Current Affair June 8, 2021 at 06:23AM

Daily one liner current affairs:8 June 2021

1) The Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently directed the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) and other authorities to implement the Vishwamitri River Action Plan, including preparation for demarcation, plantation and maintaining the integrity of the river.
➟The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 is an Act of the Parliament of India which enables the creation of a special tribunal to handle the expeditious disposal of the cases pertaining to environmental issues.
Committee report- 24 November 2009
Enacted by - Parliament of India
Enacted - 5 May 2010
Bill published on - 31 July 2009
Gujarat:-
● CM :- Vijay Ramniklal Rupani
●Governor :- Acharya Devvrat
●Nageshwar Temple
●Somnath Temple

2) The income tax department will launch a new e-filing portal on June 7, which will be integrated to immediately process returns and issue refunds.
➟ The new e-filing portal is aimed at providing taxpayer convenience and a modern, seamless experience to taxpayers.

3) India's most-valued edtech startup and the world's biggest search engine have come together to offer a "learning solution" for schools in the country, at a time when online education has boomed amid the pandemic.
➟ The Byju's-Google tie-up brings together the simplicity, flexibility and security of Google Workspace for Education and Byju's content pedagogy on the 'Vidyartha' platform to aid effective learning at school,

4) World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year to remind people about the importance of nature. It is celebrated across the globe to tell people that nature should not be taken for granted and must be respected for its values.
➟The theme for World Environment Day 2021 is 'Ecosystem Restoration' and Pakistan will be the global host for the big day. This day will also see the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. In 2020, the theme was 'Celebrate Biodiversity'.

5) Indian men and women’s hockey teams maintained their fourth and ninth position, respectively, in the latest International Hockey Federation (FIH) world rankings.
International Hockey Federation (FIH) :-
Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland
CEO: Thierry Weil
Founded: 7 January 1924, Paris, France

6) The Indian Air Force will see a number of changes at the top as Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari has been appointed as the next Vice Chief of Air Staff in the Air headquarters.
➟Air Marshal Ballabha Radha Krishna would be succeeding Chaudhari at the Western Command in Delhi while Air Marshal RJ Duckworth would be taking charge of the Central Air Command in Prayagraj.
Indian Air Force:-
●Founded - 8 October 1932
●Headquarters - New Delhi
●Commander-in-Chief - President Ram Nath Kovind
●Chief of the Air Staff - Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria

7) The SPAG9 antigen developed by the National Institute of Immunology (NII) has received the ASPAGNIITM trademark.
➟ India’s first indigenous tumor antigen SPAG9 was discovered in 1998 by Dr. Anil Suri who heads the Cancer Research Programme at the NII.
➟National Institute of Immunology is an autonomous research institute located in New Delhi, under the Department of Biotechnology for research in immunology. NII was established on 24 June 1981, with Prof. M. G. K. Menon as Chairman of its governing body.

8) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to extend a special liquidity facility of ₹16,000 crores to the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
Reserve Bank of India:-
●Headquarters:- Mumbai, Maharashtra, 
●Established:- 1 April 1935, 1934 Act.
● First Governor - Sir Osborne Smith
● First Indian Governor - Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh
●Governor:- Shaktikanta Das

9) Noted writer and Katha Nilayam founder Kalipatnam Ramarao, popularly known as ‘Kara Mastaru’, died here on Friday due to age related ailments. He was 97. He is survived by a daughter and five sons.