Thursday 21 June 2018

CURRENT AFFAIRS ENGLISH - JUNE 19,2018



 JUNE – 19

INDIA

Year of Disabled Soldiers
v The Indian Army is observing the year 2018 as the “Year of Disabled Soldiers in Line of Duty” 
Union Water Resources Ministry MOU with Google
v With the monsoon under way, the Union Water Resources Ministry has teamed up with Google to generate flood warnings.
“COP CONNECT’
v The Telangana police have launched a mobile-based messenger application “COP CONNECT’ to provide real time information to over 60,000 police officers across the State.
Google - training programme for journalists
v Technology giant Google has recently announced the launch of a training programme for journalists with an aim to raise awareness against misinformation and providing new tools to the fourth estate against fake news. 
APPOINTMENTS

Suresh Mathur committe
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) has set up a committee to review norms related to Insurance Marketing Firms (IMF) with an aim to increase insurance penetration in the country
CONFERENCES

v The high-level Conference on “International Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028” will be held in Tajikistan.
v The 2018 National Yoga Olympiad has organized by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) at in CIET in New Delhi 
IMPORTANT DAYS

v June 18 - The World Sustainable Gastronomy Day
Books & Authours

v Perumal Murugan, the noted Tamil poet and author, has authored the novel ‘Kazhimugam’, which deals with effect of modern gadgets on life of middle class.
SPORTS

US Open golf championship
v US golfer Brooks Koepka has won the US Open golf championship


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