Current Affairs Recap of the Week: 20 June to 25 June 2016

•    This Central Asian city hosted the 2016 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit – Uzbekistan capital Tashkent

•    International Olympic Day 2016 was celebrated on this day – 23 June

•    The State Government that launched the NTR Anna Canteen Scheme to provide subsided food is – Andhra Pradesh



•    The UK Prime Minister who announced resignation hours after the Brexit vote that called for leaving the European Union – David Cameron

•    It is with this country India signed a MoU to enhance cooperation in skill development sector – Switzerland

•    The book Half- Lion: How Narasimha Rao Transformed India is authored by - Vinay Sitapati

•    The city where the first Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will be held is - Beijing

•    The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) President and incumbent Jammu & Kashmir, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti won the Assembly by-poll from – Anantnag

•    Union Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the Centre will make a state as the hub of exporting petroleum products to South Eastern countries – Assam

•    The country banned its citizens from working in strife-torn Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya - Nepal

•    The South African Indian-origin lawyer and long-time human rights activist was appointed to chair a UN commission to monitor the human rights situation in South Sudan - Yasmin Sooka

•    The Country’s Parliament unanimously passed the Right to Information (RTI) bill with amendments - Sri Lanka

•    Pioneer of quizzing in India and leader of the Anglo-Indian community, who died in Kolkata - Neil O'Brien

•    The Union Government recently launched first of its kind Pilot Programme in the country to run two wheelers on - CNG

•    The IIT-Kanpur professor who bagged the G D Birla Award for Scientific Research for 2015 is - Sanjay Mittal

•    The Indian zoo will soon receive a snow leopard from Dudley Zoological Gardens in London is - Padma Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park

•    The theme for the Day of the Seafarer 2016 is - Sea For All

•    A group of scientists recently developed world's first 1000-processor computer chip, which has been named as - KiloCore

•    Russian hockey winger, playing for the Chicago Blackhawks, on 22 June 2016 won the 2015-2016 Calder Memorial Trophy - Artemi Panarin

•    Former Spinner who was appointed as the head coach of Indian Cricket Team on 23 June 2016 for one year - Anil Kumble

•    The Colombian government on 23 June 2016 signed a historic ceasefire deal with - the leftist FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebels

•    People of Britain in a historic referendum voted in favour of leaving European Union (EU) that saw - 51.9% votes in favour compared to 48.1% in against

•    The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi dismissed Pakistan’s assertions that Afghan refugees have become a source of - terrorism in the country

•    The two Indian boxers who qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics in June 2016 - Manoj Kumar and Vikas Kirshnan

•    The Indian company that became the largest producer of unconventional gas in India with its Raniganj block in West Bengal achieving an industry-size pumping rate of over 1 mcmd (million cubic metres per day) of coal bed methane - Essar

•    Indian chess player won the best women’s player award in the Eurasian Blitz chess tournament held in Kazakhstan - D Harika

•    India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish formal cooperation in the fields of skills development and vocational education with - Switzerland

•    Leading Indian cricketer to appear in maximum international matches conducted till 2016- Mahendra Singh Dhoni

•    Editor-in-Chief of Ananda Bazaar Patrika (ABP) who resigned in June 2016- Aveek Sarkar

•    Indian Company that acquired UK-based digital transformation firm The BIO Agency Ltd in June 2016- Tech Mahindra Ltd

•    The professional footballer who was recently recognized as the leading goal scorer for Argentina is - Lionel Messi

•    The city that topped the list of most expensive cities as per Mercer’s 2016 Cost of Living Survey is - Hong Kong

•    Ken Miyauchi was recently appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of - SoftBank Group

•    The theme of the World Hydrography Day 2016 that was observed recently was- Hydrography - the key to well-managed seas and waterways

•    Anupam Pahuja was recently appointed as the India Country Manager and MD of - PayPal

