Around INDIA
# India successfully test-fired Agni – 5,
its indigenously developed nuclear capable long range ballistic missile with
strike range of 5000 km from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha
# Operation NISTAR: Indian Navy rescued 38
Indians from Socotra in Yemen where they were stranded for nearly 10 days after
Cyclone Mekenu devastated the island; the Navy diverted its ship INS Sunayna from the Gulf of Aden to
Socotra
#
President, Mr. Ram Nath Kovind to preside over the two –d ay 49th
Conference of Governors and Lt. Governors in New Delhi
· 4
months after increasing their salaries to Rs. 3.5 lakh, the Centre has issued
fresh guidelines for allowances to the Governors for tours, hospitality, entertainment
and furnishings. The allowances have been revised after four years. The State
governments pay the Governors salaries and allowances. According to the Union
Home Ministry, the West Bengal Governor will get the highest amount of Rs. 1.81
crore in allowances for tour, hospitality and entertainment
# NTPC adopted the Charminar in Hyderabad
under the Swachh Iconic Places project
# NEET 2018 results declared; Rajasthan
with 74.3% has the highest pass percentage followed by Delhi with 74.2% and
Haryana with 73%; Nagaland with 29% comes at the last
# Centre is to start measuring “green GDP”
of the States
· India’s
environmental diversity and riches are universally recognized but have never
been quantified
· Starting
this year, the government will begin a five – year exercise to compute district
– level data of the country’s environmental wealth
· Government
also launched a “Green Skilling” programme under which youth, particularly
school dropouts, would be trained in a range of “green jobs” – as operators of
scientific instruments used to measure environmental quality, as field staff of
natural parks, and as tourist guides.
# Ministry of Agriculture launched “Krishi
Kalyan Abhiyan” from June 01, 2018 to July 31, 2018 to help, advise, assist
farmers to improve their farming techniques and increase their income
# Ganga Praharis: 427 trained volunteers to
educate, motivate and ensure protection of the biodiversity of acquatic species
of River Ganga; they will work along the Ganga basin spreading across the
States of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal
· It is a
part of a project named “Biodiversity Conservation and Ganga Rejuvenation” of
the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), dehradun sponsored by the National
Mission of Clean Ganga
TAMIL NADU
# A
three – member panel headed by Jatinkumar harjivan Soni has been constituted to
shortlist three candidates for the post of Vice – chancellor of the Tamil Nadu
Physical Education and Sports University
# The Tiruchi City Corporation has set up
an exclusive toilet for the transgenders at the Central Bus Stand in the City;
claimed to be one of the firsts for transgenders in the State
# State Archaeological Department is
setting up a museum in Ariyalur that is said to have a large repository of
fossils in the region. The museum will feature various fossils, rocks and
minerals from the Pre – Cambrian period, the Paleozoic period, the Jurassic
period and the Cretaceous period
# Sathyamangalam in Erode District is the
new Environment Heritage Village and Museum for Tribes will be established:
Chief Minister, Mr. Edappadi K. Palaniswami
# Tamil Nadu Fisheries University in
Nagapattinam has now been renamed as Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries
University
# 39.6% from the State passed in the NEET –
2018; ranked at 35th position among the Indian States and UTs (bottom position
3); last year, it was 38.84%
# Chief Minister, Mr. Edappadi K.
Palaniswami categorically stated in the Assembly that Sterlite Copper, a
smelter owned by the Vedanta Group has been closed and sealed by the
authorities, cannot be reopened by anyone
STATES SCAN
# Assam: Priyanka Das from the State has
been appointed as ambassador for “promote science” initiative in France to
encourage girls to pursue scientific careers
# Bihar: To mark the birth bicentenary of
German philosopher Karl Marx, renowned academics from across the world to hold
an international meet on Karl Marx in Patna
# Gujarat: Government has launched a
dedicated ambulance service for infants to prevent the death of newborns due to
lack of emergency medical facilities in the healthcare centres
# Odisha: Chandrabhaga beach on the Konark
coast of the State will be the first in Asia to get Blue Flag certification –
the tag given to environment – friendly and clean beaches equipped with
amenities of international standards for tourists
# Telangana: TSFDC (Telangana State Forest
Development Corporation) has launched two eco – tourism projects in the State
(i) Chintaguda village of Mancherial Dt
near Kawal Tiger Reserve
(ii) Nagarjuna Sagar back waters at Vizag
Colony
# Telangana: Government signed a MoU with
LIC on the Rythu Bandhu Life Insurance scheme to give a life cover of Rs. 5
lakh to pattadar farmers; farmers aged between 18 years and 59 years will be
eligible for the insurance
BILATERAL ISSUES
# India would import is first ever LNG from
Russia (Gazprom at Petronet LNG in Russia); India is the fourth largest buyer
of LNG in the world
# India urged for support from Russia,
China, South Africa and Brazil to create a new security forum to counter
terrorism and radicalisation: External Affairs Minister, Ms. Sushma Swaraj at
the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting
WORLD
# Afghanistan: nearly half all children in
the country are out of school due to conflict, poverty, child marriage and
discrimination against girls, the number rising for the first time since 2002
# China: 29th anniversary of Tiananmen
Massacre was observed
# Germany: President, Mr. Frank – Walter
Steinmeier has asked gay people (same sexual) for forgiveness for decades of
suffering and injustice they endured as a result of repressive laws in the
country in the Nazi era and after the second world war
# Guatemala: At least 25 people were killed
when Fuego volcano erupted
# Jordan: Prime Minister, Mr. Hani Mulki
resigned after days of anti – austerity protests by citizens suffering from
high unemployment and repeated price hikes
# Saudi Arabia: began issuing its firs
driving licences to women in decades
# Syria: President, Mr. Bashar al – Assad
plans to meet North Korean leader, Mr. Kim Jong-un, potentially the first
meeting between Mr. Kim and another head of state in Pyongyang
ECONOMICS
# RBI’s Financial Literacy Week to be
observed from June 04 – 08, 2018 with the theme of “Consumer Protection”
# Government appointed IDBI Bank MD and
CEO. Mr. M. K. Jain as Deputy Governor of RBI. He replaces S. S. Mudra.
· The
other Deputy Governors of RBI are
I.
B. P. Kanungo
II.
Viral V Acharya
III.
N. S. Viswantahan
# Commerce Minister, Mr. Suresh Prabhu
attended the informal gathering of WTO in Paris
# Government is planning to merge 4 banks
(Bank of Baroda, Central bank of India, IDBI and Oriental Bank)
SPORTS
#
Sunil Chhetri
|
#
|
Player
|
Country
|
Goals
|
Games
|
|
1
|
C. Ronaldo
|
Portugal
|
81
|
149
|
|
2
|
L. Messi
|
Argentina
|
64
|
124
|
|
3
|
S. Chhetri
|
India
|
59
|
99
|
|
4
|
D. Villa
|
Spain
|
59
|
98
|
|
5
|
C. Dempsey
|
USA
|
57
|
141
|
MISC
# Social entrepreneur Vijay Mahajan was
appointed as secretary and chief executive officer of the Rajiv Gandhi
Foundation and director of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Contemporary Studies.
The foundation was launched in 1991, a month after the death of the former
Prime Minister, and the Rajiv Gandhi institute is an independent national
policy thinktank promoted by the foundation
# Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov came
back to earth from Space along with an official match football that could be
used later this month in the opening games of the FIFA World Cup in Moscow
# June 05: World Environment Day; theme: “Beat Plastic Pollution”; Host Country:
India
· Union
Culture Ministry adopted “Taj Mahal Declaration to beat Plastic Pollution” to
clean Taj Mahal premises around 500m plastic free and reduce the use of
polythene and plastic products in the vicinity ; the decision applies to the
100 Adarsh monuments in the country
· E. K.
Janaki Ammal National Awards on taxonomy were presented. The award comprises
Rs. 5 lakh cash, a scroll and a medallion.
1)
Dr. S. P. Yadav for Plant Taxonomy
2)
Dr. P. T. Cherian for Animal Taxonomy
3)
Dr. S. Sivaji for Microbial Taxonomy
· India,
China, US, Japan and Germany are the five nations that produces maximum e –
wastes in the world: ASSOCHAM; among the States, Maharashtra (19.8%) ranks
first in e – waste followed by Tamil Nadu (13%) , Uttar Pradesh (10.1%), West
Bengal (9.8%) and Delhi (9.5%)
# Book “Poetic Indian
Constitution” by S. K. Gautam DGP
# Book “Turn Your Child
into A Genius” by S. K. Gautam DGP
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