Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 9 June 2016

•    The four countries that were recognised by World Health Organization (WHO) recognised for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and Syphilis are - Thailand, Armenia, Belarus and Moldova

•    Tennis star who was suspended for two years from Tennis by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) on 8 June 2016 for using a prohibited drug - Maria Sharapova



•    The famous English film director who will be honoured with the American Cinematheque award is - Ridley Scott

•    The cricket ground that will host India’s first pink-ball multi-day cricket match is - Eden Gardens

•    Internet search engine Google and Tata Trusts’ joint initiative Internet Saathi was recently launched in- West Bengal

•    The Indian-origin professor who was recently awarded Regius Professorship by Queen Elizabeth II is - Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya

•    Veteran journalist who passed away in June 2016 and spent 28 years at The Hindu- KK Katyal

•    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members and partners on 6 June 2016 launched Anaconda-16 Exercise in- Poland

•    It is in this South Indian city Amazon.com will be setting up its Web Services Cloud Region - Hyderabad

•    This Real Madrid’s foot ball player topped the 2016 World's Highest-Paid Athletes List - Cristiano Ronaldo

•    The founder of Amazon.com who received the USIBC Global Leadership Award from the visiting PM Narendra Modi in Washington DC – Jeff Bezos

•    Narendra Modi became the fifth Indian Prime Minister to address the legislature of this country – the USA

•    This European country launched the ‘SAIP’ smart phone app to alert users on terror attacks and other disasters – France

•    Union Government announced that a new Indian Reserve Battalion in Rajasthan will be named after - Maharana Pratap

•    The World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim slashes global growth forecast by 0.5 percent to - 2.4 percent