•    He was adjudged as the Man of the Series of the three-match T20I series between India and Zimbabwe - Barinder Sran

•    The Olympian and iconic long jumper from India who resigned as President of the Kerala Sports Council - Anju Bobby George

•    The economic union agreed to set up a new border and coastguard force to curb the influx of migrants - European Union

•    The Renowned Qawwal from Pakistan who was shot dead in Karachi, Pakistan - Amjad Sabri

•    A team of 13 mountaineers of the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) have set foot on the highest point in India embarking on a mission in early May 16 - Mt. Kamet and Mt. Abi Gamin

•    The Union Cabinet gave its approval to the signing of a Protocol amending the Agreement between India and a country for avoidance of double taxation - Belgium

•    The celebrated boxer for whom, Indian Olympic Association and the ad-hoc committee had sent a request for wildcard entry to get a Rio Olympic berth - MC Mary Kom

•    The retired Bombay High Court judge, who was appointed to probe charges of alleged financial irregularities against former State Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse - Dinkar Zoting

•    The country made a strong pitch for making India a party to the already operational Afghan-Pakistan transit and trade agreement, APTTA, the move that will give New Delhi better access to Central Asia and boost regional connectivity - Afghanistan

•    The 3rd century archaeological site called Mahasthangarh in Bogra that was selected to function as the SAARC cultural capital in 2016 lies in - Bangladesh

•    India’s global ranking in terms of FDI inflows in 2015 was – Tenth rank with 44 billion US dollars of inflows

•    As per the World Investment Report 2016, this country received maximum FDI in 2015 – The USA

•    The former Indian diplomat who authored the book A Life in Diplomacy - M K Rasgotra

•    The theme of the World Investment Report 2016 that was released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development - Investor Nationality: Policy Challenges

•    The autobiography of Sania Mirza that will be released in July 2016 – Ace Against Odds

•    The World Investment Report 2016 was released by - The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

•    Organisation that released the India Development Update 2016: Financing Double-Digit Growth- World Bank

•    Maharashtra Cabinet in June 2016 approved Minority Status to- Jew community

•    Representative Director, President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of SoftBank Group (SBG) who resigned in June 2016- Nikesh Arora

•    Noted Telangana poet and lyricist who died in June 2016 and was famous for his song Ooru manadi ra, ee vada manadi ra- Guda Anjaiah

•    A two-day meeting of heads of state of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) under the presidency of Uzbekistan will begin on 23 June 2016 in - Tashkent

•    Online search engine giant Google launched a new keyboard app for Apple iOS users in India called - ‘Gboard’

•    Countries whose satellite was part of launch of 20 satellites in a single mission of ISRO are - US, Germany, Canada and Indonesia

•    The states Postal circle on 2nd International Day of Yoga released Information booklet, Stamps on Yoga” and stamps on Suryanamaskarams” - Andhra Pradesh

•    Union Government asked all state governments to link Aadhaar with caste and domicile certificates of school students in class – V and VIII

•    Six Indian World War I (WW-I) heroes who became part of Britain’s new digital archive launched as part of UK government’s centenary celebrations of WW-I are - Risaldar Badlu Singh, Sepoy Chatta Singh, Naik Darwan Singh Negi, Rifleman Gabar Sing Negi, Lance-Daffadar Gobind Singh and Lance Naik Lala

•    NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope and its extended K2 mission allowed astronomers to discover the youngest fully formed exoplanet - K2-33b

•    United States plans to provide a sum a year in support for the Afghan national security forces from 2018 through 2020 - more than 3 billion dollars

•    United States donates 20 million dollars in humanitarian aid to the United Nations' effort to help the thousands of refugees who have fled fighting in - the Iraqi city of Fallujah

•    Ambubachi Mela at Kamakhya temple is an annual festival of the state- Assam

•    The TOP500 list declared SERC as the fastest supercomputer in India. It is located in - IISc, Bangalore

