1. State-run oil marketing
companies such
as Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) and
Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) will revise
the prices of petrol and diesel daily from June 16 throughout the country. Following
the success of the month-long pilot run in Udaipur, Jamshedpur,
Puducherry, Chandigarh and Vishakhapatnam from May 1.
2. A minor planet in Milky Way named after Sahithi Pingali, a twelfth
grader from Bengaluru ,as a reward for
developing an integrated mobile phone app and lake monitoring kit to monitor
pollution in water bodies.
3. The India-UN
Development Partnership Fund for South-South
Cooperation waslaunched on occasion of the World Oceans Day at a special
ceremony held at the Permanent Mission of India to the UN to promote sustainable
development projects across
the developing world.
4. Bopanna-Dabrowski pair
defeated the pair of Germany’s Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Colombia’s Robert Farah
by winning the French Open
mixed doubles trophy. With this title win Rohan Bopanna has become only the
fourth Indian to clinch a major,
5. The Union Ministry of Law and Justice has cleared the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Bill 2017, and thus legalising
Kambala. The bill will now be
sent to the President for getting his assent.
6. The World Health Organization (WHO) has revised
the protocol for antibiotics with
an aim to curb antibiotic resistance. WHO has divided the drugs into three
categories — access, watch and reserve. Commonly used antibiotics will be
placed under the ‘access’
category. Antibiotics which are slightly potent will be placed under ‘watch‘ category. The
highly potent drugs which should be used only as a last resort will be
placed under the ‘reserve’
category.
7. During the inaugural
session of the BRICS Media
Forum held in Beijing, Xinhua News Agency and executive
president of the Forum had announced that the Xinhua news agency will invest
one million U.S. dollars for boostering
BRICS media.
8. The ‘Selfie with Daughter’ campaign was started in village
Bibipur, Jind, Haryana by a former Sarpanch Sunil Jaglan in June 2015.
But now our President of India, Pranab
Mukherjee has launched a mobile Application ‘Selfie with Daughter’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The App
is aimed at raising awareness among people about female foeticide and
sex selection.
9. Virat Kohli, is the only one top feature among the World’s 100 highest paid athletes
in the latest Forbes list.
10.Cricketer Muttiah Muralidharan was recently inducted into the ICC cricket hall of fame.
11.The Union Cabinet approved MoU for export
credit of USD 9 billion between
Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) and Export –Import Bank of South Korea.
12. The book titled “ Who has seen the Wind” is authored by WO Mitchell.
12. The book titled “ Who has seen the Wind” is authored by WO Mitchell.
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