Current Affairs Pocket PDF - June 2015 by AffairsCloud

Current Affairs Pocket PDF June 2015
INDIAN AFFAIRS
PM of India Mr.Atal Bihari Vajpaye honoured by Bangladesh-For his outstanding
support of Indias independence from Pakistan in 1971.
4th North East Youth Festival at Majuli in Jorhat district of Assam- organized by
Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan(NYKS) on behalf of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and
Sports.
Indian Administrative Service(IAS) Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa was sworn-in as the 19th
Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
Union Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan launched BIS App to
register complaints against sub-standard quality of ISI marked products and
Hallmark jewellery.
IAP Health Phone programme launched by the Union government-partnership with
UNICEF,UN.
Gatimaan Express,Indias 1st semi-high speed train service with supersonic calliber
between Delhi and Agra completed a 2nd trial run conducted by the maintenance
department of Northern Railway-195 kilometers, at a speed of 160 kph in 115
minutes.
GOI and Tamil Nadu has inked a deal with the World Bank for $400 million loan for
an sustainable urban development project in Tamil Nadu,by the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development(IBRD).
World Bank approved a $250 million loan for Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery
Project for reconstruction of flood for 20 districts-affected public infrastructure in
Jammu & Kashmir by International Development Association(IDA).
Northern Railway rolled out Indias 1st rail coach lit by solar panels-attached to a
high speed Self Propelled-Accident Relief Unit(SPART) travelled from Delhi
Cantonment to New Delhi railway station.
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust(JNPT) and Maharashtra Maritime Board(MMB) signed
an MoU for the construction of green field port at Vadhawan in Thane district by the
union minister for ports and shipping Nitin Gadkari.
Solar power capacity touches 4,000MW,Rajasthan races ahead of Gujarat-Senior
Manager-Consulting at Bridge to India:Jasmeet Khurana.
Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping,Nitin Gadkari
inaugurated the Indias first of its kind Tier-I Oil Spill Response Centre(OSRC) for
Mumbai & JNPT Harbour(Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust).
Indian Medical Associations(IMA) 1st Aushadhi medical store inaugurated by
Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Hansraj Gangaram Ahir at IP Estate
IMAs headquarter in New Delhi.
Indias 1st green police station inaugurated at Maurice Nagar in north Delhi on the
occasion of world environment day.
Hospital for Elephants,first of its kind in India built in Kerala-Dr.Jacob Cheeran- in
the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University,Mannuthy.
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) ordered testing of various
noodles, pasta and macaroni brands manufactured by seven companies to check
compliance- GSK, ITC fast food brands.
Oil Corporation,Indias largest oil firm is planning to invest Rs.15000 crores to raise
the capacity of its Panipat refinery to 34% from the current 20.2 million tonnes by
2020.
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16th IIFA Awards,2015 took place in the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur.
Best picture-Queen.
Best regional film-Lai Bhari(Marathi).
Best story-Vikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar & Parvez Shaikh(Queen).
Best direction-Rajkumar Hirani(PK).
Finance Ministry exempts non-AC restaurants from service tax.
Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) signed between Indian Army and Punjab
National Bank (PNB) on the Defence Salary Package by Shri N K Arora,General
Manager and Shri Subodh Kaushik.
IIT Delhi ranked as the best engineering college in India while Kolkatas Jadavpur
University is ranked the best government engineering college in the country by
EDU, niche online platform on higher education, with RAND Corporation,USA.
Cyclone ASHOBAA intensified into severe cyclonic storm-over Arabian Sea-cause
rainfall over Karnataka,Konkan and Goa as well as south Gujarat.
Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha-witnessing an alarming denudation in
large tracts of mangrove vegetation.
Gov to bring Ordinance to amend Negotiable Instruments Act-provides for filing of
cheque bounce cases in place where the cheque was issued.
Pakistan Holds Legislative Assembly Elections in Gilgit-Baltistan-India reacted
against election.
National Capital Region(NCR) just got bigger-Jind,Karnal and Muzaffarnagar
districts added- announced by Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah NaiduNational Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB).
Delhi Jal Board vice chairman Kapil Mishra succeed Jitender Tomar as Delhis law
minister.
Ahmadabad
Municipal
Corporation(AMC)
announced Use
and
get
Paid scheme under which people using public toilets,will be paid Re 1.
Indian Army on 9 June carried out a bold cross-border operation into Myanmar,to
avenge the killing of 18 soldiers in Manipur-70 commandos.
At the Cochin Shipyard Limited CSL,Indias first home made aircraft carrier INS
Vikrant undocked successfully-40,000 tonne aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.
A high level ministerial delegation went to Kathmandu to attend Donors
Conference in Nepal.
Tamil Nadu Gov and Adani Power Ltd signed a Power Purchase Agreement(PPA) to
set up a 200 MW solar power plant in Ramanathapuram district-Rs.1400 Cr.
BHEL commissioned Shrinagar hydroelectric project in Uttarakhand.
National Small Industries Corporation Ltd (NSIC) is looking at areas of
mutual cooperation between Indian and Singaporean enterprises to expand Indias
industrial presence in South East Asia- NSIC chairman and managing
director Ravindra Nath.
Union Ministry of Indian Overseas Affairs MOIA in combination with Tamil Nadu
Government launched Migrant Resources Centre in Chennai- Kochi, Kerala,
Hyderabad and Gurgaon.
Gov set up an insurance pool of Rs.1,500 crore to offset financial burden of foreign
nuclear suppliers,under the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act (CLND)
by Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy,Jitendra Singh.
Second border haat(rural market) opened for common people at Kamalasagar in
Sipahijala district of Tripura bordering Brahmanbaria district of Bangladesh.
Union Government scrapped customs import duties for drugs and test kits used to
treat Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency
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syndrome (HIV/AIDS)-by National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO).

Haryana village launches Selfie with daughter contest to save girl child.
Chandrababu Naidu,Andhra Pradesh govt. has launched Mee Bhoomi portal- a
digital repository of land records in the state(http://meebhoomi.ap.gov.in/).
Coal India Limited-worlds 6th largest mining company in terms of market
capital according to recent PwC report,National Mineral Development Corporation
Ltd is at 21st spot in the list.
Govt Plans Good Samaritan Guidelines-protect from procedural and legal
harassment if they help such victims-make the disclosure of any personal
information voluntary and optional in hospitals on the filling of medico-legal forms.
Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Kalraj Mishra, digitally
launched the Employment Exchange for Industries.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi,state government decided to introduce Right to
Health Services to offer free health care to poor people.
Supreme Court has cancelled AIPMT 2015 and given an order to conduct the exam
within four weeks.
Minister for Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu,Under Smart Cities and AMRUT,
power given to states to prioritise needs-set of 11 reforms undertaken by the
states against 23 reforms.
Gov is planning to sell 3% stake in Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd-selling of stake
of Indias 2nd largest state oil firm is expected to raise funds around 1800cr.
Central government approved an anti-chit fund bill passed by West Bengal
Assembly in 2013.
