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Thursday, June 14
Monday, June 26
TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - June 26, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN
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- June 26 - International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
- Priyanka Divaakar R
- She is the first transgender radio jockey of India.
- Ganga Air Ambulance
- It is India's first air ambulance run by a hospital.
- It is owned by Ganga Medical centre and Hospital in Coimbatore.
- Operation Prahar
- It is an anti maoist operation launched by security personnel in Sukma District.
- Sahayak System
- It is a colonial system practiced in Indian Army under which the soldiers are attached to the top officials.
- Australian Open (badminton)
- K Srikanth won the title against Chen Lon (China) in the final.
- Dutch Moto GP
- Valentino Rossi of Italy won the Dutch Moto GP.
- Azerbaijan Grand Prix (F1)
- Daniel Ricciardo won the title
Sunday, June 25
TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - June 25, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN
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- Rifath Sharook
- Tamil Nadu CM has announced a 10 Lakh cash reward for Rifath Sharook and his team.
- Rifath Sharook's team has developed a micro satellite 'Kalam Sat'.
- He is from Pallapatti of Karur.
- It is just 64 grams.
- Indian PM visited Portugal
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Portugal, which is also the first bilateral visit by an Indian PM.
- Antonia Costa - Prime Minister of Portugal.
- Palbinder Kaur Shergill
- She is an Indian Origin canadian judge who became the first turbaned judge of Canada.
- ATM
- World's ATM Capital - South Korea
- Density of ATM in India
- Highest - Goa
- Lowest - Bihar
- Narottam Mishra
- He is an MP from Madhya Pradesh who was declared disqualified by Election Commission for paid news.
TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - June 22,23,24 - 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN
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- June 23 - World Public Service Day
- United Nations Annual Population Survey Report
- World Population would reach 8 Million by 2023.
- India to become the most populous nation by 2024.
- New Flags in Cars of IAS officers
- The West Bengal govt has released the design of flags to be used in the cars of its State IAS officers after the central govt banned the usage of beacon lights in cars.
- Karnataka Waives Farm Loan
- Karnataka Govt has announced that the farm loans upto 50000 in State Cooperative banks will be waived off.
- Aadhaar for TB patients
- Central Govt has announced to get the benefits for TB patients, they need to link their Aadhaar number by August 31, 2017.
- Rajiv Gauba
- He was appointed as the New Home Secretary of the Centre.
- Mohammed Bin Salman
- He was named the Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince.
- Face Wash and Go
- It is an initiative launched by Andhra Pradesh Police Department to reduce the accidents in Highways in early morning by asking the drivers to wash their face.
- Kunnamthanam Village
- It was declared as the first total/complete yoga village of Kerala.
- UN Public Service Award
- The United Nations has awarded Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister of West Bengal) the UN Public Services Award.
- selected for the Kanyashree scheme - an empowerment scheme for girl
- PSLV C38
- It was launched on June 24, 2017 at the Sathish Dhawan space centre in Sri Harikota.
- It carried 31 satellites.
- Cartosat-2 was its primary payload which is an earth observatory.
- NIUSAT - Noorul Islam University satellite - It is a nano satellite for disaster management and crop monitoring.
- Grand al-Nuri Mosque
- It is an 850 years old Mosque located in Mosul of Baghdad demolished by the Islamic State Militants.
- Speed Limit Increased for NH
- Central govt has planned to increase the current speed limit of 80 Kmph in National Highways to 120 Kmph.
Thursday, June 22
TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - June 21, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN
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- June 21 - World Yoga Day, World Music Day
- Justice C S Karnan
- He became the first sitting judge of High court who was awarded imprisonment by the Supreme court.
- He was arrested near coimbatore.
- FDN-2
- It is the first indigenously built floating dockyard of India.
- Built by L&T and launched in Kattupalli.
- Specifications
- Length - 185 meters
- Width - 40 Meters.
- Taslima Nasreen
- She is a Bangladeshi Author living in exile and got swedish citizenship.
- Her Indian visa was extended for one more year.
- Dalveer Bhandari
- He is the serving Indian Judge in the International Court of Justice.
- He was renominated for the ICJ.
- Durand Line
- It is the International Border between Pakistan and Afghanistan established in 1896.
- Recently Pakistan has began to fence the Durand line border.
Wednesday, June 21
TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - June 20, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN
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- June 20 - World Refugee Day
- Ram Nath Kovind
- He is the present Governor of Bihar was selected as the Presidential candidate of NDA Govt.
- Bihar
- It became the Third state in India to waive the farm loans upto 2 lakhs for small and marginal farmers in this year 2017.
- Uttar Pradesh and the Maharashtra were the First and the second state to do so.
