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June 9th Current Affairs

1)A National Media Campaign titled What Damage Will This Cigarette/Bidi Do launched at World Health Organisation event held recently to encourage smoking Cessation.It explains how Cigarette and Bidi are harmful to health.
2)Swachh Bharat Mission has crossed the 85% mark in Rural Sanitation.A total of 391 Districts ,3.8 Lakh Villages have been declared Open Defecation Free(ODF).
3)Odisha government Signed an MoU with Pullela Gopichand Badminton Foundation (PGBF) for setting up P.Gopichand Badminton Academy in Odisha.
4)India and China signed agreements to share Brahmaputra water data during flood season and exporting non-basmati rice to China in 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit.
5)To create awareness among the people about the government initiatives,policies, and programmes a campaign named Arunachal Rising Campaign was launched by Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu.
6)The UN India Business Forum and the Women Entrepreneurial Platform of NITI Aayog has formed a consortium to reduce gender disparities in start-up investments.
7)Under National Disaster Response Fund(NDRF) Himachal Pradesh Government has received a Financial Assistance of 84.13 Crores from the Ministry of Home Affairs and Minister of Finance. 
8)The Central Government has planned to open Yoga and Ayush Centres in all the six All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
9)YES Bank launched a Scheme called Green Future:Deposit which provide a peak interest of 7.5% and has a tenure of 18 months 8 days to 18 months 18 days.For senior citizens it would provide 8% interest.
10)Defence Minister Nirmala Sitaraman inagurated 16MW Solar PV Power Plant in Chennai.
11)Kamila Shamsie’s book “Home Fire” has bagged the Women’s Prize for Fiction, 2018.
12) Harun Rashid Khan former RBI deputy governor has been appointed as the non executive part time chairman of Bandhan Bank.
13)New Zealand cricket coach Mr. Mike Hesson resigned from his post.

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