Current Affairs 16th June 2016

Current Affairs 16th June 2016

National News:

• President Pranab Mukherjee receives highest civilian award of Ivory Coast
• NITI Aayog to set up 500 ‘Atal Tinkering Labs’
• Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated Child Labour Tracking System
• Telangana government to set up pharmaceutical city in Rangareddy and Mahbubnagar districts
• Government releases draft wind-solar hybrid policy
• Union Government Launches Scheme for setting up 1000 MW CTU- connected Wind Power Project
• Andhra Pradesh Police to acquire 10 UAVs for aerial surveillance
• Government may develop 23 destinations under Ramayana, Krishna Circuit
• BHEL commissions 195 MW units at Muzaffarpur
• India to form alliance with Japan, South Korea to buy LNG
• Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) plans to launch integrated bio energy mission
• Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) ties up with Axis Bank

International News:

• Israel elected as Chair of a permanent committee of UN for the first time
• Joint Naval Exercise Malabar 2016 begins
• China bans exports to N.Korea with possible military use
• France creates meteor-tracking camera network

New Appointments:

• Gunit Chadha resigns as CEO of Deutsche Bank Asia Pacific Region
• Peter Thomson elected as President of 71st session of United Nations General Assembly
• Xerox named former iGATE chief executive officer (CEO) Ashok Vemuri as the CEO of its planned business process outsourcing (BPO) company

Banking:

• Cabinet approves SBI’s merger with 5 associates
• Bank issues first US credit card for use in Cuba
• PNB Home Fin mandates 3 banks for $300m IPO

Business and Economy:

• Uber offers choppers in Brazil to escape traffic
• Airtel, Singtel partner for global data business

Science & Technology:

• NASA to Conduct Experiments with Fire in Space
• Airtel ranks 1st spot on data usage, Reliance jio 6th
• Facebook, Deepika launch suicide prevention tool

Sports:

• Dhoni 1st Indian Keeper to post 350 ODI dismissals
• India to play for the 1st time in U-17 Futsal WC

Obituaries:

• Renowned Hindi writer Mudrarakshasa passes away
• Margaret Heldt, creator of beehive hairdo, dies at age 98