CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 29th JUNE 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  29^th  JUNE 2022

1. International Day of the Tropics is observed globally on 29 June.
2. The Reserve Bank of India has given the State Bank of India preliminary approval for its proposed operations support subsidiary, which aims to reduce the cost-to-income ratio.
3. On 27 June 2022, Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSE&L) of Ministry of  Education (MoE) released the ‘Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D)’ report for the year 2018-19 and 2019-20 which assessed the performance of school education system at District level by formulating an index for comprehensive analysis.
4. Renowned business tycoon and former Chairman of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, Pallonji Mistry has passed away at the age of 93.
5. The devotees were finally permitted to take part in the annual Ambubachi Mela at Assam’s Kamakhya Temple on the starting day after a two-year absence.
6. The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, officially inaugurated the Honey Testing Laboratory at Dimapur during his visit to Nagaland.
7. The online food delivery platform, Zomato has acquired Blinkit, earlier known as Grofers India for Rs 4,447 crore.
8. Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Defense Initiatives (DI), Belarus, and Defense Initiatives Aero Pvt Ltd, India (a subsidiary of DI Belarus) for the supply of Airborne Defense Suite (ADS).
9. The Indian Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has authorised two Indian private firms, Dhruva Space Private Limited in Hyderabad (Telangana) and Digantara Research and Technologies Private Limited in Bengaluru (Karnataka) to launch their payloads into space.
10. World Bank has approved the financing of USD 250 million to support the ‘India State Support Program for Road Safety’, a project by the Indian Government to improve road safety.
11. NITI Aayog recently published its report titled ‘India’s Booming Gig and Platform Economy’.
12. Mukesh Ambani’s eldest son Akash Ambani will take over as chairman of Jio Infocomm’s board, the digital division of Reliance industries.
13. Olympic gold medallist, Sydney McLaughlin broke her own women's 400 metres hurdles world record at the U.S. championships in Eugene, Oregon, winning the final in 51.41 seconds.
14. Eoin Morgan has announced his immediate retirement from international cricket, according to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).