Monthly Current Affairs, June 2024

1. Every year on 21st June ‘ International Yoga Day ‘ is celebrated all over the world.
2. England defeated West Indies by eight wickets in the Super -8 Group-2 match of the ICC T-20 Cricket World Cup .
3. Former Indian fast bowler ‘ David Johnson ‘ has passed away at the age of 52 .
4. BJP MP from Cuttack, Odisha, ‘ Bhartruhari Mahtab ‘ has become the Protem Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha.
5. Canada has declared Iran’s ‘ Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps ‘ (IRGC) a terrorist organization.
6. has signed an agreement with the ‘ National Dairy Development Board ‘ for upgradation of biocontainment facility and execution of related repair works .
7. NHAI signs MoU with ‘IIIT- Delhi ‘ to enhance road safety using Artificial Intelligence .
8. A new species of plant has been discovered in the Mandla area of West Kameng district of ‘ Arunachal Pradesh ‘ .
9. The Central Government has allowed the export of 2 thousand metric tonnes of rice to ‘ Malawi ‘ and ‘ Zimbabwe ‘ .
10. ‘ employment fair ‘ will be organised for ex-servicemen at the Air Force Station in Hindon (Ghaziabad), Uttar Pradesh .
11. Every year on 22 June ‘ World Rainforest Day ‘ is celebrated across the world.
12. ‘ Chief Minister Sister-Daughter Self-Reliance Promotion Scheme ‘ will be started in the state of Jharkhand .
13. ‘ Ambubachi Mela ‘ has started today at Kamakhya Temple in Assam .
14. The ‘ 18th Mumbai International Film Festival ‘ concluded in Mumbai showcasing the best talents of national and international cinema.
15. will chair the ‘ 53rd GST Council Meeting ‘ in New Delhi .
16. Indian documentary ‘ The Golden Thread ‘ has been honoured with the Golden Conch Award as the Best Documentary in the International category at the closing ceremony of the 18th MIFF .
17. The Central Government has appointed ‘ Lieutenant General N.S. Raja Subramani ‘ as the Vice-Chief of Army Staff.
18. ‘ Tajikistan ‘ has banned hijab and Islamic attire.
19. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has come on a two-day visit to India.
20. ‘ National Poson Festival ‘ was celebrated in Sri Lanka .
21. Every year on 23 June, ‘ International Olympic Day ‘ (International Olympic Day 2024) is celebrated all over the world.
22. India defeated ‘ Bangladesh ‘ by 50 runs in the second match of Super – 8 of ICC T20 World Cup 2024 .
23. India’s Jyothi Surekha Vennam , Preneet Kaur and Aditi Swami have won the gold medal in the compound team event of the ‘ Antalya Archery World Cup 2024’ in Turkey.
24. Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport has become the first airport in the country to launch ‘ Fast Track Immigration Trusted Traveller Programme ‘ (FTI-TTP) at Terminal -3 .
25. The Central Government has appointed senior IAS officer ‘ Pradeep Singh Kharola ‘ as the new Director General of the National Testing Agency ( NTA) .
26. Pandit Laxmikant Dixit, who performed the ‘ Pran Pratishtha ‘ of Ramlala in Ayodhya , has passed away at the age of 86 .
27. ‘ Odisha ‘ Government has decided to sponsor the men’s and women’s Indian hockey teams (senior and junior) till 2036 .
28. The first session of the ‘ 18th Lok Sabha ‘ will begin from June 24 , 2024 .
29. ‘ Prime Minister College of Excellence ‘ will be launched in all 55 districts of Madhya Pradesh from July 1 .
30. Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences ( CCRAS) in collaboration with the World Health Organization will organize an important national consultation meeting on ‘ Research Priority Settings in Traditional Medicine ‘ .
31. ‘ Bureau of Indian Standards ‘ has introduced two new standards IS- 18 59 0 and IS- 18 60 6 to enhance the safety of electric vehicles .
32. Indian Air Force exercise ‘ Tarang Shakti ‘ will be held in Jodhpur in the first week of August.
33. ISRO has achieved success in the landing experiment of Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) ‘ Pushpak ‘ for the third consecutive time.
34. Military College of Telecommunication Engineering and Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research ( SAMEER) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in wireless technology for the Indian Army.
35. ‘ 18th Lok Sabha ‘ will start from today (Monday) and will run till July 3 .
