LIST OF IMPORTANT DAYS
June 1 - Global
Day of Parents
June 4 - World
Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5 - World
Environment Day
June 8 - World
Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day
June 12 - World
Day Against Child Labor
June 14 - World
Blood Donor Day
June 15 - World
elder abuse awareness day
June 16 -
International Integration Day
June 18 -
International Picnic Day
June 20 - World
Refugee Day
June 21 - World
Music Day
June 23 -
International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International
CURRENT AFFAIR
Ashok Lavasa becomes new
Finance Secretary
Union Government has notified a
panel, headed by a former Delhi High Court judge, for revision of fares for
Delhi Metro which will submit its report within three months.
Govt doctors’ retirement age
extended to 65 years
Former Delhi Police chief B S
Bassi appointed UPSC member
Kannada writer D JavareGowda
passes away
The government’s ambitious
Mission Indradhanush programme, which provides immunisation against seven life
threatening diseases is all set to be re-christened as four new vaccines have
been added into it.
Alastair Cook Becomes Youngest
Cricketer To Score 10000 Test Runs
World’s longest rail tunnel to
be inaugurated in Switzerland
Asia’s largest tech trade show
COMPUTEX kicks off in Taipei
BRICS New Development Bank to
issue first yuan-denominated bonds
Four month window to disclose
black money opens today , The Income Declaration Scheme will open today and
will remain in force till 30th of September.
Odisha govt to create 500 more
gram panchayats
Delhi Govt Launches ‘DVAT M
SEWA’ Mobile App
UP Govt. approves detailed
project report of Varanasi Metro Rail
Bollywood comedian Razak Khan
passes away
Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Kulasekara
retires from test Cricket
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar
has agreed to a request of Kerala government to use his name in a campaign
against drug and liquor abuse in the state.
Union Cabinet
approves setting up of India Post Payments Bank
The Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs (CCEA) gave its approval for a new 51 km broad gauge line from
Mau to Tarighat, aiming to provide an alternative and convenient route between
New Delhi and Howrah.
The government constituted the
National Company Law Tribunal and its appellate body, implementing most of the
provisions of new Companies Act and helping implementation of the Bankruptcy
Code.
Union Government and World Bank
have signed a US 9.2 million dollar grant agreement for the Efficient and
Sustainable City Bus Service Project.
Country’s largest private
sector lender ICICI Bank has cut its marginal cost of funds-based lending rate
(MCLR) by 0.05 per cent, to take it at par with the rates offered by SBI and
HDFC Bank.
TRAI launches mobile app for
subscribers to register complaints against pesky calls, SMSes
First time, one of the teams
competing in the Olympic Games will be made up of refugees who hail from
different countries they no longer call home.
NK Chari is the new State Bank
of Mysore MD
Navin Agarwal appointed as DG
of NADA (National Anti-Doping Agency)
Odisha becomes first state to
give social welfare benefits to transgender community
India, Tunisia Sign 2
Agreements In IT, Handicrafts Sectors
Dr. R Seetharaman conferred
with 2016 Green Economy Visionary Award
Asia’s largest annual security
forum Shangri-La Dialogue has been inaugurated in Singapore to talk about
security issues in the Asia-Pacific region.
Argentina retain top spot in
FIFA rankings
Narendra Modi, Ashraf Ghani
inaugurate landmark Rs 1,700 crore Afghan-India Friendship Dam
Moto2 rider Luis Salom dies
after crashing during practice
Paes completes mixed doubles
Career Slam with French Open win
Chief Minister of Haryana lays
foundation stone of ‘Jai jawan awas Yojana’
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali passes
away
HDFC Egro buys L&T general
insurance
Sasikumar takes over as MD of
State Bank of Travancore
Indian Boxing Council gets
Affiliation from Commonwealth Boxing Council(CBC)
Sudarsan Pattnaik wins gold at
World Sand Art Championship
World Environment Day observed
with theme Zero tolerance for the illegal trade in wildlife
Veteran actor Sulabha Deshpande
passed away
The Haryana Government on 3
June 2016 launched Asia's First Gyps Vulture Reintroduction Programme at Jatayu
Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore.
