Jun 16, 2024 | One-liner Current Affairs for UPSC, State PSCs & other Govt. Exams

Jun 16, 2024

Egypt and Bahrain have joined China as international partners to develop and deliver scientific instruments for the Chang'e-7 mission. Chang'e 7 is a planned robotic Chinese lunar exploration mission expected to be launched in 2026 to target the lunar south pole.

India is the world's second largest source of nitrous oxide (N2O), a greenhouse gas that heats up the atmosphere far more than carbon dioxide. Nearly 11% of such global man-made emissions in 2020 were from India, topped only by China at 16%. The major source of these emissions comes from fertiliser usage, according to a global assessment of N2O emissions published in the journal Earth System Science Data on June 12, 2024.

The two day India-IORA Cruise Tourism Conference concluded in New Delhi in June 2024. Officials and experts from the Indian Ocean Rim Association, IORA Member States including Bangladesh, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Seychelles and Tanzania participated in the Conference.

Madhya Pradesh CM launched an intra-State air service to promote tourism. It is called "PM Shri Paryatan Vayu Seva" and the first flight was flagged off from the capital Bhopal to Jabalpur.

The 50th G7 summit was held from 13 to 15 June 2024 at Borgo Egnazia in the city of Fasano in Italy. PM Giorgia Meloni announced in November 2023 that Fasano would be the headquarters of the G7.

General Upendra Dwivedi took over as the 30th Chief of the Indian Army, succeeding General Manoj Pande.