1. First time happenings and records
- UP to 30th June 2018
- first woman Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter pilot from South India - Meghana Shanbough
- first woman Director General of Police (DGP) of Union Territory of Puducherry - Sundari Nanda
- India's first oxo-biodegradable sanitary napkin has launched in - Bengaluru.
- first long-term LNG cargo from Russia arrives in - Dahej, Gujarat
- India’s first deluxe train from Mumbai to Pune marked 88 years of service - Deccan Queen
- world's most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence & being forced into slave labour - India
- India will host first military exercise of the BIMSTEC Countries in September 2018 in - Pune, Maharashtra
- World’s largest multilateral naval exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) begun off in - Hawaii ,US
- Mongolia broke ground for the construction of country’s first oil refinery with the help of a USD 1 billion loan from - India.
- first Indian player to appear in Kia Super League - the women's cricket super league in England - Smriti Mandhana
- first female MMA fighter to be inducted into the Ultimate Fighting Championship Hall of Fame - Ronda Rousey
- India’s youngest & the world’s second youngest Grand Master - R Praggnanandhaa
- first individual gold medal in six years at the Salt Lake World Cup, USA has won by - Archer Deepika Kumari
- 16-year-old Indian shooter set a new world record by winning a gold medal in the ISSF Junior World Cup - Saurabh Chaudhary
- new national record in the women’s 100-metre race by - India sprinter Dutee Chand
- 100th Smart City in india - Shillong
- world's first of its kind & state-of-the-art International Centre for ‘Humanitarian Forensics’ (ICHF) has launched in - Gujarat
- Union Minister for Women & Child Development Maneka Gandhi laid the foundation stone of India's first advanced DNA forensic laboratory in - Chandigarh
- India’s first national sports university will be set up in - Manipur
- India's first-ever national healthcare registry of authentic, standardised & updated geo-spatial data of all public & private healthcare establishments - National Health Resource Repository
- Generating Systems (KGS-1) set a new record of the continuous operation of 766 days - Karnataka's Kaiga Generating Systems
- President Danny Faure is on his first bilateral visit to India , He is the president of - Seychelles
- Historic Trump-Kim Summit has taken place in - Singapore
2. Appointments
- chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir - B V R Subrahmanyam
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) chairman - Sunil Bharti Mittal.
- captain of India’s women’s hockey World Cup team - Rani Rampal
- Egypt President - Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
- PM of Spain - Pedro Sanchez
- additional charge of Tripura Governor - Keshari Nath Tripathi
- vigilance commissioner in the probity watchdog CVC - Sharad Kumar
- PM of Italy - Giuseppe Conte
- Secretary in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting - Amit Khare
- Jammu & Kashmir's CM Mehbooba Mufti submitted her resignation to the Governor
- Colombia President - Ivan Duque
- Jordan's PM - Omar al-Razzaz
- Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission - Arvind Saxena
- Turkey's President - Recep Tayyip Erdogan
- chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs - S Ramesh
3.Important Tie ups ,Agreements , acquisitions & MOU's
- India & Singapore - have singhend the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) in Nursing
- India & China - signed two bilateral agreements following the meeting between PM Modi & Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the summit.
- India & the US - agreed to hold comprehensive talks to address trade & economic issues
- Maharashtra & Canada’s Quebec province signed a pact - to increase the economic cooperation, especially in areas of information technology, biotechnology, artificial intelligence & welfare of the tribal community.
- Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, signed an MoU with IGNOU - to scale up the short term healthcare courses through its available robust platform
- BHEL inked a pact with NANO Co Ltd - for design & manufacture of emission controlling devices for coal-based power plants
- NITI Aayog’s Women Entrepreneurs Platform signed 5 SoIs with financial institutions & social organisations - to provide assistance to women entrepreneurs & address the finance-related challenges faced by them.
- NITI Aayog & Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GNFC) - signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) to work together towards implementing a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) application using Blockchain Technology for fertiliser subsidy management.
- India & Bangladesh - agreed to institute Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) as an annual exercise between navies of two neighbouring countries
- India & Tajikistan - reaffirmed their commitment to promote bilateral relations & agreed to enhance economic cooperation, particularly in sustainable water development.
