Current Affairs 4th June 2016
National News:
- Marking the second year since the creation of Telangana, the state government announced the creation of 15 new districts across the state
- Odisha becomes first state to give social welfare benefits to transgender community
- 2 Indian-origin women in Forbes’ self-made American women list
- India to grant tourist, e-visa for Yoga courses
- India among top five in 2015 in green energy spending
- India joins Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation
- Constitution of National Company Law Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal Notified
- Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approves Mau-Tarighat Railway line project
International News:
- India, US sign MoU on energy security, climate
- Asia’s largest annual security forum opens in Singapore
- German Parliament passes Resolution recognising Massacre of Armenians as Genocide
New Appointments:
- Senior IPS officer Navin Agarwal was appointed chief of National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), working for dope-free sports for five years
- Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Y Satyanarayana Chowdary were elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh
- P Dhanapal, Jayaraman re-elected as TN Speaker, Deputy Speaker
- LDF candidate Sreeramakrishnan elected as Kerala Assembly speaker
Banking:
- RBI directs banks to make cybersecurity policies
Business & Economy:
- Johnson & Johnson to buy Vogue International for about $3.3 billion
- New Delhi based Energy and Resources Institute and a subsidiary of Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited Kisan Sanchar Limited (IKSL) inked a pact to work together in empowering farmers
Awards & Honours:
- Indian banker Raghavan Seetharaman awarded Green Economy Visionary Award
Science & Technology:
- Google launched a tool that measures a website’s speed on mobile and desktop, and its mobile-friendliness on a scale of 1 to 100
- Microsoft announced the general availability of its latest relational database management system ‘SQL Server 2016’.
Sports:
- Novak Djokovic becomes the first player to win a $100m prize money
- Argentina retain top spot in FIFA rankings
- BCCI allows women to compete in foreign leagues
- Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the most famous athlete in the world in the list of 100 most famous athletes released by ESPN.
Obituary:
- US singer Prince died from accidental overdose of painkiller, fentanyl
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