Daily GK Updates - 10th June, 2016

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Suresh Prabhu flags off Champaran Satyagrah Express train in Bihar: In Bihar, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has flagged off ChamparanSatyagrah Express train at a function in Motihari.

2. Maharashtra to observe 21^st of every month as Yoga Day across all schools, colleges and universities in the state.

3. Centre announces new Print Media Advertisement Policy with an objective to promote transparency and accountability in issuing of advertisements in print media.

4. India signs up to Europe-led clampdown on tax evasion and corruption: India has joined a group of nearly 40 countries that have signed a Europe-led clampdown on tax evasion and corruption. Besides India, some of the other countries outside Europe include Nigeria, Afghanistan, Mexico and UAE.

5. Nepal Deputy PM Mr Kamal Thapa to land in Delhi today for three-day visit.

6. Food Corporation of India inks pact with Adani Group for construction of two silos to store wheat, at an estimated cost of about of Rs 80 crore.

7.  TATA Power Solar bagged the MNRE Award: The Company has won the award in the Channel Partner/EPC contractor category at the National Excellence Awards 2016 instituted by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for the first time.

8. Internet Saathi, a joint initiative of Google and Tata has been launched in West Bengal: Internet search engine Google and Tata Trusts’ joint initiative Internet Saathi was launched in Kolkata, West Bengal. The initiative aims at reducing the digital gender gap in rural areas of India such as Purulia, where girls have now been trained to use the internet and teach others in turn.

9.  MTNL Chairman Narendra Yadav steps down.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. MajorGeneral Per Lodin appointed to head UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan.

OTHER UPDATES:

FINANCE/BANKING:

1. Axis Bank launches India’s first certified green bond at London Stock Exchange: Axis Bank has launched India’s first internationally-listed certified green bond to finance climate change solutions around the world at London Stock Exchange (LSE).

SPORTS:

2. Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo tops Forbes 2016 list of World’s Highest-Paid Athletes.

3. Euro 2016 to kick off in Paris today amid tight security.

AWARDS:

4. Akhil Sharma wins 100,000 pounds Dublin International Literary Award for his novel ‘Family Life’.

OBITUARIES:

5. BJP MLA from Madhya Pradesh RajendraDadu passed away in a road mishap at the age of 62.