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Current affairs news of September 11th to September 20th

• The UN General Assembly gave its overwhelming approval to a Palestinian resolution which permits the flag of Palestine to fly at the UN Headquarters in New York. There were 119 votes in favour out of 193 UN members while the United States and Israel were among eight countries that voted against the Palestinian-drafted resolution. Palestine described this as a major step toward full UN membership.
• 12th World Hindi Conference, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 September 2015. The conference primarily focuses on exploring the possibilities of expanding the influence of Hindi across the world. The main feature of this conference is that with it the WHC has returned to India after an interval of 32 years.Bhopal(M.P) hosted this event.
• Union Cabinet approved the constitution of 21st edition of Law Commission. The Law Commission is a non-statutory body constituted by the government from time to time primarily for reviewing the effectiveness and relevance of present laws. It was originally constituted in 1955 and is re-constituted every three years.
• Virat Kohli became a co-owner of UAE Royals, which is one of the five franchisee teams of the Mahesh Bhupathi promoted Indian Premier Tennis League( IPTL).
• People's Action Party (PAP) won Singapore general election.PAP was led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in the election.
• US open winners: women’s singles-Flavia Pennetta(Italy) defeated Roberta Vinci(Italy),thus became the oldest first-time Grand Slam women’s champion in the Open era.In mixed doubles Leander Paes (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) defeated American duo Sam Querrey and Bethanie Mattek.Mens singles- Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Roger Federer of Switzerland. Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis won Women's Doubles title.

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• World welterweight boxing champion Floyd Mayweather  Jr. (US) ended his illustrious boxing career on 12 September 2015 with a win over Andre Berto to claim the 49th and final win of his career. He thus ended 49-0 to match the record of heavyweight boxing legend Rocky Marciano.
• Malcolm Turnbull, a former Liberal Party leader and Communications Minister, became Australia’s fourth Prime Minister in just over two years after Tony Abbott lost a leadership ballot by members of his party. 
• AUSINDEX-15 is the name given to the first bilateral naval exercise between India and Australia being conducted off the east coast of India from 12 September to 19 September 2015. 
• The 6th Indo-Maldives joint Military Training Exercise, which concluded on 13 September 2015, was held at Thiruvananthapuram.
• India Rapid Reaction Cell (IRRC) – the first-ever country special cell at Pentagon was established to speed up United States’ defence ties with India and accelerate the process of co-development and co-production of hi-tech military equipment in the country.
• The registration certificate of Sahara India Financial Corporation Limited (SIFCL) to act as a non-banking financial company (NBFC) was cancelled effective 3 September 2015 under the RBI Act.
• The World Bank on 14 September 2015 released the first ever ranking of States on the “Ease of Doing Business” in India. The rating assessed states over a six-month period from January to June 2015 on the issue of implementation of “ease of doing business” policy. Gujarat topped the list. Followed by Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand.
• Tamil Nadu state govt. on 16 September 2015 announced making it mandatory for all high rise buildings in the state to have solar power generation facility.
• “Shauryanjali”- name of the exhibition that was started on 15 September 2015 at the India Gate lawns in New Delhi to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Indo-Pak War of 1965. “Shauryanjali” has recreated the battle scene in various sectors beginning from Rann of Kutch to the ceasefire and Tashkent Summit.
• Indian author Sunjeev Sahota is among the six writers short-listed for the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2015. Sunjeev Sahota was short-listed for his book “The Year of the Runaways”, which centers around the lives of three Indian men, one a Dalit and a woman, all migrants from India.
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 16 September 2015 accorded “in-principal” approval for 10 small finance banks. 1) Au Financiers, 2) Capital Local Area Bank, 3) Disha Microfin, 4) Equitas Holdings, 5) ESAF Microfinance, 6) Janalakshmi Financial Services, 7) RGVN (North East) Microfinance, 8) Suryoday Micro Finance, 9) Ujjivan Financial Services and 10) Utkarsh Micro Finance.
• Nepal’s parliament approved country‟s new constitution on 16 September 2015.
• Hangzhou, the capital of China’s Zhejiang Province is chosen for hosting 2022 Asian Games.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ambitious Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) on the occasion of his visit to Varanasi. Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) is one of the flagship schemes of the Ministry of Power and will be at the core attempt to ensure 24×7 power for all.
• Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY)-New scheme for welfare of people affected by mining related operations.
• India ranked at 81st place out of 141 countries in Global Innovation Index (GII) 2015. Globally, Switzerland, followed by the United Kingdom, Sweden, Netherlands and the US are ranked as the most innovative countries in the world.
• Godavari, Krishna Rivers formally linked at Ibrahimpatnam Ferry village in Andhra Pradesh.The two rivers were linked under the Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Scheme on Godavari River at Pattisam village in West Godavari district.
• Two Years Eight Months and Twenty Eight Nights written by Salman Rushdie released. The book can be easily called as an update to Rushdie’s ancient eastern classic, A Thousand and One Nights and the story revolves around the great Spanish-Muslim philosopher Ibn Rushd.
• India, US created Joint Challenge Coin to mark partnership.One side of the coin reads Forward Together We Go and Chale Chale Saath Saath in Hindi, which is the vision statement of US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• Hungary declared emergency in areas near Serbian border to check Migrant crisis. The declaration of emergency is part of the refugee crisis which the European Union (EU) nations has been facing from Africa especially Syria.
• Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina won the United Nations Champions of the Earth Award 2015.Sheikh Hasina has demonstrated leadership in making climate change an issue of national priority and advocating for an ambitious global response.
• Union Cabinet approved Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission for overall development of rural areas.The Mission approved with an outlay of 5142.08 crore rupees aims to create 300 Rurban growth clusters over the next 3 years, across the country.
• 16 September 2015:21st International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer observed across the world.The theme and the slogan for the year 2015 are 30 Years of Healing the Ozone Together and Ozone: All there is between you and UV respectively.
• 15th September:International Day of Democracy observed with the theme Space for Civil Society.It was created by the UN General Assembly through a resolution in 2007 to strengthen national programmes devoted to the promotion and consolidation of democracy.
• U.N general assembly UNGA adopted Document on Advancing Security Council Reforms.The proposal which was adopted for the first time in 23 years has been welcomed by India and G4 group comprising of Brazil, Germany, Japan and India and L.69 Group of Developing Countries.
• Government to provide additional 50 days work to farmers under MGNREGA in drought-hit areas.The additional days will be provided to bring relief to farmers in view of deficit monsoon in various parts of the country.
• DMRC to execute 6769 crore rupees worth Vijayawada Metro Rail Project.
• The state government also gave in principal approval to the DMRC for the execution of the Vishakhapatnam Metro Rail Project.
• Indian Railways partnered with Google to provide free Wi-Fi services under Project Nilgiri.Under this initiative, free Wi-Fi services will be provided to passengers in 400 railway stations across the country.
• Union Government approved the purchase of 10 Heron TP drones from Israel.This 400 million US dollars proposal for buying armed missile-armed drones from Israel will enhance India's cross-border military strike capability.
• Rakesh Sharma appointed as MD and CEO of Canara Bank.Prior to this appointment, Sharma was the MD and CEO of Lakshmi Vilas Bank since March 2014.
• Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani on 10 September 2015 launched the National Web Portal for promotion of National Apprenticeship Scheme for Graduates, Diploma holders and 10+2 pass-outs vocational certificate holders. The Union Ministry also released a Logo and a Slogan Sashakt Yuva, Samarth Bharat for the National Web Portal. 
• Mumbai Dialogue: Towards a TB-free India launched.According to the World Health Organization Global TB Report 2014, 240000 Indians die of TB each year and 61000 suffer from multidrug-resistant TB.

