Dear aspirants, to crack any type of competitive examination current affairs plays a significant role and for that we are providing daily important news that are most important for your examination. So we are here for you to provide the important Recent and Latest Current Affairs 21 June 2020.
Current Affairs 21 June 2020 includes all newspapers such as The Hindu, The Economic Times, Business Standard, Times of India, PTI, Indian Express, and all Government official websites.
1. Ministry of Tourism organises week long celebrations for International Day of Yoga
- Ministry of Tourism’s week-long celebrations of International Day of Yoga began on 15th June.
- Yoga Celebration with a series of activities undertaken and launch of social media activities focussed on the subject of Yoga under the theme “Yoga @ home & Yoga with family”.
- It is an attempt to represent India’s rich heritage of Yoga.
2. Urjit Patel, former RBI governor, appointed chairman of NIPFP
- Urjit Patel resigned from his post in Dec 2018.
- He has been appointed as the chairman of the New Delhi Based economic think tank National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) for a period of four years.
- He replaces Dr Vijay Laxman Kelkar.
3. JSW Cement ropes in Sourav Ganguly and Sunil Chhetri as brand ambassadors
- Cement brand, JSW Cement has roped in former cricketer and current president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Sourav Ganguly.
- Also has roped captain of the Indian national football team and Bengaluru FC, Sunil Chhetri as brand ambassadors.
- JSW Cement Ltd is part of the JSW Group Indian conglomerate.
4. Shri Pralhad Joshi launches R&D Portal for Atma-Nirbhar Bharat in Mining Advancement
- Union Minister for Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs is Shri Pralhad Joshi.
- He has launched SATYABHAMA (Science and Technology Yojana for Atma-Nirbhar Bharat in Mining Advancement) Portal for Science and Technology Programme Scheme of Ministry of Mines.
- The constituency of Pralhad Joshi : Dharwad, Karnataka.
5. SIDBI engaged as implementation agency to give special micro-credit facility to street vendors
- An MoU was signed between Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
- They signed MoU to engage SIDBI as the Implementation Agency for PM Street Vendor’s Atma Nirbhar Nidhi, a Special Micro-Credit Facility for Street Vendors.
- SIDBI to implement the scheme under the guidance of MoHUA.
6. IIT Mandi team develops infusion technology for herbs in mid-Himalayan region to help farmers
- Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),Mandi have developed a herbal infusion technology as a sustainable means of income for local marginal farmers in the mid-Himalayan region.
- The team analysed various herbs to develop value-added products.
- The products to have herbal infusions for health benefits.
7. ARIES to organize live telecast of upcoming solar eclipse on social media
- An annular solar eclipse will be observed on June 21 from northern parts of India.
- Aryabhata Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science & Technology has organised a special lecture.
- The lecture is on “The Science of Solar Eclipses”.
8. UP becomes top state in country to provide employment to workers under MGNREGA
- Uttar Pradesh has become the top state in the country to provide employment to the workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA).
- Uttar Pradesh provided employment to more than 57 lakh workers under MGNREGA.
- Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh : Yogi Adityanath.
9. Sports Ministry to establish 1000 district-level Khelo India centres to engage past champions in training
- These centers will either be run by a past champion or have them as coaches.
- The move is to tap into the expertise of past sporting champions for grassroot-level training of athletes and also to ensure a sustained source of income for them in the sports ecosystem.
- Union Sports Minister : Kiren Rijiju.
10. Veteran economist B.P.R. Vithal passes away at 93
- B.P.R. Vithal, former IAS officer passed away.
- He was Secretary, Finance and Planning, Government of Andhra Pradesh, from 1972 to 1982.
- Also he had a brief stint at the International Monetary Fund as a fiscal adviser to the governments of Sudan and Malawi.
- He was Chairman, Expenditure Commission, Govt of Kerala.
11. Veteran journalist Dinu Ranadive passes away
- Veteran journalist and freedom fighter Dinu Ranadive passed away at 95.
- Ranadive was widely respective throughout his career and even after for his investigative journalism, relentless coverage of social movements, and activism for the downtrodden.
- He started his career in Samyukta Maharashtra Patrika in 1950s.
So, these are all the latest important Current Affairs 21 June 2020.
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