Current Affairs 1. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) on 29 May 2013 announced that astronomers in Chile discovered 15 new dark galaxies. 2. India witnessed a five-fold increase in the additional power generation capacity during the last nine years 3. China and the US agreed mutually to hold high level, regular negotiations on setting standards for the commercial spying as well as cybersecurity. 4. Egypt’s Supreme Court on 2 June 2013 invalidated the Country’s Shura Council 5. The President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas on 2 June 2013 named Rami Hamdallah as his new Prime Minister. 6. The Ministry of Human Resource Development on 2 June 2013 launched a Special Scholarship Scheme for J&K students 7. Researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore developed a new camera sensor which is 1000 times more sensitive to the light. 8. Union government approved the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSDCP) in order to lessen the effectof oil spills on land and in marine areas. 9. The Minister of Petroleum&Natur alGas, M. Veerappa Moily launched the Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) Scheme in 18 districts on 1 June 2013. 10. India is developing guided bombs or Glide bombs for its fighter jets, which are expected to be geared up for deployment by the end of year 2014. 11. Bayern Munich defeated Stuttgart in the German cup after defeating Stuttgart in final in Berlin on 1 June 2013 to win the tournament. 12. The Annual Plan for the state of Delhi was finalised on 31 May 2013 at 16626crore rupees. 13. Rajeev Shukla resigned as Chairman of IPL on 1 June 2013 in the wake of the raging spot-fixing scandal. 14. Infosys on 1 June 2013 appointed NR Narayana Murthy as executive chairman of the Board.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 01:11:57 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015