Current Affairs 9th June 2016

1. World Bank cuts global growth forecast to 2.4 %

2. India ranked 141 on Global Peace Index

3. India becomes third largest oil consumer



4. ADB approves $100 mn loan for irrigation system in Tamil Nadu

5. Pakistan tops in 2016 Malware Infection Index
i. Pakistan has topped the list of 19 countries figuring in the 2016 Malware Infection Index (MII) in the Asia-Pacific region.
ii. The index for the Asia-Pacific region was released by technology giant Microsoft in which India was placed at 8th position.

6. International Monetary Fund approved 1.5 billion US dollar loan to Sri Lanka

7. Thailand becomes the first Asian country to eliminate mother to child HIV: WHO

8. Names of 4 new Periodic Table elements announced
The names proposed for the elements with atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118 were Nihonium (Nh), Moscovium (Mc), Tennessine (Ts) and Oganesson (Og) respectively.

9. Putin awards UN chief Ban Ki-Moon with the order of friendship

10. Naresh Goyal Re-Elected To IATA Board Of Governors
i. Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal has been re-elected to IATA's Board of Governors.
ii. This would be the 5th successive tenure for Goyal at the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Board of Governors.

11. Tamil Nandu Gets New Chief Secretary
i. Tamil Nadu government has announced P Rama Mohana Rao as the new Chief Secretary of the state.

12. G Kalyanakrishnan took over as New Chief Executive for Nuclear Fuel Complex

13. Former Kerala Assembly Speaker T S John passed away

14. Veteran Journalist KK Katyal passes away