NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Darjeeling Zoo to receive snow leopard from London’s Dudley Zoological Gardens:
he Padma
Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling will soon receive a snow leopard
from Dudley Zoological Gardens in London. The leopard, named Makalu, is expected
to make arrival at the Kolkata airport in an Emeritus Flight.
2.
Special package for employment generation and promotion of exports in Textile
and Apparel sector approved: The package includes a slew of measures which are labour friendly and
would promote employment generation, economies of scale and boost exports.
3. Aadhaar to be linked with caste,
domicile certificates: Union Government asked all state governments to link Aadhaar with caste
and domicile certificates of school students. Under first-of-its-kind
initiative, the states have been asked to ensure that such certificates are
issued within 60 days’ time to the students when they are studying either in
Class V or VIII.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.
Day of the Seafarer 2016 observed on 25th June with theme ‘At sea
for all’: The themes
highlight the point that seafarers serve at sea not just for the shipping
industry or for their own career purposes but for all of us. Day of the Seafarer
is observed to give thanks to the seafarers for their contribution to the
economy and civil society of the world. The day also acknowledges risks and
personal costs borne by them while being in their jobs.
2.
Nepal bans citizens from working in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya: The decision was made at a cabinet meet after 13
Nepali security guards were killed in a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul.
Nepali nationals killed in Afghanistan were employed as security guards in the
Canadian embassy in Kabul. They were killed when militants exploded a bomb in a
minibus on 20 June 2016.
3.
Scientists developed KiloCore, world’s first 1000-processor computer chip: The scientists unveiled a microchip, named
KiloCore, containing 1000 independent programmable processors. The chip has
been designed by a team at the University of California, Davis, Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering.
4.
Amjad Sabri, a famed Pakistani qawwal shot dead in Karachi.
OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS:
1.
Sprinter Dutee Chand qualifies for Rio Olympics: Indian sprinter Dutee Chand on 25 June 2016 qualified for Rio
Olympics in the women’s 100metre event. She qualified in the games after
meeting the qualification mark at 26th International Meeting G. Kosanov
Memorial in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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