Indian Air Forces Jaguar fighter aircraft crashed during a training run in Chaka
area of Allahabad-2nd crash.
National Dairy Development Board(NDDB) and DD Kisan signed a MoU to create
meaningful content for the dairy and farm sector.
Adani Group signed an agreement with Rajasthan government to set up a joint
venture solar power park of 10,000 MW-Indias largest solar plant.
Union government launched an Augmented Reality(AR) application named Sakaar
to highlight the achievements of the Department of Space during 1 year.
Sushma Swaraj flagged off the 1st batch of pilgrims for Kailash Mansarovar
yatra through a new route via Nathu La pass-announced by Chinese President Xi
Jinping.
Beno Zephine, 25 years old from chennai become the first 100% visually challenged person to be inducted into the IFS-343rd rank.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd(BSNL) set up 40,000 Wi-Fi hotspots across the country
over the next 3 years through public-private-partnership mode-free 1st 30min.
Centre gov come up with Agriculture Income Insurance Scheme to ensure
minimum income to farmers in case of crop loss-Rs.50,000 per hectare,MP CM
Shivraj Singh Chouhan suggested formation of a corpus known as Kisan Kalyan
Kosh (Farmers Welfare Fund).
Cabinet approved Housing for All by 2022 programme for slum rehabilitation in
urban areas.
World Bank funded sanitation project worth Rs 2,200 crore is launched by Punjab
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal-to improve the water and sanitation services.
Northern Command(Dhruva Command) of Indian Army celebrated its 44th
Raising Day today in Udhampur.
V IT Park by Ascendas located within HITEC City,Hyderabad awarded platinum
rating by Indian Green Building Council (IGBC).
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Govt order seeks to reduce number of Antyodaya beneficiaries-adopt the National
Food Security Act (NFSA), the Public Distribution System (PDS).
Cabinet approved the revised target of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
(JNNSM) to generate 1lak Mw by 2022-5 times the previous target.
Election Commission suspended recognition of P A Sangma-led National Peoples
Party (NPP) recognised state party in Meghalaya.
India ranked 3rd in a World Anti-Doping Agency(WADA) report for 2013.Russia and
Turkey are ahead of India-information received from National Anti-Doping
Organisations (NADOs).
Gujarat to introduce compulsory voting in local body polls-CM Anandiben Patel.
Union Cabinet approved for signing of an agreement on the abolition of visa
requirement for diplomatic passports holders between India and Spain-Diplomatic
passport.
Advertising Standard Council of India(ASCI) launched its consumer complaint
mobile application-ASCIonline to provide consumer complaint service-ios platform.
Union Government launched NOWCAST weather alert system and Crop Insurance
web portal (www.farmer.gov.in/insurance) for the benefit of farmers.create
awareness and encourage farmers to insure their crops by 4 scheme.
Modified National Insurance Scheme (MNAIS).
National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS).
Weather based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS).
Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme (CPIS).
Tighter Norms for NGOs to Track Foreign Funds-Civil rights advocacy for issues
such as human rights,democratic rights,natural resources and religious
discrimination.
India Shares SAARc Satellite Concept with Regional Nations-controlled from ISRO
facilities at Hassan or Bhopal and managed by an inter-governmental space
cooperation consortium .
Indias most expensive city,Mumbai(74th place) climbed 66 places in the ranking
due to its rapid economic growth currency against the U.S.dollar,New Delhi(132)
and Chennai(157), Bengaluru(183) and Kolkata (193).
Luanda(Angola)-1st,Hong Kong(2),Zurich(3),
India offers Tanzania expertise in natural gas sector expertise to Tanzania in
development of its potentially rich natural gas sector and decided to extend etourist visa to people of the African nation-PM Modi with Tanzanian President
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete.
Gov of Haryana launched Village Mentoring Project(VMP) to improve healthcare
and education of the villagers with emphasis on girl child.
Deputy Commissioner of Panchkula Vivek Atray launched from Rajjipur village of
Panchkula district in association with Indian School of Business(ISB).
Union Ministry of Finance released draft outline of sovereign gold bond scheme to
reducing demand for gold and control trade deficit.
Indias 1st Diesel Electric Multiple Unit(DEMU) train service with an air-conditioned
coach is launched in Kochi by Railway minister Suresh Prabhu-AngamalyErnakulam-Tripunithura-Piravom train service.
State gov of AP decided to launch State Soil Health Mission to make it 100%
organic state.
India slipped to 61st spot in terms of foreigners money in Swiss Banks while
Pakistan-73rd.
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Sacred ancient Indian Scripture Bhagavad Gita 1st time translated in Chinese
language-by Shangais Zhejiang University Professors Wang Zhu Cheng and Ling
Hai,during an international yoga conference released by the Indian Ambassador to
China Ashok K Kantha.
CM of Jharkhand Raghuvar Das imposed a ban on the sale of thermocol plates with
aimed at the promotion of leaf plates in the state.
Punjab celebrated 350th years of foundation of Sri Anandpur Sahib-founded by the
Ninth Guru Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji.
1st International Yoga Day celebrated in New Delhi broke two world records.
Rajpath,largest number of participants with 35,985 people and the largest number
of nationalities 84 in a yoga event.
Central gove start 26 de-addiction cum rehabilitation centres across Punjab to
curb the menace of drug abuse-Hoshiarpu.
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India(FSSAI) ordered recall of 4 protein
supplements-Mulmin Pro,Mulmin Syrup,Mulmin Plus Capsule and Mulmin.
Rajasthan topped in the list of states commissioning grid connected solar power
projects in the country released by the Union ministry of New and Renewable
Energy,Gujarat-2 , Madhya Pradesh-3,Maharashtra-4,Andhra Pradesh-5.
Kerala gove declared June 22 as the Snake Bird Day-campaign to protect the
endangered species.
Maharashtra gov declared Blue Mormon as state butterfly-2nd largest butterfly in
India.
Employee Provident Fund Organisation(EPFO) notified an order to make
the Universal Account Number(UAN) mandatory for all employers-under
the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952.
Maharashtra tops in Patent filing(2892) in India by CGPDTM( Controller-General of
Patents, Designs and Trademarks) Report-Karnataka(2),Tamil Nadu(3),Delhi(4)
and Andhra Pradesh(5).
Lucknow zoo renamed after last Nawab Wajid Ali Shah by UP gov.
Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti launched Bhuvan Ganga mobile
application and portal- for National Mission for Clean Ganga-Mou between the
National Mission for Clean Ganga and the National Remote Sensing Centre(ISRO).
Union Cabinet approved JayPrakash Narayan or JP National Memorial at his birth
place Lala Ka Tola,Sitab Diara,district Chhapra in Bihar.
Rishikesh(unofficial yoga capital of the world)-Uttarakhand decided to hosting the
1st Yoga Maha Kumbh in Rishikesh next year-CM Harish Rawat.
