Current Affairs 9th June 2016

Current Affairs 9th June 2016

National News:

• India becomes co-chair of Working Group on Maritime Situational Awareness under CGPCS
• The Union Ministry of Water Resources released the Draft National Water Framework Bill, 2016 to invite comments and suggestions from public
• Centre to introduce International Yoga Award Scheme
• AYUSH minister to inaugurate National Health Editors’ meet on Yoga
• India all set to become member of Missile Technology Control Regime
• Centre to open 100 Jan Aushadhi Kendras in Bihar
• President to embark on 4-day visit to Ghana, Ivory Coast on June 12
• Joint Indo-Korean coast guard exercise begins in Chennai
• Rajasthan Government launches mobile app RajVayu on Air Quality Index
• Kiran Bedi bans use of siren in VIP cars in Puducherry
• All India Radio completes 80 years on June 8
• Union Sports Minister Jitendra Singh announces upgradation, new stadium in J&K
• Railway Minister lays foundation stone for 8 rail projects in Gujarat
• Government to launch e-commerce website its employees
• Union Government launched Surya Mitra Mobile App
• World Bank slashes global growth forecast to 2.4 per cent

International News:

• Thailand becomes first Asian country to eliminate mother to child HIV
• France to launch terror alert mobile app today
• UN welcomes Indo-US commitment to join Paris agreement
• India to open new consulate in Seattle
• Turkey’s president lifts lawmakers’ immunity

New Appointments:

• Fashion designer Kenneth Cole named UNAIDS international goodwill ambassador
• Karnataka woman Nandini Singla becomes Ambassador to Portugal
• Shahid Rasool takes charge as Director of Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia
• Suzuki Chairman Osamu Suzuki to step down as CEO

Banking:

• ICICI Bank offers new services on ‘iMobile’

Business & Economy:

• Government procures 1.11 lakh tonne of pulses to cool retail prices
• India, ADB sign $120 miilion loan pact for irrigation in Odisha
• Amazon to increase investment India to $5 billion
• Amazon to increase investment India to $5 billion
• Datsun launches hatchback redi-GO with prices starting at Rs. 2.49 lakh
• World Bank cuts 2016 global growth forecast to 2.4%
• India, US set up 2 clean energy financial support Programmes for $60 million

Awards & Honours:

• Queen Elizabeth II has awarded the Regius Professorship (royal patronage) in Manufacturing to the department founded by Indian professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya in the University of Warwick.

Sports:

• Lucknow to host Junior hockey World Cup

Obituaries:

• Amber Gurung, the legendary Nepali musician and composer of the country’s national anthem, died by suffering from diabetes and Parkinsons disease
• Chess Grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi dies