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June 6 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

IMPORTANT DAYS

1. World Pest Day is observed on which date?
   A) June 3
   B) June 2
   C) June 6
   D) June 5
   E) June 1
   Answer: C) June 6

• World Pest Day, also called World Pest Awareness Day, is celebrated on June 6 every year.
• The day is dedicated to spread awareness of pest management and its benefits to preserve quality of life for people and plants around us.

UN Russian Language Day:

• UN Russian Language Day is observed annually on June 6.
• The event was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2010.
• UN Russian Language Day coincides with the birthday of Alexander Pushkin, a Russian poet who is considered the father of modern Russian language.
• The initiative of the UN Language Days was launched in February 2010 in order to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity and to promote equal use of all six of the UN’s official working languages throughout the organization.

RANKING

2. What is the rank of India on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
   A) 112
   B) 113
   C) 114
   D) 115
   E) 117
   Answer: E) 117

• India’s rank has slipped by two places from last year to 117 on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted as a part of the 2030 agenda by 193 United Nations member states in 2015.
• India ranks below four South Asian countries — Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, it said.

APPOINTMENTS

3. Patrick Amoth has been appointed as Chairperson of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board. He was related to which country?
   A) Kenya
   B) Mauritius
   C) Australia
   D) New Zealand
   E) USA
   Answer: A) Kenya

• Patrick Amoth, the acting Director-General in the Ministry of Health, has been appointed as Chairperson of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board.
• His predecessor, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, made the announcement during 149th session of the WHO Executive board.
• The Executive Board consists of 34 members.

Patrick Amoth – Chairperson of WHO Executive Board.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

4. Which Minister approved the release of the Perforance Grading Index or PGI 2019-20?
   A) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
   B) Amit Shah
   C) Nirmala Sitharaman
   D) Narendra Modi
   E) Harsh Vardhan
   Answer: A) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

• Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank approved the release of the Perforance Grading Index or PGI 2019-20.
• The index grades States and Union Territories on a set of 70 parameters to assess and catlyse transformational change in the field of education.
• 5 states and union territories namely Punjab, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Kerala occupy the highest grade (Grade A++) for 2019-20.

5. GST collected in May 2021 is over how much amount?
   A) Rs 1.05 lakh Cr
   B) Rs 1.04 lakh Cr
   C) Rs 1.03 lakh Cr
   D) Rs 1.02 lakh Cr
   E) Rs 1.01 lakh Cr
   Answer: D) Rs 1.02 lakh Cr

• The gross Goods and Services Tax, GST revenue collected in the month of May this year is over one lakh two thousand crore rupees.
• Of which, CGST is 17 thousand 592 crore rupees, SGST is 22 thousand 653 crore rupees, IGST is 53 thousand 199 crore and Cess is nine 265 crore rupees.
• The Finance Ministry said, this would be eighth month in a row that GST revenues have crossed one lakh crore rupees mark.

6. Which state has launched Chief Minister Anuprati Coaching Scheme to help underprivileged students prepare for entrance examinations to civil services and professional courses?
   A) Chhattisgarh
   B) Rajasthan
   C) Assam
   D) Madhya Pradesh
   E) Tripura
   Answer: B) Rajasthan

• Rajasthan has launched Chief Minister Anuprati Coaching Scheme to help underprivileged students prepare for entrance examinations to civil services and professional courses, with an aim to give them equal opportunity.
• Students belonging to scheduled caste, scheduled tribe, other backward classes (OBC), extremely backward castes, minority and economically weaker sections with annual family income less than ₹8 lakhs per annum will be able to avail the scheme run by the tribal area development, minority affairs, and social justice and empowerment departments.
• Underprivileged students who will prepare for entrance examinations in coaching institutes located outside their home cities will be given ₹40,000 annually for accommodation and food.
• The social justice and empowerment department will be the nodal agency for the scheme.

Punjab CM launches revamped Mission Tandarust:

• Exhorting the people to make Punjab clean, green and pollution-free under the revamped Mission Tandarust, chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday emphasised the need to develop synergy among all line departments to achieve the desired goals for safer and cleaner environment.
• The chief minister, who virtually launched the statewide mission on World Environment Day with a slew of development projects worth ₹115 crore, introduced 10 sub-missions spearheaded by separate departments.
• These sub-missions are Safe Food, Clean Water, Green Punjab, Road Safety, Nutrition, Waste Management, Khedo Punjab, Healthy Soil, Clean Air and Preventive Health.

7. Who inaugurates the newly upgraded website of IITTM in 108 national & International languages?
   A) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
   B) Amit Shah
   C) Shri Prahlad Singh Patel
   D) Narendra Modi
   E) Harsh Vardhan
   Answer: C) Shri Prahlad Singh Patel

• Union Minister of State for Culture & Tourism (Independent Charge) Shri Prahlad Singh Patel virtually addressed the Indian Institute of Tourism & Travel Management, Gwalior’s event organised on the occasion of World Environment Day.
• On this occasion, Shri Patel virtually inaugurated the newly upgraded website of IITTM in 108 national & International languages, Incredible India Tourist Facilitator Certification (IITFC) communication seminar, Aqua based Adventure Tourism ATLAS and also Planted Saplings.

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