BHEL Commissions 250 MW Unit of NTPCs Bongaigaon Power Plant in Kokrajhar
district in Assam.
India ranked 9th in 2014 with FDI inflows of $34 billion- according to UNCTAD in its
World Investment Report 2015.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) approved the revised cost estimate
of Rs.81,459Cr-Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor(DFC) Project
implemented through Public Private Partnership(PPP).
PM Narendra Modi launched Smart Cities(Rs.48000Cr),AMRUT(Rs.50000Cr) and
Housing for All By 2022 (Rs.14000Cr) in Vigyan Bhavan,New Delhi.
Union Cabinet approved setting up of 6 new Indian Institutes of Management(IIMs)
chaired by PM Narendra Modi-(Punjab),Bodh Gaya(Bihar),Nagpur(Maharashtra),
Sambalpur(Odisha),Sirmaur(Himachal Pradesh) and Vishakhapatnam(Andhra
Pradesh).
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India pledges $1 billion to quake-hit Nepal by External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj at the Donors Conference in Kathmandu.
India ranked 1 in embracing automation a survey by Grant Thornton.
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan-Petroleum
Ministry invest over Rs.1,300 crore in Telangana on new projects and on expansion
of the existing ones this year.
Sunil Hitech commissioned 5MW solar project at Solapur in Maharashtra.
Solar Energy Corporation of India(SECI) renamed as Renewable Energy Corporation
of India after Union Cabinet gave its nod.
Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi inaugurated the 1 st
modernised Anganwadi Centre in Hasanpur village,Sonepat,Haryana.
Haryana gov will launch Mhara Gaon-Jagmag Gaon scheme to supply
uninterrupted power to rural consumers besides strengthening distribution
network and realising outstanding payments.
Doordarshan partners with IB to produce 13 part serial on police martyrs.
Chief Ministers Sub-Group of NITI Aayog reached a broad consensus on reducing
the number of centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) to 30 from 72.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived at Bangkok for the 16th World
Sanskrit Conference- signed MoU on establishment of Nalanda University.
India ranked 6th-best country for attractiveness to foreign investors among 110
countries-China(65th) and U.S(50th), Hong Kong-(1st ).
Mumbai ranked 5th most budget-friendly city among 40 key tourists countries of
the world, Cancun, Mexico is the most expensive destination in the world.
Bank of Maharashtra and MUDRA(Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency)
Bank sealed a pact to finance new entrepreneurs and small businesses.
Indian envoy Ravi Thapar quits New Zealand after wife accused of assault.
Indian Railways(1.4m) and Indian Army(1.3m) at 8th and 9th largest employers in
the world-published by the World Economic Forum.
JSW Jaigarh Port Ltd signed agreement with Konkan Railway Corporation
Ltd(KRCL) for developing the 33.7-km railway corridor,connecting Jaigarh
Port to the Digni station of Konkan Railway-the project named as Jaigarh Digni
Rail Ltd.
NITI Aayog given a policy push to build the countrys cyber defence system for
enhancing national security by Former chief of DRDO,Saraswat.
Infosys launched a mobile-based financial and business management solution
Finacle SME Enable to help banks enhance support and service for Small and
Medium business Enterprise(SME) customers.
CM Jayalalithaa flagged off 1st phase of the Chennai Metro-distance of 10.15km,
consisting of Alandur,Ekkathuthangal,Ashok Nagar,Vadapalani,Arumbakkam and
Koyambedu Railway stations.
Bharti Airtel become the worlds 3rd largest mobile operator with 303 million
subscriber in 20 countries,China mobile operator(1st ),Vodafone Group of
UK(2nd).
Indigo, Infibeam and Teamlease filed a draft prospectus for Initial Public Offering
(IPO) to list on the domestic stock market.
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Gov of Mauritius designated Ameenah Gurib-Fakim as the new president of the
island nation-first woman.
India and Sweden inked six agreements during the visit of President Pranab
Mukherjee to Sweden-1st Indian president visit Swedan.
US removed Cuba from its list of State Sponsor of Terrorism,paving the way for
normalizing ties frozen announced by US State Department spokesperson Jeff
Rathke.
Nobel peace prize winning organisation OPCW(Organisation for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons) achieved major milestone of destroying 90% of the global
chemical weapons stockpile.
India ranked 59th in the rule of law index- USA based World justice project.
WJP Rule of Law index-Indias overall rule of law performances places
it in 3rd position out of six in South Asian region basecountries 10 out of 25.
Criminal justice-India is placed at 44 rank globally, number 1 in South
Asia and number 4 among lower middle income groups .
Civil justice-India is placed at 88 globally,3rd in South Asia and 19th
among lower middle income group countries.
India and Belarus recently signed 6 agreements-to boost co-operation
Roadmap for India-Belarus cooperation.
Protocol to amendment.
MoU on cooperation in the field of Standarisation and Information
Support.
MoU For Manufacturing and Marketing of Light industry Goods.
MoU for cooperation on Broadcasting.
MoU on bilateral cooperation between Securities and Exchange Board .
India and USA signed 2015 Framework for the India-US Defence Relationship by
Manohar Parrikar of India and Ashton Carter ,US Secretary of Defence.
Intergovermental agreements between India and Netherlands signed in New Delhi
in order to enhance the bilateral cooperation between the two nations-Indian PM
Narendra Modi and PM of Netherlands Mark Rutte.
61st edition of the annual list of top Global 500 companies released by Fortune
Magazine- Walmart topped,Exxon Mobil-2nd,Chevron-3rd,Berkshire Hathaway4th,Apple-5th .
South Korea test-launched a new ballistic missile-range 800Km.
India PM announced $ 2 billion line of credit for Bangladesh,quick implementation
of the previous line of credit of $ 800 million and full disbursement of $ 200 millionLand Boundary Agreement (LBA).
India,Bangladesh launch 2 bus services-Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala and DhakaShillong-Guwahati flagged off by PM Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee. during PM Narendra Modis maiden visit to Bangladesh.
Bangladesh signed two MOUs with the two major Indian companies, Adani($2.5
billion ) and Reliance($3 billion ) to set up 4,600 MW power plants in the country.
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Doctors from Texas State of US successfully perform worlds first skull-scalp
transplant- head wound from cancer treatment- James Boysen,software developer
from Austin.
India imposed anti-dumping duty for certain stainless steel products imported from
China, Malaysia and South Korea.
Mauritius(29%) regained the position as top source of foreign direct investment
(FDI) into India by pushing Singapore to the second slot in 2014-15.
Asian Development Bank(ADB) appointed Diwakar Gupta(Private Sector & Cofinancing operations) and Bambang Susantono(Knowledge Management and
Sustainable Development) as vice-president.
11 Indo-Canadians honoured with ICCC(Indo-Canada Chambers of Commerce)
Annual Awards 2015 in Totonto- Avinash Mehra,Nisha Agnihotri,Prashant
Pathak,Neeru Gupta, Manjul Bhargava,Hargurdeep Singh,Avish Sood,Rajiv
Manucha, Asim Ghosh,Jag Parmar and Venkatesh Mannar.
