Current Affairs - June 16, 2021 Current Affairs

A professor from IIT Roorkee, Prof. Shailesh Ganpule has received the 'NSG Counter-IED & Counter-Terrorism Innovator Award 2021' for his design of a blast-resistant helmet.

Mahavir Chakra recipient, Brig Raghubir Singh Rajawat passed away. He was from 18 Rajputana Rifles and had also received a sword from Maharaja Sawai Man Singh as a token of honour.

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has launched the Central Athlete Injury Management System for streamlining the sports medicine and rehabilitation support offered to the athletes.

The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management and NITI Aayog have agreed to the proposal of incorporation of a wholly-owned arm for demerger of surplus land and asset as part of BEML's strategic disinvestment process.

Henri Marie Dondra has been named the new Prime Minister of the Central African Republic.

Czech Barbora Krejcikova completed a singles-doubles title sweep at the French Open when she lifted the women's doubles trophy with compatriot Katerina Siniakova, beating Iga Swiatek and Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

The Centre has allocated Rs 10,870 crore to Uttar Pradesh under the Jal Jeevan Mission for 2021-22 with a vision to provide clean tap water to every household.

Naftali Bennett, a former ally of Netanyahu turned rival elected as the new prime minister of Israel after got the 60-59 vote.

The theme in 2021 for WEAAD is "Access to Justice".

The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar has developed a device dubbed as 'Jivan Vayu' which can be used as a substitute of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine.

The Union Defence Minister has flagged off the first ever Solo Woman Motorcycle Expedition by Ms Kanchan Ugursandi to Umling La Pass, Ladakh and back.

The G7 arrived at a consensus and offered developing nations an infrastructure plan which can rival China's multi-million-dollar Belt and Road Initiative or BRI.

The E-Commerce major Flipkart has announced that it has partnered with Telangana government to lead a consortium under the 'Medicines from the Sky' project.

The Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has participated in the "Diabetes India" World Congress-2021, as chief guest.

The Madhya Pradesh government has launched 'Yuva Shakti Corona Mukti Abhiyan' to make people aware about the COVID pandemic.

Indian-origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan along with Alison Killing and Christo Buschek of BuzzFeed News has won the Pulitzer Prize in the International Reporting category for their innovative investigative reports exposing China's secretly built Uyghur Muslims detention camps in its Xinjiang region.

The World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is marked every year on 15 June to promote a better understanding of abuse and neglect of older persons.

The United Nations Development Programme has released an independent appraisal report on India's Aspirational Districts Programme.

Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh) has been named as the ICC Men's Player of the Month of May.

The World Wind Day is celebrated on 15 June each year with great joy and excitement all over the world.