Current Affairs | June 2nd and 3rd | GK World

1. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) on 29 May 2013 announced that astronomers in Chile discovered 15 new dark galaxies.

2. India witnessed a five-fold increase in the additional power generation capacity during the last nine years

3. China and the US agreed mutually to hold high level, regular negotiations on setting standards for the commercial spying as well as cybersecurity.

4. Egypt’s Supreme Court on 2 June 2013 invalidated the Country’s Shura Council

5. The President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas on 2 June 2013 named Rami Hamdallah as his new Prime Minister.

6. The Ministry of Human Resource Development on 2 June 2013 launched a Special Scholarship Scheme for J&K students

7. Researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore developed a new camera sensor which is 1000 times more sensitive to the light.

8. Union government approved the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSDCP) in order to lessen the effect of oil spills on land and in marine areas.

9. The Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, M. Veerappa Moily launched the Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) Scheme in 18 districts on 1 June 2013.

10. India is developing guided bombs or Glide bombs for its fighter jets, which are expected to be geared up for deployment by the end of year 2014.

11. Bayern Munich defeated Stuttgart in the German cup after defeating Stuttgart in final in Berlin on 1 June 2013 to win the tournament.

12. The Annual Plan for the state of Delhi was finalised on 31 May 2013 at 16626crore rupees.

13. Rajeev Shukla resigned as Chairman of IPL on 1 June 2013 in the wake of the raging spot-fixing scandal.

14. Infosys on 1 June 2013 appointed N R Narayana Murthy as executive chairman of the Board.

15. India and Nepal on 1 June 2013 agreed to address each other’s security concerns and curb illegal activities across the open border.

16. Indian Girl's team won the Gold medal while the Boy's team won the silver medal in the Slovak Table tennis Tournament

17. The UN Security Council on 31 May 2013 imposed sanctions on the Syrian rebel group, Al-Nusra Front

18. Unemployment Rate hit Record High in Eurozone As per the latest figures from Eurostat, in the Month of May 2013, the Unemployment rate rose up to 12.2pc in April 2013 from 12.1pc in March.

19. Japan and South Korea suspended some imports of US Wheat as rogue wheat was discovered by the regulators.

20. MCX-SX declared on 31 May 2013 declared that it received approval from SEBI for operating separate debt as well as SME trading platforms.

21. Indian Badminton League launched new programme called Indian Badminton League School Programme (IBLSP) for promotion of badminton.

22. The National Green Tribunal on 31 May 2013 gave approval to Sterlite Industries Ltd so that it can start operations of copper plant in Tuticorin.

23. Rotary International's India has offered to take Muslim Ulamas from Uttar Pradesh to Pakistan to persuade people and advocate polio vaccination.

To Be Continued.....