DAILY DOSE 29TH JUNE CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) Top Headlines: 29 June 2023
- Rohit Jawa takes charge as MD and CEO of Hindustan Unilever
- RBI approved appointment of A P Hota as Federal Bank’s part-time CEO
- Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks to get honorary Oscars
- DRDO organizes ‘Anusandhaan Chintan Shivir’ 2023
- International Conference on Green Hydrogen to be held in New Delhi
2) Today’s History: 29 June 2023
- In 1553: Chaitanya Maha Prabhu, a Vaishnav Sant, passed away.
- In 1757: Mir Zafar was crowned as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar, and Orrisa of Murshidabad.
- In 1873: Michael Madhusudan Dutta, who was known to be the first modern Bengali poet, died on June 29, 1873.
- In 1901, Rajendra Nath Lahiri, an Indian revolutionary, was born.
- In 1998: Delhi was given full sovereignty and statehood.
3) International Day of the Tropics: 29 June
- It is observed on 29 June annually to spread awareness about conservation strategies and to promote tropical regions on Earth.
- The Tropics account for 36 percent of the Earth’s landmass. It includes the Equator and parts of North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
- The inaugural State of the Tropics Report was launched on 29 June 2014.
4) Rohit Jawa takes charge as MD and CEO of Hindustan Unilever
- Rohit Jawa has taken charge as the Managing Director and CEO of Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) after Sanjiv Mehta retired.
- Jawa was appointed as an Additional Director and CEO-Designate on April 1 and became the MD and CEO on June 26.
- Jawa had previously served as the Chief of Transformation for Unilever in London.
- He started his career with HUL as a management trainee in 1988.
5) RBI approved appointment of AP Hota as Federal Bank’s part-time CEO
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved AP Hota as the part-time Chairman of the Federal Bank.
- He has over 27 years of banking experience, mostly in technology and payment systems.
- He was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NPCI between 2009- 2017.
- Hota was appointed as an Independent Director of Federal Bank Limited with effect from January 15, 2018.
6) RBI eases restrictions on HDFC Credila’s customer onboarding
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has eased the restrictions on onboarding new customers by Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) Credila Financial Services.
- The relaxation is subject to the application for change in shareholding of HDFC Credila as an NBFC.
- The RBI had also requested that HDFC Bank reduce its ownership of HDFC Credila to 10% by March 31, 2024
7) Kotak Insurance partners with actyv.ai to provide insurance to MSMEs
- Kotak Mahindra General Insurance has partnered with actyv.ai to provide bite-sized insurance products to MSMEs.
- The partnership will offer innovative insurance products to the enterprise and its supply chain partner ecosystem.
- The partnership will enable small businesses to focus on driving growth without worrying about business risks.
8) DRDO organizes ‘Anusandhaan Chintan Shivir’ 2023
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), on 28 June 2023, organized an ‘Anusandhaan Chintan Shivir’ with an aim to encourage military research and development.
- A list of 75 technology priority areas and ‘DRDO Technology Foresight 2023’ were also released on the occasion.
- The list of 75 technology priority areas is further divided into 403 technological categories.
9) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
- It is the premier agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India.
- DRDO started its first major project in surface-to-air missiles (SAM) known as Project Indigo in the 1960s.
- Date founded: 1958
- Aircraft designed: Avatar, DRDO Lakshya, DRDO Nishant
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- Chairman: Sameer V Kamath
10) National Statistics Day: 29 June
- National Statistics Day is observed in India on June 29 every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of renowned statistician Prof. P.C. Mahalanobis.
- The first National Statistics Day was celebrated on June 29, 2007
- The theme of Statistics Day, 2023 is “Alignment of State Indicator Framework with National Indicator Framework for Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals”.
11) PM Narendra Modi chairs 42nd PRAGATI interaction
- PM Narendra Modi chaired the 42nd edition of PRAGATI, a platform for proactive governance, reviewing 12 key projects across various ministries and states.
- The projects discussed in the meeting had a worth of Rs. 121300 crore & covered sectors like health, railways, roads, steel, and petroleum.
- The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare had the highest number of projects reviewed in the meeting.
12) Uttarakhand’s Naini Saini Airport receives aerodrome license by DGCA
- An aerodrome license has been given for the Naini Saini airport in Pithoragarh by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
- The license authorizes the aerodrome to be used as a regular place of landing and departure for all persons.
- Fixed-wing flight operations will be operated by Fly Big Airline between Pithoragarh-Pantnagar, and Dehradun-Pithoragarh under the arrangement.
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