Daily GK Updates - 7th June, 2016

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Himachal Pradesh becomes the first state to launch green-concept based State Data Centre: It has become the first state in the country to have a State Data Centre (SDC), designed using green data centre concept to minimize power requirement and increase power utilization efficiency.

2. Guwahati declares Gangetic River Dolphin as its ‘city animal’: Gangetic River Dolphin is locally known as ‘Sihu’ which remains in the River Brahmaputra along Guwahati.

3. Swachch Yug campaign to make gram panchayats along Ganga open defecation free: As a part of its efforts to make villages located along Ganga open defecation-free, Government has launched a campaign ‘SwachchYug’, a collaborative effort of three Union Ministries, to bring about behavioural change among people staying in villages along the holy river.

4. Rajasthan Government launches Mobile App RajVayu on Air Quality Index: The information provided on RajVayu is based on the data collected by sophisticated air quality monitoring equipment and weather sensors.

5. Government and ADB sign $120 million loan agreement for Odisha: The government and multilateral lending agency Asian Development Bank has signed a $120 million loan agreement to improve irrigation and water management infrastructure in Odisha.

6. Facebook appoints former Adobe Executive UmangBedi as India MD.

7.  Ashok Ganapathy appointed as Director of Airtel Business.

8. Kulmeet Bawa appointed Adobe MD for South Asia.

9.  Diya Mirza named Ambassador for SwachchSaathi (student internship) programme: It is a youth based programme of Swachch Bharat Mission. Under this programme, more than 2000 interns would be enrolled to coordinate around 10000 schools across India.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. US Army Reserve Officer Deshauna Barber crowned as Miss USA 2016.

2. Walmart retains top position in Fortune 500 list: In 2016 rankings, Walmart has topped the Fortune 500 list for the fourth consecutive year. Apple, which was the most profitable company on the list jumped to no. 3 from no.5.

OTHER UPDATES:

FINANCE/BANKING:

1. RBI announces second bi-monthly monetary policy statement: Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram G Rajan has announced the second bi-monthly monetary policy statement for the year 2016-17. This time he keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5%, reverse repo rate at 6% and CRR remains at 4% while, LAF will remain unchanged at 6% and the MSF and Bank rate at 7%.

SPORTS:

2. Serena Williams overtakes Maria Sharapova as the World’s highest paid sportswoman as per the Forbes Magazine report.

AWARDS:

3. International Olympic Committee (IOC) honours Indian Olympic Association (IOA) chief N Ramachandran with ‘Olympic Order’ for his outstanding services to the Olympic movement.