Current Affairs June, 2016

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing of 15 years contract for undertaking exploration and other developmental activities related to Poly-Metallic Sulphides (PMS).

The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Taiwan for cooperation in the field of Agriculture and Allied Sector.

• Union Government Launches Scheme for setting up 1000 MW CTU- connected Wind Power Project
• Peter Thomson elected as President of 71st session of United Nations General Assembly
• Renowned Hindi writer Mudrarakshasa passes away

Fijian diplomat Peter Thomson has been elected as President of 71st session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

Scientists using NASA̢۪s Kepler Space Telescope have discovered a Jupiter-like circumbinary planet named Kepler1647b orbiting a system of two stars.

The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has launched a scheme for setting up of 1000 Mega Watt (MW) Wind Power Project connected to transmission network of Central Transmission Utility (CTU).

Australian Great Barrier Reef rodent (also known as Bramble Cay melomys) has become the first mammal species driven to extinction by human-induced climate change.

President Pranab Mukherjee has been presented National Order of the Republic of Ivory Coast, the highest civilian award of the West African country.

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).