Daily Current Affairs Capsule 5Th June 2019

Daily Current Affairs Capsule th 5 June 2019 1. World Environment Day: 05 June 2019 World Environment Day is observed every year on the 5th of June. • The day is celebrated every year to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth. • This year the theme of Environment Day is ‘Air Pollution’. • Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on the eve of world environment day launched a people’s campaign #SelfiewithSapling urging all to join and plant a sapling and post the selfie with the sapling on social media. 2. Army commissions air quality monitor at Fort William As part of it's countrywide 'Go Green' initiative, the Indian Army commissioned a "Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System (CAAQMS)" at Fort William Military Station, Kolkata. • Lt Gen M M Naravane, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, commissioned the system, which monitors air pollution on a real-time basis. • The CAAQMS at the Eastern Command headquarters will measure air pollution, including particulate matter throughout the year. • In addition, it also displays wind speed, direction, ambient temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, barometric pressure and rain gauge. 3. AAI in pact with Boeing for modernising India's air traffic management Boeing has signed a technical assistance agreement with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to jointly develop a comprehensive 10-year roadmap for modernising air traffic management in India. • The roadmap is expected to be developed within 18 months and it will be undertaken with a grant from the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). • The AAI owns and manages around 125 airports across the country. 4. World Bank retains growth forecast for the Indian economy at 7.5% The World Bank retained its forecast of India's growth rate at 7.5 per cent for the current financial year. • In its Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank also said growth rate is expected to remain the same for the next two fiscals. • According to the report, private consumption and investment will benefit from strengthening credit growth amid more accommodative monetary policy, with inflation having fallen below the Reserve Bank of India's target. 5. CAG Rajiv Mehrishi electedExternal Auditor for WHO Comptroller and Auditor General of India Rajiv Mehrishi has been elected as external auditor of the World Health Organization (WHO) for four years from 2020 to 2023. • Mehrishi was elected at the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva last month with a majority • The CAG of India is currently also on the Board of Auditors of the United Nations and Vice Chair of the UN Panel of External Auditors. 6. RBI approves the appointment of Rakesh Makhija as Chairman of Axis Bank The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the appointment of Rakesh Makhija as chairman of the Axis Bank. • The board of the bank in March had approved the appointment of Makhija as chairman subject to RBI clearance. • He will serve as the chairman of the bank, for a period of 3 years, with effect from July 18, 2019, up to July 17, 2022. • He has held a number of top management positions within the SKF Group. 7. Sunder Pichai, Nasdaq's Friedman to receive 2019 Global Leadership Award Google's India-born CEO Sundar Pichai and Nasdaq president Adena Friedman have been chosen for the prestigious Global Leadership Awards 2019. • The award is given by business advocacy group USIBC in recognition of the two companies' contribution as the leading technology-driven platforms. • The award by Washington-based US-India Business Council (USIBC) would be conferred upon Indian- American Pichai, and Friedman, during the next week's 'India Ideas Summit'. • Given annually since 2007, the USIBC Global Leadership Awards recognise top corporate executives from the United States and India whose companies play a major role in catalysing growth in the US-India commercial corridor. 8. Indian Jr. women's hockey team clinch Cantor Fitzgerald U21 The Indian junior women's hockey team clinched the Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International 4-Nations title after beating Ireland 1-0 in the final at Dublin, Ireland. • The win meant India ended the tournament with an unblemished record. • With three goals in four games, Mumtaz Khan finished as the highest goal scorer of the tournament. 9. China will host the 2023 Asian Cup China will stage the 2023 Asian Cup football after South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia dropped their bids. • This was confirmed by the Asian Football Confederation in Paris. • It will mark the second time for China to host the quadrennial continental tournament. • In the 2004 edition, China had finished runners-up to Japan. 10. Actress Ruma Guha Thakurta passes away Bengali actress and singer Ruma Guha Thakurta passed away following old age-related problems. • She featured in films such as Jwar Bhata, Ganga and 36 Chowringhee Lane. • She was the founder of the Calcutta Youth Choir (CYC), which played a role in popularising 'Gana Sangeet' or mass songs in Bengal, • She was the first wife of actor-singer Kishore Kumar. .

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