one liners current affairs 11 June 2016

one liners current affairs 11 June 2016

A total of 610 gentlemen cadets including 45 from six friendly countries took part today in a clourful passing out parade at the end of their training at the Indian Military Academy.

Out of a total of 565 gentlemen cadets from the country who passed out of the Academy the maximum 98 were from Uttar Pradesh followed by Bihar and Haryana which had 60 each

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IMA Dehradun was established on: 1 October, 1932

India, Japan and US have kicked off the Malabar Exercise near to the South China sea. It aims to achieve deeper military ties and greater interperability and rising tensions in the region.

Nitin Gadkari, a Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, has launched the report titled Road Accident in India 2015.

The Mumbai city had the highest number of road accidents while Delhi had the highest number of deaths due to road accidents.

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The Constituency of Nitin Gadkari Nagpur

Who invented Diesel Engine: Rudolf Diesel 

The Union Urban Development Ministry has sanctioned 37.5 crore rupees for development of Machilipatnam town under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) Scheme.

The AMRUT scheme was launched by PM Narendra Modi in June 2015.

The 8th Vibrant Gujarat Summit, organise by Gujarat government's industrial promotion body INDEXTb during January 10-13, 2017, at Mahatma Mandir, Gandinagar, will have the Federation of India Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) as its national partner. 

Theme for 2016: Connecting India to the world.

An MOU has been signed between State Bank of India and Spain's Caixa Bank to enhance business synergies and to provide loans to Indo-spanish joint ventures. 

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FACTS ABOUT SBI

SBI Headquarter: Mumbai

On 30th April, 1955 RBI renamed Imperial Bank of India as State Bank of India.

5 MPs, four from Lok Sabha and one from Rajya Sabha, were awarded 'Sansad Ratna' Awards by the Former RBI governor C Rangarajan, for their performance in Parliament. 

The award was instituted by the prime point foundation and emagazine presence. They were given to five Lok Sabha MPs and one for Rajya Sabha Member.

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First Speaker of Lok Sabha: G.V Mavalankar

First Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha: M.A Ayyangar

First sitting of Rajya Sabha: 13 May, 1952

First sitting of Lok Sabha: 17 April, 1952

First Speaker of Rajya Sabha: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan 

First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha: Meira Kumar

The Department of posts has launched a logo and tagline design contest for the soon to be set up India post payments Bank on the My Gov. website. The winner will be awarded Rs. 50,000   

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FACTS ABOUT INDIAN POST

World's Highest Post Office: Hikkim (15,500 feet) Himachal Pradesh

The First Indian Post Office outside the Indian Territory is located at Dakshin Gangotri in Antarctica. It was set up in 1983

Chandra Gupta Maurya is the 1st Indian king to be depicted on an Indian Stamp.

Telangana Govt. has decided to setting up a 'Pharma City' on 12,500 acres of land in Rangareddy and Mahbubnagar districts.

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CM of Telangana: Mr. K. Chandrasehkhar Rao

Governor of Telangana: E S L Narasimhan

The National Award for best performing central PSU for Root Top Solar Power initiatives has been given to the Airport Authority of India (AAI). 

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First Airport of India: Juhu Aerodroma 

Power, Coal and Renewable Energy, Minister: Piyush Goyal 

Congress leader and former Chief Minister V Vaithialingam has been elected as the speaker of the Legislative Assembly. While VP Shivakozhuthu has been elected as Deputy speaker of Puducherry Assembly. 

G Rajesh Chandra has been selected as Secretary to Puducherry CM V Narayanasamy.

The  former Chairman of Karnataka Bank Mr. M S Krishna Bhat passed away. He was 78 years old.

Canada's Hockey icon Gordie Howe has passed away. He was 88 years old.

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Canada has the longest coast line in the world

USA and Canada has the longest line 49 parallel in the world, which separates both the countries. 

Inder Malhotra, Veteran Journalist, passed away. He was 86 years old.  

The government is set to take coaching material and lectures for preparation for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology, (IITs) straight to the aspirants doorstep as part of an initiative called IIT Pal.

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First IIT of India: IIT Kharagpur (1950) 

Police lodged the first 'e-FIR' in Uttar Pradesh with a software engineer registering the complaint. It was registered in Kanpur.

Shiyal Bet, a nondescript Island in Gujarat's Amreli district, got electricity after 70 years of countries Independence.

With power supply to this small island with a population of around 6,000 surrounded by Arabian Sea from all corners, Gujarat now has in every work and corner connected to electricity.

Former World and Olympic Champion Abhinav Bindra has accepted the honour of carrying the National Flag in the opening ceremony of the Olympics on August 5 in Rio de Janeiro.

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE
The first Olympic Medal Winner from India was: Norman Prichard 

Today's Word
di-vulge 
: to make (information) known
: to give (information) to someone  

Example: 
We tried to make him divulge the name of the winner, but he wouldn't budge.

Synonyms:   
base, disclose, expose, let on (about), skill, tell, unveil, uncover 

Antonyms: 
Clock, Conceal, Cover (up), Mask, Shroud, Veil