CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 27th JUNE 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  27^th  JUNE 2022

1. Recognising the potential of the MSME and their role in strengthening economies, June 27 is celebrated as the ‘Micro-Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Day’. This year the theme of World MSME Day is “Resilience and Rebuilding: MSMEs for Sustainable Development”.
2. World Vitiligo Day (WVD) is annually observed across the globe on 25 June to create awareness about vitiligo, a long term skin condition caused due to lack of melanin. The International theme for World Vitiligo Day 2022 is “Learning To Live With Vitiligo”.
3. Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for the Government of India, left for Portugal to attend the Lisbon UN Ocean Conference, 2022.
4. The Indian Air Force announced that three Su-30 MKI planes and two C-17 transport aircraft are taking part in a month – long tactical leadership programme in Egypt.
5. Anil Khanna has been appointed as the acting President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
6. Samant Kumar Goel’s contract as secretary of the intelligence agency’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) was extended by the Centre on 24 June by another year.
7. The people of Goa have celebrated the Sao Joao Festival, the feast of St John the Baptist with traditional enthusiasm after a two-year corona virus-induced gap.
8. Venkataraman Krishnamurthy, the former chairman of BHEL, Maruti Udyog and SAIL passed away at the age of 97.
9. Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) Tapan Deka has been appointed as the new chief of the central intelligence agency.
10.  The 21^st edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival was held on 25 June, 2022 at Unirii Square in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
11.  The chief executive of India Resurgence Asset Reconstruction Company, Avinash Kulkarni, has been selected to head the India Debt Resolution Company.
12.  IRS Officer Nitin Gupta has been appointed as the new Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chairman.