Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 07 June 2016

•    He headed the inter-ministerial Committee on Decongestion of Traffic in Delhi that submitted its report to the Union Government - Rajiv Gauba

•    Scientists of this American University developed Bionic Leaf that turns sunlight into liquid fuel – Harvard University


•    This State government announced the IT and Electronics Start-up Policy to develop 2000 start-ups - Gujarat

•    This white tiger was named as the mascot for 2018 winter Olympics to be held in South Korea – Soohorang

•    India’s rank in the biannual Good Country Index 2015 – 70th rank

•    The voters of this European country rejected State-provided unconditional basic income proposal in a referendum – Switzerland

•    This renowned sand-artist won a gold medal in the World Sand Art Championship in Bulgaria - Sudarsan Pattnaik

•    Swachh Yug campaign was launched by the Union Government to make gram panchyats along this river open defecation free – Ganga

•    India’s rank on the 2016 Global Retail Development Index among the 30 developing countries surveyed – Two

•    Farzad gas field that was in news recently is located in this country – Iran

•    The Delhi Government recently announced implementation of its solar policy, which aims at installation of 1 GW solar power capacity by - 2020

•    Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar recently laid foundation stone for Jai Jawan Awas Yojna in - Bahadurgarh

•    The estimated package for implementing suggested measures by the High Power Committee on decongesting Delhi - 19762 crore rupees

•    Kulmeet Bawa was recently appointed as Managing Director for - Adobe South Asia

•    She was named as the ambassador for Swachh Saathi (student internship) programme - Dia Mirza

•    An international team of astrophysicists discovered an unusual astronomical object that formed when two galaxies are exactly aligned - Optical Einstein ring

•    India became the ninth country to enter into an agreement with US for its International Expedited Traveller Initiative, which is also known as - The Global Entry Programme

•    He was the professional mixed martial artist who died on 6 June 2016 at age 42- Kimbo Slice

•    Scientists unlocked a crucial part of the mystery as to how the DNA can replicate and repair itself, the research was conducted at -University of Sheffield

•    The state that will be providing medical insurance of two lakh rupees for BPL families – Jharkhand

•    By this year Railways intends to fit all the railway coaches with bio-toilets under ‘Clean Railways – Clean India’ initiative - 2019