Daily Current Affairs June 21

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June 21| Daily Current Affairs 2022

Important Days – Daily Current Affairs June 21

1. ______ International Day of Yoga is being celebrated across the world?
A) 7th
B) 5th
C) 9th
D) 8th
E) 6th
Answer: D) 8th

• International Yoga Day is celebrated on June 21.
• The 21st of June was proclaimed as the International Day of Yoga by the United Nations in 2014 with a record endorsement by 175 member states.

Theme:

• ‘Yoga for Humanity’.

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Sports – Daily Current Affairs June 21

2. Women’s Hockey WC Hockey India named how many members squad Indian Women’s team?
A) 19
B) 20
C) 15
D) 12
E) 18
Answer: B) 20

• Hockey India named the 18-member Indian women’s team for the most-awaited FIH Women’s Hockey World Cup to be held in Netherlands and Spain starting from July 1 to July 17, 2022.
• India grouped in Pool B along with England, New Zealand and China will begin their campaign on July 3 against nemesis England, to whom they lost the Bronze Medal in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
• The Indian team will be captained by ace goalkeeper Savita and vice captained by Deep Grace Ekka.
• The 20-member squad includes goalkeepers Savita and Bichu Devi Kharibam.

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Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs June 21

3. HDFC Bank will add how many branches every year?
A) 1500-2000
B) 1600-2000
C) 1000-1500
D) 2000-2500
E) 1000-2000
Answer: A) 1500-2000

• HDFC Bank proposes to double its network of branches in the next three to five years by adding 1,500 to 2,000 branches annually, which would akin to adding a new HDFC Bank every five years.
• Currently it has over 6,000 branches across India.

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4. RBI extended deadline for implementing how many specific credit-card related provisions by 3 months?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 9
D) 2
E) 3
Answer: E) 3

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the timeline for implementation of three specific credit-card related provisions, contined in its “Credit and Debit Card – Issuance and Conduct” Directions, by three months.
• The three provisions, which will now kick in from October 1, 2022, include one that requires card-issuers to seek One Time Password (OTP) based consent from the cardholder for activating a credit card, if the same has not been activated by the customer for more than 30 days from the date of issuance.
• The other two provisions relate to — card-issuers having to ensure that the credit limit as sanctioned and advised to the cardholder is not breached at any point in time without seeking explicit consent from the cardholder; and no capitalisation of unpaid charges/ levies/ taxes for charging/ compounding of interest.

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Business and Economy – Daily Current Affairs June 21

5. Sebi imposed Rs 1.62-crore fine on how many entities for fraudulent trading?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 9
D) 2
E) 3
Answer: C) 9

• Capital markets regulator Sebi imposed a fine of Rs 1.62 crore on nine entities for manipulating shares of Sterling Green Woods Ltd.
• In its order, the regulator levied a fine of Rs 18 lakh each on entities — Radhe Krishna Broking, Harshad Panchal, Hemang Shah, Umesh Patel, Abhishek Soni, Sonal Patel, Dhaval Soni, Anurag Agarwal and Paksh Developers Pvt Ltd.

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6. Home Minister said India is first in global digital transactions and accounts for how many percent of total global digital payments in 2021?
A) 50
B) 40
C) 60
D) 80
E) 25
Answer: B) 40

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that transactions through Unified Payment Interface (UPI) have crossed one trillion US dollar mark in financial year 2022 and today India is first in global digital transactions.
• India accounted for 40 percent of the total global digital payments in 2021 and BHIM-UPI are no longer just an Indian app but have become global.

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Appointments – Daily Current Affairs June 21

7. Draupadi Murmu, NDA’s candidate for presidential elections,She is former governor of which of the following state?
A) Delhi
B) Bihar
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Jharkhand
E) Assam
Answer: D) Jharkhand

• Droupadi Murmu, was declared BJP-led NDA’s presidential candidate.
• She is a former Governor of Jharkhand and a former Odisha minister.
• She will be 1st tribal President and second women president.
• On the other hand, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh announced that former Minister of Finance and External Affairs Yashwant Sinha will be the common candidate of the Opposition parties for the Presidential election.

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8. Who among the following appointed as India’s Permanent Representative to United Nations?
A) Ruchira Kamboj
B) TS Tirumurti
C) Droupadi Murmu
D) Yashwant Sinha
E) Francia Marquez
Answer: A) Ruchira Kamboj

• India’s envoy to Bhutan Ruchira Kamboj, a 1987-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer appointed as India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.
• Kamboj will succeed TS Tirumurti as the Indian ambassador to the UN.