36. ‘ Armed Forces Medical Services ‘ have won a record 32 medals at the 43rd World Medical and Health Games held in St Tropez, France .
37. Afghanistan defeated Australia by 21 runs in the ICC T – 20 Cricket World Cup Super Eight match.
38. The exciting match between Germany and Switzerland in Euro Cup 2024 ended in a 1-1 draw.
39. ‘ e-Medical Visa Facility ‘ has started between India and Bangladesh .
40. Senior TDP MLA ‘ Ayyanna Patrudu Chintakayala ‘ has become the third Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
41. Every year on 25 June ‘ International Day of the Seafarer ‘ is celebrated across the world.
42. UNESCO has declared the city of ‘ Kozhikode ‘ in Kerala as India’s first ‘ City of Literature ‘ .
43. BJP National President and Union Health Minister ‘ JP Nadda ‘ has become the leader of the House in Rajya Sabha.
44. the ICC Men’s T- 20 Cricket World Cup , India defeated Australia by 24 runs in a Super- 8 match .
45. ‘ Sreeja Akula ‘ has become the first Indian woman to win the World Table Tennis ( WTT) Contender singles title.
46. The Ministry of Coal has launched India’s first pilot project for underground coal gasification in ‘ Jharkhand ‘ .
47. ‘ India Africa Postal Leaders Meet ‘ will be organized in India from 21 to 25 June , 2024 .
48. India will host the ‘ ISO Council Meeting ‘ , a global event in the sugar sector, from June 25 to 27 , 2024 in New Delhi .
49. The Governor of Maharashtra released the book ‘ Gateways to the Sea: Historic Ports and Docks of Mumbai Region ‘ published by Publications Division and compiled by Maritime Mumbai Museum Society.
50. Intelligence Bureau chief Tapan Kumar Deka has been given one year extension by the Appointments Committee of the Union Cabinet .
51. Every year on 26 June, ‘ International Anti Drug Day ‘ is celebrated across the world .
52. India has won a total of 11 medals in the ‘ Under -17 Asian Wrestling Championship ‘ .
53. Australia cricket team’s legendary opening batsman ‘ David Warner ‘ has announced his retirement from international cricket.
54. Frank Duckworth , the England statistician who gave the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) rule to cricket, has passed away at the age of 84 .
55. The World Crafts Council has officially recognised ‘ Srinagar ‘ as the ‘ World Crafts City ‘ .
56. China’s Moon mission Chang’e-6 has reached Earth with soil from the darkest part of the Moon.
57. Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh has inaugurated the ’71st India International Garment Fair ‘ ( IIGF) in New Delhi.
58. C-DAC and All India Council for Technical Education have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create an eco-system for human resource development in high performance computing and allied areas.
59. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has started MBA in ‘ Health Care and Hospital Management ‘ (MBAHCHM) course.
60. Recently ‘ Ladakh ‘ has been declared as the administrative unit to have achieved full functional literacy.
61. Every year on 27 June, ‘ Micro , Small and Medium Enterprises Day ‘ is celebrated across the world .
62. ‘ Paraguay ‘ has become the 100th country to join the International Solar Alliance as a full member .
63. South Africa defeated Afghanistan by 9 wickets in the first semi-final match of the ICC T – 20 Cricket Men ‘s World Cup .
64. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has handed over the Medium Range-Microwave Obscurant Chaff Rocket to the Indian Navy at a ceremony held in New Delhi.
65. Indian para badminton player ‘ Suhas L Yathiraj ‘ has become the world number 1 player in the latest BWF Para Badminton World Rankings.
66. ‘ Sam Pitroda ‘ has again become the President of Indian Overseas Congress.
67. ‘ Om Birla ‘ has become the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha.
68. Netherlands Prime Minister ‘ Mark Rutte ‘ will be the Secretary General of the world’s largest military organization NATO .
69. ‘ Commission on Air Quality Management ‘ has set a high target of planting 45 million trees in the National Capital Region of Delhi and adjoining areas .
70. ‘ Smriti Mandhana’ has become the first Indian woman cricketer to score consecutive centuries in ODIs.
71. Every year on 28th June ‘ National Insurance Awareness Day ‘ is celebrated in India.
72. According to the report of the United Nations (UN) office, the number of drug addicts in the world has reached ‘29.2 crores ‘ .