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Current Affairs: July 2015

Friends,here we are sharing review of important events of july 2015.Hope this "current affairs july 2015" will be helpful in coming bank exams.

July1

• National Sample Survey Office (NSSO): Literacy rate in the rural areas at 71 per cent and 86 per cent in the urban areas in year 2014.
• The last minute of June 2015 was kept one second longer, for a process known as leap second. The leap second and leap years are added as basic ways to keep the clock in sync with the Earth and its seasons.Leap second was last observed in june 2012.
• State Bank of India (SBI) announced its tie-up with MakeMyTrip.com with an objective to boost e-commerce and m-commerce ecosystem.
• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa won the R.K Nagar by-election with a huge margin of 1.51 lakhs.
• Union Government during June 2015 completed the construction of a memorial for a former Prime Minister P.V.Narasimha Rao at Delhi’s Ekta Sthal Memorial Complex. 
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 1 July 2015 launched the Digital India Week, as part of the Digital India initiative to give India a big push in digital technology.
• Cuba became the first country to eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis from mother to baby as announced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on 1 July 2015.
• Matti Makkonen (Finland) passed away.He was known as the father of short messaging service (SMS) after developing the idea of sending messages via mobile networks.

July2

• Bharti Airtel became the third-largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscribers as disclosed in the latest data published by World Cellular Information Service (WCIS). China Mobile and Vodafone Group occupied the first and second spots respectively.
• Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on 1 July tabled a proposal in the State Assembly to lift the ban on sale and manufacture of liquor.
• World Bank has approved an additional loan of 650 million dollars for India’s Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) Project.DFC Project aims at the faster delivery of goods between the northern and eastern parts of the country.
• Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Narendra Modi approved Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) or PM’s Agriculture Irrigation Scheme. PMKSY is central scheme that aims at providing irrigation facilities to every village in the country by converging ongoing irrigation schemes implemented by various ministries.
• Greece has become the first developed nation to default on International Monetary Fund (IMF) debt. It has defaulted on a 1.7 billion dollars payment to IMF. The deadline for debt payment was missed by Greece after Eurozone Finance Ministers refused to extend its bailout.
• Union Cabinet has approved setting up of an Online National Agriculture Market that will provide more options to farmers for selling their produce. Decision in this regard was taken at a Union Cabinet meeting presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. For online national agriculture market, an online platform will be set up. On this platform farmers will be able to sell and buy vegetables, fruits and other produce from across the country.
• Moving away from the tradition ,the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) remained opened on 1 July 2015 so as to facilitate settlement of public and market transactions. Normally, RBI remains closed for public transactions on every year’s 1 July due to annual closing of accounts on this day. RBI’s accounting year is from July to June.

July3

• Indian economy crossed $2-trillion mark during 2014 as disclosed in the data released by the World Bank in Washington on 2 July .
• Fazle Hasan Abed of Bangladesh has been named as the winner of the 2015 World Food Prize. He is founder and chairman of Bangladesh-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) BRAC (originally known as Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) which is world’s largest NGO. Since its formation, BRAC is being credited for helping more than 150 million people out of poverty.

July4

• Chile created history by winning the Copa America tournament for 2015 on 4 July 2015. The host team defeated the much-fancied Argentina by 4-1 on penalties to win the prestigious tournament. This was the first Copa America title for Chile. Peru defeated Paraguay 2-0 in the play-off match to finish the tournament at third place.
• Union Government has launched mobile App to know gram panchayats assets. It was launched by Union Rural Development and Minister Ch Birender Singh. It was launched on the occasion of Digital India Week in New Delhi.
• Nationwide mobile number portability (MNP) has become operational from 3 July 2015. It became operational after major private mobile operators like Vodafone, RCom, Airtel, Uninor and Idea Cellular along with state-run BSNL and MTNL issued statements to launch MNP.
• Mahindra Defence Systems Limited, a subsidiary of Mahindra Group and Airbus Helicopter have inked pact to form a joint venture (JV) company to produce helicopters in India. In this regard, both entities have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture.
• Ira Singhal topped the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination to select IAS and IPS officers, the results for which were declared on 4 July 2015.
• State run telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) launched pre-paid card linked mobile wallet service ‘Speed Pay’. It was launched by Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in New Delhi.

July5

• Greek voters voted overwhelmingly to reject the terms of a bailout by European entities in a referendum held on 5 July 2015. Much-awaited referendum was held to decide whether or not Greece was to accept the bailout conditions in the country’s govt.
• Corporation Bank on 4 July 2015 became the first in the country to launch the MUDRA Card, under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) scheme. The card facilitates the withdrawal and use of the working capital finance by micro entrepreneurs.
• The United States won FIFA Women’s Football World Cup 2015 on 5 July 2015 The final was played between the U.S. and Japan on 5 July 2015 at BC Place, Vancouver.

July6

• Kruti Tiwari, an IIT-JEE topper from Indore, was nominated as the brand ambassador of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream project Digital India.
• Software giant Microsoft has agreed to develop ‘digital villages’ and a ‘smart MIDC’ (industrial colony) in Maharashtra under state’s flagship ‘Make In Maharashtra’ initiative.
• Fiji broke the record for the biggest win in international football with a 38-0 victory on 5 July 2015 in their match against Micronesia in Pacific Games 2015.

July7

• In an important ruling, the Supreme Court on 6 July 2015 ruled that an unwed mother can be the legal guardian of a child without the consent of the father. The current law requires that a notice has to be sent to the child’s father for his consent when there is a petition for guardianship.
• World Champions Australia defeated Belgium by 1-0 in the finals of the Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Final tournament. Thus Australia claimed gold medal while hosts Belgium got the silver medal in the tournament. HWL Semi-final was hosted at the KHC Dragons Stadium in Antwerp (Belgium). The tournament’s final will be played in Mohali (India) during December 2015.india finished Fourth in the tournament.
• World Boxing Organization (WBO) has stripped of the Welterweight World title 2015 won by Floyd Mayweather in May 2015. Decision in this regard was taken by WBO after Mayweather failed to pay the 200,000 dollar sanctioning fee to WBO prior to the deadline of 3 July 2015.
• India signed a historic uranium deal with Kazakhstan on 6 July 2015 during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit of Kazakhstan. Under the deal, India will receive 5,000 metric tonnes uranium from Kazakhstan.

July 8

• India and Kazakhstan launched the first exploratory drilling at Satpayev oil block owned by India’s ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) and Kazakhstan company KazMunaiGaz. It was jointly launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kazakhstan premier Karim Massimov in Astana, Kazakh capital. Satpayev oil block is an offshore field located in the Northern Caspian Sea. It has potential reserves estimated at 1.8 billion barrels crude oil and natural gas.
• World Bank has ranked the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MGNREGA) as the world’s largest public works programme. It was revealed in recently released World Bank Group’s report titled ‘The State of Social Safety Nets 2015‘. Report Highlights MGNREGA (under Ministry of Rural Development) provides social security net to 182 million beneficiaries i.e. almost 15 per cent of the India’s population.
• Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai became the first in the world to have manufactured 50 thousand railway coaches, It primarily manufactures railway coach for Indian Railways but also exports railway coaches to other countries.
• Jin Liqun former Finance Minister of China was named as the first Chief of the Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which is being established as an alternative financial entity to the U.S. and Europe-dominated banking institutions.
• Indian captain Mithali Raj made history on 6 July 2015 by becoming the first Indian and second in women’s ODI history to complete 5000 runs.
• Hyderabad-based Turbo Megha Airways on 7 July 2015 became the newest aviation company to receive flying licence from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India’s aviation regulator.It will operate under brand name Trujet.