- Victoria Kolakowski
- She is the first openly transgender judge of US trail courts.
- TN Passed the GST Bill
- The Tamil Nadu state legislative assembly has passed the GST bill on June 19, 2017.
- Aadhaar for Ambulance Service
- Uttar Pradesh govt has made the Aadhaar card mandatory for availing the free Ambulance service.
- India Joined UN TIR Convention
- India became the 71st Country to join the United nations TIR Convention.
- TIR is a international customs transit system.
- HQ: Geneva.
- BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting 2017
- It was held in Beijing of China.
Thursday, June 15
TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - June 11-12, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN
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- Aadhar to be linked with PAN card
- The Union Govt has announced that, From July 1, 2017 onwards for filing income tax returns every person must quote their Aadhaar Number or its enrollment number for applying PAN card.
- India signed MOU with Mauritius
- An MoU was signed between India and Mauritius for cooperation between the two parliaments.
- Benzothiazole derivative or 5g
- It is a molecule developed by Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru for treating Leukaemia and Breast cancer.
- Roland Garros Paris /French Open 2017 [Tennis]
- Women's Single
- Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) won the title against Simona Helep (Romania).
- Men's Single
- Rafael nadal won his 10th French open title against Stan Wowrinka in the final.
- Maharashtra to waive farm Loan
- The Maharashtra Govt has decided to waive off the farm loans.
- Most Pole Positions
- Lewis hamilton reached the 65 pole positions by which he equalled the Ayrton Senna total pole positions.
Tuesday, June 13
TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - June 9-10, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN
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- Daily Revision of Oil Prices
- The Public sector oil retail companies have planned to revise the prices of the Petrol and Diesel on daily basis across the country from June 16, 2017 onwards.
- New Liquor Policy of kerala
- It raised the legal age for buying and consuming alcohol from 21 to 23 years.
- To grant bar license for hotels graded 3 stars and above.
- Roland Garros 2017 (Tennis)
- Mixed Doubled Winners
- Rohan Bopanna and Dabrowski (Canadian) won the title in Mixed doubled against Robert Farah and Anna Lena
- Raja Chari
- He is an Indian American colonal of US Air force who was selected by NASA as one among the 12 astronaut for its space mission.
- UK Parliamentary Election 2017
- Theresa May (Conservative party) won the election by clinching 317 seats of 650 MP seats.
- Second place - Jeremy Corbyn of Labour Party.
- 12 candidates of Indian origin including 2 Sikhs also won the MP seats.
- India and Pak full Member of SCO
- Both India and Pakistan became the full time member of the SCO Group on June 9, 2017.
- Both the country got observer status since 2005.
- Selfie with Daughter
- It is an app launched by President Pranab Mukherjee to raise awareness about female foeticide.
Monday, June 12
TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - June 7-8, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN
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- June 8 - World Oceans Day
- KELT 9b
- It is the hottest planet discovered ever.
- Peak temperature: 4326 deg celcius.
- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
- It is a novel written by Arundhati Roy.
- Operation Blue Star
- It is the military operation launched in June 1984 by Indian Army to drive out the Sikh militants from the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
- Green Protocol for weddings
- The Kerala Govt has announced the green Protocol for weddings in which the non biodegradable decorations, plates and glass are not permitted.
- WHO Revised Antibiotic Protocol
- In order to curb the growing antibiotic resistance, the World Health Organisation divided the drugs into three categories
- 1 - Access - commonly used antibiotics
- 2 - Watch - slightly more potent than the common antibiotic
- 3 - Reserve - Potent drugs which should be used at last.
- India to become the full member of SCO
- India and Pakistan to get the full member status of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
- SCO Head Quarters: Beijing
- SCO 2017 Summit was to be held in Astana of Kazakhstan.
- New FBI Director
- Christopher Wray was named as the new FBI Director of USA.
- Sahiti Pingali
- A minor planet was named after her.
- She is a 12 class student from Bengaluru.
Thursday, June 8
TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - June 5-6, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN
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- June 5 - World Environment Day
- Theme: Connecting People with nature
- Flotovoltaics
- These are floating solar panel which are used to generate electric current.
- NTPC installed India's largest floating solar plant in Kayamkulam in Kerala of 100 Kwh.
- GSAT-19
- It is India's first satellite which provides internet services using ka or ku band.
- launched on June 5, 2017 (Remember the World Environment Day)
- Launched by India's heaviest launcher vehicle - GSLV Mk III
- GSLV Mk III is powered by a cryogenic engine which uses liquid oxygen and hydrogen as propellant.
- Aditya L1
- It is ISRO's spacecraft to study the sun.
- It is expected to be launched in 2019.
