Current Affairs June 2015 PDF Capsule

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1 GKTIGER Current Affairs June 2015 PDF Capsule For IBPS,RRB,SSC and other Competitive Exams Gktiger.com

2 Current Affairs June 2015 PDF BitBank Capsule Books 1.Teesta Setalvad written book "Beyond doubt :A Dossier on Gandhi Assasination" released 2. In China Chinese version of Bhagavadgita launched The book was released by Ashok K Kantha. This book was Translated by Prof Wang Zhu Cheng and Ling hai. 3. Red Tape to Red Carpet... and then Some book released by prime minister Narendra Modi This book was penned by hancock Prospecting group chairperson Gina Rinehart. 4. Hindol Sen gupta penned Recasting India Book released This book is a detailed account of the rise of the local entrepreneurship in India with many case studies. 5. Modi-Incredible Emergence of a star book was released. Gktiger.com Page 2

3 this book was written by tarun Vijay in Chinese language 6. Flood of Fire book released. This book was written by Booker prize Awardee Amitav ghosh.it was released on 07,June Prime minister Narendra Modi launched book titled "Education of Muslims:An Islamic perspective of Knowledge and Education -Indian Context" written JS Rajput Appointments 1. R Sesha sayee appointed as non executive chairman of Infosys Sesha sayee replaces K V Kamath. Kamath stepped down to join BRICS Bank. Seshasayee joined Infosys board in January R C Tayal appointed as Director General of National Security guard Tayal is at present serving as The special director General in Parliamentary CRPF and is heading its formation in Jammu and Kashmir 3. Vijay Sharma appointed as Chief Information Commissioner of India 4. KV Chowdary appointed as Chief Vigilance Commissioner. Chowdary is first Non-IAS officer to head the CVC 5.Dr.Srivari Chandra sekhar appointed as Director of CSIR-IICT CSIR(Council of Scientific and Industrial Research)-IICT(Indian Institute of Chemical Technology) Dr.Chandra sekhar was awarded the Infosys Prize in 2014.he is currently working as Chief scientist at IICT. Gktiger.com Page 3

4 6. Ravi Garikipati appointed as Enterpreneur in residence of Flipkart 7. Sanghmitra Bandopadhyay Appointed as Director of Indian Statstical Institution. Sanghmitra is the first woman to lead the institute and she will take charge from 01,August, Anshula Kant appointed as CFO and Deputy manager of State bank of India Anshula joined as SBI as Probationary officer in Ujjwal Batria appointed as CEO of Lafarge India Lafarge is Indian arm of French Cement Producer Lafarge SA. Batria Joined Lafarge in Kapil Mishra appointed as Chairman of Delhi Jal board Kapil Sharma is Delhi s newly elected Law minister. He will replace Manish Sisodia as the Chairman of Delhi Jal Board 11. Archana Ramasundaram appointed as Director of National Crime records bureau 12. Steffi graf appointed as Kerala brand Ambassador The decision was taken by the government on 24,June, Aakar Patel appointed as Director of Amnesty International India Gktiger.com Page 4

5 Sports 1. Aegon Tennis Championship Mens singles title won by Andy Murray Murray defeated Kevin Anderson in the final match.this was fourth time Murray has won Aegon championship. 2. Nico Rosberg of Germany Won Austrian Grandprix formula 1 Rosberg defeated Lewis Hamilton in Austrian grand prix 3. Serbia won Under 20 FIFA World cup by defeating Brazil 4. South asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis championships won by Indian players 5. Bangladesh won Oneday series with 2-1 against India 6. Veseline Topolov Won Norway Chess Tournament Rafael Nadal Won Stuttgart open Nadal Defeated Viktor Troicki of Serbia with Nadal became first player to win the same event on both Clay and Grass courts. 8.Stanislas Wawrinka won Men's single title of French open he defeated Novak Djokovic of Serbia 4-6,6-4,6-3, Inderjeet Singh,Jinson Johnson won gold medals at Asian Athletics grand prix Gktiger.com Page 5

6 Important Days Current Affairs June 2015 PDF Capsule th anniversary of Waterloo battle commemoration concluded The prince of Wales and prime minister have attended a memorial service for the 200 th anniversary of the Battle Waterloo. 2. First International day of Yoga celebrated on 21,June 3..Anandpur sahib 350 th foundation day celebrated on 19,June 4. the International Day Against Drug abuse and Illicit trafficking observed on 26,June World Ocean day observed on 08,Jue,2015. The theme for this year is healthy oceans,healthy Planet. 6. World Blood Donors day observed on 14,June with the Theme 'Thank you for Saving My life" 7. World Day against Child labour Observed globally The day is observed to bring awareness agaisnt Child Labour.this year observed with theme "No to child labour-yes to quality education' Honours and Awards 1. Sanjay Subramanyan Selected for Sangith Kalanidhi Award Subramanyan was a Chartered Accountant by training. 2. The Brightest galaxy in the Early Universe named after cristian Ronaldo as CR7. 3. Sahitya Academy announced Bhasha samman for four scholars a)k Meenakshi sundaram b)acharya Munishwar Jha Gktiger.com Page 6

