DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 24 JUNE 2018


DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 24 JUNE 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1.      HM RAJNATH SINGH LAYS FOUNDATION STONE FOR MONGOLIAN REFINERY
i. Mongolia broke ground for the construction of country’s first oil refinery with the help of a USD 1 billion loan from India.
ii.Home Minister Rajnath Singh attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the refinery at ‘Stantsiin Hooloi’ and described it as an important milestone in the bilateral ties.
Mongolia Capital- Ulaanbaatar, Currency- Mongolian togrog.

2.      ARIJIT BASU APPOINTED SBI'S NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR
i. The government appointed Arjit Basu as Managing Director of the country's largest lender State Bank of India .
ii.He will fill the position that fell vacant following the elevation of Rajnish Kumar as the chairman.
SBI Chairman- Rajnish Kumar, Headquarters- Mumbai, Established on- 01st July 1955.

3.      MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT RECEIVED SKOCH AWARD
i. SKOCH Group has conferred the ‘Best performing Social Sector Ministry’ award on the Ministry of Women and Child Development for the achievements in delivering the promises made and for its significant achievements and initiatives from the last 4 years.
ii. Minister for Women and Child Development Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi has received the award on behalf of the Ministry in an event held in New Delhi.


4.      INDIA’S R PRAGGNANANDHAA BECOMES WORLD’S 2ND YOUNGEST CHESS GRAND MASTER
i. India’s R Praggnanandhaa has become the country’s youngest and the world’s second youngest Grand Master at the age of 12 years, 10 months and 13 days after reaching the final round of the ongoing Grendine Open in Italy.