Current Affairs - June, 2011

Current Affairs : June 29-30, 2011

June 30, 2011

New IMF Chief: Christine Lagarde Ms Christine Lagarde (French Finance Minister) to head the IMF (International Monetary Fund) The First woman to head IMF since the institution’s inception in 1944 The IMF executive board chose her over Mexican central bank ..

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Current Affairs : June 28, 2011

June 29, 2011

ADB to render grant of $ 25.1 million to Nepal ADB: The Asian Development Bank ADB to provide a render assistance of $25.1 million to Nepal Govt for the execution of HIMALI (High Mountain Agri-business and Livelihood Improvement) project and ..

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Current Affairs : June 27, 2011

June 29, 2011

17th SAARC summit 17th SAARC summit to be held in Maldives from the November 10, 2011 Theme of the two-day summit will be -“building bridges” Objective of selecting the theme is to unite member countries in order to build an ..

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Current Affairs : June 26, 2011

June 28, 2011

World Cup Football (Women) commences in Germany The women’s football world cup begins in Germany One the day one, games b/w Germany and Canada in Berlin and b/w France and Nigeria 16 teams qualified for the tournament which will be ..

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Current Affairs : June 25, 2011

June 28, 2011

‘Food Price Volatility and Agriculture’: Action Plan on Agriculture, G-20 prepared with it Agriculture Ministers of G-20 Nations in Paris decided to launch 3 initiatives from September 2011 To boost global farm production and exchange information regularly on key crops ..

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Current Affairs : June 24, 2011

June 25, 2011

Export of 5 Lakh Tonnes of additional sugar under OPG (Open General License) allowed by the Centre Central Government allowed export of 5 Lakh Tonnes of additional sugar under the Open General Licence EGoM, headed by Pranab Mukherjee (Finance Minister) ..

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Current Affairs : June 23, 2011

June 25, 2011

Ambubashi Mela commences at the Kamakhya temple in Assam The 4 day yearly Ambushi Mela started at the Shaktipeeth Kamakhya Dham in Guwahati The door of the temple closed for the visitors for next 3 days The temple complex is ..

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Current Affairs : June 22, 2011

June 25, 2011

UN Secretary General: Ban Ki-moon re-elected Ban Ki-Moon was unanimously elected for a second term by the 192 Nations United Nations General Assembly The second 5 year term for Mr. Ban starts from January 1, 2012 Mr. Ban has termed ..

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