Technology In one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by India, the country is planning to launch its own space

station, Indian space agency ISRO chief K Sivan said. India is targeting 2030 as the date to launch a 20 tonne space

station, which will most likely be used to conduct microgravity experiments.

India is to launch Aditya-L1, its first mission to study the sun, in 2020, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman

K. Sivan informed.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s robot named Bumble became the first Astrobee robot to fly under

its own power in space. Astrobee is a free-flying robot system that will help researchers test new technologies in

zero gravity and perform routine work alongside astronauts aboard the International Space Station

Defence News India successfully test-fired Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) off Odisha coast. It was test-

fired from launch pad number-4 of Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island in Balasore district at 11.22

a.m.








The armies of India and Myanmar carried out a three-week-long coordinated operation from May 16 in their

respective border areas named ‘Operation Sunrise 2’. Indian Navy launched Operation Sankalp in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman to reassure Indian flagged vessels

safe transit through the area. INS Chennai and INS Sunayna have been deployed in the region to undertake

maritime security operations.

Sports News

Tournament Winner Runner Up

UEFA Champions League Title Liverpool Tottenham

Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International 4-Nations

title(Women)

India Ireland

Women’s French Open title 2019 Ashleigh Barty Marketa Vondrousova

2019 Canadian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton

Men’s French Open title 2019 Rafael Nadal Dominic Thiem

2019 Pacific International Snooker

Championship

Sourav Kothari

2019 Pacific International Billiards Championship Peter Gilchrist (New Zealand)

17th National Squash Title Joshna Chinappa

2019 Asian Continental Chess Championship Nihal Sarin

Sub-Junior Girls’ National Football Championship Jharkhand Best Arunachal Pradesh

Asian Snooker Championship Pankaj Advani

FIH (International Hockey Federation) Women’s

Series Finals Hiroshima 2019

India Beat Japan

Halle Open title Roger Federer

French Grand Prix 2019 Lewis Hamilton

Sports The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in its meeting in Singapore reasserted its decision to host the 2020 Asia Cup to

Pakistan, casting serious doubts on the participation of defending champions India.

Third seed Sidharth Rawat outplayed Rio Noguchi of Japan 7-5, 6-0 to clinch his maiden title in the $25,000 ITF

men’s Futures tennis tournament.

China was confirmed as the host of the AFC Asian Cup 2023 at the AFC Extraordinary Congress in Paris.

FIFA has appointed Qatar as the host of the FIFA Club World Cup in 2019 and 2020 to function as test events for the

next FIFA World Cup in 2022.

Sunil Chhetri became the most capped India player by surpassing Bhaichung Bhutia’s 107 international matches.

Rohit Sharma has become the fastest Indian to go past 2000-run mark against Australia in ODIs after he knocked 57

in the ongoing ICC Men’s World Cup match between the two sides at the Oval.

India’s hero during the 2011 World Cup, Yuvraj Singh, announced retirement from all forms of cricket after

spending 25 years in and around the 22 yards and almost 17 years of international experience.

Cancer-hit Malaysian badminton star Lee Chong Wei announced his retirement.

Virat Kohli, ranked 100th, remains the sole Indian in the Forbes list of world’s highest-paid athletes with estimated

annual earnings of $25 million.








India skipper Virat Kohli rose to the challenge against Pakistan and added another feather to his cap by becoming

the fastest player in the history of the game to cross the 11,000-run mark in ODIs.

Virat Kohli has become the fastest cricketer to score 20,000 international runs. The India captain reached the

milestone when he reached the score of 37 against West Indies at Old Trafford.

Afghanistan leg spinner Rashid Khan recorded the worst bowling figures in a ICC World Cup Match after conceding

110 runs in 9 overs against England.

The IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Council approved the global governing body’s new

name ‘World Athletics’ and logo at the 217th IAAF Council Meeting in Monaco.

World Archery appointed Abhinav Bindra as an independent person to sort out the ongoing mess in the Archery

Association of India (AAI).

Ashleigh Barty becomes world No.1 women tennis player after winning the Birmingham Classic by defeating Julia

Goerges by 6-3, 7-5.

The spanish footballer Fernando Torres who was a part of 2010 World Cup Winning Team of Spain has announced

his retirement from football.

Former England star Marcus Trescothick announced he would retire at the end of the season, bringing down the

curtain on a 27-season career with county side Somerset.

Italian cities Milan and Cortina will host the Olympic Winter Games 2026.

In Boxing, India’s junior women pugilists clinched seven medals, including five gold, while the team was adjudged

the best of the tournament in the Black Forest Cup in Villingen, Schwenningen, Germany.

Committee

Head of Committee Purpose

T N Manoharan Development of secondary market for corporate loans

V. G. Kannan Review the ATM interchange fee structure

M K Sharma The Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has constituted a seven-member core

group to prepare a roadmap for implementation of a five-year “vision document” as

directed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Bibek Debroy The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister set up a Beekeeping Development

Committee under the Chairmanship of Bibek Debroy to identify ways of advancing

beekeeping in India.

Ramesh Chand A working group has been constituted for the revision of current series of Wholesale

Price Index (base 2011-12) under the chairmanship of NITI Aayog Member Ramesh

Chand.

Rankings

Index India’s Rank Other Information

Global Gender Equality Index

2019

95 Top- Denmark

Bottom- Chad

Global Peace Index 2019 141 Top- Iceland

Bottom- Afghanistan








FIFA Rankings 101 Top- Belgium

India ranked 20th among the top capital importing countries: Knight Frank. Top – UK

India is now the forerunner in producing solar power at lowest cost globally and is far ahead of other nations in low

average production costs, a report by International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said. Beating countries like

China, which usually is the cheapest manufacturer of everything, India has also left behind the US, UK, Canada and

France among others.