- Budhi-Gandaki Hydroelectric Project
- It is the proposed largest hydro electric power plant (1200 Mw ) to be built in Nepal.
- China and Nepal signed the financing agreement to finance the project.
- NSE IFSC
- It is the stock market exchange of NSE opened at Gift city of Gujarat.
- Mycall
- It is a mobile app launched by TRAI for customers to rate their call quality.
- Qatar
- UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain,Egypt, Yemen, Libiya quiet all diplomatic ties and contact with Qatar country citing its contribution towards terrorism.
- Habibganj Railway Station
- It is India's first railway station to be developed in Private Public Partnership Mode.
- Located in Bhopal.
- Sher Bahadur Deuba
- He became the New Prime Minister Of Nepal
- He belongs to Nepali Congress Party
Tuesday, June 6
TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - June 3-4, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN
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- Kaviko Abdul Rahman
- Famous tamil poet passed away on June 2,2017.
- He was born on November 9, 1937 in Madurai.
- Received Sahitya Akademi award for his poem collection - Aalapanai.
- Prithvi-II Missile
- It is a nuclear capable surface to surface missile.
- Range: 350 Km
- Payload: 1000kg.
- It was test fired from a mobile launcher from integrated Test Range at Chandipur recently.
- Multidimensionally Poor
- In a report released based on the Multidimensional Poverty Index, 31% of the world's poor children live in India.
- Dhanush Guns
- Upgraded version of the swedish bofers howitzer guns.
- Range: 40 km
- Leo Varadkar [Very Important]
- He is the new Irish Prime Minister of Indian origin.
- Also Ireland's first Gay Prime minister.
- 2nd TN Global Investors Meet
- Tamil Nadu government has planned to host the second Global Investors meet in 2018.
- The First Global Investors meet was held in 2015.
- Trin Trin
- It is the bicycle sharing service launched in Mysuru.
- It is the first smartcard based public bicycle sharing service.
- Thailand Open 2017 [Badminton]
- India's Sai Praneeth won the title in the men's single category.
Monday, June 5
TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - June 1-2, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN
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- May 31 - World Multiple Sclerosis Day
- June 2 - Telengana formation Day (Formed on June 2nd 2014)
- June 2 - International Level Crossing awareness Day.
- Multiple Sclerosis
- It is a disease which affects the central nervous system and brain.
- Rajasthan High Court
- Rajasthan High court suggested to declare Cow as National animal.
- INS Kalvari
- It is the first one of the six french diesel electric scorpene submarine built under the "Project 75".
- It is commissioned to Indian Navy.
- It is constructed at Mazagoan Dockyard in Mumbai.
- Child Marriage
- Rajasthan has the highest number of child marriages as per the 2011 census.
- India-Russia agreement
- India and Russia signed agreement to construct 2 nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu.
- Defence Cooperation
- Indra 2017 - first tri services exercises to be held this year.
- SCO 2017
- Shanghai cooperation Organisation to be held in Kazakhstan.
- India is expected to become the member of SCO.
- Global Peace Index 2017
- India Ranked 137th rank in the Global Peace Index 2017.
- 1st rank - Ice
Wednesday, June 1
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Miscellaneous
Polity
Sports
Miscellaneous
- Important Days
- June 2 - Telangana Formation day
- June 5 - World Environment Day
- June 8 - World Ocean Day
- June 10 - International Level Crossing Awareness Day
- June 21 - International Day of Yoga
- Guwahati [Very important for the upcoming exams]
- It became the first city in India to have a mascot.
- It declared the Gangetic River Dolphin as its official city mascot
- First Indian couple to reach Mr. Everest
- Dinesh Rathod and Tarkeshwari Rathod became the first Indian couple to reach the peak of Mt. Everest.
- Manohar Aich - Pocket Hercules
- Manohar Aich was an Indian bodybuilder who won Mr. Universe title in 1952.
- He was also called as Pocket Hercules.
- He died recently at the age of 104 years.
- Tamil Nadu was awarded 2 national award for its solar projects
- TEDA (Tamil nadu Energy Development Agency) was given award for the roof top solar projects.
- TANGEDCO was given award in the DISCOM own installation category.
- M Ankegowda
- He became the largest personal book collector in the country.
- He owns more than 10 lakh titles.
- Important Awards
- A R Rahman - was given the Japan's Fukuoka prize 2016 under the Grand prize category.
- PM Narendra Modi - was given the Afghan's Highest Civilian award - Amir Amanullah Khan Award.
Polity
- Important Appointments
- Sunil Lanba - Appointed as the New Navy Chief (23rd Navy Chief)
- Sarbananda Sonowal - Chief Minister of Assam
- V Narayanasamy - sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Puducherry.
- Rama Mohan Rao - Appointed as the New Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu.
