Daily Current Affairs Updates

Mahasthangarh, the 3rd century BC archaeological site in Bogra, Bangladesh, has been declared as the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SARRC) cultural capital for the year 2016-17.

The Russian professional ice hockey winger Artemi Panarin (24) has won the 2015-16 season Calder Memorial Trophy.

Neil O̢۪Brien, a pioneer of quizzing in India and educationalist passed away in Kolkata, West Bengal. He was 82.

Union Government has launched a pilot programme to run two wheelers on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in New Delhi to curb air pollution in cities.

IIT-Kanpur professor Sanjay Mittal has been awarded the twenty-fifth GD Birla Award for Scientific Research for the year 2015.

India and Switzerland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish formal cooperation in the fields of skills development and vocational and professional education and training.

• BCCI appoints Anil Kumble as the head coach of Indian Cricket Team
• Ken Miyauchi appointed as President and COO of SoftBank Group
• 23 June: United Nations Public Service Day

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed former spinner Anil Kumble (45) as the head coach of Indian Cricket Team. He will have tenure of one year.

The 2016 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit started in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Indian boxers Manoj Kumar and Vikas Krishan have qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympics scheduled to be held in August 2016 in Rio de Janerio, Brazil.

This 10,000 rupees corpus fund will be established in line with the Start up India Action Plan, an initiative of Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) which was unveiled by Union Government in January 2016.

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for a special package for employment generation and promotion of exports in Textile and Apparel sector.