- JWG between Gujarat & Israel - in the fields of agriculture, horticulture & allied sectors.
- India & Cuba - signed two MoUs in the field of biotechnology, traditional medicine & homoeopathy.
- Tata Motors MoU with Maharashtra - for deployment of 1000 Electric Vehicles (EV) in the State.
- Facebook partnered with the National Commission for Women - to launch a Digital Literacy Programme (DLP). It will be launched in collaboration with the Cyber Peace Foundation (CPF).
- Microsoft acquired Flipgrid - an education start-up with an app that lets students record & share videos on specific topics with their classmates
- HCL Technologies acquired - German IT & engineering services provider H&D International Group.
- India & Indonesia signed - 15 MoUs in the fields of defence, scientific & technological cooperation, railways & health, among others.
4. Recent summits/inaugurations/ festivals/melas
- City hosted UN Global Compact Network India convention - Bengaluru
- Geo Intelligence Asia 2018 has held in - New Delhi
- Informal Gathering of World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministers has held in - Paris.
- 49th Conference of Governors concluded in - New Delhi.
- 15th annual Asia & Oceania Region Inter-Governmental Ministerial meeting on anti-doping held in - Colombo
- 5th National Standards Conclave- Implementing the Indian National Strategy for Standardization held in - New Delhi.
- 11th World Hindi Conference will be held in - Mauritius
- An International Conference on Information & Communication Technology (ICT) held in - Kathmandu, Nepal
- 3rd Annual Meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has begun - Mumbai
- three-day annual Sindhu Darshan Festival held in - Jammu & Kashmir
- 15th India-Australia Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) has held in - Canberra, Australia
- President Kovind inaugurated the Udyam Sangam-2018 in - New Delhi
- Integrated Command & Control Centre has launched by Modi in - Raipur Smart City
- PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Paperless Vanijya Bhawan in - New Delhi
- Piyush Goyal inaugurated Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited (NLCIL)’s three 100 MW Solar Power Projects in - Tamil Nadu
- 44th G7 Summit Was Held in - Canada on June 8–9, 2018
- 222nd meeting of the Central Board of Trustees, EPF held in - New Delhi
- PM Narendra Modi launched three Indian digital payment systems - RuPay, BHIM app & UPI by SBI at the 'Business, Innovation & Community Event' in - Singapore
5. Prestigious Award winners
- World Bank has approved Water Resources and River Development Ministry’s Rs 6000 crore worth central sector scheme Atal Bhujal Yojana.
- bank has been recognized with the Champion Security Award in the India & South Asia category at the 14th Visa Asia Pacific Security Summit - HDFC bank
- prestigious Outstanding Achievement honour - Anupam Kher
- PM Modi handed over the Padma Shri award to - Singaporean diplomat Tommy Koh
- Santokbaa Humanitarian Award winner - A S Kiran Kumar
- Pulitzer Prize in music winner - Kendrick Lamar
- Femina Miss India 2018 - Anukreethy Vas
- Japan’s prestigious Nikkei Asia Prize winner - Bindeshwar Pathak
- recipients of the PM’s award for outstanding contribution for promotion & development of yoga for the year 2018 - Vishwas Mandalik from Nasik & the Yoga Institute,Mumbai
- Best performing Social Sector Ministry’ award winner - SKOCH Group
- ‘CM of the Year’ award for her remarkable work in e-governance - CM Vasundhara Raje
- first Tribal Queen at the Adi Rani Kalinga Tribal Queen competition - Pallavi Durua
- Home Minister's Special Operation Medal winner -
- French distinction of Knight of the Order of Arts & Letters winner - Kalki Koechlin>
- World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2018 - Mayweather
- Niti Aayog’s composite water management index topper - Gujarat
- world's costliest city to live - Hong Kong
- most expensive city in India to live - Mumbai
- the first batter from india to score 2000 runs in T20I cricket - Mithali Raj
- South Africa's Cricketer of the Year - Kagiso Rabada
- Open Defecation Free (ODF) State - Andhra Pradesh
- Tripura State fruit - queen variety pineapple
- state tree & animal of Andhra Pradesh - Neem & black buck
- International Cricketer Of Year - Virat Kohli
6. Missiles & Exercises launched by various countries
- Country has successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Long Range Ballistic Missile Agni-V - India
- Country has successfully launched a new Earth observation satellite 'the Gaofen-6' - China
- US scientists unveiled the world's most powerful & smartest scientific supercomputer named - Summit
- NASA's record-breaking astronaut, Peggy Whitson, retired after a 22-year-long career.
