Page-28 of Current Affairs - June, 2016

Scientists discover rare Einstein ring

June 3, 2016

An international team of astrophysicists have discovered an unusual astronomical object — an Einstein ring. This phenomenon was predicted by Einstein’s theory of General Relativity and has been given its own name “The Canarias Einstein ring”. What is Einstein ring? ..

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Asia's largest annual security forum Shangri-La Dialogue opens in Singapore

June 3, 2016

Asia’s largest annual security forum Shangri-La Dialogue was inaugurated in Singapore to talk about security issues in the Asia-Pacific region. The forum has been organised by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). The three day event will be ..

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BRICS bank to issue first Yuan-denominated bonds

June 3, 2016

The New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS countries is set to issue its first yuan-denominated bonds to finance sustainable development projects. The NDB’s first five-year yuan-denominated bonds (or green bonds) will be issued after receiving a rating from international ..

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TRAI launches mobile app for subscribers to register complaints against pesky calls, SMSes

June 3, 2016

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has launched a DND (do not disturb) services mobile application for telecom subscribers to register their complaints against pesky calls and SMSes. The new mobile app will help people in easily filing complaints ..

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LDF's P Sreeramakrishnan elected speaker of Kerela Assembly

June 3, 2016

Ruling Left Democratic Front’s (LDF) candidate P Sreeramakrishnan was elected as speaker of the 14th legislative assembly of Kerala. In the voting held in the 140-member legislative assembly, P Sreeramakrishnan secured 92 votes against opposition United Democratic Front’s (UDF) V.P. ..

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India, US ink MoU for exchange of information on terror database

June 3, 2016

India and United States (US) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to join the global terror database maintained by the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) of US. Under this MoU, both sides will give each other access to terrorism screening ..

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Navin Agarwal appointed as DG of NADA

June 3, 2016

Senior IPS officer Navin Agarwal was appointed Director General (DG)/ Chief Executive Officer (CEP) of National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). His appointment was confirmed by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He has been appointed ..

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Universe expanding faster than expected

June 3, 2016

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the universe is expanding 5 percent to 9 percent faster than expected. Discovery in this regard was made by an international team of researchers of the Space Telescope Science Institute and ..

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