Iran arrested its former Vice President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad under Ahmadinejad
in a 2nd of its kind arrest of the officials of former administration.
41st G7 summit-nations agree to space out fossil fuels by 2100,held in Schloss
Elmau,Krn,Bavaria,Germany.
Indian-origin scientist Manu Prakash developed Worlds first water-based computer,
published in the journal Nature Physics.
Researchers discovered a trio of statuettes in Vichama,Peru-believed to be created
by ancient Caral civilization about 3800 years ago.
African leaders in order to create a common market that span half the continent
from Cairo to Capetown signed 26 nations Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) signed
in Egypt,by Jim Yong Kim,President of World Bank .
US overtook Saudi Arabia as the worlds biggest oil producer in 2014 by
producing 15.9% more oil at 11.6 million barrels of oil per day to surpass Saudi
Arabias 11.5 million bpd production,Russia-3rd .
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe gov lead by President Robert Mugabe decided to
discard
its
virtually
worthless
national
currency,USD
$1
cost
35,000,000,000,000,000 Zimbabwean dollars.
Moldovas PM resigned after state prosecutors questioned him over his school
certificates, accepted by President Nicolae Timofti.
US government,Department of Labour opened an investigation against 2 of the
biggest Indian outsourcing companies for possible violations of H1-B visa
rules,according to a media report.
China launched a freight train service between its northeastern city of Harbin and
Europe, opening a new route to Europe-distance of nearly 10,000 kms.
Red chested bird,Robin selected as Britains National Bird.
International Criminal Court asked South Africa to arrest Sudans President Omar
al-Bashir. Sudans President is in South Africa for a summit of African Union.
Minister of State(MoS) for External Affairs V K Singh inaugurated 1st India-China
Yoga College at Yunnan Minzu University in Kunming, China.
South Korea reported,16th death in an expanding MERS outbreak and announced
financial aid to the tourism industry.
India signed Motor Vehicles Agreement with Bhutan,Nepal and Bangladesh enabling
seamless transit of passenger,cargo and vehicles with the support of Asian
Development Bank (ADB).
Mahindra Group bagged a multi-million dollar aerospace contract with European
consortium Airbus at the Paris,Mahindra Aerostructures facility located at
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Narsapura,near Bengaluru,deliveries will be made to Premium Aerotecs facilities in

Germany.
India and Pakistan are reportedly expanding their nuclear arsenal,despite a global
trend towards disarmament by Stockholm International Peace Research
Institute(SIPRI).
Former Egypts President Mohamad Morsy gets sentenced to life in prision-25 years
in jail.
President Vladimir Putin announced Russia added more than 40 new
intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal this year.
United Kingdom is celebratied 800 years of Magna Carta(charter agreed by King
John of England at Runnymede to make peace between the unpopular King and
group of rebel barons).
GMR Airport Developer Limited(GADL) signed a memorandum of understanding
(MoU) with the Oman Airport Management Company (OAMC)-new terminal at the
Salalah International Airport.
ONGC Videsh Ltd rejected Kazakisthans offer of an alternative mid-sized Abai oil
block in Caspian Sea.
Japan passed legislation to lower the voting age to 18 from 20 years allowing
teenagers to vote for 1st time.
India ranked 143/162 countries on 2015 Global Peace Index-Iceland(1st),Denmark
(2nd),Austria(3rd),NewZealand(4th),Switzerland(5th),Finland(6th),Canada(7th),Ja
pan(8th) Australia(9th) and Czech Republic(10th).
National Assembly of South Korea approved the appointment of Hwang Kyo-ahn for
Prime Minister.
Russia and Saudi Arabia plans to sign a broad cooperation agreement at an
economic forum in St Petersburg.
Money held by Indians in Swiss banks fell by over 10% last year to 1.8 billion Swiss
franc (Rs 12,615 crore)-enhanced clampdown against the famed secrecy wall of
Switzerlands banking system by Indian and other governments.
Indian-origin MP Keith Vaz,re-elected as Chairman of Home Affairs Select
Committee (HASC) in House of Commons of UK Parliament.
China and Australia signed the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement(ChAFTA) at
Canberra in Australia by Chinas Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng and Australias
Trade Minister Andrew Robb.
India and Tanzania signed agreement for cooperation in various fields in New Delhi,
in the presence of Indian PM Narendra Modi and President of Tanzania Jakaya
Mrisho Kikwete
Suvarnabhumi Airport of Bangkok was the worlds fastest wifi service according to a
survey conducted by internet speed-test watchdog RottenWifi in over 130 airports.
Scientists named a newly discovered galaxy after the Portuguese football player
Cristiano Ronaldo-labeled as CR7 (COSMOS Redshift 7).
New York Artist Michael Mandiberg created a print edition of Wikipedia in 7,600
volumes and is priced at $500,000.
Nathu La opens a new route for Indian pilgrimags travelling to Mansarovar expand
road connectivity between the two countries.
Commemorations of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo held in Belgium
Philippines began naval exercises with the US and Japan, amid shared and growing
concern at Chinese island-building in the disputed South China Sea.
World Bank pledges USD 500 million for quake-hit Nepal.
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Sri Lanka, China begin joint military training exercise Silk Route- 2015(3
phases,20 days)at Colombia. Major General Jagath Dias inaugurated the training
exercise at the Army Headquarters.
Typhoon Kujira,8th typhoon of 2015-made landfall in south Chinas Hainan Province.
UK changed to its immigration rules-will hit Indian Nurses.
Parliament of Iran passed a bill obliging the government to safeguard the countrys
nuclear rights and achievements-met by anger from President Hassan Rouhanis
government.
European Union launched naval operation against human smugglers and traffickers
in the Mediterranean called EUNAVFOR Med.
Japan marked the 70th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa.
Russia and Saudi Arabia ink nuclear energy agreement pact for 1st time-by general
director of the state corporation ROSATOM Sergey Kiriyenko and president of
the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KACARE) Hashim
Abdullah Yamani.
Bobby Jindal becomes 1st Indian-American to run for president of US.
U.S,India and USA signed MoUs on health, to enhance cooperation in areas
cancer research, infrastructure development, training and new diagnostic
technologies.
National Security Agency eavesdropped on the last three French presidents by
WikiLeaks.
Vatican signed a historic first agreement with Palestine- cover the activities of the
Church in the parts of the holy land under Palestinian control.
BRICS Bank (New Development Bank) is expected start operations by April 2016,
President.
U.S. Supreme Court declared that same sex couples have a right to marry
anywhere in US.
7th Parliament of Sri Lanka dissolved-elections will be held on August 17.
Australia joined Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank(AIIB) by contributing
930m Australian dollars equivalent to USD $718.5m over five years.
A sign of Indias deepening maritime security cooperation with Indian Ocean
littoral nations,INS Teg a stealth frigate of the Indian Navy docked at Port
Victoria in Seychelles-joint surveillance in Seychelles Exclusive Economic
Zone(EEZ).