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9. Who among the following elected as Colombia’s first Black vice president?
A) Ruchira Kamboj
B) TS Tirumurti
C) Droupadi Murmu
D) Yashwant Sinha
E) Francia Marquez
Answer: E) Francia Marquez

• As Colombia’s voters put aside a longtime antipathy to leftists and chose one as their new president, they also carved out another milestone — electing Francia Marquez as the country’s first Black vice president.
• When former leftist rebel Gustavo Petro takes office as president on August 7, a key player in his administration will be Francia Marquez, his running mate in runoff election.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs June 21

10. Udhampur got India’s ___ Seismic Station?
A) 155th
B) 151st
C) 153rd
D) 152nd
E) 150th
Answer: C) 153rd

• Udhampur has emerged on the world seismological map with the installation of latest upgraded Seismological Observatory by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India.
• During last 8 years under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has installed more than 70 such observatories across the country, compared to just 80 installed over 6 decades before.

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Defence – Daily Current Affairs June 21

11. New Advanced Light Helicopter Squadron 840 CG is ___ such aircraft to be positioned by the defence force in the eastern region?
A) 3rd
B) 1st
C) 5th
D) 2nd
E) 4th
Answer: B) 1st

• In the Indian Coast Guard, a new air squadron was created in Chennai by the name 840 Squadron, initially with an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mark-III aircraft.
• The aircraft was received with the traditional water cannon salute, in presence of Inspector General AP Badola, Commander of the eastern Coast Guard Region.
• This is the first such aircraft to be positioned by the defence force in the eastern region.
• Three more ALH aircraft will be added in the inventory of the new Squadron shortly, says the Coast Guard.
• The aircraft are having Beyond the Visual Range detection, using modern radars.
• It is equipped for target neutralisation operations, using its mounted Heavy Machine Gun.
• The ALH is an indigenous aircraft designed and developed by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, in line with the government’s push towards ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’.

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International Affairs – Daily Current Affairs June 21

12. Bharat Gaurav train connecting India and which of the following country flagged off?
A) Pakistan
B) Bhutan
C) China
D) Nepal
E) Bangladesh
Answer: D) Nepal

• Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and DoNER G Kishan Reddy, along with Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, flagged off the train from Delhi’s Safdarjung railway station.
• The Bharat Gaurav tourist train is starting its first Shri Ramayana Yatra for 18 days.
• The first trip of the train operating on the Ramayana Circuit will also cover the religious destination of Janakpur (in Nepal) for the first time, in addition to other popular destinations such as Ayodhya, Nandigram, Sitamarhi, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Chitrakoot, Panchvati (Nasik), Hampi, Rameshwaram and Bhadrachalam.

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13. PM Narendra Modi to attend the 14th BRICS Summit hosted by which of the following country?
A) Pakistan
B) Bhutan
C) China
D) Nepal
E) Bangladesh
Answer: C) China

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 14th BRICS Summit hosted by China on 23rd and 24th of this month.
• The Summit will be held in virtual format under the theme of Foster High-quality BRICS Partnership, Usher in a New Era for Global Development.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs June 21

14. ‘Dilli Bazaar’ e-portal to be launched in December in which of the followingstate government?
A) Delhi
B) Bihar
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Odisha
E) Assam
Answer: A) Delhi

• Delhi government’s ambitious ”Dilli Bazaar” e-portal that will enable shoppers across the globe to have a virtual tour of the city’s key markets and shop on the lines of other e-commerce platforms, will go live in December with 10,000 vendors.
• The government will bring over one lakh shops of Delhi to the e-portal within six months of launch and give them a 24×7 digital storefront.
• With zero setup cost, products on Dilli Bazaar will be significantly cheaper than those on other e-commerce portals.
• ‘Dilli Bazaar’ will be launched with store fronts of 10,000 shops in Delhi.
• The Delhi government will connect one lakh sellers to the portal in the first phase.

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15. Which of the following state became the 36th State to implement One Nation One Ration Card scheme?
A) Delhi
B) Bihar
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Odisha
E) Assam
Answer: E) Assam

• Assam has become the 36th State to implement One Nation One Ration Card scheme.
• With this, One Nation One Ration Card scheme is successfully implemented in all the 36 states and Union Territories making food security portable throughout the country.
• Since its inception in August 2019, about 71 crore portable transactions have taken place under this scheme, delivering foodgrains equivalent to 40 thousand crore rupees as a food subsidy.
• To make this scheme more seamless and swift, MERA RATION mobile application was rolled out.
• This mobile app is providing a host of useful real time information to the beneficiaries and is available in 13 languages.

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