- United States has renamed its oldest & largest military command, US Pacific Command, or PACOM, to Indo-Pacific Command
- First biannual Indian Air Force Commanders’ Conference inaugurated by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in - New Delhi
- India will host first military exercise of the BIMSTEC Countries in September 2018 in - Pune, Maharashtra
- India & Indonesia - participated in Passage Exercise (PASSEX).
7. Financial Affairs
- UP to 30th June 2018
- third annual Meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) held in - Mumbai
- additional (independent) director of ICICI Bank effective for a period of 3 years - Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
- bank has mandated IT majors IBM & Accenture to create an IT Centre of Excellence (ITCoE) and Analytics Centre of Excellence (ACoE) as part of the bank’s strategy to use technology to drive growth - Bank of Baroda
- ‘Investor Relations Awards 2018’ award winner - Corporation Bank
- Deputy Governor at Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - Mahesh Kumar Jain
- bank has been recognized with the Champion Security Award in the India & South Asia category at the 14th Visa Asia Pacific Security Summit - HDFC bank
- U.S. has surpassed India to become the top destination for greenfield foreign direct investment in 2017, as per the FDI Report 2018,
- Housing finance major HDFC has been ranked as the 5th biggest public company globally.American Express has topped this category.
- World Bank approved $700 million - to help Bangladesh achieve its education for all vision by improving the primary education sector.
- RBI’s Deputy Governor - MK Jain
- CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance - N.S. Kannan
- whole-time director & chief operating officer of ICICI Bank - Sandeep Bakhshi
- Chief Finance Officer of General Motors - Dhivya Suryadevara
- Managing Director of State Bank of India - Arjit Basu
- MD & chief executive of IDBI Bank - B Sriram
- India extended a financial aid of Rs 99 million to Nepal for the construction of 2,700 shallow tube well irrigation systems
- India pledged USD 5 million in assistance to the UN agency working for the welfare of Palestinian refugees to help bolster its "severe funding crisis" following US' cut in its annual aid to United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)
- Muthoot Fincorp partnership with National Skill Development Corporation - to train over 10,000 youth over the next three years & make them job ready. It claims to have become the first major private sector player to partner with NSDC.
- - Marg ERP limited partnered with ICICI Bank - to offer an integrated payments platform to MSME customers, using MARG's accounting software
- Flipkart-owned PhonePe partnered Ola that will allow riders to book rides using the former’s payment platform.
- RBI stated that interest subsidy scheme on short-term crop loans of up to - 3 Lakhs
- largest value share of Volume - Paytm
- largest value share of mobile banking transactions for - Axis Bank
- RBI has revised the housing loan limits for eligibility under priority sector lending will be revised to Rs 35 lakh in metropolitan centres & to Rs 25 lakh in other centres.
- Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has extended $10 million worth of line of credit (LOC) to Seychelles.
- Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority of India (IRDAI) - has approved a proposal allowing Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to acquire a majority stake in the IDBI bank
- 2nd Bi-monthly Monetary Policy 2018-19
Repo Rate : 6.25%
Reverse Repo Rate : 6.00%
Marginal Standing Facility Rate : 6.50%
Bank Rate : 6.50%
CRR : 4%
SLR : 19.5%
8. Recent Obituaries
| Charles Krauthammer | United States political commentator and Pulitzer Prize winner |
| Maria Bueno | Legendary Brazilian tennis player |
| Peter Stringfellow | Britain’s Nightclub Owner |
| Kate Spade | American fashion Designer |
| Urmila Singh | Former Himachal Pradesh governor & Congress leader |
| Timothy Pereira | former football international |
| Narayan Prasad Singh | Odisha's most popular lyricist |
| Nerella Venumadhav | mimicry artist |
| Adiraju Venkateswara Rao | Senior journalist & writer |
| Charles Krauthammer | United States political commentator & Pulitzer Prize winner |
| Donald Hall | American poet & writer |
9. G.D.P forecast of India by various organisations
10. India rank in different global indexes
- **** Global peace index (Jun 2018) - 136 th rank
- Environmental Performance Index 2018 (Jun 2018) - 177 th rank
- End of Childhood Index 2018 (Jun 2018) - 113 th rank
11. Recently released Books
- Nitin Gadkari released a book ‘Water productivity mapping of major Indian crops’ published by NABARD.