73. India defeated ‘ England ‘ by 68 runs in the Semi-Final -2 match of ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2024 .
74. Former Pakistani batsman ‘ Mohammad Wasim ‘ has been appointed the head coach of the Pakistan women’s team.
75. Renowned writer ‘ Arundhanti Roy ‘ has been awarded the prestigious PEN Pinter Award 2024 .
76. The Uttar Pradesh government has signed an agreement to build a film city in ‘ Greater Noida ‘ .
77. Military Engineers of Tri Shakti Corps in Sikkim have constructed a ‘ Bailey Bridge ‘ on Dikchu-Sanklang road in collaboration with Border Roads Organisation and local administration.
78. ‘ Genome Sequencing Laboratory ‘ equipped with state-of-the-art next generation genome sequencing facilities has been inaugurated at the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune.
79. RPF Director General ‘ Manoj Yadav ‘ has launched a comprehensive application for legal reference – ‘ Sangyan App ‘
80. has launched a two-day workshop ‘ CARING- 2024’ focusing on challenges and opportunities in coal gasification .
81. Every year on 29th June ‘ National Statistics Day ‘ is celebrated in India.
82. India has contributed 11 lakh 60 thousand dollars to promote Hindi in the ‘ United Nations ‘ .
83. ‘ Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability ‘ Ninth Amendment Regulations 2024 will come into effect from July 1st.
84. ‘ India ‘ has become the third largest domestic aviation market after the USA and China.
85. Senior IFS officer ‘ Vikram Misri ‘ has been appointed as the next Foreign Secretary.
86. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has announced to make ‘ Bagaha City ‘ a revenue district by the year 2025 .
87. Biography of famous singer ‘ Asha Bhosle ‘ ‘ Swarswamini Asha ‘ has been launched.
88. The United States , South Korea and Japan have launched their first trilateral multi-domain exercise ‘ Freedom Edge ‘ .
89. ‘ Jaipur Military Station ‘ has become the second military station in India to have a plastic waste road.
90. ‘ Doctors Week ‘ will be celebrated in Delhi from June 30 to July 7.
91. Every year on June 30, ‘ International Asteroid Day ‘ is celebrated all over the world.
92. ‘ India ‘ has won the title of ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup- 2024 .
93. ‘ INS Shivalik ‘ is participating in the 29th edition of the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise .
94. India’s legendary batsman ‘ Virat Kohli ‘ has announced his retirement from T20 International cricket.
95. India chaired its first meeting as Chair of the Colombo Process at the ‘ International Organization for Migration Headquarters ‘ .
96. External Affairs Minister ‘ Dr S Jaishankar ‘ will lead the Indian delegation at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit next week.
97. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the ‘ National Forensic Science University ‘ and the Government of Haryana in Panchkula.
98. António Costa of Portugal has been elected President of the European Council .
99. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released the 17th installment of ‘ Kisan Samman Nidhi ‘ .
100. Mumbai Cricket Association President ‘ Amol Kale ‘ has passed away due to a heart attack in New York .
101. ‘ Prem Singh Tamang ‘ has become the Chief Minister of Sikkim state for the second time.
102. India’s ‘ Gulveer Singh ‘ has won the silver medal in the 5000 meters race at the Portland Track Festival High Performance Meet .
103. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has inaugurated the second phase of Mumbai’s ‘ coastal road ‘ .
104. South Africa has defeated ‘ Bangladesh ‘ by four runs in the ICC T-20 Cricket World Cup.
105. Defence Services Technical Staff Course for tri-service officers of the Army has started at the ‘ Military Institute of Technology ‘ , Pune.
106. ‘ Brain Infinity Company ‘ has received seed funding of $100,000 from American company Video LLC .
107. Indian fast bowler ‘ Jasprit Bumrah ‘ has become the third highest wicket-taker for India in T-20 international cricket.
108. ‘ Raj Priya Singh ‘ has been appointed as Director, Department of Rural Development by the Ministry of Rural Development.
109. Every year on 12 June ‘ World Day Against Child Labour ‘ is celebrated across the world.
110. ‘ Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi ‘ has been appointed as the next Chief of Army Staff of India.
111. The ‘ 18th Mumbai International Film Festival ‘ will be held in Mumbai from June 15 to June 21 , 2024 .
112. ‘ JIMEX- 24’ between India and Japan has started in Yokosuka, Japan.
