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June 27th Current Affairs

1)Cabinet Approvals:
i)Cabinet approves MoU between India and Singapore on Cooperation in the field of Urban Planning and Development.
ii)India and Denmark on Cooperation in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation.
iii)India and Germany on Cooperation in the field of Civil Aviation.
iv)India and France on Cooperation on Maritime Awareness Mission .
v)India and Indonesia on Technical Cooperation in the field of Railways sector.
2)Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao released Rs.15 crore for organizing Bonalu Festival.
3)The Union Cabinet has approved to increase the age of receiving pension of general duty medical officers, specialist grade doctors and teaching medical faculty working in Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC) to 65 years.
4)National Mission for Clean Ganga approved two projects for community toilets and procurement of dustbins at an estimated cost of Rs. 113 crore and Rs. 3.6 crore for Kumbh Mela 2019.
5)President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the Udyam Sangam-2018 to celebrate the 2nd United Nations Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day.
6)26th edition World’s largest multilateral naval exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) began off Hawaii in the western Pacific Ocean.
7)Government of India has imposed a ban on the manufacture of Oxytocin drug for domestic use with effect from July 1, 2018.
8)Pushpa Bhave, an eminent scholar and social activist was awarded the Rajarshi Shahu Puraskar in Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
9)Central Government has released Rs 340 crore assistance for flood relief work in Assam.
10)Anant Barua has been appointed the new whole-time member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
11)India is ranked fourth in the list of top 10 target countries for Web Application Attacks.









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