7 c)charu Chandra Pande and d)mathuradutt Mathpal Current Affairs June 2015 PDF Capsule 4. Sachin Tendulkar named as Greatest test player of 21 st century Tendulkar voted as best player in an online poll conducted by Cricket Australia on it s website. 5. Sangeet Natak Academy announced awards and fellowships for year fellowships awarded for a)r Janakiraman (Musiologist) b)tulsidas Borkar (Musician) c)s Sathyu(Film Maker) d)vijay Kichlu(Classical Singer) 6..Prakash singh badal was conferred with Sant Namdev 2015 National Award. 7. The 16th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy ) awards were presented in the first week of June at Kuala lumpur 8. Ali Smith Won 2015 Baileys womens prize. She won this prize for her fiction Novel "how To be both ". 8. Spiritual leader SriSri Ravi shankar Conferred with Columbia's Highest Civilian Award "Orden De la Democracia Simon Bolivar" award was presented to Ravi shankar for his contribution to peace issues in Latin american country and the world th Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya Jnanapith won by Hindi writers Babusha kohli and Upasna 10.Famous writer Vishwanath Tripathi selected for 28 th Moorti devi Award. Gktiger.com Page 7

8 Tripathi was chosen for his book Vyomkesh Darvesh. International 3. China and Australia signed free trade agreement 1.Moldova's prime minister Chiril Gaburuci Resigned. 2. Britain Celebrated 800 th Anniversary of Magna carta Magna carta is the latin for "the great Charter" The China Australia Free Trade agreement (ChAFTA)signed on 17,June The agreement will ensure 85 percent of all exports of Australia to China Tariff free. 4. British labour Party politician Keith Vaz re-elected as chairman of UK Parliament Committee year old Budhdha statue with 1000 hands unveiled by China after 7 years of restoration. 6. World Famous Budhdhas of Bamiyan resurrected in Afghanistan. 7. In Turkey parliamentary Polls Justice and Development party won Justice and Development Party(AK) secured 258 seats in Grand National Assembly. But the party failed to gain the majority needed to form government. Business Current Affairs 1. World's first electric Passenger aircraft BX1E was launched by China Gktiger.com Page 8

9 2. Blue star launched First ever indigenously developed VRF Ac's VRF systems cools large Multi zone spaces with varying heating and cooling needs. They are suitable for Hotels, Restaurants, Hospitals and educational institutions. 3. Ricoh india launched Picasso for Access to medical images. 4. World's slimmest 4G phone Micomax Canvas Silver5 was launched by Micromax 5. Singapore based Continuum Wind energy Ltd was acquired by SunEdison Inc Continuum wind energy is controlled by an Infrastructure Private equity fund Morgan Stanley Infrastructure(MSI). 6. India' s trade deficit in May 2015 narrowed to 10.4 billion dollars 7. BHEL Commissioned First 250 MW unit of NTPC's Bongaigaon Thermal Project 8. Aequs Private limited acquired Paris based T & K Machine Inc 9. Mobile application Payzapp was launched by HDFC it allows users to manage credit card or debit card details recharge and pay bills. 10. PVR Limited Will acquire DLF's DT Cinemas. for 500 crore rupees PVR limited will acuire DT Cinemas. 11. Reserve bank Of India Announced Strategic Debt Restructuring Scheme This scheme will benefit Scheduled commercial banks and Term lending and Refinancing Institutions which are suffering from high Non performing Assets 12. First jan Aushadhi Medical store Launched in Delhi 13. Fortune released 61 st edition to 500 Companies Walmart ranked top in the list. Exxon Mobile and Chevron are in 2nd and 3rd place. Gktiger.com Page 9

10 14. To Market Pepper Robot Softbank tied up with Alibaba and Foxconn Persons in News 1. Former Turkey President Suleman Demirel died on 17,June 2. Justice Gian Prakash Mittal resigned from the office of Delhi High court 3. Former Pakistan cricket Captain Zahir Abbas names as President of International Cricket Council 4. Music Director James horner died He composed music for Famous film Titanic 5. Sharad Pawar re-elected as President of Mumbai Cricket Association 6. Casino tycoon of Los vegas Kirk Kerkorian died 7. Beno Zephine became first 100 % visually challenged IFS officer. beno obtained her degree from Stella Maris College and post graduation from loyola college 8. UN General Assembly elects Denmark's Mogens Lykketoft as Next General Assembly President Lykketoft was a former Denmark Parliament speaker.he was elected unanimously by the United Nationas general Assembly. 9. Harbhajan singh became 9 th highest wicket taker in Test Cricket In 102 Test matches Harbhajan took 416 wickets. 10. Former Governor of Himachal Pradesh Shiela kaul died. Shiela Kaul was elected to the loksabha for Five terms. 11. Sir Wesley Winfield hall Inducted in to the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame Gktiger.com Page 10

