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1. Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan clinched their maiden I-League title and their first domestic

championship in 13 years after managing a 1-1 draw against defending champions Bengaluru

FC at Kanteerva Stadium

2. Dilawar Singh of Haryana has won Pedal for Kashmir cycling competition, held along

the banks of picturesque Dal Lake in Srinagar.Mohammad Akbar Khan who came runner up,

followed by another local cyclist Mohammad Adil Teli.

3.Federal Bank has launched Scan N Pay, a mobile-based payment app for making any kind of

payments.The comfort and convenience of a mobile, simplicity of a QR (Quick Response) code,

credibility of IMPS (Immediate Payment Service) facility from NPCI (National Payment

Corporation of India), and the security of MPIN (Mobile PIN) all converges into this new

application. The app was launched by A.P.Hota, Managing Director and CEO of NPCI, at

Federal Experience Centre near Cochin International Airport, Nedumbassery.

4. Mobile money service provider YTS Solutions introduced MoSa Pay - a mobile based

online salary disbursement solution targeted at small and medium enterprises (SMEs).MoSa

Pay provides access to mobile wallets to customers in lower income groups for effective and

timely disbursement of salaries.

5. Archer Deepika Kumari stuns world number 8, Chang Hye Jin, to win bronze medal in

Women's Recurve event at Antalya Archery World Cup.Deepika beat the South Korea in

straight sets 6-2 (26-25, 29-26, 26-28, 28-27) to stamp her authority

6. The 4th North East Youth Festival concluded at Majuli in Jorhat district of Assam. The

Governor of Assam was the Chief Guest at the closing ceremony of the Festival.The three day

long festival was organized by the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) on behalf of the

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.The festival was inaugurated by Union Minister for

Chemicals & Fertilisers, Ananth Kumar

7. World No Tobacco Day 2015: Stop illicit trade of tobacco products.observed on may 31

WHO and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), highlighting the health risks

associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption.

8. Punjab observed 2015-16 as year of development.Focus of the State government was to

provide ultra modern civic amenities to the people in urban and rural areas.In urban areas focus

was on providing the facility of water supply, sewerage, Sewerage Treatment Plants (STPs),

streetlights, roads and parks whereas in rural areas provision of roads, potable drinking water,

disposal of waste water and toilets of thrust areas.



9. The Government of Mauritius designated Ameenah Gurib-Fakim as new President of the

Indian Ocean island nation. Ameenah, an internationally-renowned scientist and biologist, will

be the first woman to hold the ceremonial position of President of Mauritius.

10. State Bank of India launched Her Ghar Her Car loyalty scheme offering reduced

interest on car loans. Under this scheme, Her Ghar borrowers can go in for a Her Car loan at

reduced rates of 10 per cent per annum.The original Her Ghar scheme provided a concession in

interest rates for women home loan borrowers.Car loans to borrowers who have not taken loans

under Her Ghar scheme would continue to be at 10.25 per cent per annum.

11. SBIs mCASH for money transfer.Sender needs to have Internet Banking access either

through browser or State Bank Anywhere app. To transfer the money, sender needs to know

recipients mobile no or email ID.Recipient will receive the intimation of the transfer request

through SMS/Email and has to either download the State Bank mCASH app or

visitwww.onlinesbi.com to enter his/her Bank account details, IFSC code and Email ID/Mobile

to receive the transfer-money.

12. Meena Hemchandra was appointed as the Executive Director (ED) of Reserve Bank of

India (RBI) . As an ED, She will look after Department of Banking Supervision, Department of

Co-operative Banking Supervision and Department of Non-Banking Supervision. She succeeded

Chandan Sinha.

13. Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa was sworn-in as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh . He became

the 19th Governor of the state. His oath of the office and secrecy was administered by the

Chief Justice of Guahati High Court (Acting), Justice K Sreedhar Rao in the Darbar Hall of Raj

Bhawan.Rajkhowa was the former Chief Secretary of Assam and is a retired Indian

Administrative Service officer from 1968 batch.

14. Former greats Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and VVS Laxman joined the BCCI in

a newly-constituted advisory panel to guide the board in all matters related to the game

15. K Sivan was appointed as the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC),

an organisation that works under Indian Space Research Organisation in Thiruvananthapuram,

Kerala. He took the charge on the day of his appointment and succeded M Chandradathan.

16. S Somanath was appointed as the Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre

(LPSC). LPSC works under the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and is located at

Trivandrum, Kerala.He succeeded K Sivan, who took over as the Director of the Vikram

Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC).

17. India, Sweden signed 6 agreements during visit of Pranab Mukherjee to Sweden

(i). MoU on Cooperation in the field of Sustainable Urban Development:



(ii). MoU on cooperation in the field of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises:

(iii). Agreement on Visa Exemption for diplomatic passports

(iv). Letter of Intent on Collaboration in Polar and Ocean Research:

(v). Memorandum of Intent (MoI) on cooperation in ageing research and health:

(vi). MoI between the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), India and the

Swedish Medical Products Agency (MPA):

18. London-born Rio Ferdinand announced his retirement from football. Ferdinand last played

for Queens Park Rangers (QPR) in March 2015. Ferdinand had an illustrious career of 18 years

as a professional footballer.

19. khoya-paya web portal to track missing children launched.by the Women and Child

Development Ministry. It will serve as a platform for people to not only report a missing child

but also track the efforts towards his or her recovery.The website, www.khoyapaya.gov.in, will

answer all queries as to what action is to be taken when a child goes missing.

20. South Korea and China signed the Korea-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Seoul,

South Korea.

Features of Korea-China FTA

to remove tariffs on more than 90 percent of traded goods between both the countries within 20

years.

China will remove tariffs on 71 percent of South Korean exports in 10 years and 91 percent in

20 years.

South Korea will remove tariffs on 79 percent of Chinese imports in 10 years and 92 percent in

20 years.

21. The Union Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi launched the IAP

HealthPhone programme in New Delhi. The IAP HealthPhone programme is the worlds

largest digital mass education programme for addressing the malnutrition in women and

children.

22. Sepp Blatter resigned as President of FIFA amid the corruption scandal that has engulfed

the footballs governing body. Blatter has been serving as president of world soccer governing

body FIFA since 1998.

23. Pawan Munjal was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) & CEO

of Hero MotoCorp Ltd (HMCL). He succeeded his father Brijmohan Lall Munjal, who

resigned on 1 June 2015.



24. Harriette Thompson, a 92 year 65 days old cancer survivor, became the oldest woman to

finish a marathon. She achieved this fete at San Diegos Rock 'n' Roll Marathon of 26.2 miles

(42.2 kilometers) by completing the race in 7 hours, 24 minutes, 36 seconds. This was her 16th

Rock 'n' Roll Marathon and by far, the hardest.

25. Maharashtra Cabinet approved a Composite Renewable Energy Policy worth 4156.43

crore rupees which would help attract investment of 1 lakh crore rupees. The policy was

approved at a cabinet meet chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.The policy aims at

achieving 14400 MW of installed capacity from the present 6700 MW over a period of five

years, that is, till 2020.The policy targets to increase the share of renewable energy in total

electricity production in the state to 15 percent from present 9 percent.

