Current Affairs 2020 June 17
- CBIC Chairman M. Ajith Kumar launched e-Office Application in all CGST.
- Deccan Development Society won the Biodiversity award of price Albert II of Monaco Foundation.
- Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziyev resigns.
- 500 year old temple found submerged in Mahanadi River of Odisha.
- PM Cares Fund Trustees appoints SARC and Associates as Auditor.
- CCI approves acquisition by MacRitchie in 91 streets, ascent and API.
- New fish species ‘Schizothorax sikusirumensis’ discovered in Arunachal Pradesh.
- Global wind day 2020 – June 15.
- Manipur CM N. Biren Singh inaugurates 3 projects undertaken by PHED through VC.
- International day of family remittance 2020 – June 16.
- Maharashtra signs 12 MoU’s with domestic and foreign companies for FDI worth Rs 16,030 crores: Magnetic Maharashtra 2.0 initiative.
- UP Govt decides to adopt flatted factory model.
- West Bengal CM Mamata Banarjee launched ‘Karmo Bhumi’ , a job portal to help IT professionals.
- India’s foreign exchange reserves cross $500 bn for the first time.
- Dharmendra Pradhan launched nation’s 1st ‘Indian Gas Exchange’, an online delivery based gas trading platform.
- India ranked 6th as nuclear weapons increased since 2019; US tops: SIPRI’s yearbook 2020.
- India build first ever infectious disease diagnostic lab.
- Airtel payments bank launches “Suraksha Salary Account” for MSMEs.