Asia’s largest annual security
forum Shangri-La Dialogue inaugurates in Singapore
Navin Agarwal appointed DG of
National Anti-Doping Agency
Djokovic joins pantheon of
greats
V Narayanasamy sworn in as
Puducherry CM
Gadkari
launches Setu Bhartam project in Himachal Pradesh
Minister of Railways Suresh
Prabhakar Prabhu has flagged off the inaugural run of the Tiger Trail Circuit
Train from Delhi Safdarjung Station.
India’s first Mr. Universe
Manohar Aich passes away
Judoka Avtar Singh Qualifies
For Rio Olympics
PM Narendra Modi conferred
Afghanistan’s highest civilian honour
Garbine Muguruza won 2016
French Open Women’s Singles Tennis Title
Dia Mirza named ambassador for
‘swachh saathi’ programme
Delhi govt announces policy to
make national capital solar city
Rajasthan Govt. launches mobile
app Raj Vayu on air quality index
Lucknow to host Junior hockey
World Cup
Olympic trial: Delhi HC
dismisses Sushil Kumar’s plea
Tennis star Rohan Bopanna
secures direct entry into Rio Olympics
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Akhilesh Yadav has appointed a judicial commission to probe into the recent
Mathura violence.
Shahid Rasool takes charge as
Director of CEMCA (Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia )
The Assam state capital
Guwahati becomes the first city in the country to have its own city animal.
Chess grandmaster Viktor
Korchnoi passes away
Union Government has decided to
introduce International Yoga Award Scheme with a view to promote yoga.
Rio Olympics-bound Tintu Luka
(27-year) has won a silver medal in 800 metres in the Josef Odlozil Memorial
Athletics Meet in Czech Republic.
The World Bank Group President
Jim Yong Kim has slashed its 2016 growth forecast by 0.5 per cent to 2.4 per
cent.
Veteran Journalist KK Katyal
passes away
Jet Airways chairman Naresh
Goyal has been re-elected to International Air Transport Association’s (IATA)
Board of Governors.
Indian-origin professor in UK
awarded by Queen
India Ranks low at 141st place
in global peace index
Putin awards UN chief Ban
Ki-Moon with order of friendship
Thailand becomes the first
Asian country to eliminate mother to child HIV: WHO
Piyush Goyal launches ‘Surya
Mitra’ mobile app
Maria Sharapova receives
two-year ban for failing drug test
Axis Bank launches India’s
first certified green bond at London Stock Exchang
Centre announces new print
media advertisement policy
State Bank of India (SBI) and
Spain’s CaixaBank have inked pact to provide loans to Indo-Spanish joint
ventures and local enterprises.
Former Kerala assembly speaker
T S John passes away
Suresh Prabhu flags off Champaran
Satyagrah Express train in Bihar
Madhya Pradesh
BJP MLA Rajendra dadu dies in car accident
The International Union of Pure
and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has announced the names proposed for the new
elements, whose discovery helped complete the seventh row of the Periodic Table
in December last year.
Akhil Sharma wins Dublin
International literary award
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam
Limited (MTNL) has announced that its Chairman and Managing Director, Narendra
Kumar Yadav has resigned.
Tata Power Solar bagged the
MNRE award
Google and Tata’s ‘Internet
Saathi’ initiative launches in West Bengal
Indo-US-Japan Naval Exercise
Starts in Western Pacific Coast
India, EFTA Agree to Address
Issues to Resume FTA talks
SEBI Issues Stricter KYC,
Disclosure Norms for P-Notes , Markets regulator SEBI has put in place a
stricter KYC norms and disclosure regime for Participatory Notes. The aim is to
make it tougher to use these offshore instruments without disclosing the
money-trail and details of their users.
Govt Plans 25% Tax on Sugar
Export
The Delhi government has
announced to rename the Barapullah flyover in Delhi after Sikh icon Baba Banda
Singh Bahadur.
The Airports Authority of India
(AAI) has been conferred the National Award for Best Performing Central PSU for
Roof Top Solar Power initiatives.
Govt to Invest ?75k cr on
Highways Upgrade in UP
Telangana to Set Up 12,500-acre
Pharma City near Hyderabad
The Union Urban Development
Ministry has sanctioned 37.5 crore rupees for development of Machilipatnam town
under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)
scheme.
IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
on Saturday launched a contest, with ??50,000 prize money, to design the logo
and come up with the tagline for the newly announced India Post Payments Bank.
FICCI to be National Partner at
8th Vibrant Gujarat Summit
The Jammu and Kashmir
government has said it will not allow a Delhi-based organisation's proposal to
start 'Abhinavgupt Yatra' in Kashmir's Budgam area.
American singer Christina
Grimmie, a former contestant on the show 'The Voice', passed away on Saturday
after being shot dead at a concert in US.
Karnataka Bank Former Chairman
MS Krishna Bhat Passes Away
Legendary Canadian ice hockey
player Gordie Howe passed away at Toledo, US at the age of 88.
Veteran Journalist Inder
Malhotra Dies at 86
Abhinav Bindra Chosen as
India’s Flagbearer at Rio Olympics
Leander Paes to Partner Rohan
Bopanna at Rio 2016 Olympics
KL Rahul 1st Indian to Make
Century on ODI Debut
Prime Minister visited USA
& Mexico in the list of 5 Nations visit , After the successful visit to
Afghanistan, Qatar and Switzerland
Emaar MGF MD
Shravan Gupta steps down
The International Paralympic
Committee (IPC) has recognized the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) led by
Rao Inderjit Singh as the president.
Sikkim becomes India’s first
State to launch open government data portal , Sikkim became the first state in
India to have an open government data portal linked ‘sikkim.data.gov.in’. The
portal was launched by Lok Sabha MP, P D Rai and also launched Open Government
Data Platform (Sikkim)
Prime Minister to inaugurate
the two day Annual Conference of CBDT &CBEC entitled
The Ministry of Heavy Industry
& Public Enterprises has constituted the 3rd Pay Revision Committee for the
executives of the Central Public Sector Undertakings under the chairmanship of
Justice Satish Chandra (Retd.).
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
launched for the State of Uttarakhand
Shri Nitin Gadkari releases the
report “Road Accidents in India 2015”
12 June: World Day against
Child Labour
Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasad
takes charge of Chief Justice of Manipur HC
China launches 23rd BeiDou
Navigation Satellite
The country’s industrial
production shrank 0.8 % in April this year, dragged down by a poor performance
of the manufacturing and capital goods sectors.
Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for
$26.2 billion
Singer Rod Stewart has received
a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, for his services to music
and charity.
‘Hamilton’ dominates Tony
Awards with 11 wins
Tata Power has acquired the
renewable energy (RE) subsidiary of Delhi-based Welspun Energy. It is estimated
to be a Rs 9,900-crore deal.
Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal top
3 sites for sellers: Nielsen
Union Finance minister Mr. Arun
Jaitley has met finance ministers of 22 states and representatives and seven
others in Kolkata to iron out differences over the new regime that will create
one national market under the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
The Reserve Bank of India has issued
guidelines called Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets.
Ranu Langthasa has been
unanimously appointed as the chairperson of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous
Council (NCHAC) in Assam.
G Kalyanakrishnan took over as
Chief Executive of Nuclear Fuel Complex
Delhi Transport Minister Gopal
Rai Resigns
Norway becomes the first
country to ban deforestation
Lewis Hamilton wins 2016 Canada
Grand Prix of Formula One
The Union cabinet gave its
in-principle nod for State Bank of India (SBI)’s proposal to gobble up its five
associate banks as well as Bharatiya Mahila Bank.