•    This Chinese supercomputer was declared as the fastest in the world by the TOP500 List - Sunway TaihuLight

•    Name of the Kannada movie that won best film award under the Asia New Talent Awards Category at the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival – Thithi

•    The Indian energy company agreed to buy Welspun Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd for 1.4 billion US dollars – Tata Power

•    This 106-year old woman became the oldest Olympic torch bearer in the world - Aida Gemanque of Brazil

•    The state has decided to establish model madarasas with modern education in every district - Rajasthan

•    Max Life and Max Financial Services agreed to merge with this life insurance company - HDFC Life

•    Finance Minister Arun Jaitley released a commemorative silver coin on the occasion of 300th Martyrdom Day of Sikh General - Banda Singh Bahadur

•    The state launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana on 20 June 2016 - Odisha

•    Dubbed the Gateway to Hell, a volcano in South Iceland that can explode in near future according to experts in the field is – Hekla

•    Head of the Expert Committee set on examining the Specific Relief Act, 1963 that submitted its Report government is – Anand Desai

•    Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and India Ports Global Private Limited (IPGPL) signed MoU for implementation of the following three additional works on - Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project

•    The populist anti-corruption Five Star Movement (M5S) activist who was elected as the first female mayor of Rome is - Virginia Raggi

•    The chemical whose use was banned as a food additive by Union Government on recommendation of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is - Potassium bromate (KbrO3)

•    The village of Nepal after whom a Martian crater was named by the International Astronomical Union - Langtang

•    First Indian state to launch Mukh Mantri Hepatitis C Relief Fund - Punjab

•    Theme of International Yoga Day 2016 - Connect the Youth

•    Indigenous Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA) HTT-40 was developed by - Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

•    Indian Bank that was named in Hall of Shame list 2016 that listed Banks funding Cluster Bomb Makers - State Bank of India

•    Renowned politician-turned-educationalist and founder of the Sathyabama Engineering College who died on 18 June 2016- Jeppiaar

•    President of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the term 2016-17- Bipin R Patel

•    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on 17 June 2016 unveiled- X-57 Hybrid Electric Research Plane

•    Kenya’s ex-Chief Justice who was appointed as Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to Maldives - Willy Mutunga

•    This US-based university created World’s first ‘KiloCore’ microchip containing 1000 independent programmable processors – University of California

•    This German driver won the 2016 European Grand Prix Formula 1 championship – Nico Rosberg

•    Name of the Mobile application that was launched to enhance consumer connect with Urban Power Distribution sector – URJA

•    The 2016 US Open Golf Championship was won by – Dustin Johnson

•    Tata Advanced Systems and Boeing jointly laid the foundation of a new production facility in this city – Hyderabad

•    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena jointly inaugurated renovated Duraiappah stadium in this Sri Lankan city – Jaffna

•    Players of Indian mixed recurve team that won silver at the 2016 Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey were - Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das

•    The special initiative that was launched by India and South Korea to promote and facilitate Korean Investments in India - Korea Plus

•    International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict that was observed on 19 June 2016 was adopted by UNGA via a resolution adopted in the year - 2015

•    World Refugee Day that was observed on 20 June 2016 was adopted by UNGA via a resolution adopted in the year - 2001

•    The Sri Lankan cricketer who was suspended from bowling due to illegal bowling action by International Cricket Council - Shaminda Eranga

•    The state government announced free admission for Divyang students in government institutes – Assam

•    India bagged two gold and an equal number of silver medals in men's and women's categories of Javelin throw at - the Budapest Open Atheletics meet

•    The State that closed down 500 state-run liquor outlets is- Tamil Nadu

•    The team clinched the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals - Cleveland Cavaliers

•    The state Education department launched a unique initiative 'Maitree Ek Gyan Yatra' to link primary schools to high schools to colleges - Assam

•    Russian-born actor, who played Chekov in the new Star Trek films, has been killed by his own car at his home in Los Angeles is - Anton Yelchin