Jammu And Kashmir Hit By Strong 5.4-Magnitude Earthquake, Tremors Felt In Delhi
The epicentre of the earthquake was 84 km east-northeast (ENE) of Katra, Jammu and Kashmir. The epicentre of the earthquake was 84 km east-northeast (ENE) of Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, India, the agency said. The earthquake struck at 1:33 PM IST at a depth of 6 km from the surface.
1. Cyclone Biparjoy weakens into a depression; Heavy to very heavy rainfall predicted in some places in Rajasthan and Gujarat.
2. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar conferred the fourth National Water Awards in New Delhi on Saturday.
3. PM Modi will share his thoughts with the people of the country and abroad in the Mann Ki Baat programme on Akashvani tomorrow at 11 AM.
4. Jal Shakti Ministry announces a total of 41 winners, covering 11 categories, including joint winners, for National Water Awards, 2022.
The awards focus on encouraging good work and efforts made by various individuals and organisations to conserve water. Madhya Pradesh was awarded the first prize in the best State category.
5. Union Home Minister Amit Shah visits Gujarat to review situation resulting from Cyclone Biparjoy.
6. The 13th meeting of Standing Committee of the Eastern Zonal Council concluded in Patna on Saturday. Delegates from Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal and other stakeholders attended.
7. External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar has commended All India Institute of Ayurveda for promoting holistic wellness. Dr. Jaishankar visited the Ayurveda Institute in New Delhi on Saturday.
8. Union Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh flagged off a free tele-medicine service and ambulance ‘Doctor on Wheels’ in remote Mandli block of Kathua district of Jammu division.
9. A Tamil Nadu social justice group on Saturday will gift Periyar Sengol to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah..
10. The Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board (SASB) has opened an online service for pilgrims to book helicopter tickets. The yatra starts on July 1.
11. Earthquakes struck parts of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), a 4.5-earthquake struck Ladakh at 9.44 pm and another with a magnitude of 3.9 struck the region at 10.38 pm.
12. NCP Working President Supriya Sule said her cousin Ajit Pawar is the Amitabh Bachchan of Maharashtra politics. This comes after Maharashtra Minister Deepak Kesarkar claimed he offered Pawar to join CM Eknath Shinde-led government. “It’s like how everyone wants [actor] Amitabh Bachchan in their films,” Sule said
13. University Grants Commission, UGC chief M Jagadesh Kumar has said that National Council of Educational Research and Training, NCERT is fully justified in the rationalisation of textbooks and hue and cry over it has no merit.
14. The Ministry of Education is gearing up to host the G20 4th Education Working Group (EDWG) meeting in Pune. (Dharmendra Pradhan is the Cabinet Minister for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in the Government of India)
15. The National Medical Commission (NMC) has decided to revise the process for determining ranks of aspirants having an identical NEET score, prioritising marks obtained in Physics, followed by Chemistry and Biology. Earlier, marks obtained in Biology was prioritised, followed by Chemistry and Physics. If the subject marks don’t resolve the tie, then draw of lots using computers will be conducted.
CRIME REPORT
Chief Justice of India:
Shri Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
Minister Of Law & Justice : Arjun Ram Meghwal
1. Enforcement Directorate has seized assets worth over 30 crore rupees in the form of investments in securities related to Vikram Swarup and Gaurav Swarup in the Pandora Paper Leaks case.
2. TMC panchayat poll candidate, Mustafa Sheikh, was allegedly beaten to death in West Bengal’s Malda.
3. Four wagons of a goods train derailed near Ambadola in Odisha’s Rayagada district on Saturday.
4. Three people have been arrested a day after a Class 10 boy was burnt alive while he was on his way to tuition classes in Andhra Pradesh’s Bapatla. One more accused is absconding. The boy had earlier confronted the main accused who had been stalking and harassing his sister and had also complained to his mother about this.
5. Stones were allegedly pelted at Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s convoy in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda on Saturday. As per reports, the incident took place at the venue of an event of Singh, when two groups of the BJP MP’s supporters clashed with each other over taking selfies. Singh reportedly escaped unharmed during the ruckus.
FINANCE
Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman.
