Current Affairs 26th June 2016
Current affairs are very vital topics in most of our competitive exams of present time. They are very important and are given good weightage in the exam. Current affairs cover all the national and international news. Candidates who are preparing for bank, government and other competitive exams must and should give a good read to current affairs daily. Candidates can make a good score in the exams if they prepare well on current affairs as they will be given good priority.
PM Narendra Modi launches Smart City Projects
Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Saturday has launched ‘Smart City Projects’ in Pune. Modi has launched 84 projects including 14 for Pune with an overall investment of Rs. 2,000 crore.
Jayalalitha writes to Modi to get fishermen released from Sri Lanka
Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha has written a letter to Modi asking to get fishermen released from Sri Lanka. Five fishermen have been arrested in mid-sea by Sri Lankan Navy. Citing this issue, Jayalalitha said that it is an “inhumane” act and written a letter to Modi to get fishermen released from Sri Lanka.
Freedom 251 is all set for the shipping
Freedom 251 from Ringing Bells is going to be shipped by June 30th. The managing director Mohit Goel said that they are shipping the first phase of Freedom 251 smartphones by June 30th.
A loan of $500 million sanctioned to build the river bridge in Bihar
Asian Development Bank on Friday said that it has approved $500 million loan for the construction of India’s longest river bridge on Ganga in Bihar. The bridge will be 9.8 km long, which provides vital transport links between the northern and southern parts of the state and with neighboring country Nepal.
Nepal puts ban on working in Afghanistan for its citizens
Nepal put a ban on working in Afghanistan for its citizens after 13 of its citizens were killed and six were injured in the suicide attack in Kabul. The citizens of Nepal used to work as security guards in the Canadian embassy in Kabu, who were killed in an attack by Talibans.
Arun Jaitley attends for first annual meeting in Beijing
| Finance minister Arun Jaitley met with Chinese counterpart Lou Jiwei in Beijing to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries. He also attended board of governors meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Mohammad Anas qualifies for Men’s 400 m Race
Mohammad Anas, Indian quartermiler qualified for the 2010 Rio Olympics in 400 metres race on the second day of Polish Athletics Championship at Bydgoszcz. Anas made the win just at 45.40 seconds and qualified to the Olympics. He has become the 21st Indian track and field athlete to qualify for the upcoming Rio Olympics. Dutee Chand made it to Rio Olympics with her 100m run 36-year-old Dutee Chand said won the 100m run race and made it to Rio Olympics. Dutee Chand made it by 11.33 seconds and registered her name in the win list. After her win, she said that “if I did not qualify today that fraction of a second would have bothered me for the next four years.” “It encouraged me more, and gave me hope that 11.32 was definitely possible for me to run.” Hillary Clinton regains double-digit lead over Trump Hillary Clinton has regained her double-digit lead over her rival Donald Trump as per the Ipsos poll results. The poll shows that 46.6 percent of US voters are favor to Ms Clinton whist 33.3 percent have chosen Mr Trump over Clinton and 20 percent of them did not go with either of them. NTT Data-Del gets green signal from CCI The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday approved Japan’s NTT Data’s proposal to acquire Dell Services, the IT services arm of PC maker Dell. With the addition of Dell Services data centers in the US, UK, and Australia, NTT will have around 230 date centers around the globe. |
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