June 2014 Current affairs | MeritExamination

1. 17 June - World Day to Combat Desertification.
2. 12 June - World Day Against Child Labour.
3. 17 June - World Day to Combat Desertification.
4. 12 June - World Day Against Child Labour.
5. 26 June - United Nations Charter Day. 50 Countries signed the United Nations Charter on Jun 26, 1945 for creation of United Nations.
6. 27 June - Indian National Diabetes Day.
7. 29 June - National Statistics Day.
8. 5 June - World Environment Day.
9. 8 June - World Oceans Day.
10. 14 June - World Blood Donor Day.
11. Jordan diplomat Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein has been appointed as chief of United Nations Human Rights. He is the first Muslim and Arab to be appointed for this Post.
12. Juan Manuel Santos has been re-elected as the President of Colombia.
13. Sumitra Mahajan has been appointed as Speaker of 16th Lok Sabha.
14. Chandra Babu Naidu (Telugu Desam Party) has been appointed as Chief Minister of Seemandhra and Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao has been appointed as Chief Minister of India's 29th State Telangana.
15. Vishal Sikka has been appointed as CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Infosys.
16. Britain-based NRI Sunil Chopra has been elected as the Mayor of Southwark, an Administrative Division under London City.
17. Mukul Rohatgi is appointed as new Attorney General of India & Ranjit Kumar has been appointed as Solicitor General of India.
    • Attorney General of India is the Indian government's chief legal advisor and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. The Solicitor General of India is subordinate to the Attorney General for India. The Solicitor General of India is the secondary law officer of the country, assists the Attorney General.
18. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been appointed as new President of Egypt.
19. Petro Poroshenko is appointed as Fifth President of Ukraine.
20. Reuven Rivlin has been Elected as New President of Israel (10th).
21. Arun Jaitley has been appointed as Leader of Upper House - Rajya Sabha and Ghulam Nabi Azad has been appointed as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha.
22. Nripendra Misra has been appointed as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister.
23. 13-year-old Indian Malavath Purna becomes youngest woman to scale Mount Everest.
24. Indian Sanjay Rajaram has been awarded the World Food Prize for contributions to global food security.
25. Indian-origin scientist Anil Kulkarni, has been awarded with the highly competitive Fulbright -Nehru Scholarship.
26. Gariphema village in Nagaland has been declared the country's first "tobacco-free village" by WHO (World Health Organization).
27. Hydro Biology & Fishery Productive Potential has been written by Anuradha Shukla.
28. The Substance and the Shadow has been written by Uday Tara Nayar.
29. The Email Revolution : Unleashing the Power to Connect has been written by V A Shiva Ayyadurai.
30. Pramod Kumar Mishra has been appointed as an Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
31. HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh has been honoured by Germany's prestigious ‘Bundesverdienstkreuz’ (Cross of the Order of Merit) award for his contribution to strengthen Indo-German relations over the years.
32. K Rajendra has been appointed as New chief of Jammu and Kashmir Police.
33. Peter Mutharika has been appointed as new president of Malawi (Southeast Africa).
34. Injeti Srinivas has been appointed as chief of National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority.
35. Hiroshi Naka has been appointed as Vice President and Auditor General of the World Bank Group.
36. Kathleen Stephens has been appointed as Interim Ambassador of USA in India.
37. Shashikant Das has been appointed as India's New Revenue Secretary.
38. Indian Person Sethuraman Panchanathan has been appointed to the U.S. National Science Board by President Barack Obama.
39. Foreign VIP Visits to India ->
    • Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited india and met Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
      • (Sushma Swaraj is the First Indian Female External Affairs Minister).
    • Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry o Rogozin Visited India.
    • Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Visited India.
40. IRAQ (A Middle East Country), is a major supplier to Oil Consumers across the world and has been under threat my Sunni Extremists.
41. 40th G7 Summit was held in Brussels (Belgium).
    • The G7 was Previously called G8 having 8 Developed countries as its members. Russia was removed from the Group after It forcibly annexed crimea from the Ukraine.
42. Britain Decided to re-open its Embassy in Iran.
43. P5 + 1 Countries met Iranian Diplomats in Vienna (Austria's Capital) regarding Negotiations related to Iran's Dicputed Nuclear Program.
    • P5 + 1 is the Grouping of Five Permanent Members of UN Security Council and Germany.
44. Martin Schulz has been re-appointed as Chief of European Parliament as results of European Parliament Elections 2014.
45. European Union signed association accords with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova to ease up process of trade and Co-operations in countries across europe.
46. UAE (United Arab Emirates) Made it Compulsory for every Young Citizens to Serve the Armed Forces.
47. Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected as President of Syria.
48. Lithuania to become 19th Country to adopt Euro as its Primary Currency.
49. Salvador Sanchez has been appointed as new President of El Salvador (A Central American Country).
50. A new Entity called Eurasian Economic Union has been created by a treaty signed between Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia. This would create a single economic market of 171 million people and a gross domestic product of 3 trillion U.S. dollars. Later on, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan may also join the organization.
