Current Affairs One liner, 15 June 2017

• Nalanda University signed MoU for academic linkages and collaborations with -  South Korea

• Person bestowed with the 2017 Nanniyode Rajan Memorial Award - E Sreedharan

• Third generation "fire and forget" anti-tank missile that was recently test-fired by DRDO - 'Nag' missile

• Indian Railways will refurbish and retrofit 40000 coaches in the next five years under - Mission Retro-Fitment

• Programme that was recently included under the Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016 - Atal Pension Yojana

• He in June 2017 became the youngest Prime Minister of Ireland - Leo Varadkar

• The Catholic-majority country in recent past got its first openly gay Prime Minister - Ireland

• Competition Commission of India (CCI) in June 2017 imposed a fine of Rs 870 million ($13.6 million) on this automaker’s local unit in India for its anti-competitive behavior - Hyundai Motor India Limited

• The Republic-led Senate has approved wide-ranging sanctions on this country for interfering in last year's Presidential elections - Russia

• The 16th North East Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (NERCPA) Conference will began in June 2017 at - Imphal, Manipur

• The Union Cabinet recently approved Interest Subvention to banks on short-term crop loan to farmers. The amount allocated by the government for the scheme is - Rs. 20339 crore

• The World Bank recently approved a USD 520 million loan to Afghanistan to - boost its economy

• The novel titled A Horse Walks into a Bar won the Man Booker International Prize of 2017. The author of the book is - David Grossman

• The person appointed as Alibaba Mobile Business Group’s UCWeb Head in India and Indonesia is - Damon Xi

• Uttar Pradesh’s district in which Adani Group recently commissioned a 50-megawatt solar Photo Voltaic plant is - Mahoba

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