Current Affairs One liner, 5 June 2017

• The first Indian to be inducted in the Umpires and Referees Committee of the International Table Tennis Federation is - Ganeshan Neelakanta Iyer

• The Indian badminton player who won the 2017 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold Men’s Singles title is - B. Sai Praneeth

• The country that recently repealed a 334-year-old blasphemy law that forbids public insults of a religion is – Denmark

• The district of Andhra Pradesh that recently won the MGNREGA National Award is – Vizianagaram

• The rate of gold fixed by Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is - 3 percent

• World Environment Day was observed on 5 June 2017 with theme - Connecting People to Nature

• This temple, which had been remained hidden for nearly 1000 years, was discovered recently by Chinese archaeologists – The Fugan Temple

• This country is all set to open up combat positions for women, breaking the gender barrier that has been broken by only a few prior to this – India

• The UNSC has passed a resolution expanding sanctions against this country- North Korea

• Five middle-eastern countries have cut their links with this country – Qatar

• She became the first Indian woman to cross the 65m mark in the hammer throw - Sarita R Singh

• The Health Minister Punjab who has ordered all civil surgeons to plant trees in the government hospitals to mark the celebrations of world environment day is - Brahm Mohindra

• This organisation/institution in June 2017 said that the global economy is set to post solid growth this year, amid improving world trade and better performance by large emerging markets - World Bank

• Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today inaugurated a new bridge on this River at Mahad on Mumbai-Goa highway in Maharashtra - Savitri River

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