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June 12th Current Affairs


1)First Military exercise of the BIMSTEC(Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Co-operation) was going to held in India in September 2018.Theme of this is counter-terrorism in semi-urban terrain and cordon and search. 
2)3000 Additional Schools have been selected for establishment of Atal Tinkering Labs announced by NITI Aayog under Atal Innovation Mission.The selected schools shall receive a grant of Rs 20 lakh for the next five years.
3)Government of India in collaboration with Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce (FICCI) is hosting one day thematic Seminar on “Private Sector Participation and Innovation in Resource Mobilisation” in Mumbai.
4)President Ram Nath Kovind on a three nation visit to Greece, Suriname and Cuba .
5)14-day long joint military training exercise SURYA KIRAN-XIII between India & Nepal ended in Pithoragarh.
6)A Technical Committee headed by T.C.A. Anant was setup by Union Government to bring transparency in the jobs data.
7)International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) held in Kathmandu,Nepal.The theme is Sustainable Development Goals for Smart Society.
8)Haryana government increased the upper age limit to enter into government service from 40 to 42 years.
9)KVIC (Khadi and Village Industries Commission) created a world record by distributing maximum number of bee-boxes(2330) in one day at Kupwara,Kashmir. KVIC has broken its previous record of distributing 1000 bee boxes.

10)"Sanskar" an awareness program against superstitions is going to be launched by Assam Government.
11)India gave a financial assistance of  99.21 million Nepalese rupees to Nepal for the final step of Nepal-Bharat Maitri Irrigation Project.
12)India Ranked 177 out of 180 Countries in the Global Environment Performance Index.

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