Today Important Current Affairs 10th June 2019 With PDF

• The name of the report is Brand Trust Report India to gift cricket stadium to Maldives 2019.

• India will build a cricket stadium, which is likely Ferry service to connect India and Maldives to come up at Hulhumale, an island south of North Male atoll. • India and the Maldives have agreed to launch a • India will also train young Maldivian men and passenger-cum-cargo ferry service between women in cricket. Kochi and the Maldivian capital Male via • Ties between India and the Maldives have Kulhudhuffushi atoll. warmed considerably after the election of • The initiative was announced during PM Ibrahim Mohamed Solih as the president in Narendra Modi's 2-day state visit to the Indian September, 2018. Ocean archipelago. • A MoU was signed between the two sides for Govt to procure 2 supercomputers the establishment of passenger and cargo services by sea. • The government will procure 2 more supercomputers whose combined computing Modi, Jinping to meet at SCO Summit powers would be 8 times the existing capacity. • Plans are afoot to buy these supercomputers, • Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the with a combined total computing speed of 80 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) petaflops, at a cost of approximately ₹1,500 summit at Bishkek. crore. • He would also meet PM Narendra Modi there. • The new supercomputers will be set up at the • This would be the first meeting between the two existing institutes of the MoES. two leaders after the BJP's massive victory in the general elections. Amazon most trusted among other brands • The SCO summit is due to be held on 13-14 June in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. • E-commerce major Amazon is the most trusted among the Internet brands in India, followed by Mekathoti: Dalit woman Home Minister of AP Google and Facebook, according to a recent report by TRA Research. • YSR Congress party president and Andhra • Among the 32 Internet brands surveyed, Indian Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy named a messaging app Hike ranked fourth, beating Dalit woman as the home minister of the state. Facebook-owned Whatsapp, which ranked 10th.

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• Mekathoti Sucharita represents Prathipadu (SC) • Veteran journalist and Tamil Nadu Chief of news reserved constituency in Guntur district. agency ANI E Gopinath passed away in Chennai • She was sworn in as a cabinet minister, along in June 2019. with 24 others at a ceremony held at Velagapudi in Amaravati. Appointments

PM Modi: 1st leader to visit Sri Lanka • Jammu and Kashmir government removed Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Bank Chairman • PM Narendra Modi arrived in Sri Lanka on his Parvez Ahmad. way back to India from the Maldives. • It appointed R K Chibber as interim chairman of • PM Modi is the first world leader to visit the the lender. island nation over two months after the serial • Chibber will replace Ahmad, who was appointed bombings on Easter left more than 250 dead. in 2016 as the Chairman of the bank. • PM Modi was received by Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Maldives to confer award to PM Modi airport. • PM Narendra Modi was conferred with Maldives Sirisena gifted Buddha statue to PM Modi highest award ‘Nishan Izzuddin’. • The main aim of his visit was to further cement • Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena ties with the Indian Ocean archipelago. presented PM Narendra Modi a Buddha statue • PM Modi and President Solih held delegation- in meditation posture. level talks as the two countries signed a slew of • This replica of the Samadhi Buddha statue has agreements to strengthen bilateral ties in a been hand carved using white teak. number of key areas including defence. • This masterpiece has taken almost two years to complete. Hamilton won 7th Canadian GP • This is considered to be one of the best sculptures in the Anuradhapura era. • Lewis Hamilton secured a record-breaking • The original statue was sculptured between the 7th win at the 2019 Canadian Grand Prix after 4-7th centuries AD. Sebastian Vettel was penalised for dangerous driving. Obituaries II • A five-second race time penalty was given to Vettel. • Former Puducherry Chief Minister and DMK • Ferrari will appeal against the decision over the leader R.V. Janakiraman passed away in June five-second penalty given to Vettel which costed 2019. him the race. • Mr. Janakiraman became the Chief Minister in 1996 and represented the Nellithope Assembly JDU not part of NDA outside Bihar constituency for five consecutive times.

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• Janata Dal-United, JD(U) has decided that it will • According to the Economic Survey, the dip in not be part of the National Democratic Alliance economic growth is expected as the government (NDA) outside Bihar. failed to meet targets in nearly all sectors. • This decision was taken in the party's national • The manufacturing sector slid by 0.3% and the executive meeting in Patna which was chaired large scale manufacturing showed a negative by JD(U) President Nitish Kumar. growth of 2%. • The party will contest assembly polls separately in four states-Jharkhand, Haryana, Delhi, and India called upon G-20 countries Jammu & Kashmir. • India has called upon the G-20 countries to Mumbai metro completed five years of operation urgently fix the issue of taxing profits made by digital economy companies in countries where • The Mumbai metro completed five years of they do not have a significant physical presence. operation in June 2019. • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed • During the last five years of operation, Metro the 2-day meeting of the G-20 Finance Ministers has achieved running the service without a and central bank Governors at Fukuoka in Japan single case of an accident or any fatality. on 9 June 2019. • The metro completed 6.17 lakh trips transporting 54 Crore commuters. Rafael Nadal won French Open • The present metro line connects Versova western part of the metropolis to Ghatkopar in • In Tennis, world number two Rafael Nadal lifted the central line. the French Open Men's Singles title for the 12th time. Home Ministry issues advisory to WB • He became the first player to win 12 Singles titles at the same Grand Slam and has now won • The Centre has strongly advised the West 18 majors overall. Bengal government to ensure that all necessary • Nadal is now just 2 titles behind Roger Federer's measures are taken to maintain law and order, all-time record of 20 majors and is 3 ahead of peace and public tranquility in the state. world number one Novak Djokovic. • Expressing deep concern over the violence even after the conclusion of General Elections, the India announced U-19 squad for ODI series Centre has asked the state to take strict action against officials. • All-India Junior Selection Committee announced the squad for the upcoming U-19 Tri-nation ODI Pakistan's economic growth to hit 3.3% series to be played against England and Bangladesh. • Pakistan's economic growth in the financial year • The series will begin from July 21 and will be ending in June is expected to hit 3.3%, well played in England. below the target of 6.3%. • The first match will be played between India and England at Worcester.

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Kazakhstan elected new leader • Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will chair the meeting in New Delhi. • Kazakhstan elected the successor of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev with 70% of the • He will discuss the issue of water crisis and vote. seek states co-operation to overcome it. • The victory of Kassym Jomart-Tokayev was never in doubt after he received the blessing of Obituaries I powerful Nazarbayev. • His nearest opposition rival Amirzhan Kosanov • Noted actor, dramatist and Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad passed away in had around 15%. Bengaluru due to multi-organ failure in June 2019. Meeting on water crisis issues to be held • Besides the Jnanpith award, Karnad was also conferred the Padma Shri and Padma • The Centre will hold a meeting with Water Bhushan. Resources Ministers of different states on the • Ex-UEFA chief Johansson, also known as the issue of water conservation and drinking water father of Champions League, passed away due to illness in June 2019. on 11 June 2019.

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