Today’s Current Affairs News Headline – June 17, 2022
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Today’s Current Affairs News Headline
Find today’s current affairs news headlines for June 17, 2022, by Miliposts here.
National News
• India reported 12,847 new cases, 14 dead and 7,985 cured, bringing the total number of active cases to 63,063.
• Violent protests in Bihar, UP against the Agneepath Military Recruitment Scheme, mobs looted train stations and blocked railway tracks.
• PM Modi to inaugurate and lay foundation stones for Rs 21,000 crore development projects in Gujarat.
• India’s first girl, “Balika Panchayat”, was started to promote girls’ social and political development in various villages in the Kutch district of Gujarat.
• DGCA orders action against FTO for violation of various security guidelines.
• High Court Justice MR Shah was brought to Delhi after falling ill in Himachal Pradesh.
• Jharkhand announced the reduction of VAT on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) from 20 per cent to 4 per cent to increase air connectivity in the state and reduce airfares to promote tourism.
• India’s largest spectrum auction, which will pave the way for high-speed 5G services, is likely to end at the end of July and is expected to be implemented in September: Minister Ashwini Vaishnav
Economy
• RBI removes trade restrictions placed on MasterCard Asia/Pacific, allowing it to add new domestic customers.
• RBI will soon issue guidelines to make the digital lending ecosystem safe and sound.
• Meeting of the GST Council from June 28 to 29 in Srinagar informed the office of the Minister of Finance of the Union, Nirmala Sitharaman.
• Indian funds in Swiss banks surged 50 per cent to a 14-year high of Rs 30.5k crore on the rise in institutional holdings: Swiss central bank data
Environmental News
• A coastal cleanup campaign will be carried out on 75 beaches across the country for 75 days, from July 3 to September 17, 2022.
• The high-level committee approved an additional Rs 1 billion core fund for drought-affected Rajasthan and Nagaland from 2021-22.
• The prosperous northern Lombardy region of Italy is preparing to declare a state of emergency due to a record drought.
• French authorities urge caution as record pre-summer heat spreads across the country from Spain, where authorities are battling wildfires for the sixth day.
International News
• 164 WTO members formally adopted decisions on the COVID-19 pandemic, preparedness for future pandemics, food insecurity, e-commerce, the TRIPS Agreement and fisheries at the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference.
• Legendary comic book artists of classic DC comics, including ‘Batman: The Long Halloween’ and ‘Superman for All Seasons, Tim Sell, died on June 16 at age 66.
• In Kyiv, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that Germany would continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine for as long as necessary.
• French President Emmanuel Macron, German Foreign Minister Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi visited Kyiv, the capital of war-torn Ukraine, on June 16 and supported Ukraine’s bid to be accepted as a candidate for membership of the European Union.
• McDonald’s will pay 1,250 million euros to prevent French tax evasion.
