Current Affairs- June 7, 2023

 

INDIA

• Odisha: 288 deaths confirmed in Balasore train crash, says Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena.
• Haryana to launch special campaign to raise awareness about door-to-door waste collection and segregation.
• Foundation stone of ONGC National Disaster Mitigation Centre was launched in Jammu.
• Indian Navy to commemorate 130 years anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘ Satyagraha ’ at the place where it began.
• World Food Safety Day: Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya to release State Food Safety Index.
• Madhya Pradesh to launch CM Learn and Earn scheme; At least one lakh youth will be provided training.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee’s three-day meeting begins in Mumbai.
• State-backed infrastructure lender, NaBFID plans to raise Rs 10,000 crore via bonds.
• RBI permits banking units at IFSC to settle Non-deliverable foreign exchange derivative contracts (NDDCs) in rupee.
• Bajaj Finserv has entered into the mutual fund business.

WORLD

• Former PM Jacinda Ardern receives New Zealand’s second-highest honour.
• Iran unveils new ‘hypersonic missile’ that can cover 1,400 km.
• China and Russia conducted joint air force patrols over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea.
• World Bank cuts 2023 global growth forecast to 2.1% in 2023 after growing 3.1% in 2022.

SPORTS

• Siddharth Choudhary clinches gold in men’s shot-put event of U-20 Asian Athletics Championships in South Korea.
• French Open: Carlos Alcaraz to play against Novak Djokovic in semi-final.