Researchers successfully produced the first 3-D anatomic model of a patients heart
using two common imaging techniques.
Mozambique scrapped the ban on homosexuality-victory for campaigners for gay
rights in Africa.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani nominated a female judge(1 st time) to the Supreme
Court.
AWARDS
Former U.S. NSA(National Security Agency) Security Analyst won Bjornson Prize
for Freedom of Expression.
BollywoodLife.com,digital portal for Hindi cinema news declared Shah Rukh Khan
and Priyanka Chopra as the king and queen of social media 2015.
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Former member of the Indian National Congress(INC),Suresh Kalmadi honored with
Asian Athletics Association Presidents Award at the function held in UAE,ahead of
the start of Asian Athletics Championships.
IREDA(Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited) awarded Miniratna(
Category-1) status by the Department of Public Enterprises.
UK Author Ali Smith won the 2015 Baileys Womens Prize for Fiction for her
novel How to be Both.
ISRO bags Space Pioneer Award for its Mars mission at 34th Annual International
Space Development Conference held at Toronto,Canada-presented by National
Space Society NSS of USA.
Indian IT bellwether Wipro won Best Outsourcing Thought Leadership Award for
2015 from a US based leading institute.
CM of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal conferred with 14th Sant Namdev National
Award- 2015 for promoting peace,communal harmony and universal brotherhood.
Indian-origin US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy presented with the Pride of the
Community Award by Hindu American Foundation at its 12th Annual Day reception.
Para-athlete Devika Malik selected as one of the winner of Queens Young
Leaders Award from across all the Commonwealth Nations.
Indian maritime expert Chirag Bahiri won Dr.Dierk Lindemann Welfare Personality
of the Year Award to Rescue Victims.
Musicologist S.R.Janakiraman,filmmaker M.S.Sathyu,Indian classical singer Vijay
Kichlu and musician Tulsidas Borkar awarded for Sangeet Natak Akademi
fellowships,awards for 2014 by the General Council of Sangeet Natak Akademi.
3 Indian-origin Payal Patel, Luxme Hariharan and Anil Yallapragada have been
shortlisted for White house Fellows programmes.
Saudi lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair wonLudovic Trarieux Prize for his work defending
human rights.
9-year-old non-resident Gujarati Priyam Kamble wins Young Writers-2015 creativity
award in UK-short story Piece.
Hindi writers Babusha Kohli,Upasana won 10th Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya
Jnanpith- recognized for poem Prem Gilhari Akhrot Dil and novel Zindagi Ek Ek
Ek Script Bhar-held at the India Habitat Centre,New Delhi.
Indias famous Historian Ramachandra Guha won most coveted prize Fukuoka
Prize in academics category.
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan awarded this years Swathi Puraskar,to for his outstanding
contribution to Indian music.
Carnatic musician Shri Sanjay Subrahmanyan won the prestigious award SANGITA
KALANIDHI-at 89th annual conference of the Music Academy-SADAS on
1st January 2016.
UK NRI philanthropist Benni Joseph Mavelil chosen for the VK Krishna Menon
award in recognition of his outstanding professional and selfless achievements, to
the community and wider multicultural society.
National Union of Seafarers of India(NUSI) honoured with the Best Welfare
Organization of the Year 2015 award.
Founder of Art of Living foundation and spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will
receive Columbias highest civilian award for his contribution in spreading the
message of peace in society through yoga and breathing exercises.
Sahitya Akademi announced Bal Sahitya Puraskar -five novelists,four writers of
short stories and three authors of poetries .
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District Magistrate of Nadia, P.B.Salim along with chief of Nadia Zilla
Parishad,Banikumar Roy in West Bengal was presented the United Nations Public
Services Award 2015 for eliminating open defecation in the district.
Famous Writer Vishwanath Tripathi chosen for 28th Moorti Devi Award-Vyomkesh
Darvesh.
President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Punyabhushan award to media
personality Pratap Pawar.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

Former Foreign Minister of Singapore George Yeo,will be the new chancellor of
Nalanda university announced by Ministry of External Affairs .
BCCI nominated Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman as members
of the newly created Cricket Advisory Committee of the BCCI-Jagmohan Dalmiya
Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa,Kargil war veteran was the new Vice Chief of
the Indian Air Force(IAF).
Sanjay Gupta is the new chairman of EIL(Engineers India Ltd).
Reserve Bank of India(RBI) appointed
Meena Hemchandra as its executive
director.
Mr.P.Kunhikrishnan appointed as Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)
SHAR.
Famous scientist K.Sivan appointed as new Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space
Centre(VSSC).
Pawan Munjal appointed as new chairman of HERO MotoCorp.
Syed Asif Ibrahim,former Intelligence Bureau Chief appointed as the PMs Special
Envoy on Countering Terrorism and Extremism.
Tom von Bonsdorff was the new Managing Director of Volvo Auto,India-Vice
President, Asia-Pacific:Jari Kohone.
Infosys,announced
that
the
companys
board
appointed
of Mr.Seshasayee as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board.
Senior IPS officer,Ramesh Chand Tayal appointed as the new chief of
the National Security Guard.
K C Chowdary appointed as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner.
IAS officer Vijai Sharma is the new Chief Information Commissioner.
ICICI bank appointed MK Sharma as new non-executive Chairman of the ICICI
Bank Board.
Indian diplomat to the United Nations,Nikhil Seth appointed as the head of
UNITAR(United Nations Institute for Training and Research) by UN Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon(South Korea).
Naveen Srivastava appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Kingdom of
Cambodia.
Sajeev Babu Kurup appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Guatemala.
Shri Chhabra appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Hungary.
India-born Padmasree Warrior stepped down from her post of Chief Technology
Officer at global IT giant CISCO.
Dr.Srivari Chandrasekhar appointed as the Director of CSIR-Indian Institute of
Chemical
Technology(IICT)
by
PM
Narendra
Modi,president
of
the CSIR(Council of Scientific and Industrial Research).
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Steel secretary Rakesh Singh given additional charge as SAIL CMD.
Prof Sanghmitra Bandyopadhayay appointed as the Director of Indian Statistical
Institute (ISI) by the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation(MOSPI).
Pawan Kumar Sain,IAS officer appointed as Private Secretary to Minister of State
for Information and Broadcasting.
Twitters Dick Costolo to step down as CEO.
Sunil Lavani head of BlackBerry,India has quit the company.
Shri Ameising Luikham,IAS took over as Secretary,Department of Public
Enterprises in the M/o Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.
Denmarks Mogens Lykketoft elected as President of UN General Assembly.
Vinita Bali appointed as Chair of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutritions
(GAIN) Board of Directors.
Vinayak Bahuguna appointed as Arcils new CEO and MD.
IPS officer Archana Ramasundaram appointed as Director,National Crime Records
Bureau(NCRB).
