Current Affairs 15th June 2016

Current Affairs 15^th June, 2016

Current affairs and general awareness are considered as one of the most significant factors for the candidates who have been preparing vigorously for different competitive examinations 2016 such as UPSC, SSC, Railways, Postal, State level examinations. Current affairs will also be helpful for the aspiring candidates who have been preparing for various kinds of Bank related examinations that include IBPS, SBI, RRB, RBI, and Defense & Intelligence.

We are here to provide you all the latest and current affairs happening in the world in order to enhance your general awareness regarding international, national and regional news. Usually, in various competitive examinations candidates come across different objective type of questions wherein one section will be completely related to the general awareness and current affairs questions. It is true that the current affairs section in the competitive examinations is the best scoring section and this is the reason it has gained much significance in the examinations and candidates as well.

So, it is quite essential for every candidate to stay updated about the current happenings in the world and focus on the latest and current news so that it will be beneficial for them to answer any questions based on that particular issue. Here we are providing the current affairs for the current month dated 15^th June, 2016. Aspirants who are rigorously preparing for various competitive examinations for the year can download the current affairs from here.

International News

The newly appointed Chief Executive of Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) is G Kalyana Krishnan.

The first vaccine against “Tampon disease” in the world was developed by the scientists.

Recently, the Union Government has constituted Satish Chandra committee to make recommendations on revision in the pay scale of central public sector undertakings’ employees.

Every year, on June 13, the United Nations International Albinism Awareness Day is witnessed to create public awareness on albinism and to avert assaults and discrimination against people with albinism.

The Rise of Environmental Crime Report released by UNEP and INTERPOL.

‘The Little Miss Princess of Asia 2016’ title was crowned by Bethool Ajmal from Kerala at a beauty pageant which was held in Georgia on June 5, 2016.

Leander Paes is the first Indian professional tennis player to appear at the Olympics for the 7^th time and he will become the only tennis player in the world.

“Leeches” is an Indian short film that has acquired the Audience Choice Award at the Seoul International Women’s Film Festival (SIWFF).

The current position of India in terms of crude oil consumption in the world according to the latest report of BP Statistical review of World Energy is third position. USA acquires the first position.

Norway is the first country in the whole world to prohibit deforestation.

The book called “Losing My Religion” has been authored by Vishwas Mudagal that involves the story of a young entrepreneur.

National News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go on a 4-Nation Tour to Africa in July.

The Finance Minister of the State, Arun Jaitley will take part in a 2-day meet regarding the GST bill.

The Government of Gujarat is seeking to roll out a new mobile application in an attempt to deliver common services to the public.

Ghana signs 3 agreements in order to build up co-operation in different fields.

The Overseas Citizen of India status has been acquired by the Chief Head of AirAsia Group.

These are the current affairs that are happening across the nation and international news has been included here.