26. Ex-security contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden won a prize for freedom of

expression from Norway and once more received an invitation to withdraw from exile and

receive the award in person.The award was given by the Norwegian Academy of Literature and

Freedom of Expression .

27. Syed Asif Ibrahim was appointed as the Prime Ministers Special Envoy on Countering

Terrorism and Extremism. He is a former Director of Intelligence Bureau (DIB). In this new

capacity, he will liaise with governments in West Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and South East

Asia, among others, in setting up channels for the exchange of intelligence and information on

terror groups.

28. World Bank approved $ 250 million loan for Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project

for reconstruction of flood-affected public infrastructure in Jammu & Kashmir.It will also

strengthen the capacity of state government to respond and better manage natural disasters in

future.The project will be funded by credit from World Banks concessionary International

Development Association (IDA). The loan has a maturity of 25 years, including a 5 year grace

period.

29. Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje inaugurated phase 1A of metro rail services in

Jaipur. With this, the pink city became the sixth city in the country to have metro service; other

five cities are Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Kolkata. In the first phase, the metro

will run on 9.6 kilometer stretch covering nine stations from residential area Mansarovar to

business hub in Chandpole.

30. US President Barack Obama signed the USA FREEDOM Act 2015 in law. The USA

FREEDOM stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring

Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015.

31. India and the US inked an expansive new defence framework to bolster their strategic

partnership over the next 10 years, even as they discussed maritime security and the Asia-Pacific

in the backdrop of China's assertive behaviour in the South China Sea.



32. Suresh Kalmadi was conferred with the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) Presidents

award. He was awarded for his contribution towards the development of athletics in Asian

continent.He is credited with the introduction of top events like Asian Grand Prix series, Asian

Indoor Championships and Asian All Star Meet and others during his tenure as the president of

AAA for 13 years from 2000 to 2013.

33. Inderjeet Singh won gold medal in men's shot put event in the 21st Asian Athletics

Championships . The 21st Asian Athletics Championships held at Wuhan, China.Chang Ming-

Huang of Chinese Taipei won the silver with a throw of 19.56meter, while Tian Zizhong of the

home country bagged the bronze with a throw of 1925meter.

34. India joined the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) on Automatic

Exchange of Financial Account Information (AEOI).The declaration to comply with the

provisions of the MCAA was signed in Paris by Mohan Kumar, the Indian ambassador to

France. The participation in the agreement will help India in curbing financial crimes especially

instances of tax evasion.

35. Private insurer, HDFC Life, has announced the launch of HDFC Life Cancer Care, to

provide financial support on diagnosis of early or major stages of cancer.The plan provides a

fixed lumpsum benefit on diagnosis of early and major stages of cancer, waives future premiums,

and also pays regular income on diagnosis for treatment of cancerThe plan also has an indexation

option whereby the sum assured increases by 10 per cent every year. The plan is attractively

priced with a Rs. 20-lakh cover for a period of 20 years being available to a 35-year-old male for

less than Rs. 1,800 annual premium and is also eligible for tax benefits.

36. Maharashtra Government invoked MCOCA against ration mafia. MCOCA: Maharashtra

Control of Organised Crime Act. First time this MCOCA was applied against ration mafia and

was done with an aim of weeding out the widespread corruption in public distribution system.

37. India, Belarus ink 6 agreements to boost co-operation

(i).Roadmap for India-Belarus Cooperation

(ii). Protocol to amendment

(iii). MoU on Cooperation in the field of Standardization and Information Support

(iv). MoU for cooperation on Broadcasting

(v). MoU on Bilateral Cooperation between the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

and the Ministry of Finance of Belarus.

(vi). MoU for Manufacturing and Marketing of Light Industry Goods (concern Bellegprom)



38. AB De Villiers was conferred with the South Africa (SA) Cricketer of the Year Award

for 2015 the presentation ceremony held at Midrand in South Africa.

AB De Villiers won following awards for 2015

SA Cricketer of the Year Award

Castle Lager ODI Cricketer of the Year

SA Players Player of the Year

SA Fans Player of the Year

KFC So Good Award

39. World Environment Day (WED) was observed globally on 5 June 2015 with theme Seven

Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care.The host country for the WED 2015 is Italy

and the celebrations will be organized by Expo Milano 2015 that will run from 1 May to 31

October 2015

40. Union Government signed 400 million US dollars loan agreement with World Bank for

Tamil Nadu Sustainable Urban Development Project (TNSUDP). The objective of the

project is to improve urban services in participating Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in a financially

sustainable manner and to pilot improved urban management practices in selected cities. The

total project size is 600 million US dollars

41. Delhi Metro received its first driver-less train from Korea-based manufacturer. The train is

equipped with several advanced features and will be operational on sections of Phase-III of the

network, set to be operational by December 2016. It is manufactured at Changwan in South

Korea

42. Irwin Rose, a biochemist who won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, died in his sleep in

Deerfield, Massachusetts. He was 88.Rose won the Nobel Prize for discovering a way that cells

destroy unwanted proteins for developing new therapies for diseases such as cervical cancer and

cystic fibrosis.

43. Indias first of its kind Tier-I Oil Spill Response Centre (OSRC) for Mumbai Port Trust

(MBT), Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) and ONGCs facilities at Nhava and Uran was

inaugurated on 5 June 2015. It was inaugurated by Union Minister of Road Transport &

Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari to tackle pollution and oil spills in and around Mumbai.

44. India and Bangladesh sealed a historic agreement that will settle a 41-year-old land

boundary dispute through exchange of territories, removing a major irritant in bilateral ties.In a

major boost to connectivity between India and Bangladesh.The bus services Kolkata-Dhaka-



Agartala and Dhaka-Shillong-Guwahati will link West Bengal to three North Eastern

states of India via Bangaldeshi capital Dhaka.

45. Infosys Limited appointment of R. Seshasayee as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

with immediate effect. K.V. Kamath will be stepped down from his position as Chairman of the

Board and as an Independent Director of the Company.

46. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N Chandrababu Naidu, performed the Bhoomi Pooja

for the new capital city at Tallayapalem in Guntur district about 280 km . Tallayapalem is

located on the banks of river Krishna, about 15 km from Vijayawada.

47. Doctors from Texas State of United States have done the worlds first partial skull and scalp

transplant from a human donor. This rare medical feat was achieved by team of Doctors from

Houston Methodist Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center which opens new frontier in

transplant surgery The recipient patient was Jim Boysen, a 55-year-old software developer who

had suffered a large head wound from cancer treatment .

48. Jal Kranti Abhiyan was launched by Union Minister of Water Resources, River

Development and Ganga Rejunivetion Uma Bharti in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Jal Kranti Abhiyan aims

at turning one water scared village in each district of the country into water surplus village water

through a holistic and integrated approach by adopting conservation and management

techniques.

49. Indias first green police station was inaugurated on the occasion of World Environment

Day at Maurice Nagar in north Delhi by Delhi Police Commissioner Bhim Sain Bassi.The

police station has various provisions for preservation and safety of the environment

50. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was conferred with Award of Bangladesh

Liberation War Honour for his active role in the countrys independence struggle and

consolidating Indias friendship with the nation.

