Weekly G.K Updates from (June 1,2015 - June 7, 2015)

Weekly G.K Updates from (June 1,2015 - June 7, 2015)

• Dilwar Singh of Haryana won 'Pedal' for Kashmir cycling race.

• Deepika Kumari won bronze in Antalya Archery World Cup.

• Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa sworn-in as Arunachal Pradesh Governor

• Edward Snowden won a Norwegian prize for freedom of expression

• India has jumped six places to 141st position in the latest rankings released by world football’s governing body FIFA

• R.Seshasayee appointed as Non-Executive  Chairman of the Board of Infosys Limited.

• Essel Group formed a 50:50 joint venture (JV) with the Rajasthan government to set up solar parks in the state with Rs. 4K Crore.

• Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and his wife Bhuvaneswari performed bhoomi pooja at around 8.49 a.m. for the new capital — Amaravati — at Mandadam village in Guntur district.

• 'Reliance Power' signed an agreement to invest $ 3 billion in setting up a mega power plant and a floating LNG import terminal in Bangladesh which faces acute power shortages.

• S Christopher, 59, as Secretary, Department of Defense Research and Development-cum-Director General, Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

• BCCI has announced Rahul Dravid as the coach of India A team and Indian U 19 cricket team.

• SpiceJet signed deal with IRCTC to sell tickets to wait listed railway travelers.

• Former Singapore Foreign Minister Mr. G Yeo will be the new Chancellor of the Nalanda University, the Ministry of External Affairs announced, Mr. Yeo was awarded the Padma Bhushan in the year 2012 in recognition of his contribution in the field of “public affairs.”

• Former greats Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and VVS Laxman on Monday joined the BCCI in a newly-constituted advisory panel to guide the board in all matters related to the game.