Daily Current Affairs Updates

Renowned Hindi novelist and critique Mudrarakshas passed away due to old age related causes in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He was 82.

• Tata Power to acquire Welspun Renewables
• India, Ghana sign three agreements
• 14 June: World Blood Donor day

India and Ghana have signed three bilateral agreements to strengthen co-operation in varied fields.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued guidelines called Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets (S4A).

NASA�s Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a mysterious solitary dwarf galaxy known as UGC 4879.

The senior-most Judge of the Manipur High Court Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasad has assumed charge of the Chief Justice of the High Court.

Private power producer Tata Power Co. Ltd has agreed to acquire renewable energy company Welspun Renewables Energy Pvt. Ltd.

Distinguished scientist G Kalyanakrishnan has taken charge as Chief Executive of Hydereabad based Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC).

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton from Great Britain has 2016 Canada Grand Prix title of Formula One.

• SEBI issues stricter KYC, disclosure norms for P-Notes
• Indian Railways launches Janani Sewa, optional catering Scheme on pilot basis
• China successfully launches 23rd BeiDou Navigation Satellite

Indian American author Akhil Sharma won the prestigious 2016 International Dublin Literary Award for his semi-autobiographical novel �Family Life.� His novel was shortlisted out of an initial 160 nominations by a panel of judges of award that included novelists Ian Sansom, Juan Pablo Villalobos and Carlo Gebler.

In a unique experiment, scientists from Iceland have discovered a new way to trap the greenhouse gas (GHG) carbon dioxide (CO2) deep underground by changing it into rock.