Daily Current Affairs June 11

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June 11| Daily Current Affairs 2022

Sports – Daily Current Affairs June 11

1. IOA received Sports Ministry’s nod to host Asian Beach Games in which year?
A) 2025
B) 2026
C) 2024
D) 2028
E) 2030
Answer: C) 2024

• The Sports Ministry said it supports ”in principle” the Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) willingness to host the Asian Beach Games in the country in 2024.
• The Asian Beach Games, often seen as the second-largest multi-sporting event in Asia, after the Asian Games, is held every two years featuring athletes from all over the continent.
• The last edition of the Asian Beach Games, which was supposed to be hosted in the Chinese city of Sanya, was postponed twice in 2020 and 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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2. Jakhar Shines related to which sports game?
A) Shooting
B) Cricket
C) Football
D) Badminton
E) Tennis
Answer: A) Shooting

• Rahul Jakhar took the individual gold in P5-mixed 10m air pistol standard SH1 finals and helped the country win the team gold at the Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Chateauroux, France.
• Jakhar, who finished fifth in mixed 25m pistol final at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, defeated fellow Indian shooter Rubina Francis for the gold medal with a score of 367-6x in the final four series.
• He maintained 90+ score in the first three series as Francis settled with 355-7x. France’s Eden Gaelle claimed the bronze with the same score of 355, but with 4x.
• The 35-year-old Jakhar had won the men’s 10m air pistol gold with a world record effort in Croatia 2019 World Cup.

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3. Which Indian grandmaster won title in Norway chess open?

A) Dibyendu Barua
B) Vishwanath Anand
C) R Praggnanandhaa
D) Rahul Srivatshav P
E) Carlsen
Answer: R Praggnanandhaa

• Young Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa emerged winner in the Norway Chess Group A open chess tournament here with 7.5 points from nine rounds.
• The 16-year old GM, the top-seed, was in fine form and remained unbeaten through the nine rounds.
• He finished the tournament with a win over fellow Indian V Praneeth, an International Master.
• Praggnanandhaa (Elo 2642) finished a full point ahead of second-placed IM Marsel Efroimski (Israel) and IM Jung Min Seo (Sweden).

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4. Who has been become India’s 74th Grandmaster?
A) Dibyendu Barua
B) Vishwanath Anand
C) R Praggnanandhaa
D) Rahul Srivatshav P
E) Carlsen
Answer: D) Rahul Srivatshav P

• Rahul Srivatshav P of Telangana had become India’s 74th Grandmaster, achieving the title after breaking the 2500 (Elo points) barrier in live FIDE ratings during the 9th Cattolica Chess Festival 2022 in Italy.
• The 19-year old player reached the 2500 Elo live rating mark after drawing his 8th round game against Grandmaster Levan Pantsulaia in the Cattolica event.
• His current Elo rating is 2468.

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Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs June 11

5. Which of the following small financial bank received observation letters from stock exchanges for merger scheme?
A) AU Small Finance Bank
B) Equitas Small Finance Bank
C) Fincare Small Finance Bank
D) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
E) Jana Small Finance Bank
Answer: B) Equitas Small Finance Bank

• Equitas Small Finance Bank has received observation letters from the stock exchanges for the amalgamation of Equitas Holdings with the bank.
• “With reference to our earlier intimations dated March 21, 2022 and May 6, 2022 on the Scheme of Amalgamation between Equitas Holdings Limited, Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited and their respective shareholders, we hereby inform that we have received the observation letters from the stock exchanges”.
• Both BSE and NSE have given no objection to the proposed scheme.
• The observation letters of the stock exchanges, BSE and NSE, will be valid for six months from the date of the letter, within which the amalgamation scheme shall be submitted to the NCLT.

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Appointments – Daily Current Affairs June 11

6. Who has been appointed as the GRSE chairman-cum-managing director?
A) P R Hari
B) SathisPai
C) Manoj Jain
D) N J Ojha
E) NalinSinghal
Answer: A) P R Hari

• Commodore P R Hari (retd) took over as the chairman and managing director of Defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd, an officially. Hari has been in charge of production planning of all new construction ships built at the shipyard since 2016 and became director (personnel) of the warship builder in October 2019, heading human resources, corporate planning and technical functions of GRSE, the official said in a statement.
• Hari, who has a vast experience of over 32 years in warship operations, maintenance, design and shipbuilding, took charge of the Kolkata-based GRSE as its CMD.
• He served for over 28 years in the Indian Navy where he has served in senior appointments onboard warships and naval repair organisations, the GRSE official said.

