CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 19th JUNE 2022
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The ‘International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict’ is an international event conducted by the United Nations (UN) on June 19 each year. The Theme for this year’s observance of International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict is ‘Prevention as Protection: Enhancing Structural and operational prevention of conflict-related sexual viloence’.
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India celebrates June 19 as the ‘National Reading Day’ in honour of P. N. Panicker, the Father of the Library and Literacy Movement in Kerala.
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The World’s largest living plant has been identified in the shallow waters off the coast of Western Australia.
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Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated National Yoga Olympiad 2022 and quiz competition in New Delhi.
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Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has appointed a former Chairman of the Jubbaland State Election Commission, Hamza Abdi Barre as the Prime Minister.
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Central Institute of Educational Technology, a unit of NCERT has been awarded the UNESCO’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in Education for the year 2021.
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Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited on 19 June 2022 launched ‘ENJOI’, an exclusive savings account for kids.
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Women soldiers of the Indian Army Participated in the four-day ‘Women Peace and Security’ Seminar at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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Indian javelin ace Neeraj Chopra created history by winning the gold medal at the ongoing Kuortane Games in Finland.
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India ranked 3rd in renewable energy installations in 2021, after China and Russia, according to a report released on 15 June, 2022.
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The 47th Meeting of the GST Council will be held on June 28-29, 2022 in Srinagar.
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will attend the NATO summit on 28 June 2022 in Madrid.
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The Ministry of Education announced on 15 June 2022 that it will launch a special three-year skill-based bachelor’s programme for serving defence personnel.