Page-18 of Current Affairs - June, 2016

RBI introduces Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets

June 14, 2016

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued guidelines called Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets (S4A). The main aim of these guidelines is to (i) Strengthen the lenders’ ability to deal with stressed assets and (ii) Put real ..

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Hubble Telescope spots solitary dwarf galaxy UGC 4879

June 14, 2016

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a mysterious solitary dwarf galaxy known as UGC 4879. The galaxy is smaller and messier than its cosmic cousins and lacks the majestic swirl of a spiral or the coherence of an elliptical. Key ..

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Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasad takes charge of Chief Justice of Manipur HC

June 14, 2016

The senior-most Judge of the Manipur High Court Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasad has assumed charge of the Chief Justice of the High Court. He succeeded Justice Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra who has relinquished the charge of office. Earlier in February 2016, ..

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Tata Power to acquire Welspun Renewables

June 14, 2016

Private power producer Tata Power Co. Ltd has agreed to acquire renewable energy company Welspun Renewables Energy Pvt. Ltd. In this regard, Tata Power’s renewable energy unit Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL) has signed share purchase agreement to acquire ..

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G Kalyanakrishnan took over as Chief Executive of Nuclear Fuel Complex

June 14, 2016

Distinguished scientist G Kalyanakrishnan has taken charge as Chief Executive of Hydereabad based Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC). He took over the charge in place of Dr N Saibaba, who had retired on completion of two years of extended period of ..

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Lewis Hamilton wins 2016 Canada Grand Prix of Formula One

June 14, 2016

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton from Great Britain has 2016 Canada Grand Prix title of Formula One. It was his second title of the season after winning 2016 Monaco Grand Prix in May 2016. This was Hamilton’s fifth Canada Grand Prix ..

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Four new elements in Periodic table get names

June 13, 2016

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has announced four proposed names for the four new elements that were added in periodic table in January 2016. These names and symbols were chosen by the by nuclear researchers who ..

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Norway becomes the first country to ban deforestation

June 13, 2016

Norway has become the first country in the world to prohibit deforestation. In this regard, Norwegian Parliament had pledged to make government’s public procurement policy deforestation-free. The step was taken by Norwegian Government based on official recommendations of Norwegian Parliament’s ..

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