July9

• Indian Railways launched a mobile ticketing application for unreserved tickets for commuters in Western Railway. It was launched by Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu. This mobile ticketing service will cover 35 stations between the 123 km long Churchgate -Dhauroad and facilitate a hassle free travel for lakhs of daily passengers in Mumbai.
• eMudhra Limited, a leading certifying firm in the country for digital signatures launched first of its kind eSign services in the country as part of the Digital India Vision. eSign is an online electronic signature service legally valid and secure under the Information Technology Act, 2000. It will facilitate an Aadhaar holder to digitally sign a document within seconds.
• Vadodara district of Gujarat and China’s Xinjinag province has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of twin cities.
• Notable Urdu poet, critic and orator Bashar Navaaz passed away in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. He was 80 years old. He was known as an Indo Pak shayar as his gazals are popular in India as well as Pakistan. 
• India and United States have signed inter-governmental agreement to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). It was signed by Revenue Secretary Shaktikanta Das and US Ambassador to India Richard Verma in New Delhi. The agreement will promote transparency on tax matters and curb offshore tax evasion by exchange of information between the two countries.
• Sriram Kalyanaraman was appointed as Managing Director and CEO of National Housing Bank (NHB). NHB is the regulator of India’s housing finance sector. Sriram Kalyanaraman became the first person from the private sector to head a public sector financial institution when he was appointed MD and CEO of NHB.At present, Kalyanaraman is Director-Business Development, Equifax Credit Information Services.

July10

• Indigenously developed supersonic surface-to-air Akash Missile has been inducted in Indian Air Force (IAF). The Akash missile was inducted by Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at a function held at Maharajpur Airbase in Gwalior after he handed over the symbolic key of Akash defence system (ADS) to Air chief Marshal Arup Raha.
• Uttarakhand became first Indian state to install a system to detect earthquakes and disseminate warnings. The first system has been installed in its capital Dehradun which will issue warnings 1-40 seconds before earthquakes of magnitude 5 or more occur.
• The 2-day 7th BRICS Summit was concluded on 9 July 2015 at Ufa (Russia). The Summit comprised the heads of state of 5 BRICS countries – Dilma Rousseff (Brazil), Vladimir Putin (Russia), Narendra Modi (India), Xi Jinping (China) and Jacob Juma (South Africa).
• Ashok K. Lahiri, a former Chief Economic Advisor (CEA), was named as the first Chairman of Bandhan Bank. Chandra Sekhar Ghosh will be the MD and CEO of the bank. The bank will start its operations from 23 August 2015.
• Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan: launched by the former President Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam on 9 July 2015 .Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan(RAA) primarily seeks to develop a natural sense of passion towards learning of Science and Maths in school students of the country. Under this initiative, government schools will be mentored by Institutes like IITs/ IIMs/ IISERs and other Central Universities.
• National Floor Level Minimum Wage/ minimum daily wage for workers (NFLMW) raised by Rs.23 to reach Rs. 160 per day.
• In an important step, Union Government on 8 July 2015 allowed seven state-owned entities(National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Indian Railways Finance Corporation (IRFC), Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), NTPC, Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation (REC)) to raise Rs. 40,000 crore in the current fiscal through tax-free bonds.

July11

• India and Pakistan were given membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on 10 July 2015. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is political, economic and military organisation that was founded in 2001 by 6 countries in Shanghai – China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
• ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-28 has successfully put five satellites of United Kingdom into designated orbits. They were successfully put designated into orbit after its lift off from first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikotta, Andhra Pradesh With the overall mass of five satellites is about 1,440kg, this launch became the heaviest commercial mission ever undertaken by ISRO.
• Indian-origin Sunita Williams is among four veteran astronauts chosen by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to fly the first commercial space vehicles. Other three astronauts are Robert Behnken,Eric Boeand  Douglas Hurley.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 9 July 2015 allowed mass transit system (MTS) operators like Mumbai Metro, Delhi Metro, Indian Railways, etc. to issue pre-paid cards to their customer. The customers can easily transfer money to these cards that can be swiped on machines instead of standing in long queues to purchase travel tickets.
• State-run National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has set a target of providing 30,000 crore rupees as credit to farmers for irrigational purpose. It was announced by Bank’s Chairman and Managing Director Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala in Mumbai on the occasion of 34th Foundation Day of NABARD. This credit will be provided over the next three years i.e. till 2018 and for this NABARD already has sanctioned 1,000 crore rupees.
• In Indian Super League (ISL) Players Auction Indian captain Sunil Chhetri bagged the highest bid, at Rs. 1.20 crore at the auctions. He was bought by Mumbai City FC.

July12 

• Sania Mirza of India created history on 11 July 2015 when she won the Wimbledon women’s doubles title with her Swiss partner Martina Hingis to become the first female player from the country to win a women’s doubles Grand Slam trophy.
• Wimbledon 2015 winners: Men’s Singles Title: Defending Champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the 2015 Men’s Singles Wimbledon Title. In the final match, he defeated Roger Federer of Switzerland by 7-6(7-1), 6-7(10-12), 6–4, 6-3 score. It is Djokovic’s 3rd Wimbledon Title (2011, 2014 and 2015) overall 12th men’s single Grand Slam title. Women’s Singles Title: Serena Williams of United States has won Women’s Singles Wimbledon title at 2015. In the final match played she defeated Garbine Muguruza of Spain by 6-4, 6-4 score. It is Williams’ sixth Women’s Singles Wimbledon title (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2015) and overall 21th Grand Slam title. Women’s Doubles Title: Sania Mirza (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) pair won the 2015 women’s Doubles Wimbledon Title. In the final match, they defeated Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina by 5–7, 7–6 (7–4), 7–5 score. Men’s Doubles Title: Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) and Horia Tecău (Romania) pair won the 2015 men’s Doubles Wimbledon Title. In the final match they defeated Jamie Murray (UK) and John Peers (Australia) pair by 7–5, 6–4, 6–4 score. Mixed Doubles Title: Leander Paes (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) pair won the 2015 Mixed Doubles Wimbledon Title. In the final match, they defeated Alexander Peya (Austria) and Tímea Babos (Hungary) pair by 6-1, 6-1 score. Boys’ Doubles Title: Sumit Nagal (India) and Lý Hoàng Nam (Vietnam) pair won the 2015 Boy’s Doubles Wimbledon Title. In the final match they defeated Reilly Opelka (US) and Akira Santillan (Japan) pair by 7–6(7–4), 6-4 score.
• Operation Talash:name of the search operation for the Indian Coast Guard’s Dornier aircraft that went missing off the Tamil Nadu coast on 8 June 2015. Debris were located some 1,000 metres under the sea on 10 July 2015
• The foundation stone for an international Internet gateway was laid by Union Communication and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad at Tripura’s capital Agartala on 11 July 2015. This Internet gateway is being established in an effort to create a hassle-free and potent Internet link for the northeastern states through Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. Agartala will become the third international Internet gateway in India after Mumbai and Chennai.

July13

• ‘Buddha In A Traffic Jam’ film has won the best original screenplay in a Foreign Language award at the Madrid International Film Festival. The film is a political satire directed by filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri.
• India and Georgia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the field of election management and administration. The MoU was signed by Dr. Nasim Zaidi, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India and Ms. Tamar Zhvania, Chairperson, Central Election Commission of Georgia in New Delhi.
• Haryana became the first state in the country to initiate state-wide birth defect surveillance in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Centre for Disease Control (CDC).

