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Today's Current Affairs: 20th June 2018 Honour & Awards 1.  Anukreethy Vas Crowned as Femina Miss India World 2018 Anukreethy Vas  (19-year-from Tamil Nadu) has been crowned fbb Colors ‘ Femina Miss India 2018 ’ (55th edition) in an extravagant ceremony at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium,  Mumbai . Meenakshi Chaudhary  (21-year from Harayana) was declared the first runner-up while  Shrey Rao Kamvarapu  (23-year from Andhra Pradesh) stood as the second runner-up in the beauty competition. The Judges panel included cricketers  K L Rahul  and Irfan Pathan, actors Bobby Deol, Malaika Arora& Kunal Kapoor, Gaurav Gupta (Indian Fashion Designer) and Faye D'Souza (Indian Journalist). The winners from all 29 states and the winner of the national capital Delhi competed for the crowns. Manushi Chhillar  (Miss World 2017), Sana Dua (Miss India United Continents 2017) and Priyanka Kumari (Miss India Intercontinental 2017) crowned their successor at the end of th

Anukreethy Vas crowned as Femina Miss India World 2018 • Anukreethy Vas was crowned Femina Miss India World 2018 on June 19, 2018.  • The Tamil Nadu girl was named the winner at a function held in Mumbai with last year's Miss World Manushi Chhillar awarding her the crown.  • Anukreethy, who beat 30 contestants to bag the honour, will now represent India at this year's Miss World.  • Haryana’s Meenakshi Chaudhary was announced as the first runner-up, Shreya Rao Kamavarapu of Andhra Pradesh was adjudged the second runner-up. • The judges’ panel included Manushi Chhillar, cricketers Irfan Pathan and Lokesh Rahul and actors Malaika Arora, Bobby Deol and Kunal Kapoor. India, Australia agree to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation • India and Australia have agreed to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation through regular exchange of information and sharing of best practices on countering violent extremism.  • The decision was taken during the 10th Meeting of the Joint Working

1.  The world’s first International Centre for Humanitarian Forensics has been launched in which city? a) New Delhi  b) Gandhinagar  c) Quebec d) Tokyo  2.  Which company recently announced to launch training programme for journalists in India? a) Google  b) Facebook c) Twitter d) Whatsapp 3.  Who was crowned as the Femina Miss India World 2018? a) Anukreethy Vas b) Meenakshi Chaudhary c) Shreya Rao d) Sheetal Singh 4.  Who launched the National Health Resource Repository project? a) JP Nadda b) Harsh Vardhan c) Smriti Irani d) Rajyavardhan Rathore 5.  Which Bollywood actor is planning to come out with a memoir in 2019? a) Shah Rukh Khan b) Priyanka Chopra c) Deepika Padukone d) Amitabh Bachchan 6.  IRDAI constituted which committee to review regulations governing the Insurance Marketing Firms? a) Suresh Mathur committee b) Sourabh Bhanot committee  c) Girish Joshi committee  d) Deepti Rastogi committee 7.  Which among the following heritage places have been adopted under ‘Adopt a Her