Jun 27, 2024 | Current Affairs for UPSC, State PCS & other Govt. Exams

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has launched the "Safai Apnao, Bimaari Bhagao" initiative, running from 1 July to 31 August 2024, to help Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) prepare for the monsoon season with a focus on sanitation and cleanliness.

This initiative is a component of the "STOP Diarrhoea Campaign" by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The Bharat Centre of Olympic Research and Education (BCORE) was inaugurated on June 23, at the Rashtriya Raksha University in Gujarat's Gandhinagar district.
Smriti Mandhana became the first Indian woman to record two consecutive ODI hundreds during the second ODI against South Africa at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on June 19.
Srinagar has become the fourth Indian city to be recognised as a "World Craft City" by the World Craft Council (WCC).
China's Chang'e 6 spacecraft has successfully brought samples from the far side of the moon back to Earth. This was the first time any nation had collected samples from the far side and brought them back to Earth.
In June 2024, India's Ministry of Coal launched the country's first pilot project for underground coal gasification (UCG) at the Kasta coal block in Jamtara, Jharkhand. The goal of the project is to use in-situ coal gasification to convert coal into valuable gases, such as methane, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide.