Current Affair June 9, 2021 at 06:41AM

Daily one liner current affairs:9 June 2021

1) Puducherry has become the ‘Har Ghar Jal’ Union Territory by ensuring that every rural home gets a household tap connection.
Puducherry has now become the fourth state or UT after Goa, Telangana and Andaman and Nicobar Islands to provide assured tap water supply to every rural home.
Puducherry :-
Chief Minister - N Rangasamy
Lt Governor - Tamilisai Soundararajan

2) The Covid-19 variant spreading in India, which is facing an explosive outbreak, appears to be more contagious and has been classified as being “of concern".
The UN health agency said the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19 first found in India last October seemed to be transmitting more easily than the original version of the virus, and might possibly have some increased resistance to vaccine protections.

3) Jishnu Barua, Chief Secretary, Assam launched a real time Digital Flood Reporting and Information Management System (FRIMS).
Assam
CM - Himanta Biswa Sarma
Assam - Bihu Festival
Governor - Jagdish Mukhi
Nameri National Park
Manas National Park
Dibru Saikhowa National Park
Kaziranga National Park

4) In tennis, Aryna Sabalenka defeated the world number one Ashleigh Barty to win the Madrid Open for the first time on 9th May 2021.

5) Nepalese climber Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for the 25th time. He broke his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak.

6) The Department of Expenditure has released an amount of ₹8,923.8 crores in advance to 25 states for providing grants to the Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) because of the coronavirus pandemic. The amount is the first installment of the ‘Untied Grants’ for the year 2021-22.

7) The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on Saturday allowed businesses to import and export goods without furnishing bonds to the Customs authorities until June-end, a move aimed at ensuring no delay or disruption in EXIM trade due to COVID-19.
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) :-
Chairperson - M. Ajit Kumar
Elected officer responsible - Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister of India
Founded - 1 January 1964
Headquarters - New Delhi

8) The German Tennis player and the world number six Alexander Zverev continued his sensational form and won his 2nd Madrid Open Title.
He also lifted his fourth ATP Masters 1000 trophy.

9) BioNTech plans to set up a regional headquarters and build a new manufacturing site for its vaccines based on messenger RNA technology (mRNA) in Singapore.

10) NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft began its historic 2-year mission back to Earth after collecting samples from asteroid Bennu.
This is NASA's first asteroid sample return mission and it carries a generous amount of rubble collected from the near-Earth asteroid.
Recent News :- NASA's first Mars helicopter has a name now and the credit goes to 17-year-old Indian-origin girl Vaneeza Rupani.
NASA :-
Headquarters - Washington, D.C.
Formed - July 29, 1958
Preceding agency - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

11) Delhi Police has launched a COVI Van Helpline number, a unique initiative aimed at providing assistance to senior citizens who are struggling with their essential needs amid the COVID-19 crisis.
South District Police of the national capital has launched a COVI Van Helpline (012- 26241077) for senior citizens in the neigbourhood amid the coronavirus situation here, keeping in view the safety and security of the senior citizens.

12) A retired IIS officer with a long stint in All India Radio, Bengaluru, V S Suryanarayana passed away in May 2021.

13) Microblogging giant Twitter has donated USD 15 million to help address the COVID-19 crisis in India.
Twitter :-
CEO - Jack Dorsey
Founded - 21 March 2006, San Francisco, California, United States
Headquarters - San Francisco, California, United States
Launched - July 15, 2006
Founders - Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, Noah Glass