Annual 45-day fishing ban in
Tamil Nadu begins
Kiran Bedi launches mobile app
to help senior citizens in distress
Isreal elected to chair UN
committee
Florida bank issues first US
credit card for use in Cuba
Renowned Hindi
writer Mudrarakshasa passes away
President Pranab Mukherjee
receives highest civilian award of Ivory Coast
Indian men’s 4×400 m relay team
breaks 18-year-old national record
Dhoni becomes first Indian
keeper to complete 350 ODI dismissals
IRCTC, Just Dial, UTI MF in
Fortune India Next 500 list of Indian companies, which has been topped by
Dynamatic Technologies.
State Bank of India creates a
dedicated Rs 200 crore fund for startups
Moody's revises Tata Power's
outlook to negative from stable
India ranks fourth in terms of
number of servers hacked as per a Kaspersky Lab report
Human Resource Development
Minister Smriti Irani has launched Vidyanjali, a school volunteer programme in
New Delhi.
Railways flags off 1st
time-tabled freight train
President reaches Windhoek on
the last leg of his 3-nation tour to Africa
Margaret Atwood (Canadian poet,
novelist and environmental activist) awarded 2016 PEN Pinter Prize
Indian Diabetes specialist
Shashank S Shah wins Vivian Fonseca Scholar Award 2016
Petroleum Minister visiting St
Petersburg to represent India at the SPIEF (St Petersburg International
Economic Forum )
Karnataka Bank Ltd has bagged
CFBP (Council for Fair Business Practices) Jamnalal Bajaj award for fair
business practices.
'A new world' - the Official
slogan for Rio Olympics
Supriya Sahu appointed as Doordarshan
DG
Suresh Chandra appointed as
Union Law Secretary
Govt. approves Rs 2,070-crore
highway project in Punjab
Sunil Mittal elected chief of
International Chamber of Commerce
Govt releases Yog Geet ahead of
International Yoga Day celebrations
Piyush Goyal launches Vidyut
Pravah and Urja Mobile App in Goa to enhance consumer connectivity
Veteran Odia actress Manimala
Devi passes away
Famous TV actress Ann Morgan
Guilbert dies
Thailand PM Chan-ocha arrives
in Delhi on a Three-day visit to Boost Ties between both the Nations
Indian-origin Kamala Shirin
Lakhdhir nominated as US Ambassador to Malaysia
India Gets First Women Fighter
Pilots
India settle for silver medal
in Champions Trophy hockey
Chetan Chauhan named NIFT Chairman
Kerala Tourism bags four awards
at ‘FilmAT’ International film festival in Poland
CBDT to soon launch ‘e-nivaran’
for speedy grievance redressal
Sugar shares fall by up to 10%
on imposition of export duty
Review and planning meeting of
Indo-EU ‘Water4crops’ project held in New Delhi
Andy Murray beats Milos Raonic
to win record fifth Queen's title
Nico Rosberg wins European
Grand Prix
India won
Silver medal at Archery World Cup in Antalya
Six Central Universities will
have full fledged Yoga departments from academic session 2016-17 and the number
would be raised to 20 within one year.
Prime Minister to lead the
world in celebrating the Second International Day of Yoga on June 21st
Govt approves 100% FDI in
aviation, defence, e-commerce
Punjab Government launches Mukh
Mantri Punjab Hepatitis C Relief Fund
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
to be launched in Odisha
Kannada film ‘Thithi’ wins top
award in Shanghai film festival
Renowned Educationalist
Jeppiaar passes away
106-year-old Aida Gemanque
becomes oldest Olympic torch bearer
Sri Lankan pacer Shaminda
Eranga suspended by ICC for illegal action
Jaitley releases silver coin to
mark Martyrdom Day of Banda Singh Bahadur
Virginia Raggi became first
female mayor of Rome
Assam Government launches
Maitree Ek Gyan Yatra
South India Bank has announced
the launch of its Remit2India Service. It is a secure online money transfer
service for NRIs. The new arrangement facilitates faster, cost -effective
remittance from the US to SIB accounts in India
IT dept to block PAN, LPG
subsidy of tax defaulters
ISRO launches record 20
satellites in single mission FROM Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota,
Andhra Pradesh.
