ONE LINERS CURRENT AFFAIRS 14TH JUNE 2016

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one liners current affairs 14th June, 2016

• Today is World Blood Donor Day. This day is celebrated to spread awareness about the need for safe and secure blood supplies and also to provide an opportunity to draw public attention to the importance of blood donation for saving lives.

• Theme for this year is: "Blood connects us all" 

• ''Child Labour Tracking System' (CLTS) has been inaugurated by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in order to keep a track of rescued child labour to be given from Chief Minister's Relief Fund.

• The Union Ministry of Railways has launched three passenger service initiatives namely - a Janani Sewa for Mothers, optional catering in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains on a pilot basis and a children's menu on trains. Under this scheme hot milk, hot water and baby food will be available at railway stations. Initially on a pilot basis this scheme will be available at 25 railway stations including New Delhi, Howrah, Mumbai, Chennai, Surat and Lucknow. 

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Railways Minister: Suresh Prabhu 

• Bharti Infratel will buy back 47 million shares for Rs 425 each in a deal valued at Rs 2,000 Cr, in a bid to return surplus funds back to shareholders, a regulatory filing by the company said on Tuesday. 

• Former international Bona Thomas John has been nominated by Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) as the coach of the Men's team which will take part in Japan open to be played in Tokyo (June 15 to 19) and in the Korean open at Incheon (June 22 to 26). 

• This is the first major international assignment for Bona who is employed with Indian Railways.  

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National Game of China: Table Tennis

PM of Japan: Shinzo Abe

Currency of Japan: Japanese Yen

Parliament of Japan is called: Diet

• Foreign Ministers from China and Southeast Asian nations are meeting amid Beijing's efforts to alleviate concerns about its assertions of sovereignty over the South Chin Sea. The meeting being held in the South-western Chinese city of Yuxi.

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China's Currency: Renminbi

• India and Ghana signed three bilateral agreements to strengthen co-operation in varied fields. 

• Ghana is the first of the six-day African tour of the President which commenced on Sunday. The other two include yet another maiden trip by a President to Ivory coast and to Namibia after a gap of two decades.  

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President of Ghana: John Dramani Mahama

Currency of Ghana: Ghanaian cedi

Capital of Ghana: Accra

• The U.N General Assembly elected Israel to chair one of it's six major committees for the first time on Monday, a decision denounced by the Palestinians and Arab nations. 

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PM of Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu

Capital of Israel: Jerusalem  

Currency of Israel: Israeli new shekel

• Two-wheeler major India Yamaha motor launched a disc brake variant of its scooter, Cygnus Alpha, priced at Rs 52,556.

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Gottlieb Daimler invented the first gas-engined motorcycle 

• Facebook has apologised for featuring an inverted Philippine flag to mark the country's June 12 Independence Day after Filipinos pointed out the mistake. 

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President of Philippines: Benigno Aquino III

Currency of Philippines: Philippine peso

Capital of Philippines: Manila

• UAEA imposed a suspended disqualification and a 150,000 euro $168,300.00 fine on the Russian Football Union (RFU) for the misconduct of the Russian fans.  

• HSBC offloaded over 26 lakh shares of Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infrastructure for an estimated Rs 144 crore through an open market transaction. 

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HSBC stands for: Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

Headquarter of HSBC: London, United Kingdom

• Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has acquired the broadcast and digital rights for the third Indian open World-ranking snooker tournament, to be held in Hyderabad from July 4 to 9.

• India recorded a 10-year low in investments in public-private sector in the year 2015, adding to contraction that pulled down the global investment to below its five-year average of $124.1 billion, the World Bank said. 

• Scientists, using NASA's Kepler space technology, have discovered a Jupiter-like planet orbiting a system of two stars, making it the largest such cosmic body ever found. The planet Kepler 16476, located in the constellation Cygnus, was discovered by astronomers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre and San Diego State University (SDSU) in the US. 

• With the birth of a baby girl in Nagpur, India has reportedly recorded in first ever case of a baby born with a rare genetic disorder called 'Harlequin Ichthyosis'. 

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Harlequin Ichthyosis is a very rare severe genetic skin disease, which causes thickening of the stratum corneum of the epidermis.

• Rana Langathasa appointed as first woman Chairperson of NCHAC in Assam. 

• Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasad takes charge as Chief Justice of Manipur HC.

• Donald Carr, a former England Cricket Captain, dies aged 89.

• The USA Women's Senior National Team has won gold at the FINA women water Polo World League super final.   

Today's Word:

anath-e-ma (noun)

: someone or something that is very strongly disliked

Example: 

• The use of animals in the testing of cosmetics is anathema to animal rights activists.

Synonyms: 

Curse, ban, execration, imprecation, malison, winze.

Antonyms: 

Benediction, benison, blessing