DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 20-21 JUNE 2015
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1. CHINA AND AUSTALIA SIGNED FTA:
i. China and Australia have signed free Trade agreement.
ii. The agreement was
signed by China’s Commerce Minister Gao
Hucheng and Australia’s Trade Minister Andrew
Robb at Canberra in Australia.
2. INDIA , TANZANIA SIGNED 6 MOUS:
i. India and Tanzania have
signed 6 MoUs during the visit of president of Tanzania to India.
ii. The agreement was inked
between Prime Minister of India and President of Tanzania, Jakaya Mrisho Kikete.
About
Tanzania: Tanzania is an East African country known for its vast wildness
areas.
Capital – Dodoma
Currency- Tanzanian Shilling
Prime Minister- Mizengo Pinda
3.
350TH FOUNDATION DAY OF SHRI ANANDPUR SAHIB CELEBRATED;
i. Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee
(SGPC) celebrated the 350th foundation day of Shri Anandpur
Sahib.
ii. Shri Anandpur Sahib, the holy city of Punjab
was founded by the 9th Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Teg Bahadur in 1665.
iii. Shri Anandpur Sahib is the new name of Chak
Nanki.
4. WEATHER ALERT SERVICE ‘NOWCAST’ LAUNCHED:
i. Union Government of India has launched
weather alert service, ‘NOWCAST’.
ii. Union
Agriculture minister ‘Radha Mohan Singh’ launched the Service.
iii. Radha
Mohan Singh also launched Insurance Web-Portals for Farmers.
5. TWO
COMMITTEES FOR FACILITATING IMPLEMENTATION OF GST:
i. Union Minister of finance has formed two
committees for facilitating implementation of GST.
ii. GST Bill was approved by the Lok Sabha and is
pending with Rajya Sabha.
iii. Committees will be headed by Chief Economic
Advisor (CEA) Ministry of Finance.
Note: Arvind
Subramanian is current Chief Economic Advisor.