July14

• History was made on 14 July 2015 as NASA spacecraft ‘New Horizons’ made a flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto some 4.8 billion kilometers from Earth.It was launched from Cape Canaveral on 19 January 2006. During April it sent the first-ever colour image of Pluto and its largest moon Charon.
• Iran and P5+1 countries signed a comprehensive deal on Iran’s nuclear programme. According to this deal Tehran that would allow U.N. inspectors to press for visits to Iranian military sites as part of their monitoring duties of nuclear programme. In return Iran will get relief from economic sanctions that have been imposed for decades.(P5+1 group : five permanent members of the UN Security Council, namely China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, plus Germany).
• Union Government has launched GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system, for aviation navigation. It was launched by Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju in New Delhi. GAGAN is a joint venture by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Airports Authority of India (AAI). It will provide augmentation service for GPS over the India, Bay of Bengal, South-east Asia and Middle East along with expansion up to Africa.
• Indigenously developed Nag anti-tank guided missile was successfully tested from a helicopter platform.

July 15

• Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu on 14 June 2015 inaugurated newly constructed broad-gauge railway-line Gandhidham- Tuna Tekra Port Rail Line (Gujarat)which is the first Non-Government Railway Project of Indian Railways.
• Eminent music composer Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan passed away in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He was 87. The veteran musician had composed music for over a thousand films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam and was fondly called as the King of Light Music (Mellisai Mannar in Tamil).
• Two major Indian Premier League teams Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals were suspended from IPL for two years. Decision in this regard was taken by a Supreme Court-appointed three-member committee headed by former Chief Justice of India R M Lodha. Both of the teams were banned in regards to betting activities of their key officials Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra during the 6th edition of i.e. 2013 season of IPL.
• Scientists at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered a new class of exotic subatomic particles called the Pentaquarks. The discovery was made by the scientist’s after watching the decaying of a subatomic type particle known as the Lambda B baryon.
• World’s largest religious congregation Sinhastha Kumbh Mela has begun at Trimbakeshwar, Nashik district of Maharashtra.It is being held after every 12 years on Godavari River.

July16

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Skill India Mission on 15 July 2015 on the occasion of the World Youth Skills Day.
• Krishnapatnam Port in Andhra Pradesh has been awarded Golden Peacock environment management award for its achievements and initiatives in the field of environment.
• Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and US-based aircraft maker Boeing have signed a strategic framework agreement for aerospace and defence manufacturing. The agreement was signed by Sukaran Singh, MD & CEO of TASL and Shelley Lavender, President of Boeing Military Aircraft in lines with Make in India in Hyderabad, Telangana.
• The city of Varanasi was recently chosen as City of Music by UNESCO under the Creative Cities Network.
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay and Nehru Science Centre have launched a pilot project Internet for All in its Mobile Science Exhibition Bus in Mumbai. It was launched under the Union Government’s flagship ‘Digital India’ campaign.
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted a committee to prepare a 5 year action plan to spread the reach of financial services across country to unbanked population. The committee will be headed by RBI executive director Deepak Mohanty.
• The Union Cabinet on 16 July 2015 gave its approval for redevelopment of 400 railway stations in the country under ‘As is where is’ Model. Under ‘As is where is’ model, interested parties coming through open bids would develop the stations with their designs and business ideas while commercial development of real estate would be allowed by the Zonal Railways.

July17

• The government committee on the issue of Net Neutrality submitted its report to the govt. on 16 July 2015. Among its important recommendations, the committee proposed to regulate domestic calls made using Internet-based calling applications and opposed projects like Facebook’s Internet.org. Committee was headed by A K Bhargava, Adviser, Technology and Department of Telecommunication.
• INS Astravahini, indigenously built torpedos launch and recovery vessel was decommissioned after its service for almost 31 years to the nation.
• Mindtree has acquired two companied from United States and United Kingdom. Acquired companies are BlueFin Solutions Ltd of UK and Relational Solutions Inc of US.
• Finance ministry has relaxed rules for foreign investment in companies.Now Indian banks can raise capital up to a foreign ownership limit of 74%.
• India has inked a financing agreement with World Bank (WB) to raise US 250 million dollars financial assistance for Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery Project (APDRP).
• Shuangjiankou Dam :China recently started construction of a 314-metre (1,030-ft) high dam across tributary of Yangtze River .It will be world’s tallest dam when completed.
• State Bank of India (SBI) on 17 July 2015 announced its proposal of sharing 3% profits with its employees as part of an initiative for talent retention and motivation.
• India’s first defence industrial park will be set up at Ottappalam in Palakkad district of Kerala. In this regard, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) of Union Government has approved a proposal for this defence park forwarded by the Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation.
• Reserve Bank of India has signed a special currency swap agreement with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBS). Under this agreement, Sri Lankan bank can draw up to 1.1 billion dollars for a maximum period of 6 months. It was signed with an intention to mitigate the possible currency volatility in the spirit of strengthening bilateral relations and economic ties of India with Sri Lanka.

July18

• Leading mobile wallet service Paytm recently requested RBI to hike the limit on money that can be kept in a mobile wallet to Rs. 25,000.Current limit is Rs.10,000.
• European Union (EU) has approved a short-term loan of 7.16 billion euros to Greece after it was backed by the 28 member states.

July 20

• For the first time since severing ties in 1961 US and Cuba reopened embassies in each other’s capitals.
• Kerala Tourism has won 2015 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) award in the ‘Heritage & Culture’ category for its Muziris Heritage Project. The award bestowed in recognition project efforts which aim at restoring and conservation of historical and cultural significance of the ancient town and its uniqueness and impact on local community located in stretches from Ernakulam to Kodungalloor in Thrissur district of Kerala. Ancient Muziris was an ancient seaport and urban centre which dates from at least the 1st century BC and located at the mouth of the Periyar River in present south Indian state of Kerala.
• PM on july 20 launched the National Career Service (NCS) Portal as part of an endeavour to modernise all government-run employment exchanges.
• Union Agriculture Ministry has launched 3 agricultural-portals namely Soil Health Card (SHC) portal, Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) and Fertiliser Quality Control System portal (FQCS). These portals seek to make the process of fertilisers’ quality checking, organic farming certification and issuance of soil health cards more transparent and accountable.
• The official nationality preference survey in recently swapped 162 enclaves on India- Bangladesh border under the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) has ended. The survey was conducted by the Enclaves Exchange Co-ordination Committee (EECC) of both countries for ascertaining the nationality preference of over 50,000 enclave-residents. On Bangladesh’s side it is found that 1,027 out of around 37,369 had opted for Indian nationality from the recently swapped 111 Indian enclaves now located in Bangladesh. In case of India’s side, over 14,000 residents in 51 Bangladeshi enclaves transferred to India have opted to relocate to Bangladesh.
• Drishti is the name of the indigenously designed Visibility Measuring System that has been designed and developed by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL), Bengaluru. It is primarily used for reporting the runway visual range, which is a critical parameter for safe landing and take-off of aircraft in poor visibility conditions.
• India defeated New Zealand in the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group-I tie on 19 July 2015 advanced to World Group Play-offs.
• BCCI on 20 July 2015 scrapped five-decade old Duleep Trophy from its calendar due to packed schedule.