IAS officer G Gurucharan got additional charge of Director General,Bureau of Indian
Standards (BIS) for three months.
Aakar Patel was new head Executive Director of Amnesty International India.
Nagendra Kumar Saxena appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the
Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
Nikesh
Arora appointed
the
president
of
Japans
telecommunications
giant SoftBank Corp.
Boeing Corp elected Dennis A.Muilenburg as new chief executive officer (CEO).
Paytm has roped in Ruchi Sanghvi,Facebooks first woman engineer.
Tennis legend Steffi Graf as the Ayurveda brand ambassador of Kerala.
State Bank of India appointed Anshula Kant as Chief Financial Officer and Deputy
Managing Director.
Ericsson appointed Paolo Colella as India Head.
Ramesh V.Kattielected as president of District Central Co-operative Bank,Belagavi.
Former Reserve Bank governor of South Africa Tito Mboweni appointed as the nonexecutive director to the board the Brics New Development Bank (NDB).
Lenovo appointed Rahul Agarwal as managing director for Lenovo India.
Suzuki Motor Corps CEO Osamu Suzuki named his eldest son Toshihiro Suzuki as
the new president of the company.
India origin,head of Germanys biggest lender,Deutsche Bank,Anshu Jain
resigned as the co-CEO,along with Juergen Fitschen.
Managing director and CEO of Indian Bank, T M Bhasin quits to take up new
responsibility as Vigilance Commissioner in Central Vigilance Commission.
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

Tech Solutions Limited,Hyderabad-based IT services acquired US based enterprise
solutions and business integration services provider ProSoft Group-$14 Mn as its
eighth acquisition.
Intel Corp is to buy Altera Corp,based in San Jose,California, for $16.7 billion.
Emami Ltd,Kolkata based consumer goods company will be buying ayurvedic hair
oil brand Kesh King from SBS Biotech,Himachal Pradesh based company-Rs.1,651
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crore.
Infosys has completed the acquisition of Kallidus Inc.(working under the name of
Skava a digital experience solutions provider.
Vedanta group led by Anil Agrawal plans to merge Cairn India Ltd with Vedanta
Ltd- to help ease the groups debt.
Snapdeal acquired Letsgomo Labs, a mobility solutions company.
Karnataka-based aerospace start-up Aequs Aerospace acquired US-based T&K
Machine.
Solar technology firm SunEdison India acquired Singapore-based Continuum Wind
Energy for an undisclosed sum.
Food delivery firm Hello Curry acquired startup Fire42.
Bharti Enterprises acquired a strategic minority stake in a global consortium
initiative One Web aimed at providing affordable internet access to all.
BUSINESS
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power signed an agreement to invest $ 3 billion in
Bangladesh, for setting up a 3,000 MW mega power plant.
SoftBank, Bharti Enterprises and Foxconn Technology Group have formed a joint
venture, SBG Cleantech which will invest around $20 billion over 10 years
into green energy projects .
India will sign a free trade agreement with Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) to
boost trade and economic ties with the region, signed at the St Petersburg
Internationa Economic Forum.
State Bank of India partnered with travel company MakeMyTrip.com to take
advantage on the business opportunities of the booming e-commerce and mcommerce ecosystem.
Banking & Finance

Service tax to go up to 14%.The tax is levied on all services, except a small
negative list
Life Insurance Corporation of India(LIC) got the approval from Bangladeshs
insurance sector regulator to operate in Bangladesh.
Kotak Mahindra Bank and ING Bank signed an agreement for exploring
opportunities arising from cross-border business,investments and trade flows.
RBI to issue first set of small and payment bank licences in next two monthspromoting financial inclusion.
RBI issued Draft Framework on Issuance of Rupee linked Bonds Overseas the
Indian corporates and international financial institutions.
Reserve Bank of India announced Strategic Debt Restructuring Scheme.RBI issues
guidelines on Joint Lenders Forum( JLF) and Corrective Action Plan (CAP).
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) permitted NRIs to subscribe to the chit funds
without limit on a non-repatriation basis.
RBI issued final guidelines for 6-year(4 and 8 years) and 13-year(11-15 years)
Interest Rate Futures.face value Rs.100.
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Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) is expected to come up with a
detailed guidelines on electronic Initial Public Offers (e-IPOs).
Wholesale price index(WPI) inflation remained in the negative for seventh
consecutive month in May at 2.36%.
Government has earmarked Rs.7,940 crore for capital infusion in PSBs in 2015-16.
National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) is going to roll out RuPay Credit
cards from next year.
State Bank of India launched SBI eforex,Internet- based platform that enables
customers to book their foreign exchange transactions online.
Govt proposes tax benefits for credit and debit card payment-cashless
economy,Digital money.
Reserve Bank of India written letter to the finance ministry opposing a plan to use
gold deposits as bank Cash Reserve Ratio(CRR).
India is planning to inject about $3 billion into state-owned banks and could double
that amount next year.
SEBI relaxes the IPO norms for technological start-ups to raise funds from capital
market.
Three firms-Matribhumi Projects,Jugantor Realty and Waris Finance and
Investment-and their directors were banned by SEBI for allegedly violating public
issue norms.
India(122 projects) emerged as the 3rd largest source of Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) for United Kingdom (UK) after United States (US) and France in terms of
number of projects.
Reliance Capital Asset Management Company(RCAM) and ICICI Securities Primary
Dealership selected to manage Rs 60,000crore provident fund corpus of coal
industry workers.
RBI extends deadline for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes-Dec 31,2015.
United Bank of India(21.5%) is at the top in the list of public sector banks with
maximum bad loans including restructured assets as a percentage of total
advances.
Fifty nations,including India, sign agreement on China-led AIIB(Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank)-USD 100 billion.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

ISROs GAGAN(GPS-Aided Geo-Augmented Navigation) to provide navigational
support to Railways-developed by ISRO and Airports Authority of India (AAI),
broadcasted by two Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites:GSAT8 and GSAT10.
Chinese Defense Ministry confirmed the 4th test of a hypersonic nuclear delivery
vehicle, which the US called an extreme maneuver- Wu-14.
Comet probe Philae wakes up from hibernation-1st message in 7 months.
China launched worlds 1st electric plane- BX1E, used in pilot training, tourism,
meteorology and rescue operations.
Immunogen eOD-GT8 60mer can stimulate immune system to block HIV/AIDS
infection in mice.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited(HAL) delivered Orbiter Craft Module Structure of
Chandrayaan-2, Indias 2nd
lunar exploration mission, to ISRO Satellite
Centre,launched by a Geo-Stationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-MKII).
European Space Agency (ESA) launched a satellite that will give its ambitious
Copernicus Earth observation project color vision by delivering valuable images.
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Indian space programme, the Mangalyaan spacecraft completed its 100th orbit
around Mars.
Gmail new features,To give you time to undo,Gmail delays sending the message for
a few seconds. So if you dont select Undo within the time limit, your message
will be sent.
