CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 7th JUNE, 2023

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 7^th JUNE, 2023

1. World Food Safety Day is annually celebrated across the globe on 7 June to highlight the importance of maintaining food standards and to promote actions to prevent foodborne diseases at all levels. The theme of World Food Safety Day 2023 is “Food standards save lives”.
2. President Droupadi Murmu became the first Indian to be honoured with the Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star, the highest civilian award in Suriname.
3. Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy are collaborating on a new initiative called the National Mission on Advanced and High-Impact Research (MAHIR) which aims to identify and develop emerging technologies in the power sector within and outside of India.
4. Nirmala Lakshman has been unanimously appointed Chairperson of the Board of Directors of The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited (THGPPL) for a term of three years.
5. Jagdish Sudhakar Bakan, wildlife warden and District Forest Officer (DFO) of Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu has been selected for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s 2023 Michel Batisse Award for Biosphere Reserve Management.
6. Indian chess grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram won the 23^rd Dubai Open Chess Tournament 2023 for second consecutive year.
7. India recently achieved a significant milestone in the field of aviation as it conducted Asia’s first demonstration of performance-based navigation for helicopters. The successful flight from Juhu to Pune showcased the utilization of GAGAN satellite technology, a joint development by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
8. India’s Tata Group, a leading multinational conglomerate, has entered into an outline deal to construct a lithium-ion cell factory in Gujarat, India.
9. Bank of Baroda, a prominent public lender, has recently launched the Interoperable Cardless Cash Withdrawal (ICCW) facility for its customers.
10. Serbia’s men and United States women won the FIBA 3×3 World Cup 2023, which took place in Vienna, Austria.
11. Colonel Shuchita Shekhar has become the first woman officer to command a Communication Zone Mechanical Transport Battalion in the Indian Army Service Corps.
12. AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic announces his retirement from football after they played season’s final game against Hellas Verona.
13. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently initiated the ‘100 Days 100 Pays’ campaign, aimed at tracing and settling the top 100 unclaimed deposits of every bank in every district within a span of 100 days.
14. On 6 June 2023, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran unveiled the first indigenously-developed hypersonic ballistic missile ‘Fattah’ with a range of 1,400 kilometres.
15. The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government on 5 June, 2023 officially launched the Kerala Fibre Optical Network (KFON).
16. Aamir Raza Husain, a renowned theater actor and director famous for his grand open-air stage productions like ‘The Fifty Day War’, inspired by the Kargil War, and ‘The Legend of Ram’, passed away at the age of 66.