ONE LINERS CURRENT AFFAIRS 15 JUNE 2016

one liners current affairs 15th June, 2016

1. President Pranab Mukherjee has been awarded the highest civilian award of Ivory coast, 'the National Grand Crois'. The award was bestowed upon Pranab Mukherjee during his two days visit to Ivory coast on the second leg of his three-nation African tour. 

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Ivory coast President: Alassane Ouattara

2. India has pledged a financial assistance of Rs. 48.84 million to Nepal for the construction of a college building in the Capital Kathmandu. This Koteshwar campus was established in 1990. For the project, ambassador of India to Nepal Ranjit Rae laid the foundation stone of the building the campus in Kathmandu district. The campus building is constructed with financial aid from India and the project is being implemented through district Development Committee of Kathmandu.

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PM of Nepal: Khadga Prasad Oli 
President of Nepal: Bidhya Devi Bhandari

National Animal of Nepal: Cow
Currency of Nepal: Nepalese rupee 

3. A cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the takeover by State Bank of India (SBI) of several subsidiaries. As earlier proposed, SBI wants to take over five units that had been running at arms-length, a bank for women set up in 2013. This is the first move to consolidate the country's struggling public sector banks.   


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CEO of SBI: Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya 

4. Jal Marg Vikas is a project on the river Ganga that is being developed between Allahabad and Haldia to cover a distance of 1620 km.       

5. The project is being implemented with technical and investment support from World Bank and would be completed over a period of six years at an estimated cost of 4200 crore rupees.


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The longest Tributary of Ganga: Yamuna 

6. The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNER) has launched a scheme for setting up of 1000 mega watt (MW) wind power project connected to transmission network of Central Transmission Utility (CTU). The objective of the scheme is to facilitate the supply of wind power to the non-windy states at a price discovered through the transparent bidding process.

7. DCB Bank has launched Bengaluru's first ATM that accepts Aadhaar number and Aadhaar finger print (biometric) instead of ATM/Debit card and PIN to dispense cash.


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Headquarter of DCB Bank: Maharashtra

8. A small regional Florida Bank, Stonegate Bank has made history by issuing the first credit card that can be used in Cuba. That could make it easier for Americans to travel and work on a Island largely. 

9. Rs 25 crore project has been approved by the Haryana Govt. that will benefit 75,000 farmers.

10. Ministry of Railways has signed an agreement with Govt. of Odisha for the formation of a joint venture company to develop the railway infrastructure in the state.

11. DBS Bank India's, has announced the appointment of Mr. Niraj Mittal as the Managing Director and Head of Institutional Banking for the country.        

12. Peter Thomson elected as the President of 71st session of United Nations General Assembly.

13. Germany's largest lender, Deutsche Bank has announced that Gunita Chadha, who is serving as Chief Executive Officer for Asia Pacific region would leave the company next month on 17th of July. At present, he is handling 16 countries which include India, China in Asia Pacific.

14. RBL (Ratnakar Bank Limited) has announced the appointment of Brijesh Mehra as the head of corporate banking at RBL.

15. Renowed HIndi Writer Mudrarakshasa passed away. He was 82 years old.

Today's Word
astound 
: to cause a feeling of great surprise or wonder in (someone)

Example:
I was astounded when he scored 90% marks as he was a week student.

Synonyms: 
amaze, astonish, surprise, bowlover, stun, stupefy, thunderstrike, shock, rock, startle, dumbfound