15 June 2015 current affairs / GK / GA: All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) 2015 cancelled by Supreme Court. The Re-examination will be conducted within four weeks as per the orders of Supreme Court. AIPMT was conducted on 5 June 2015 and over six lakh students appeared for the exam.
Free Roaming Launched by State run BSNL today which will allow all its mobile customers across the country to receive incoming call at no cost. “In fact, it is like a dream of ‘One Nation One Number’ coming true,” BSNL CMD Anupam Shrivastava said in a statement. One June 2, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had announced that the telco would be launching free roaming scheme from June 15.
Shri Ameising Luikham, IAS (MN:1981) today took over as Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises in the M/o Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises. Prior to this he was working as Secretary, North Eastern Council, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. Shri Luikham’s appointment is vice Shri Kapil Dev Tripathi, IAS (AM:1980) who already have been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
Mount Everest, World’s tallest peak shifted by 3 centimeters after the recent devastating earthquake in Nepal. Chinese official monitoring agency that the Mount Everest, has moved 40 cms to the northeast over the past 10 years, including 3 centimetres during the April 25 and May12 quakes.
National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) signed an MoU with India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) to speed up ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’ agenda for electronic system design and manufacturing (ESDM) and IT. The aim is to create a common agenda that will guide the Government and industry to construct policies and an environment leading to the creation of ESDM and IT products, solutions and brands out of India.
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Rosetta’s lander Philae woke up after seven months in hibernation on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. It is the first spacecraft in the space history to land on a comet. The signals from the spacecraft were received at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany on 13 June 2015.
FDI inflows into the services sector grew by over 46% to $3.25 billion in 2014-15 with the government taking steps to improve ease of doing business and attracting investments. The services sector, which includes banking, insurance, outsourcing, R&D, courier and technology testing, had received foreign direct investment (FDI) worth $2.22 billion in 2013-14.
Israeli government on 14 June 2015 approved a bill allowing the force-feeding of prisoners that are on hunger strike, if their lives are in danger. The Bill is called as Law to Prevent Harm Caused by Hunger Strikes. The bill is scheduled to be presented before Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, for first and second readings before it becomes law.
Wholesale inflation at (-)2.36 per cent in May as against (-)2.65 per cent in April. Inflation remained in negative territory for the seventh month in May, registering a decline of 2.36 per cent on account of subdued prices of food items, fuel and manufactured goods. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation was (—) 2.65 per cent in April.
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Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) on 12 June 2015 launched the India Nuclear Insurance Pool (INIP).The INIP has become the 27th such insurance pool in the world as countries such as France, Russia, South Africa and the U.S. have put in place such similar risk transfer mechanisms.Features of India Nuclear Insurance Pool (INIP).
Kalraj Mishra, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises on 15 June 2015 launched a digital Employment Exchange for Industries (EEX) portal eex.dcmsme.gov.in which will connect employers and job seekers.
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- The portal will help in linking Make in India initiative with Skilled India one.
- The employers and job seekers can now register at eex.dcmsme.gov.in.
- Nearly, two lakh job seekers have already registered themselves with the EEX.