51. UK Author Ali Smith won the 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction for her novel How

to be Both.Ali Smith, a Scottish author, has also won the 2014 Goldsmiths Prize and the Novel

Award in the 2014 Costa Book Awards for the same book.

52. YES Bank shareholders approve Rana Kapoor's reappointment as MD and CEO at its 11th

Annual General Meeting (AGM) Kapoor's reappointment will be for a period of three years.

53. World number one Serena Williams survived a mid-match meltdown to beat Czech Lucie

Safarova 6-3 6-7(2) 6-2 to win the French Open her 20th grand slam trophy.She is now third on

the list of all-time major champions behind Australian Margaret Court (24) and German Steffi

Graff (22).



53. CRPF Special Director General R C Tayal was appointed as new Director General of NSG.

54. Former Captain of Indian cricket team Rahul Dravid was named as coach of India A and

Under-19 cricket teams. Rahul Dravids name for coaching Indias junior team was confirmed

by BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur in his press conference in Kolkata.

55. Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland won his first French Open title of Tennis. In the final

clash played at Roland Garros in Paris, Wawrinka defeated Novak Djokovic of Serbia 4-6, 6-4,

6-3, 6-4.

56. IndiaFirst Life Insurance has launched its IndiaFirst Cash Back Plan to help its

customers enjoy long-term investment benefits after paying for a limited period.With the

IndiaFirst Cash Back Plan, customers can start investing with Rs. 522 a month.

57. White label operator, Tata Communications Payment Solutions, partnered with FINO

PayTech, a payment technology provider, to set up more ATM services in rural unbanked

regions.

58. India, Netherlands sign MoU for development of Measles- Rubella Vaccines The MoU

signed under Make in India initiative of Government of India will enable the Bharat

Immunologicals and Biologicals Corporation Ltd (BIBCOL), a Central PSU under Department

of Biotechnology, to develop Measles - Rubella vaccine at its plant at Chola, Bulandshahr, U.P.

59. The finance ministry imposed anti-dumping duty for certain stainless steel products

imported from China, Malaysia and South Korea, which marks the first decisive move to stem

the inflow of such products amid a hue and cry by the domestic steel industry battling sluggish

market sentiments and strained margins.The duty has been levied for five years.

60. Famous novelist Dr.Dasaradhi Rangachaya died he organized a strike against the Nizam in

his school days. Rangacharya wrote Chillera Devullu, Modugupulu, Janapadam and more.

Chillara Devullu is a fictional portrait of pre independence Telangana.

61. Vijai Sharma was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner in the Central

Information Commission (CIC), New Delhi. He will have tenure of 5 years or till he attain the

age of 65, whichever is earlier

62. 1978-batch IRS officer KV Chowdary was appointed as the Central Vigilance

Commissioner (CVC). He was appointed by President Pranab Mukherjee on the

recommendation of Selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

63. ICICI Bank appointed MK Sharma as non-executive Chairman of the Board for a period of

5 years. MK Sharma was formerly the Vice Chairman of Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Sharma

succeeded KV Kamath.



64. The book Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy was written by

Saptarshi Sarkar and was published in April 2015 by HarperCollins India.The biography of

former Indian Cricket Captain Sourav Ganguly deals with his cricketing career.

65. Mercedes racing driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain won the 2015 Formula 1 Canada Grand

Prix title by winning the final race held in Montreal, Canada.In the final race, while, his team

mate Nico Rosberg of Germany stood at the second position, Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of

Germany was at the third position.

66. Japanese rising star shuttler Kento Momota and Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon won the

mens and womens singles respectively of the Indonesia Open Badminton tournament.

Indonesia Open Badminton tournament was held at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta,

Indonesia. The total prize money at stake was 800000 US dollars.

67. The Manchester United became the Worlds most valuable brand in the World football

with 1.2 billion US dollars. Also, it became the first club to pass the 1 billion US dollar mark. It

was revealed in the study titled Football 50 2015 released by the Brand Finance, a leading brand

valuation and strategy consultancy.

68. Booker Prize awardee Amitav Ghosh released his new novel Flood of fire. With the novel,

he has concluded the Ibis trilogy, his fictional recreation of the events leading up to the first

opium war of 1839-42.The Ibis trilogy is a work of historical fiction by Amitav Ghosh. It

comprises Sea of Poppies (2008), River of Smoke (2011), and Flood of Fire (2015). The story is

set in the first half of the 19th century. It deals with the trade of opium between India and China

run by the East India Company and the trafficking of coolies to Mauritius.

69. Cyclonic storm ASHOBAA was in news after it developed into a cyclonic storm from only

a depression that formed over the Arabian Sea. The cyclone is centered at 17.9N and 67.2E

and is lying about 590 km west-southwest of Mumbai and 470 km southwest of Veraval,

Gujarat.

70. The Mangrove Forest Division (MFD) of Bhitarkanika in first week of June 2015 revealed

that Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary of Odisha is witnessing an alarming denudation in large

tracts of mangrove vegetation.The Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary is one of Indias biggest

estuarine crocodile habitats and a major coastal eco-system.

71. SBI Life Insurance introduced Connect Life, a tablet-based service to digitise the entire

documentation process."It begins with a built-in need analysis calculator that offers a customer

the right products to choose from, filling the proposal form with a facility of paying premium

and uploading necessary documents from the tablet.

72. IIT Delhi has been ranked as the best engineering college in India while Kolkatas Jadavpur

University leads the pack among government colleges released by EDU-RAND 2015 rankings.



73. Maratha strongman Sharad Pawar was unanimously re-elected as the president of

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), a post he has occupied since he founded the party in 1999

after parting ways with Congress.

74. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) co-owner Shah Rukh Khan acquired Carribean Premier

League (CPL) T20 team Trinidad & Tobago (T&T).Shah Rukh Khan is the first owner of an

Indian Premier League team to own an overseas cricket franchise. Khan's company Red Chillies

Entertainment Pvt Ltd along with KKR co-owners Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta

invested in the T&T franchise.

75. Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar was appointed as the Director of Hyderabad-based CSIR-

Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT). He is currently working as Chief Scientist at the IICT

to which he was appointed in 2010. He has made significant contributions in the field of organic

chemistry, synthesis of active natural products and pharmaceutical products.

76. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched a campaign called Badh Chala Bihar in

Patna to collate ideas from the public to produce Bihar@2025. It is a vision document on states

development between 2015 and 2025. Its purpose is to ensure public participation in policy

making.

77. RBI issued Draft Framework on Issuance of Rupee linked Bonds Overseas:(i)Indian

corporates eligible to raise external commercial borrowings (ECBs) are permitted to issue Rupee

linked bonds overseas.

(ii)The corporates which, at present, are permitted to access ECB under the approval route will

require prior permission of the RBI to issue such bonds and those coming under the automatic

route can do so without prior permission.

(iii)The bonds may be floated in any jurisdiction that is Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

compliant.

(iv)The subscription, coupon payments and redemption may be settled in foreign currency. The

proceeds of the bonds can be parked as per the extant provisions on parking of ECB proceeds.