113. ‘ Mohan Charan Majhi ‘ will be the new Chief Minister of Odisha.
114. Malawi’s Vice President ‘ Saulose Chilima ‘ has died in a plane crash.
115. Norway’s ‘ Magrus Carlsen ‘ has won the Norway Chess 2024 tournament.
116. ‘ Ashish Kumar Dash ‘ has been appointed as the Director of NITI Aayog.
117. ‘ Chandrababu Naidu ‘ will become the new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh state.
118. NHAI has unveiled the new corporate identity of ‘ National Highways Infra Trust ‘ .
119. Every year on June 13, ‘ International Albinism Awareness Day ‘ is celebrated across the world .
120. India has reached 129th position in the ‘ Global Gender Gap Index ‘ released by the World Economic Forum .
121. The Indian Army has launched a ‘ Pan-India Motorcycle Expedition ‘ to commemorate 25 years of victory in the Kargil war.
122. ‘ India ‘ will host the Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup in 2025.
123. ‘ Jyoti Vij ‘ has been appointed as the new Director General of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ( FICCI) .
124. ‘ Sangram Singh ‘ has become the first Indian wrestler to join Mixed Martial Arts ( MMA) .
125. Ukraine peace conference to be held in ‘ Switzerland ‘ .
126. World famous Sarod player ‘ Rajiv Taranath ‘ has passed away at the age of 92 .
127. Every year on June 14, ‘ World Blood Donor Day’ is celebrated all over the world.
128. Cloud giant ‘ Oracle Cloud ‘ will help in training two lakh students of India.
129. India’s ‘ Shruti Vora ‘ has become the first Indian equestrian to win the Three-Star Grand Prix event in horse riding.
130. India’s Likith SP and Dhinidhi Desinghu have won two bronze medals in the ‘ Singapore National Swimming Championship 2024’ .
131. England defeated ‘ Oman ‘ by eight wickets in the ICC T- 20 Cricket World Cup.
132. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh state Dr. Mohan Yadav has launched ‘ PM Shri Tourism Air Services ‘ .
133. ‘ Mata Kheer Bhawani Fair ‘ has been organised in Jammu and Kashmir .
134. Senior IPS officer ‘ Ajit Doval ‘ has been appointed as the National Security Advisor of India for the third time.
135. VI ‘s COO ‘ Abhijeet Kishore ‘ has been appointed as the chairperson of telecom industry body Cellular Operators Association of India ( COAI) .
136. Assam government has announced to give monthly stipend to prevent ‘ child marriage ‘ .
137. Every year on June 15, ‘ Global Wind Day ‘ is celebrated across the world .
138. Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected President of South Africa .
139. Germany defeated Scotland 5-1 in the opening match of Euro Cup football .
140. India’s ‘ Divya Deshmukh ‘ has won the Girls’ World Junior Chess Championship.
141. has launched ‘ Nijut Moina Yojana ‘ to curb child marriage .
142. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts ( IGNCA) has signed an agreement with Sansad TV.
143. International Tourism Fair has been organized in ‘ Kathmandu ‘ with the aim of global tourism, sustainable development and cultural exchange .
144. India has become the second largest emitter of ‘ nitrous oxide ‘ (N2O) in the world.
145. West Indies spinner Gunakesh Moti has been named ICC Player of the Month May 2024 .
146. The Indian High Commission and the Eastern Province Tourism Bureau of Sri Lanka have organised a mega yoga event in Trincomalee.
147. Every year on June 16, the ‘ International Day of Family Remittances ‘ is celebrated across the world .
148. Noted wildlife filmmaker ‘ Subbiah Nallamuthu ‘ will be honoured with the prestigious ‘ V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award ‘ .
149. ‘ Hemis Tse Chu ‘ festival has started in Ladakh .
150. 18th Mumbai International Film Festival has begun in Mumbai .
151. has been recorded in the ‘ Limca Book of Records ‘ for the participation of a large number of people in a public service programme .
152. The ‘ Smritivan Earthquake Memorial Museum ‘ built in Bhuj, Gujarat has been selected for the UNESCO Prix Versailles Museums ( World Selection for the Prix Versailles Museums 2024) .
153. Senior IAS officer ‘ J Shyamala Rao ‘ has been appointed as the new Executive Officer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam.
