one liners current affairs 27-28 June 2016

one liners current affairs 27-28 June 2016

1.  India has became the 35th member of MTCR (Missile Technology Control Regime).

2. A deal has been announced by Israel and Turkey to end a Six-year long diplomatic stand off, which began when nine Turkish activists were shot dead by the Israeli Navy in 2010.

3. 27 June is 178th Birth Anniversary of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. Who is known as the Father of India's National Song 'Vande Mataram'.

4. 27 June is the death anniversay of Sam Manekshaw India's first Indian Army Officer to be promoted to the five star rank of field marshal. 

5. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley cut short his visit to China by a day and returned. He was on a five day visit to China to attend the first meeting of the Board of Governors of the $ 100 billion Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

6. On 7 August 2016 Thailand will hold a referendum on a draft constitution.

7. The Reserve Bank of India allowed startups with an overseas subsidiary to open foreign currency accounts with a bank outside India.

8. ISRO and the Union Rural Development Ministry have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for geo-tagging the assets created under MGNREGA in each gram Panchayat.

9. Kavalam Narayana Panicker (88), a Malayalam theatre doyen, passed away.

10. Sri Ravi Shankar, a spiritual leader, has been conferred with an Honorary Fellowship by National Indian Students and Alumni Union (NISAU).

11. Kartik Sawhney and Neha Swain won the Queen's Young leaders award 2016. Sawhney founded project STEM Access and swain founded an NGO to provide an inclusive space to people from all backgrounds.

12. N Srinivasan, has been elected as the President of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association.

13. Chile beat Argentina and won Copa America Cup.

Awards in Copa America Cup

• Golden glove: Claudio Bravo (Chile)
• Golden Ball: Alexis Sanchez (Chile)
• Golden Boot: Eduardo Vargas (Chile 6 goals)

 14. Lionel Messi, from Argentina, announced retirement from International Football. 

15. Finland (1st) and India has been ranked 105th out of 130 countries on the World Economic Forum's Human Capital Index, which measures countries ability to nurture, develop and deploy talent for economic growth.

16. Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister, has inaugurated the headquarters of Jharkhand's special anti Maoist force 'Jharkhand Jaguar' in Jharkhand's capital city Ranchi. 

17. Odisha government has decided to provide education loan at 1% interest to students for pursuing higher studies.

18. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cleared the payment of $ 501 million for Pakistan.

19. PM Narendra Modi has released a book titled 'The Birds of Banni Grassland' in New Delhi.

20. Sujoy Bose has been appointed as the CEO of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Ltd.

21. Xerxes Sapur Desai, the founder of Titan Co Ltd. has passed away. He was 79 years old.

22. NSCN (IM) Chairman, Isak Chishi Swu passed away. He was 87 years old.

23. As per the latest ICC ODI ranking India is at the 3rd position and Australia is at the 1st position.

Today's Word:

Ig-no-min-i-ous (adjective)

: causing disgrace or shame

Ig-no-min-i-ously (adverb)

Ig-no-min-i-ous-ness (noun)

Example: 

• Some of his friends considered the job of Janitor to be an ignominious fate for the laid off executive. 
• The prison guards degraded themselves with their inhumane, ignominious treatment of the prisoners.

Synonyms: 

Discreditable, disgraceful, Infamous, louche, shady, notorious, opprobrious, shy, shoddy, unrespectable. 

Antonyms:

reputable, respectable, honorable.