Daily Current affairs for 1st June 2017 ( English)
1.
The Union Ministry of Women and Child
Development has clarified that” Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme” has no
provisions for individual cash transfer component . It focuses on issues of
women empowerment on life cycle basis. It is not a Direct Benefit Transfer
(DBT). The ministry has announced that some illegal activities took place in
the states of UP, Bihar,Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand,MP and West Bengal.
Certain NGO’s, unauthorized organizations and individuals distributing forms in
the name of cash incentive under this scheme.
2.
Odisha become the first state to have developed Early
Warning Dissemination System(EWDS) ,an automatic public address system that
can be activated across the state. It alarms the people residing along its 480
km-long coast in the event of the occurrence of natural disasters like a tsunami
or a cyclone.
3. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Bombay
Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)
has approved Bharathi Airtel for
the proposed scheme of merger with Telenor (India) Communications Private
Ltd.
4.
The Astana Summit will
be held on 8-9 June in Astana, Kazakhstan. India and Pakistan’s
admission to the China-backed Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will be
formalised at the SCO’s summit .The
(SCO) granted full membership status to Pakistan and India during
its Ufa summit held in Russia in 2015. India signed the Memorandum on
accession in June 2016. The full members of the organization are China,
Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. SCO
is headquartered in Beijing.
5.
India and Russia have inked 5 pacts during the visit of Prime Minister
Modi to Russia between Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin . The most important are an agreement
on cultural exchanges for a period of two years (2017-2019) has been signed
between the two nations and an agreement for the construction of the third
stage of the Kudankulam NPP (KK5 & KK6) along with the Credit
Protocol has been signed between NPCIL and ROSATOM.
6.
Telangana has launched a digital wallet named T-Wallet for
people to make public and private financial transactions. The service
can also be availed by those people who do not have mobile phones.
The public who do not have smartphones can use the wallet for transactions
using MeeSeva centres. The service has been launched as “anytime
anywhere digital payment option for everyone”. The Telangana
Government has tied up with Vijaya Bank for providing
this service.
7.
NASA’s first mission (NASA’s
Parker Solar Probe ) to the sun and its outermost
atmosphere corona will be launched in 2018 . The probe initially
called the Solar Probe Plus has been renamed as the Parker
Solar Probe in honor of astrophysicist Eugene Parker. Parker’s theory of solar wind in
1958 was confirmed later on by
satellite observations. This is the first time NASA has named a
spacecraft after a living person.
8.
Virat kohli (13th spot),
Dhoni (15th spot ) Yuvraj (90th
spot ) and Raina (95th spot). are the only 4 Indians who featured in ESPN’s
ranking of the 100 most famous active athletes in the world. Portuguese
footballer Christiano Ronaldo
topped in the list. The ranking system is based on a formula
devised by ESPN director of sports analytics Ben Alamar based on the
parameters like endorsements, social media reach and other data.
9.
Historian Ramachandra Guha
submitted his resignation as BCCI administrator to Chairman of the Committee of
Administrators of the BCCI Vinod Rai by citing personal reasons on
May 28,2017
10.
Google on June 1st marked the 8 nation ICC champions trophy
2017 would begin at the Oval in London with an addictive doodle game. It
involves insects on batting side and
snails in the bowling team.the users can play the game versus snails.Teams are
divided into Group A and Group B. Group A ( England, Bangladesh, Australia and New
Zealand) and Group B ( India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and South Africa). The
opening match played between the hosts England and Bangladesh.India’s first
match with Pakistan on 4th June.Finals of Champions trophy I son 18th
June 2017.West Indies for the first time has not qualified for
this trophy as it was not ranked in ICC team rankings.
11.
June 1 – Global Day of
Parents
12.
Japan has launched a satellite to help build a high precision geo location
system that will complement the US operated GPS. The rocket carrying
the Michibiki No : 2 satellite H-IIA was launched from Tanegashima
space center in Kagoshima prefecture, Southern Japan.
13.
Haryana cabinet has approved the extension of metro rail project from
Delhi to Sonapet.
14.
Former IFS and Indian
ambassador to US Nirupama Rao has been appointed as the Public Policy
Fellow to a top American think-tank based in Washington.
15.India
and World Bank signed an agreement for IBRD Credit of USD 36 million
for Himachal Pradesh Public Financial Management Capacity Building Progaram.
Announcement !
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