Current Affairs 4th June 2016

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

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

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

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

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’.

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.