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June 13th Current Affairs

1) Third Meeting of National Council of Senior Citizens(NCSrC) was conducted by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in New Delhi to advise issues related to welfare of senior citizens and improvement of their quality of life.
2)On the theme of Ancient Architecture,an MoU was signed between India Post and Vietnam Post on the joint issue of a postage stamps depicting Sanchi Stupa of India and Pho Minh Pagoda of Vietnam.

3)The central Government added 10 more Swachh Iconic Places (SIP) under phase III of its flagship programme, Swachh Bharat Mission taking the total to 30 Iconic Places.
4)Utsonmobile an app developed by the CRIS( Centre for Railway Information System) for cashless train ticketing.This app enables booking and cancelling of Unreserved tickets,issuing plaform tickets and an R-Wallet.
5)Union cabinet has approved the proposal for introduction of Dam safety Bill,2018 and proposal to withdraw the Nalanda University (Amendment) Bill, 2013 pending in the Rajya Sabha.
6)To enhance the representation of Women police in the state, the central government had given a nod to raise two women battalions in the Jammu and Kashmir Police.
7)National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to conduct a state level mock exercise on flood preparedness in Lucknow,UttarPardesh.
8)To create awareness about the importance and usage of Water, a campaign named Water Literacy(Jalasaksharatha) was launched by the Kerela State Literacy Mission Authority (KSLMA).
9) Composite Water Management was launched by the NITI Aayog to assess and improve the performance in efficient management of water resources.
10)Under Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) 50 clusters of Solar Charkha Mission to be launched by the President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi.
11)During the 5th Joint Inter-Governmental Kazakh-Indian Working group meeting held in Astana,India and Kazakhstan signed an agreement develop bilateral relations in cooperating in the military-industrial field and Cyber Security.
12)National Stock Exchange (NSE) has launched a ‘Tri-party Repo Market Platform’ for repurchase of corporate debt security.
13)United States Government approved to sell Six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to Indian Military for 930 Million Dollars.
14)2026 Football World Cup will be held in USA, Canada and Mexico.
15)First Representative Office of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in Hanoi, Vietnam.
16)Founder of Sulabh International Bindeshwar Pathak was honoured with Japan's Prestigious Nikkei Asia Prize for Culture and Community.

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