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.