July21

• The New Development Bank (NDB) created by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) nations formally started its operations from its headquarters in Shanghai, China.Bank’s first President K V Kamath from India attended the opening ceremony.
• ISRO has successfully test-fired Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark III project’s high-thrust cryogenic rocket engine. It is India’s first indigenously designed and developed high-thrust cryogenic rocket engine capable of generating a nominal thrust of 19 tonnes.
• Paul van Ass (Netherlands), Indian hockey coach was removed from his post almost unceremoniously on 20 July 2015 just 5 months after he was appointed.

July 22

• Union Government has announced that 14 States and Union Territories (UTs) have achieved or exceeded the literacy rate of 80 percent. It was announced by Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. 14 States and UTs are: Kerala, Lakshadweep, Mizoram, Goa, Tripura, Daman and Diu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, NCR of Delhi, Chandigarh, Puducherry, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu.
• Union Government has launched a national campaign Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan in a bid to create awareness and capacity building on Safe and Hygienic food for all. It was launched by Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan in New Delhi.
• Iconic physicist Stephen Hawking launched the biggest-ever search project for alien life in the universe that is being funded by Russian Internet entrepreneur Yuri Milner. This10-year project would cost $100 million.Name give to this project is Breakthrough Listen.

July23

• Nischal Narayana has became youngest Chartered Accountant (CA)in the country at an age of 19.
• Seven Indian companies were listed among the world’s 500 largest companies in the Fortune Global 500 list for 2015. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) 119th on the list, with revenues of about US$ 74 billion, Reliance Industries (158th) with revenues of $62 billion, Tata Motors with revenues of $42 billion (254th), State Bank of India with revenues of $42 billion (260th), Bharat Petroleum with revenues of $40 billion (280th), Hindustan Petroleum with revenues of $35 billion (327th) and ONGC with revenues of $26 billion (449th).Wal-Mart ranked first.

July 24

• Significant quantity of uranium reserves were discovered recently in forest area of Andhra Pradesh. This discovery was made by Hyderabad-based Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD) and Osmania University in Srisailam forests of Andhra Pradesh recently.
• Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) launched a new chain of retail outlets called Nexa to sell its premium products.
• 10-year old Shubham Jaglan from Delhi won the IJGA World Stars of Junior Golf event in Las Vegas . Just 5-days back he had won Junior World Golf Championships in California.

July25

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted banking licence to IDFC Ltd.
• World Trade Organization (WTO) members on 24 July 2015 finalized a deal worth almost $1 trillion associated with IT products. Under this deal WTO members updated organisation’s 18-year-old Information Technology Agreement (ITA) by adding more than 200 products to the list of goods covered by zero-tariff and duty-free trade.
• World’s first-ever malaria vaccine has been developed by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline. European Union (EU) gave their nod to the malaria vaccine (Mosquirix).

July26

• Kepler-452b Earth-like planet discovered recently by NASA’s Kepler telescope. Kepler-452b is about 60% bigger than Earth and is located about 1,400 light years away in the constellation Cygnus
• Ajay Mathur appointed as the new Director-General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) on 23 July 2015 after R.K. Pachauri was finally sacked from his post.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in Patna with an objective of Facilitating 24×7 supply of power in rural areas of the country.
• The report of the committee on levy of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) on foreign institutional investors (FIIs) was submitted to Union Finance Ministry . Justice AP Shah headed this committee.
• The 14th Special Olympics Games (Summer) were inaugurated on 25 July 2015 in Los Angeles (United States).

July27

• Global online retail company Amazon.com’s market capitalization crossed the market-cap of US retail giant Walmart.
• Roelant Oltmans was appointed as the Chief Coach of the Indian hockey team.

July28

• A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the 11th President of India and a pioneer of the country’s space and missile programmes, passed away on 27 July 2015. He passed away after collapsing during a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Shillong (Meghalaya).
• A terrorist attack took place at Dinanagar in Gurdaspur district of panjab on july 27 resulting death of 7 people.
• Medak of Telengana came into news after the discovery of numerous burial sites belonging to the Megalithic period. 30 megalithic burials, believed to be dated between 1,000 B.C. and 200 A.D. were unearthed here.
• Chris Froome of Britain won the Tour de France 2015.
• According to recently disclosed information for a right to information (RTI) application Yamuna Expressway has emerged as the deadliest in the country in last few years.

July29

• In a major development in Nepal, country’s political parties during July 2015 agreed to remove the word secularism from the new constitution. The political parties were forced to take a U-turn after millions of people, in their suggestions and feedback on the new constitution, called for the removal of the word secularism. Nepal was declared a secular country in 2007.
• Maharashtra’s first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) was inaugurated at Nagpur.
• R. S. Sharma was appointed as the new Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) by the Union Govt. R. S. Sharma, an engineering post-graduate from IIT Kanpur and a 1978 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre. He succeeded Rahul Khullar who retired from post on 14 May 2015.
• Rajesh Exports Limited an indian gold jewellery entity came to news recently for acquiring world’s largest precious metals refining company Valcambi.
• Bengaluru will become first indian city to launch online police verification for passport.
• Former South Africa cricket captain Clive Rice passed away on 28 July 2015 at the age of 66.

July30

• Ramon Magsaysay Award: Sanjeev Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta from India were among the 5 winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2015 as announced by the Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation.
• Microsoft launched ambitious new operating system Windows 10 around the world, including India.
• India’s capital market regulator SEBI cancelled the registration of Sahara Mutual Fund . SEBI felt that Sahara is no longer ‘fit and proper’ to carry out the business of Mutual Fund in view of numerous violations of the MF regulations by the group.
• Nepal banned animal sacrifice in Gadhimai Festival .This festival is held every 5 years at Nepal’s Gadhimai Temple.
• Dr. Suniti Solomon passed away- She had led the team that was the first to document evidence of HIV infection in India in 1986.

July31

• Former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s mortal remains were cremated at Rameshwaram with full state honours on 30 July 2015 as thousands gathered to bid final farewell.
• Project Insight-A project launched by union govt. which aims at widening the tax base by catching tax evaders using technology. It will primarily track the Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) being quoted on financial transactions and tally them with income tax filings.
• Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the lone convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, was executed at Nagpur Central Prison on 30 July 2015 morning.
• Indian author Anuradha Roy was among 13 international authors long-listed for the 2015 Man Booker Prize as announced by the Booker Prize Committee. Anuradha Roy was picked for her third novel Sleeping on Jupiter. British-Indian Sunjeev Sahota was also among the 13 long-listed authors for his book The Year of the Runaways.

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Monthly Current Affairs -June 2015

• The Finance Ministry on 31 May 2015 released new simplified income tax return forms for different classes of tax payers. The new forms – ITR 2 and ITR2A, have only three pages as compared to the earlier controversial forms that comprised of 14 pages.

• A new plant to produce the paper for high-denomination currency notes domestically was inaugurated by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 30 May 2015 at Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh).  Currently, currency notes of larger denominations (such as Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000) are printed on imported paper though ink used is mostly produced within the country.

•  The United States on 29 May 2015 officially removed Cuba from its list of countries that sponsor terrorism. Since 1982  , communist  Cuba  was  placed on the terror list in 1982 when the U.S. government accused the Fidel Castro regime of sponsoring communist groups in Latin America and Africa.

•  George Yeo (former foreign minister of Singapore)  was named as the new Chancellor of the Nalanda University on 30 May 2015 to replacing Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.

•  As a part of the digital initiative by the HDFC Bank, on 31 May 2015 announced that it will discontinue issuing slips after cash withdrawals at  ATMs and will alert the customer through SMSes.

• Book Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji has been written by former President APJ Abdul Kalam and Arun Tiwari.

