- Ratnagiri Refinery project of Maharashtra
- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Saudi Aramco & Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and India to jointly develop and build an integrated refinery and petrochemicals complex at Ratnagiri,Maharashtra.
- The project will be implemented by Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. (RRPCL). RRPCL which is promoted by a consortium of India PSUs consisting of IOCL, BPCL and HPCL will now have Saudi Aramco & ADNOC as overseas strategic partners.
- The project will be set up as a 50:50 joint partnership (50:50) between the consortium from India and Saudi Aramco and ADNOC.
- Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) as an annual exercise between both Navies of India & Bangladesh.
- Both countries are agreed to institute Coordinated Patrol.
- The first edition of CORPAT will be held from June 27 to June 29, 2018.
- Four maritime patrol aircraft, two from the Bangladesh Navy and two from the Indian navy will participate in the CORPAT.
- The Navy regularly conducts CORPATs with Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand.
- E Sreedharan panel on the standards for metro rail systems
- The panel aims at cutting the costs in the construction and operation of metro rail systems in the country and brings them under the Make in India umbrella.
- The committee will be headed by E Sreedharan, who is also popularly known as the “Metro Man.
- It will bring India to the international standard in line with Russia and Eastern Europe where every metro has the same standards, the same signalling system and track gauge, etc.
- Arijit Basu – new Managing Director of SBI
- Executive committee of the central board approved appointment of Anil Kishore as deputy managing director and chief risk officer of the bank for a period up to May, 2020.
- He will fill the position that fell vacant following the elevation of Rajnish Kumar as the chairman.
- R Praggnanandhaa – the second youngest Grandmaster in chess history
- R Praggnanandhaa beated Italian Grandmaster Luca Moroni in the eighth round of the Gredine Open at Ortisei in Italy
- He has become the second youngest Grandmaster in chess history at the age of 12 years, 10 months, 13 days.
- The youngest Grandmaster ever is Russia’s Sergey Karjakin, who achieved the feat aged 12 years, 7 months and has held the record since 2002.
- Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain.
- Mundka-Bahadurgarh corridor
- 11-km-long fully elevated Mundka-Bahadurgarh stretch, with seven stations, is an extension of the existing Delhi Metro’s Green Line from Inderlok to Mundka.
- This is the third place in Haryana to be brought under Delhi Metro’s network, after Gurugram and Faridabad.
- Awards of IIFA 2018
- Sridevi won Best Actress (posthumously) for her role in 2017 film MOM, at the Indian International Film Awards (IIFA), held in Bangkok.
- Irfan Khan won the prize for Best Actor in a leading role for Hindi Medium.
- ‘Tumhari Sulu’ was named Best Picture.
- Saket Chaudhary won the best direction award for ‘Hindi Medium’.
- The Best Music Direction Award went to the trinity of Amaal Mallik, Tanishk Bagchi and Akhil Sachdeva for their work on Badrinath Ki Dulhania.
- Anupam Kher, who has over 500 films to his credit, was honoured with the Outstanding Achievement Award at the ceremony.
- Mohanpura irrigation project in Madhya Pradesh
- Project includes a dam and a canal system, which benefit 727 villages in the state.
- It would irrigate 1.25 lakh hectares of land and would also provide drinking water to over 400 villages.
- Use of LED bulbs are mandatory in govt offices of Haryana by 15 Aug
- All halogen, sodium bulbs and tube lights will be replaced with energy-efficient LED bulbs and tube lights.
- The use of incandescent lamps and purchase of sodium vapour lamps by government sector, government aided sector, boards and corporations and autonomous bodies have already been banned.
- India is the largest borrower from Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
- With the total project portfolios of US$4.4 Billion, India has been the largest borrower of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) lending since the time the Bank started its operations.
- No Toilet, No Bride resolution
- Haryana’s Godikan village panchayat has passed a ‘No Toilet, No Bride’ resolution, becoming the first panchayat in the country to do so.
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Daily Current Affairs: 25th June, 2018
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