June 2015 Current Affairs

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PICK OF THE MONTH 22 Urban Rejuvenation in 22 India and Bangladesh relations@ zenith 28 WJP Rule of Law Index 2015 32 Bibek Debroy committee on railway restructuring submitted report 34 WADA published Anti-Doping Rule Violations Report for 2013 37 First International Day of Yoga observed globally 39 Renowned architect Charles Correa passed away 40 Greece became first developed nation to default on IMF debt 41

INTERNATIONAL 44 Three-drug lethal injection protocol use did not violate Constitution: US Supreme Court 44 India, Thailand signed five MOUs during the 7th Meeting of India-Thailand Joint Commission 45 US Supreme Court ruled against EPA limiting mercury emissions from power plants 46 50 countries signed Articles of Agreement for -initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank 47 Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved Parliament 49 US Supreme Court legalized Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide 49 India, US signed MoUs to enhance cooperation in areas of Health Sector 50 US Supreme Court gave nod to subsidies under US Health Care Law in States without health exchanges 52 Union Cabinet approved signing of MoC between India and on Industrial Property 52 Austria to file complaint against UK’s Hinkley Point C nuclear project in European

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Court of Justice 53 India to be the Partner Country for Russian Industrial Trade Fair Innoprom 2016 55 Nepal-India Treaty of Transit amended to facilitate import of vehicles into Nepal 56 EU launched Operation EU NAVFOR Med against migrant-traffickers 56 Pitcairn Island passed law to allow same-sex marriage 57 India placed at 61st position in terms of foreigners’ money in Swiss banks 58 Commemorations of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo concluded 59 France announced ban on earphones for Drivers and Cyclists 60 US Department of State released Country Reports on Terrorism 2014 61 India, Tanzania signed six MoUs to deepen bilateral relations 62 Blue Opposition Bloc led by Lars Loekke Rasmussen won Denmark’s Parliamentary Elections 63 Hong Kong lawmakers rejected -backed election reform package 65 China and signed Free Trade Agreement 65 Japan’s Parliament passed a Bill to lower voting age from 20 to 18 66 Commission on GSJG released the Confronting the Crisis of Global Governance report 67 India and Poland set trade target of 5 billion US dollars by 2018 69 RTA of UAE included four Indian languages into its driving tests 70 Israeli government approved bill to force feed prisoners 70 passed law awarding citizenship to descendants of expelled Jews 71 Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicle Agreement signed in Thimpu 72 Moldova’s Prime Minister Chiril Gaburuci resigned 73 African leaders signed Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) agreement 74 India, Japan and Australia held first ever trilateral dialogue 75 Nepal political parties reached agreement on proposed Constitution framework 76 Justice and Development Party won Turkey’s parliamentary polls 78 Ameenah Gurib-Fakim sworn-in as first Woman President of Mauritius 79 www.jagranjosh.com 3 Current Affairs June 2015

India- signed agreements to deepen bilateral cooperation 79 WTO’s Dispute Settlement Board ruled against India’s ban on poultry imports from the US 80 India-US signed 2015 Framework for the India-US Defence Relationship 81 India and Belarus signed six Agreements 82 India joined MCAA on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information 83 US President Barack Obama signed USA FREEDOM Act 2015 into law 84 South Korea and China signed bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) 85 India, Sweden signed 6 agreements to restart the strategic dialogue 87

NATIONAL 89 Union Railway Ministry inaugurated Integrated Security System in Mumbai 89 Union Government approved a proposal for setting up second airport at Jewar in NCR 90 Union Government asked Bihar, TN, Rajasthan to introduce milk in mid day meal scheme 91 Union Cabinet approved to set up a National Memorial at birth place of Lok Nayak JP Narayan in Bihar 91 Union Cabinet approved setting up of six Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) 92 Union Government launched India’s first Modernised Anganwadi Centre at Hasan- pur village in Sonepat 93 Union Ministry of Home Affairs designated Agatti and Minicoy Islands as Immigra- tion Check Posts 94 CCEA approved inclusion of Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh in National Dairy Plan- I 95 Union Cabinet approved transfer of NIL’s land to DRDO for establishing a defence research centre 96 Union Cabinet approved Bureau of Indian Standards Bill, 2015 97