- Telangana
- Telangana state celebrated the 2nd anniversary of its formation day on June 2, 2016.
- It is the 29th state of India which came to existance from June 2, 2014.
Economy
- IPPB - India Posts Payment bank
- The Central govt gave the approval for the IPPB which will function under the Department of posts.
Science and Tech
- Chennai Metro Rail Phase I Extension
- The Union Cabinet gave the approval for the extension of metro rail from Washermenpet to Wimco Nagar.
- ICF
- Integral Coach Factory is located in Perambur in Chennai.
- Recently it manufactured its 10000th fully furnished coach.
- Identity Proof must for Matrimonial Portals
- The Ministry of Communication and IT issued an advisory to the matrimonial portals to make it mandatory for the users to provide an identity proof for creating an user account in their portals.
- Einstein Ring phenomenon was discovered recently.
- Thor
- It is the world's first 3D printed Aircraft.
- Terror Alert
- It is an mobile app launched by the French Government.
- This app will send warning to its users in case of any suspected attack and about unexpected natural calamities.
- MTCR - Missile Technology Control Regime
- It is a group of nations that seeks to limit the proliferation of missiles.
- India is expected to join this group very soon.
- Google Street View
- India denied security clearance for the Google's street view service in India.
- DND App
- It is a mobile app launched by TRAI for subcribers to make complaint against the unwanted telemarketing calls.
Environment and Health
- Art of living Foundation
- The National Green tribunal imposed a fine of Rs 5 Crore as environmental compensation for the World Culture Festival organised by this foundation.
- NACO - National AIDS Control Organisation.
- Retirement Age of Doctors Increased (to 65 Years)
- PM Narendra Modi approved to raise the retirement age of Doctors to 65 Years.
- Ambassador for Swachh Saathi
- Dia Mirza, bollywood actress has been named as the ambassador for the student internship programme - Swachh Saathi.
- Maltitol
- It is a sweetening agent, scientists claimed that this maltitol can be used for filling the bone cap caused by fracture as an alternative to the old method of placing rod.
- Gyps Vulture Reintroduction Programme
- Under this programme the Vultures will be breeded in artificial breeding centres.
- Recently in India this method of breeding was introduced by the Haryana Govt thus becoming the first of its kind in Asia.
World
- The Hague Code of Conduct HCoC
- It is a multilateral body aimed to prevent the spread of ballistic missiles which are capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction.
- India has recently joined this body.
- Terrorist Screening Center of the US
- India has signed an agreement with the US to join the global terror database to share data on terrorists.
- The global terror database is maintained by the Terrorist Screeing center of the US.
- Abdul Basit
- He is the Pakistani High Commissioner who visited India recently.
- Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua Tiger Temple
- It is in Thailand.
- Wildlife authorities found nearly 40 tiger cub carcasses in this temple.
- Yamato Tanooka
- He is a 7 Year old Japanese boy who was found alive in a dense forest after a week after his parents abandoned him for being naughty.
- Miss USA
- Deshauna Barber , an army officer from columbia was crowned as miss USA 2016.
- Switzerland President - Johann Schneider
- Mexico President - Enrique Pena Nieto
- Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad
- She was a swedish nurse canonised by Pope Francis for her effort in saving more than 60 jews during the world War II.
- Turkish President - Recep Tayyip Erdogan
- He recently commented that women should have atleast 3 kids.
- Sahyog-Hyeoblyeog 2016
- It is the Joint Naval Exercise between India and South Korea held off the chennai Coast.
- India - 3rd Largest Oil consumer in the world
- India became the 3rd largest oil consumer in the world in the year 2015.
- USA
- China
- India
- Japan
- Gotthard Base tunnel
- It is the world's longest (57 km) and deepest (2.3 km) railway tunnel running through the Apls mountains
- It is located in switzerland.
- Afghan-India Friendship Dam
- It is located on the banks of the Hari River.
- It was called as Salma Dam earlier.
- Novak Djokovic
- He became the first tennis player to get more than 100 Million US Dollar through the winning prize money alone.
- French Open 2016 Title Winners
- Men's Singles
- Novak Djokovic (Serbia) won the title against Andy Murray (UK) in the final.
- Women's Singles
- Garbene Muguruza (Spain) won the title against Serena Williams (USA) in the final
- Mascot for 2018 Winter Olympics
- Soohorang (White Tiger) was selected as the official Mascot for 2018 Winter Olympics.
- It will be held in South Korea.
- Muhammad Ali
- His real name was Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.
- He was born in 1942.
- He is the former world heavy weight champion (boxing).
- He died recently due to illness.
- A street in New York outside Madison Square Garden was named as Muhammad Ali Way.
