• This state’s government on 11 June 2017 announced a loan waiver for farmers and decided to form a committee to decide the criteria of debt relief – Maharashtra
• NITI Aayog launched SATH program for cooperative federalism. SATH stands for - Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital
• Bengali actor who was honoured with 2017 Legion d' Honneur, the highest French civilian Honour - Soumitra Chatterjee
• Ela Gandhi, the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, was honoured for lifetime activism at the 70th anniversary of the 1946 Indian Passive Resistance Campaign in - South Africa
• US actor, best known as the star of the 1960s hit TV series Batman, who died recently - Adam West
• To provide legal aid for the people living in rural areas, the Union Government on 11 June 2017 has launched a service known as - 'Tele Law' service
• This noted Telugu and Urdu poet and writer, a Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awardee, passed away on 12 June 2017 - C Narayana Reddy
• Theresa May has appointed this conservative party member as her first secretary of state - Damian Green
• This veteran Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP passed away on 9 June 2017 following a cardiac arrest - Palvai Govardhan Reddy
• This unseeded Latvian staged a great upset by defeating match favourite, the third-seeded Simona Halep in the final of French Open 2017 - Jelena Ostapenko
• The winner of the 2017 French Open Men’s Singles title is - Rafael Nadal
• The winner of the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup that was recently held in South Korea is – England
• The winners of the 2017 French Open Women's Doubles title are - Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova
• The eminent poet recently conferred with the Kalinga Literary Award 2017 is - Haraprasad Das
• The State Bank of India, country’s largest lender cut interest rate on home loans above Rs 75 lakh by 10 basis points (bps) to - 8.60 percent
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