Project Sidekick-collaborative project between Microsoft and NASA-plans to launch
the first pair of HoloLens aboard the SpaceX CRS-7 launched to the International
Space Station on June 28, 2015.
UK is set to do worlds 1st human trials of artificial blood grown in lab from
stem cells by 2017.
Scientists identified two promising drug candidates to prevent and treat the
deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) disease-two antibodies
REGN3048,REGN3051.
ENVIRONMENT
On World Environment Day,Botanical Survey of India BSI and Zoological Survey of

India ZSI released the list of newly discovered species- India richer by 349 new
species.
Global research organization,World Resources Institute(WRI) come out with its
latest analyses of the country-India is the fourth largest emitter of Carbon,
greenhouse gas emission accounts for 6.96% .
First species of Yeti crab named Kiwa Tyleri found in Antarctica by British scientists.
Researchers developed an eco-friendly biodegradable green herding agent that
can be used to clean up light crude oil spills on water,derived from the plantbased small molecule phytol.
SPORTS
Lalit
Bhanot
Elected
Asian
Athletics
Association
Vice-President-held
in Wuhan,China .
92-year-old cancer survivor Harriette Thompson of Charlotte, North Carolina is
placed in the record books as the oldest woman to finish a marathon- Rock n Roll
Marathon in San Diego.
India will be hosting the 2016 AFC Under-16 Championship as confirmed by the
Asian Football Confederation (AFC)-All India Football Federation (AIFF).
FIFA president Sepp Blatter resigned from his post.
Ravi Shastri,former Indian captain will continue as Director of the Indian cricket
team for the tour of Bangladesh starting confirmed by BCCI secretary Anurag
Thakur.
India has moved to 141st position from 147th in the latest rankings released by
FIFA,India is at 22nd position among the Asian countries.Iran(41),Japan(52) and
South Korea(58).
27-year-old left-handed shot-putter from Haryana,Inderjeet Singh bagged a gold
medal Machettira Raju Poovamma defeated Chinas Yang Huizhen and Liksy Joseph
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secured silver medals for India and Asian junior champion Purnima Hembram got
the bronze in 21st Asian Athletics Championships, going on in Wuhan,China.
AB de Villiers won five awards,including the South African Cricketer of the Year for
a second consecutive time at a gala function,hosted by Cricket South Africa(CSA) in
Johannesburg.
Serena Williams defeated Czech Lucie Safarova ,won 3rd French Open and 20th
Grand Slam title at Roland Garros.
Rahul Dravid,former Indian head appointed as the coach of the India A and Under19 cricket teams at meeting of the newly formed BCCI's advisory committee.
India's discus thrower Vikas Gowda and woman steeplechaser Lalita Babar defeated
Li Zhenzhu and Zhang Xinyan won gold medals,while India's G.Lakshmanan
defeated Bahrain's Elhassan Elabbassi won the silver medal at the Asian Athletics
Championships in Wuhan,China.
Barcelona won the champions league trophy for the fifth time after they outclassed
Juventus at the Olympic Stadium.
Duo of Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Marcelo Melo of Brazil defeated Bryan Brothers in
the 2015 French Open Doubles Finals,claiming their Maiden Grand Slam title.
According to Phaedra Almajid,FIFA whistleblower,Qatar may loose its chance to
host the 2022 World Cup.
Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland defeated Serbias Novak Djokovic become the winner
of the 2015 French Open title.
Lucie Safarova paired with Americas Bethanie Mattek-Sand to win the womens
doubles title against Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova in 2015 French
open.
The world champion,Lewis Hamilton,won his fourth Canadian Grand Prix on
in Montreal, Rosberg-2 and Vatlteri Bottas-3.
Indian sprinter Tintu Luka wins her first ever international gold medal ahead of
Chinas Zhao Jing and Sri Lankas Nimali Klarachchige in womens 800m finals 21st
Asian Athletics Championships.
Kento Momota of Japan emerged victorious defeated champion Jan O Jorgensen of
Denmark at the mens singles finals to win the mens singles Indonesia Open title.
20 year old Thai Badminton star Ratchanok Intanon defeated Yui Hashimoto of
Japan won the womens singles event in the Indonesia Open SuperSeries Premier
tournament in Jakarta.
India finished with 3rd spot in the final medals tally of 21st Asian Athletics
Championship. Overall India bagged 13 medals including 4 Gold, 5 Silver and 4
Bronze.
Asian Athletic Championship Winners:
Gold Medal:
Lalita Babar -3000m steeplechase.
Vikas Gowda-Discus Throw.
Inderjit Singh-Shot put.
Tintu Luka-800m sprint.
Silver Medal:
MR Poovamma-400m Sprint.
Lakshmanan Govindan-10,000m.
Liksy Joseph-Heptathlon.
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Jinson Johnson-800m.
Jisna Mathew, Tintu Luka, Debashree Majumder, MR Poovamma-4x400m
relay womens.
Bronze Medal.
Dharambir Singh-200m.
Lakshmanan-5,000m.
Purnima Hembram-Heptathlon.
Sarbani Nanda-200m.
Winners of 2015 French Open title of Tennis: 114th edition of the French
Open event took place at the Stade Roland Garros.It is the second Grand Slam
event of the year.
Mens Singles: Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland defeated Novak Djokovic of
Serbia.
Womens Singles:Serena Williams of United States defeated Lucie
Safarova of Czechoslovakia.
Mens Doubles Title:The pair of Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Marcelo Melo of
Brazil defeated Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan of US Womens Doubles Title.
Mixed Doubles Title:Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mike Bryan pair from United
States defeated Lucie Hradeck Czech Republic and Marcin Matkowski of
Poland.
Anantjeet Naruka became the star performer by winning 2 gold medals,1 individual
and other team gold medal for India in the 7th International Junior Shotgun Cup in
Orimattila,Finland.
Goa will be hosting 5th Youth Delphic Games from February 1 to 14 in 2016 under
the motto Celebrating Arts and Cultures.
Shooter Anantjeet Naruka clinched the gold medal defeated by Finalands Lari
Pesonen, in the junior mens skeet match at 7th International junior shotgun cup in
Orimattila,Finland,Indian,Angadvir Singh Bajwa,won the bronze medal,in the
same category (skeet)against Matteo Chiti of Italy.
Indian Basketball Players Association launched at the Indian Medical Association
hall in New Delhi. Sajjan Singh-president,Jayasankar Menon-general secretary and
Ashok Sharma-treasurer,Abbas Moontaisar-chairman and Manmohan Singh and
Suman Sharma-vice chairmen.
Shah Rukh Khan purchased franchise in Caribbean Premier Leagues team Trinidad
& Tobago.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is among Forbes magazines 100 highest-paid athletes in
the world,American boxer Floyd Mayweather is 1st in the list.
Former England wicketkeeper Prior retired from all forms of cricket on medical
advice.
Former BCCI chief and current ICC Chairman N.Srinivasan re-elected President of
the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association in its 85th Annual General Meeting.