- Maria Sharapova
- She was a Russian Tennis player.
- International tennis federation imposed a two year ban for the positive test for the banned drug Meldonium.
- Sonia Lather
- She was an Indian Boxer who won the silver medal in the AIBA Women's World Championships 2016 held in Kazakhstan.
- Monaco Grand Prix F1 2016 - Lewis hamilton (UK) won the title.
- Rahul Johri
- He was appointed as the first ever CEO of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India).
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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Important Days
- August 1 to 7 - World Breastfeeding Week
- August 5 - Putlibai Day [Putlibai was the mother of Mahatma Gandhi]
- August 7 - National Handloom Day[PM Modi Declared 7th August as the National Handloom day ]
- August 10 - World Bio fuel Day
- August 29 - National Sports Day [Birth Day of Dyan Chand, former Indian hockey Player]
- Important Persons in News
- K. Bhavaneeswari - First Chief Security officer of Chennai Metro Rail.
- Sundar Pichai - appointed as the new CEO of Google.
- Amitabh Bachan - became the Tiger Ambassador of Maharashtra.
- Ashwani Lohani - appointed as the new chairman of Air India
- Parveen Sultana - Bangladeshi actress who had undergone a surgery for removing tumor in a hospital in chennai.
- Sachin Tendulkar - Green Army Chief [Maharashtra]
- Sofia Asraf - Indian Rapper famous for her 'Kodaikanal Won't ' Video.
- H N Girisha - Paralympian who challenged the selection of Sania Mirza for the Rajiv Ghandhi Khel ratna award (2015) in Karnataka High Court.
- Hardik Patel - who led the agitation demanding reservation for patels in Gujarat.
- Cho Ramasamy - editor of 'Thuglaq', a tamil Magazine.
- Gangadhara Tilak Katnam - also called as 'Road doctor' was a former Indian Government employee who has got the world wide attention for his social work in filling the pot holes in the roads.
- Sasi Perumal - Social activist who died during the anti-liquor protest.
- Kayyara Kinhanna Rai - Kannada poet and freedom fighter who died recently.
- Khaled al Asaad - an archaeologist who was beheaded by the IS militants.
- Gandhi Nagar 4th avenue to B Ramachanra Adityanar Salai
- The Gandhi Nagar 4th Avenue Road in Adyar was renamed as B Ramachanra Adityanar Salai.
- He was the former editor ot Malai Murasu.
- Awards
- Poet Sella Ganapathy won the Bal Sahitya Puraskar Award for this year from Sahitya Academy.
- Zaina Erhaim of Syria won the Peter Mackler Award 2015 for courageous journalism.
- Sports Awards
- Rajiv Ghandhi Khel Ratna Award 2015 -
- Sania Mirza
- Arjuna Awards 2015 (For Members)
- Rohit Sharma (Cricket)
- Bajrang (Wrestling)
- P R Sreejish (Hockey)
- Naib Subedar Sandeep Kumar (Archery)
- M R Poovamma (Athletics)
- Kidambi Srikanth Nammalwar (Badminton)
- Mandeep Jangra (Boxing)
- Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastic)
- Sreejesh P R ( Hockey)
- Manjeet Chhillar ( Kabaddi)
- Abhilasha Shashikant Mhatre (Kabaddi)
- Sawarn Singh (Rowing)
- Anup Kumar Yama (Roller Skating)
- Jitu Rai (Shooting)
- S Sathish Kumar (Weightlifting)
- Babita Kumari (Wrestling)
- Yumnam Sanathoi Devi (Wushu)
- Sharath M Gayakwad (Para-Swimming)
- Doordarshan Chennai celebrated its 40th anniversary of inauguration (started in 15th August 1975).
- Dahihandi
- It is a sport in which human pyramids are formed and they try to break the pot hanging above.
- Recently Maharashtra government announced Dahihandi as an adventure sport.
- Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
- It is the world's third largest mosques which is located in Abu dhabi(UAE).
- The grand old baobab Tree
- The grand old baobab tree which is the heritage tree of Vijayapura(Karnataka) fell down after getting damaged of infections.
- It is more than 600 years old.
- Important books in News:
- Mrs Funnybones - written by Twinkle Khanna (Bollywood actress)
- 182
- The toll free number service started by Indian Railway for Security related issues.
- Yakshagana - Folk dance of Karnataka
- Tree of Life
- An Artificial tree in Apollo hospital, which bears the name of the organ donors.
- WIFI at the Mamallapuram Shore Temple
- BSNL recently installed its wifi hotspot service at the Mamallapuram Shore Temple.
- Asphyxiation
- It means severe deficient supply of required oxygen to the body for normal breathing.
National
- India - Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement
- India transferred 111 Indian enclaves to Bangladesh.
