Current Affairs June 28th 2016

Current Affairs June 28th 2016

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CSIR launches new drug for diabetics

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has launched an anti-diabetic ayurvedic drug for type 2 Diabetes mellitus, which is named as BGR-34.  The drug is developed by National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) and Central Institute for Medical and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) together.  The drug will be available for 5 rupees.

UP announces that all natural calamities will be considered as state disaster

Uttar Pradesh government has announced that all the natural calamities taking place in the state will be considered as state disasters.  The calamities include unseasonal heavy rain, lightning, Loo, storm etc.  It also stated that the victims of such disasters will be given compensation and relief as per provisions made under State Disaster Relief Fund by the Central Government.

Junagadh Agricultural University scientists find gold in Gir cow urine

Junagadh Agricultural University (JAU) after four years of continues research have found gold in Gir cows urine.  The analysis of the urine samples of 400 Gir cows was done at Food Testing Laboratory of JAU.  The gold in the urine ranges from three mg to 10 mg in one litre or urine.

20% hike to be granted for Government servants soon

The Centre is all set to increase the pay of government servants by 20% or a little less than that.  The Centre will be soon announcing implementation of seventh pay commission recommendations soon after the panel will examine and submit a proposal in this issue.

US Senator asked Obama to stop issuing visas in 23 countries

American Senator has urged Obama administration to stop issuing immigrant and non-immigrant visas to citizens who belong to 23 countries including India.  The reason for the urge is that the countries are being non-cooperative in accepting the illegal immigrants from US.

Flipkart is in plans to launch its own brand of mobiles and jewellery

Flipkart, which is one of the top e-commerce sites, is planning to launch its own brand of products.  It is thinking of launching its own in-house brand products in jewelry, mobile, fashion accessories and in many other categories.

NIA Officer Tanzil’s murderer arrested

On Tuesday morning Uttar Pradesh STF has taken into custody the main accused, Munner who killed the NIA officer Tanzil Ahmed from Noida-Ghaziabad border.  The state police have declared a reward of Rs. 2 lakh on his arrest.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley cuts down on his China visit

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has cut down his China visit by a day and returned back to India seeking the attacks on him by his party MP Subramanian Swamy.  Jaitley has gone to China on a five day visit to attend Board of Governors meeting of 100 billion Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

PM Modi said that India will continue its talks with China on NSG

Prime Minster Narendra Modi said that India is making its moves with China in the matter of NSG in a straight forward manner and that it will continue making efforts in order to get a membership in NSG group.

Indo-Nepal border pillars to flaunt GPS

On Saturday, Nepal-India Boundary Working Group (BWG) in its third meeting has decided to enable GPS on the Indo-Nepal border pillars.  There are over 8 thousand boundary pillars all along the Indo-Nepal border and all the pillars will be equipped with positioning system using Global Navigation Satellite System.