RAJASTHAN CURRENT AFFAIRS 2021 – 19th June

NATIONAL AFFAIRS:

• PM Narendra Modi launches Crash Course Program customized for Covid-19 Frontline workers. The training will take place at 111 centres in 26 states.
• Flying Sikh Milkha Singh passed away at the age of 91, due to Covid-19. He won gold in Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.
• Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) announces to issue common Pollution Under Control certificate. It also aims to reduce road accidents by 50% till 2024.
• Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate releases latest Atlas on Desertification and Land Degradation in India.
• An agreement to manage employment and skills among youth signed between Ministry of Labor and Employment and UNDP.
• Ministry of Home Affairs activates a National Helpline 155260 and a reporting portal through Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System.
• Nasscom: IT sector of India to hit $300-350 billion revenues by 2025.
• First time a private person named Aashish Chandorkar appointed as Director by India at World Trade Organization mission.
• Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra receives gold medal in Meeting Cidade de Lisoba in Portugal.
• E-Pathshala & E-Mulyankan launched by Odisha government for students.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:

• SNB Statistics 2020: India stands at 51th position in terms of deposition of money in Swiss Bank accounts. UK ranked as first in the list.
• Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister of India delivers speech at 8th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus 2021.
• Finland tops while India ranked 120 out of 165 countries in Sustainable Development Report 2021.
• Indian positioned at 135 while Iceland topped in the list of 15^th Edition of Global Peace Index.
• Environmental organization ‘Familial Forestry’ of India receives Land for Life Award by UNCCD 2021.
• Indian Astronomer to lead an international collaborative sky survey called as PASIPHAE.
• US Women’s Open 2021: Yuka Saso, a Filipino- Japanese origin woman bags the title.
• 1^st President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda dies.

RAJASTHAN STATE AFFAIRS:

• University of Ayurveda, Yoga & Natural Therapy to be established in Kota.
• Saghan Tree Plantation Program initiated in rajasthan on 21 June 2021.
• Rajasthan State Govt. to provide pension of Rs. 1500 per month to all widows in the state.
• A 12 members committee headed by Sourabh Swami to operate promotion of RBSE 10^th and 12^th
• Krishna Poonia awarded with Sports Woman of the Decade by the Sports Star News of Hindu group.
• Indian Army tests the upgraded version of Arjun Tank in Pokhran.