CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 30th JUNE, 2023

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 30^th JUNE, 2023

1. United Nations’ International Day of Parliamentarism is annually celebrated across the globe on 30 June to commemorate the formation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and to celebrate the ways in which parliamentary systems of government improve the day-to-day lives of people across the world. The theme of International Day of Parliamentarism 2023 is “Parliaments for the Planet”.
2. United Nations’ International Asteroid Day is annually observed across the world on 30 June to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard and to inform public about the crisis communication actions to be taken at a global level in case of a credible Near-Earth Object threat.
3. Indian-origin satellite industry expert Aarti Holla-Maini, has been selected by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as the Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in Vienna.
4. The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Pixxel Space India Pvt Ltd. to build a project for enhancement of India’s agriculture ecosystem.
5. At the Kolkata edition of the International Performing Arts Festival (IPAF), Padma Shri Baul Samrat Pandit Purna Das Baul was presented with the IPAF Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the traditional Baul music on the world stage.
6. The third G20 Infrastructure Working Group (IWG) meeting under G20 Indian Presidency took place in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand from 26-28 June, 2023.
7. Micron Technology Inc, a US-based semiconductor manufacturer, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gujarat government to set up a state-of-the-art semiconductor unit in Sanand, near Ahmedabad.
8. Red Bull’s F1 team driver Max Verstappen after winning the Canadian Grand Prix secured the 41^st win of his career, equalling the legendary Ayrton Senna’s record most wins in a career.
9. The Tamil Nadu State Government’s proposal to construct the Kalaignar Pen Monument at Chennai’s Marina Beach has received Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
10. Ajay Bhatnagar, a 1989-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Jharkhand cadre has been appointed as Special Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
11. India’s first hydrogen fuel-powered train is scheduled to run between the Jind-Sonipat (Haryana) route by March 2024.
12. Indian women’s doubles pair of Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee won the WTT (World Table Tennis) Contender tournament in Tunis after beating Japanese pair of Miyuu Kihara and Miwa Harimoto.
13. The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 Trophy Tour has begun in spectacular style, launching 120,000 feet above the Earth, before landing in the largest cricket stadium in the world, India’s Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
14. Lionel Messi has been awarded the ‘Best Foreign Player’ in France’s Ligue 1 for the 2022-23 season with Paris Saint-Germain.
15. TS Singh Deo was appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister Chhattisgarh by Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge.
16. Nagaland has got its first HIV-1 Viral Load Laboratory at Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK).