1) 25 June: International Day of the Seafarer 2022
•The “Day of the Seafarer” is celebrated annually on June 25 to honour the vital contribution that seafarers make to global trade and the economy, frequently at considerable personal sacrifice to themselves and their families. Governments, shipping associations, businesses, shipowners, and all other interested parties are asked to support and commemorate the Day in a meaningful and suitable way.
2) S.S. Mundra appointed as chairman of BSE
•S.S. Mundra, a public interest director to lead the world’s largest stock exchange, according to the BSE. Justice Vikramajit Sen will be replaced by Mr. Mundra. After serving for three years, Mr. Mundra left his position as Reserve Bank of India’s Deputy Governor in July 2017. Before that, he held the positions of Chairman and Managing Director at Bank of Baroda, until he retired in July 2014.
3) South Korea sent its first satellite into orbit using a domestic Nuri rocket
•South Korea launched its first satellite successfully using a homegrown rocket, boosting the nation’s expanding aerospace ambitions and proving it has the necessary technologies to build larger missiles and launch spy satellites in the midst of tensions with rival North Korea. The Science Ministry reported that the three-stage Nuri rocket successfully launched a working “performance verification” satellite to a target altitude of 435 miles from South Korea’s space launch facility on a southern island.
4) China launched Three New Yagon-35 remote Sensing Satellites
•Three new remote sensing satellites were successfully launched by China from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in the Sichuan Province in southwest China. The satellites were launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket at 10:22 a.m. (local time) as part of the Yaogan-35 family and successfully entered the intended orbit.
5) Shyam Saran, Former Foreign Secretary chosen to lead India International Centre
•India International Centre’s President is now former foreign secretary and Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change Shyam Saran. After leaving the administration in 2010, he served as chairman of the National Security Advisory Board under the National Security Council and served as the director of the Research and Information System for Developing Countries, a renowned think tank specialising in economic issues, from 2011 to 2017. (2013-15).
6) Massive Wildfire in Spain and Germany Amid an unusual Heat Wave
•On Sunday amid an unusual heat wave in western Europe and Germany struggled with wildfires. There has been used damage in several places in Spain and Germany. The Northwest province of Zamora is affected by over 25000 hectares. Up to 25000 hectares of the area have been consumed by the wildfire in Zamora. In Germany residents of three villages near Berlin have been ordered to leave their homes due to the approaching wildfire as requested by the officials on Sunday.
•On Sunday morning the Spanish authorities said that after 3 days of high-temperature high wind and low humidity some rest came with dropping temperatures. 650 firefighters along with water dumping aircraft were allowed to establish a perimeter around the fire which started in Zamora’s Sierra de la Culebra. The authorities have won the people that there was still a danger of unfavorable shifts in weather and the revival of the blaze. Arjun Spain has been on alert for an outbreak of intense wildfire as the country suffers from the record temperature in many places in the country. Exports have claimed that the hot period for Europe is due to climate change. The lack of rainfall this year has resulted in these conditions for the country.
7) Shreya Lenka from Odisha joins Blackswan and becomes first K-pop star in India
•Shreya Lenka is the first Indian woman to ever have a successful career as a K-pop performer. Along with a Brazilian woman named Gabriela Dalcin, the 18-year-old from Odisha is currently a member of the well-known South Korean girl group Blackswan. DR Music, the recording company for Blackswan, released the information.
