DAILY GK 1-2 JUNE 2026
1.
48TH
VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF
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Vice
Admiral Ajay Kochhar, Commander-in-Chief(CoC),
Andaman and Nicobar(A&N) Command, assumed charge as the 48th Vice
Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS) of the Indian Navy (IN).
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He
succeeded Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, who has taken over as
the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of the Western Naval Command.
2.
81ST PRESIDENT OF UNGA
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Khalilur Rahman, Foreign Minister (FM) of Bangladesh, was elected
the President of the 81st session
of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), for a one-year
term, after defeating Andreas Kakouris, Special
Envoy of Cyprus’s FM for Multilateralism.
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He will succeed Annalena
Charlotte Alma Baerbock, former FM of Germany, whose tenure ends
in September 2026.
3.
CBSE CHAIRPERSON
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The
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), approved the
appointment of Prashant Sitaram Lokhande, as
the Chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE).
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The ACC also appointed Varun Bhardwaj, Director
in the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education(MoE) as CBSE
Secretary, succeeding Himanshu Gupta.
4.
CHIEF MINISTER OF KARNATAKA
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DoddalahalliKempegowdaShivakumar (D.K.
Shivakumar), from the Indian National Congress (INC),
Kanakapura constituency, was sworn
in as 25th Chief Minister (CM) of Karnataka after Siddaramaiah stepped
down.
·
Governor Thawar Chand
Gehlot administered the oath of office and secrecy to Shivakumar
and his newly appointed cabinet ministers under Article 164.
5.
DENMARK PM
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Mette Frederiksen, leader of the Social
Democrats, secured a third consecutive term as
Prime Minister of Denmark
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Mette
Frederiksenwas appointed PM in June 2019
and became the head of a Social Democrat-led minority government.
·
She
was subsequently re-elected in 2022.
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She is the second woman to
serve as PM of Denmark, after Helle Thorning-Schmidt, and remains the youngest person
ever to hold the office.
6.
ED OF WORLD BANK
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The
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), approved the
appointment of Economist Neelkanth Mishra as
Executive Director (ED) of the World Bank (WB) for
a three-year tenure.
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He
will succeed ParameswaranIyer.
7.
CEO
OF INDIAAI MISSION
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Saurabh
Vijay, Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of the Unique
Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), assumed additional charge as the
new CEO of IndiaAI (Artificial Intelligence) Mission,
under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
·
SudeepShrivastava, Joint Secretary, MeitY, has
assumed charge as Chief Operating
Officer (COO) of IndiaAI Mission.
8.
10TH NHA ESTIMATES FOR FY23
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The
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) released
the National Health Accounts (NHA) estimates
for India for financial year 2022-23 (FY23), the 10th report
on health expenditure estimates.
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Government Health Expenditure (GHE)
increased from Rs 1.30 lakh crore (Cr) in 2013-14 to Rs
3.85 lakh Cr in 2022-23, stating higher public investment in the
health sector.
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The
report is prepared by the National
Health Accounts Technical Secretariat (NHATS), National
Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), MoH&FW, using the
System of Health Accounts (2011) framework.
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In FY23, the THE for India is estimated at Rs 8.81
lakh Cr, 3.37% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) with
base year 2022-23.
9.
INDIA TO ACQUIRE 114 RAFALE JET
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Government
of India (GoI) issued a Letter
of Request (LoR) to Government of France for
a government-to-government deal worth around Rs.3.25
lakh crore for the acquisition of 114 Rafale fighter
jets for the Indian Air Force (IAF).
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Under the proposed deal, out of the 114 Rafale jets, around 94 aircraft are
proposed to be manufactured in India by French
manufacturer Dassault Aviation in partnership with an Indian company.
