Days in Focus
- International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking - 26 June.
- International Day in Support of Victims of Torture – 26 June.
- World Refrigeration Day - 26 June.
Economy
- In five years, the number of wilful defaulters in nationalised banks has increased by over - 60% (to 8,582).
- Software application that launched by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the public to lodge their grievances and complaints against entities regulated by the RBI - Complaint Management System (CMS).
- Number of Nationalized Banks in India – 17.
International
- First Arab country to be granted full membership of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Saudi Arabia.
National
- According to Rivigo’s “National Freight Index (NFI) 2019”, the Indian road freight market for 2018 is estimated to be in the range of - $150-160 billion.
- Rank of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) in the HRD Ministry's 2019 national ranking of higher education institutes under management category – 31.
- First place in the HRD Ministry's 2019 national ranking of higher education institutes under management category - IIM-Bangalore.
Persons in News
- Newly-elected Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Qu Dongyu (China).
State Current Affairs
- State that developed a unique flood hazard atlas on the basis of historic flood inundation captured through satellite imagery over the period from 2001 to 2018 - Odisha.
- The World Bank on June 25 approved a $147 million loan agreement to ‘Municipal Reform Programme’ of - Jharkhand.
General Knowledge
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) – Founded in: 1935; Headquarters: Mumbai (Maharashtra).
- First Governor of the Reserve Bank of India - Sir Osborn Smith (1935 - 1937).
- First Indian governor of the Reserve Bank of India - Sir C. D. Deshmukh (1943-1949).
- United Nations (UN) – Founded in: 1945; Headquarters: New York (USA).
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) – Established in: 1992; Headquarters: Mumbai.
- United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) – founded in: 1945; Headquarters: Rome (Italy).
- Financial Action Task Force (FATF) - Established in: 1989; Headquarters: Paris (France).