- VP Naidu has received the book "Vedvigyan Alok" uthored by Acharya Agnivarat Naishthik.
12. Important Committies
| 1 | E Sreedharan Committee | E Sreedharan to lay down standardisation norms for components with an aim to cut costs in the construction & operation of metro rail systems in India. |
| 2 | Satish Chavan Committee | Maharashtra government has set up a committee to study issues related to the development of a 1,000-MW floating solar power plant at Ujani dam in Solapur district |
| 3 | Suresh Mathur Committee | IRDAI has formed a panel to review the regulations pertaining to insurance marketing firms |
| 4 | Baba Kalyani Committee | It is to study the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) policy of India. |
| 5 | Sunil Mehta Committee | Ir is to examine setting up of ARC for faster resolution of stressed assets of Public Sector Banks |
13. Recently Released Apps & Schemes
| 1. Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana Launched by : Odisha Purpose : It is a Health insurance scheme for journalists of the Odisha state |
| 2. Neighbourly Launched by : Google India Purpose : Neighbourly’ app will help to find queries to questions such safest park in an area or any affordable tutor available nearby. |
| 3. Business First Portal Launched by : Punjab Purpose : It is to give a big push towards the ease of doing business in Punjab |
| 4. Bijli Bill Mafi Yojana Launched by : Madhya Pradesh Purpose : Madhya Pradesh government has announced an outstanding power bill waiver scheme for laborers & poor families. |
| 5. Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana Launched by : Odisha Purpose : It is to raise the health cover from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh for Women. |
| 6. Krishi Kalyan Abhiyaan Launched by : GOI Purpose : under this scheme farmers in select villages will be given assistance & advice on ways to improve farming techniques & raise their income |
| 7. RTI Portal Launched by : Election Commission Purpose : It will facilitate applicants seeking information under the Right to Information Act |
| 8. Rail MADAD & Menu on Rails Launched by : Ministry of Railways Purpose : Rail MADAD will enable travelers to lodge complaints & Menu on Rails will facilitate seamless ordering of food. |
| 9. Seva Bhoj Yojna Launched by : Union Ministry of Culture Purpose : Seva Bhoj Yojna to reimburse the central share of CGST & IGST on items for food/prasad/langar/bhandara offered free of cost by charitable religious institutions |
| 10. Benami Transactions Informants Reward Scheme, 2018 Launched by : Income Tax Department Purpose : It is to seek people’s participation in the Income Tax Department’s efforts to unearth black money & to reduce tax evasion |
| 11. i-Hariyali Launched by : Punjab Purpose : i-Hariyali aimed at increasing the state's green cover. The mobile application would enable the users to order free plant saplings |
| 12. Cop Connect Launched by : Telangana police Purpose : 'Cop Connect' dedicated to provide real-time information to over 60,000 police officers across the State. |
| 13. utsonmobile Launched by : Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) Purpose : It enables booking & cancellation of unreserved tickets, issue & renewal of season & platform tickets, & other features. |
| 14.Solar Charkha Mission Launched by : President Kovind Purpose : It will entail a subsidy of 550 crore rupees in the initial two years for 50 clusters |
| 15.Suryashakti Kisan Yojana Launched by : Gujarat Purpose : As per the scheme, farmers having existing electricity connection will be given solar panels as per their load requirements. The State & Central governments will give 60% subsidy on the cost of the project. |
| 16.Passport Seva App Launched by : External Affairs Minister Purpose : people can apply for a passport from any part of the country through the App. EAM Sushma Swaraj has launched Mobile Passport Application on the occasion of Passport Seva Divas. |
| 17. ReUnite App Launched by : Union Minister of Commerce & Industry & Civil Aviation Purpose : It helps to track & trace missing & abandoned children in India |
