Current Affairs June 03-04, 2015

Pawan Munjal appointed as CMD of Hero MotoCorp. Ltd.

v Pawan Munjal appointed as CMD of Hero MotoCorp. Ltd. on 01st June 2015 succeeded by Brijmohan Lall Munjal.

v Hero MotoCorp. Ltd. is the largest manufacturer unit of two wheelers in India.

Government plans to convert rivers into waterways to boost economic growth

v Government plans to explore waterways, which are one of the cheapest modes of transport.

v Plan has been chalked out to convert 101 rivers in the country into waterways.

K. Sivan appointed as Director of VSSC

v K. Sivan appointed as Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre on 01st June 2015.

v VSSC is an organization working under Indian Space Research Organisation.

S. Somanath appointed as Director of LPSC

v S. Somanath appointed as Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre on 01st June 2015.

v LPSC is an organization working under Indian space Research Organisation.

P. Kunhikrishnan appointed as Director of SDSC

v P. Kunhikrishnan appointed as Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre on 01st June 2015 succeeded by MYS Prasad.

Sushma Swaraj lays the foundation stone of the South Asian University at New Delhi

v External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj, laid the foundation stone of the South Asian University at Maidangarh, New Delhi on Wednesday.

v South Asian University is an international university established by the eight member nations of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) viz. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

92 years old Harriette Thompson became oldest woman to complete a marathon

v Harriette Thompson, a cancer survivor became oldest woman to complete a marathon on 01st June 2015. She completed 42.2 kilometers race in 7 hours 24 minutes 36 seconds.

Sepp Blatter re-elected as President of FIFA

v Sepp Blatter re-elected as President of Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Sepp Blatter is at 70th place in Forbes list of World’s most powerful people.

v Sepp Blatter resigned within a day because of corruption charges against him.

Sachin, Sourav and Laxman nominated members of the Cricket Advisory Committee

v Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman have been nominated by Indian cricket board president Jagmohan Dalmiya as members of the Cricket Advisory Committee of the BCCI on 2 June 2015.

Alastair Cook became highest scorer of England

v Alastair Cook of England Cricket Team became highest test scorer after breaking the record of Graham Gooch of 8900 runs. Cook scored 8944 runs in 118 matches.

OECD projects India's GDP to rise 7.3% in 2015

v The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has pegged India's GDP to rise 7.3% in 2015.

India and US renew Defence Framework Agreement (DFA)

v Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter signed documents on Wednesday to renew the 10-year Defence Framework Agreement.

v The two countries also finalised two project agreements on the joint development of Mobile Electric Hybrid Power Sources and the Next Generation Protective Ensembles. The two projects are among the four pathfinder projects.

v India and US have agreed to expedite discussions on co-operation on jet engines, aircraft carrier design and construction, among other areas.

Inderjeet Singh won gold in Men's shot put at the Asian Athletic Championship

v Inderjeet singh won Gold Medal in shot put in 21st Asian Athletics Championship on 03rd June 2015 held at Wuhan, China.

v He became 8th Indian shot putter to win a Gold Medal in Asian Championship.

Jaipur Metro Rail inaugurated

v Phase 1A of Jaipur Metro Rail Services inaugurated by Vasundhara Raje, Chief Minister of Rajasthan on 03rd June 2015.

v Jaipur became 6th city in India to have metro service after Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata.

Web portal ‘Khoya Paya’ launched

v The web portal namely ‘Khoya Paya’ launched by Government of India on 02nd June 2015 to exchange information on missing and found children.