Current Affairs - June 17, 2023 Current Affairs

IIT Delhi's model, trained with historical data, forecasts a normal monsoon in 2023 based on the All India Summer Monsoon Rainfall of approximately 790mm. The new climate model developed by a research team led by Prof. Saroj K. Mishra of IIT Delhi has predicted that 2023 will be a normal monsoon year.

The Government of India and the United Nations have signed the Government of India - United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2023-2027 (GoI-UNSDCF).

The toy train was started once again in Gulab Bagh of Udaipur, Rajasthan, and has been named the Maharana Pratap Express train. According to the engineer of the toy train, Anirudh Singh Nathawat, this is the country's first CNG-powered toy train. Tourists will be able to ride this toy train for ₹25/₹50.

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has appointed Philip Green as Australia's next High Commissioner to India.

According to data released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Rajasthan is the top achiever in the adoption of wind energy. Gujarat and Tamil Nadu were the 2nd and 3rd top achievers in wind energy, respectively.

The Asia Cup 2023 will take place in Pakistan and Sri Lanka between August 31 and September 17, 2023. Originally, the tournament was meant to be held entirely in Pakistan.

India's Defence Ministry has approved the procurement of "Predator Drones" from the United States, just before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday laid the foundation stone for setting up a Fintech City and a Fintech tower, both of which are expected to create about 90,000 job opportunities jointly.

The two-day conference of Science-20 under G-20 is being organized from 16th-17th June 2023 at the Taj Hotel in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

Historian and writer Ramchandra Guha is the author of the book "Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom," which has won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2023.

The International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) is a universally recognized observance adopted by the United Nations General Assembly and celebrated every year on June 16.

Pune will host the 4th G20 Education Working Group meeting.

Madhya Pradesh is poised to get its seventh tiger reserve with the state government going forward with the notification of Nauradehi and Durgavati Wildlife Sanctuaries as a combined protected area.

In the Urban and Real Estate Sector category, Telangana has been awarded the International Green Apple Awards for Beautiful Buildings. It is the first time any building or structure in India has received these prestigious awards.

The Vaibhav (Vaishvik Bhartiya Vaigyanik) Fellowship was launched by the Government of India for students belonging to the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine.

According to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the growth in demand for oil in India will overtake that in China by the year 2027.

Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Sabah has become the new prime minister of Kuwait.

Researchers from IIT Madras have recently developed a low-cost mobile air pollution monitoring framework.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will confer the 4th National Water Awards on June 17, 2023, in New Delhi. The Department of Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation has announced a total of 41 winners.