1. In a span of 137
years when
modern record-keeping of average global temperatures had commenced , May 2017 was the second hottest
month according to NASA, The temperature of May 2017 was 0.88
degrees Celsius warmer than the mean May temperature from 1951-1980. May 2016 is the hottest on record with
0.93 degrees Celsius warmer than the May mean temperature.
2. India’s CAD ( Current account
Deficit) for the last fiscal narrowed
down to 0.7% ($112.4
billion )of the GDP from that of 1.1% ($130.1 billion )in 2015-16 due
to contraction in the trade deficit according to Reserve Bank of India (RBI),
Further, the net FDI
(Foreign Direct Investment) inflows in
2016-17 also got narrowed
to $35.6 billion from
$36 billion during 2015-16.
3. Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who is hailed
as the father of German unification has passed away. He was responsible for
unifying Germany after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall
4. As a step towards fighting black money stashed
abroad, ‘Joint Declaration‘
for implementation of
Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) was
signed between India and
Switzerland on November 2016
under the guidance of G20, OECD and other global organisations.Switzerland
has ratified automatic exchange of financial account information with India and
40 other countries. This will facilitate Switzerland to share information about
suspected black money with India and other 40 nations.
5. The World’s largest
festival of light, music and ideas, Vivid
Sydney has entered into Guinness World Book of Records.
It is an annual outdoor lighting festival held in Sydney city of
Australia. The Guinness World Record have given the Vivid Sydney
installation Dreamscape the title for the ‘Largest interactive lighting
display’. Vivid Sydney
installation Dreamscape has been made up of 124,128
lights and links the entire Circular Quay precinct beginning from the Sydney Opera
House to the Sydney Harbour Bridge into one cohesive canvas of light.
6. A three-week
orientation programme for NRI and PIO youth between the age group of 18 to 30 years “ Know India Programme (KIP)”
with a view to provide them with an exposure to the country of their
origin so that they can understand India better and more closely has been
inaugurated by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and also
launched a portal for the Know India Programme (KIP). The government has
also announced the openings of 149 new post office passport seva kendras
in the country (POPSK so that a person need not travel more than 50
kilometeres to get his/her passport. POPSKs is an initiative undertaken
jointly by the MEA and the Department of Post.
7. Kochi Metro which will be Kerala’s
first metro line and India’s
first integrated multi-mode transport system was inaugurated
by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi . The first phase of the
metro with 13.2 km out of the total 25 km stretch was inaugurated . The
Kochi Metro will be the country’s eighth inter-city metro rail project. Kochi
Metro is the first public transport system that has reserved jobs for the
transgenders The first phase of the metro with 11 stations covering 13km is the
longest first phase of a metro to be inaugurated. The Kochi Metro is the
county’s first fully integrated metro. The Kochi Metro is the first in the
country to use Communication Based Train Control technology for maximising
train frequencies and minimising errors.
8. India and Afghanistan are set to operationalize their first air-freight corridor in
the coming days. The first
flight will be operated
by Ariana Afghan Airlines, which is the Afghanistan’s national
carrier. The flight which will initially operate once or twice in a month will carry
commodities to and from
Delhi. Depending upon the supply needs, the frequency of the flight will be
increased.
9. June 17 -The World
Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is observed
every year to promote public awareness to combat desertification with the
theme of 2017 “Our Land. Our
Home. Our Future“.
10. Mission
officials for NASA’s James
Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
have announced the initial science targets for the James Webb Space
Telescope. JWST, being the most powerful telescope designed and
built on Earth is scheduled to be launched in October
2018 on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana. As a part of the initial observations,
2100 observations has been planned for the JWST by the mission handlers. JWST
is 100 times powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope and will be the largest telescope ever sent into
space.
11. India’s
Kidambi Srikanth had
won the Indonesia Open Super
Series badminton title at Jakarta by defeating Japan’s Kazumasa Sakai.
It is Srikanth’s third Super
Series title after 2014 China
Open and 2015 India Open.
12. June
19 – International Day for the elimination of sexual violence in conflicts was observed every year globally with the theme of
2017 “ Preventing sexual
violence crimes through Justice and Deterence
13. Australia has announced the opening
of online visitor visa applications for Indian Nationals.
14. Mangalyaan
, the interplanetary Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) has
completed its 1000 Earth days in its orbit on
19th june 2017. The Mars Orbiter Mission
(MOM) was launched into space on November 5, 2013, from Satish Dhawan
Space Centre using a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket C25 . The MOM has at present completed 388 orbits of
Mars and has sent 715 images back to earth.
India has
plans to send Mangalyaan 2.0 and a new mission to Venus after 2020.
15. Hasan
Ali was declared as the Player of the series of ICC
Champions Trophy2017
16. Regional
Silk research and Production centre is going to set up at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
17. The
Chief Minister of Telangana has announced that the state will
be shielding 12% reservation
for poor Muslim communities even
in highest offices of the
Central Governmnet.
18. Bihar
Governor Ram Nath Kovind has
been chosen by the National Democratic Alliance as its Presidential Candidate.
19. The mini-ecosystems comprising of potato seeds and
silkworm eggs would be sent to the moon by Chang’e 4 which is scheduled to be launched
in 2018 by China.
The main objective behind this mission is to prepare
for future moon landings and possible human inhabitants. China is preparing for
a planned mission to the Moon.
20. The GST Council headed by Union Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley have decided to set up a five-member anti-profiteering authority to decide on levying the penalty if
businesses do not pass on the benefit of price reduction to consumers under GST
regime. The GST Council has also approved
the anti-profiteering rules. The anti-profiteering
committee would be headed by a retired
secretary-level officer.
21. The
Mobile App “Celebrating Yoga”.has been developed by Department of Science &
Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology on the occasion of
International Yoga Day 2017(June 21)has been launched by Minister for Science & Technology Dr.
Harshvardhan. The aim of the app is to popularise Yoga and encourage people to
practice yoga for a scientifically healthy living.
22.India has
been ranked 75th out of
102 countries in a list that
ranks the countries in terms of the human
impact on environment per person. The ranking has been done by MoneySuperMarket, a UK-based financial services website. Top 10 Performers: Mozambique (1st), Ethiopia
(2nd), Zambia (3rd), Latvia (4th), Kenya (5th), Albania (6th), Ghana
(7th), Tajikistan (8th), Nepal (9th), Colombia (10th). Worst Performers: Trinidad and
Tobago (102nd), United States (101st), Sri Lanka
(100th), Ireland (99th), Canada (98th), China
(97th), Australia (96th), South Africa (95th), Cyprus
(94th), Malaysia (93rd). Mozambique has topped the list as it
derives almost all of its energy from green sources. The ranking has been
made based on the impact the citizens have on the environment by
taking into account energy consumption, air pollution, waste
production, reliance on non-renewable energy, the carbon dioxide
emissions per capita, wastewater treatment capacity, municipal solid waste
generated and tree cover loss etc. Of all the parameters, the most weight has been given
to Carbon dioxide emissions, municipal solid waste and energy consumption.
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