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Weekly One Liner Updates is a collection of important news and events that occurred in the second week of
(8th 14th) June 2016. This file is important for exams like SBI Clerk Mains, SBI PO 2016 and all upcoming
Banking & Insurance exams.
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New Appointments
1. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has
appointed a judicial commission to probe into the
recent Mathura violence- Mirza Imtiyaz commission.
Note: He has been asked to submit its report in two
months.
The commission was formed after the Supreme
Court refused to entertain a plea seeking a CBI
probe into the incident.
2. A communication technology specialist has taken
charge as the Director of the Commonwealth
Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA)__. Shahid
Rasool.
Note: CEMCA is an arm of the Vancouver-based
Commonwealth of Learning (COL).
Its headquarter is in New Delhi.
3. Umang Bedi has been appointed as the Managing
Director of - Facebook India.
4. The eminent scientist who has been recently took over
as Chief Executive of Nuclear Fuel Complex is ___. G
Kalyanakrishnan.
Note:
The NFC is a major industrial unit of Department
of Atomic Energy (DAE), for the supply of nuclear
fuel bundles and reactor core components.
5. Swedish Major General appointed as the head of the
UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan in
June 2016 - Major General Per Lodin
Note:
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Note:
FASTag is an electronic toll collection system in
India, operated by the Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways.
11. The Mobile App that was launched by Union
Government to enhance the employment of trained
youth in solar PV technology on 7 June 2016- Surya
Mitra Mobile App
Note: It is a GPS-based mobile app, developed by
National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) which is
an autonomous institution of Ministry of New &
Renewable Energy.
12. The State government has recently abolished
agriculture income tax__. Karnataka.
Note: This in turn will provide relief to many tea and
coffee companies besides thousands of individual
coffee growers. Plantation companies had to pay
a 35% tax on their net income.
13. Rajasva Gyan Sangam, the annual conference of tax
administrators 2016 will be held in ___.- New Delhi.
Note: The purpose of the conference is to motivate the
revenue officers towards achieving high
standards in taxpayer friendly services in view of
fast paced changes in the world economy and to
address some of the challenges that these
Departments face in this scenario.
14. State has become the first Indian state to launch open
government data portal to promote transparency__.
Sikkim
Note: On the open government data portal, the data
produced or commissioned by the government or
government controlled entities can be freely used,
reused and redistributed by anyone.
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Important Dates
1. The World Oceans Day is observed every year on June
8 to raise awareness of the challenges humanity faces
to protect the worlds oceans. The 2016 theme is__.
Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet.
2. World Day Against Child Labour 2016 observed every
year on June 12.The theme of World Day Against Child
Labour 2016- End child labour in supply chains - It's
everyone's business!
3. The United Nations International Albinism Awareness
Day is observed on _.June 13.
States News
1. The first Indian state to launch a green-concept based
State Data Centre is - Himachal Pradesh.
2. First Indian state to launch the App on Air Quality
Index in June 2016- Rajasthan.
3. Internet search engine Google and Tata Trusts joint
initiative Internet Saathi was recently launched inWest Bengal.
4. The state government has decided to appoint large
number of language teachers, including for Telugu and
Bengali languages to meet the shortage of teachers in
the regional languages Odisha.
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International
1. First Asian country to eliminate mother-to-child
transmission of HIV- Thailand.
Note: It is declared by the World Health Organization
(WHO).
According to WHOs global guidelines, mother-tochild transmission of HIV is considered to be
effectively eliminated when the rate of
transmission falls below 2 %.
2. The 2016 International Labour Conference was held in
the city- Geneva.
Note: The focus of the 2016 conference is Building a
future with decent work.
3. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
members and partners launched Anaconda-16
Exercise in- Poland.
4. South Indian city Amazon.com will be setting up its
Web Services Cloud Region - Hyderabad.
5. Narendra Modi became the fifth Indian Prime Minister
to address the legislature of the country the USA.
6. This European country launched the SAIP smart
phone app to alert users on terror attacks and other
disasters France.
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Obituaries
1. Father of modern Nepali music and composer of the
countrys national anthem passed away in Dhapasi _.
Amber Gurung.
Note:
He had composed Nepals National Anthem Sayaun
Thunga Fulka Hami (written by Byakul Maila) and
more than a 1,000 songs.
2. Professional Chess grandmaster four-time USSR chess
champion, a five-time member of Soviet teams has
passed away in Wohlen, Switzerland. Victor Korchnoi.
Note: One of the strongest players never to have become
World Chess Champion,
3. Veteran journalist who passed away in June 2016 and
spent 28 years at The Hindu- KK Katyal.
Note:
Mr. Katyal had worked with various newspapers
including The Statesman, Hindustan Times and
The Hindu.
Katyal was the founder of the India chapter of the
South Asia Free Media Association.
4. The Raging Bull actress who died recently is - Theresa
Saldana.
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Sports News
1. The Rio Olympics-bound Indian track and field athlete,
who has won a silver medal in 800 meters in the Josef
Odlozil Memorial Athletics Meet in Prague, Czech
Republic - Tintu Luka.
Note: She is the National record holder in the womens
800-metre race.
She was awarded Arjuna award by Government
of India in 2014.
2. The 2019 AFC Asian Cup will be hosted by the country
____.United Arab Emirates
Note: It is the quadrennial international mens football
championship of Asia organized by the Asian
Football Confederation.
It is the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup.
3. The Indian city that will host the mens Hockey Junior
World Cup 2016 is Lucknow.
4. Tennis star who has been suspended for two years
from Tennis by the International Tennis Federation
(ITF) for using a prohibited drug - Maria Sharapova.
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