one liners current affairs 5th june to 6th June, 2016

 One-liners current affairs 05-06 June, 2016

• 5th June is celebrated as World Environment Day to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet earth.
• Theme for this year: Join the race to make the world a better place

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

It is run by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)  

• 1st Sunday of June is celebrated as Cancer Survivors Day

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

Blood cancer is also called Leukamia

• An MOU has been signed between Telangana government and California (US) for Cooperation in fields of business innovation alternative energy and education. 

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

Telangana means "land of Telugus" 

• 7 agreements have been signed between India and Qatar Agreements include.

• Agreement on cooperation and Mutual Assistance in custom matters.
• First Executive program for MOU in the field of youth and sports.
• MOU for investment in National Investment and Infrastructure Fund.
• MOU on cooperation in Skill Development and Recognition of Qualifications.
• MOU on Cooperation in the field of Health.
• MOU on Cooperation in the field of Tourism.
• MOU on Finance Intelligence Unit India (FIU-IND) and Qatar Financial Information Unit (QFIU)

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

Doha is the Capital of Qatar

Currency of Qatar: Qatari Riyal 

Emir of Qatar: Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani  

• It has been decided by the Kerala government to make the state's 590 km-long coastline 'plastic and garbage free' by the end of this month.

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

Chief Minister of Kerala: Pinarayi Vijayan

Governor of Kerala: P. Sathsivam

Kerala is also known as "Silent Valley"

• Today 5th June Himachal Pradesh became the first state in the country to have a State Data Centre (SDC)

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh: Virbhadra Singh

Governor of Himachal Pradesh: Acharya Dev Vrat

• Manohar Aich (104), India's 1st Mr. Universe, passed away in Kolkata.
• Sulabha Deshpande (79), a Veteran film, theatre and television actress, passed away.

•  She was given Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1987.

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

Sangeet Natak Akademi is the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists. 

• Luis Salom (24), a moto2 rider, passed away after crashing during practice.
• Railways Minister Sh. Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu has launched Tiger Express train on the World Environment Day to highlight the significance of environment in our lives.
• India is at 70th position in the list of 163 countries in the list of good country index.
• V Narayana Swamy sworn-in as Puducherry CM 

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

Current Governor of Puducherry: Kiran Bedi

French first established their foothold in Puducherry in 1673

• Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has launched Right to Public Grievance Redressal Act. The act seeks disposal of peoples' complaints or redressal of grievances from Government officials with in 60 days.  

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

Governor of Bihar: Ram Nath Kovind.

• P-Dhanpal and Pollachi V Jayaraman were elected as speaker and Deputy Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. 

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

Widely celebrated festival in Tamil Nadu is Pongal or Tamizhar Thirunaal or Makar Sakranti. 

• Navin Agarwal is know a Director General (DG) of National Anti-Doping Agency.
• Novak Djokovic, a World No. 1 Tennis player, won French open 2016 by defeating Britain's Andy Murray. It is his 12th major title.
• Garbine Muguruza became the youngest-ever French open champion after she defeated Serena Williams. 

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

The French open is one of the four Grand Slam Tennis tournaments. The others are the Australian open, Wimbledon and the US Open.

It is the only Grand Slam Tournament played on a clay court. 

WORDS (ADD 2)

suc-cint (adjective)

: using few words to state or express an idea.

suc-cinctly (adverb)

suc-cinct-ness (noun)   

Example: 

a pocket guide that provides succint explanations for rules of grammer and punctuation. 

Synonyms: aphoristic, apothegmatic, belief, capsule, concise, summary, thumbnail. 

Antonyms: circuitous, circumlocutory, diffuse, long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose.

for-mi-da-ble (adjective) 

: very powerful or strong: deserving serious attention and respect.

: very difficult to deal with.

: long or impressive in size or amount

For-mi-da-bility (noun)

For-mi-da-ble-ness (noun) 

For-mi-da-bly (noun) 

Examples:

a formidable, irascible old man who frightened the neighborhood children. 

running a marathon is a formidable undertaking.

Synonyms: 

alarming, dive, direful, dread, dreadful, fearsome, forbidding, horrible, horrifying, scary, shocking.

Antonyms: 

cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding.