Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 04 June 2021 #E | SSC CGL CPO CHSL MTS JE
Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 04 June 2021
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1) Dr R S Sodhi, Managing Director, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF) (Amul) has been unanimously elected to the Board of International Dairy Federation (IDF) during the General Assembly of IDF.
International Dairy Federation (IDF) :-
Established - 1903.
President - Piercristiano Brazzale.
Headquarters - Brussels, Belgium.
2) In an effort to encourage the villagers to follow Covid-19 protocols to limit the spread of the virus, the Maharashtra government has announced a contest with an award of Rs 50 lakh for the village which bags the first position.
Maharashtra :-
Shani Shingnapur Temple
Siddhivinayak Temple
Shri Saibaba Sansthan Temple
Trimbakeshwar Temple
Bhimashankar Temple
Grishneshwar Temple
3) In a sudden move Chief secretary of Tripura is replaced. Alok Kumar is appointed as Chief Secretary while incumbent chief secretary Manoj Kumar is moved as Resident Commissioner of Tripura in New Delhi.
Alok is presently posted as Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat in New Delhi is 1990 batch IAS officer.
Tripura :-
CM - Biplab Kumar Deb
Governor - Ramesh Bais
4) The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that it has approved a Covid-19 vaccine made by China’s Sinovac Biotech for emergency use, making it the second Chinese-produced shot to get the UN health agency’s endorsement.
It is the second Chinese vaccine to be approved by the WHO after it gave the green light to Sinopharm’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, approving the vaccine to be rolled out globally, in early May.
World Health Organization :-
Headquarters - Geneva, Switzerland
Founded - 7 April 1948
Director-general - Tedros Adhanom
5) World Bicycle Day is celebrated on June 3 every year. On Sunday, June 3, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly in New York commemorated the first World Bicycle Day. World Bicycle Day to observe the day as a celebration of “uniqueness, longevity, and versatility” of the bicycle.
6) Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Sustainable Urban Development between the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Government of Japan, in supersession of existing MoU of 2007 on urban development.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs :-
Founded - 1952
Headquarters - New Delhi
7) Central Board of Direct Taxes member Jagannath Mohapatra will officiate as the chairman of the Board for three months or till the time a new chairman is appointed.
The govt in Feb’21 had extended CBDT Chairman Pramod Chandra Mody’s tenure for the 3rd time by 3 months till 31 May’21.
A 1982-batch Indian Revenue Service officer, Mody took over as the CBDT chief in Feb 2019.
8) India's Nagraj Adiga has been elected as the Asia-Oceania Representative at the recently concluded 2021 International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU) Congress at which the IAU council elections were held. The pandemic caused the congress to be virtual and elections were held online from the 22 May 2021 onwards.
9) In the third edition of the Niti Aayog's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index 2020-21 released on Thursday, Kerala has retained the top rank with a score of 75 while Bihar has been adjudged as the worst performer with a score of 52.
10) NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson Dr Rajiv Kumar today launched the report titled, SDG India Index and Dashboard 2020-21: Partnerships in the Decade of Action.
NITI Aayog :- National Institution for Transforming India
Formed - 1 January 2015
Preceding - Planning Commission
Headquarters -New Delhi
Chairperson:- Narendra Modi,
Vice Chairperson - Rajiv Kumar,
CEO - Amitabh Kant
