Current Affairs in English – June 4 2022

Zulfiquar Hasan:

Senior IPS officer , Zulfiquar Hasan has been appointed as the new Director – General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security ( BCAS ) . West Bengal – cadre 1988 – batch IPS officer , Zulfiquar Hasan has been serving as the Special Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force ( CRPF ) in Delhi .
The BCAS is tasked with framing security – related protocols for aviation operations .

Banda Singh Bahadur:

Minister of State for Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal released ‘ Banda Singh Bahadur Martyrdom Monument Poster , on 3 June 2022 . It was launched in an event organised by National Monuments Authority ( NMA ) ahead of his 306th Martyrdom Day on 9th June .
Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was a great warrior who was martyred on 9 June , 1716 A.D. along with his other 18 companions at Mehrauli .

UT of Chandigarh and the Indian Air Force:

An MoU has been signed between UT of Chandigarh and the Indian Air Force for setting up the IAF Heritage Centre at Chandigarh . This Heritage Centre will have artefacts , simulator and interactive boards to highlight various facets of IAF .
It will also showcase the vital role played by the Service in various wars .This joint project is planned to be completed by October 2022 .

Adani Transmission Ltd & Essar Power:

Adani Transmission Ltd has signed definitive agreements with Essar Power to buy one of its transmission lines linking Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh .
A deal of 1,913 crores has been signed to buy 673 circuit kilometres ( ckt km ) operational inter – state transmission project owned and run by Essar Power Transmission Ltd. The project operates under the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission .

Punjab & Sind Bank:

The Reserve Bank of India ( RBI ) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 27.50 lakh on Punjab & Sind Bank for non – compliance with certain directions of the central bank .
The penalty was for non – compliance with RBI directions on ‘ External Benchmark Based Lending’. Punjab & Sind Bank was founded in the year 1908 and is headquartered in New Delhi .

POCOSO & IMD:

National grid operator Power System Operation Corporation ( POSOCO ) on 3 June 2022 signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU ) with the India Meteorological Department ( IMD ) .
This MoU has been signed for cooperation in the areas of electricity grid management .The last MoU between POSOCO and IMD was signed on 18 May 2015 .

LXME:

Financial platform LXME , has announced the appointment of Jasmin B Gupta as co – founder and CEO .
Gupta will spearhead the team towards creating India’s first neo – bank for women . LXME is India’s 1st financial planning platform for women .It was founded in 2018 in Mumbai , Maharashtra .

Kiya.ai:

ai , on 2 June 2022 announced the launch of India’s first – ever banking metaverse – Kiyaverse .
Through Kiyaverse , consumers would be able to transact , access banking information and avail various banking products virtually from the comfort of their homes . Kiya.ai is a digital solutions provider serving financial institutions and government globally .

Ashwani Bhatia:

Ashwani Bhatia has taken charge as a whole time member ( WTM ) at Securities and Exchange Board of India ( SEBI ) .
Bhatia was previously the Managing Director of State Bank of India ( SBI ) . Bhatia has been appointed for an initial period of three years from the date of assuming charge . In August 2020 , he was elevated as MD of SBI.

International Events:

Swedish scientists:

Swedish scientists have identified a new coronavirus commonly found in red – backed voles- small rodents similar to field mice .
The study of approximately 260 voles caught in Sweden shows that the virus is well established in the red – backed voles .
Their finding has been published in the journal viruses .The team from the Zoonosis Science Center at Uppsala University did the research .

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression : 4 June:

June 4 is observed as the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression .The United Nations General Assembly had decided to mark June 4 as this day at its emergency session on August 19 , 1982 .
The session was held after the Lebanon war started on June 6 that year and claimed the lives of numerous people including many Palestinian and Lebanese children .

India and Canada:

India and Canada have signed an agreement to increase bilateral cooperation on climate action , environmental protection and conservation .
The meeting is being held to commemorate 50 years of the Stockholm Conference – the 1st UN conference on environment.

World’s largest plant growing underwater:

Scientists have discovered the world’s largest plant growing underwater in Western Australia .According to a study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B , the plant , discovered at Shark Bay , is believed to span as much as 200 square kilometres .
The plant is a single clone of ” Posidonia australis ” seagrass and the largest known example of a clone in any environment on Earth .