CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JUNE 2019

NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS

NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS AND EVENTS - JUNE 2019

Name the Indian Coast Guard officer who has been chosen to be the next Director Krishnaswamy
General of Coast Guard replacing DG Rajendra Singh on 30 June 2019? Natrajan

Who was appointed as the Director of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)? Samant Kumar Goel

On which day the National Statistics Day is observed in India? 29th June

Name the CEO of Niti Aayog who has got two year extension till June 30 2021? Amitabh Kant

Name the senior IPS officer who has been appointed as the new Chief of Intelligence
Arvind Kumar
Bureau (IB)?

Name the IT Industry icon who will retire as the Executive Chairman of Wipro with
Azim Premji
effect from July 30, 2019?

Name the Padma Vibhushan awardee, also popularly known as the Metro Man, who
recently resigned as the Principal Advisor to Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation E. Sreedharan
(LMRC) citing health issues?

How much penalty has been proposed for not providing way to emergency vehicles
Rs. 10,000
under the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill approved by cabinet?

Name the Indian player who completed a career Grand Slam in snooker by winning
Pankaj Advani
Asian Snooker Championship title?

Which Indian bowler has recently become the second Indian bowler to take hat-trick
Mohammed Shami
in World Cup history?

Who has been appointed as the new Speaker of Lok Sabha? Om Birla

Adhir Ranjan
Who has been named as the Congress leader in Lok Sabha?
Chowdhury

Who has been appointed as the new leader of Rajya Sabha? Thawarchand Gehlot

Who won Femina Miss India 2019 Pageant? Suman Rao

Which company has unveiled India's first smart electric motor bike RV 400? Revolt Intellicorp

In which Indian state over 100 children have died due to Encephalitis? Bihar
Which Indian batsman has become the fastest to score 11,000 runs in ODIs? Virat Kohli

In which state the Indian Medical Association (IMA) declared All India Protest Day
West Bengal
on June 14 after doctors of this state went on strike demanding adequate security?

In which state the Union Government has approved setting up of 1,000 foreigners
tribunals by July 31 when the final list of National Register of Citizens (NRC) will be Assam
published?

What is the name of IAF aircraft which crashed in Arunachal Pradesh killing all the
AN-32
13 people on board?

The Union Government has decided to develop Eklavya Model Residential Schools
Schedules Tribes
at par with Navodya Vidyalaya for which community?

Which Indian is back on the Forbes World’s 100 Highest-Paid athletes list, making
Virat Kohli
him the only Indian to feature in the rankings, once again?

The Modi 2.0 Government created which new ministry by merging the Ministry of
Ministry of Jal
Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and Ministry of
Shakti
Drinking Water and Sanitation to provide safe drinking water to people?

Gajendra Singh
Who is the minister of newly created ministry Jal Shakti?
Shekhawat

Name the retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who has been reappointed as the
Ajit Doval
National Security Adviser, according him a Cabinet rank?

The Reserve Bank of India has done away with the charges levied on fund transfers
through which of the following mode of transfer and asked the banks to pass on the RTGS and NEFT
benefits to customers?

Which nation did S Jaishankar visit in his first overseas trip as India's External
Bhutan
Affairs Minister?

Name the league which will be a quarterly cleanliness assessment of Indian cities and
Swachh Survekshan
towns and was launched by the Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh
League
Puri in New Delhi on June 6, 2019?

The scenic Dzükou Valley has become Plastic Free Zone on the occasion of World
Nagaland
Environment Day. This valley is located in which place?

What is the current Repo Rate as per the Second Bi-monthly Monetary Policy
5.75 percent
Statement 2019-20 of Reserve Bank of India?

Name the Indian state which has been gifted a museum of peace by Japan to mark 75
Manipur
years of fiercest battles of the Second World War held in 1944?

Name the Chief Executive of Indian Banks Association who has been appointed head VG Kannan
of a six-member committee constituted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to review
the ATM interchange fee structure, with a view to giving a fillip to ATM deployment
in unbanked areas?

Name the BJP MP who has been chosen to be the Protem Speaker of the 17th Lok
Dr. Virendra Kumar
Sabha?

Which country has honoured the Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi with its
Maldives
highest honour Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen?

Name the renowned scientist who has been appointed as the chief of India Mrutyunjay
Meteorological Department (IMD)? Mohapatra

Name the world famous Rajasthani folk dancer who died in a car accident near
Queen Harish
Jodhpur in Rajasthan?

Shri Rajiv Mehrishi, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has been elected
World Health
as the external auditor of which international organisation for a term of 4 years from
Organisation (WHO)
2020 to 2023?

Name the public sector undertaking which has become the most profitable public Oil and Natural Gas
sector company overtaking Indian Oil Corporation for the financial year 2018-19? Corporation (ONGC)

Name the Jnanpith award winner, multi-lingual scholar, master playwright,

Girish Karnad
screenwriter, actor and director who died recently?