Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of June 08th to 14th June 2023. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2023 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• Every year on June 8th, World Ocean Day is commemorated to raise awareness of the ocean's vital role in human life and ways to conserve it across the world
• Every year on June 8th, World Brain Tumor Day is commemorated
• Every year on June 12th, around 100 countries throughout the world commemorate World Day Against Child Labor
• International Albinism Awareness Day is observed on June 13 each year around the globe.
• On the 14th of June of this current year, World Blood Donor Day 2023 is celebrated all over the world as an awareness event to educate the public to donate blood.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved an increase in Minimum Support Price, MSP, for all mandated Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2023-24.
• The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approved the third revival package for BSNL with a total outlay of Rs. 89,047 crores
• The Ministry of Power and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy have jointly launched a National Mission to quickly identify emerging technologies in the power sector and develop them indigenously, at scale, for deployment within and outside India.
• Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Giriraj Singh inaugurated a two-day conference in New Delhi inviting the sharpest minds on rural development to brainstorm and create a roadmap for Rural India during the Amrit Kaal
• The government has decided to allow two thousand Primary Agricultural Credit Societies PACS to open Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendras across the country.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the continuation of the Central Sector Scheme of “Exploration of Coal and Lignite scheme” with an estimated expenditure of Rs. 2980 crore from 2021-22 to 2025-26 co-terminus with the 15th Finance Commission cycle
• The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approved Metro Connectivity from HUDA City Centre to Cyber City with Spur to Dwarka Expressway, Gurugram covering a distance of 28.50 km having 27 stations on the route.
• An Indo – Scandinavian Leadership Conference and Workshop was held by NTPC School of Business at its Noida campus.
• Union Minister of Steel and Civil Aviation, Sh. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia held a press conference on the theme 9-years of Government's "Seva, Sushasan and Gareeb kalyan" focusing on the Steel sector, at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, New Delhi
• The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) in association with NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad launched a new programme, LL.M in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Laws at New Delhi
• The Centre has approved a new metro line between HUDA City Centre and Cyber City in Gurugram, with a branch line to Dwarka Expressway.
• Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya released the fifth State Food Safety Index in New Delhi
• Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare as he inaugurated the CGHS Wellness Centres in Chandigarh and Panchkula
• Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) and Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal launched ‘SAGAR SAMRIDDHI’ - the online dredging monitoring system - in order to accelerate ‘Waste to Wealth’ initiative of the Ministry.
• A continued shift in consumer behaviour and the evolution of the business ecosystem will underpin the growth of India’s Internet economy, from approximately $175 billion of consumption in 2022 to $1 trillion by 2030, according to a report by Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company

• The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched its 3rd cohort of 4 ocean innovators to demonstrate the compelling roles of marine spatial planning (MSP), marine protected areas (MPAs) and new environmentally and socially sustainable economic activities for a healthy and resilient ocean.

• Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Shri Parshottam Rupala and Minister of Ports Shipping and Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has laid the foundation stone for the project on Modernization and Up-gradation of Cochin Fishing Harbour at Thoppumpady, Samudrika Hall, Willingdon Island, Cochin Port Authority, Cochin
• Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the Shelad to Nandura project costing Rs 816 crore on Amravati-Chikhali National Highway 53 at Khamgaon , Buldhana, Maharashtra
• Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, the Start-up movement promoted by PM Narendra Modi is now reaching every part of India including the B-Towns and the 2-day “Young Start-up Expo” at Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir offers an opportunity to explore new avenues for the industry as well as entrepreneurs in the region
• The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) is hosting a three-day SAI20 Summit under India's G20 Presidency in Goa
• Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced the second edition of Antarashtriya Yoga Diwas Media Samman
• The first-ever National Training Conclave aimed at strengthening the training infrastructure for civil servants across the country starts in New Delhi
• The Union Government has released 3rd instalment of tax devolution to State Governments amounting to ₹1,18,280 crore, as against the normal monthly devolution of ₹59,140 crore
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparedness of Ministries and Agencies of the Centre as well as Gujarat to deal with the situation arising out of the impending Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the first-ever National Training Conclave at the International Exhibition and Convention Centre, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
• The second summit of the Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) of the G20 countries will begin in Panaji, the Capital of Goa.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• Montana has become the first United States (US) state to ban the popular social media app TikTok.
• The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) elected 5 countries Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and South Korea as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for a 2-year term starting on January 1, 2024 & serving till December 31, 2025.
• The Bar Council of India (BCI) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bar Council of England and Wales & Law Society of England and Wales for an exchange programme of Lawyers and Law Students for mutual exchange of training & learning amongst each other's jurisdiction.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• Maharashtra Chief Minister (CM) Shri Eknath Shinde has launched Asia's largest, ambitious and historic cluster development scheme in Thane, Maharashtra.
• The Government of Haryana launched a special campaign to raise awareness about door-to-door waste collection and
• Haryana Chief Minister (CM) Shri Manohar Lal will launch integrated Water Resources Action Plan-2023-25 under Amrit Jal Kranti at Chandigarh, which will be a bold step towards conserving water resources.
• Prathapa Reddy, Deputy General Manager of State Bank of India (SBI), has been appointed as Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank (APGVB) for 5 years.

• The Government of Madhya Pradesh (MP) launched a unique scheme namely Mukhyamantri Ladli Bahna Yojana to make women financially independent.
• Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Pema Khandu flagged off Mission Har Shikhar Tiranga (HST), from Mountaineers of the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS), Dirang.

• Government of Madhya Pradesh (MP) has announced to legalize more than 6000 illegal colonies in

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• In a significant step towards enhancing domestic production of pulses, the Government has removed the procurement ceilings of 40 percent for tur, urad, and Masur under Price Support Scheme PSS operations for 2023-24
• During May 2023, originating freight loading of 134 MT has been achieved against loading of 131.50 MT in May 2022, which is an improvement of approximately 2% over the last year
• Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), under the aegis of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, kick-started its annual week-long conference - 'Week with Legends, 2023', for its Graduate Insolvency Programme (GIP) wherein stalwarts of the Insolvency practice are invited to take part in a roundtable discussion with the students of its flagship GIP on various aspects of Insolvency and Bankruptcy regime in India.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND ECONOMY

• Public lender Bank of Baroda (BoB) has launched Interoperable Cardless Cash Withdrawal (ICCW) facility for its customers, wherein they can withdraw money from Automated Teller Machine (ATMs) using the United Payment Interface (UPI).
• HDFC Bank has introduced a new credit card - Millennia offering cashback.
• Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) came out with guidelines for transactions in corporate bonds (CBs) through the Request for Quote (RFQ) platform by stock brokers (SBs).
• YES SECURITIES Limited (YSL), a leading financial services company, is partnered with WatchYourHealth (WYH), a tech-driven healthcare platform, to provide investment solutions to healthcare professionals through the ‘Wellth- Where Investments and Health Unite’ program.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched ‘100 Days 100 Pays’ campaign to trace and settle the top 100 unclaimed deposits of every bank in every district within 100 days.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) updated its 'Alert List' for the public on unauthorised forex trading platforms by adding 8 more entities taking the total to 56.
• According to the World Bank’s (WB) latest Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank expects growth in India to slow down further to 6.3% in the financial year FY 2023/24 (April to March).
• Wipro Limited, a leading technology services and consulting company, has collaborated with Microsoft and announced the launch of the Wipro Industry Innovation Experience for Financial Services, featuring a new suite of banking and financial services solutions built on Microsoft Cloud.
• Kotak Private Banking, a division of Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited, has unveiled Kotak Réserve, a Savings Programme curated exclusively for UHNIs (Ultra High Net Worth Individuals) and HNIs (High Net Worth Individuals).
• State-owned Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with HDFC Bank for providing financial solutions to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
• The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, India (HSBC India) or HSBC Bank India, unveiled its latest advertising campaign . My Account Starts Today featuring their new brand influencer, ace cricketer Virat Kohli.