- Bangladesh transferred 51 Bangladeshi enclaves to India.
- GI Status for Chengalikodan, a variety of nendran banana
- The Geographical indication status was given to the 'Chengalikodan', a variety of banana.
- It is mostly found in the Thrissur and Thalappilly region of Kerala.
- Highest number of UAPA Cases
- The highest number of cases under the UAPA act has been filed in the state of Manipur in 2014.
- Mann Ki Baat
- Indian radio program hosted by the PM Narendra Modi to address the people.
- It was started on 3rd October, 2014.
- The Cheraman Juma Masjid
- It is the first Mosque built in India in 629 AD.
- It is in Kodungallur in the Trissur District of Kerala.
Polity
- Tamil Nadu government has announced that the Birthday of APJ Abdul Kalam that is October 15th will be observed as Youth Awakening day.
- Important Appointments
- Ram Nath Kovind - appointed as the new governor of Bihar
- Acharya Dev Vrat - appointed as the new governor of Himachal Pradesh.
- K Ramanujam - appointed as the State Chief Information Commissioner of Tamil Nadu.
- The Practice of Santhara, Banned by the Rajasthan high Court.
- Santhara is a kind of practice followed by Jains, which involves a voluntary fasting till death.
Economics
- China Devalues its Currency
- China devalued its currency Yuan (renminbi) by 1.9%.
- Assocham report
- Tamil Nadu tops with 15.2% of India's manufacturing sector jobs in the year 2012-13.
- Next to Tamil nadu is Maharastra(13.8%) and Gujarat(10.5%).
- U.K Sinha - Chairman of SEBI.
- T. S Vijayan - Chairman of IRDAI
- Hindustan Shipyard Limited - is in Visakhapatnam
Science and Technology
- GSAT 6
- On 27th August 2015, GSAT 6 (Satellite) was launched by GSLV-D6 launch Vechicle from Sriharikota.
- It has a 6 metre diameter antenna, which is the largest antenna that the ISRO has ever made.
- This GSAT 6 communication satellite is used for the country's Stategic purpose.
- 1 Billion Facebook Logins
- Recently the facebook, social network website made a record with 1 billion users logged on to their site in a single day.
Environment
- Coringa Wildlife Santuary
- It is in Andhra Pradesh.
- It is the second largest mangrove forest in India after Sundarban.
- Swach Bharat Rankings
- It was published by the Ministry of Urban Development.
- Mysuru bagged the first rank followed by Trichy(Second Rank), Navi Mumbai (Third).
- Damoh in Madhya Pradesh was last in the list.
- Mudumalai Tiger Reserve:
- It is in Nilgiri District of Tamil Nadu.
- Mudumalai Tiger Reserve was announced as a wildlife in 1972.
- In 2007, it was declared as a Tiger Reserve.
- Kawal Tiger Reserve:
- It is in Telangana.
- It was declared as a Tiger reserve in 2012.
- Green Army Chief: Sachin Tendulkar
- Green Army is an initiative of Maharashtra Government, involving school children for promoting environment conservation.
- Sachin Tendulkar was named the chief of the Green Army.
World
- National Emergency Declared in Myanmar
- Myanmar's President declared national emergency after the devastating floods affected over 1 lakh people.
- FIPIC 2015
- India to host the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation in August.
- Indian Government removed Iran from the list of restricted visa nations.
- Now the 3 categories like Employment, Conference and Students and research visa policies are liberalised.
- Iran is no longer in the PRC prior referral category now.
- Ranil Wickremesinghe
- Became the Prime Minister of Srilanka for the Fourth time.
- He Belongs to the United National Party.
- Two US Journalists Shot Dead
- Reporter Alison Parker and Cameraman Adam Ward was shot dead during a live Program.
- The gunman was identified as Vester Lee Flanagan.
- 50 Migrants were found dead in a truck on a highway in Austria.
Sports
- World Badminton Champianship
- World Badminton Champianship 2015 was held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Carolina Marin (Spain) defeated Saina Nehwal (India) in the final.
- Micheal Clarke
- Australian Cricket Player who retired from test matches recently.
Sunday, July 5
Current Affairs - July 2015
TNPSC Current Affairs July 2015
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Important Persons in News
- Ira Singhal - became the first physically challenged woman to top the UPSC Civil services exam.
- TK 0065
- A Turkish flight made an emergency landing at the India Gandhi International Airport (Delhi) after a bomb alert.
- Youth Delphic Games
- Awards
- Prof. Sanjeev Galande - G D birla Award for Scientific Research 2014.
- Prof R Paul singh - World Agriculture Prize Laureate 2015.