(v) Banks incorporated in India will not have access to these bonds in any manner whatsoever.

78. Indian Basketball Players Association launched in New Delhi

Following is the organizational strucuture of IBPA:

President: Sajjan Singh Cheema (Arjuna Awardee)

General Secretary: Jayasankar Menon (Former Asian All Star Basketball player)

Treasurer: Ashok Sharma (National player and FIBA Commissioner)



Chairman: Abbas Moontaisar

Vice-Chairmen: Manmohan Singh and Suman Sharma

79. The he Indian Army in coordination with the Air Force carried out surgical operations

(cross-border operation) inside Myanmar to target militant groups.The operation was guided by

specific and precise intelligence input. The strike was carried out inside Myanmar with the

coordination of local authorities.The preparedness and finesse of the operation could be gauged

from the fact that Indian Army did not suffer any sort of casualty.

80. Ahmadabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) announced USE and GET PAID scheme, under

which people will be paid one rupees for using public toilets. The announced scheme aims to

eradicate the practice of open defecation and will help to keep the city clean.

81. G7 Summit 2015 was held at Schloss Elmau in Bavaria, Germany .This was the 41st G7

summit and the theme for the summit was Think Ahead. Act Together. The Summit focused on

the global economy as well as on key issues regarding foreign, security, environment and

development policy.

82. World Ocean Day 8 June -This year, the theme is Healthy oceans, healthy plane.World

Oceans Day was first introduced in 1992 to raise awareness of the crucial role the sea plays as

sources of food, oxygen and medicine.It was officially recognized by the United Nations in 2008

and is observed on June 8 each year.

83. Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni is among Forbes magazines 100 highest-paid athletes in

the world, the only Indian sportsman on the list that has been topped again by American boxer

Floyd Mayweather and includes golfer Tiger Woods, tennis star Roger Federer and Portuguese

soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo.

84. Delhi Jal Board vice-chairman Kapil Mishra was named as the new Law Minister of

Delhi.34-year-old Mishra, who represents Karawal Nagar Assembly seat, he succeeded Jitendra

Singh Tomar .Mishra has been associated with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal since the days of

India Against Corruption (IAC).

85. The United Bank of India (UBI) today launched an online Saving Bank account opening

facility.This will help prospective customers, who find it difficult to visit the banks branches.

Such prospective customers can now open a Savings Account by visiting the banks website

(through a PC, tablet or smart-phone). It also has the feature of uploading a photograph and KYC

documents for quick

86. Chandigarh has emerged as Indias Happiest City and Delhi has emerged as Indias

Happiest metro. According to a study commissioned by LG and conducted by IMRB

International-LG Lifes Good Happiness Study, happiness has been found to be the most

important value of life for Indians across the nation, compared to other sentiments like respect,



trust, success or recognition.Indians in the age group of 35-45 years are happier compared to the

younger Indians aged 18-24.

87. Amazon, the global e-commerce and cloud services firm, opened a Fulfilment Centre near

Hyderabad in Telangana.It is the biggest such facility for Amazon in the country having

previously established 10 Fulfilment Centres across seven states.The present centre is spread

across 2.80 lakh sq ft facility and is aimed at helping small and medium businesses (SMBs) in

utilizing the logistics and delivery capabilities offered by Amazon.

88. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was presented with the Space Pioneer

award for the year 2015 in the Science and Engineering category during the 34th Annual

International Space Development Conference held at Toronto in Canada during 20 May- 24 May

2015.

89. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was conferred with the prestigious 14th Sant

Namdev National Award at a function in Pune, Maharashtra. He was awarded for promoting

peace, communal harmony and universal brotherhood. Badal was honoured with a citation, a

prize amount of 101000 rupees and a memento by the foundation.

90. Indian-origin scientist Manu Prakash along with his team developed World's first water-

based computer. The results were published in the journal Nature Physics. Manu Prakash is an

Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University.

91. India, Japan and Australia held their first ever high-level trilateral dialogue in New

Delhi.The representatives of three countries discussed prospects of cooperation in the fields of

economy and security with special emphasis on maritime security.The three countries agreed to

hold their next round of talks in Tokyo, Japan.

92. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved two road projects worth

4721 crore rupees, one in Madhya Pradesh and another in Telangana. The projects will be

executed under the flagship road building programme National Highways Development Project

(NHDP).

93. Prof Sanghmitra Bandyopadhayay was appointed as the Director of Indian Statistical

Institute (ISI) by the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI).

She is the first woman to lead the institute and replaced Dr Bimal K Roy who was removed on

charges of indiscipline.

94. Ravi Garikipati was appointed as Entrepreneur in Residence of online portal Flipkart.com.

In this position, he will work closely with Flipkart founders Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal and

head of Flipkarts e-commerce platform Mukesh Bansal on new business projects. His first

assignment will be to grow the online advertising division.



95. The World Day Against Child Labour was on 12 June 2015 observed globally with the

theme NO to child labour YES to quality education! The day is the United Nations

observance to bring awareness against child labour.

96. Matt Prior, the English cricketer, retired from all forms of cricket. The 33-year-old,

wicketkeeper-batsman helped England to win three Ashes series between 2009 and 2013.He was

the first English wicketkeeper to score a century on debut match against West Indies in 2007.

97. Tamil Nadu Government and Adani Power Ltd in the second week of June signed a

Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to set up a 200 MW solar power plant in Ramanathapuram

district. The plant will be constructed with an investment of nearly 1400 crore rupees. The

district was chosen by the group because of the fact that it is one of the two districts along with

Thoothukudi that receive highest solar radiation in the state.

98. The creator of Chandigarhs Rock Garden Nek Chand Saini died in Chandigarh . He was

90. His creation Rock Garden of Chandigarh was opened for public on 24 January 1976. The

garden is maintained by the Nek Chand Foundation, formed in 1996. He was awarded the Padma

Shri in 1984

99. Veteran actor Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, famous as the master of horror,at

Londons Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. He was 93. Lee was famous for his role as Count

Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films.

100. The Andhra Pradesh government has launched `Mee Bhoomi', a digital depository of land

records. The portal, http://meebhoomi.ap.gov.in/, makes all land details along with

Adangal/Pahani and 1-B details, available to the people.It also lists details of land owners, area,

assessment, water source, soil type, nature of possession of the land, liabilities, tenancy, and

crops grown. One can also view individual/ village adangal and 1B details on the website.

101. RBI issued final guidelines for 6-year and 13-year Interest Rate Futures

For the 6-year cash settled IRF contracts, the underlying shall be a coupon bearing government

security of face value of 100 rupees and the residual maturity of 6-year IRF is between 4 and 8

years on the expiry of futures contract.

For the 13-year cash settled IRF contracts, the underlying can be a coupon bearing government

security of face value of 100 rupees and residual maturity will be between 11 and 15 years on the

expiry of futures contract.

102. Veteran West Indies fast bowler Sir Wesley Winfield Hall was inducted into the ICC

Cricket Hall of Fame. With this, he becomes 80th cricketer to be inducted in the ICC Cricket

Hall of Fame and 18th from West Indies itself.Sir Wesley Hall had played a total of 48 Tests in

his one decade career .