RBI Gvrnr: Shaktikanta Das
President of the World Bank :
Ajay Banga
💰USD ₹.81.94
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GDP rate (2023 ) : 6.15%
Inflation rate : 4.7%
Population : 141.81 cr (17.7% of the total world population).
Unemployment : 7.8%
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1. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has asked the officials to strengthen the Goods and Service Tax (GST) registration process by leveraging technology to curb the entry of fake entities in the GST ecosystem.
2. SEACEN-FSI 25th Conference of Asia-Pacific Supervision Directors: Banking supervisors are being urged by the Reserve Bank to keep up to date with technological advances in order to regulate and monitor the fast-evolving world of financial technology.
3. SOVEREIGN GOLD BOND SCHEME: The Sovereign Gold Bonds 2023-24 (Series I) will be available for subscription from June 19-23, 2023 as per the Government of India Notification No.4(6)-B(W&M)/2023 dated June 14, 2023. The Settlement date for the same has been fixed for June 27, 2023. During the subscription period, the Bond’s issue price will be Rs 5,926 (Rupees Five Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty Six only) per gram.
4. Indian Overseas Bank’s introduction of the ‘My Account My Name’ scheme sets a new precedent in the banking industry by granting customers the freedom to choose any name as their savings account number.
5. State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest public sector bank, has presented a dividend cheque of Rs 5,740 crore to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the financial year 2022-23. The dividend payment was made by SBI Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara, in the presence of Financial Services Secretary Vivek Joshi.
6. Helios Capital Founder Samir Arora said India has beaten nearly every other currency other than the US.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Information and Broadcasting Minister: Shri Anurag Singh Thakur
1. Karnataka govt. provided tax exemption on Kannada film Daredevil Musthafa. The movie is based on acclaimed writer Poornachandra Tejaswi’s short story.
2. The Grammy Awards will introduce three new categories, These additions include Best African Music Performance, Best Pop Dance Recording, and Best Alternative Jazz Album.
3. Prem Sagar, son of ‘Ramayan’ (DD Serial) director Ramanand Sagar, reacted to ‘Tel tere baap ka, kapra tere baap ka aur jalegi bhi tere baap ki’ dialogue in ‘Adipurush’. He said, “Om Raut (‘Adipurush’ director) has tried to make a Marvel film.” Prem added that his father did take some creative liberties while making ‘Ramayan’ but “never messed around with facts”.
4. Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday said the dialogues in ‘Adipurush’ were objectionable and indecent and added that the government will think about banning the film if people demand.
DEFENCE
Minister: Rajnath Singh
Union Home : Amit Shah
1. President Smt. Droupadi Murmu reviewed the Combined Graduation Parade of the 211th course with full Military splendour at the Air Force Academy (AFA) in Dundigal. Telangana.
The President has presented wings and brevets to the flying officers and commissioned Indian Air Force Trainees in the flying branch and trainees in the Ground duty branch on completion of their training on June 17. Ten more officials from Indian Navy, Cost Guard, and two trainee officials from Vietnam also have been presented wings at the Combined Graduation Parade.
President Droupadi Murmu has called upon the personnel of the Indian Air Force to adopt the integrated approach to the defence preparedness of the country.
2. SIKKIM’S LANDSLIDES
Troops of Trishakti Corps, Indian Army and personnel of Border Roads Organisation worked overnight braving inclement weather to create a temporary crossing over the flash flood area to facilitate rescue of tourists.
Over 2000 of the 3500 tourists stranded in Sikkim’s Mangan district due to landslides and washing away of a bridge near Chungthang.
3. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh to hold bilateral talks with Minister of National Defence of Vietnam General Phan Van Giang on June 19 to further boost the defence cooperation between India and Vietnam.
4. Jammu And Kashmir: Five Foreign Terrorists Shot Dead By Security Forces In A Gun Battle Near Kupwara District.
5. In a significant boost for the Indian armed forces surveillance capabilities, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is likely to give approval for the acquisition of MQ-9B Predator-B armed drones from the United States.
6. British Army is considering getting rid of centuries-old ranks like Guardsman and Rifleman because they’re seen as too masculine. They want to make the Army more inclusive to women by introducing gender-neutral ranks.
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