Weekly Current Affairs (1st to 7th June 2019) PDF Download
Current Affairs: Important Days
| Date | Important days | Theme |
| June 1 | World Milk Day | “Drink Milk: Today & Everyday” |
| June 1 | Global Day of Parents | “Honor Your Parents!” |
| June 3 | World Bicycle Day | – |
| June 4 | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression | – |
| June 5 | World Environment Day | Beat Air Pollution |
| June 7 | World Food Safety Day | “Food Safety, everyone’s business!” |
| June 3 – 7 | Financial Literacy Week | “Farmers” |
Current Affairs: National
1. Government has extended the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sammaan Yojana to all farmers
2. India’s unemployment rate stood at 6.1% in FY18
3. AYUSH Ministry launched Yoga locator app to locate yoga centres and instructors
4. Elephanta festival of art and culture begins in Mumbai
5. LIC has revised the rule to increase maternity leave to 15 months
6. PM Modi forms two Cabinet panels under his chairmanship to boost growth, jobs
7. Culture Minister Prahalad Singh Patel will inaugurate the exhibition titled Unknown Masterpieces of Himachal Folk Art in New Delhi
Current Affairs: International
1. Puerto Williams in Chile becomes world’s southernmost city
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| Chile Capital | Santiago |
| Chile Currency | Chilean peso |
| Chile President | Sebastián Piñera |
Current Affairs: State
1. Tripura to host 10th National Science Film Festival of India in 2020
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| Tripura Capital | Agartala |
| Tripura Chief Minister | Biplab Kumar Deb |
| Tripura Governor | Kaptan Singh Solanki |
2. Telangana celebrates state formation dayon June 2
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| Telangana Capital | Hyderabad |
| Telangana Chief Minister | Chandrasekhar Rao |
| Telangana Governor | ESL Narashiman |
3. Assam government hikes parental income limit under fee waiver scheme
4. Assam government to provide subsidy of Rs 1.7 lakh for admission in North East Skill Centre
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| Assam Capital | Dispur |
| Assam Chief Minister | Sarbananda Sonowal |
| Assam Governor | Jagdish Mukhi |
5. Rajasthan government increases financial aid given to girls under ‘Aapki Beti’ scheme
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| Rajasthan Capital | Jaipur |
| Rajasthan Chief Minister | Ashok Gehlot |
| Rajasthan Governor | Kalyan Singh |
6. Telangana Government issues guidelines to enhance ‘Rythu Bandhu’ amount from Rs. 4,000 to Rs. 5,000 per acre per season
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| Telangana Capital | Hyderabad |
| Telangana Chief Minister | Chandrasekhar Rao |
| Telangana Governor | ESL Narashiman |
7. The Punjab and Haryana High Court declares all animals in Haryana to be ‘legal persons’
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| Haryana Capital | Chandigarh |
| Haryana Chief Minister | Manoharlal Kathar |
| Haryana Governor | Satyadev Narayan Arya |
8. Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has passed a resolution to increase reservation quota for OBCs to 27 %
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| Madhya Pradesh Capital | Bhopal |
| Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister | Kamal Nath |
| Madhya Pradesh Governor | Anandiben patel |
9. Gujarat has launched India’s first trading programme to combat particulate air pollution
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| Gujarat Capital | Gandhinagar |
| Gujarat Chief Minister | Vijay Rupani |
| Gujarat Governor | Om Prakash Kohli |
10. Delhi Metro becomes India’s first project to receive power from waste-to-energy
Current Affairs: Banking and Finance
1. Government has decided to issue Sovereign Gold Bonds for 2019-20 starting from June 2019 to September 2019
2. RBI extends relaxed norms for NBFC loan securitisation till December 31
3. RBI enters top-10 list of gold holders with 52.3-tonne purchase in FY19
4. Second Bi-Monthly monetary policy:
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| RBI Headquarters | Mumbai |
| RBI Governor | Shaktikant Das |
| RBI Deputy Governor | BP Kanungo, N S Vishwanathan, Viral Acharya and Mahesh Kumar Jain |
| Repo Rate | 5.75% |
| Reverse Repo Rate | 5.50% |
| MSF Rate | 6.00% |
| Bank Rate | 6.00% |
| CRR | 4% |
| SLR | 19.00% |
5. Nilekani panel suggests 24×7 RTGS, NEFT, elimination of all charges
6. World Bank retains India’s growth rate forecast for FY19-20 at 7.5%
