Nitin gadkari, Road Transport and Highways and Shipping minister on 5 june 2015 inaugurated India’s first-of-its-kind Tier-I Oil Spill Response Centre (OSRC) for Mumbai Port Trust (MBT), Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) and ONGC’s facilities at Nhava and Uran. Also Read Previous : 6 June 2015 : Daily current affairs/gk/awareness
Objective: To develop appropriate and effective systems for the detection and reporting of oil spillage in order to ensure adequate protection to the marine environment and public health.
India and Bangladesh exchange historic land deal documents and also Signed 22 agreements of cooperation in diverse areas. Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina jointly launch bus services between the two countries.
Bangladesh conferred Award of Liberation War honour to former Prime Minister Atal Vihari Vajpayee, PM Modi receives it on his behalf.
PM Modi also offered prayers at the famous 12th century Dhakeshwari national temple, the most revered place for Hindu community in Bangladesh. He spent around 15 minutes at the temple,which is considered an essential part of Dhaka’s cultural heritage and one of the major ‘Shaktipeeths’ of the region. Mr. Modi was felicitated by the priests and authorities of the temple. He was given a replica of Goddess Dhakeshwari and a shawl besides other memorabilia. Prime Minister Modi also visited the Ramakrishna Mission.
Researchers from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) found that the fire on the water of Bellandur Lake on 16 May 2015 was caused due to industrial effluents in the water.
Bellandur Lake is the largest lake of Bengaluru.
The findings were published in a study titled, Pathetic status of wetlands in Bengaluru: epitome of inefficient and uncoordinated governance. The research was led by environment scientist Prof TV Ramachandra of Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES).
UK Author Ali Smith on 3 June 2015 won the 2015 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel How to be Both. Other nominees for the award were English author Laline Paull, Canadian author Rachel Cusk, Pakistani author Kamila Shamsie and Welsh author Sarah Waters.
Previous winners of the award include Eimear McBride for A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing (2014) and AM Homes for May We Be Forgiven(2013).
Indian Medical Association’s (IMA), first-ever Jan Aushadhi Generic Drug (JAGD) Store was inaugurated on 5 June 2015 at its headquarters in IP Estate, New Delhi. The store will offer over 118 commonly used drugs at a 10 to 20 percent lesser price than market value. The store was launched by the Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Hansraj Gangaram Ahir.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar (JDU) announced alliance with RJD chief Lalu Prasad to contest the forthcoming assembly election later in the state. Six member committee (3 memebers each from RJD and JDU) formed to discuss the seat sharing issues. Nitish kumar is likely to head the alliance.
Swiss Stanislas wawrinka beat world no.1 Novak Djokovic with 4-6, 6-4,6-3,6-4 to win the maiden French open title. He is 30 years old and thus became oldest winner of the French open in 25 years.
