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1. Anita Bhatia has been appointed as the

Deputy Executive Director of the United
Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the
Empowerment of Women - UN Women.

2. Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of

India, Rajiv Mehrishi has been elected as
external auditor of the World Health
Organization (WHO).

3. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has been appointed as the chief or Director

General (DG) of India Meteorological Department (IMD).

4. Nigeria’s Ambassador to the UN Tijjani Muhammad-Bande was

elected as the President for the 74th   session of United Nations
General Assembly (UNGA).

1. Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved

$350 million loan to rehabilitate and
upgrade two state highways and 23 major
district roads in Chhattisgarh.

2. As per Reserve Bank of India, bank frauds

have amounted to Rs 71,500 crores in
2018-19 with over 6,800 cases.

3. The RBI has initiated Financial Literacy week from June 3-7, 2019.
The theme of the event was “Farmers” and how they benefit by being a
part of the formal banking system.

4. RBI has removed charges for payments via NEFT(National

Electronic Funds Transfer) and RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement
System) and asked banks to pass on the benefits to customers. This means
that payments via NEFT and RTGS would become either free or charges
would be drastically reduced.

5. The Government of India, Tamil Nadu, and the World Bank signed
a $287 million loan agreement for the state’s Health System Reform
Programme in New Delhi.

6. World Bank in its report “Global Economic Prospects report”

retained India’s growth forecast at 7.5% for the FY-20.

7. Second Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Rates for 2019-20:

Repo Rate: 5.75%

Reserve Repo Rate: 5.50%

Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) Rate: 6%

Bank Rate: 6%

1. The US has decided to roll back export

incentives given to India under the
Generalised System of Preferences (GSP).

2. Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat

Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
(HPCL) signed an agreement to form a Joint
Venture (JV) for laying the world’s longest
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipeline from Kandla, Gujarat to
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.

3. FDI inflow declined to $44.37 billion (Rs 309,867 crore) in 2018-2019

from $44.86 billion in the previous year (Rs 288,889 crore) as per
Department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT). FDI in the
services sector grew by 36.5 percent to $9.15 billion in 2018-19.

1. Recently the government has increased

the rates of scholarship from to Rs 2,500
per month for boys and Rs 3,000 per month
for girls under ‘Prime Minister’s
 Scholarship Scheme (PMSS)’ forwards of
defence personnel. The scheme is operated
under National Defence fund.

Also, the scope of the PM’s Scholarship has

now been extended to the wards of State
Police officials who were martyred during
the terror and Naxal attacks.

2. The Union government has approved monthly pension of Rs 3,000

to small traders, businessmen, and shopkeepers i.e. those having
Goods and Services Tax (GST) turnover below Rs 1.5 crores.

Age of the applicant should be between 18- 40 years and the pension
would start after the beneficiary attains the age of 60 years.

3. Union Cabinet has increased the ambit of Pradhan Mantri Kisan

Samman Nidhi Yojana (PM-KISAN) to all eligible farmer families,
irrespective of the size of their landholding, the decision will cover all the
14.5 crore farmers in the country.

1. The Medical and Health Department of

Rajasthan was conferred with the World
Health Organization’s (WHO) Tobacco Control
Award for 2019 in recognition of its
achievements in the field of tobacco control.

2. Former president of India, Pratibha Patil was honored with the

highest civilian award of Mexico termed “Orden Mexicana del Aguila
Azteca” (Order of the Aztec Eagle).

3. Veteran actress Sheela was conferred with Kerala’s highest J C

Daniel award for her contribution to Malayalam cinema.

4. US Novelist Tayari Jones received Women’s Prize for Fiction

worth $40,000 for her novel An American Marriage.

1. A two-day Elephanta festival of art and

culture was recently held on Elephanta-
Gharapuri (island), Mumbai to promote
tourism and culture in Maharashtra. The theme
 for this year is ‘Swarang’.

2. 14th  Islamic Summit organized by

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
summit was held in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. OIC
appointed Yousef Aldobeay as its special envoy
for Jammu & Kashmir.

3. A week-long exercise between the Indian army and the Indian Air
Force (IAF) – Kharga Prahar recently held in Punjab.

4. Global Day of Parents: June 1

Theme: Honour your Parents

5. World Milk Day: June 1

Theme: Drink Milk: Today & Everyday

6. World Bicycle Day: June 3

7. International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression:

June 4

8. World Environment Day: June 5

Theme: Beat Air Pollution

9. International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and

Unregulated (IUU) Fishing: June 5

10. World Food Safety Day: June 7

Theme: Food Safety, everyone’s business

1. L&T Finance Services Ltd. recently

launched “Digital Sakhi”, an educational
program aimed at financial inclusion of
rural women in Villupuram District, Tamilnadu.

1. A recent study based on the National

Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) data
shows that India has 20.6 health workers
per 10,000 people, it is less than the World
Health Organization’s (WHO) minimum
overreach of 22.8 per 10,000 people.

2. According to the Sample Registration

System (SRS), India’s infant mortality rate
declined from 42 in 2012 to 33 in 2017.

Madhya Pradesh and Assam had the worst IMR of 47 and 44

respectively while Kerala and Tamil Nadu recorded the lowest IMR of 10
and 16 respectively.

1. Indian travellers have been ranked

second among ‘Bleisure’ travellers across
31 countries, according to a study. Indians are
second to Thai (Thailand) travellers.

2. India was ranked 95th among 129 countries in new SDG

(Sustainable Development Goals) Gender Equality Index that measures
global gender equality looking at aspects such as poverty, health,
education, literacy, political representation and equality at the workplace.

Denmark (Capital: Copenhagen, Currency: Krone) was ranked first in the

index.

3. According to the recent study “Traffic Index 2018”, analysis of the

current status of traffic mobility, Mumbai is the most traffic-congested
city among 403 cities in 56 countries with a congestion level of 65 per
cent, while New Delhi ranked fourth with congestion of 58 percent.

1. Puerto Williams, in Chile (Capital:

Santiago, Currency: Peso), has been upgraded
to the category of “city” making it the world’s
southernmost city.

2. As per Forbes Magazine, Jay-Z (real name

Sean Carter) was named as world’s first
billionaire Rapper.

3. Singer Rihanna has been named as the world’s richest female

according to the Forbes magazine with an estimated fortune of $600 million.
 
1. The chief executive of the England and Wales
Cricket Board, Tom Harrison launched the book –
Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge, a
book on world cup from Indian perspective by
veteran broadcaster and writer Ashis Ray.

2. Swiss–Italian football administrator

Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as
president of Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).

1. Brij Mohan Khaitan, a veteran

industrialist passed away in Kolkata recently. 

2. Bengali singer-actress Ruma Guha

Thakurta passed away recently in Kolkata,
West Bengal.

3. Actor and Padma Shri awardee Dinyar Contractor passed away in

Mumbai, Maharashtra.

4. Jaspal Inder Singh Kalra known as Jiggs Kalra, celebrated chef and
culinary passed away recently in New Delhi.

He was popularly known as “Czar of Indian Cuisine” and “Tastemaker

to the Nation”

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