Scientists make world’s first
1,000-processor microchip
Vice President inaugurates
2-day international conference on Yoga
Maharashtra Govt grants
minority status to Jews as per the provisions of the Maharashtra State
Minorities Commission Act, 2004.
Himachal Pradesh government has
launched a Rs. 640 crore project for skill development under which multipurpose
training and marketing centres will be set up in rural areas as per the needs
of local youths.
Aadhaar to be linked with caste
certificates
SCO summit to begin tomorrow in
Tashkent
Govt sets terms for PPF
withdrawal
Telangana poet and lyricist
Guda Anjaiah passes away
Ken Miyauchi to replace Nikesh
Arora as SoftBank President
Anil Kumble appointed the new
head coach of the Indian cricket team for a period of 1 YEAR .
PayPal appoints Anupam Pahuja
as India Country Manager and MD
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu
has flagged off a new train service between Danapur and Saharsa in Bihar
through video-conferencing at Rail Bhawan in New Delhi.
Cabinet approves Rs.6,000 Cr
package for textiles
LIC chairman S K Roy resigns
two years before his term ends
Assam: Ambubachi Mela at
Kamakhya temple to begins
India ranks 10th in FDI
inflows: UNCTAD report
A Life in
Diplomacy authored by ‘MK Rasgotra’
AIFF (All India Football
Federation) to launch ‘Mission 11 Million’ for football .
Russian hockey winger Artemi
Panarin wins 2015-2016 Calder Memorial Trophy
India wins three match T20
series with Zimbabwe
IIT-Kanpur professor Sanjay
Mittal awarded 2015 GD Birla Award
Mahasthangarh, the 3rd century
BC archaeological site in Bogra, Bangladesh, has been declared as the South
Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SARRC) cultural capital for the year
2016-17.
Brexit wins as Britain votes to
leave European Union in historic referendum , The United Kingdom has voted by
52 % to 48 % to leave the European Union after 43 years in a historic
referendum.
Tech Mahindra Ltd acquires
UK-based BIO Agency Ltd
M S Dhoni becomes brand
ambassador of Exide Life Insurance
RBI releases framework on
payments systems , Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released its much awaited
‘Vision-2018‘ document.
Nagaland Governor launches
women's helpline number '181'
Nokia appoints Sanjay Malik
India head
Colombia and FARC rebels sign
historic ceasefire deal to end 50-year conflict
ADB extends $500-million loan
for river bridge in Bihar
Indian-origin lawyer to chair
panel on human rights in South Sudan
NEIL O’BRIEN, a leader of the
Anglo-Indian community who is credited with pioneering quizzing in the country,
passed away in Kolkata
Sri Lanka's parliament votes in
favour of right to information bill
BCCI to host mini IPL in
September
DRDO inks MoU with Kolkata’s JU
to establish Rs.100 cr research centre at Jadavpur University
Nepal bans citizens from
working in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya
Sri Lankan Parliament passes
Right to Information bill with amendments
Artemi Panarin wins 2015-2016
Calder Memorial Trophy
Noted Malayalam theatre artist
Kavalam Narayana Panicker passes away
International Day against Drug
Abuse and Illicit Trafficking observed with theme Listen First
Chile beat Argentina 4-2 to
lift Copa America cup
Lionel Messi retires from
international football
Jitu Rai wins silver in ISSF
World Cup in 10 m Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup held in Baku,
Azerbaijan.
India formally became the 35th
full member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR).
First flight of BrahMos missile
from SU-30 MKI aircraft successfully conducted
PM Narendra Modi launches Smart
city Mission Projects in Pune
Union Railway Minister Suresh
Prabhu has flagged off a maiden train on 81-km railway line between Sonipat to
Jind.
