Current Affairs Today Headline- 21 June 2022

 

National News 

• Indian Army issues notification for Agniveer recruitment rally, registration to open from July onwards.
• International Yoga Day 2022 observed across the world today. 
• Haryana government time grant guaranteed jobs to 75% of agniveers who would return after 4 yrs of service.
• An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale occurred at 7.15 hours 183km southwest of Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• Samyukta Kisan Morcha announces nationwide protest against Agnipath scheme.
• Assam CM Hemant Soren constituted the committee with instructions to submit the report within seven days.
• Sonia Gandhi discharged from Delhi's Ganga Ram Hospital
• Service chiefs to meet PM tomorrow, likely to brief him on Agnipath scheme.
• Jharkhand Govt issues new guidelines for the containment of COVID-19.
• Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain admitted to LNJP hospital in Delhi after he complained of low oxygen level. His condition is stable.
• PM Narendra Modi inaugurates & lays foundation stone for rail and road infrastructure projects worth over Rs 28,000 crores in Karnataka.

International News 

• British Prime Minister Boris Johnson undergoes sinus operation under general anaesthetic.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets Hollywood actor and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller.
• Chris Evans prefers Human Torch over Captain America for Marvel Cinematic Universe.
• Sri Lankan cabinet passes 21st Amendment to curtail powers of President.
• Russian Nobel laureate, journalist Dmitry Muratov sells medal for $103.5 mln to benefit Ukraine kids.
• Israeli coalition to submit bill to dissolve parliament, force elections.
• NATO chief says Turkey, Finland, Sweden hold 'constructive' talks.
• The Dutch joined Germany and Austria in reverting to coal power on Monday following an energy crisis provoked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
• Turkey says NATO summit 'not the deadline' for Finland, Sweden talks.
• Tens of thousands rally in Georgia for EU membership.
•  Attempted migrant Channel crossings to UK rose 68% in first half of 2022, informed France.
• Germany aims to still close its coal power plants by 2030 despite reverting to the fossil fuel following an energy crisis provoked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
• Ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro was elected the first ever left-wing president of Colombia on June 19, after beating millionaire businessman Rodolfo Hernandez in a tense and unpredictable runoff election.
• Air passengers are expected to hit 83% of pre-pandemic levels this year and aviation industry’s return to profit is "within reach" in 2023 despite ongoing uncertainty.
• Belgium on June 20, 2022 handed over the last remains of slain Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba, a tooth, to his family, turning a page on a grim chapter in its colonial pasty.

Sports News 

• Swimming to set up an 'open category' to allow transgender athletes to compete.
• Netherlands skipper Pieter Seelaar has bid farewell to international cricket citing persistent back injury. 
• Italy's Benedetta Pilato wins women's 100m breaststroke world title.
• Italian Thomas Ceccon wins 100m backstroke world title in world record time.
• CSA congratulates South African team for drawing T20I series against India.
• Manpreet Singh to lead Indian men's hockey team for Commonwealth Games 2022.
• International Rugby League bans transgender players from women's international matches while it develops a "comprehensive inclusion policy".

Environment News

• Cambodian catches world’s largest recorded freshwater fish, a giant stingray,in the Mekong River.
• Nepal contemplating shifting Mount Everest’s base camp as global warming and human activity are making the camp unsafe.