103. The United States has overtaken Saudi Arabia as the worlds biggest oil producer in 2014

while India has recorded the highest growth in energy consumption among major economies.

Top three nations are

US (17.79 million bpd)

China (14.09 million bpd)

Russia (6.3 million bpd).

104. Vinita Bali was appointed as the Chair of Board of Directors of the Global Alliance for

Improved Nutrition (GAIN). Vinita succeeded Jay Naidoo, who led GAIN in the global fight

against malnutrition since its creation in 2002.

105. World Blood Donor Day is being observed across the world on 14 June to raise the public

awareness about the need for safe blood donation. The theme of this years campaign is Thank

you for saving my life. This years campaign encourages donors all over the world to donate

blood voluntarily and regularly with the slogan Give freely, give often. Blood donation matters.

106. China has launched a freight train service between its northeastern city of Harbin and

Europe. The 9,820-km-long distance rail route will open new trade options for Chinese goods in

the European Market. It was launched by HAO Logistics Co. Ltd which is a joint venture

company that runs the freight service.This train will pass through countries like Russia and

Poland to reach its final destination in Hamburg, Germany.

107. External Affairs Minister V K Singh inaugurated first India-China Yoga College at

Yunnan Minzu University in Kunming, China. This is first Indian government institution

related Indian spiritual art form i.e. Yoga in China inaugurated ahead of the first UN Yoga Day

to be observed on June 21.

108. IDFC appoints Ajay Mahajan to head Commercial, Wholesale Banking Mahajan will

oversee coverage of SME (small and medium enterprise), Mid Cap and Large Corporates,

Financial Institutions, Government Business and Transaction Banking, Treasury and Markets

and Investment Banking.

109. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of United Arab Emirates (UAE) included four

Indian languages into its driving tests . The four Indian languages included along with three other

languages are Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Bengali. The other three are Chinese, Russian and

Persian.

110. The Israeli government approved a bill that will allow the force-feeding of prisoners that

are on hunger strike, if their lives are in danger. The Bill is called as Law to Prevent Harm

Caused by Hunger Strikes.The bill is scheduled to be presented before Knesset, the Israeli

Parliament, for first and second readings before it becomes law.



111. Former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, ex-Union Minister and Congress leader Sheila

Kaul died after a brief illness .She was 100.She is now survived by sons Gautam Kaul, a retired

IPS officer, and Vikram Kaul, an international sports administrator, besides daughter Deepa

Kaul, a former Information Minister in UP.

112. Zimbabwean dollar was dumped by Zimbabwe as government lead by President Robert

Mugabe has decided to discard its national currency. Currency of Zimbabwe was ruined because

of hyperflation which reached upto 500 billion per cent.

113. Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra launched a digital

Employment Exchange for Industries (EEX) portal eex.dcmsme.gov.in which will connect

employers and job seekers. The portal will help in linking Make in India initiative with Skilled

India one. The employers and job seekers can now register at www.eex.dcmsme.gov.in.

114. The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) launched the India Nuclear Insurance Pool

(INIP). The INIP has become the 27th such insurance pool in the world as countries such as

France, Russia, South Africa and the U.S. have put in place such similar risk transfer

mechanisms.

115. Delhi Law Minister Kapil Mishra was appointed as the Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board

(DJB). He succeeded Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.

116. The United Nations General Assembly unanimously elected Denmark's former parliament

speaker Mogens Lykketoft as president of its 70th

117. Indian off-spin cricketer Harbhajan Singh became the ninth all-time highest Test

wicket-takers by claiming 416 wickets in 102 matches.

118. India signed a major motor vehicles pact with three SAARC nations -- Bhutan,

Bangladesh and Nepal -- that will enable seamless transit of passenger and cargo vehicles

among them.

119. The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region

(DoNER) Jitendra Singh launched an Augmented Reality (AR) application named Sakaar to

highlight the achievements of the Department of Space.

120. Indian Railways rechristened train No 19031/19032 Ahmedabad-Haridwar Mail Express

also known as 'Haridwar Mail' as Yoga Express.

121. Sunil Chhetri became the first Indian footballer to score 50 international goals. He

achieved the fete during India's second match of the second round of qualifiers for 2018 football

World Cup qualifying group match against Guam at the Guam National Football Stadium.

122. Book titled Modi - Incredible emergence of a star in Chinese language written by

Tarun Vijay. Tarun Vijay is a BJP Member of Parliament and a journalist. The book was



published in July 2014 by Sichuan Universitys South Asia Study Centre. The book is a

biography based on the life and economic vision of Narendra Modi.

123. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR set up Indias first Micro Air Vehicle

Aerodynamics Research Tunnel in Bengaluru.

124. The International Boxing Association (AIBA) constituted a five-member ad-hoc committee

to manage the process of finding a group to organise and run boxing in India. Kishan Narsi, an

international referee who officiated in four Olympics was appointed as the Chairman of the

committee.

125. The book Recasting India: How Entrepreneurship is changing the world's Largest

Democracy written by Hindol Sengupta released In the book the author explains emergence of

new class of entrepreneurs in India, in recent times, especially from geographically and socially

disadvantage spaces.

126. Narendra Kumar Yadav took charge as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of

the state-run telecom operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) .

127. Chennais NL Beno Zephine became the first 100 percent visually-challenged person to

be inducted into the Indian Foreign Services (IFS). The 25-year-old, Beno was informed about

her induction into the Indian Foreign Services by the External Affairs Ministry.

126. India and Poland set trade target of 5 billion US dollars by 2018. The decision was taken

at the fourth session of the bilateral Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation, held in

Warsaw, capital city of Poland.

127. One Rank, One Pension scheme for ex-servicemen. The One Rank, One Pension is a

scheme that lays down that the retired soldiers of the same rank and length of service will receive

the same pension, regardless of when they retire.

128. Archana Ramasundaram was appointed as the Director of National Crime Records

Bureau (NCRB), New Delhi. Ramasundram is an IPS officer of 1980-batch of Tamil Nadu

cadre.

129. India ranked 143 out of 162 countries on 2015 Global Peace Index Maoist movement was

one of the biggest threats to Indias internal security, says a global body which has ranked it as

low as 143 among 162 countries in its peace index.

130. The government raised the solar power generation capacity addition target by five times to

1,00,000 MW by 2022, which will entail an investment of around Rs. 6 lakh crore.

131. Parliament of Japan (Diet) passed a bill to lower the voting age from 20 to 18. The bill that

seeks revision of the public office election law was passed by the House of Councilors (upper

house) after being approved in the House of Representatives (lower house).



132. The Union Cabinet gave its approval for Housing for All by 2022 Mission aimed at

providing housing facilities to all eligible people in urban areas by 2022. It will be implemented

as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme and the States and Union Territories (UTs) are given greater

autonomy in execution of the mission.

133. 10th Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith was awarded to Hindi writers Babusha

Kohli and Upasana . They were awarded for poem Prem Gilhari Dil Akhrot and novel Ek

Zindagi Ek Ek Script Bhar respectively.The awards ceremony held at India Habitat Centre, New

Delhi.

134. Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), the self regulatory body for content in

Indian advertising, launched the countrys first consumer complaint mobile app named

ASCIonline.ASCI launched this consumer friendly app with an aim to address the issue of

misleading advertisements.

135. Indias renowned contemporary architect Charles Correa passed away .He designed the

famous monuments and buildings of the nation ranging from Mahatma Gandhi Memorial

Museum in Ahmedabad; Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Bhopal; National Crafts

Museum, New Delhi; Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal and British Council, Delhi.He also designed

McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, Boston and Champalimaud Centre for The

Unknown in Lisbon, Portugal.

136. Britains longest-serving Indian-origin MP, Keith Vaz was re-elected as chairman of

Parliaments Home Affairs Select Committee for the third time.Vaz, a senior leader of Labour

Party was elected as the chairman after receiving 412 votes in a secret ballot to all of the 25

select committees of the commons.

137. Two Indian-Americans Niraj Antani, an Ohio State legislature and Janak Joshi, a

Colorado State legislature, were appointed to the board of the 2015-2016 Future Majority

Project of the United States (US) Republican Party.

138. Journalist and writer Aakar Patel appointed as Executive Director of Amnesty

International (AI) India . He will head AI Indias operations and its efforts to end human rights

abuses in India and worldwide.

139. China and Australia signed the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) at

Canberra in Australia. The chAFTA will ensure 85 percent of all exports of Australia to China

tariff-free that will rise to 93 percent by 2019.

140. The worlds first electric passenger aircraft BX1E to gain an airworthiness certificate has

been produced by China.



141. Country's second-largest private sector lender, HDFC Bank launched a 10-second

paperless instant loan plan for its existing customers.HDFC Bank will now disburse personal

loans to its customers in just 10 seconds.

142. The Chinese Version of the sacred ancient Indian scripture Bhagavad Gita was launched

in China during an international yoga conference. The book was released by Indian Ambassador

to China Ashok K. Kantha.

143. Japans SoftBank Corp announced that it has set up a joint venture with Chinese online

shopping giant Alibaba and electronics supplier Foxconn Technology to sell its human-like robot

Pepper around the world.

144. Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on 18 June 2015launched a weather alert

service named NOWCAST.

NOWCAST will be used to send SMS alerts on extreme weather data like hailstorm,

thunderstorm and squall originated by India Meteorological Department (IMD) to over one crore

farmers whose mobile numbers are registered on governments mKisan portal.

145. CCEA approved inclusion of Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh in National Dairy

Plan- I. NDP-I, the Project Implementation Plan document included sub projects of Animal

Breeding and Strengthening of Semen Stations for implementation.

146. C.N.R. Rao conferred with Japans highest civilian award Order of the Rising Sun, Gold

and Silver Star. He was presented with the award by Japanese Ambassador to India, Takeshi

Yagi for his outstanding contributions to science and Indo-Japanese science cooperation.

147. Union Ministry of Finance released Draft Outline of Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme. The

scheme is aimed at reducing the demand for physical gold and to shift part of the estimated 300

tons of physical bars and coins purchased every year for investment into demat gold bonds.

148. Bangkoks Suvarnabhumi Airport has the worlds fastest WiFi service. Suvarnabhumis

WiFi speed topped all airports at 41.45 mbps, ahead of the airport in Chattanooga, Tennessee,

where the speed was measured at 30.99 mbps.

149. India and Tanzania signed six MoUs in the field of tourism, education and hydrography to

deepen bilateral cooperation.

150. Scientists in third week of June 2015 named a newly discovered galaxy after Portuguese

football player Cristiano Ronaldo. The galaxy was labeled as CR7 (COSMOS Redshift 7).

151. India-born former Google executive Nikesh Arora has been appointed the President of

Japans telecommunications giant SoftBank Corp that paid the rising star a whopping US$135

million for the financial year 2014.



152. Haryana Government has launched a Village Mentoring Project (VMP) in a bid to

improve healthcare and education of the villagers with a special emphasis on girl child. The

project was launched in Rajjipur village of Panchkula district of state in collaboration with

Indian School of Business (ISB).

153. India has moved down to 61st place in terms of foreigners money in Swiss banks and it

now accounts for a meagre 0.123 per cent of the total global wealth worth USD 1.6 trillion in

Switzerlands banking system.While the UK and the US have retained their top two positions.

154. Govt to launch 1st One-Stop Crisis Centre under Nirbhaya Fund in Chhattisgarh. the

Centre would act as a one-stop facility to provide all kinds of aid to women in distress including

medical help, counselling, legal and police assistance, while ensuring anonymity of the victim.

155. Eminent Historian-writer Ramachandra Guha has been selected for Japans Fukuoka Prize

2015 in n the Academic category.The awards will be presented to them on September 17, 2015 at

the Fukuoka International Congress Centre. During this award ceremony Mr Guha will give a

lecture on Gandhi, India and the World.

156. Roger Federer wins eighth Halle Open ATP title of Tennis in Germany by defeating Italy's

Andreas Seppi 7-6 (1), 6-4 to claim his record eighth Gerry Weber Open title.

157. Britains Andy Murray won the mens singles of the Aegon Championships at the

Queens Club in West Kensington, England. In the final clash, Murray defeated South African

Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-4.

158. Renowned carnatic vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyam was selected for the Sangitha

Kalanidhi award of the Madras Music Academy. Vocalist Subrahmanyam, one of the foremost

south Indian classical vocalists, will receive the award on 1 January 2016.Subrahmanyan, 47,

will also preside over the 89th Annual Conference of the Academy slated between 15 December

2015 and 1 January 2015.

159. Mercedes racing driver Nico Rosberg of Germany won the Austrian Grand Prix Formula 1

World Championship title. He won the final race held at the Spielberg circuit in Styria, Monaco.

160. Beyond Doubt: A Dossier on Gandhi's Assassination written by Teesta Setalvad. It is a

collection of archival documents of the government and translation of works in Marathi,

Guajarati and Hindi related to assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on 30 June 1948.

161. Benazir Bhutto: A Multidimensional Portrait written by Dr Anna Suvorova. The book

is devoted to the life and work of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007).

She was the first female head of government in a Muslim state.The book is based on Bhutto's



own books, articles and speeches and on the author's interviews with her close friends and

colleagues.

162. India by celebrating the first International Yoga Day in Rajpath, New Delhi created two

Guinness World Records (GWRs) . The two records include participation of most individuals

and individuals from the largest number of nationalities performing asanas at a single venue. 192

countries celebrated the first International Yoga Day on 21 June 2015.

163. Former Indian women hockey captain Shashi Bala and her son Agrim Thakur died in a

road accident at the Ropar-Nawanshahr-Phagwara area of National Highway 344-A in Punjab .

164. Former Turkish President Suleyman Demirel died following a heart failure and a

respiratory tract infection. He was 90. Demirel was one of the dominant figures in Turkey's

politics for over half a century

165.Jordan Spieth won the US Open at Chambers Bay . The win was his second straight major

title of 2015 after he won the Masters Tournament at Augusta National, US in April 2015

166. Russia won the European Team Athletics Championships by winning 10 of the 40 events

on the program. The championships were held in Cheboksary, Russia.In totality, Russia won the

368.5 points, 22 points ahead of Germany which secured second place. France had their best

finish at the championships, coming third by winning 319.5 points.