Legendary West Indies fast bowler Sir Wesley Hall is the latest cricketer to be
inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Sowjanya Bavisetti,in partnership with Ai Wen Zhu of China,won the doubles title
victory over Ao Gai and Yuqi Sheng of China in the final of the ITF womens tennis
tournament in Anning,China.
Harbhajan Singh reached another milestone by becoming 9th highest wickettaker in Test matches.
New Zealand defeated England in third ODI by 3 wickets.
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Guam defeated India in 2018 World Cup Qualifier match-ranked 33 places below
India in FIFA rankings.
Indian football star Sunil Chhetri became 1st Indian footballer to score 50
international goals during his teams 2018 World Cup qualifying match against
Guam.
Rafael Nadal won Stuttgart Open by beating Victor Troicki.
Brazil thrashed Senegal to reach finals of Under-20 World Cup.
2 Indian golfers Anirban Lahiri and Shiv Kapur will play at the prestigious U.S. Open
for 1st time at Chambers Bay course,Washington.
Sunil Chhetri became 1st Indian footballer to score 50 international goals during
Indias 2nd match of the second round of qualifiers for 2018 football World Cup.
AIBA(International Boxing Association) constituted Ad-hoc committee chaired by
Kishan Narsi for boxing in India.
Veteran leader of Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) Sharad Pawar was re-elected
defeated Vijay Patil as the President of the Mumbai Cricket Association(MCA) and
Former Indian cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar,Ashish Shelar was elected as VicePresident of the MCA.
ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) to pump 3m into Womens Cricket Super
League- chief executive Tom Harrison.
Indian shuttler HS Prannoy grabbed his career-best world number 12 spot after
improving a place in the latest mens singles ranking,announced by BWF.Indian
shuttler HS Prannoy grabbed his career-best world number 12 spot after improving
a place in the latest mens singles ranking, announced by BWF.
Indias junior boys and cadet girls won the team championship titles at the South
Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships at the Talkatora Stadium in
New Delhi.
Silver and Bronze medals in the two categories
In Junior Boys category
Sri Lankas Junior Boys won Silver
Pakistan, who finished third and Maldives behind them,got the bronze
In Cadet Girls category won silver
Sri Lankas Cadet Girls won Silver
Nepal, who finished third and Pakistan behind them,got the bronze.
Nico Rosberg defeated his Mercedes team-mate and series leader Lewis Hamilton to
win Austrian Grand Prix.
Roger Federer beats Andreas Seppi won an eighth title at the ATP Halle
tournament.
Andy Murray won the Aegon Championships at Queens Club by beating Kevin
Anderson in a one-sided final.
Serbia defeated Brazil in extra time in the final of U20 World Cup final.
Chinas Zhou Yuelong and Yan Bingtao won the 2015 Nongfu Spring World Cup of
snooker by beating Scotland in the final in Wuxi,China.
India slipped to 4th spot in ICC Test rankings after a draw against Bangladesh.
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Lucio,former Brazil skipper & 2002 World Cup winner signed up with FC Goa for 2nd
season of Indian Super League.
Russia won the European Team Athletics Championships by winning 10 of the 40
events on the program held in Cheboksary,Russia.
Jordan Spieth won the US Open at Chambers Bay-historic title for second major.
Bangladesh for the first time won two consecutive ODIs vs India,it defeated
England in the World cup and won all the three ODI games in its home series with
Pakistan.
Indias batting legend Sachin Tendulkar voted the Best Test player of the 21st
century in an online poll conducted by Cricket Australias website,Kumar
Sangakara of Sri Lanka(2nd),Australias Adam Gilchrist(3rd ).
Ravichandran Ashwin enters into the list of top 10 bowlers in ODI,took 6 wickets in
three matches against Bangladesh.
Captain of Pakistan cricket team,Zaheer Abbas appointed as the ICC President.
Inderjit Singh and Jinson Johnson of India bagged gold at the first leg of the Asian
Athletics Grand Prix in Bangkok,Thailand.
ICC Board decided to suspend the membership of the USA Cricket Association
(USACA).
Satnam Singh Bhamara becam1st Indian player to be drafted in the National
Basketball Association (NBA).
Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara decided to call it a day and will retire
during the home test series against India in August.
Veselin Topalov from Bulgaria won the Norway Chess 2015 title in
Stavanger,Norway and Anand comes second.
3rd
seeded Indian Badminton duo Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa won
the Canada Open 2015 womens doubles title after beating the top-seeded Dutch
pair of Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek in the finals.
Mens singles-Lee Chong Wei(Malaysia) by defeating Ng Ka Long Angus
(Hong Kong).
Womens Singles-Michelle Li(Canada) by defeating Kaori Imabeppu
(Japan).
Mens doubles-Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen(China).
Mixed doubles-Lee Chun Hei & Chau Hoi Wah(Hong Kong).
Harbhajan Singh is making his way back to the ODI team for the Zimbabwes tour
and Indian team will be lead by Ajinkya Rahane.
Valentino Rossi won a close contest with reigning world champion(9 th time) Marco
Marquez to won Motul TT Assen.
Eduardo Vargas scored goals to take his team Chile one step closer of winning Copa
America Cup.Chile defeated Peru in the semi-finals.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Education of Muslims:An Islamic Perspective of Knowledge and Education by

Indian Context edited by Professor JS Rajput.
Flood of fire by Amitav Ghosh.
Sourav Ganguly:Cricket,Captaincy and Controversy
by Saptarshi Sarkar, a
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digital marketing professional.

Charting a New path: Early Years of the NFIW, co-authored by famous womens
rights activist Gargi Chakravarthy and Supriya Chottani.
The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy by Daniel A.
Bell.
Bikhare Khyalat by Prof. Abdul Haq.
K.G. Saiyidain -A Life in Education edited by Ms. Zakia Saiyidain Zaheer and Dr.
Syeda Saiyidain Hameed.
Modi-Incredible emergence of a star in Chinese language written by Shri Tarun
Vijay, Member of Parliament(Rajya Sabha).
Red Tape to Red Carpet and then some by Mrs.Gina Rinehart the chairperson of
Australian mining company Hancock Prospecting Group.
Transcendence:My
Spiritual
Experiences
with
Pramukh
Swamiji
by
former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.
IMPORTANT DAYS
June 1- World Milk Day, Global Day of Parents.
June 2- International Sex Workers Day (International Whore's Day).
Kailash Saga Dawa Festival.
June 4- International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.
June 5- World Environment Day.
June 7- National Cancer Survivors Day.
June 8- World Oceans Day.
June 12- Anti-Child Labour Day.
June 13- International Albinism Awareness Day.
June 14- World Blood Donor Day
June 15- World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
June 17- World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
June 20- World Refugee Day.
June 21-1st International Yoga Day-21st June,2015. Father's Day.
June 23- Public Service Day. International Widows Day.
June 25-World Vitiligo Day,Day of the Seafarer.
June 26-International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
June 29- Statistics Day.
June 30- International Mango Festival.
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