29 June 2022 : Latest Current Affairs 29th June
Important Current Affairs 29th June 2022
In this article, we will discuss all the Current Affairs of 29th June about national, international, banking, finance, sports, awards, and many others. So if you are interested to know about the latest 29th June 2022 current affairs then read this article till the end.
Current Affairs of 29th June – National News
1. Nagaland’s Honey Testing Lab is opened by the Union Agriculture Minister
◉ The Dimapur Honey Testing Laboratory was formally opened by Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar while he was in Nagaland.
◉ Beekeepers and producers will benefit from the honey testing facility’s assistance in testing their produced honey. Tomar was present at a function at the North-East Agri Expo in Chumaokedlma.
◉ The ceremony was attended by G. Kaito, the Nagaland Agriculture Minister, as well as Central Horticulture Commissioner Prabhat Kumar and Chief Secretary J. Alam.
2. MoHUA commemorates the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-seventh Urban’s anniversary.
◉ A virtual event was held by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) to commemorate the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-seventh Urban’s anniversary (PMAY-U). The Secretary of the MoHUA, Shri Manoj Joshi, presided over the occasion.
◉ On June 25, 2015, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced PMAY-U. One of the biggest urban housing initiatives ever is this one.
3. Entrusted with the sacred Kapilvastu relics that had been brought back from Mongolia.
◉ The four Holy Relics of the Lord Buddha were returned to India after a 12-day exposition at the Batsagaan Temple on the grounds of Gandan Monastery, Mongolia, in honor of Mongolian Buddha Purnima.
◉ In Ghaziabad, the holy relics were given to Union Minister Shri Arjun Meghwal. The presentation of the sacred relics had to be delayed by a few days because of the strong demand from the Mongolian people.
International News
4. G7 leaders unveiled a US$600 billion plan for poor nations’ infrastructure.
◉ In order to finance the necessary infrastructure in developing nations and compete with China’s more established, multitrillion-dollar Belt and Road initiative, the leaders of the Group of Seven committed to raising USD 600 billion in private and public funds over five years.
◉ The economies of the various nations will benefit from this.
◉ Three days of discussions between the Group of Seven (G7) leaders have started in the German Bavarian Alps.
◉ Members of the G7 include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union.
Banking
5. RBI granted Mufin Finance a license for prepaid payment instruments.
◉ One of the top NBFCs, Mufin Finance, has received preliminary authorization from the RBI to issue semi-closed prepaid payment instruments.
◉ The PPI license impedes the rollout of services like digital payment solutions for lending by digital banks, fintech companies, and major consumer-facing applications.
◉ Following well-known companies like Bajaj Finserve, Manapurram, and Paul Merchants, Mufin Finance is the fourth NBFC to get a similar license from the RBI.
Appointment
6. Reliance Jio has selected Akash Ambani as its chairman.
◉ Akash Ambani, a non-executive director of the firm, has been chosen by the Reliance Jio Infocomm board to serve as the company’s chairman.
◉ Raminder Singh Gujral and KV Choudhary were also appointed as new corporate directors with board approval.
◉ Additionally, Pankaj Mohan Pawar’s appointment as Jio’s MD has been authorized.
Awards
7. A start-up in India The esteemed Airwards Best Drone Organization Awards were given to IG Drones.
◉ For its strategy of assisting local communities, Delhi-based drone enterprise platform startup IG Drones has been recognized by Airwards as the “Best Drone Organization – Start-up Category.”
◉ The first panoptic global awards program of its type, Airwards is focused on finding, honoring, and promoting the diversity of creative, safe, and practical drone use cases from around the world.
Defence
8. An indigenously produced anti-tank guided missile was successfully tested by India.
◉ At the KK range in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, the DRDO and the Indian Army successfully tested an indigenously designed anti-tank guided missile.
◉ The Arjun battle tank was used to successfully test-fire the anti-tank guided missile (ATGM).
◉ The explosive reactive armour (ERA)-protected armoured vehicles are defeated by the tandem High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) warhead used by the all-indigenous ATGM. The ATGM, which was designed to launch from many platforms, is now undergoing technical evaluation tests from the 120 mm rifled gun of the MBT Arjun.
Sports
9. At the U23 Asian Wrestling Championships in 2022 in Bishkek, Deepak Punia earned bronze.
◉ At the U23 Asian wrestling championships in 2022 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Tokyo Olympic wrestler Deepak Punia defeated Kyrgyz wrestler Maksat Satybaldy to earn a bronze medal.
◉ He did manage to win, but the Indian team had hoped for a more impressive performance from the silver winner at the global championships.
◉ The 23-year-old Punia was defeated by eventual gold medalists Azizbek Fayzullaev of Uzbekistan and Nurtilek Karypbaev of Kyrgyzstan in the first two rounds.
Important day
10. National Statistics Day is on June 29.
◉ In India, National Statistics Day is observed annually on June 29 to raise awareness among the general public about the use of statistics in daily life as well as in the planning and development process.
◉ The celebrated statistician Prof. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis is recognized on National Statistics Day for his contributions to economic planning and statistics. ◉ Additionally, the Indian Statistical Institute’s founder, Prof. PC Mahalanobis, celebrates his birthday today (ISI).
11. International Day of the Tropics is on June 29.
◉ It is customary to celebrate International Day of the Tropics on June 29.
◉ Objective: To increase public awareness of unique problems that tropical regions around the world confront.
Obituary
12. Varinder Singh, an Olympic medalist, and World Cup champion in hockey died.
◉ Varinder Singh, a legend in Indian hockey and a part of the 1975 World Cup team that won the gold medal, passed dead. He was 75.
◉ Singh was a member of the Indian hockey squad that won the gold medal in Kuala Lumpur in 1975. Singh also competed for the teams that won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and the silver medal in the 1973 World Cup in Amsterdam.
◉ The coveted Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Varinder in 2007.
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