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Monday, June 8, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 6,7 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 6, 7 JUNE 2015
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1. TIER-1 OIL SPILL RESPONSE CENTRE INAUGURATED:
i. Union Government inaugurated tier-1 oil spill response centre for Mumbai and JNPT harbour.
ii. Union Minister of road transport & highways and shipping, NITIN GADKARI inaugurated INDIA’S first of its kind tier-1 osrc.
iii. OSRC:- Oil Spill Response Centre
      JNPT:- Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

2. ALI SMITH WON 2015 BAILEY WOMEN’S PRIZE:
i. UK author Ali Smith won 2015 bailey women’s prize.
ii. Ali Smith won bailey prize for fiction for her novel, “HOW TO BE BOTH”.
iii. Earlier the book was shortlisted for the 2014 MAN BOOKER PRIZE and the 2015 FOLIO PRIZE.

3. NATION WIDE JAL KRANTI ABHIYAN LAUNCHED:
i. Union Ministry of water resources launched nation wide jal kranti abhiyan from Jaipur.
ii. Union Minister of water resources, river development and ganga rejunivetion UMA BHARTI launched the abhiyan.

4. WORLD ENVIORNMENT DAY OBSERVED GLOBALLY:
i. World Enviornment Day was observed globally on 5th june 2015.
ii. World Enviornment Day 2015 was observed with the theme, “SEVEN BILLION DREAMS. ONE PLANET. CONSUME WITH CARE”.
iii. Host country for WED 2015 is ITALY.
ABOUT ITALY:        Capital: ROME
                                   Currency: EURO
President: SERGIO MATTARELLA
5. IRWIN ROSE PASSED AWAY:
i. Noble Prize winner Irwin Rose passed away.
ii. IRWIN won Noble Prize in CHEMISTRY in 2004.
iii. Rose won Noble Prize for discovering a way that cells destroy unwanted proteins for developing new therapies for diseases such as CERVICAL CANCER and CYSTIC FIBROSIS.
6. WRESTLER PREM NATH PASSED AWAY:
i. Indian Wrestler Prem Nath passed away.
ii. Prem Nath won Gold medal at the 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games.

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Friday, June 5, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 05 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 5 JUNE 2015
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1. INDIA AND BELARUS SIGNED 6 AGREEMENTS:
i. India and Belarus signed 6 agreements during the visit of president to belarus.
ii. Agreements were signed by Indian president, PRANAB MUKHERJEE who is on a two day visit to belarus.
iii. About BELARUS:   Capital:- MINSK
                                         Currency:- RUBBLE
                                         President:- ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO.

2. SURESH KALMADI CONFERRED WITH AAA PRESIDENT’S AWARD:
i. Suresh kalmadi is conferred with asian atheletics association president’s award.
ii. Adille Sumariwala, the president of atheletics federation of india received the award on behalf of kalmadi at the function held in wuhan, China.

3. WJP RULA OF LAW INDEX 2015 RELEASED:
i. US based world justice project released rule of law index 2015.
ii. It provides data on how the rule of law is experienced in 102 countries around the globe.
iii. INDIA is paced at 59th position out of 102 countries.

4. INDIA’S FIRST RAIL COACH LIT BY SOLAR PANELS:
i. Northern Railway rolled out India’s first rail coach lit by solar panels.
ii. Delhi division of northern railway rolled out non-ac coach lit by solar panels mounted on it’s roof.


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Thursday, June 4, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 04 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 4 JUNE 2015
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1. JAIPUR GETS METRO RAIL SERVICE:
i. Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje inaugurated Phase 1 of Jaipur metro rail service.
ii. Pink city became the sixth city in the country to have metro service.
iii. Jaipur metro is publicized as one of the fastest built metros in the country as it has been developed within a time period of four and a half year.

