Current Affairs - June 28, 2022 Current Affairs

Chennai-based drone startup Garuda Aerospace Pvt Ltd on June 22 announced that it has teamed up with Malaysia-based HiiLSE Global Sdn Bhd (HiiLSE Drones) to set up a 2.42 hectares drone factory in Malaysia with an investment of Rs 115 crore.

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot has started a new campaign for the Rajasthan school.

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) scheme for another six months, till September 2022.

The UN Ocean Conference 2022 kicked off in Lisbon to discuss how to restore the ailing health of global oceans due to the environmental damage caused by human activity.

Over 30,000 years old mummified body of a baby woolly mammoth with skin and hair has been discovered in the far north of Canada.

The leadership of the world's largest stock exchange is now headed by a public interest director S.S. Above Mundra.

ICICI Bank unveiled a digital platform named "Campus Power" to assist students seeking higher education in India and abroad.

Delhi govt will provide free sewer connections under the "Mukhyamantri Muft Sewer Connection Yojana".

Delhi Airport or Indira Gandhi International Airport has become the first airport in the country to run entirely on hydro and solar energy from this month, a move that aims to achieve the goal of 'Net Zero Carbon Emission Airport' by 2030.

A joint India-UK Commonwealth Diplomatic Academy programme has been announced by the foreign ministers of the UK and India.

Kerala government is set to launch the MEDISEP scheme.

Parameswaran Iyer has been named the new chief executive of the NITI Aayog to succeed Amitabh Kant, whose term is scheduled to end.

Union Health Secretary, Rajesh Bhushan has been appointed as the chairperson of Committee B at the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA).

Japan topped the overall medals tally (senior, junior and para combined) with 18 gold, seven silver and two bronze medals. Korea finished second with 12 gold, 14 silver and three bronze medals. The Indian cycling team finished its campaign with 23 combined medals, including two gold, six silver and 15 bronze, which is the best-ever performance by India at the championships.

Shyam Saran, former Foreign Secretary and Special Representative to the Prime Minister for Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change, has been made the President of the India International Center.

Hardeep Singh Puri announced the Bharat Tap project, a campaign to produce low-flow fixtures and sanitaryware to help India enter a new era of water conservation and sustainable development.

The central government has announced a single-use plastic ban from July 1, 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised broadcast that Russia will supply Belarus with Iskander-M missile systems, which can use ballistic or cruise missiles, in the coming months.

A rare carnivorous plant named 'Uticularia Furcellata' has been discovered in the Mandal valley of Chamoli district by the research wing of the Uttarakhand Forest Department.

The Delhi cabinet has approved the "Delhi Startup Policy" to create an ecosystem for people to launch startups and provide them with fiscal and non-fiscal incentives, collateral-free loans, and free consultancy from experts, lawyers, and CA.