167. EU launched Operation EU NAVFOR Med against migrant-traffickersTo stop human

traffickers from bringing migrants across the Mediterranean to Europe

Phase 1 involves Information gathering on whereabouts of traffickers, patrolling of high seas

and monitoring of smuggle networks.

Phase 2: Active intervention to board and disable smuggler vessels and arrest the traffickers

Phase 3: Extend the actions into Libyan territorial waters and possibly inside the country itself

168. World Anti-Doping Agency published Anti-Doping Rule Violations Report for 2013.

Russia has maximum number of dope offenders with 212 testing positive while the figures for

Turkey and India were 155 and 91 respectively

169. Maharashtra topped the list of States and UTs in Intellectual Property Rights(IPR) filing in

2013-14: IBEF reportThe top five states and UTs: Maharashtra (2892), Karnataka (1639), Tamil

Nadu (1436), Delhi (1009) and Andhra Pradesh (879).



170. Maharashtra has become the first State in the country to have a State butterfly.The Blue

Mormon is a large, swallowtail butterfly found primarily in Sri Lanka and India, mainly

restricted to the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, South India and coastal belts.

171. Kerala government declared June 22 as the 'snake bird day' as part of a campaign to

protect the endangered species.

172. Sri Lanka and China have begun a joint army drill at the Officer Career Development

Centre at Buttala.The joint Army drill is aimed at enhancing military cooperation and knowledge

exchange between the two countries.

173. Typhoon Kujira struck China . The typhoon made its landfall in south Chinas Hainan

province with heavy rain in the drought hit island. It also carried packing winds of up to 90

kilometers per hour.Typhoon Kujira is the eighth typhoon of 2015.

174. National Union of Seafarers of India, NUSI, India's oldest and largest shipping trade union,

has been honoured with the Best Welfare Organisation of the Year - 2015 award, promoted

by the United Kingdom-based International Seafarers Welfare and Assistance Network.

175. India decided to be a partner country in the major Industrial Fair named INNOPROM 2016

to be held at Yekaterinburg, Russia in July 2016. India accepted the invitation extended by the

Russian Government in December 2014.

176. Rajasthan topped the list of states commissioning grid connected solar power projects in

the country with an installed capacity of 1147 megawatt. The list was released by the Union

ministry of New and Renewable Energy

177. The Kerala Government has decided to appoint former tennis star Steffi Graf as the brand

ambassador for its Ayurvedic Tourism promotions. According to manoramonline.com, there has

been a decline in tourism because of the recent prohibition on liquor

178. India has emerged as the third largest source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for

United Kingdom (UK) after United States (US) and France in terms of number of projects.

179. Bhuvan Ganga Mobile Application launched to aid National Mission for Clean Ganga.

The app will allow people to upload pictures of pollution sources of river Ganga for further

action by the concerned authorities.

180. Uttar Pradesh Government renamed the Lucknow Prani Udyan, popularly known as

Lucknow zoo, as Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Prani Udyan, Lucknow. Shah was the last Nawab of

Oudh under whom the province was annexed by the British under the policy of Doctrine of

Lapse in 1856

181. Book titled Red Tape to Red Carpet... and then some authored by Gina Rinehart was

released . Rinehart is Chairperson of the Australian mining company Hancock Prospecting



Group.The book highlights the industry of Red Tape which thrives on doubt and Red Carpet

which is built on trust.

182. James Horner, the two-time Oscar-winning composer, died in a plane crash in California,

United States.He had also composed for the Avatar and Titanic, both are highest-grossing films

of all time

183. Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of Karnataka

High Court. He was the senior-most Judge of the High Court.He was appointed by the President

Pranab Mukherjee as per the powers vested in him under the Article 223 of the Indian

Constitution.

184. Zaheer Abbas was named as the President of International Cricket Council (ICC) during

the ICC Annual Conference in Barbados. He assumed the role of ICC President for one-year

term.He succeeded Mustafa Kamal of Bangladesh as the 13th ICC President.

185. PM launches smart cities, AMRUT, housing for all by 2022 schemesHe also launched the

Housing for All by 2022 and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation

(AMRUT).

186. The Taygan Lions Park and Skazka zoo in Yalta, Crimea signed an animal exchange

agreement with Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram zoo. This agreement signed in the fourth week of

June 2015 will allow them to exchange different animals with each other.

187. Union Government launched the first modernised Anganwadi centre of India at

Hasanpur village of Sonepat in Haryana. The centre was inaugurated by Maneka Gandhi, the

Union Minister for Women and Child Development (WCD).

188. India and Japan signed Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between the Department of

Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO), Ministry of Economy,

Trade and Industry of Japan.The MoC is aimed at establishing a framework for bilateral

cooperation in the field of industrial property (IP) with emphasis on capacity building, human

resource development and awareness generation.

189. Benni Joseph Mavelil, a UK-based philanthropist, was selected for the VK Krishna

Menon Award in recognition of his outstanding professional and altruistic achievements,

contributions and services to the community and wider multicultural society.

190. Inderjit Singh and Jinson Johnson of India bagged gold at the first leg of the Asian

Athletics Grand Prix in Bangkok, Thailand. Inderjit won the gold in Shot Put by throwing 19.83

meters while Johnson won the gold in 800 meter event with a time of 1:48.52.



191. Anshula Kant was appointed as the Deputy Managing Director and Chief Financial

Officer (CFO) of State Bank of India (SBI). She succeeded P K Gupta, who was promoted as

Chief Executive Officer of SBI Capital.

192. The spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was conferred with the Columbias highest

civilian award Orden de la Democracia Simon Bolivar en el grado de cruz Caballero (Order of

the Democracy Simon Bolivar) by Columbia.Ravi Shankar founded the Art of Living

Foundation in 1981, which aims to relieve individual stress, societal problems, and violence.

193. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) extended the date to exchange pre-2005 bank notes till 31

December 2015.

194. Two-day long annual Hemis festival dedicated to the Guru Padmasambhava began on 26

June 2015 in largest monastery of Ladakh Hemis Gompa (monastery) of Jammu and

Kashmir.Hemis festival is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava.

195. The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was observedon 26

June 2015 observed globally with the theme Lets Develop our Lives, our Communities, our

identities without Drugs.

196. The four-day long Ambubachi Mela at Kamakhaya Devi temple at Guwahati, Assam

concluded on 26 June 2015. With this, the door of the Shakti shrine at Nilachal hillock was re-

opened for devotees. The Ambubachi Mela was visited by around 7 lakh 50 thousand pilgrims

from various parts of the world.

197. Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the Best Test Player of the 21st

century in an online poll titled Top-100 Test players' list since 2000.

198. Indias tennis player Leander Paes became the 47th player to play with 100 different

partners on ATP Circuit.The 42-year-old achieved this land mark feat when he joined Marcel

Granollers of Spain in a match against Treat Huey and Scott Lipsky at the Aegon Open in

Nottingham, the UK.