• The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das in its second bi-monthly monetary policy meeting of FY24 has kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%.
• The Federal Bank has launched a campaign titled ‘I am Adyar, Adyar is me’ in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (TN) to celebrate people and their culture by transforming an entire bank branch into a museum of local stories.
• According to the ratings agency ICRA report, Bond issuances by banks are likely to fall to Rs 90,000 crore in the current financial year from an all-time high of Rs 1.1 lakh crore in FY23 due to improved liquidity conditions and foreign investors inflows.

• Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME) has received in-principal approval from Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) for designing and structuring a sustainable and scalable Non Banking Finance Company (NBFC) Growth Accelerator Program (NGAP).
• The SAMCO Asset Management Private Limited has launched India’s first actively managed momentum fund – SAMCO Active Momentum Fund.
• In a move aimed at providing significant relief to non-government salaried employees, the central government has announced a substantial increase in the limit Rs 25 lakhs for tax exemption on leave encashment.

• The global credit ratings major Moody projected that the Indian economy is expected to clock a 6-6.3% growth in June quarter, and flagged risks of fiscal slippage arising from weaker than expected government revenues in the current fiscal.
• The India’s insurance regulator, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), grants license to conduct life insurance business in India to Go Digit Life Insurance Limited.
• Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has launched mission EVOLVE (Electric Vehicle Operations and Lending for Vibrant Ecosystem) in association with National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, World Bank, Korean-World Bank and Korean Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) to finance MSMEs in the Electric Vehicles (EV) space.
• ESAF Small Finance Bank, a leading small finance bank in India, has adopted e-signature for micro-loan disbursals.
• According to the data released by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI),the governing body of Unified Payment Interface (UPI) - India's prominent digital payment network 9 billion transactions have been made through UPI in May, 2023.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 2.20 crore on state-owned Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) for non-compliance with income recognition and other deficiencies in regulatory compliance.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• Suriname conferred its highest civilian honour to President Droupadi Murmu- The Grand Order of the Chain of Yellow Star, the first Indian to receive this award.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• Nirmala Lakshman has been unanimously appointed as Chairperson of the Board of Directors of The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited (THGPPL) for a term of 3 years.
• Trinidad and Tobago’s ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Dennis Francis was elected as the 78th President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
• Ace Turtle Omni Pvt Ltd., a retail company, has appointed Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana as the brand ambassador of its Wrangler brand.

• Janardan Prasad has been appointed as the new Director General of the Geological Survey of India (GSI).
• Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Girish Chandra Murmu has been re-elected as External Auditor of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for a 4-year term from 2024 to 2027.

• TransUnion CIBIL, India’s leading insights and information company, has announced the appointment of V Anantharaman as non- executive chairman.
• Ritu Kalra, an Indian-American investment banking and financial management expert, has been named Harvard University’s vice president (VP) for finance and chief financial officer (CFO) from July 1,2023.
• Councillor Chaman Lal has become the first ever British-Indian Sikh to take oath as Birmingham’s Lord Mayor.

• Nitin Agarwal, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1989 Kerala cadre, has been appointed as the new director general (DG) of the Border Security Force (BSF).
• Celeste Saulo of Argentina has been appointed as the first female Secretary-General (SG) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
• The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) panel has recommended Sanjay Swarup to be next Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Container Corporation of India (CONCOR), a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Railways.
• Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar Anand, Vishisht Seva Medal took over as Air Officer-in-Charge Administration (AOA).
• Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Tripura tourism.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING AND REPORTS

• Up to 2.3 billion people around the world are still using polluting fuels to cook and 675 million don’t have electricity, according to a report released by five international organizations.
• A report by Mercer's Cost of Living has positioned Mumbai as the most expensive city in India for expatriates

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between NHPC Limited and Department of Energy, Government of Maharashtra for the development of Pumped Storage schemes and other Renewable Energy Source projects in the state of Maharashtra
• A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) and Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU)
• Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi signed a MoU with Amazon Kisan to combine strengths and create synergy between the two organizations for guiding the farmers on scientific cultivation of different crops for optimum yield and income
• A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) under Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence and M/s Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company Limited in New Delhi

CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS

• The Heavy-Weight anti-submarine Torpedo named 'Varunastra', developed by the Indian Navy and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), successfully engaged an underwater target.

