Current Affairs 18th June 2016
National News:
- Karnataka, Goa sign pact to join Uday scheme: Piyush Goyal
- UGC approves new guidelines for Deemed universities
- Garment bank set up in Himachal Pradesh
- India and Namibia call for reform in UN Security Council
- Rajnath approves setting up central marine force
- Railway Ministry launched Liberalised Policies on Parcel Leasing and Parcel Cargo Train Express
- National Civil Aviation Policy 2016 released
- Government imposes 20% duty on export of sugar
- Union Cabinet approves MoU between ISRO and Canadian Space Agency
- India, Namibia sign two MoUs
International News:
- US: Philadelphia introduces soda tax to fight obesity
- India, Bangladesh launch transhipment facility
- North America to have its first sanctuary for dolphins
- Arktika, the most powerful nuclear icebreaker launched by Russia
- First Chinese Disneyland opens in Shanghai
New Appointments:
- Obama nominates Indian-origin as ambassador to Malaysia
- Senior IAS officer Supriya Sahu appointed as Director General of Doordarshan
- Hollywood actor Anne Hathaway appointed as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador
Banking:
- SBI launches Rs.200 Crore fund for fintech startups
- RBI approves common rural bill payment centres
Business and Economy:
- ESIC to provide free health checkup to subscribers
- Blackberry partners HCL for selling software
- Revlon acquires Elizabeth Arden in $870 million deal
- Tata, Uber tie up for solutions to cab drivers
Awards and Honours:
- Italy’s Osteria named world’s best restaurant
- Syed Nayeemuddin, former Indian football team coach, to be conferred with MohunBagan Ratna
Science & Technology:
- India-made trainer plane makes inaugural flight
- Chinese surgeon to transplant human head for first time in the world
- Scientists for the first time grow living bone in lab
Sports:
- India in their 1st Champions Trophy hockey final
- Nine-year-old sets swimming record in US
Obituaries:
- Veteran Odia actress Manimala Devi passes away
- Famous TV actress Ann Morgan Guilbert dies
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