Current Affair June 16, 2021 at 06:54AM

Daily one liner current affairs:16 June 2021

1) The United Nations elected five countries to join the powerful U.N. Security Council with no suspense because all were unopposed -- Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Albania, Ghana and Gabon.
➨The five new council members will start their terms on January 1, replacing five countries whose two-year terms end on December 31 -- Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Vietnam.
United Nations Security Council :-
Headquarters - New York, United States
Founded - 24 October 1945

2) Karnataka's noted Kannada Dalit poet and activist Siddalingaiah died due to Covid-related complications. He was 67.
➨Siddalingaiah, who tested positive on May 2, was admitted to Manipal Hospital on May 4 for severe Covid pneumonia with multi-organ failure.
Karnataka:-
CM :- Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa
Governor :- Vajubhai Vala
Formation :- 1 November 1956
Language :- Kannada
Port :- New Mangalore Port

3) The Performance Grading Index (PGI) of the States/ UTs in the field of school education comes with good news as well as major concerns.
➨Punjab, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Kerala occupy the highest grade A++ in 2019-20 in the field of school education as per PGI released by the Ministry of Education (MoE).

4) Barbora Krejcikova claimed her maiden Grand Slam title when she beat Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the French Open final.
➨The 25-year-old is the first Czech to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup since Hana Mandlikova, who represented Czechoslovakia, triumphed in 1981.

5) The Russia is building its first stealth naval warship that will be fully equipped with stealth technology making it hard to detect it by enemy vessels.
➨The hull of the Mercury naval corvette dubbed project 20386 has already been built and the vessel is expected to be delivered to the navy next year.
Russia :-
➨President - Vladimir Putin
➨State Historical Museum in Moscow
➨Hermitage Museum
➨Russian Museum in St Petersburg
➨Kazan Kremlin in Kazan

6) ‘Namaste Yoga’, a mobile application was launched on 11 June 2021 in the curtain-raiser event for the 7th International Day of Yoga.
➨The event was organised by the Ministry of Ayush in association with the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga.

7) Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat won the 53kg gold at the Poland Open in Warsaw, giving herself some crucial practice ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
➨It is the third title of the season for the 26-year-old Vinesh, who claimed gold medals at the Matteo Pellicone event (March) and Asian Championship (April) earlier.
➨The victory would potentially make Vinesh the top seed at the Tokyo Games.

8) Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd (HSBC), Europe's largest lender by assets, has promoted Hitendra Dave as India CEO, subject to regulatory approval.
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp Ltd (HSBC) :-
Founder - Sir Thomas Sutherland
Headquarters - HSBC Main Building, Central, Hong Kong
Founded - 3 March 1865

9) The Central Railway has for the first time formed an all women’s team at Kalyan Goods Yard to carry out intensive examination of freight or goods rake.
➨The entire 10-member women team was deployed for under gear examination, air brake testing, examination of under frames, side panels and for on rake attention of defective components and other related repairs.

10) World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is observed globally on 15th June every year. It was officially recognized by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2011 following a request by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse. It has been observed that elder abuse can take various forms such as physical, psychological or emotional, and financial abuse.