Darjeeling zoo gets a male snow
leopard for breeding conservation programme
Sri Sri Ravi
Shankar awarded Honorary Fellowship in UK
Government-appointed panel has
selected N S Vishwanathan as a Reserve Bank of India deputy governor replacing
incumbent H R Khan.
Sujoy Bose appointed CEO of
NIIF
Gudni Johannesson wins
Iceland’s presidential election
UP declares all natural
calamities as state disaster
BHEL commissions two hydel
units in Afghanistan
CSIR launches anti diabetic
ayurvedic drug BGR -34
Xerxes Desai founder of Titan
passes away
Anju Bobby George & Pullela
Gopichand taken as members of Khelo India
National Inter-State Senior
Athletics C’ships begin in Hyderabad
Argentina women win record
seventh FIH Champions Trophy title
IPL Season-9 Winner List
IPL Winner Award
- Sunrisers Hyderabad - 15 Crore with Trophy
IPL Runner Up -
Royal Challengers Bangalore - 10 Crore
Orange Cap Award
- Most Runs Scored - Virat Kohli (RCB) - 10 Lakh with Trophy
Purple Cap Award
(Most Wickets) - Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH) - 10 Lakh with Trophy
Most Valuable
Player - Virat Kohli (RCB) - 10 Lakh with Trophy
Emerging Player
of the Season - Mustafizur Rahman (SRH) - 10 Lakh with Trophy
Incoming Visitors of India
Date
|
Name of the Visitor
|
Visited As
|
March 01-03, 2016
|
H. E. Mr. Abul
Hassan Mahmood Ali
|
Foreign Minister of
the People's Republic of Bangladesh
|
March 07-08, 2016
|
H.E. Mr. Adel bin
Ahmed Al-Jubeir
|
Foreign Minister of
Saudi Arabia
|
March 11-13, 2016
|
Ms Claudia Ruiz
Massieu Salinas
|
Foreign Minister of
Mexico
|
March 26-29, 2016
|
Mr. Hernani Coelho
|
Foreign Minister of
Timor Leste
|
April 03-10, 2016
|
Mr. Gunnar Bragi
Sveinsson
|
Minister for
Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland
|
April 10-11, 2016
|
Mr. Abdulla Yameen
Abdul Gayoom
|
President of
Maldives
|
April 23-27, 2016
|
Mr. Fredrick A
Mitchell
|
Minister for
Foreign Affairs of the Bahamas
|
April 27-29, 2016
|
Mr. L. Purevsuren
|
Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Mongolia
|
May 13-14, 2016
|
H.E. Maithripala
Sirisena
|
President of Sri
Lanka
|
May 19, 2016
|
Frank Bainimarama
|
Prime Minister of
Fiji
|
Outgoing Visitors of India
Date
|
Name of the Visitor
|
Visited As
|
March 16-17, 2016
|
Smt. Sushma Swaraj
|
External Affairs
Minister to Nepal
|
March 30, 2016
|
Shri Narendra Modi
|
Prime Minister to
Belgium
|
31 March - 01
April, 2016
|
Shri Narendra Modi
|
Prime Minister to
USA
|
April 2-3, 2016
|
Shri Narendra Modi
|
Prime Minister to
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
|
April 16-17, 2016
|
Smt. Sushma Swaraj
|
External Affairs
Minister to Iran
|
April 17-19, 2016
|
Smt. Sushma Swaraj
|
External Affairs
Minister to Russia
|
April 28-29, 2016
|
Shri Pranab
Mukherjee
|
President to Papua
New Guinea
|
April 30-02 May
2016
|
Shri Pranab
Mukherjee
|
President to New
Zealand
|
May 11-12, 2016
|
Dr. S Jaishankar
|
Foreign Secretary
to Bangladesh
|
May 22-23, 2016
|
Shri Narendra Modi
|
Prime Minister to
Iran
|
May 24-27, 2016
|
Shri Pranab
Mukherjee
|
President to China
|
May 30- June 01,
2016
|
Mohammad Hamid
Ansari
|
Vice President to
Morocco
|
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