Tuesday, 21 June 2016

Testcurrentaffairs:: Current Affairs important points

CURRENT AFFAIRS IMPORTANT POINTS

1.Every year June 20 is observed as World Refugee Day to raise awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world.

2.The Punjab government has launched a special fund “Mukh Mantri Punjab Hepatitis C Relief Fund” to provide free treatment for patients affected by Hepatitis C.

3.Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to provide free of cost LPG cooking gas connections to women from BPL households  has been held in Sambalpur, Odisha.

4.Kannada film ‘Thithi‘ has won the best film award and best script writers award at the Asia New Talent Awards in the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival.

5.Renowned politician-turned-educationalist and founder of Jeppiaar Educational Trust Jeppiaar Pangiraj (85-year) has passed away due to brief illness at Chennai.

6.International Cricket Council  has suspended Sri Lanka’s fast bowler Shaminda Eranga from bowling.

7.Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg from Germany has won the 2016 European Grand Prix of Formula One.

8.The Indian mixed recurve team of Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das has won the silver medal at the Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey.

9.Mohun Bagan has announced that it will honour country’s only Dronacharya football coach Syed Nayeemuddin with the ‘Mohun Bagan Ratna‘.

10.The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) will soon launch an E-Nivaran portal for speedy redressal of taxpayers’ grievances.

11.US President Barack Obama has nominated an Indian-origin diplomat Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir as the next US ambassador to Malaysia.

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