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Daily Current Affairs 8th June 2016
National News:
- Guwahati declares Gangetic River Dolphin as its ‘city animal’
- Delhi Government approves solar policy with 1 GW target by 2020
- Swachh Yug campaign to make gram panchayats along Ganga open defecation free
- WCD Ministry holds first ever All India Women Journalists workshop
- Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to be launched in Odisha
- India, ADB sign $120 mn loan pact for irrigation in Odisha
- Uttrakhand government to reduce land circle rates by 50%
- Western Railway observes safety awareness week
- Jharkhand govt to launch medical cover for poor
- All train coaches to have bio-toilets by 2019
International News:
- Norway to ban petrol and diesel cars by 2025
- World’s biggest cruise ship docks in Barcelona
- Hillary Clinton secures Democratic presidential nomination
- Saudi plans to triple non-oil revenue in 5 years
New Appointments:
- Adobe announced the appointment of Kulmeet Bawa as Managing Director (MD) for South Asia
- Ashok Ganapathy was appointed as the Director of Bharti Airtel Ltd. He will take over the post with effect from 1 July 2016
- Facebook appoints Adobe’s Umang Bedi as India MD
Banking:
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept its key rates unchanged in its second bi-monthly monetary policy for the year 2016-17 announced in Mumbai
Business & Economy:
- JV of L&T wins contract to develop Qatar stadium
- Walmart retains top position in Fortune 500 list
- India’s first cafe based on the popular television sitcom ‘F.R.I.E.N.D.S’ has opened up in Kolkata
Awards & Honours:
- US Army Reserve officer Deshauna Barber crowned as Miss USA 2016
- IOC honours IOA chief N Ramachandran with Olympic Order
- 4 Indians in Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women list
Sports:
- Tennis star Rohan Bopanna secures direct entry into Rio Olympics
- Six Russian weightlifters banned for doping
Science and technology:
- The union government is now planning to develop a suite of the BT cotton genes that is basically used to integrate to traditional varieties and is made available to the farmers as an alternative to the current technology which is majorly sourced from the Mahyco Monsanto biotech India Ltd.
- According to a Physical review Letters on the June 7th, a proposed milestone in the study of Gravitational waves LISA , the laser interferometer space Antenna project has received an encouragement after its first result from the LISA pathfinder.
- Umang Bedi ( an adobe executive ) to join as the managing director of the India of a social networking giant Facebook
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