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June 26th Current Affairs

1) In order to ensure substantial energy savings and also cut down of greenhouse gas emissions Haryana Government has made mandatory to use LED bulbs and tube lights in all offices under the Haryana Government.
2)The Government proposes to set up 3000 Van Dhan Kendras involving 30,000 SHGs across the country under the Van Dhan Scheme of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
3) A resolution named No Toilet No Bride was passed by the Godikan panchayat in Haryana and it has become the India’s first panchayat to have that resolution.The idea behind this resolution is to marry off girls only to families that have a toilet in their house.
4)A Committee headed by Satish Chavan was setup to study issues related to the development of a 1000 Mega Watts floating solar power plant at Ujani dam in Solapur district of Maharashtra.
5)Passport Seva App a mobile app was launched by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on the occasion of Passport Seva Divas in New Delhi.
6) The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has organised a two day training workshop on cybercrime targeting children started in New Delhi.This workshop aims to offer professional training to the investigators who handle crime against children.
7)The 15th India-Australia Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) was held in Canberra, Australia.
8)Paani Bachao, Paise Kamao a campaign to encourage farmers for checking depletion of underground water was launched in Jalandhar, Punjab.
9)4th National Review and Consultation on Swachh Iconic Places began in Hyderabad.
10)India has been ranked as the most dangerous country for women in the world according to the report of a survey of global experts by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.India ranked most dangerous due to high risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labour.
11)Aviva Life Insurance has launched a chatbot named ALISHA powered by IBM Watson’s Conversation application programming interface (API) and will provide meaningful insurance guidance anytime, anywhere to the customers.
12)Pallavi Durua who belongs to Odisha Koraput District was crowned as the first Tribal Queen at the Adi Rani Kalinga Tribal Queen competition held at Bhubaneshwar.
13)An app based taxi service called GOAMILES was launched by the tourism department of the state of Goa.
14)World Food Prize 2018 was awarded to Lawrence Haddad and Dr. David Nabarro for their contribution helping to reduce the world’s number of children stunted from malnourishment.
15)The WWF-India has come up with its first-ever comic book titled The Great Indian Nature Trail with Uncle Bikky which aims at foster love for the nature and raise awareness about its protection among children.
16)Sathish Kumar Sivalingam is the first Indian weightlifter to become brand ambassador for i steel TMT bars.





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