•  Jaipur on 3 June 2015 became the sixth in India to have the metro rail system after Kolkata, Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Gurgaon and Mumbai.

•   Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje flagged off the inaugural train of state capital city’s                                 metro rail system on 9.6 km long route from Mansarovar to Chandpole.

•  Taking advantage of subdued inflation  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 2 June 2015 cut the Repo Rate by 25 basis points  . New Repo Rate after this cut is  7.25% .

•   PSU-based power generation machinery maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) during June 2015 secured the single-largest order in its history for setting up a 4,000 MW (5×800 MW) supercritical thermal power project in Telangana .

•  HDFC Mutual Fund retained its position as the most profitable fund house in India in 2014-15 as disclosed in the data released by industry body AMFI recently.

• In a surprising development, FIFA President Sepp Blatter resigned on 2 June 2015 just four days after he was re-elected to a fifth term as president of the World’s most powerful football body. This resignation was in the face of a U.S.-led corruption investigation that has plunged FIFA into the worst crisis in its history. Blatter was heading FIFA since  1988 .

• The State Bank of India (SBI) on 2 June 2015 cut its base lending rate by 15 basis points hours after the RBI had reduced the Repo Rate by 25 basis points. New lending rate of SBI after this cut is  9.7%

• In one of the worst attacks on the Indian Army in two decades, insurgents on 4 June 2015 ambushed a military convoy in Chandel (Manipur) killing at least 20 army personnel and injuring 11 others. The incident is being described as the worst casualties the Army has suffered since the Kargil War of 1999. Recently formed militant group United Liberation Front of Western South East Asia, of which NSCN(K) is a part, claimed responsibility for the incident .

•  India and five nations on 3 June 2015 signed an agreement to join 60 countries, including Switzerland, to exchange financial information automatically from 2017. Name of this agreement that would pave way to have a control on black money overseas is  Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) .

• Union Govt. on 3 June 2015 notified the amendments in the definition of NRIs as contained in the FDI policy.  According to the new definition NRIs would also include Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) and Persons of Indian origin (PIOs)

• On 4 June 2015 Sundaram Ravi  became the first Indian umpire after S. Venkataraghavan to be inducted in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Elite Panel of Umpires.

• China on 4 June 2015 confirmed death of at least 77 persons in the sinking of a cruise ship named “Eastern Star”  on the Yangtze River on 1 June, which is being described as China’s worst shipping disaster in almost 70 years.

• Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was appointed as first woman President of Mauritius and  approved by the country’s Parliament on 4 June 2015.

• Food group Nestle on 5 June 2015 withdrew the highly popular “Maggi” noodles from sale in India following a food scare sparked by reports of excess lead and presence of harmful MSG in it. The “Maggi” brand of instant noodles is under fire in India as reports of presence of these harmful substances have been reported from labs of several states across the country

• The Election Commission of India (ECI)  on June 2015 ‘indelible ink should be applied thoroughly using a brush specifically provided for the purpose .Indelible ink is used to mark voters’ finger during elections to avoid fraudulent, multiple voting and malpractices.

• Delhi Metro received India’s first driver-less metro train on 4 June 2015 from South Korea. The new generation train, which is a part of a 20-set consignment, will be suitable to eventually run on UTO (unattended train operation) mode. These trains are being procured through Hyundai Rotem, which manufactures them at its facility in Korea. Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) is manufacturing these trains in India.

• R.Seshasayee was appointed as the next Non-Executive Chairman of Infosys by company’s Board on 5 June 2015.

• Indian male Badminton player P. Kashyap stunned World No. 1 Chen Long in the Indonesian Open Super Series badminton tournament to reach men’s semi-finals on 5 June 2015.

• The Bangladesh government recently allowed Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to form a joint-venture to operate its services in the country.Name of the joint-venture to be formed by LIC in Bangladesh is  LIC Bangladesh .

• India and Bangladesh on 6 June 2015 ratified the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) to settle the land boundary dispute between the two countries through exchange of territories. This ratification thus sealed an agreement signed by the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Bangladeshi counterpart Mujib-ur-Rehman in 1974 .Bangladesh and India share a 4,096-km international border, the fifth-longest land border in the world

•  In a major boost to connectivity between India and Bangladesh, two bus services were flagged off on 6 June 2015 that will link West Bengal to three North Eastern states of India – Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya  via Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. The bus services were inaugurated Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Dhaka.

• Union Govt. on 5 June 2015 formed an eight-member committee to review the Companies Act, 2013, and suggest necessary changes. Anjuly Chib Duggal, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA)  head this committee.

• The Quebec Superior Court  of Canada recently ordered three tobacco companies to pay fines worth around $12 billion for damages. Court gave this landmark decision in a case file by a group of smokers from Quebec who said the firms failed to warn them of health risks associated with smoking. The three firms involved in this case are Imperial Tobacco, Rothmans Benson & Hedges and JTI-MacDonald .

• Serena Williams (US) defeated – Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) to clinch  her 20th Grand Slam title and third French Open women’s singles title at Roland Garros on 6 June 2015.

• The 2-day Summit of G7 countries started on 7 June 2015. This summit is being held at Schloss Elmau (Germany) .G7 is the group of seven major advanced economies of the world and includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

• Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) won the men’s singles title of French Open 2015 by defeating t Novak Djokovic (Serbia) in the finals on 7 June.

• Union Govt. on 5 June 2015 announced plans to establish country’s 13th major port in Maharashtra (at Dahanu ,near Mumbai)with an investment of Rs. 6,000 crore.

•   On 6 June 2015 former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was conferred with Bangladesh Liberation War Honour   award by the Bangladesh Govt. for his role in the country’s independence struggle and consolidating India’s friendship with the nation.

• Lewis Hamilton (Britain)  won the Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix on 7 June 2015.

• K.V. Chowdary was appointed as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) by the Union Government on 8 June 2015.He retired as CBDT chief in October last year and since then has been working as adviser to Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is probing black money cases.

• Vijai Sharma was appointed by the Union Govt. as the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) on 8 June 2015.Former CIC Rajiv Mathur’s tenure  ended on 22 August 2014.

• A tropical storm in the Arabian Sea was declared as a severe cyclonic storm on 8 June 2015.Name given to this storm is Ashobaa which was expected to affect Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra coasts .

• R.C. Tayal was appointed as new Director General (DG) of National Security Guard (NSG) on 7 June 2015. He is a 1980-batch officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS).He was the Special Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) till now. He replaced J.N. Choudhury who retired as NSG DG on 31 May 2015 .

• India finished  at third place in the 21st Asian Athletics Championships that concluded in Wuhan (China) on 7 June 2015.India secured a medal haul of 4 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze in the championships to finish third behind China (15, 13, 13) and Qatar (7, 2, 1). Japan (4, 3, 11) and Bahrain (3, 3, 2) finished fourth and fifth respectively.

• A first of its kind operation of operation was carried out by the Indian Army on 9 June 2015 when it conducted an anti-terrorist operation on a foreign soil for the first time. This bold operation was carried out in Myanmar with strategic support from that country. Indian Army on 9 June 2015 struck terrorist camps inside Myanmar and killed nearly 20 North-Eastern insurgents. The attack was in response to the deadly ambush in Manipur that killed 18 soldiers on 4 June 2015 in Chandel district.

• Union Govt. on 9 June 2015 officially added three more districts into the National Capital Region (NCR) thus extending the span of the NCR. Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) and Jind and Karnal (Haryana) .

