Current Affairs 2nd June 2016

Current Affairs 2nd June 2016

National News:

• Prime Minister releases National Disaster Management Plan
• Vice President Hamid Ansari to deliver lecture at University in Morocco
• Madhya Pradesh cabinet to give 6 % additional DA to state government staff
• Odisha government to create 500 more gram panchayats
• Maharashtra government announces compensation of Rs 5 lakh to next kin of those killed in Pulgaon ammunition depot fire
• Prime Minister approves retirement age of doctors of Central Health Services to 65 years
• India tops global slavery index with 18.35 million people enslaved
• Delhi Government Launches ‘DVAT M SEWA’ Mobile App
• Indian Railways, PEC sign MoU to set up Kalpana Chawla Chair on geospatial technology
• National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) to launch Ganga cleaning project in Bihar

International News:

• Philippine parliament declared Rodrigo Digong Duterte to be president-elect
• Indian Air Force Participation in Exercise Desert Eagle II at UAE
• Jordan’s King Abdullah dissolves parliament
• World’s longest rail tunnel to be inaugurated in Switzerland
• UNICEF to expedite operations in Greece to support migrant children

New Appointments:

• Former Delhi Police commissioner B S Bassi appointed UPSC member
• Madhavan becomes goodwill ambassador for LEPRA India
• Admiral Sunil Lanba has taken over as the new Chief of Naval Staff

Banking:

• BRICS New Development Bank to issue first yuan-denominated bonds

Business & Economy:

• Mahindra inks brand licence agreement with Pininfarina
• Asia’s largest tech trade show COMPUTEX kicks off in Taipei

Awards & Honours:

• Pope Francis Awards Medals to Richard Gere, George Clooney, Salma Hayek
• Aditi Krishnakumar wins 2016 Scholastic Asian Book Award

Science & Technology:

• China to launch first hack proof Quantum Communication Satellite

Sports:

• Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Kulasekara retires from Test Cricket

Obituary:

• Bollywood actor and Comedian Razzak Khan passes away