51. Union Government created a separate Ministry for promoting entrepreneurship and skill development with Sarbananda Sonowal as its Minister.
52. Mumbai Metro Rail Service was started and Mumbai becomes Fourth city in Country to have Metro Rail Service.
53. Rajasthan Based Mody University signed a Pact with USA's Stony Brook University to Enhance Co-operation in various Research Areas.
54. Government started a New Anti Tobacco Advertisement called 'The Price We Pay'.
55. Government decided to implement Gujarat's Jyoti Gram Yojana across country. It is related to adopting various Measures to provide 24 hrs Electricity to all villages across country.
56. India has been elected for a second time to the UN body for safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage.
57. India signed Automatic Tax Information Exchange Agreement with Mauritius.
58. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed new norms for 'crowdfunding' or collection funds through web-based platforms and social networking sites. This move is aimed to help start-up companies raise capital and also check misuse of such avenues. More..
59. India has been second in Textile Products Exports. India has improved its ranking as per the recent data released by ‘UN Comtrade’ in Global Textiles as well as Apparel Exports. India now stands at second position beating its competitors like Italy, Germany and Bangladesh, with China still retaining its top position.
60. Coca Cola and Jain Irrigation have set up a Joint Project called Project Unnati to encash enhancing demand of Packaged Juice across the Country.
61. Bromine has been identified as the 28th essential chemical element for human life by Vanderbilt University Scientists in USA.
62. USA's Michigan University Scientists figure hiw to make Clean Water from Cow's Dung. This technology is called Mclanahan Nutrient Separation System.
63. National Institute of Ocean Technology started Integrated Marine Surveillance System to Provide Correct weather Forecast specially to aid Fishermans in their work.
64. Google to Provide Internet Services via Small Satellites with and has decided to buy a Company called Skybox for 500 Million USD in the Process.
65. DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) has Developed Optical Target Locator to identify Hidden Snipers.
66. India and France Air Forces held their Joint Exercise called 'Garuda - V'.
67. World Bank to Help India in curing TUBERCULOSIS by Providing 100 Million USD.
68. Rhino DNA Index System has been started to save endangered species of Rhinoceros by identifying their DNA.
69. French Open 2014 -
    • Males - Rafael Nadal (Spain) won by Beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic. It is the ninth French open title for Rafael Nadal.
    • Females - Russia's Maria Sharapova won by beating Romania's Simona Halep. It is the Second French open title for Maria Sharapova.
70. Kolkata Knight Riders won Indian Premier League (IPL)'s 7th Title by beating Kings XI Punjab in the Final.
71. Asian Female Football 2014 (Vietnam) - Japan won by Beating Australia.
72. Archery World Cup 2014 (Colombia) - India won 1 Silver and 1 Bronze (Atanu Das, Thupuvoyi and Sanjay Boro - Silver & Laishram Bombayla Devi and Atanu Das - Bronze).
73. Thomas Cup Badminton 2014 (India) - Japan won by beating Malaysia.
74. Japan Open Badminton 2014 (Japan) -
    • Males - Li Cong Wei (Malaysis) won by beating Yu Hun (Hongkong).
    • Females - Li Xuerei (China) won by beating Tai Tzu Ying (Taiwan).
75. Uber Cup Badminton 2014 (India) - China won by beating Japan.
76. Martin Kaymer won US Open Golf 2014.
77. Male Hockey world Cup 2014 (Netherlands) - Australia won by beating Netherlands.
78. Female Hockey world Cup 2014 (Netherlands) - Netherlands won by beating Australia.
79. CEAT Cricket Awards 2014 -
    • International Cricketer of The Year - Virat Kohli
    • Domestic Cricketer of The Year - Robin Uthappa
    • Domestic Player of The Year - Shikhar Dhawan
    • Test Player of The Year - Mitchell Johnsson
    • Lifetime Achievement - Sayyed Kirmani
80. CEAT Cricket Awards 2014 -
    • International Cricketer of The Year - Virat Kohli
    • Domestic Cricketer of The Year - Robin Uthappa
    • Domestic Player of The Year - Shikhar Dhawan
    • Test Player of The Year - Mitchell Johnsson
    • Lifetime Achievement - Sayyed Kirmani
81. Uttarakhand Government to start E-District Scheme across all its Districts to better manage various Public issues and Administrative tasks.
82. World Bank to provide $USD 121.20 Million Loan for Watershed Development Project in Uttarakhand.
83. Jharkhand Government Started Linking of Forests Scheme to check Conflicts of Elephants & Humans by providing them more forests to Live in.
84. Madhya Pradesh government formed Samagra Kinnar Board for welfare for Kinnar Community People.
85. Delhi has been identified as India's Firts Kerosene Free city.
86. Tamilnadu Government started providing subsidized Salt in name of 'Amma Salt'.
87. Myanmar made its entry onto Wolrd Heritage List, with the insciption of its fisrt site, Pyu Ancient Cities as the World Hertitage.
88. The 11th century Rai-Ki-Vav in Patan, Gujarat was included in the UNESCO heritage site list.
89. Foreign investment of 10% or more in a listed company will now be treated as FDI as per a statement by finance ministry.