199. The one-day International Conference on Nepals Reconstruction (ICNR) concluded in

Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.The Conference was organised by the Government of Nepal

to raise funds for carrying out rebuilding of areas devastated by the April 25 earthquake of

magnitude 7.8 on Richter scale, which claimed nearly 9000 lives.

200.The Union Cabinet approved the setting up of a National Memorial at the birth place of

Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan. Lok Nayak was born at Lala Ka Tola, Sitab, Diara in

Chhapra (Saran) district of Bihar on 11 October 1902.



201.India has become most attractive investment destination in world after it was ranked first

among 110 countries in a ranking of destinations for attractiveness to foreign investors. The

ranking was based on baseline profitability index (BPI) 2015.

202. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the parliament, paving the way for

fresh parliamentary elections in mid August, eight months ahead of the schedule.

203. The US Supreme Court declared that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in

the United States.

204. India has topped in the regional inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in South Asia

region during year 2014, accounting for 34 billion US dollars investments.

205. Satnam Singh Bhamara, the first Indian-born player to be drafted in the NBA League,

was introduced to basketball by his father, who is a farmer. Picked by the Dallas Mavericks in

the 2015 NBA Draft, Singh has made history.

206. Veselin Topalov won the Norway Chess tournament 2015 by leaving behind

Viswanathan Anand into a quick draw. Topalov secured 6 points while Anand ended the

tournament in second place with 6 points.

207. Bank of Maharashtra and MUDRA Bank have signed an agreement to finance new

entrepreneurs and small businesses.To provide credit facilities to small business, the central

government aims to facilitate credit up to Rs. 1 lakh crore under MUDRA (Micro Units

Development and Refinance Agency) scheme in the current year.

208. India is fourth largest carbon emitter in the world in terms of per capita emission

accounting for 6.6 % of global emissions for the year 2012.China (25.26%), US (14.4%),

European Union (10.16%), India (6.69%), Russia (5.36%), Japan (3.11%), Brazil (2.34%),

Indonesia (1.76%), Mexico (1.67%) and Iran (1.65%).

209. Australia has decided to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as

a founding member. In this regard, Australia will contribute paid-in capital of 718.5 million US

dollars over next five years i.e. till 2020.

210. Andhra Pradesh government has decided to form a Cabinet sub-committee named as

Krishi Cabinet. This sub-committee will focus on the challenges of the Primary Sector Mission

of state government undertaken to make agriculture and its allied activities profitable and

sustainable for all-round improvement of the rural economy.

211. The first phase of Chennai Metro Rail service was launched by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister

J Jayalalithaa. The first phase of Metro service covers the 10-km elevated stretch. It connects

Alandur in south Chennai to Koyabedu in the north.



212. China will hold a 30.34 per cent stake in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

making Beijing the largest shareholder in a multilateral institution that will project the country's

growing soft power. China will have 26.06 per cent of the voting rights in the bank, a Chinese-

led development bank that will rival institutions such as the World Bank and the Asian

Development Bank.

213. Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and Michelle Li of Canada won the men's and womens

singles title of the Canada Open Badminton tournament respectively. In the finals played at

Calgary, Wei defeated Ng Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong 17-21 13-21 and Li defeated Kaori

Imabeppu of Japan 21-17 25-23.

214. Canada Open Badminton tournament 2015

Women's doubles: Jwala Gutta and Ashwni Ponappa won defeating top Dutch pair of Eefje

Muskens and Selena Piek.

Mens Singles: Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia) defeated Ng Ka Long Angus (Hong Kong)

Womens singles: Michelle Li (Canada) defeated Kaori Imabeppu (Japan)

Mixed Doubles: Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen (China) defeated Kaixiang Huang and Sijie Wang

(China)

215. Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji written by Abdul

Kalam and Arun Tiwari. In Transcendence, the authors Dr Kalam and Arun Tiwari have

mapped a journey of self-realization reflected in the eyes of Pramukh Swamiji, painting a

delightful fusion of spirituality, science and leadership.

216. The district administration of Nadia, West Bengal was conferred with the United Nations

Public Service Award 2015 for eliminating open defecation in the district.Nadia district could

achieve this feat due to its collaborative effort with the United Nations Children's Fund

(UNICEF) and World Bank aimed at construction of toilets across the district.

217. President Pranab Mukharjee conferred Punyabhushan Award on Prataprao Pawar,

Chairman of Sakal Media Group (SMG) at Balgandharva Auditorium in Pune.. Pawar is the 27th

recipient of the Punyabhushan award

218. Private insurer Bajaj Allianz launched a weather-based crop insurance scheme for orange

crops in Nagpur, Hingoli and Washim districts of Maharashtra. This index-based insurance

policy will cover losses incurred by orange fruit-growing farmers due to deviation in weather

conditions.

219. Rahul Agarwal appointed as Managing Director of Lenovo India. Agarwal succeeds Amar

Babu, who will now take on a regional mandate as COO, Asia Pacific and chairman, Lenovo

India.



220. India, Thailand signed five MOUs during the 7th Meeting of India-Thailand Joint

Commission

(i). Agreed Minutes of the Seventh Meeting of the Thailand-India Joint Commission for Bilateral

Cooperation

(ii). Exchange of Instruments of Ratification of the Treaty on Extradition

(iii). Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of Nalanda University

(iv). Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with

respect to taxes on Income

(v). MoU on the Establishment of the "Academic Chair in Ayurveda

221. Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated the Integrated Security System (ISS)

at four railway stations in Mumbai comprising Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), Dadar,

Kurla and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT). The ISS was installed with a total cost of 21.72

crore rupees. The ISS is aimed at improving security on Railway premises, ensuring safety of the

people and averting terror attacks.

222. A national level museum of Sikh heritage will be setup in Lakhnaur Sahib village close to

Ambala City, Punjab. .Lakhnaur Sahib is a historical village as the mother of tenth Sikh guru

Guru Gobind Singh, Mata Gujari belonged to the place. Guru Gobind Singh had also spent a few

years of his childhood in the village.

223. Memorial for former PM Narasimha Rao constructed at Ekta Sthal Samadhi Complex in

New Delhi.Already, Ekta Sthal Samadhi Complex hosts memorials of former Presidents Shankar

Dayal Sharma, K R Narayanan, R Venkatraman, Giani Zail Singh and former Prime Ministers -

Chandrasekhar and I K Gujral.

224. The Union Government in June 2015 increased the national floor-level minimum wage

(NFLMW) to 160 rupees per day from 137 rupees per day. The new rate will be effective

from 1 July 2015.

225. India observed its ninth National Statistics Day on 29th June. Theme for the 9th Statistics

Day is Social Development.The day organised by Ministry of Statistics and Programme

Implementation (MoSPI) commemorates the birth anniversary of late Prof. Prasanta Chandra

Mahalanobis.PC Mahalanobis born on 29 June 1893 was an Indian Bengali scientist and applied

statistician. He is best remembered for the Mahalanobis distance, a statistical measure

226. Veteran Writer Vishwanath Tripathi was selected for the 28th Moorti Devi Award for

the year 2014 for his book Vyomkesh Darvesh. Vyomkesh Darvesh is a lifetime story of

Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi.



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