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.