Daily Current Affairs, News Headlines 29.06.2024
National News
•IFS officer Vikram Misri named next Foreign Secretary
•India becomes the world’s third-largest domestic aviation market
•Telecom Act 2023 strengthens protections for citizen privacy
•New draft rules for Evidential Breath Analysers introduced to measure blood alcohol accurately
• A High-level committee of experts constituted by the Ministry of Education to recommend reforms in NTA
•NHRC issues notice to UP government over reported death of three workers
•IMD forecasts heavy to hefty rainfall along West Peninsular Coast during the next 4 days
•Indian Navy & Coast Guard carries out successful medical evacuation of four critically ill patients from Lakshadweep to Kochi
•India makes a contribution of 1.16 million dollars to the UN for the promotion of Hindi
•PMLA Court at Ranchi in Jharkhand extends judicial custody of former CM Hemant Soren by fourteen days
•Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, launches two new schemes on World MSME Day in New Delhi
International News
•7.2 magnitude earthquake rocks Peru
•Bangladesh receives 1.15 billion dollars from IMF
•Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh closer engagement between media organizations of the two countries is important
•Delay in return of astronauts Sunita Williams & Butch Wilmore to extend further
Sports News
•In Cricket, India stormed into the final of the Men’s T20 World Cup, crushing England by 68 runs in the semi-final in Guyana
•US Open: Malvika Bansod & Priyanshu Rajawat and Indian Women’s Doubles duo Teresa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand reach quarter-finals
•Indian track athlete Kiran Pahal qualifies for Paris Olympics