CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 12th JUNE 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  12^th JUNE 2022  

1. World Day against Child Labour is observed on 12 June every Year. The theme for 2022 “Universal Social Protection to End Child Labour”.
2. Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN has been appointed as the Under Secretary General of the UN.
3. The 12^th World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference has begun on 12 June, 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland after a gap of almost five years.
4. The ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ Iconic Week of the Ministry of Finance concluded on 11 June, 2022.
5. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted an India-sponsored resolution on multilingualism that mentions the Hindi language for the first time.
6. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the appointment of R Subramaniakumar as Managing Director and CEO of RBL Bank for three years tenure.
7.  MapmyIndia has collaborated with India’s space agency ISRO which will enhance the quality of 3D maps.
8.  Commodore P R Hari has taken over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd.
9.  ICICI Bank has announced its partnership with Zest Money, a digital EMI/pay-later platform, to expand its ‘Cardless EMI’ facility.
10.  Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland have been elected to the UN Security Council as non-permanent members for the 2023-2024 term.
11.  Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II overtook Thailand’s King to become the World’s second-longest reigning monarch in history, after France’s Louis XIV.
12.  Electric two-wheeler manufacturer Ather Energy has partnered State Bank of India to provide customers with vehicle financing.
13.  Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent has bought stake worth USD 264 million (about Rs 2,060 crore) in Flipkart from its co-founder Binny Bansal through its European Subsidiary, according to official documents.