- Important Days & Events: June 6th is observed as “The UN Russian Language Day”
- Languages of the UN: English, Arabic, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, and French.
- Brand Ambassador: Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been signed on as a brand ambassador for Chennai-based aviation and aerospace component manufacturing firm Garuda Aerospace.
- Appointments: POCO has appointed Himanshu Tandon as the new head of India operations. He succeeds Anuj Sharma.
- Banking: Fintech company Cashfree Payments has partnered Singapore-headquartered cross-border education payment services platform.
- It will offer a faster, easier, and cheaper platform for Indian students to make fee payments to universities and educational institutions abroad.
- Sports: French Open title: Iga Swiatek won the women’s singles event, Rafael Nadal won the men’s singles event.
- Kajol Sargar becomes the first woman to win a gold medal in the 40kg weightlifting category in the Khelo India Youth Games.
- Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand wins over Magnus Carlsen in the fifth round of the Classical section in the Norway Chess tournament.
- Olympian Anjum Moudgil won a silver medal in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3P event at the ongoing ISSF Shooting World Cup in Baku.
- India-Bangladesh bilateral defense cooperation, a joint military training exercise Ex SAMPRITI-X commenced at Jashore Military Station in Bangladesh from 05 June to 16 June 2022.
- NABARD Chairman Dr. GR Chintala has launched the “My Pad My Right program”, in Leh.
- Union Minister of social justice and empowerment Dr. Virendra Kumar has launched the Scheme “SHRESTHA” Scheme for Meritorious students of SC.
- India’s first Air Force Heritage Centre to come up at Chandigarh. It will make ready to open on Independence Day.
- Emirates Cricket Board confirmed that the inaugural International League T20 will be played between 6 January and 12 February 2023.
- Tech Mahindra Ltd. inaugurated an innovation and technology development center, in Muscat, Oman.
- This center will cater to telecom, oil and gas, banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI), energy & utilities, etc.
- MFs' debt Exposure to NBFCs rises 14.3% to Rs 1.7 trn in March
- RBI to begin a three-day Monetary Policy Meeting
- SEBI Allows virtual Annual Meetings for InvITs and REITs
- PM inaugurates ‘Iconic Week’ celebrations launches Jan Samarth Portal
- Supreme Court bans Mining, Factories within a Km of National Parks, Sanctuaries
Questions:
Q.1 Which of the following ministry has launched the Shrestha Scheme for students of Scheduled caste?a. Ministry of Health
b. Ministry of Women & Child Development
c. Ministry of social Justice and empowerment
d. Ministry of Environment.
Q.2 Which of the following institutions has launched the My Pad My Right program?
a. SIDBI
b. NABARD
c. SEBI
d. SBI
