Important Current Affairs 16th Jun 2018

Important Current Affairs 16th Jun 2018

Current Affairs 16th Jun 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

India increased import duty on 30 products
●        India has eliminated the exemption on import of 30 products against the imposition of additional duty on certain goods from the United States.
●        In this regard, the World Trade Organization has also been given information from India.

Reliance Industries is investing in a carbon fiber unit
 
●        Reliance Industries is investing in a carbon fiber manufacturing unit keeping in mind the aerospace and defense needs.
●        This is the first unit of its kind in the country.
●        In this, the company will also make composites product for low cost modular toilets and home as well as windmill blades and rotor blades etc.
 

Only one bag allowed in Jet Airways
 
●        After July 15 , only one bag can be taken in Jet Airways .
●        The airline has changed the check-in baggage policy.
●        The economy class passenger will be able to travel only with a bag of 15 kilogram weight, while Premier Class Passenger will be allowed to carry 2 bags for free, and each can be up to 15 kilograms.
 
 
High speed rail project approved in Haryana
 
●        The Haryana Government has given its approval to a high speed rail network project from Sarai Kale Khan from Delhi to the Haryana-Rajasthan border near Shahjahanpur-Neemrana-Behror.
●        Khattar said that with the Regional Rapid Transit Systems (ARTS) project especially in Gurugram and in South Haryana, development and investment will get a new momentum.

SCO introduced Yoga for the first time
 
●        For the first time a yoga program was organized in Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
●        Along with that, the United Nations International Yoga Day has begun in China .
●        The United Nations declared International Yoga Day on June 21 in 2014.
 
 
Target of 300 seats for 2019 in RSS and BJP meeting
●        In the BJP and RSS meeting in Surajkund, the goal of winning more than 300 seats in the 2019 elections has been fixed.
●        In this meeting that lasted for two days, some 60 RSS Ministers sent to BJP from the Sangh were called in addition to some RSS officials.

Current Affairs 16th Jun 2018: ECONOMY

Indian billionaires' property up by 18% in 2016-2017
●        The wealth of the country's rich is increasing rapidly. Treasures of individuals with assets greater than $ 1 billion were the fastest increase in 2016-17.
●        The Boston Consulting Group Global Wealth Report provided this information in 2018.

Current Affairs 16th Jun 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

China increased import duty on US
●        US imports from China after a day of imposition of 25 per cent tax China imposed the tit feel like.
●        China has also announced to impose a 25 percent additional duty on US $ 50 billion products.
 
 
OPCW confirms use of chemicals in the 2017 attack in Syria
 
●        OPCW said on Wednesday that chemicals like sarin and chlorine were used in two separate attacks on Latamneh in northwestern Syria in March last year, the OPCW , the proponent of banned chemical weapons in the world, said on Wednesday.
●        OPCW issued a statement and said that the chemical weapons used in the attack on Latamneh on March 24, 2017 were potentially used.
 
 
UK removes India from list of countries with easy visa rules for students
●        The UK government has separated Indian students from the new list designed to simplify the visa application process in the universities of the country.
●        This move of the government is being criticized very much. Changes to the country's immigration policy policy were introduced in Parliament yesterday.
●        The UK's Home Ministry announced the relaxation in the Tier-IV visa category for students from around 25 countries.
 

UN report on Kashmir: Indians spent the day searching for 2 words
●        Since the United Nations report on Kashmir, common citizens in political parties in India are also rejecting this report.
●        On Thursday, the two words mentioned in the report were found in particular in the words that were fake or confused and partisan.
●        This is because the report released by the United Nations said that human rights violations were reported in Kashmir and an internal investigation was also recommended.
 
For the first time in 22 years in Afghanistan soldiers and Taliban celebrated Eid Together
 
●        For the first time in 22 years in Afghanistan, Taliban militants and Afghanistan troops celebrated Eid.
●        During this, soldiers and terrorists got embroiled in each other, joined hands and selfie took place.
●        Afghanistan was ruled by the Taliban from 1996 to 2001.
 

Russia not to show crime reports for 50 days during World Cup in Russia
 
●        Due to the FIFA World Cup, the Russian government has ordered the media not to report crime for 50 days.
●        It has been said by the Press Service of the Interior Ministry that the police should not give news to the media to catch any crime or resolve the matter till July 25.
 
 
Cristiano Ronaldo admits two-year sentence in tax fraud case
 
●        Star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has compromised Spanish officials on the ongoing tax fraud case against him.
●        They have been fined $ 21.8 million.
●        With this, he has also accepted the jail sentence for two years.
 
US intelligence agency CIA listed Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad as terrorist organization
●        The US 'Central Intelligence Agency has called the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal a religious terrorist organization.
●        The CIA has put both of these organizations in a political pressure group in its World Factbook.
●        That is, those groups which have a direct influence on politics, but they themselves do not participate in elections.
 

Current Affairs 16th Jun 2018: SPORTS

Iceland to debut in FIFA world cup 2018
 
●        On the third day of the football World Cup Saturday, 4 will be played. First - France and Australia, second - Argentina and Iceland, third - Peru and Denmark and fourth - will be played between Croatia and Nigeria.
●        Group D will play against Argentina in the World Cup in Iceland.
●        Teams that have played in four bouts have never met each other in the World Cup earlier.