Current Affairs – June 9 and 10, 2018 – One Liner
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- Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated a 16 MW grid-connected solar power plant set up by Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) at Heavy Vehicle Factory (HVF) in Avadi, Tamilnadu.
- Petroleum and natural gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated two Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations at CDA and Bidyadharpur in Cuttack, Odisha.
- British women celebrate 100 years of right to vote
- The UN General Assembly elected Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Indonesia and South Africa to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two years starting in January.
- Silver nanoparticle-embedded plastics by the IIT Delhi team were found to have greater than 99% antibacterial activity.
- India became the 12th country to join the International Cancer Proteogenome Consortium (ICPC) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), U.S.
- Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, has spotted for the first time a distant planet six times bigger than Earth and revolving around a Sun-like star about 600 light years away.
- Both the planet and the star have been named EPIC.
- The discovery was made using a PRL-designed spectrograph, PARAS, to measure and confirm the mass of the new planet.
- ITC may unveil the first phase of its integrated food manufacturing and logistics facility at Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu.
- Swedish furniture major IKEA is likely to inaugurate its first Indian store in Hi tec city, Hyderabad on July 10.
- The first equity cargo of about 6,90,000 barrels of Das Blend crude oil of ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL) from Lower Zakum oilfield in Abu Dhabi arrived at New Mangalore Port.
- Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu under Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) signed a Memorandum of Agreement for transfer of technology for India’s first Lithium Ion (Li-ion) Battery project.
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched a national media campaign to encourage smoking cessation.
- India’s first indigenous, long-range artillery gun “Dhanush” has passed its final test at Pokhran, paving the way for its induction into the Army.
- National disaster risk index- 1)Maharashtra 2)West Bengal 3)Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
- Delhi most vulnerable UT in India.
- Kamila Shamsie’s [Home Fire] – 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction(British Pakistani)
- HR Khan – Non-executive chairman of Bandhan Bank
- Shri Sharad Kumar – Vigilance Commissioner
- Arvind Saxena – Acting UPSC chairman
- NBA finals: Golden State Warriors beat Cleveland Cavaliers
- Bangladesh women’s cricket team beat India to win their maiden Asia Cup trophy in Kuala Lumpur.
- Rafael Nadal beat Austrian Dominic Thiem to win a record-extending 11th French Open title.
- Simona Halep beats Sloane Stephens in French Open final, wins maiden Grand Slam.
- India beat Kenya 2-0 to win the four-nation Intercontinental Cup.
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