National
- Theme of National Statistics Day 2018 - Quality Assurance in Official Statistics.
- It has been proposed to set up India’s first center for excellence for 'blockchain' technology in city - Hyderabad, Telangana.
- According to the World Bank report, due to changes in the environment, India's GDP could be loose by - 2.8%.
- The ban on the plastic packaging for retailor was lifted from June 28 in a state - Maharashtra.
- United Arab Emirates (UAE) will open its consulate in city - Hyderabad, Telangana.
International
- Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided to keep this country in its 'Gray List' in june 18 - Pakistan.
- According to the World Bank's 'The start of a new poverty narrative' report, Maximum no. of poor people live in country – Nigeria.
- Large complex organic molecules found by astronomers on 'Enceladus': moon of planet - Saturn.
- The researchers from the University of Michigan have developed only 0.3 mm sized world's smallest "computer" and its name is - Michigan Micro Mote.
Banking
- India's rupee has this much historic downturn compared to the dollar on June 28, 2018 to - Rs 69.1.
- ICICI Bank has appointed this person as non-executive part time chairman and an independent director of the board from July 1 - G.C. Chaturvedi.
Sports
- This Indian pair qualify for the men's doubles event in the London Wimbledon 2018 tournament - Vishnuvardhan and N. Shriram Balaji.
Person in News
- This first Indian-American woman to be elected to the House of Representatives, was arrested during a protest against the Trump administration’s “inhumane” “zero-tolerance” border policy - Pramila Jayapal.
General Knowledge
- National Statistical Day is observed in India on 29th June in the memory of - Prof. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.
- Paris (France) based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was established in year- 1989.
- The national currency of the United Arab Emirates - Dirham.
- In 2005, A spacecraft was sent to discover Saturn and its "Enselladus" moon named - Cassini.
- The name of the mineral derived from the meteoroid on the Mars - Zircon.