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 8 June 2015 made it clear that banks can acquire 51% or more stake in companies defaulting after restructuring of their loans .Law Minister of Delhi Govt. Jitender Singh Tomar  was arrested by the Delhi Police on charges of a fake law degree on 9 June 2015.

• M.K. Sharma was nominated as the new non-executive Chairman of ICICI Bank by the board of the bank on 9 June 2015 to replace K.V. Kamath.

•  HSBC on 9 June 2015 made announcement to cut almost 50,000 jobs from its payroll, in an effort to improve its performance.

•  Noted Indian author Amitav Ghosh’s third and final book “Flood of Fire”  under the “Ibis trilogy” was published recently The other two previous books under “Ibis trilogy” are – “Sea of Poppies” (2008) and “River of Smoke

• The World Health Organisation (WHO) during June 2015 declared India free of – Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus infection.

•   The Union Cabinet on 10 June 2015 decided to bring in an ordinance to amend the Negotiable Instruments Act, which provides for filing of cheque bounce cases in place where the cheque was issued. It seeks to overturn a Supreme Court 2014 ruling said the case has to be initiated where the cheque-issuing branch was located

• Vizhinjam(kerala) Port Project has been awarded by the state govt. to Adani Ports and SEZ as agreed to in the State Cabinet on 10 June 2015. Vizhinjam Port Project comprises of an international port and deep-water container transshipment terminal and is worth multi-thousand crore.

• For the first time a move is being made to involve private players in running of passenger trains in the country as disclosed in the report prepared by a committee set up by the Union Govt. The committee headed by Bibek Debroy  has recommended the entry of private companies in operation and maintenance of railways, and has pitched for attracting talent from outside for a radical revamp of Indian Railways.

• The 44th edition of COPA America , the prestigious football tournament for South American countries,hosted by Chile started from 11 June 2015.

• Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) 26 African countries agreed to create the continent’s largest free-trade zone that will span a huge area from Cape Town (South Africa) to Cairo (Egypt). The deal, signed in Egypt, is intended to ease the movement of goods across member countries which represent more than half the continent’s GDP

•  Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on 11 June 2015 formed Hindustan Awam Party (HAP)  and announced the decision to join the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the BJP to fight the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.

•  The Reserve Bank India (RBI) on 11 June 2015 gave permission to Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)  to invest in regulated chit funds in India.

• Veteran actor, Sir Christopher Lee(“Dracula”, “The Lord of the Rings”  fame), passed away on 7 June 2015 at the age of 93.  

• Nek Chand Saini, creater of iconic Rock Garden passed away on 12 June 2015 at the age of 90.

•  Zimbabwe has decided to end the local currency (Zimbabwean Dollar) by September 2015. This process starts from 15 June 2015 bank accounts with balances of up to 175 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars to be paid just US$ 5 in the exchange. This is due to the fact that the Zimbabwean dollar has become almost worthless.

•  The US government has recently opened an investigation against two of the biggest Indian outsourcing companies, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys, for possible violations of H1-B visa rules.

• Wesley Hall former fast-bowler of West Indies was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame on 11 June 2015.

• The Union Govt. on 13 June 2015 launched an Indian insurance pool to the tune of Rs. 1,500 crore which is mandatory under the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act (CLND). This insurance pool was launched to address the concerns of the clauses in the CLND Act, which give the operator the Right to Recourse and allow it to sue the suppliers in case of any accident.General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC ) is the fund operator of this Rs. 1,500 crore Indian insurance pool and it includes 11 other non-life insurers as associates of the pool.

• “Ajeya Warrior 2015” -Joint-Military Exercise that started between the armies of India and UK at Salisbury Plains Training Area, UK on 13 June 2015.

• Former Union Minister  former governor of Himachal Pradesh and senior Congress leader Sheila Kaul,passed away on 13 June 2015. Sheila Kaul was a sister-in-law of Jawaharlal Nehru.

• “Robin” was nominated as United Kingdom’s first-ever national bird in a poll conducted in the country that concluded during June 2015.

• Vedanta Ltd an  Indian mining firm on 13 June 2015 announced buying the stake of minority shareholders in Cairn India, the country’s top private oil producer.

• Mahindra Group  signed a multi-million dollar aerospace contract with European consortium Airbus at the ongoing Paris Air Show on 15 June 2015 .

• In a report issued in  annual review meeting of the Union Finance Minister with the CEOs of banks, insurance companies and financial institutions (FIs) the percentage of gross non-performing assets (gross NPA) for public-sector banks as on 31 March 2015 is at 5.17%

• The Supreme Court on 15 June 2015 directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to re-conduct All India Pre-Medical Test 2015 within four weeks following  alleged Irregularities have  taken place in this exam .

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandra Babu Naidu cleared the proposal to levy streetlight tax on residents of the state. The proposed streetlight tax will become part of the property tax notice served on AP residents. According to the proposal, each house will have to pay Rs. 50 to Rs. 100 as ‘streetlight tax’ per year based on the total amount of the owner’s property tax

•  An Augmented Reality (AR) application named “Saakar” was launched by Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh on 15 June. The application has been developed by DECU-ISRO for Android devices. It consists of 3D models of MOM, RISAT, rockets (PSLV, GSLVMk-III); videos of INSAT 3D-predicting cyclones, GSLV D5/Cryo, Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) orbit insertion, launch video of MOM, 360 degree animated view of MOM, Anaglyph of Mars surface, etc.

• The  PSU entity Coal India Limited (CIL) has become the sixth-largest mining company in the world in terms of market capital as disclosed in a recent report of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

• NL Beno Zephine(Chennai) has became the first 100% visually-challenged person to gain entry into the prestigious Indian Foreign Service (IFS) as announced on 12 June 2015.

• Charles Correa, one of India’s greatest architects and urban planners, passed away on 16 June 2015 at the age of 84. He was known for adapting his designs to local climates and building styles. He was the chief architect of the famous satellite suburb of the country Navi Mumbai

• The Election Commission of India (ECI) on 16 June 2015 suspended the recognition of the PA Sangma-led National People’s Party (NPP), which is a recognized regional party in Meghalaya stating that NPP failed to file the election expenditure statement for the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections

• Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 17 June 2015 raised minimum support price (MSP) of paddy by Rs.50 per quintal .Now MSP of paddy is Rs. 1410 per quintal

• On 16 June 2015, Sunil Chhetri became the first Indian footballer to score 50 international goals in 2018 World Cup qualifying match against on 16 June at Tamuning (Guam).

• SBI eforex - eforex is the name given to the Internet-based forex (foreign exchange) platform launched by the SBI that facilitates the customers of the bank to obtain forex rates without having to physically visit the branch and enable customers to book their foreign exchange transactions online

• Taj Mahal  became the first monument in the country to have free Wi-Fi Internet facility for visitors. The project was was inaugurated by Union Minister for Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad on 16 June 2015.

• Japan on 17 June 2015 officially lowered its voting age from 20 to 18 years.

• 21 June-international yoga day. : 35,985 people took part in the massive Yoga exercise at the historic Rajpath on 21 June set Guinness World Record of largest number of people  in a single yoga lesson .PM led led the programme.   

• “Harmony of the Seas” -world’s largest cruise ship that made its maiden entry into water in France on 19 June 2015 and is expected to take its maiden voyage in 2016

• The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) recently agreed on the preliminary definitions for the future 5G standard for mobile networking. Accordingly,  typical data speed for a network to qualify for 5G standard is up to 20 Gbps.

•  Nico Rosberg (Germany)  won the Austrian F1 Grand Prix on 21 June 2015 .He defeated his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton (Britain).

