Current Affairs Today Headline- 15 June 2022

National News 

• India witnessed a new spike in daily COVID-19 cases with country reporting 8822 new cases in the last 24 hours.
  MHA to give priority to Agniveers in getting recruitment to Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and Assam Rifles. 
• SEC to discuss India's first indigenously developed vaccine against cervical cancer.
• India asserts for 'Yemeni-led, Yemeni-owned' peacefully negotiated settlement in the Yemeni-Houthi conflict.
• Educational institutions run by Falah-e-Aam Trust (FAT), an affiliate of the banned Jamat-e-Islami org, to be sealed within 15 days.
• AAP, TRS to not attend the Opposition parties' meet called by West Bengal CM & TMC chief Mamata Banerjee in Delhi, today to decide common Presidential Candidate. 
• Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi to appear before the ED today for the third consecutive day in connection with the National Herald case.

Sports News

• Neeraj Chopra breaks own national record with a throw of 89.3 metres at Paavo Nurmi Games. 
• Sunil Chhetri becomes joint 5th highest goalscorer in international football history.
• India beat Hong Kong 4-0 to top Group D with 9 points in the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers 2023.
• India defeated South Africa by 48 runs in the third T20I match of the 5-match series on June 14, 2022. 
• England batsman Jonny Bairstow scored the second-fastest century for his country in Test cricket and surpassed Ben Stokes record on June 14th.
• US Tennis Association to allow individual athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in the 2022 US Open, but only under a neutral flag.
• Costa Rica beat New Zealand 1-0 to claim final FIFA World Cup spot.
• Serena Williams says she is set for a comeback at Wimbledon, given singles wildcard entry. 

International News 

• US State Dept launches Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative.
• WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala proposes to extend the 12th Ministerial Conference in Geneva by another day.
• WHO to convene emergency meet next week over 'unsual and concerning' Monkeypox outbreak.
  Global K-POP sensation BTS announces hiatus to focus on solo careers, promises to return someday.
  A US government advisory panel endorsed a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 6 to 17 on June 14th. 
• Iran appeared to be readying for a space launch on June 14th as satellite images showed a rocket on a rural desert launch pad. 

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