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June 8th Current Affairs

1)Under Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushal Yojana a one day workshop was conducted on " Skill Development in the port and Maritime sector" in association with Ministry of Shipping in New Delhi.
2)Dr.Subhash Bhamre ,Minister of State for Defence dedicated 578m long tunnel at Theng in North Sikkim to the Nation.
3)Under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA),Himachal Pradesh Government decided to discontinue the semester system in Under graduate courses and establish the annual examination system.
4)To curb erosion in the banks of the river Ganga and Padma ,West Bengal government decided to invest 107 Crores.
5)17th round of Foreign Office Consultations between India and Myanmar was held in New Delhi.
6)Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the SCO(Shanghai Cooperation Organization) in Qingdao,China.This will be the first SCO summit after India became the full member of SCO.
7)External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj started her five day visit to South Africa to attend BRICS and ISBA Ministerial Meetings going to be held in Pretoria,South Africa.This would commemorate the 125th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s journey against racial discrimination.
8)Punjab Government Launched Business First Portal to facilitate ease of doing business in the state.
9)Finance Minister Piyush Goyal has announced setting up of a committee to give recommendations on the formation of an Asset Reconstruction Company for faster resolution of stressed accounts of public sector banks.
10)Credit Rating Agency Moody's predicted that India's fiscal deficit will be 3.3% of GDP for this Financial Year.
11)Sarita Nayyar has been appointed as the Member of Managing Board of World Economic Forum.
12)Harry Kane the striker of English National Team has been named as the Most Valuable Player for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2018.
13)India’s Ashish Jakhar created a new national record and won a gold medal in the men’s hammer throw event at the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Gifu, Japan.
14)New Zealand Women's Cricket team created history by Scoring 490 runs in 50 overs against Ireland.

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