Current Affairs 30th June 2016

Current Affairs 30th June 2016

National News:

• 7-member panel formed to end Nepal parliament deadlock
• Home Ministry team to visit valley to probe attack on CRPF
• Maharashtra govt announces housing concessions for EWS
• Agriculture Minister launches app for Bihar farmers
• Centre to invest Rs 1,000 cr for 750-bedded AIIMS in Assam

International News:

• lItaly and Netherlands to share Security Council seat in a ‘show of unity’
• Ethiopia, Bolivia, Sweden elected non-permanent UNSC members
• The cleanest village in Asia, Mawlynnong, is situated in India’s north-eastern state of Meghalaya
• Sweden inaugurates world’s first electric road
• US, Canada, Mexico to commit 50% clean energy by 2025

New Appointments:

• Montella named as new AC Milan manager
• Noor Huda Roslan and Nenney Shuhaidah Shamsuddin appointed as Shariah High Court judges in Malaysia
• U C Maheshwari sworn-in as new deputy Lokayukta of Madhya Pradesh

Banking:

• SBI to raise $1.5 billion by issuing bonds
• United Bank remains cautious on corporate lending, aims at 30% retail loan growth this fiscal
• Gross NPAs rise to 7.6% in 2015-16: RBI

Business and Economy:

• Amazon launches two data centres in India
• Paytm ties up with Suzuki Motorcycle for easy booking of two-wheeler models
• India up 19 ranks in World Bank logistics report
• Quality analysis: CIMFR, power developers, coal miners ink MoU
• EPFO aims to cover all workers under provident fund, pension by 2030

Books and Author:

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a book titled “The Birds of Banni Grassland” in New Delhi

Awards and Honours:

• Viswanathan Anand honoured with ‘Honoris Causa’ Doctor of Science degree
• Indian-origin Google CEO Sunder Pichai and three other Indian-Americans are among the 42 US nationals honoured with this years prestigious “Great Immigrants: The Pride of America” award

Science and Technology:

• Google brings Earth into better focus
• CarDekho.com launches battery research portal ‘BatteryDekho’
• Most powerful rocket by NASA set for journey to Mars

Sports:

• Argentina women win record seventh Champions Trophy title
• Indian men’s hockey team jumps to fifth place in FIH (International Hockey Federation) rankings
• Indore to host first ever Test, no day-night Test in NZ series
• Serena gets her 80th win at the AELTC

Obituary:

• Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley’s first guitarist, dies at 84