• The sixth (6th) edition of annual exercise Ekatha between India and Maldives is scheduled to run from June 4 to July 3, 2023 in Maldives.

• The New Generation Ballistic Missile ‘Agni Prime’ or Agni-P was successfully flight-tested by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.

• Navies of India, France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) held the maiden trilateral maritime partnership exercise held in the Gulf of Oman.
• The Joint Bangladesh-United States (US) Naval drill Exercise ‘Tiger Shark 40’ started at BNS Nirvik in Chattogram.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran has unveiled its first-ever Indigenously made hypersonic ballistic missile, called Fattah, or “Conqueror” (in Farsi language).

• China has completed the construction of the most powerful largest & fastest wind tunnel in the world, called JF-22 located in the mountainous Huairou district of northern Beijing, China.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has given its approval for General Atlantic Singapore ACK Pte. Ltd. (GASACK) to acquire an additional stake in Acko Technology and Services Private Limited (Acko Tech).
• An Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras, Tamil Nadu (TN) -incubated space-tech startup, GalaxEye, is building the world’s first multi-sensor earth observation satellite named Drishti.

• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has cleared the proposed deal involving Manipal Health Enterprises Private Ltd (MHEPL) and Manipal Education and Medical Group India Private Ltd (MEMG India).
• Fair-trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the minority stake acquisition in Lenskart Solutions by Dove Investments, Defati Investments Holding BV and Infinity Partners under the green channel route.
• Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has raised its stake in state-owned steel production firm Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) by about 2% through an open market acquisition.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• India’s Siddharth Choudhary clinched gold in men’s shot put with a personal best throw of 19.52 metres
• India finished on top of the International Shooting Sport Federation Junior World Cup with 15 medals, including six gold, six silver, and three bronze medals, at Suhl, Germany
• In French Open tennis, World No 1 and top seed Iga Swiatek of Poland has won the Women's Singles crown
• Ace Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar secured a creditable third place in the Paris Diamond League with a jump of 8.09m, in his maiden podium finish in the prestigious one-day meeting series in
• In Tennis, Serbian Novak Djokovic created history by becoming the first man to

reach the coveted 23 grand slam title mark with his straight sets win over Casper Ruud in the men’s singles final of the French Open 2023 in Paris

• In Hockey, India beat Argentina 2-1 in its final FIH Pro League 2022-23 match in Eindhoven, the Netherlands
• India defeated four-time champions South Korea 2-1 to win their first Women's Junior Hockey Asia Cup in Kakamigahara, Japan

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

• Top Maoist leader Katakam Sudarshan, more known by his nom de gurre ‘comrade Anand’ in revolutionary circles and public, Passed away at the age of 69.
• Gufi Paintal, best known for playing 'Shakuni mama' in the epic TV serial "Mahabharat", has passed away at the age of 79 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

• One of India's first English female news presenters on national broadcaster Doordarshan, Gitanjali Aiyar passed away at the age of 70 in Delhi.
• Retired bureaucrat P.V. Valsala Govindan Kutty, who was actively involved in drafting the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 1999, passed away in Thrissur, Kerala.
• The first recipient of the Ashoka Chakra from Kerala, Havaldar Alby D'Cruz passed away at the age of 87.

• Malayalam actor and mimicry artist Kollam Sudhi passed away at the age of 39 in Kerala.