Current Affairs One-Liner: 1st June 2022

• Important Days & Events
• June 1st is observed as Global Parents Day
• The theme for ‘Global Parent Day 2022’ is ‘Family Awareness’, awareness internationally
• 1st June is celebrated as ‘World Milk Day' by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
• The theme of World Milk Day 2022 focussed on the climate change crisis and how the dairy sector can reduce its impact on the planet.
• Sports:
• Sergio Pérez (Mexican) has won the Formula 1 Grand Prix (GP) De Monaco 2022, followed by Carlos Sainz Jr.
• Judoka Kapil Parmar won the first-ever medal for India under the Indian Blind and Para Judo Association at IBSA Judo Grand Prix held in Nur-Sulthan.
• The Filipino-American chess grandmaster Wesley Borbossa won the 10th edition of the 2022 Norway Chess Biltz Tournament.

• Appointments:
• Former chief financial officer (CFO) of SBI Cards and Payment Services, Nalin Negi, has been appointed as the first full-time CFO of BharatPe.
• Former State Bank of India official Natarajan Sundaran has been appointed as managing director and chief executive of The National Assets Reconstruction Company Ltd.
• Aditya Birla Group appointed Prashanth Aluru as head of the company’s newly set up entity TMRW which will acquire as well as incubate direct-to-consumer fashion and lifestyle brands.
• Pankaj Sharma is appointed as a part-time member of PFRDA.
• Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co.Ltd has launched ‘Health Add-ons’, a range of six unique add-on covers that can be added to the existing indemnity plans.
• The World Health Organization (WHO) has selected Jharkhand for the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Award-2022. The state plays a very important role in reducing tobacco usage.
• Param Ananta a supercomputer has been commissioned at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhi Nagar.
• Unified Payments Interface (UPI), has processed transactions worth over Rs 10 trillion in May, a record high since the time it was launched in 2016.
• Recently Indian Railways' Punjab Mail completes 110 years in service. It was steamed out on 1st June 1912.
• At that time this train uses for the Officers of the Raj, along with their wives, on their first posting in Colonial India.
• SEBI issues norms for Dispute Resolution
• India’s GDP growth Expands 8.7% in FY22
• Credit offtake remains Robust in April Across all Sectors
• Takeaways from World Economic Forum meet 2022

Questions:

Q.1 Which of the following state has been chosen by the World Health Organization for the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Award-2022?
a. Bihar
b. UP

c. Jharkhand
d. Chattisgarh

Q.2 Who has won the Formula 1 Grand Prix (GP) De Monaco 2022?
a. Max Verstappen
b. Voltari Boltoss
c. Sergio
d. Lewis Hamilton