TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - June 24, 2018 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.in 2018

TNPSC Current Affairs - June 2018 by TNPSC Guru 

1.Mohanpura Irrigation Project. 

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated Mohanpura irrigation project to the nation in Madhya Pradesh.
• The project will help irrigation to agricultural land of Raigarh district of Madhya Pradesh , also provides the drinking water to that areas.

2.Mongolia launches its first oil refinery.

• Mongolia has launched construction of its first Oil refinery funded by India in southern Dornogovi Province.
• This is capable of processing 1.5 million tonnes of crude oil per year and helps Mongolia to reduce the dependence of Russian fuel.

3.RemoveDEBRIS. 

• The International Space Station (ISS) deployed the world’s first ever satellite to clean dangerous space debris orbiting the Earth.
• The Satellite as named as “RemoveDEBRIS”, which is developed by  Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) and  launched on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from Florida.

4.Pakistan to include in FATF’s Grey list. 

• Pakistan is to include in Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Grey list.
• FATF is an inter-governmental  body to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
• It was established in G-7 summit in 1989, headquartered in Paris, France..
• It has 37 member including India, European Union and the Gulf Co-operation Council

About Grey list

• Including in Grey list which means the country which not taken enough step to counter money laundering and terrorist financing.
• It will decrease the foreign investment in the country considering the ties to terrorist activities , also the image of country.
• Also very difficult to get the loan from International monetary fund, world bank and other foreign financial institituion.

5.Swachh City ranking. 

• Indore from Madhya Pradesh bags India’s Cleanest City tag.
• In Tamil Nadu Trichy place in 13^th position, Coimbatore in 16^th and Chennai is in 100^th Position 

6.Statue of Cariappa 

Statue of first Army Field Marshal Late K.M Cariappa was unveiled in Officer Training academy Chennai.