Current Affairs - June 19, 2022 Current Affairs

Professional network LinkedIn has inked a deal with UN Women, the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality to upskill women and create employment opportunities.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved Shriram Group's composite scheme of arrangement and amalgamation of financial services businesses.

In a major boost to the export of mangoes, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) launched an eight-day-long Mango Festival in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The robot has developed by researchers of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras).

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin launched the Enum Ezhutham scheme to bridge the learning gap due to the COVID pandemic in students below the age of eight.

June 18 is being celebrated as the first International Day for Countering Hate Speech.

The 8th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians has been organized in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to address the topic of climate change.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport has become the first airport in India to launch a first-of-its-kind Vertical Axis Wind Turbine and Solar PV Hybrid (Solar Mill) to explore the potential of using wind power at Mumbai Airport.

Former Karnataka High Court judge Bhimanagouda Sanganagouda Patil has been sworn in as the Lokayukta of Karnataka.

The theme of 2022 Desertification and Drought Day "Rising up from drought together".

The Uttar Pradesh government will constitute a Pilibhit Tiger Conservation Foundation for better management and development of the tiger reserve.

HSBC India announced lending support of $250 million for high-growth tech-led startups in India.

In New Delhi, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the Industrial Decarbonization Summit 2022.

Unmesh, a three-day international literary festival, began at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.

Every year, to raise awareness about the condition, June 18 is being celebrated as the Autistic Pride Day, globally.

International Picnic Day is being celebrated every year on June 18.

US President Joe Biden is expected to name Aarti Prabhakar as the head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).

Industry body COAI on Tuesday named Pramod K Mittal, President of Reliance Jio Infocomm, as the new Chairperson of the association for 2022-23. Mittal was previously the Vice Chairperson of the Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI), whose members include Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (VIL).

India ranked third globally for total renewable power capacity additions.

Former Judge of Karnataka High Court, Bhimanagouda Sanganagouda Patil took oath as Lokayukta of Karnataka.