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7. Who has been appointed as the MGNERGS ombudsman?
A) P R Hari
B) SathisPai
C) Manoj Jain
D) N J Ojha
E) NalinSinghal
Answer: D) N J Ojha

• Vadodara: MS University’s former in-charge registrar and university engineer N J Ojha has been appointed as ombudsman for a period of two years under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNERGS), which is operational in all the eight talukas of Vadodara district.
• Based on recommendation of the ombudsman state selection committee, the state government approved Ojha’s appointment for Vadodara district, Sajjansinh Amarsinh Padwal’s appointment for neighbouring Panchmahal district, as well as Dr Ranjitsinh Nayak and Bhargav Trivedi for Dahod and Chhota Udepur districts of Central Gujarat.
• An ombudsman has the power to receive complaints from MGNREGA workers, consider such complaints, pass awards within 30 days from the date of receipt of complaint and issue direction for conducting spot investigation and also initiate proceedings ‘suo motu’ if there are any grievance including on issues related to delayed payment of wages or non-payment of unemployment allowance.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs June 11

8. Which Indian technology company had collaborated with ISRO to boost 3D mapping?
A) Wipro Limited
B) Infosys
C) Redington India Ltd
D) MapmyIndia
E) HCL Technologies
Answer: D) MapmyIndia

• Homegrown navigation firm MapmyIndia said it had collaborated with India’s space agency ISRO which will enhance the quality of its 3D maps.
• The company is developing new maps as part of its foray into the metaverse.
• MapmyIndia Executive Director and CEO Rohan Verma said the collaboration with ISRO is showing the way for an end-to-end, indigenous, atmanirbhar (self-reliant), Public Private Partnership which is bringing the benefits of geospatial mapping, satellite data, earth observation, analytics and consumer-centric location based services all together.
• The company makes mapping solutions for automotive and mobility, consumer and enterprise segments.
• MapmyIndia is flying and driving to create fully three dimensional high definition and 360 degree data will create innumerable applications and benefits for citizens’.

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International Affairs – Daily Current Affairs June 11

9. UNGA adopts resolution on multilingualism, mentionedfor which language the first time?
A) Hindi Language
B) Bengali Language
C) Japanese Language
D) Chinese Language
E) English Language
Answer: A) Hindi Language

• In a significant initiative, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) had adopted an India-sponsored resolution on multilingualism that mentions the Hindi language for the first time.
• The resolution passed encourages the UN to continue disseminating important communications and messages in official as well as in non-official languages, including in Hindi language.
• India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador TS Tirumurti.

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10. India extend USD 55 million credit line for fertiliser imports for which country?
A) Bangladesh
B) Nepal
C) Sri Lanka
D) Seychelles
E) Myanmar
Answer:C) Sri Lanka

• The Indian government had decided to extend a Line of Credit (LoC) of USD 55 million to Sri Lanka for the procurement of Urea Fertiliser.
• This credit line was extended in response to an urgent request from the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL), amid the ongoing economic crisis.
• In this context, a LOC agreement was signed between GOSL and the Export-Import Bank of India (June 10, 2022) at Colombo, in the presence of the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera, and the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay. 
• Senior officials from the Sri Lankan and Indian side were also present during the signing ceremony,” the Indian High Commission said in a statement.
• This credit line will help Sri Lankan government secure urea fertilizer for the ongoing paddy sowing ‘Yala’ season.
• In view of the critical requirement, the Sri Lankan government and EXIM Bank have agreed to complete all procurement procedures expeditiously so that urea supplies can reach Sri Lanka in a short span of time.
• The support from India ranges from economic assistance of close to USD 3.5 billion to helping secure Sri Lanka’s food, health, and energy security by supplying essential items like food, medicines, fuel, kerosene etc.

