- Important Days & Events:
- The International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence is observed on June 19.
- Theme:‘Prevention as Protection: Enhancing structural and operational prevention of conflict-related sexual violence.’
- World Refugee Day is celebrated every year on 20 June.
- Theme: Together we heal, learn and shine
- Sports: Neeraj Chopra will be leading a 37-member Indian athletics team at the upcoming Commonwealth Games, the Athletics Federation of India.
- Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated National Yoga Olympiad 2022 and quiz competition in New Delhi.
- Fujian, China’s third most advanced domestically built aircraft carrier has launched. Fujian is the name given to China’s easternmost coastline province.
- Buy now pay later platform for healthcare SaveIN has partnered MyKare Health, a healthcare chain comprising small and medium-sized hospitals, to expand its care now pay later offerings across India.
- Bajaj Finance Limited has partnered with Worldline, a global firm in payment services, to develop point-of-sales (POS) payments acquiring solutions for its merchant network.
- Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov auctions off his Nobel Peace Prize medal. The proceeds will go directly to UNICEF in its efforts to help children displaced by the war in Ukraine.
- Employees' State Insurance Corporation ESIC announced to implement its health insurance scheme ESI throughout the country by the end of 2022.
- India’s domestic coal production has continued to rise, total domestic coal production in 2022-23 was 137.85 MT, up 28.6% from 104.83 MT in the same period in 2021.
- PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated over Rs 920 crores Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor Project. The project includes a tunnel and five underpasses and aims to provide relief from heavy traffic in the national capital.
- RBI aims to make India a powerhouse of payments Globally by 2025
- IRDAI mulls linking insurance frauds with individuals' Credit Score
- EU recommends Ukraine and Moldova for membership
- Govt reconstitutes committee to Examine Representation of Officials Sacked
- Broadband as fundamental right will reduce Poverty
Questions:
Q.1 Which of the following finance companies partnered with Worldline to develop point-of-sales (POS) payments?a. Bajaj Finance
b. Acko General Insurance
c. PhonePe
d. Kredit Bee
Q.2 Recently Dmitry Muratov auctioned off his Nobel Peace Prize medal, belongs to which of the following Country?
a. USA
b. Scotland
c. Russia
d. Britain