154. A book titled ‘ A Fly on the RBI Wall ‘ written by Alpana Kilwala has been released.
155. Every year on 17 June, ‘ World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought’ is celebrated across the world .
156. Pakistan has defeated ‘ Ireland ‘ by three wickets in the ICC T-20 Cricket World Cup.
157. Hindi writer ‘ Gaurav Pandey ‘ will be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2024 .
158. Two CM Rise schools of ‘ Madhya Pradesh ‘ have been selected among the best 10 schools in the world.
159. The 7th Annual Leadership Summit of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum will begin in Washington .
160. Indian Air Force contingent has successfully participated in ‘ Exercise Red Flag 2024’ .
161. Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar has inaugurated the newly constructed ‘ Prerna Sthal ‘ in the Parliament House complex.
162. The first direct international flight service has been started between India and Cambodia .
163. Indian off-spinner ‘ Ravichandran Ashwin ‘ has released his autobiography ‘ I Have the Streets: A Kutty Cricket Story ‘ .
164. ‘ Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs ‘ has launched a campaign against fraud committed in the name of Indian Customs.
165. Every year on June 18 , ‘ World Autistic Pride Day’ is celebrated across the world .
166. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 17th installment of ‘ PM -Kisan Yojana ‘ in Varanasi on June 18 , 2024 .
167. ‘ Adani Group ‘ to set up 570 MW green hydropower plant in Bhutan .
168. ‘ India ‘ has refused to sign the joint statement and related documents issued at the Ukraine Peace Conference.
169. India’s ‘ Diksha Dagar ‘ has finished sixth in the Italian Open women’s golf tournament.
170. Bangladesh defeated ‘ Nepal ‘ by 21 runs in the ICC T-20 Cricket World Cup.
171. ‘ Mission Nishchay ‘ has been started by the Punjab State Police .
172. Renowned artist ‘ Deepak Gore ‘ has announced to donate a collection of 115 oil paintings depicting the life of Chhatrapati Shivaji to IGNCA .
173. The second annual meeting of the US-India Initiative on Emerging Technologies was held in New Delhi .
174. The 53rd meeting of the GST Council will be held in New Delhi on 22nd June 2024 under the leadership of Union Finance Minister ‘ Nirmala Sitharaman ‘ .
175. ‘ National Reading Day ‘ is celebrated every year on 19 June in India.
176. Olympian and world champion ‘ Neeraj Chopra ‘ has won the gold medal in the javelin throw event of the World Athletics Continental Gold Tour.
177. will inaugurate the new campus of ‘ Nalanda University ‘ at Rajgir in Nalanda district of Bihar .
178. SIPRI report, the number of nuclear weapons in India has increased to 172 .
179. ‘ Malabar River Festival 2024’ will be organised in Kerala .
180. A state-of-the-art skin bank has been opened at the Army’s ‘ Research and Referral Hospital ‘ in New Delhi .
181. MLA from Changlang North Tesam Pongte has been elected Speaker of the 8th Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly .
182. will organise a ‘ Special Lok Adalat ‘ from July 29 to August 3 for amicable settlement of pending cases .
183. The Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) has cancelled the license of ‘ Purvanchal Cooperative Bank ‘ in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh .
184. Senior sports journalist ‘ Harpal Singh Bedi ‘ has passed away at the age of 73 .
185. Every year on 20 June ‘ World Refugee Day ‘ is celebrated across the world.
186. ‘ Thailand ‘ has become the third country in Asia to legalize gay marriage.
187. ‘ Asian King species ‘ of vultures will be established in Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh .
188. CERT-In and Mastercard India have signed a Cyber Security Cooperation MoU to enhance the cyber-resiliency of the financial sector in the country .
189. partnered with ‘ Ria Money Transfer ‘ to provide financial services to customers in remote areas .
190. Eminent child filmmaker ‘ Vinod Ganatra ‘ will be honoured with South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to films.
191. Biju Janata Dal President and former Chief Minister ‘ Naveen Patnaik ‘ has become the leader of the opposition in the Odisha Assembly.
192. ‘ Bonn Climate Conference 2024’ will be held in Germany .
193. Historian ‘ P. Thankappan Nair ‘ has passed away at the age of 91 .
194. ‘ Ajith Kumar KK ‘ has become the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Dhanlaxmi Bank.