Current Affairs 16th June 2016
Current Affairs and General Awareness topics plays a vital role in almost all competitive exams these days. Most of the banks and government exams are giving priority to current affairs. Candidates who are taking government or bank exams must and should go through current affairs daily in order to catch up with those exams. Here are the current affairs for 16th June, 2016.
National News
Pranab Mukherjee received the higher civilian award of the West African Country
Pranab Mukherjee who is serving as the President of India was presented with the highest civilian award of the West African country, National Order of Republic of Ivory Coast.
Pertoleum Minister to represent India at SPIEF
The petroleum and natural gas minister, Dharmendra Pradhan is going to represent India at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). It is an international conference held for two days in which the officials will be discussing business and economic issues.
Assam Congress Chief Anjan Dutta passes away
Assam Congress Chief Anjan Dutta, 64 died this morning due to heart failure at AIIMS hospital, Delhi. He got admitted to the hospital on 18th of May and was undergoing treatment under Pulmonary Sciences department.
Assistant Superintendent of Police of Paderu, Visakhapatnam district Found Dead In Office
Assistant superintendent of police named Sasikumar today died at his office with a bullet injury on his body at Paderu in Visakhapatnam district. The cop belonged to Tamil Nadu and was posted as Assistant Superintendent of Police at Paderu. It was a mysterious death and the police are looking into the case.
2 farmers were arrested for killing 80 Dogs in Tamil Nadu
80 dogs were fired to death by few farmers in the state of Tamil Nadu. The reason behind the mass killing is that they are rabid dogs and they have killed 10 of those farmer sheeps.
Government of Maharashtra to use plastic wastage in laying roads
Maharashtra government has taken a wise decision of using plastic wastage in laying roads. This decision is taken with an intension to reduce soil pollution and to maintain longevity of asphalt roads. They are going to use plastic wastage along with tar to lay the roads in the state.
Udta Panjab movie leaked online
The most controversial movie of present time, which is seeing highs and lows with the petitions being filed against it, Udta Panjab was leaked online, says the Producers of the flick. The producers of the movie have filed a complaint with Mumbai cops saying that the flick got uploaded in online before the release by some unidentified person.
Civil Aviation Policy approved by Government
NDA government has approved the first National Civil Aviation Policy for increasing air connectivity in India. The ministry of Civil Aviation has introduced such a policy for the first time. This policy will allow domestic airlines to fly abroad quickly.
International News
Security in Disney World increased after Orlando incident
Security has been increased at Disney theme parks as the wife of Orlando’s shooter quipped that Disney World in Florida may be a possible target. Authorities are looking into it whether the shooter of Orlando incident have spied the park.
NASA made an experiment with fire in the space
NASA experimented in the space with fire. It has fired a trash-filled Cygnus resupply vehicle, which is on return trip from International Space Station. The Cygnus is however going to burn on its entry onto the earth, but they wanted to give it a try on the space and know what happens in there. It took 8 long minutes to fire up the material in space.
Sports
Sachin Tendulkar to offer help in choosing coach for India
Sachin who is out of the country for a while is going to help in picking the coach for India, says BCCI.
France won over Albania in Euro 2016
The debutants Albania have lost for France in last 16. This win has qualified France in the game.
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