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.
Weekly G.K Updates from (May 22, 2015 - May 31, 2015)
- IRCTC's ticketing arm now partnered with "My Dala" to provide deals and offers to customers.
- Indian Air Force IAF's Mirage-2000 successfully test landed on the Yamuna Expressway of U.P
- Finance Ministry sanctioned Rs. 5233 crore fuel subsity to IOC and BPCL to cover the revenue loss that IOC & BPCL suffered on selling LPG on Government rates.
- T R Zeliang succeed N Rio and appointed as the new CM of Nagaland.
- AIADMK general secretary Jaya lalitha was on Saturday sworn in for the fifth time as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu with 28 ministers on May 23, 2015.
- Kathleen Stephens named Interim US Ambassador to India and will serve charge until a new permanent ambassador is nominated and confirmed by US Govt.
- 'Infosys' won 'Ashden Award' for Sustainable buildings at Royal Geographical Society, London.
- 'Greenway Grameen' won 'Ashden Clean Energy Award' for Women and Girl's.
- Madhv Mantri, a India's wicket-keeper-batsman in 1950, passed away. He was also president of 'Mumbai Cricket Association'.
- Indian Film 'Massan' won critics prize at 68th Cannes film festival
- India-Singapore bilateral naval exercise "SIMBEX-15" commenced in Singapore.
- Mercedes driver 'Nico Rosberg' of Germany won 'Monaco Grand Prix' of Formula One
- Mandeep Kaur won two gold medals at Women's World Junior Boxing Championship.
- Manoj Mishra appointed as CMD of National Fertilizers Ltd. (NFL)
- ICICI launched voice password Facility for Phone Banking which authenticates customers based on their voice pattern and allow them to execute banking through the bank's call center in secure and convenient manner.
- Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chanda Kochhar, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Shobhana Bhartia have been named in Forbes Magzine's of 12th annual list of World's 100 most powerful women.
- AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa was on Saturday sworn in for the fifth time as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu with 28 ministers.
- Nirbhay Sharma Sworn-in as Governor of 'Mizoram'.
- Abhinav Bindra qualified for Rio Olympics 2016 through one of the Olympic quotas.
- Mumbai Indians crowned IPL 2015 champions after thrashing Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Eden Gardens.
- Power Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha was appointed as the next Cabinet Secretary of the government. He will succeed Ajit Seth who has been holding the position for the last four years.
- Eminent scientist Dr. Selvin Christopher has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) along with the rank of a secretary.
- The Finance Ministry announced that the new Service Tax Rate @ 14% would be applicable from 1st June.
- Former Intelligence Bureau Chief Ajit Kumar Doval, considered one of the finest operational brains, was on Friday appointed as the National Security Adviser (NSA) to Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.
- World observed 'No Tobacco Day' on 31st May.
