Current Affairs June 2022

Satish Pai named as the new chairman of International Aluminium Institute

Hindalco Industries MD Satish Pai has been appointed the new chairman of the International Aluminium Institute (IAI), the body representing the global primary aluminium industry. Earlier serving as vice-chairman, he succeeds Ben Kahrs, chief innovation officer, Alcoa Corporation. An engineer by education and profession, Satish earlier worked with Schlumberger, based out of Paris, where he was […]

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Andhra Pradesh launched ‘14400 app’ to report corrupt officials

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy launched the ‘14400’ app. Through the app, developed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), people can lodge corruption-related complaints against officials in the State. This app also aims to ensure fool-proof evidence to present before the court. A complaint can be filed through a toll-free number 14400. How does the app work? Earlier, people could file

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Instagram to launch AMBER alerts to help in finding missing children

Meta has announced that AMBER alerts will soon be rolled out to Instagram in 25 countries. With the help of this alerts, users will get notifications of missing children in the area. This feature was already available on Facebook and helped to find hundreds of children since it was introduced in 2015. This was developed in partnership with the National Center for Missing

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Current Affairs for Competitive Exam by Gkseries – 7 June 2022

Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That’s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post, Daily Current Affairs 7 June 2022, we have tried to cover each and every point and also included all

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Rafael Nadal beats Casper Ruud to win his 14th French Open 2022

Rafael Nadal (Spain) wins his 14th title of the Men’s French Open championship at Roland Garros and 22nd Grand Slam title overall. He defeated Casper Ruud by 6-3, 6-3, 6-0. Iga Swiatek (Poland) has defeated Coco Gauff to win the Women’s French Open 2022. Men’s Doubles: Marcelo Arévalo (El Salvador) & Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) Women’s Doubles: Caroline Garci and Kristina Mladenovic (France)

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India-Bangladesh joint military exercise ‘Sampriti-X’ begins

India and Bangladesh has begun a joint military training exercise, ‘Ex SAMPRITI-X’ on June 5 at Jessore military station in Bangladesh. This will continue till June 16 as part of bilateral defence cooperation. Aim: At strengthening the aspects of interoperability and cooperation between both armies. Indian contingent represented: Dogra regiment. The armies of both nations will share expertise in counter-terrorism,

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Indian American Harini Logan wins 2022 Spelling Bee champion

Indian American girl, Harini Logan from Texas has won the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee. She has spelled 21 words correctly to win the prestigious 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee and defeated Vikram Raju in a marathon. Prize money: USD 50,000 cash prize and Scripps Cup trophy on top of awards from Merriam-Webster and Encyclopedia Britannica. She is the fifth Scripps champion

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ISRO chairman inaugurates spacecraft manufacturing facility in Karnataka

The chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dr S Somanath has inaugurated ANANTH Technologies’ spacecraft manufacturing unit at Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) Aerospace Park. It can conduct assembly integration and testing of four large spacecraft simultaneously. Ananth has contributed to the manufacturing of 89 satellites and 69 launch vehicles built/launched by ISRO. Chairman and

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Tamil Nadu CM flags off luxury cruise “Empress”

Tamil Nadu CM, MK Stalin has flagged off the luxury cruise liner “Empress” from Chennai port. This is the eleven-storey tourist vessel which can accommodate up to two thousand passengers and about 800 crew members. The vessel has a swimming pool, children’s play area, gym, theatre and a multi-cuisine restaurant. This is considered the first luxury cruise liner to

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OECD projected the Global plastic waste to be tripled by 2060

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report, the global usage of plastic is set to increase by three times by the year 2060. The world that is destroy by severe plastic pollution, has need to take up several measures to combat the the use of plastic. Currently, nearly 100 million tonnes of plastic

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