11 Wesley winfield was West indies fast bowler.he took 192 wickets in 48 test matches. 12. Dick Costolo resigned as Twitter Inc Twitter Co-founder Jack Dorsey replace Costolo as Interim CEO 13. UN Envoy Said Djinnit drops out as mediator for Burindi Negotiations. 14. Chandigarh's Rock garden creator Nek Chand Died 15. former Indian Cricketer Hemant Kanitkar died. Kanitkar was a Wicket keeper-batsman 16. Shahrukh khan acquired CPL T20 team Trinidad & Tobago Shah rukh joins hollywood stars MArk Wahlberg and Gerard Butler in CPL owners club. 17. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim sworn in as Mauritius prsident. Ameenah is first female president of Mauritius. 18. Indian born padmasree Warrior resigned as Chief Technology officer of CISCO Warrior joined CISCO in England Cricketer Matt prior retired from all forms of Cricket. He was a Wicket keeper and right handed batsman. 20. Sunil Chhetri became first indian Foot baller to score 50 international goals. sunil set this record during his team's 2018 world cup qualifying match against guam here. Others 1. France Announced ban on earphones for Drivers and Cyclists Gktiger.com Page 11

12 This ban will come in to effect from 01,July. 2. Athithi devo bhava New series TV Commercials released..aamirkhan appeared as the Brand ambassador in this series. 3. India,Tanzania signed six MoU's During the Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho kikwete visit to india both the countries agreed to strengthen co-operation in counter terrorism, natural gas and maritime security and to expand trade relations between the two countries. 4. Sale of Thermocol plates banned by Jharkhand government For the promotion of leaf plates thermocol plates were banned. This move will help poor and tribals who are engaged in leaf plates making. 5. Wealthiest self made billionaires list was released by wealth X Bill gates topped the list and Warren Buffett ranked 2 6. West bengal tea plantation employees welfare fund bill 2015 was passed by West bengal Assembly. 7. Weather alert service NOWCAST was launched by Union government NOWCAST is a free SMS service which provide alerts on extrme weather conditions like hail storms. 8. Union government Launched Modern Anganwadi centre at Hasnapur village in Sonepat. 9. Lucknow Zoo renamed after last Nawab Wajid Ali Shah This zoo was founded in 1921.earlier the name of the zoo was Wales Zoo. in 2001 it was renames as Lucknow Prani Udyan. 10. Mobile App Bhuvan Ganga launched to aid national mission for Clean ganga This app will collect the information on various pollution sources. Gktiger.com Page 12

13 11. Maharashtra state declared Blue mormon was as State butterfly. Maharashtra became the first state to have state butterfly. 12..Union government launched Cluster development program for pharma sector 13. Election Commission of India (ECI) suspended recognition of National peoples party ECI suspended National peoples party due to its failure in filing the election expenditure statement of the party for 2014 general elections. This kind of action is first time in India. 14. CSIR(Council of Scientific and Industrial research) set up a Micro air vehicle aerodynamics research Tunnel at Bengaluru It is first in India. This tunnel will address all the aerodynamic propulsion and aero elastic issues related to Micro Air Vehicle. 15. Union government approved proposal for setting up second airport at Jewar 16. World's first flexible and skin like display was developed Indian American Debashish chandra led team from University of Central Florida developed this technology. 17. Reserve bank of India Extended for exchanging pre 2005 Currency notes by 6 months 18.AD Category -I banks are allowed to borrow from International banks. With the Recent notification by Reserve bank of India the banks can borrow from international without any prior approval. 19. The Ambubachi mela held at Kamakhya temple,guwahathi,assam The mela was started on 23,June 2015.Over One million devotees visited the temple during the mela days Gktiger.com Page 13

14 20. Union Cabinet Approved to set up a national memorial at birth place of Loknayak Jayaprakash narayan in Bihar. 21. Union Government decided to increase Number of Work days under MGNREGA in drought hit areas to 150 days. earlier the number of work days are Union Cabinet revised Target of Solar power under JNNSM to MW by Union Cabinet Approved Housing for all by 2022 Mission. 24.Documentary on Cricket titled Death of Gentlemen screened at Sheffield 25. Union Government launched Mobile application to locate Nearest Blood Bank This application was launched on World Blood donors day highest paid Athletes list 2015 was released by Forbes This list topped by Boxing Champion Floyd Mayweather,Jr. Only Indian ranked in this list is Mahendra singh Dhoni. 27. Union Government launched Migrant Resource Centre in Chennai This is Fourth centre set up by Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs 28. NASA Scientists developed tool to predict destructive solar storms 29. Indigenously built Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant Undocked in Kochi Gktiger.com Page 14