Sunil Chhetri becomes the second most active international goalscorer
Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri has surpassed Argentina’s Lionel Messi to become the second most active international goalscorer with 74 goals.
Chhetri achieved this feat by scoring two goals in the match against Bangladesh in the combined qualifiers tournament of FIFA World Cup 2022 and Asian Cup 2023.
In this list, Portugal’s star player Cristiano Ronaldo is at the first position with 103 goals.
UAE’s Ali Mabkhout is third with 73 goals and Lionel Messi is fourth with 72 goals.
Sunil Chhetri has been awarded the Arjuna Award for the year 2011 and the Padma Shri award in 2019.
Rhea Chakraborty tops the list of ’50 Most Desirable Women’
Times Magazine has released India’s 50 Top Desirable Women 2020 list.
In which women under 40 have been included in various fields.
Riya Chakraborty has secured the first position in this list.
top 5 women:
Rhea Chakraborty – 1
Adeline Casslino (3rd runner up of Miss Universe 2020) – 2
Disha Patani – 3
Kiara Advani – 4
Deepika Padukone – 5
At the same time, Sushant Singh Rajput is at the first place in the list of 50 Most Desirable Men 2020.
German footballer ‘Sami Khedira’ announces retirement
Germany’s 2014 FIFA World Cup winner, Sami Khedira has announced his retirement.
Khedira began his career at VFB Stuttgart and helped them win the league title in the 2006–07 season before moving to Real Madrid.
He played 77 matches for Germany and scored seven goals.
India slips two places to 117th in UN’s Sustainable Development Ranking
India has slipped two places to 117th position out of 193 countries in the United Nations’ ranking of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Last year India was ranked 115th.
India is also ranked below four South Asian countries-Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
India’s overall SDG score is 61.9 out of 100.
UN member states (193) adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015.
The agenda was set to meet these goals by 2030.
Indo-Thai CORPAT exercise between India and Thailand begins
The 31st edition of the three-day Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) exercise between India and Thailand began on 9 June in the Andaman Sea.
INS Saryu on the Indian side and the Thai Navy, HTMS Krabi from Thailand are participating in this exercise.
This maritime naval exercise is being conducted twice a year between the two navies since 2005.
Capital of Thailand- Bangkok
Currency – Thai Baht
RBI re-appoints Vishwavir Ahuja as MD of RBL Bank
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the appointment of Vishwavir Ahuja as the Managing Director and CEO of RBL (Ratnakar Bank Limited) Bank for a period of one year with effect from June 30, 2021.
Establishment of RBL Bank: 1943
Headquarters: Mumbai
El Salvador becomes first country to legalize bitcoin
El Salvador has become the first country in the world to give legal status to the cryptocurrency bitcoin.
The law to make bitcoin a legal currency will come into force in 90 days.
Bitcoin: Bitcoin is a type of digital currency, or crypto-currency, that enables instant payments.
Bitcoin was introduced to the world in the year 2009.
There are many other cryptocurrencies in the world like bitcoin. Ethereum, Tether, Binance Coin, Cardano, Dogecoin and XRP.
Capital of El Salvador: San Salvador
Currency: US Dollar
President: Nayib Bukele
Education Ministry has released the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2019-20
The Union Education Ministry has released the third edition of the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2019-20 based on the initiatives taken by the states and union territories in the field of school education.
In the ranking, Punjab tops the chart with a score of 929 out of 1,000 among all states and union territories.
It is followed by Chandigarh (912) and Tamil Nadu (906).
For the first time this index was released in 2019
Union Education Minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
CRISIL estimates India’s GDP growth rate at 9.5% and World Bank at 8.3%
Indian rating agency CRISIL has revised the GDP growth forecast for India to 9.5% for the fiscal year 2021-22 from the earlier estimate of 11%.
Established CRISIL: 1987
Headquarters: Mumbai
CEO: Ashu Suyshu
The World Bank has projected India’s economy to grow at 8.3% in FY21 and 7.5% in FY22.
The World Bank said, in 2023, India is expected to grow by 6.5%.
Establishment of the World Bank: July 1944
Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States
President: David Malpass
Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar appointed Director General of Naval Operations
Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar took over as the Director General of Naval Operations on June 7, 2021.
Establishment of Indian Navy: 26 January 1950
Chief of the Navy: Admiral Karambir Singh
RBI imposes penalty of Rs 6 crore on Bank of India and Punjab National Bank
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a total penalty of Rs 6 crore on Bank of India (BOI) and Punjab National Bank (PNB) for violation of norms related to “Fraud – Classification and Reporting”.
A penalty of Rs 4 crore has been imposed on Bank of India and Rs 2 crore on Punjab National Bank.
Establishment of Reserve Bank of India: 1 April 1935
Headquarters: Mumbai
25th Governor: Shaktikanta Das
Bengaluru International Airport attains net energy neutral status
Kempegowda International Airport, Bangalore has achieved net energy neutral status in the financial year 2020-21 as part of its sustainable goals.
In the financial year 2020-21, it has been successful in saving about 22 lakh units of energy.
