todays current affairs in English ( 26 june 2021) update for bank, ssc, railway, upsc and state govt ...
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Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurates Country’s First Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
👉 The vaccine “Pneumosil” has been developed by the Serum Institute of India Private Limited (SIIPL) in collaboration with partners like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
👉 Dr. Harsh Vardhan remarked that Serum Institute’s Vaccines are used in 170 countries and every third child in the world is immunized with the manufacturer’s Vaccine.
👉 Jaishankar will attend a meeting of foreign ministers of G20 countries as well as another one of development ministers of the bloc, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on
👉 first visit to Greece at the level of the external affairs minister since 2003.
👉 The G20 summit is scheduled to be held in Italy in October
👉 The G20 comprises 19 countries and the European Union. The 19 countries are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
IFSCA constitutes committee to examine global best
practices in ship financing & leasing
👉International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has constituted a committee to examine global best practices in ship financing and leasing
👉 The committee will be chaired by former Senior Economic Advisor, Vandana Aggarwal.
👉 India also has 12 major and over 200 minor ports.
👉 Telangana government’s Department of Industries and Commerce entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the US-based company for the establishment of a manufacturing unit for electric buses at NIMZ, Zaheerabad.
👉 Triton Electric Vehicle Pvt. Ltd CEO & Founder Himanshu B. Patel
Delhi
👉 environment minister Gopal Rai says Delhi will start a massive tree plantation drive from June 5 and will plant at least 33 lakh saplings across the city this year,
👉 “On the occasion of World Environment Day, the Delhi government will launch a mega plantation drive and this year
👉 Japan on Friday ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a free trade agreement between China, Australia, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
👉 Tokyo becomes the third member to ratify the agreement, which was signed by 15 countries in November last year. Among the signatories, Singapore and China have completed ratification procedures.
India to host 9th Asian Ministerial EnergyRoundtable
👉 The 9th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable, dates of which will be announced later, will take forward the understandings reached in the previous meeting in Abu Dhabi during 2018, which was co-hosted by India.
👉 That meeting focused on global energy security in the age of change.
👉 "We welcome India''s decision to host the Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable next year.
World not on track to reduce suicide mortality rate
👉 Reducing the global suicide mortality rate by a third is both, an indicator and a target (the only one for mental health) in the United Nations-mandated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
👉 But the world will not be able to reach this target if a new report by the WHO is to be believed.
👉 The report noted that in 20 years (2000-2019), the global suicide rate had decreased by 36 per cent
Ex-Infosys CEO Shibu Lal to head task force
👉 Former Infosys CEO S D Shibu Lal was on Wednesday appointed chairperson of a three-member task force formed to help the government in bringing major bureaucratic reforms through its ambitious "Mission
Karmayogi".
👉 ShikshaLokam and founder and ex-CEO of Infosys Limited
Karnataka launches first-ever war room for animal welfare
👉 Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa launched a war room for animal welfare in Bengaluru which will provide aid to cattle breeders and dairy farmers to increase the health and productivity of livestock in the state.
👉 the first time, a one-of-a-kind cattle war room has been set up by the Karnataka government.
26 june International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit
👉 theme of the day this year:- : 'Share Drug Facts to Save Lives'
👉 The campaign presents significant facts and data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s annual World Drug Report.
👉 The United Nations, through its anti-drug misuse arm, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), raises awareness, advises authorities to avoid fuelling the Narcotics industry, and combats drug trafficking under the cover of legal medicinal enterprises
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