June 12, 2018

12 June 2018
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- Island nation Mauritius is going to host the 11th World Hindi Conference (विश्व हिंदी सम्मेलन) in its capital city Port Lois from 18th to 20th August 2018.

- The 18th Shanghai Corporation Organization (SCO) summit concluded on 10th June at Qingdao, China with the adoption of the Qingdao declaration.

- Kerala Government has decided to lift high alert issued in the wake of outbreak of deadly Nipah virus in May 2018 in northern Kozhikode and Malappuram districts of state that has so far claimed 17 lives.

- India will get its 1st national police museum in Lutyens Delhi.

- The government has opened 10 joint secretary-level posts for private sector employees, who neither require to be an IAS officer nor UPSC qualified to be eligible for the job.

- Inline with Union Government’s Digital India Initative, the Union Ministry of Railways has launched Rail MADAD Application to expedite and streamline passenger grievance redressal.

- 8 states and 4 Union Territories have signed MoUs with the Union Health Ministry to implement the government's ambitious scheme Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission.

- The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) lab has signed Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with RAASI Solar Power Pvt Ltd for transfer of technology for India’s first Lithium Ion (Li-ion) Battery project.

- Public Sector Banks collectively suffered a net loss of ₹87,357 crore in 2017-18.

- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked payment services firms to provide fortnightly updates on action taken by them to store transaction data in the country.

- Tata Power today announced that it has bagged the contract for setting up a 150-MW solar project in Maharashtra.

- Bandhan Bank has appointed former Reserve Bank of India’s Deputy Governor, Harun Rasid Khan, as the non-executive, part time Chairman for a period of three years with effect from June 2018.

- Arvind Saxena has been appointed as the acting chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)from June 20.

- Former NIA chief Sharad Kumar has been appointed as the Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), New Delhi for a term of four years.

- Professor Hasan Askari Rizvi took charge as the caretaker chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab Province.

- S Ramesh has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).

- India’s football team captain Sunil Chhetri became joint second highest international goal scorer among active players along with Argentine superstar footballer Lionel Messi.