Current Affairs-June 12, 2023
INDIA
- Indian Railways conducts first trail run of Patna-Ranchi Vande Bharat Express train.
- A celt, belonging to the neolithic period, was discovered in Poothinatham village in Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu.
- Indian Air Force (IAF) and Army carry out joint exercise in the central sector.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first National Training Conclave in New Delhi
- Nitin Agarwal, a 1989-batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre, was appointed the new Director-General of the Border Security Force (BSF).
- Two-day national conference of tribal writers held in Jammu and Kashmir.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- India leads global digital payments with 89.5 million transactions in 2022
- Foreign investors pump in nearly Rs 10,000 crores into Indian equities markets in 1st two weeks of June.
- Government asks imported coal-based power plants to operate at full capacity till September.
WORLD
- The Union Government releases ₹1.2 trillion as third tranche of tax devolution to states.
- Philippines’ Mayon volcano spews lava down in a mild eruption.
- Iraq approves record USD 153bn budget aimed at creating jobs.
- A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido in Japan.
SPORTS
- Novak Djokovic created history on Sunday when he won a record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam title.
- Australia secures its ninth ICC title in men’s cricket; Australia is the only team to win an ICC title in all three formats.
- India clinched its maiden Women’s Junior Hockey Asia Cup title.
