Current Affairs- June 14, 2023
INDIA
- Cyclone Biparjoy: Gujarat state government has shifted nearly 30,000 people from coastal areas to safer places.
- The government has ruled out the possibility of capping airfares during the ongoing peak travel season.
- Two warships of different classes were launched into the water, and the keel of a third vessel was laid at Larsen & Toubro (L&T) shipyard at Kattupalli in Chennai.
- President Droupadi Murmu has greeted people on the occasion of Odisha’s agricultural festival, Raja.
- Second summit of Supreme Audit Institutions of G20 countries concludes in Goa.
- Centre announces three schemes worth over Rs 8000 cr for disaster management in country.
- Guwahati Railway Station awarded ‘Eat Right Station’ certification by FSSAI.
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- RBI chief Shaktikanta Das honoured with ‘Governor of the Year’ award at Central Banking Awards 2023.
- India’s wholesale inflation in May declines to 3-yr-low of (-) 3.48%.
- GST evasion of Rs 30,000 crore using stolen IDs across 16 states uncovered.
WORLD
- Germany returns remains of Indigenous Maori and Moriori people to New Zealand.
- Meta releases ‘human-like’ AI image creation model.
- ADB approves USD 400 million to Bangladesh under sustainable economic recovery programme.
- Number of people forcibly displaced around world climbed to record 110 million: UNHCR
SPORTS
- Sindhu and Prannoy make the pre-quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 event.
- Indonesia Open: Lakshya Sen crushes world no. 11 Lee Zii Jia in straight games.
- Indian archer Aditi Gopichand Swamy scored 711/720 to break the Under 18 world record.