- Fazle Hasan Abed - World food prize 2015
- Krishnapatnam port (Andhra pradesh) - Golden peacock Award 2015.
Economy
- Important Persons in News
- Muhammad Yunus - Founder of Grameen Bank.
- Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee yojana
- Aim: This Scheme aims to provide irrigation facilities to every village in the country by coordinating with the already existing irrigation schemes in the respective region.
- Mhara Gaon, Jagmag Gaon
- It is a scheme launched by Haryana government to provide 24 hour power supply to rural domestic consumers.
- ClapShare
- A new app which helps the users to share their own books to anyone using the app.
- Matti Makkonen
- regarded as the Father of SMS Technology passed away.
- July 3, 2015 - Nationalwide MNP (Mobile Number Portability) became operational.
- Speed Pay
- It is the mobile wallet launched by BSNL.
- Uttarakhand - became the first state in India to install Earthquake early warning system.
Environment and Health
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome - Discovered in 2012
Sports
- FIFA Women's World Cup (Football)
- Host City: Vancouver of Canada
- United States won the final match against Japan.
- Carli Lloyd became the first women to score a hat trick goal in the world cup final.
- Abhijeet Gupta won gold in the 19th Commomwealth Chess Championship
- Two IPL teams suspended for 2 years 2016-2017
- Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
- Rajasthan Royals
World
- Yanis Varoifakis
- Greece's finance minister who resigned recently.
- PM Narendra Modi visited Kazakhstan
- Karim Massimov - Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
- Greece
- Greece became the first developed country to default IMF Debt.
- It is located in the southeastern Europe.
- Cuba - became the first country to eliminate mother to child HIV transmission.
- Gennady Padalka
- Russian Cosmonaut, who set a record for spending longest time (804 days) in space.
- Astronauts names in different countries
- India,US - Astronauts
- Russia - Cosmonaut
- China -Taikonauts
- France - Spationauts
Saturday, June 20
Current Affairs - June 2015
TNPSC Current Affairs June 2015
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Important Days
- June 21st - International Yoga Day (Declared by United nations in December 2014)
- Unofficial Yoga Capital of the World - Rishikesh
- India's First Gender neutral Certificate - Nalsar University of Law (Hyderabad) issued the certificate with title Mx instead of Mr/Ms for a student.
- International Yoga Day
- The vice chancellor of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda, Swami Atmapriyananda was invited as chief guest for the International Yoga Day demonstration at Rajpath in Delhi.
- 35,985 people participated in the yoga demonstration at Rajpath creating a new Guinness World record.
- The yoga demonstration at Rajpath also created another world record with largest number of foreign nationals participating from 84 countries.
- RBI extended the date for exchanging the Pre 2005 Rupee notes to December 31st 2015.
- New Development Bank (BRICS Bank)
- First President : K V Kamath
- It is expected to start financing projects by April 2016.
- The Atlas - Earth Platinum : The world's largest Book weighing 150 kg was put on display at the library in Sydney (Australia).
- The brightest galaxy which was discovered recently was named as CR7 after Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese Football Player).
- BCIM economic corrider - Bangladesh China India and Myanmar
- K-2-K corrider connects India's Kolkatta with Kunming of China through Dhaka and Mandalay.
- more to be updated very soon....
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Sunday, June 1
Current Affairs - June 2014
Miscellaneous
- Humayun's Tomb - New Delhi (recently got damaged by a storm)
- Madhya Pradesh government to donate 1 Crore rupee for reviving Tolstoy Farm which was established by M K Ghandhi in 1910 (South Africa).
- Book: From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
- Book: Communalism and Sexual Violence: Ahmedabad since 1969 by Megha Kumar
- Tamil University with the help of Yu Hsi (Taiwanese poet) translated the Tirukural, selected poems of Barathi and Bharathidasan into Mandarin (official language of the People's Republic of China).
- Salman Rushde has won the Pen Pinter Prize for the year 2014.
- India Ranks 58th in terms of money held by foreigners in Swiss banks.
- Gujarat to become the first state in the country to provide 33% reservation for women in police recruitment.
- Book: Centenary Miscellany at Law by Justice V.R.Krishna Iyer.
- The President of Nepal: Dr. Ram Baran Yadav.
Polity
- Article 44 - " The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India ".
- Telengana became the 29th state of India. Hyderabad to be the common capital for both Semandhra and Telengana for 10 years.
- The Special Investigating Team on Black Money was formed under the chairmanship of M.B.Shah (Former Judge of SC).
- The Chief Justice of India R.M. Lotha suggested the courts to function throughout the year to the Bar council of India.
- Ranjit Kumar was appointed as the solicitor-general of India.
- Sivarama krishnan Committee (regarding location of Administrative Capital for Andhra pradesh) to submit its report before the end of August.