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| World Bank Headquarters | Washington, D.C., United States |
| World Bank President | David Malpass |
7. Tamil Nadu Health System reform programme gets $287 mn loan from World Bank
8. IRDAI hikes third party insurance on small, medium cars by 12-12.5%
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| IRDAI Chairperson | Subhash Chandra Khuntia |
| IRDAI Headquarters | Hyderabad |
Current Affairs: Business
1. ONGC overtakes IOC as most profitable PSU after profits jump by 34% in FY19
2. Dell has emerged as the most trusted brand in India in 2019
3. Razorpay has launched digital payment support for 100 currencies
Current Affairs: Appointments
| Namrata Menonas | Brand ambassador to promote yoga in Goa |
| Satish Chandra Verma | New Advocate General of Chhattisgarh |
| MN Sarma | Secretary General of General Insurance Council |
| AjitDoval | National Security Adviser 2nd term |
| Sachin Bansal | Independent director of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank |
| Mrutyunjay Mohapatra | Chief of Indian Meteorological Department |
| Rakesh Makhija | Chairman of Axis Bank |
| P Jayadevan | IOCL executive director for TN, Pondy |
| Anita Bhatia | Deputy Executive Director of UN |
| Ajay Singh (SpiceJet chief) | International Air Transportation Association (IATA)board |
| Nayib Bukele | President of El Salvador |
| Anton Aditya Subowo | Re-elected as President of Badminton Asia |
| Rajiv Mehrishi | External Auditor for WHO |
| Gianni Infantino | FIFA president |
| Tijjani Muhammad-Bande | UNGA President |
Current Affairs: Resignation
| AzimPremji | Executive Chairman of Wipro |
Current Affairs: Awards and Honours
| 1. | Pratibha Patil (Former Indian President) | “Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca” (Order of the Aztec Eagle) Mexico’s highest civilian honour |
| 2. | Sheela | J C Daniel Award (Kerala government’s highest honour for outstanding contribution to Malayalam cinema) |
| 3. | Sundar Pichai and Nasdaq president Adena Friedman | Global Leadership Awards 2019by business advocacy group USIBC |
| 4. | Tayari Jones | £30,000 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel An American Marriage |
| 5. | M.A. Yusuffali | UAE Permanent Residency ‘Golden Card’ |
1. World Health Organization has selected the Rajasthan government’s Medical & Health Department fortobacco control
2. Jay-Z has been named the world’s first billionaire rapper in a new Forbes cover story
Current Affairs: Ranking
| Index | India’s Rank | Top | Least | Based on |
| Global gender equality index | 95/129 | Denmark | – | – |
1. According to World Traffic Index Traffic flow in Mumbai is the worst in the world
Current Affairs: MOU
1. IIT Guwahati signs MoU with ISRO to set up space technology centre in the Northeast
2. Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) has partnered with IDFC FIRST Bank to provide financing solutions
3. Ashok Leyland ties up with Suryoday Small Finance Bank for vehicle loans
4. Indian Oil, BPCL, HPCL to form Joint Venture for Kandla-Gorakhpur LPG pipeline project
Current Affairs: Summit and Conference
1. 14th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit held in Mecca
2. Global Entrepreneurship Summit kicks off in The Hague
3. The 2nd edition of the Global Disability Summit will be held at Buenos Aires, Argentina
Current Affairs: Defence
1. Flight Lieutenant Mohana Singh becomes first woman pilot to fly Hawk fighter jet
2. Army’s training exercise “Kharga Prahar” concluded in Punjab
3. Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was test fired from the Integrated Test Range in Odisha
4. India-France to hold mega air Exercise “Garuda VI” in July
Current Affairs: Sports
1. Chelsea beat Arsenal in Europa League final
2. Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur to win Champions League trophy
3. Sidharth Rawat wins maiden ITF men’s Futures singles title
4. Andy Ruiz Jr. becomes the heavyweight world champion
5. Danilo Petrucciwins Italian Grand Prix
6. Sunil Chhetri becomes India’s most capped international player
Current Affairs: Obituaries
| Person | Field |
| B.M. Khaitan | Veteran industrialist |
| Jose Antonio Reyes | Spanish footballer |
| Ruma GuhaThakurta | Actor-singer |
| Jaspal Inder Singh Kalra (Jiggs Kalra) | Celebrated chef and culinary revivalist (‘Czar of Indian Cuisine’) |
| Dinyar Contractor | Veteran Bollywood actor |
| Lennart Johansson | Former UEFA president |
| Prakash Pant | Uttarakhand finance minister |
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