2. UNION GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED KHOYA PAYA WEB PORTAL:
i.  Union Government launched khoya paya web portal to exchange information on missing children.
ii.  Khoya Paya web portal khoyapaya.gov.in is first of its kind citizen based website.
iii.  It was jointly launched by Maneka Gandhi and Ravi Shanker Prasad.
a. Maneka Gandhi- Union Minister of Women and Child Development
b. Ravi Shankar Prasad- Union Minister of Communication and Information technology

3.  IAP HEALTHPHONE PROGRAMME LAUNCHED:
i. Union Minister of Women and Child Development launched IAP Healthphone programme.
ii. IAP Healthphone programe is the world’s largest digital mass education programme for addressing the malnutrition in women and children.
IAP-  Indian Academy of Pediatrics

4.  SOUTH KOREA AND CHINA SIGNED BILATRAL FTA:
i. South Korea and China have signed bilateral Free Trade Agreement in Seoul, South Korea.
ii. The agreement was signed by South Korea’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Youn Sang-Jick and Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Huckeng.
COUNTRY
CAPITAL
CURRENCY
PRESIDENT
South Korea
Seoul
Won
Park Geun- Hye
China
Beijing
Yuan
Xi Jinping


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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 3 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 3 JUNE 2015
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INTERNATIONAL
1. MAURITIUS DESIGNATED FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT:
i. Mauritius designated ameenah Gurib- Fakim as its first woman president.
ii. Ameenah is an internationally –renowned scientist and biologist.
iii. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim succeeded Kailash Purryag.

2.   INDIA-SWEDEN SIGNED 6 AGREEMENTS:
i.   India and Sweden singed 6 agreements during visit of Pranab Mukherjee to Sweden.
ii.  Pranab Mukherjee is the first ever Indian head of state to visit Sweden.

3.  KOLKATA DHAKA AGARTALA BUS SERVICE BEGAN:
i.  Trail run of Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala bus service began.
ii.  With this launch, the time taken to reach Agartala from Kolkata will be reduced to 17 hours

NATIONAL NEWS
4.  PAWAN MUNJAL BECOMES CMD OF HERO MOTOCORP LTD:
i.  Pawan Munjal is appointed as the CMD of Hero MotoCorp ltd.
ii.  Pawan Munjal succeeded his father Brijmohan Lal Munjal.
iii.  Hero MotoCorp Ltd is world’s largest manufacturer of two wheelers in India
CMD- Chairman and Managing Director.

5.  2 NATIONAL IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS:
Post- Director
Place
Replace
I. P Kunhikrishnan
SDSC (Satish Dhawan Space Centre)
MYS Prasad
II.  K Sivan
VSSC (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre)
M Chandradathan

BANKING NEWS
6.  MEENA HEMCHANDRA APPOINTED AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR O RBI:
i.  Meena Hemchandra is appointed as the Executive Director of RBI.
ii.  Meena Hemchandra succeeded Chandan Sinha.

7.  RBI CUTS REPO RATE BY 25 BPS:
i.   RBI cuts Repo Rate by 25 basic points in monetary policy review.
ii.  Repo rate is decreased from 7.5% to 7.25% while CRR is kept unchanged at 4%.

iii. Repo Rate is the rate of interest charged by RBI from other commercial banks on the loans provided to commercial bank in the event of any shortfall of funds.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 2 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 2 JUNE 2015
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1. WORLD’S FIRST FACIAL RECOGNITION ATM MACHINE:
i. China has unveiled World’s First facial recognition ATM Machine.
ii. ATM Machine is created by Isinghua University and Hanzhou based technology company Tzekwan.
2.   JYOTI PRASAD TAKHOWA SWORN IN AS GOVERNOR OF AUNCHAL PRADESH:
i.    Jyoti Prasad Rajkumar sworn in as the new Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
ii.  The oath of the office was administered by the Chief Justice of guwahati, Jusitice K sreedhar Rao.
iii.  Rajkhowa is a retired IAS officer from 1968 batch.