| 18. Electoral Bond Scheme 2018 Launched by : GOI Purpose : Electoral Bonds may be purchased by a person, who is a citizen of India or incorporated or established in India. A person being an individual can buy Electoral Bonds, either singly or jointly with other individuals. |
14. Miscellaneous & Sports affairs
| . The ICC Women's World T20 will be held from 9th to 24th November this year in West Indies. |
| . To honor soldiers, Indian Army is observing the year 2018 as Year of Disabled Soldiers in Line of Duty. |
| . Minister of communication (independent charge) Manoj Sinha 2.5 lacks gram panchayats to be provided broadband connectivity by March 2019. |
| .Polythene will be completely prohibited from 31st July in Uttarakhand. |
| . Andhra Pradesh state Govt. has announced to give a monthly allowance of Rs. 1,000 each to unemployed graduate youth in the state . |
| .The heli taxi service has been introduced by Pawan Hans Ltd in collaboration with Himachal Pradesh government. |
| .NTPC Ltd and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) have signed a MoU for implementation of development and beautification works under 'Charminar Pedestrianization Project' in Hyderabad. |
| . World Milk Day being observed every year on 1st June. |
| . Global Day of Parents is observed every year on 1st June. |
| . NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) has selected 3,000 additional schools for the establishment of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs), bringing the total number of ATL schools to 5,441. |
| . RBI chosen customer protection as a theme for the Financial Literacy Week which has begun on June 4. |
| . June 3, 2018, the first official World Bicycle Day was celebrated. |
| . PM Modi has addressed the global celebrations of World Environment Day 2018 on 05th June in New Delhi. |
| . On June 8th each year, we celebrate the ocean, its importance in our lives, & how we can protect it. |
| . World Refugee Day held on 20th June. The theme was ‘Now More Than Ever, We Need to Stand with Refugees’. |
| . Every year, on 14 June, countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day. The theme of the World Blood Donors Day 2018 is ‘Be there for someone else. Give blood. Share life’. |
| . Every year on June 12 the World Day Against Child Labor is observed to raise awareness. |
| . The World Music Day is celebrated across the world on 21 June |
| . 4th International Yoga Day is being celebrated across the globe on 21st of June. The theme for Yoga Day 2018 is "Yoga for Peace |
| .International Widows' Day is a global awareness day that takes place annually on 23rd June. |
| . UN decided to observe 26 June as the International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking. The theme for 2018 was: "Listen First - Listening to children & youth is the first step to help them grow healthy & safe." |
| . National Statistics Day is observed across India on June 29.The theme selected for the 2018 Statistics Day is ‘Quality Assurance in Official Statistics’. |
| . India has registered a significant decline in Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) recording a 22% reduction in such deaths since 2013 |
| .US State Department categorised North Korea as one of the “worst human trafficking nations” for the 16th straight year. |
| .India has lifted the Intercontinental Cup football title. |
| . ICC included Nepal, Netherlands, Scotland & the UAE in their ODI rankings list apart from the 12 existing countries. |
| . Roger Federer claimed his 98th ATP title after the win over Milos Raonic |
| .United States, Mexico & Canada won the right to host the 2026 World Cup |
| . French Grand Prix winner - Lewis Hamilton |
| . President Kovind has declared Tripura's queen variety pineapple as state fruit |
| . Neem & black buck have been declared as the state tree & animal respectively of Andhra Pradesh |
| . PM Modi visited Chhattisgarh where he dedicated the modernised & expanded Bhilai steel plant to the nation. |
| . President has Visited Greece, Suriname & Cuba. |
| . 2018 French Open Men's Singles Winner - Rafael Nadal Women's Singles Winner - Simona Halep. |
| . PM Narendra Modi returned to New Delhi after concluding his significant & successful three-nation visit to Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore. |
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