90. Justice Mansoor Agmad Mir has been appointed as the Chief of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
91. Kedarnath Singh has been choosen for the prestigious 49th Jnanpith award for 2013.
92. West Bengal's Jalpiraguri District would be bifurcated and Alipuduar would be the 20th district of the state.
93. Government announced hike in Railways fares of 14.2% in passengers fares and .5% in the freight tariffs.
94. Spains Prince Felipe Spain's new king as King Felipe VI.
95. Iceland topped the Global Peace Index for the year 2014 report of Institute For Economics and Peace (IEP). India was ranked at 143rd Position out of total 162 Countries with Syria At Last.
96. Juergen Stock of Germany has been appointed as INTERPOL's New Chief (World's largest international police Information organization).
97. Narendra Modi Visited Bhutan as his first Official Foreign Visit.
98. Malayalam writer C. Radhakrishnan has been given Moorti Devi Award for 2013 for his novel "Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram".
99. Amit Sharma has been appointed as Commander-in-Chief of Strategic Forces Command.
100. First Global Summit for Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict was held in London.
101. India become a permanent member of the Washington Accord, an elite international traety on engineering studies that promotes the movement of engineers across signatory countries that includes the US, the UK and Australia.
102. Indian Geologist Rasik was elected the member of the United Nations Commission on the Limits of Continental Shelf (UNCLCS).
103. The Government approved raising the height of the Narmada Dam by 17 meters, from 121.9 metres.
104. Sam Kahamba Kutesa (Uganda) has been appointed as President of United Nations General Assembly's 69th session.
105. UN General Assembly established the "United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize" as a tribute to the South African leader.
106. Mahindra Group chairman Anand G Mahindra became the first Indian to receive the prestigious Harvard Medal.
107. Angela Merkel topped Forbes list of the world's 100 most powerful women for the fourth year in row.
108. Rajiv Topno has been appointed as private secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
109. R.S.T. Sai has been appointed as chief of NHPC (National Hydro Power Corporation).
110. R.K. Malhotra has been appointed as chief of Indian Oil Corporation Limited.
111. V. SOmasundaram of Airports Authority of India (AAI) was conferred upon the prestigious Bharat Ratan JRD Tata Award instituted by Aeronautical Society of India (ASI) for the years 2013.
112. Pratishtha Khanna was honoured with 'Champions of Change' by the White House for her exemplary leadreship in her community.
113. Indian Physicist Tejinder Virdee was given honorary Knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his contribution to the field of Science.
114. Richard Rustom Kharsedji Sorabji has been made a Knights Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II for his service to philosophical scholarship.
115. Dilip Kumar's long-awaited autobiography "The Sbstance and The Shadow" has been launched.
116. African Union agreed to re-include Egypt as its member.
117. Central Aquacultural Pathology of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA), Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), became the first aquacultural pathology laboratory in the country to be accredited by NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories).
118. J & K cabinet enhanced age of retirement Government servants from 58 years to 60 years.
119. National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Developement (NABARD) reduced the rate of interest by 20 basis points (bps) on their long term refinance facility to promote investments in agriculture.
120. World Bank approved US$ 100 million for promoting Inculusive growth and Sustainable Development in Himachal Pradesh.
121. World bank approved US$ 165 million loan for Maharastra Rural Water Supply and Sanitation program.
122. World bank approved assistance of US$ 1006.20 million for Sarva Siksha Abhiyan III of India.
123. France's Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) approved Euro 100 million Loan to Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) for financing Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency projects in India.
124. Tax Administration reform Commission (TARC), headed by Parthasarathi shome, submitted its first report to Finance Ministry.
125. 'SIMBEX 14' naval exercises between the Indian Singapore Navies, was held in the Andaman Sea.
126. 12 June - World Day against Child Labour.
127. 20 June - World Refugee Day.
128. 23 June - United Nations Public Service Day.
129. Life and Times of Unborn Kamla has been written by K K Varma.
130. The Americans : A Novel has been written by Chitra Viraraghavan.
131. Prem nam hai Mera (Biography of Prem Chopra) has been written by Rakita Nanda.
132. To Dad with Love has been written by Sunaina Roshan.
133. Anandiben Patel has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
134. Rajiv Mathur has been appointed as New Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission.
135. Indian Coast Guard Commissioned a New Patrolling Vessel C - 407.
136. Sunil Lanba has been appointed as new Vice Chief of Indian Navy.
137. Kolkata Airport has won the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Award by Airport Council International (ACI) in the category of the best improved airport in Asia Pacific Region.
138. Meena Kumari of Kansas State University wins award from Association of Scientists of Indian Origin in America for study on alcohol abuse.
139. Sikkim government announced 12 percent reservation in all state government jobs in public sector undertakings for candidates living below poverty line.
140. Singapore has replaced Mauritius as the top source of foreign direct investment into India, accounting for about 25 per cent of FDI inflows in 2013-14.
141. 67th World Health Assembly was held in Geneva (Switzerland).