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11. India and which country commercially tiedwith bilateral trade exceeds USD 10 billion?
A) Bangladesh
B) Nepal
C) Sri Lanka
D) Turkey
E) Myanmar
Answer:D) Turkey

• India and Turkey held a comprehensive review of bilateral relations and noted that commercial ties were on an upward trajectory with bilateral trade exceeding USD 10 billion in 2021-2022.
• The Eleventh Session of India-Turkey Foreign Office Consultations (FOCs) was held in Ankara where both the countries agreed to hold the next round of the consultations in the former country on mutually convenient dates next year.
• Minister of External Affairs Secretary (West), Sanjay Verma, led the Indian delegation for the FOC. During the consultations, both the countries exchanged their views on bilateral, multilateral and global issues including Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs June 11

12. Government targeted to enhance coal production to 140 MT by which year?
A) 2025-30
B) 2022-30
C) 2024-30
D) 2029-30
E) 2028-30
Answer: D) 2029-30

• The Ministry of Coal released an action plan for 2022-23 and said under the Coking Coal Mission the government has set a target to enhance the annual coking coal production from 45 million tonnes (MT) in 2020-21 to 140 MT by 2029-30.
• The Ministry of Coal said it has finalised an Action Plan Document for the year 2022-23 which broadly focuses on 15 crucial areas.
• The Action Plan covers the entire gamut of areas for steering the coal sector into new technologies while focussing on the core competence of increasing production targets.
• Coking Coal Mission had been launched by the Ministry for enhancement of coking coal production from 45 Million Ton in 2020-21 to 140 MT by 2029-30 which includes 105 MT from Coal India Limited.

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13. Which Union Minister Participated in World Of Work Summit In Geneva?
A) Ministry of Finance
B) Ministry of Home Affairs
C) Ministry of External Affairs
D) Ministry of Environmental and Climate Change
E) Ministry of Labour and Employment
Answer: E) Ministry of Labour and Employment

• Union Minister For Labour & Employment Shri Bhupender Yadav participated in High Level Panel discussion in Geneva, organized by ILO under the World of Work summit on the sidelines of ILC meeting.
• The theme of the discussion was “Tackling multiple global crises: promoting human centered recovery and resilience”.
• The discussion mainly focussed on multiple challenges that the world of work is facing such as worsening inequalities, demographic realities, unequal technological progress, informality, climate change and what action should be taken by the countries and the international communities to tackle these challenges so as to achieve the goal of human centred, resilient and sustainable recovery.

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14. Axis Energy had commissioned 445-MW solar plant in which state government?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Kerala
D) Tamil Nadu
E) Odisha
Answer: B) Rajasthan

• Axis Energy Ventures India said it had commissioned a 445 MW solar plant in partnership with Brookfield Renewables in Rajasthan.
• In a statement, Axis Energy Ventures India Private Limited said the project is part of the joint venture platform ‘ABC Renewables‘-signed with Brookfield Renewables-to set up a 5 gigawatt (GW) large utility renewable energy portfolio in India.
• ”Under ABC Renewables platform, Axis Energy and Brookfield Renewable (have) commissioned 445 MW solar project in a record time of 6 months in Jodhpur, Rajasthan”.
• The project is expected to avoid 6 lakh tonnes of CO2 emissions per year or the equivalent of planting 24 million trees while generating 800 GWh (gigawatt hour) of clean energy annually.

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15. Union minister Sitharaman inauguratedthe National Museum of Customs and GST in which state/union teriority?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Goa
C) Kerala
D) Delhi
E) Odisha
Answer: B) Goa

• Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had dedicated to the nation ‘Dharohar’, the National Museum of Customs and GST here as part of the Centre’s ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Iconic Week’ celebrations.
• As per a release of the Press Information Bureau, ‘Dharohar’ is housed in Panaji’s famous Blue Building on the banks of the Mandovi River.
• The two storey building, which was earlier known as Alfandega during Portuguese rule, is 400 years old, it added.
• Notable among its displays are the handwritten manuscript of Ain-i-Akbari, replica of Amin pillars, seized metal and stone artefacts, ivory items and wildlife items”.

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