•  SoftBank Japan’s biggest mobile carrier entered into wind venture with Bharti Enterprises and Taiwas’sFoxconn Technology to form a Joint Venture to set up a solar and wind energy projects in India.  

• India’s first AC DEMU train was launched at  Kochi (kerala).India’s first diesel electric multiple unit (DEMU) rail service will run on Angamaly-Ernakulam-Tripunithura-Piravomroute with an air-conditioned coach was flagged off in Kochi.

• The government of India plans to inject about $3 billion into state-owned banks this fiscal year which will boost capital and help lenders meet the global Basel III regulatory requirements.

• Sister Nirmala Joshi, died on 23 june aged 80, succeeded Nobel laureate Mother Teresa as the head of her Missionaries of Charity. She expanded the movement after Mother Teresa’s death in 1997.

• India signs biggest wheat import deals in over a decade with Australia .Indian flour millers and global trading companies have planned to import 500,000 tonnes of premium Australian wheat since March.

• June24: Veteran journalist, author, political analyst and anti-nuclear activist Praful Bidwai passed away in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

• Kerala government has appointed Tennis Icon Steffanie Graf as Ayurveda brand ambassador.

• Union Government has launched Bhuvan Ganga Mobile Application and Web Portal to aid flagship mission to Clean Ganga.

• Three urban missions to be launched to set Smart Cities Mission. AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation), Housing for All (Urban) and Smart Cities Mission (SCM).

• Under Smart Cities Mission, AMRUT, basic infrastructure like providing tap water and sewer connections to every urban household, solid waste management, provision of roads and public transport. Promotion of urban reforms to improve urban governance will also be supported. This Mission seeks to enable urban local bodies meet service level benchmarks in respect of various services. 500 cities with a population of above one lakh each would be included in AMRUT.

• Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), it is proposed to build 2 crore houses for urban poor including Economically Weaker Sections and Low Income Groups in urban areas by the year 2022.

•  Smart Cities Mission aims at development of entire urban eco-system of cities covering physical, social, economic and institutional infrastructure. The objective is to enable better living and driving economic growth for the benefit of all sections.

• Maharashtra became the first state to have a state Butterfly. – Name of the Butterfly – Blue Mormon (Papilio Polymnestor) .

• Rajasthan overtook Gujarat to become the leader in Solar Energy generation in India.

• Union government has approved for setting up of six new IITs Vishakhapatnam (AP), Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Sirmaur (HP), Sambalpur (Odessa), Amritsar (Punjab) and Nagpur (Maharashtra) .

• Indian spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has been conferred with Colombia’s highest civilian award, Orden de la Democracia Simon Bolivar en el grado de cruz Caballero. He was bestowed with this award for spreading the message of peace in society, reducing stress, inter-mediation in war and combating violence through yoga and breathing exercises.

• Former Pakistan cricket team captain Zaheer Abbas has been selected the new President of International Cricket Council (ICC) for one year term.

• Union Cabinet has approved setting up 6 new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) in the country.

• These new IIMs will be located at Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), Amritsar (Punjab) and Sambalpur (Odisha).

• India pledges $1 bn, China $500 m and about $600 m from the Asian Development Bank for earthquake reconstruction at an international donor’s conference in Kathmandu.

• India’s legendary batsman and Bharat Ratna recipient Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the ‘Best Test player’ of the 21st century in an online poll. The online poll was conducted by Cricket Australia’s website for the list of the 100 best Test players since 2000.

• India and United States have signed a series of agreements on health in order to enhance cooperation in health sector. The multiple areas covered under such agreement include cancer research, medical infrastructure development and application of new diagnostic technologies.

• India has topped in the regional inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in South Asia region during year 2014, accounting for 34 billion US dollars investments.

• India has become most attractive investment destination in world after it was ranked first among 110 countries in a ranking of destinations for attractiveness to foreign investors. The ranking was based on baseline profitability index (BPI) 2015. In this edition of China was placed at the 65th position and US was placed at the 50th.

• OneWeb: Bharati Airtel joined one Web by acquiring minority stake in it.Bharti Enterprises buys stake in satellite internet startup OneWeb, along with Richard Virgin Group and Sunil Mittal would use the funds to acquire 65 commercial rockets to launch satellite-borne Internet services to extend the reach of mobile operators to customers in remote corners of the world. Other investors include Airbus Group, Qualcomm, Coca-Cola Co, Mexico’s Grupo Salinas, Hughes Network Systems, a unit of EchoStar and Intelsat.

• Indian brand Cafe Coffee Day is planning IPO to raise 11.5 billion rupees.

• Satnam Singh Bhamara became first India-born player in the NBA. Satnam Singh was picked by the Dallas Mavericks,

• The RBI extended deadline to exchange pre 2005 currency notes to 31 December 2015

• The US declared Same sex marriages  legal across country on 25 June 2015.

• The data released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) during June 2015 disclosed that the Indian Railways is the 8th largest employer in the world with 1.4million employees. It is followed by the Indian armed forces which employs 1.3 million people. U.S. Department of Defense is world’s largest employer with around 3.2 million employees on its roll. It is followed by People’s Liberation Army (the Chinese military) with 2.3 million.

• SpaceX Falcon 9 - unmanned rocket bound for the International Space Station (ISS) that exploded just after its lift-off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on 28 June 2015. SpaceX Falcon 9 was the 19th Falcon 9 rocket of privately-owned SpaceX company.

• Ravi Thapar, India’s High Commissioner to New Zealand, was recalled after allegations of assault were levelled against his wife, Sharmila, by a member of the couple’s domestic staff. 

• Himachal Pradesh High Court  passed a landmark judgment that women in tribal areas would also inherit property in accordance with the Hindu Succession Act 1956.

• June29. First phase of Chennai Metro service was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa after she flagged off inaugural train. The first phase of Metro service covers the 10-km overhead (elevated) stretch. It connects Alandur in south Chennai to Koyabedu in the north.

• Indian pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwni Ponappa won the women’s doubles title of the Canada Open Badminton tournament. In the finals match played at Calgary, Canada they defeated Dutch pair of Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek in straight games of 21-19, 21-16. It is their first title of this season.

• India is fourth largest carbon emitter in the world in terms of per capita emission accounting for 6.6 % of global emissions for the year 2012.It was revealed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) in its latest analyses of the country-wise carbon emissions of climate-damaging greenhouse gases (GHGs). According to the analysis figures of WRI, Top 10 emitters are: China (25.26%), US (14.4%), European Union (10.16%), India (6.69%), Russia (5.36%), Japan (3.11%), Brazil (2.34%), Indonesia (1.76%), Mexico (1.67%) and Iran (1.65%).

• Indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) prototype has been successfully cleared hot weather trials at Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The testing involved temperature survey of engine bay and hydraulic system apart from handling qualities, assessment of performance and loads at different all up weights etc. With this successful test it will pave way for the Initial Operational Clearance (IOC), which is expected  to receive it by the end 2015 and is likely to enter production from 2017-18. Earlier in March 2015, LCH had successfully cleared cold weather trials at Leh at a temperature of -180 C and at an altitude of 4.1 km.

• June30. India and Thailand signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on double taxation avoidance treaty (DTAT).

• 50 founding nations including India have signed 60-article agreement of China-led multilateral Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).The 60-article agreement provides the legal framework for

• Institution of AIIB.

• Each member’s capital share and voting share.

•   Governance structure of AIIB.

•  Policy-making mechanism of AIIB.

• Nadia district in West Bengal has won the United Nations Public Service Award 2015 in the category of improving delivery of public services for or eliminating open defecation in the district.

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