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Election Commission of India (ECI) suspended recognition of National People’s Party (NPP) 98 Union Government launched website to connect employers, job seekers 99 Railway Ministry decided to run Suvidha Trains 100 Union Government scrapped import duties on AIDS drugs 100 Union Government launched Migrant Resource Centre in Chennai 101 Union Cabinet approved proposal to promulgate the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 102 Indian Army carried out cross-border operation against militants in Myanmar 104 Union Ministry of Water Resources launched Jal Kranti Abhiyan 105 Union Government launched Khoya Paya web portal 107 Union Government launched IAP HealthPhone programme 108

ECONOMY 110 Registrar General of India released Census data on disabled population 110 Literacy rate 71 percent in rural areas, 86 percent in urban areas: NSSO survey 111 Union Government hiked national floor-level minimum wage to 160 rupees per day 113 RBI extended deadline for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes by 6 months 114 RBI allowed AD Category-I Banks to borrow from International Financial Institutions 114 RBI released Financial Stability Report June 2015 116 UNCTAD released World Investment Report 2015 118 Union Cabinet approved renaming of SECI as Renewable Energy Corporation of India 120 Union Ministry of Finance issued Draft Proposals for Facilitating Electronic Transac- tions 121 FBIL overnight Mumbai Inter-Bank Offer Rate (MIBOR) to become effective from

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July 22 123 SEBI relaxed the IPO norms for technological start-ups to raise funds from capital market 124 EPFO made UAN mandatory for all employers under Employee Provident Fund Act, 1952 125 Overnight Liquid Transaction facility on NSE’s Web-based Mutual Fund platform began functioning 126 Union Ministry of Finance released Draft Outline of Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 127 Union Ministry of Finance formed two committees for facilitating implementation of GST 129 CCEA approved Minimum Support Prices for Kharif Crops of 2015-16 season 130 CCEA approved setting up of 2000 MW of Grid connected Solar PV Power Projects under JNNSM 131 Union Government launched Cluster Development Programme for Pharma Sector 132 Union Government decided to increase number of work days under MGNREGA in drought hit areas 134 Union Cabinet revised target of solar power under JNNSM to 100000 MW by 2022 135 India’s trade deficit in May 2015 narrowed to 10.4 billion US dollars 136 RBI issued final guidelines for 6-year and 13-year Interest Rate Futures 137 RBI issued Draft Framework on Issuance of Rupee linked Bonds Overseas 138 RBI announced Strategic Debt Restructuring Scheme 139 IREDA awarded Miniratna (Category-1) status 141 Second Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2015-16 announced 142 Union Government simplified defence rules to woo foreign companies 143 RBI permitted cross holding in infrastructure bonds 144

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Hike in Service Tax to 14 percent became operational 145

ENVIRONMENT | ECOLOGY 147 Elephant Census Report 2015 of Odisha released 147 First species of Yeti Crab in Antarctica named Kiwa tyleri discovered 148 Taygan Lions Park, Skazka Zoo, Thiruvananthapuram Zoo inked animal exchange agreement 149 Bhuvan Ganga Mobile Application launched to aid National Mission for Clean Ganga 150 Typhoon Kujira struck south China’s Hainan Province 151 India, China can protect 1.4 million premature deaths by improving quality of Air: Study 151 Critically endangered Sangai deer found in Manipur’s Loktak Lake to be translocat- ed 152 Illegal trapping of migratory songbird Yellow-Breasted Bunting leading to its extinc- tion: Study 153 Mangrove vegetation of Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary witnessing denudation 154 NMCG, NYKS signed MoU for involvement of youth in restoring the health of Gan- ga River 155 Tier-I Oil Spill Response Centre for Mumbai Port Trust inaugurated 157 Northern Railway rolled out India’s first rail coach lit by solar panels 158 61-day fishing ban along the Western Coast became effective except in Kerala 159

CORPORATE 160 Bombay HC allowed Nestle India to export Maggi noodles 160 GFH Financial Group signed pact with Adani Group for developing Mumbai Eco- nomic Zone 160 Bajaj Allianz launched weather-based crop insurance scheme for three districts of

