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Current Affairs June 2022
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Latest current affairs for the month of June 2022 are given below. Hope you like it.
NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS
| Who sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra? | Eknath Shinde |
| Who sworn-in as the new deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra? | Devendra Fadnavis |
| What is the new name of Aurangabad district in Maharashtra? | Sambhaji Nagar |
| What is the new name of Osmanabad district in Maharashtra? | Dharashiv |
| What is the new name of Navi Mumbai International Airport in Maharashtra? | DB Patil International Airport |
| From which date, India will ban manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single use plastic items? | 1 July |
| On which day, National Statistics Day was observed in India? | 29 June |
| In which State of India, Lord Jagannath Yatra takes place every year? | Odisha |
| Name the Attorney General for India whose term has been extended by the President of India for a period of three months? | K.K. Venugopal |
| Huge reserves of Uranium have been found in an area of 1086.46 hectares at Rohil in Khandela tehsil of Sikar district. Sikar is a district of which Indian State? | Rajasthan |
| Name the former Punjab DGP who took over the charge of Director-General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA)? | Dinkar Gupta |
| Who has been appointed as the new CEO of NITI Aayog? He will succeed Amitabh Kant. | Parameswaran Iyer |
| Vanijya Bhawan is the new premises of which Union Ministry? | Ministry of Commerce and Industry |
| Who has been named as the Presidential candidate of the ruling NDA coalition? | Draupadi Murmu |
| Who took oath as the new Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court? | Justice Satish Chandra Sharma |
| Name the former Union Minister who was chosen as the consensus candidate from the opposition parties for the Presidential polls? | Yashwant Sinha |
| Name the place in Meghalaya which has set a new rainfall record of highest single-day rainfall in June since 1966, breaking Cherrapunji's record as the wettest place on earth? It received 1003 mm rainfall in 24 hours. | Mawsynram |
| Which state has won the first prize in the National MSME Awards for outstanding contribution in the promotion and development of MSME Sector? | Odisha |
| Which Indian state has been ranked at the first position in Asia’s Global Start-up Ecosystem Report 2022? | Kerala |
| Who will succeed TS Tirumurti as India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations? | Ruchira Kamboj |
| The entire capacity of the recently launched GSAT-24 satellite has been leased out to which Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider? | Tata Play |
| Which city will host FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 Finals? | Navi Mumbai |
| Who has developed the world's first anti-gravity body suit that will allow astronauts to perform yoga in space? It will help astronauts strengthen muscles and prevent loss of bone density minerals. | AIIMS-Delhi |
| Who has become the first Indian to have 200 million followers on Instagram? | Virak Kohli |
| Which country became India's largest trading partner in FY 2021-22 replacing China? Bilateral trade between India and this country stood at US$119.42 billion. | USA |
| What is the new National record in the javelin throw? | 89.30 meter |
| Who has created a new National record in the javelin throw with his career-best throw of 89.30 meters at Paavo Nurmi Games 2022 in Finland? | Neeraj Chopra |
| Which medal is won by Neeraj Chopra in the javelin throw event in Paavo Nurmi Games 2022? | Silver |
| Name the 16-year old boy who has become India's first weightlifter to win a gold at the IWF Youth World Championships in Leon, Mexico? | Gurunaidu Sanapathi |
| Who is the author of the book - Fearless Governance? | Kiran Bedi |
| Name the Indian men's football team captain who has become the joint fifth highest goalscorer (84) in international football history? He has now equaled the number of goals by legendary Real Madrid and Hungarian player Ferenc Puskas. | Sunil Chhetri |
| Which Indian city is sinking at an average rate of 2mm every year because of a geographical phenomenon known as land subsidence? | Mumbai |
| Name the veteran Indian cricketer who has announced her retirement from all forms of International Cricket on June 8, 2022? | Mithali Raj |
| What is the name of India's first COVID-19 vaccine for animals? The vaccine can be safely used on dogs, lions, leopards, mice and rabbits. | Ancovax |
| What is India's rank on Environmental Performance Index 2022 with a score of 18.9? | 180 |
| India beat which country by 6-4 to won the inaugural FIH Hockey 5s championship on June 5, 2022? | Poland |
| India's first Liquid Mirror Telescope has been commissioned in which state? | Uttarakhand |
| Which Indian airport has become first in the country to be fully powered by renewable energy (hydro and solar)? | Delhi |
| Name the 19 year old chess player from Telangana who has become India's 74th Chess Grandmaster? | P. Rahul Srivatshav |
INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS
| On which day World Asteroid Day 2022 was observed? | 30 June |
| Which two countries have been invited to join NATO? | Sweden and Finland |
| Which two countries have applied to join the BRICS Block? | Iran and Argentina |
| Which country has recently launched a 25.5 meter-long solid-fueled rocket into space called Zuljanah? | Iran |
| Who became the first tennis player to win 80 matches at each of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments with 1st round win at Wimbledon? | Novak Djokovic |
| Who is the first player to score an ODI hundred for two countries? He has played for both Ireland and England. | Eoin Morgan |
| Who has become the most followed person on TikTok recently? | Khaby Lame |
| On which day International Olympic Day was observed? | 23 June |
| In which country the 48th G7 summit was held from 26 to 28 June 2022? | Germany |
| In which country a powerful earthquake of 5.9 magnitude has killed at least 1,000 people and injured 1,500? | Afghanistan |
| What was the theme of International Yoga Day 2022? | Yoga for Humanity |
| On which day International Yoga Day was observed? | 21 June |
| Which country hosted the 14th BRICS Summit on 23rd June 2022? | China |
| On which day World Refugee Day was observed? | 20 June |
| The Khuvsgul Lake National Park has been added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. It is located in which country? | Mongolia |
| Which four countries are the members of the recently formed I2U2 grouping? | India, Israel, UAE and the US |
| Which country has been ranked at top position in the World Competitive Index 2022 released on June 15, 2022? | Denmark |
| On which day World Blood Donor Day was observed? | 14 June |
| Name the popular browser by Microsoft which was officially retired on June 15, 2022? | Internet Explorer (IE) |
| In which year Internet Explorer (IE) was launched by Microsoft? | 1995 |
| Which city hosted the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit 2022? | Madrid (Spain) |
| Algeria has suspended two-decades-old friendship treaty with which country? | Spain |
| Who has become the first batsman to score three consecutive hundreds on two separate occasions in ODIs? | Babar Azam |
| On which day World Oceans Day was observed? | 8 June |
| Which country has topped the Environmental Performance Index 2022 with a total score of 77.9, followed by United Kingdom and Finland? | Denmark |
| On which day World Food Safety Day was observed? | 7 June |
| Who has won his 14th French Open title and 22nd Grand Slam after beating first-time Grand Slam finalist Casper Ruud in the men's singles final on June 5, 2022? | Rafael Nadal |
| Who has become the first England player to complete 17,000 runs in International cricket? | Joe Root |
| Which country has officially changed its name? | Turkey |
| On which day World Bicycle Day was observed? | 3 June |