- Article 156 (1) ' The Governor shall hold office during the pleasure of the President.'
- Section 66A of information technology Act, 2000 - Sending offensive messages over electronic media.
Sports
- Kolkata Knight Riders bagged IPL title for the Second time by winning the IPL-7 2014.
- Manish Pandey - Man of the Match
- Robin Uthappa - Orange Cap
- Mohit Sharma - Purple Cap
- Glen Maxell - Most valuable player of the IPL 2014
- Akshar Patel - Emerging player of the tournament
- CSK - Fair play Award.
- In women's Javelin, Annu Rani set a new national record with 58.83 Metre throw.
- Rafael Nadal of Spain won the French open title for the ninth time beating Novak Djokovic (Serbian).
- Maria Sharapova (Russia) won the French open title beating Simona Halep (Romania) in the final.
- Indian Archer Rajat Chauhan Won the Silver medal in Archery World Cup.
- N.Srinivasan to be appointed as the first Chairman of ICC.
Economics
- FCNR(B) - Foreign currency Non - Resident (Banking)
- RBI Reduced the Statutory Liquid Ratio SLR by 50 basis points to 22.5%.
- Tamil Nadu Ranks No.1 in terms of value of projects completed in the year 2013-14
- Tamil Nadu
- Maharashtra
- Karnataka
- RBI permitted the Foreign Portfolio investors and Non residential Indians to invest up to 26 % in Insurance and its allies via automatic trade route.
- PM Modi's Tricolour Revolution
- Second Green Revolution - Protein Rich Pulses
- White Revolution - Cattle Welfare
- Blue Revolution - for fishermen's Welfare and Clean water
- Saffron Revolution - Solar Energy
- The Whole sale price inflation marks a 5 month high of 6.01 % in May.
- Crowdfunding - mobilization of funds through web based platforms like social networking sites.
- SEBI issued guidelines to all listed Public sector undertakings to ensure a minimum of 25% public shareholding within three years.
- The Passenger Train fare was increased by 14.2%.
- Kanyashree Prakalpa:
- An unique scheme of West bengal which got recognition from the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and UNICEF recently.
- According to the scheme unmarried girls in the age group of 12 to 18 years studying in class 8 to class 12 will be provided an annual scholarship of Rs.500. Also an one time assistance of Rs.25,000 will be given when they reaches the age of 18 years.
- Arvind Mayaram panel on FDI has submitted its report.
World
- UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon condemned the sexual violence against girls in India.
- Military service was made compulsory for men in UAE.
- PM Modi toured Bhutan first time after becoming PM.
- China started building a school in the Paracel Chain Island located in the South China Sea.
- Abu Dhabi has decided to build underground parks that will features play grounds, cafes, library, etc..,
- 40 Indian workers were abducted in Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) members.
- Upcoming 6th BRICS Summit 2014 is scheduled to be held in July 2014 which will be hosted by Brazil.
- This year 2014 marks the 60th Anniversary for the Panchsheel Agreement which was signed in the year 1954. The Vice president of India has been invited to visit China for the ceremony.
- China has invited India to take part in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
Science and Tech
- Caldicellulosiruptor bescii - a bacterium which can be used to convert biomass to biofuel directly.
- Vishing = Voice + Phishing - In this type of phishing the hacker use voice calls which would resemble like a genuine one but uses it to steal your information.
- Brahmos - a supersonic cruise missile was test fired successfully from a indigenous warship INS Kolkata.
- Mars Orbitor Mission's trajectory was successfully corrected from the ground station.
- Indian army successfully test fired Aakash - a surface to air missile, which destroyed a target at 30m altitude.
- ARM - Asteroid Redirect mission : NASA's Mission to capture the asteroid with the help of robotic spacecrafts. The appropriate right sized asteroids will be selected with the help of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Accordingly a 6 m diametre asteroid named '2011 MD' was chosen.
- PSLV-C23 to be launched from Sriharikota on 30th June 2014.
- Additive Micro Manufacturing process - the process which is used to develop an artificial ultra light materials which can withstand 1,60,000 its own weight.
- i-Shakthi - a new app which send emergency messages with location to family and friends list when we rapidly shake our mobile phone.
- Panic Button - a new app launched by Amnesty International to help the activist who are in emergency like situations.
- Mobile Seva is an initiative developed and implemented by Deity (Department of Electronics and Information Technology which enables the delivery of public services directly to their mobile phones. This initiative was given the second place in the UN Public service awards 2014.
Environment
- Sanjaya Rajaram has been selected for the 'World's Food Prize' for his research in world's wheat production.
- The Greater Himalayan national park of Himachal Pradesh has made its entry in the UNESCO's List of World heritage sites.
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