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Maharashtra 161 Ujjwal Batria appointed as CEO of Lafarge India 162 Carlyle Group committed up to 500 million US dollars to Magna Energy Ltd. 163 Maharashtra government decided to amend MPDA Act, 1981 164 SoftBank Corp, Bharti Enterprises Limited and Foxconn formed a JV named SBG Cleantech Ltd. 164 GADL, Oman Airport Management Company signed MoU on Aviation Consultancy Services 165 First-ever indigenously developed VRF ACs launched by Blue Star 166 Ricoh India Ltd. launched Picasso for improved access to medical images 166 Wealth-X released World’s Wealthiest Self-Made Billionaires List 167 SoftBank teamed up with Alibaba, Foxconn to market Pepper robot 169 TCS launched Center of Excellence (CoE) for Next-Gen Technology Solutions in Hyderabad 169 SunEdison Inc acquired -based Continuum Wind Energy Ltd 170 Bengaluru based Ganit labs developed 5000 rupees test for tongue cancer patients 171 Karbonn to set up its first mobile phone manufacturing facility in Hyderabad 171 Snapdeal.com acquired Letsgomo Labs 172 Aequs Pvt Ltd acquired -based T&K Machine Inc 173 Dick Costolo resigned as CEO of Twitter Inc 173 Vinita Bali appointed as Chair of Board of Directors of GAIN 174 Ravi Garikipati appointed as Entrepreneur in Residence of Flipkart 175 Amazon opened its biggest Fulfilment Centre in Hyderabad 175 HDFC Bank launched PayZapp 176 PVR Ltd agreed to acquire DLF’s DT Cinemas for 500 crore rupees 177 ICICI Bank appointed MK Sharma as Non-Executive Chairman 178 Anshu Jain, Juergen Fitschen resigned as Co-CEO of Deutsche Bank 178 R Seshasayee appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of Infosys Limited 179

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Fortune released 61st edition of list of top 500 companies 180 Volvo India appointed Tom von Bonsdorff as Managing Director 180 Stempeucel, a stem cell drug, received Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) in Europe 181 Punit Renjen appointed as CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited 181 Harley-Davidson tied-up with Myntra for online merchandise sale 182 Emami Limited acquired hair care brand Kesh King 182 Pawan Munjal appointed as the CMD of Hero MotoCorp Ltd 183 Intel announced to buy Altera for 16.7 billion US dollars 183 Amit Jain appointed as President of Uber Inc’s India Operations 184

SCIENCE | TECHNOLOGY 185 30 June 2015 clocked one second longer 185 First-ever possible treatments for MERS Virus identified 188 Hilleman Laboratories developed affordable Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine 189 ITU defined 5G network speed as 20 Gbps 190 World’s first flexible and skin-like display developed 191 Scientists discovered a way to guide electric discharges using lasers 192 Kerala’s Trinity College of Engineering launched student satellite TASSAT project 193 WHO’s IARC classified lindane, DDT, and 2,4-D as carcinogenic to humans 194 China launched world’s first electric passenger aircraft BX1E 196 Immunogen eOD-GT8 60mer can stimulate immune system to block HIV/AIDS in- fection in mice: Study 196 Brightest Galaxy in Early Universe named after Cristiano Ronaldo as CR7 198 Previously unknown extreme star formation Eye of Medusa observed 100 million light years away 198 CSIR set up India’s first Micro Air Vehicle Aerodynamics Research Tunnel in Ben- www.jagranjosh.com 9 Current Affairs June 2015 galuru 199 Union Government launched Augmented Reality Application named Sakaar 201 Comet lander Philae woke up after seven months of hibernation 202 Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) launched India Nuclear Insurance Pool (INIP) 203 NASA scientist developed tool to predict destructive solar storms 204 Indian-origin scientist Manu Prakash developed World’s first water-based computer 205 Scientists at CIMAP succeeded in whole genome sequencing of Holy basil or Tulsi 206

SPORTS 208 Nelson Piquet Jr won the inaugural FIA Formula E Championship 208 Satnam Singh Bhamara became first Indian basketball player to join NBA 209 Wei, Li won men’s & women’s singles of Open Badminton tournament 2015 210 Gutta-Ponappa won women’s doubles of Canada Open Badminton tournament 2015 210 International Cricket Council approved amendments to playing conditions in ODIs and T20Is 211 Veselin Topalov won the Norway Chess Tournament 2015 211 became 47th player to join 100 partners club on ATP Circuit 212 Sachin Tendulkar named as greatest Test player of 21st century 213 Zaheer Abbas, former Captain of Pakistan’s Cricket team, named as President of ICC 214 Bangladesh won 3-match ODI series against India 2-1 215 Inderjeet Singh, Jinson Johnson won gold at Asian Athletics Grand Prix 216 Steffi Graf appointed as Kerala’s Ayurveda brand ambassador 217 Indian Railway Team won World Railway Championship 2015 in and Volley-

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