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June, 2015

CONTENTS
1. Persons in News
2. National Events
3. International events
4. Sports
5. Abbreviations

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I Persons in News

1. Ed Gilligan, President ofAmerican

3. Sundaram Ravi became the first

Express died suddenly after falling ill

Indian

on a flight to New York on 29 May

Venkataraghavan to be inducted in the

2015.

ICC Elite Panel of Umpires.

umpire

after

S.

4. R. Seshasayee has been appointed as

2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi

the next Non-Executive Chairman of

would become the first-ever Indian

Infosys by the companys Board.

Prime Minister to visit Israel.

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3. Vijai Sharma was appointed by the

5. Jitender Singh Tomar, Law Minister

Union

of Delhi Government was arrested by

Govt.

as

the

new

Chief

Information Commissioner (CIC).

the Delhi Police on charges of a fake

law degree.

4. R.C. Tayalwas appointed as new

6. B. Jayant Baliga is an Indian

Director General (DG) of National

American scientist who was awarded

Security Guard (NSG).

Russias top technology award during

June 2015 in honor of his work in the
area of energy efficiency.

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IINational Events

1. A new plant to produce the paper for

3.Jaipur became the sixth in India to

high-denomination

have the metro rail system on 3 June

currency

notes

domestically was inaugurated by the

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on
at Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh.

2015.
4. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on
2 June 2015 cut the Repo Rate by 25
basis points. The new Repo Rate after
this cut is 7.25%.

5.
2. HDFC Bank announced that it will
discontinue issuing slips after cash
withdrawals at ATMs and will alert the
customer through SMS.

PSU

based

power

generation

machinery maker BHEL during June

2015 secured the single-largest order in
its history for setting up a 4,000 MW
(5800 MW) supercritical thermal
power project in Telangana.

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6. HDFC Mutual Fund retained its

position as the most profitable fund
house in India in 2014-15 as disclosed
in the data released by AMFI.

9. Delhi Metro received Indias first

driver-less metro train on 4 June 2015
from South Korea. The new generation
7. Emami Limited, FMCG group on 2

train, which is a part of a 20-set

June 2015 announced its acquisition of

consignment,

the hair and scalp care business of Kesh

eventually run on UTO (unattended

King for Rs.1,651 crore through a

train operation) mode.

will

be

suitable

to

slump sale.

10.
8. Food group Nestle on 5th 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.

Union Govt. on 9 June 2015 officially

added

three

more

districts,

Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) and Jind

and Karnal (Haryana) into the National
Capital Region (NCR) thus extending
the span of the NCR.

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11.

Union

Govt.

cancelled

the

registration of 4,470 NGO's under the

gain entry into the prestigious Indian

Foreign Service (IFS).

Foreign Contribution Regulation Act

(FCRA) for Non-filing of annual
returns and other anomalies.

14. Taj Mahal

12. Andhra Pradesh is poised to
become the first state in India to

became

the first

monument in the country to have free

Wi-Fi Internet facility for visitors.

impose streetlight tax on its citizens as

approved by the state cabinet during
June 2015.

15. Rajasthan overtook Gujarat to

become the leader in Solar Energy
generation in India.

13. NL Beno Zephine became the first

100% visually-challenged person to

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III International Events

worst casualties the Army has suffered

since the Kargil War of 1999.

1. 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 Worlds most powerful football

3. China on 4 June 2015 confirmed

death of at least 77 persons in the
sinking of a cruise ship "Eastern Star"
on the Yangtze River on 1 June.

body.
4. The Bangladesh government recently
allowed Life Insurance Corporation of
India (LIC) to form a joint-venture to
operate its services in the country with
the name LIC Bangladesh.

2. In one of the worst attacks on the

Indian Army in two decades, insurgents
on 4 June 2015 ambushed a military
convoy in Manipur killing at least 20
army personnel and injuring 11 others.
The incident is being described as the

5. India and Bangladesh on 6 June

2015 ratified the Land Boundary

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Agreement (LBA) to settle the land

boundary dispute between the two
countries

through

exchange

of

territories.

8. Jurassic World became the fastest

film to earn $1 billion.

6. External Affairs Minister Sushma

Swaraj on 14 June 2015 came into
controversy over the grant of travel
documents to former Indian Premier
League commissioner Lalit Modi by
the UK government.
7. Japan officially lowered its voting
age from 20 to 18 years.

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IV Sports

3.
Lewis Hamilton (Britain) won the
1.

Canadian F1 Grand Prix.

Serena Williams (US) won her 20th

Grand Slam title and third French Open
womens singles title at Roland Garros
on 6 June 2015 by defeating Lucie
Safarova.
3.
Sunil Chhetri became the first Indian
footballer to score 50 international
goals.

2. Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland)

won the mens singles title of French
Open

2015

by

defeating

Novak

Djokovic.
4. Golden State Warriors won the
National Basketball Association (NBA)
title for 2015 and thus ended its 40-year
long title drought.

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VI Abbreviations

5. Nico Rosberg (Germany) won the

Austrian F1 Grand Prix on 21 June
2015.

1. ICC

International

Cricket

Council.
2. CIC

Chief

Information

Commissioner
3. BHEL

Bharat

Heavy

Electricals Limited.
4. FMCG - Fast Moving Consumer
Goods
5. NGO - Non- Governmental
Organizations.

Prepared by:
Prof. K.SantiSwarup (Coordinator)
Mr. Dheeraj Agarwal (Ph.D Scholar)
Ms. Swarnika Mehar (MBA I yr)
Ms. Krati Jadaun ((So.Sc) BA III yr)
Ms. Arti Swarup (BBM III yr)