Rankings (Persons,Cities,Organisations and Others)

Mumbai had the worst traffic congestion in 2018, an analysis of 403 cities across 56 countries on six continents in

‘Traffic Index-2018’, compiled by location technology specialist TomTom, has found. Mumbai was followed by

Colombia’s Bogota, Peru’s Lima and Delhi in traffic congestion.

Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Bombay, IIT Delhi and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore have found a

place among the top 200 in the prestigious Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings released

recently. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of USA has been ranked first in the list.

Mumbai is India’s most expensive city and among the top 20 costliest cities surveyed in Asia for expatriates, with

residential housing prices among the highest in the world, according to a survey by global consulting leader Mercer.

NSSO Survey - Nagaland has the highest unemployment rate among the states with the percentage of 21.4%. It is

followed by Goa (1 3.9%) and Manipur(1 1.6%)

Meghalaya has the lowest rate at 1.5%.

Loans from Banks

From To Amount Purpose

Asian

Development

Bank (ADB)

Chhattisgarh USD 350

million

Road project

Asian

Development

Bank

Tripura

World Bank Tamil Nadu $287 million Health System Reform Programme

World Bank Jharkhand $147 Million To provide basic urban services to the people of Jharkhand

and help improve the management capacity of the urban

local bodies (ULBs) in the State.

World Bank India $400 Million To help treat and eliminate Tuberculosis from the country.

World Bank Andhra

Pradesh

$328 million To improve healthcare services in Andhra Pradesh

Exim Bank supported line of credit of USD 150 million to Ghana and USD 95 million to Mozambique for agricultural

and railway projects.

The Government of India, Government of Kerala and World Bank signed a loan agreement of $250 million (Rs 1,725

crore) for the First Resilient Kerala Programme to enhance the state’s resilience against the impact of natural

disasters and climate change.








Deadlines/ Important Dates

The government has developed a National Strategic Plan with the goal of ending Tuberculosis (TB) by 2025. India

accounts for 27.4 lakh estimated new TB cases annually, which is the highest in terms of absolute numbers.

Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, announced that the flow of raw sewage into the Ganga river

will be fully halted by 2022.

Books

Book Author Other Info Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge Ashis Ray

Lessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly Auto-Biography of Anupam Kher

My Life, My Mission Auto-Biography of Baba Ramdev Co-authored by senior

journalist Uday Mahurkar

Data Sovereignty: The Pursuit of Supremacy Vinit Goenka

The New Delhi Conspiracy (Novel) Meenakshi Lekhi

A Prime Minister to Remember Sushil Kumar

Obituaries

Name Profession Other Info Carmine Caridi Actor He is best known for

portraying Carmine

Rosato in The Godfather:

Part II Movie.

Ruma Guha Thakurta Actor-singer

Brij Mohan Khaitan Veteran industrialist and Williamson Magor

Group (WMG) patriarch

Dinyar Contractor Veteran model, comedian, theatre and film

actor

Prakash Pant Finance Minister of Uttarakhand

Lennart Johansson Champions League football Architect

Jiggs Kalra Celebrated chef and culinary revivalist

Laldingliana Sailo Former Doordarshan and All India Radio News

Editor

Malcolm John Rebennack Jr/ Dr John Grammy award winning singer and

songwriter

E Gopinath Veteran journalist and Tamil Nadu Chief of

news agency ANI

Girish Karnad Veteran actor, playwright and director

Crazy Mohan Renowned Tamil writer, actor and comedy

giant

R V Janakiraman Former Puducherry Chief Minister

Sheetal Jain Megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s longtime








secretary and film producer

Pazhavila Ramesan Poet and lyricist

Rajnath Singh ‘Surya’ Former BJP Rajya Sabha MP and senior

journalist

Ahmed Essop Renowned author and educationist

Madan Lal Saini Politician

Mohan Ranade Freedom fighter from Goa

Vijaya Nirmala Tollywood actress and director

Shyam Sundar Mitra Former Bengal captain

Jharna Dhara Chowdhur Eminent Social Activist and Gandhian

Abburi Chaya Devi Telugu story writer

Babu Narayanan Malayalam director

Important Days

Day Date Theme Global Day of Parents June 1 Honor Your Parents!

Financial Literacy Week June 3-7 Farmers

World Milk Day June 1

World Bicycle Day June 3

World Environment Day June 5 “Air pollution”

International Day for the Fight

against Illegal, Unreported and

Unregulated Fishing

June 5

World Food Safety Day June 7 “Food Safety, everyone’s business”

World Oceans Day June 8 “Gender and Oceans”

World Day Against Child Labour June 12 ‘Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on

dreams!’ International Albinism

Awareness Day

June 13 “Still Standing Strong”

World Blood Donor Day June 14 ‘Safe Blood For All’ World Elder Abuse Awareness

Day

June 15 “Lifting Up Voices”

International Day of Family

Remittances (IDFR)

June 16

World Day to Combat

Desertification and Drought

June 17

World Refugee Day June 20 “Step With Refugees — Take A Step on World

Refugee Day.”

International Day of Yoga June 21 “Yoga for Heart”

World Music Day June 21








International Olympic Day June 23

United Nations Public Service

Day

June 23

Day of the Seafarer June25

International Day against Drug

Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

June 26

Micro, Small and Medium sized

Enterprises Day

June 27

Statistics Day June 29 “Sustainable Development Goals”

International Day of the Tropics June 29








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