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Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 09 June 2021
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1) India men's football team captain Sunil Chhetri overtook Ali Mabkhout and Lionel Messi on Monday to become the second-highest international goalscorer among active men's players. Chhetri struck a brace against Bangladesh in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers match in Qatar.
Chhetri, who scored his 73rd and 74th international goals, is second behind Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, who has 103 international goals.
All India Football Federation:-
President: Praful Patel
Founded: 23 June 1937
FIFA affiliation: 1948
AFC affiliation: 1954
Headquarters: Dwarka, Delhi

2) Raimona in Kokrajhar district has become Assam’s sixth national park.
Eastern Assam’s Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary, under stress for unregulated coal mining in the vicinity is in the process of becoming the seventh national park.
The five national parks that existed prior to the 422 sq. km Raimona are Kaziranga, Manas, Nameri, Orang and Dibru-Saikhowa.
Assam
CM - Himanta Biswa Sarma
Assam - Bihu Festival
Governor - Jagdish Mukhi
Nameri National Park
Manas National Park
Dibru Saikhowa National Park
Kaziranga National Park

3) National Council of Science Museums, India is collaborating with the Science Museum Group, London for an international travelling exhibition called ‘Hunt for the Vaccine’.
the exhibition will tell the story of the global efforts to find new ways to develop vaccines at pandemic speed.
National Council of Science Museums :-
Formation - 4 April 1978
Headquarters - Kolkata
Director General - Shri A. D. Choudhury
Parent organisation - Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India

4) Rajasthan has launched Chief Minister Anuprati Coaching Scheme to help underprivileged students prepare for entrance examinations to civil services and professional courses, with an aim to give them equal opportunity, said a circular issued by the state finance department.
Rajasthan:-
CM - Ashok Gehlot
Governor - Kalraj Mishra
Amber Palace
Hawa Mahal
Ranthambore National Park
City Palace
Keoladeo Ghana National Park
Sariska National Park.
Kumbhalgarh Fort

5) Gujarat's four public-owned electricity distribution companies have signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 3,979 small-scale distributed solar projects with aggregate capacity of 2,500 MW.
Gujarat:-
CM :- Vijay Ramniklal Rupani
Governor :- Acharya Devvrat
Nageshwar Temple
Somnath Temple

6) Jammu and Kashmir has made a name for itself in country's immunisation drive by achieving vaccination targets at the fastest pace possible under the 'J&K model', which is a 10-point strategy to vaccinate entire eligible population.
A small village in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir is now the first remote village in India to be able to immunise 100 per cent of its adult population.
Jammu and Kashmir :-
L. Governor of J&K - Manoj Sinha
Dachigam National Park
Salim Ali National Park
Rajparian Wildlife Sanctuary
Hirapora Wildlife Sanctuary
Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary

7) Central and state governments collected ₹1.03 trillion in Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue in May 2021.
May revenue collection is about 27% lower than that in April but is 65% more than what was collected in the same month in 2020.
Goods and Services Tax (GST) :-
GST has been implemented under Article 279 of the Indian constitution.
Based on the Canadian model.
Vijay Kelkar Committee.
First state in India - Assam
GST in India was implemented on July 1, 2017.
First implemented in France.
GST has been implemented by the 101st Constitution Amendment Act, 2016.

8) Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has launched a two-month long awareness campaign on the topic of plastic waste management and elimination of identified Single-Use Plastics (SUPs) items, on 8 June 2021.