Current affairs notes on 26/06/2018
1.President Kovind will present the 4th "National
Awards for outstanding services in the field of Prevention of Alcoholism and
Substance (Drug) Abuse" on the occasion of 'International Day against Drug
Abuse and Illicit Trafficking' on 26th June. The function organized by the
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in New Delhi. The Awards were
started in 2013 and conferred biennially.
2. M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated a two-day National
Consultation on 'Making Agriculture Sustainable and Profitable' in Pune
which was organized by the Indian Institute of Public Administration
(IIPA) of which the Vice President of India is the Chairman.
3.Lewis
Hamilton, a British racing driver who races in Formula One for Mercedes AMG
Petronas, has won the 2018 Formula One French Grand Prix tournament at the
Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France on June 24.
4.Bollywood Actress Kalki Koechlin has been conferred with
the French distinction of Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier
dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) for her contribution in enhancing
Indo-French ties in cinema on June 22, 2018.
5.Pallavi Durua who belongs to Odisha’s Koraput district,
has been crowned as the India’s first “Tribal Queen” at the Adi Rani Kalinga
Tribal Queen competition held at Utkal Mandap on June 26, 2018. The prime
objective of the event was to promote tribal art and culture.
6.Government
proposes to set up 3000 'Van Dhan Kendras' involving 30,000 SHGs across the
country.The initiative aims to promote Minor
Forest Produce MFPs-centric
livelihood development of tribal gatherers
and artisans. It mainstreams the tribal community by
promoting primary level value addition to MFP at grassroots level.
7.The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has approved
construction of another 3,18,900 affordable houses under the Pradhan Mantri
Awas Yojna (Urban).The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) Programme launched by the
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (Min Mission
mode envisions provision of Housing for All by 2022.
8.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come out with draft
guidelines on constituting a board of management (BoM) in
addition to the board of directors, for urban cooperative banks (UCBs), with the aim of strengthening the
governance in these banks.
9.Seychelles has gifted a pair of giant Aldabra tortoise to
India. The pair will be kept at Hyderabad Zoo.It is in ‘vulnerable’ category of Red.is said to
be one of the largest species of tortoises on the planet.
10.India has again opposed the China Pakistan Economic
Corridor (CPEC), a part of Beijing’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, as it
“encroaches” on sovereignty and territorial integrity. CPEC eventually aims at linking the city of Gwadar
in South Western Pakistan to China’s North Western region Xinjiang through a
vast network of highways and railways.
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