23rd June 2021, Important Daily News & Current Affairs
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1. A two-day monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature will begin from July 5 to 6th July.
2. The all-party meeting convened by PM Modi in New Delhi on Thursday (24 June).
3. J &K former CM Farookh Abdullah and Mahbooba Mufti to attend all party meeting called by PM Modi on June 24.
4. Leaders of several opposition parties including the Trinamool Congress, the Samajwadi Party, the Aam Aadmi Party, the Rashtriya Lok Dal and the Left assembled at Natinoalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar's residence in New Delhi on 22 Jun (Tuesday) & discussed various issues facing the country, amid heightened speculation about the possibility of a third front against the ruling BJP.
5. Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani e-launches Agricultural Diversification Scheme-2021, benefiting vanbandhu- farmers in tribal areas. will get fertilizer-seed assistance of Rs. 31 crores in which 45 kg of urea, 50 kg of NPK and 50 kg of ammonium sulphate will be provided. Seeds of crops like maize, Bitter Melon (karela), Calabash (dudhi), tomato, millet, etc. are provided under this scheme.
6. Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla virtually inaugurated an online Indian and foreign language learning course for Members of Parliament, State / UT Legislatures, Officials and their families.
7. 22 cases of the Delta Plus variant of the coronavirus have been detected in India, with 16 from Maharashtra & the remaining from Madhya Pradesh and Kerala.
8. To check whether a taxpayer will be eligible to pay Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) at higher rates from next month, the Income Tax department has introduced a new functionality on the tax portal. The new section 206AB. If a taxpayer has not filed TDS in the last 2 years & aggregate of TDS exceeds Rs 50,000 in each year, the Income Tax department will charge more while filing the income tax returns (ITR) from July 1. The rate of TDS will be either twice the rate specified under the relevant section or provision or 5%, whichever is higher.
9. The last date of filing Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) for the fourth quarter of financial year 2020-21 has been extended to June 30
10. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin assures resolutions in Assembly against Farmer laws, the Citizenship Amendment Act. He said it would not be appropriate to adopt such resolutions.
11. The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday sentenced two IAS officials to one month’s imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1,000 each for not implementing court orders on the filling of certain vacancies in the horticulture department. panchayat raj commissioner Girija Shankar and horticulture commissioner Chiranjeevi Chowdary .
12. Supreme Court to hear plea of convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case after 3 weeks. A G Perarivalan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking grant of parole. Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on the night of May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu by a woman suicide bomber.
13. Bengaluru court in Karnataka has directed former PM HD Deve Gowda to pay Rs 2 crore to Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Ltd for allegedly defaming the company in 2011.
14. CBSE to conduct optional exam between 15 August to 15 Sept : The CBSE said if the candidates are not satisfied with their result, CBSE will provide online facility for registration for the examination. The facility to register for written exam will be offered online at CBSE’s official website - cbse.nic.in.
15. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh will visit the Cochin Shipyard Limited on June 25 (Friday) to review the progress of the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC). He is on two-day Kochi visit.
16. Lt. Gen. Ajay Kumar Suri took over as the Director General (DG) and Colonel Commandant of the Army Aviation on 21 June.
17. The Defence Ministry has signed a contract with Goa Shipyard Ltd for construction of two Pollution Control Vessels for Indian Coast Guard today. The Defence Ministry has said that it has been done at a cost of about Rs 583 crore.
✈️INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to address the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) debate on Afghanistan on 23 June (Wednesday).
2. UN Secretary-General on Myanmar has claimed that about 10,000 refugees have fled from Myanmar to India & Thailand as clashes in that country led to “acute” new displacements and alleged that the regional threat of the crisis is real.
3. India & China are likely to hold another round of diplomatic talks this week on eastern Ladakh with a focus on moving forward in disengagement of troops in the remaining friction points.
4. The United Kingdom posted a liaison officer at the Indian Navy's Information Fusion Centre (IFC) that has emerged as a key hub in tracking movements of ships and other developments in the Indian Ocean. Lt Commander Stephen Smith will be based full-time at the Centre.
5. US Pharma giant Pfizer is in the final stages of an agreement with India to supply anti-COVID-19 vaccines, Chief Executive Officer Dr Albert Bourla said.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. Pak PM Imran Khan has ruled out hosting American bases in Pakistan for military action inside war-torn Afghanistan, fearing it might lead to his country being "targeted in revenge attacks" by terrorists.
2. US President Joe Biden is looking forward to meet with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani on 25 June (Friday).
3. American Airlines will cut hundreds of flights over the next 3 weeks to avoid overloading its operation as demand for summer air travel rises faster than once expected.
4. Today 23 June - International Widow's Day is observed. To raise awareness globally about the violation of human rights that widows suffer & faces in several countries following the death of their spouses.
🚣🚴🏇🏁🏊Sports:
1. The ICC has announced prize money for the winner and runner-up of the World Test Championship Final. The winning team of the final between India and New Zealand will receive about 12 crore rupees along with an ICC Test Championship Mace. The losing team will receive 6 crore rupees approximately. The final match will start on June 18 at Ageas Bowl, Southampton.
2. Chinese swimmer star Sun Yang was banned for more than four years on Tuesday for breaking anti-doping rules, after a retrial at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
3. Former captain Younis Khan on Tuesday (June 22) stepped down as Pakistan's batting coach. He was appointed last year in November on a two-year contract until the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup. The Pakistan team is due to start a tour of England from June 25 to July 20 for three ODIs and three T20Is. The team will next go to the West Indies from July 21 to August 24 to feature in five T20Is and two Tests.
4. Norman Pritchard
An Indian athlete & the first Olympic medal winner from India : Norman Gilbert Pritchard (23 June 1877 – 31 October 1929), also he was a British-Indian sportsperson and actor who became the first Asian-born athlete to win an Olympic medal when he won two silver medals in athletics at the 1900 Paris Olympics representing India.
5. International Olympics Day is observed on June 23 every year to celebrate sports and health. The occasion marks the day when International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894. ... Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894 and laid foundation of the Olympic Games.
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