3.  WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY: 31ST MAY 2015:
i.  World No Tobacco Day was observed on 31st May 2015 around the globe.
ii.  WHO launched Campaign against illicit trade of tobacco products on World No Tobacco Day 2015.
WHO – World Health Organisation

4.  BCCI MAKES CRICKET ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
i.  Board of Cricket in India has decided to make  a cricket advisory committee for the upliftment of Indian Cricket.
ii.  BCCI has included 3 former players to the committee:
a.  Tendulkar
b. Sourav Ganguly

c. VVS Laxman
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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 31 MAY, 1 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 31 May- 1 June 2015
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1. NEW BANK NOTE PAPER LINE UNIT INAUGURATED:
i. Finance Minister has inaugurated New Bank note paper line unit in Hoshangabad, MP
ii. With opening of this, India will become self reliant in producing Bank note paper for big denominations
iii. The project worth a total of 495 crore rupees
iv. Finance Minister of India – Arun Jaitley

2.   S VEENA JAIN APPOINTED AS DG OF DD NEWS:
i.    Veena Jain is appointed as the Director General of Doordarshan News.
ii.  Veena Jain succeeded akshay Rout, a senior IIS officer
iii.  Currently Veena Jain is posted as Additional Director General in the News Services Division of All India Radio (AIR)
IIS – Indian Information Service

3. ANAND KUMAR HONOURED IN CANADA:
i. Anand Kumar , founder of Super 30, honoured in Canada
ii.  Super 30 founder and Mathematician Anand Kumar is honoured by legislature of British Columbia in Canada at Toronto University
iii.  Super 30 established in 2002 by Anand Kumar in Patna, Bihar provides free residential mentoring to 30 selected students from under privileged families to appear in the entrance exam of IIT-JEE

4.  SBI LAUNCHED ONLINE CUSTOMER ACQUISITION SOLUTION:
i.   SBI has launched online customer acquisition solution (OCAS)
ii.  It is an online platform to apply for Home Loans, car loans, Education Loans and personal loans
iii.  Application was launched by SBI chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya.

5.  SEPP BLATTER RE-ELECTED AS FIFA PRESIDENT:
i.  Joseph Sepp Blatter is re-elected as FIFA president for the fifth term
ii.  Sepp Blatter secured 133 votes out of 206 valid votes
Note: There are total 209 members in FIFA

6.  UNITED NATIONS PEACE KEEPERS DAY OBSERVED ACROSS THE GLOBE:
i.  International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers was observed across the globe on 29th May, 2015.
ii. International Day of United Nations peacekeepers was observed with the theme ‘ together for peace’

iii 29th May is recognized and celebrated as International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers since the year 2003.
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Saturday, May 30, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 30 MAY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 30 MAY 2015
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1.      VA PRASANATH BECOMES CFO OF INDIAN BANK:
i. VA Prasanath is appointed as the CFO of Indian Bank.
ii. Prasanath succeeded K Srinivasa Raghavan to be Chief Financial Officer.
iii. Prior to this VA Prasanath was serving as the General Manager of Indian Bank.

2.   S CHRISTOPHER BECOMES DG OF DRDO:
i.    S Christopher is appointed as  Director General of DRDO.
ii.  Eminent Scientist Dr. S Christopher is appointed by Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for tenure of 2 years.
iii.  Prior to this appointment, DRDO was under the additional charge of Defense Secretary.
DRDO- Defense Research and Development Organization.

3. GURNIMRAT NIMMY SIDHU NAMED FOR OXFORD UNIVERSITY AWARD:
i. Indian origin teacher Gurnimrat Nimmy Sidhu is named for Oxford University Award.
ii.  She is among 12 teachers to win the University of Oxford Inspirational Teacher Award.

4.  SEVILLA FC WON EUROPA LEAQUE TITLE:
i.   Sevilla Football club won Europa Leaque title.
ii. Sevilla football club defeated Dnipro Dnipro Tetronk football club in the final clash.

iii. This is 2nd consecutive Europa Cup for Sevilla Football club.
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