JUNE 29 CURRENT AFFAIRS
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June 29 – 12th National Statistics Day (NSD-2018)
2018 Theme – “Quality Assurance in Official Statistics”
- Vice President of India released a commemorative coin of Rs 125 and circulation coin of Rs 5 denomination as a mark of respect to Prof. Mahalanobis.
- An arch-shaped cave dating back to the Neolithic period was discovered by a team led by freelance archaeologist Kadiyala Venkateswara Rao near a tribal hamlet in the Eastern Ghats in Srikakulam district.
- The Ministry of Law approved the amendment to Coastal Regulatory Zone notification 2011, permitting construction of a jetty in a creek in the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary for the proposed Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Missile Test Launch Facility in the Gullalamoda area of Krishna district.
- President of India lays the foundation stone for an Auditorium of the Kanpur Bar Association in Kanpur addresses the centenary celebrations of Allahabad medical association in Allahabad.
- Arunachal Pradesh may lift a 40-year-old anti-conversion law to uphold secularism.
- National Generic Document Registration System adopted in Punjab and Andaman& Nicobar Islands.
- The United States formally ended seven decades of military presence in South Korea’s capital with the opening of a new headquarters farther from the tense border with North Korea.
- The Indian Institute of Science plans to open a research park at its Bengaluru facility within the next three years to incubate sci-tech companies.
- NITI Aayog and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GNFC) have signed a Statement of Intent (SOI) to work together towards implementing a Proof-of-Concept (“PoC”) application using Blockchain Technology for fertiliser subsidy management.
- NITI Aayog released the First Delta Ranking of the Aspirational Districts Programme.
- 1) Dahod district of Gujarat 2) West Sikkim district in Sikkim
Global real estate transparency index
- 35th – India
- Madhya Pradesh (reducing maternal mortality) – Prime Minister’s Safe Motherhood Campaign Award.
- Girish Chandra Chaturvedi – Non-executive chairman of ICICI Bank
- Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu launched a mobile application called ReUnite which helps to track and trace missing and abandoned children in India.
- India defeat South Korea in the semifinals of the Kabaddi Masters Dubai 2018, India will face Iran in the final.
- Rani Rampal to lead India in Women’s Hockey World Cup.
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