• The World Day Against Child Labour will be observed today (Wednesday, [latex]12^{th}[/latex] June) to raise awareness about the plight of child labourers worldwide.


• Hundreds of children drop out of school every year to help their parents earn a livelihood.


• The more unfortunate ones are forced into child labour by organised crime rackets, while many others never get to see a school because of extreme poverty.

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• Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is heading to Iran with a keen eye on international sanctions and domestic politics.


• The visit, which begins, is partly aimed at easing tensions between Washington and Tehran over Iran's nuclear programme.


• However, observers have expressed doubt over what can actually be achieved.


• For Mr Abe, the trip might help boost his image as a global statesman ahead of elections back home, experts say.

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• Greenhouse gas emissions in the UK will be cut to almost zero by 2050, under the terms of a new government plan to tackle climate change.


• Prime Minister Theresa May said reducing pollution would also benefit public health and cut NHS costs.


• Britain is the first major nation to propose this target - and it has been widely praised by green groups.

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• Thousands of protesters and police in Hong Kong are engaged in a standoff as anger grows over a bill which would allow extradition to mainland China.


• Early protesters, some wearing face masks and helmets, blocked key roads around government buildings.


• Police in riot gear responded by using pepper spray on protesters to disperse them and said they were prepared to use force.

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• US President Donald Trump has inadvertently revealed some details of his immigration deal with Mexico.


• He refused to discuss the plans with reporters, saying they were "secret".


• But he said this while waving around a sheet of paper that had the specifics of the deal written on it - which was then photographed by news media.


• It described a plan to designate Mexico a "safe third country", among other plans that had already been revealed by Mexico's foreign minister.

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• International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) released India’s first Type Approval Certificate (TAC) for Bharat Stage - VI (BS – VI) norms for the two wheeler segment in New Delhi.


• The certificate was released and handed over by Director ICAT, Dinesh Tyagi to top officials of the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers).

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• A terrorist has been killed in an overnight gunfight with security forces in Sopore area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, a police official said.


• The exchange of fire began during a search operation launched by security forces evening after they received information that terrorists were present there, the official said.

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• The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case against a Coimbatore man, suspected to be inspired by terror outfit Islamic State.


• The accused, identified as Mohammed Azharuddin, is suspected of recruiting individuals from Kerala and Tamil Nadu for carrying out attacks in “south India.”

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• The Karnataka government ordered the constitution of a special investigation team (SIT) to probe an alleged fraud involving IMA Jewels, an Islamic investment firm.


• The move comes a day after an audio clip purportedly recording a suicide note by IMA founder Mohammed Mansoor Khan surfaced on social media platforms, sparking panic among investors.

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• The Reserve Bank of India said it will waive all charges on fund transfer through popular RTGS and NEFT systems from July [latex]1^{st}[/latex] and asked banks to pass on the benefits to customers from the same day.


• The Real Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS) is meant for large-value instantaneous fund transfers while the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) System is used for fund transfers of up to Rs 2 lakh.

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• Uber has said Australia will become the first international market for its flying taxi service Uber Air.


• The firm has selected Melbourne as the third pilot city for its air taxi programme, joining Dallas and Los Angeles.


• Test flights are due to start from 2020, with the aim of launching commercial operations from 2023.


• Several companies are developing flying taxis as a future mode of transportation.

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• Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes, won 2019 Canadian Grand Prix officially named as the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix du Canada 2019.


• It was held in Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.


• It was record seventh victory in Canada for Hamilton and the 78th of his career.


• Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari won the second and third position in the 2019 Canadian Grand Prix.

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• 2019 Tony Awards was the 73rd edition of Tony Awards held on June [latex]9^{th}[/latex], 2019, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2018–19 season.


• It was held in Radio City Music Hall, New York City. It was hosted by James Corden.

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• Tapan Ray, former Secretary of Corporate Affairs was appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (Gift City), India’s first international financial services centre.


• Recently, he was given the additional charge as interim Economic Affairs Secretary. He succeeded Ajay Pandey.

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• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs for the appointment ofV.S. Kaumudias the Director General (ADG level) of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) by temporarily downgrading the post to the level of Additional Director General (Level-15 of Pay Matrix).


• V.S. Kaumudi is a senior Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer of 1986 batch of Andhra Pradesh. At present, he is working as the Additional Director General in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

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• Yes Bank’s Former interim Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive (CEO) Ajai Kumar resigned from his position.


• He became the interim chief following the exit of Rana Kapoor. However, he continued as a non-executive non-independent director of the bank.

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• E Gopinath , the eldest journalist of Tamil Nadu passed away at 88 in Chennai. He was also a Chief of news agency ‘ANI’,Tamilnadu.


• It is noteworthy that Journalist E Gopinath was on first general elections for Press Trust of India (PTI) of Independent India and active till recently concluded 17th general elections.

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