Current Affair June 21, 2021 at 06:49AM
1) One of independent India’s biggest sporting icons, ace sprinter Milkha Singh, died after a month-long battle with COVID-19, during which he lost his former national volleyball captain wife Nirmal Kaur to the same ailment. He was cremated with full state honours in Chandigarh.
➨The Padma Shri awardee, who was nicknamed ‘The Flying Sikh’ for his accomplishments, was 91 and is survived by his golfer son Jeev Milkha Singh and three daughters.
2) A 1,098 carat diamond believed to be the third largest gem-quality stone ever to be mined, has been discovered in Botswana.
➨It is the third largest in the world, behind the 3,106 carat Cullinan stone recovered in South Africa in 1905 and the 1,109 carat Lesedi La Rona unearthed by Lucara Diamonds in Botswana in 2015.
3) The Maharashtra Govt has completed the construction of nearly 3 lakh 23 thousand houses for the rural region and handed over the possession to the beneficiaries.
➨Under Maha Awas Abhiyan, another four lakh 68 thousand houses are being completed and would be handed over in a month.
Maharashtra :-
Shani Shingnapur Temple
Siddhivinayak Temple
Shri Saibaba Sansthan Temple
Trimbakeshwar Temple
Bhimashankar Temple
Grishneshwar Temple
4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched ‘Customized Crash Course programme for Covid 19 Frontline workers’.
➙The launch commenced the programme in 111 training centres spread over 26 states.
5) Ahead of the WTO's ministerial conference later this year, the government has appointed a private person Aashish Chandorkar as ‘Counsellor’ in India's Permanent Mission in the World Trade Organisation for three years.
World Trade Organisation :-
Headquarters - Geneva, Switzerland
Founded - 1 January 1995
Membership - 164 member states
➨Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organisation (WTO)- Brajendra Navnit
6) Google announced that it is launching its News Showcase feature in India and is partnering with 30 news organisations.
➨The move is aimed at incentivising and supporting local publishers to curate high-quality content on the search engine's News and Discover platforms.
➨This initiative is part of Google's investment campaign to support quality journalism in India.
7) Bihar CM Nitish Kumar launched an exclusive mobile App to ensure regular monitoring and tracking of all those covid-19 patients who are in home isolation across the state.
➨The App has been named as ‘HIT Covid App’. Here ‘HIT’ stands for home isolation tracking.
✸Bihar CM - Nitish Kumar
➭ Governor - Phagu Chauhan
➭Mangala Gowri Temple
➭Mithila Shakti Peeth Temple
➭Valmiki National Park
8) United Nations Global Compact has recognised Sumant Sinha, Chairman & MD of ReNew Power, as one of the ten SDG Pioneers 2021, for his work to advance access to clean and affordable energy.
✸United Nations Global Compact :-
Formation - 26 July 2000
Type - Framework and Mechanism
CEO & Executive Director - Sanda Ojiambo
9) Padma Shree awardee and former national president of the Indian Medical Association Dr KK Aggarwal has passed away after battling Covid-19 for several days at New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
➭A cardiologist by profession, he was also the head of the Heart Care Foundation of India. He also received the Dr BC Roy Award in 2005 and Padma Shree in 2010.
10) Larsen & Toubro Infotech, a global technology consulting and digital solutions company has been recognized as the Global Innovation Partner of the Year by Snowflake, the Data Cloud Company.
➨LTI received this prestigious recognition during Snowflake Virtual Partner Summit held on June 16, 2021.
11) NATO leaders expanded the use of their all for one, one for all, mutual defense clause to include a collective response to attacks in space.
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