one liners current affairs 9th June, 2016

one liners current affairs 9th June, 2016

• The GPS -based mobile app ‘Surya Mitra’ has been launched by Minister for power, coal and New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal in New Delhi.

• This app has been developed by National Institute of Solar Energy (MSE)

• This app can handle thousands of calls simultaneously and can efficiently monitor all visits of suryamitra’s.

• “National Health Editor” conference has been inaugurated by minister of state for Ayush, Shripad Yesso Naik in New Delhi.

• The theme is “Yoga for Holistic Health Recent Researches”.

• Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya has been awarded the prestigious Regius professorship in manufacturing by Queen Elizabeth II for his outstanding contribution in manufacturing.

• A communication technology specialist, Dr Shahid Rasool, has taken charge as the new director of the commonwealth Educational Media centre for Asia (CEMCA).

• In Global Peace Index, India has been ranked 141, prepared by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), the list names Syria as the least peaceful country.

• In oil construction, India is third largest oil consumer with the demand of 4.1 million barrels a day. USA is at the 2^nd place.

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

The U.S is country of 50 states

Atlanta International Airport (USA) is the World’s busiest Airport 
Wabash, Indiana was the 1^st electrically lighted city in the world.

• USD 100 million (around Rs 660 crores) loan has been approved by Asian Development Bank to strengthen a key irrigation system and improve water management in the Vennar Sub-basin of Cauvery Delta in Tamil Nadu.

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

Traditional dance of Tamil Nadu: Bharat Natyam

Pongal is the main festival of Tamil Nadu

Jalikattu is also celebrated here

• Pakistan is at the top position in the 2016 malware infection Index (MII) in the Asia Pacific Region.

• Srilanka will get a loan of 1.5 billion US Dollar from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

International Monetary Fund founded: 27 Dec., 1945

Headquarter of IMF: Washington D.C United

CEO of IMF: Christine Legarde

• The World Health organization (WHO) has announced that Thailand has become the first Asian country to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission.

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

World Health Organization established: April 7, 1948

Headquarter of WHO: Geneva, Switzerland

• Four new Periodic Table elements have been announced by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). These four new elements are (Nh) (113), Mosocouium (MC) (115), Tennessine (TS) and organesson (Og) respectively.

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

Father of Periodic Table: Dmitri Mendeleev

There are 90 elements on the periodic table that occur in nature. All of the other elements are strictly man-made.

• P Rama Mohana Rao is the new Chief Secretary of the state of Tamil Nadu.

• TS John, former Kerala Assembly speaker passed away.

• Naresh Goyal, jet Airways Chairman, has been re-elected to IATA’s Board of Governors.

• G Kalyan Krishnan has taken charge as new Chief Executive for Nuclear Fuel Complex.

• UN Chief Ban-Ki-Moon has been awarded with the order of friendship of Putin.

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

President of Russia: Vladimir Putin

• The Eden Garden will play host to the first ever day-night test in the country when India take on New Zealand later this year.

• The Maharashtra government has decided to celebrate the 21^st day of every month Yoga Day across all schools, colleges and Universities in the state.

• Liberia’s health ministry said today the country was free of Ebola, meaning there are now known cases of the deadly tropical virus left in West Africa.

EXTRA KNOWLEDGE

What is Ebola Virus: A virus that causes severe bleeding, organ failure and can lead to death.

Today’s Word

Atro-cious (adjective)

Very cuilor cruel

Ver bad

atro-clously (adverb)

atro-clous-ness (noun)

Example

• an atrocious crime that shocked even hardened members of the police force
• the atrocious treatment of prisoners at the camps.

Synonyms:

Appalling, horrible, awful, dreadful, frightful, ghastly

Antonym:

Bitchin, great, marvelous, wonderful