DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 17 JUNE 2015
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1. INDIA’S FIRST MICRO AIR VEHICLE ACRODYNAMICS RESEARCH TUNNEL:
i. CSIR set up India’s first Micro air Vehicle Aerodynamics Research Tunnel in Bengaluru.
ii. The tunnel will be used test the fixed-wing, flopping –wing and rotary-wing MAVs in the 500 mm wingspan category.
CSIR- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
2. MORGENS LYKKETOFT TO HEAD GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
i. UN Elected Denmark’s Morgens Lykketoft to head General Assembly.
ii. Morgens Lykketoft is elected as the UN’s General Assembly President for its 70th session.
About Denmark:
Capital- Copenhagen
Currency – Krone
Prime Minister- Helle Thorning
3. AUGMENTED REALITY APPLICATION LAUNCHED:
i. Union Government launched Augmented Reality Application named “Sarkaar”.
ii. Union Minister of State Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh launched Sarkaar to highlight the achievement of the Department of space.
4. RAFAEL NADAL WON STUTTGART OPEN:
i. Spain’s Rafael Nadal won his third Stuttgart Men’s Single title.
ii. Nadal defeated Serbian Viktor Troicki in the final match held in Germany.
