Weekly The Hindu Review : 22 June – 28 June 2015 : This is last week of June current affairs that is important from IBPS RRB, IBPS PO/MT exam point of view.
Abbreviation
IIP- Index of Industrial Production
ICRIER- Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
ESMA- Essential Services Maintenance act
IPO- Initial Public Offer
FPO- Follow on Public Offer
FMC- Forward Market Commission
SEBI- Security and Exchange Board of India
IAEA- International Atomic Energy Agency
AIIB- Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank
UNCTAD- United Nations Conference on Trade and Developments
AMRUT- Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Tranformation
JNNURM- Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
MISA- Maintenance of Internal Security Act
CRY- Child Rights and You
NRC- National Register for Citizens
EWS- Economically Weaker Section
FIEO- Federation of Indian Export Organizations
Download : Yuvayana Monthly Current Affairs Digest Pdf May 2015
Personalities
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs- Shri Kiren Rijiju
President of Afghanistan- Ashraf ghani
CEO of Infosys- Shri Vishal Sikka
Chairman of SEBI- Shri U.K. Sinha
Vice President of Visva Bharti- Sushanta Duttagupta
Minister for Women and Child Development in Maharashtra- Pankaja Munde
UNCTAD Secretary General- Mukhisa Kituyi
HDFC Chairman- Shri Deepak Parekh
Union Minister for Chemical and Fertilizers- Shri Ananth Kumarv
Union Minister for Power- Shri Piyush Goyal
India’s High Commissioner to New Zeland- Shri Ravi Thapar
New Appointments
Kerala Ayurveda Campaigns Barnd Ambassador- Steffi Graf (Lawn Tennis Women Legend )
Book & author
Jeevan Ek Rang Anek- An Autobiography of Industrialist H.P.Budhia
Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to lead written by- Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook Chief Operating Officer)
Sports
U.S. Open Chambers Bay 2015 (Golf) Winner- Jordan Spieth
Satnam Singh- 1st Indian to Become a NBA Team Member
NBA Team in which Satnam Singh Selected- Dallas Mavericks Squad
Abhijeet Gupta related to- Chess
Tour De France- Cycle Racing
National & International Days
International Widows Day- 23rd June
Awards
‘Sangita Kalanidhi’ Title of The Music Academy- Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Vishwa Bharti Award- Achrya Ram Yatna Shukla
United Nations Public Service Award 2015- Nadia district of Bengal
Business & Economy
Govt. of India proposes Tax Benefits in Income tax for online transactions.
Joint Venture of SoftBank, Bharti and Foxconn for the generation of Solar Power.
FMC may merge with SEBI by Sep 2015.
Australia will join AIIB(Led by China) with A$930 Million as paid in Capital
World Investment Report 2015- FDI recipients- India (9th Rank)
-China (1st Rank)
World Investment Report published by- UNCTAD
Last date to exchange Pre-2005 Currency Notes- 31st Dec 2015
New Development Bank (BRICS bank) will Start operation From Next Finacil year, Apr 2016.
Govt. Schemes
JNNURM replaces by- AMRUT
AMRUT- 500 cities to be developed under this Project.
Smart Cities Scheme- 100 cities to be developed under this Project
Housing For All- 2 Crore House in Urban Areas
Attempt : Computer Mock Test for Bank Exams
Place
Rajpath , New Delhi- Guinness World Record for Largest Number of People practice yoga at single venue.
Sharda Mahila Ashray Sadan- Vrindavan, Mathura
UNCTAD Head Office- Geneva, Switzerland
National Affairs
Blue Mormon Butterfly- First time declared as State Butterfly by Maharashtra State Govt.
Lucknow Prani Udyan (Lucknow Zoo) renamed as Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Prani Udyan.
India’s Rank in Transparency International’s Corruption perception Index in 2014- 85th (Out of 177 Country)
International Affairs
Bobby Jindal is in the race of U.S. President. Election in 2016.
The Affordable Care Act in U.S for all Americans by President Barack Obama.
Death
Sister Nirmala- Superior General of Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata after Mother Teresa.
James Horner- Winner of Two Oscars for Titanic Music Composition
Praful Bidwai- An Anti- Nuclear activist, Journalist
All The Best.
