CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 7th JUNE 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  7^th  JUNE 2022

1. World Food Safety Day is celebrated globally on 7 June every year as per the World Health Organization (WHO). The theme of World Food Safety Day 2022 is “Safer food, better health”. 
2. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index 2022 report Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman and Managing Director, Mukesh Ambani has regained the position of India as well as Asia’s richest man, replacing Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani.
3. The Union government has announced SL Thaosen and Zulfiquar Hassan as the new Director-General of Sashatra Seema Bal (SSB) and Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), respectively.
4. Airtel Payments Bank has partnered with Muthoot Finance to offer gold loans through Airtel Thanks app. There will be no-processing charge on the loan.
5. India and Canada have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen bilateral collaboration on climate change, environmental preservation and conservation.
6. Stashfin, a neo banking platform introduces #LiveBoundless – a credit line card especially for women.
7. According to Everest Group, TCS has maintained its tenth place among the top worldwide BPM (business process management) suppliers in 2021.
8. Albania’s parliament has elected a top military official, General Major Bajram Begaj as its new president.
9. Rajasthan Chief Minister(CM) Ashok Gehlot has announced that the state government is set to introduce the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award to the State’s sportspersons.
10.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually addressed Rotary International Convention 2022.
11.  During the World Environment Day celebrations, Chief Minister P.S. Golay, declared Blue Duke as the State Butterfly of Sikkim.
12.  Bajaj Finance Limited, the lending arm of Bajaj Finserv Limited, a global financial services conglomerate, has launched Har Time EMI On Time, a digital campaign to raise awareness about the importance and advantages of good financial habits for a secure financial future.
13. 176 fishing cats has been discovered during a survey at Chilika Lake, making it the world’s first fishing Cat Census.
14.  NATO kicked off nearly a two-week United States-led naval exercise BALTOPS on the Baltic Sea with more than 7,000 sailors, airmen and marines from 16 nations, including two aspiring to join the military alliance, Finland and Sweden.
15. Former Indian cricket team captain, MS Dhoni has invested an undisclosed sum in Chennai-based Garuda Aerospace, India’s leading drone-as-a-service (DaaS) provider.