Important Current Affairs 10th June 2016

Mumbai on Top in Road Accidents

1. Mumbai has got the dubious distinction of the city with maximum road accidents in the country.
2. The number of deaths in road mishaps is highest in the Delhi in 2015.
3. In 2015,there were about 5 lakh road accidents in the country,of which .46 lakh people were killed.
4. On an average 17 lives were lost every hour in road accidents.
5. This was according to the report road accidents in India in 2015.

UN Plans to End AIDS Threat by 2030

1. The Member States of the United Nations have adopted a new political declaration that aims towards combating the worldwide scourge of HIV & AIDS.
2. It aims to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030.
3. A political declaration was adopted by the 193-nation General Assembly.
4. There are still 36.7 million people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa.

India Says ‘No’ to Google Street View

1. India has declined to give security clearance to the Internet giant’s Street View service.
2. The permission was declined primarily due to objections raised by the Defence Ministry.
3. The Street View service allows users to have a panoramic view of places in cities, as they would look in real life.
4. The Internet giant uses cars and bikes fitted with cameras to collect 360-degree images of a place.

India Joins Europe Anti-Corruption Plan

1. India has joined a group of nearly 40 nations that have signed a Europe-led clampdown on tax evasion & corruption.
2. Signatories to the scheme to undertake to give one another free access to information on who ultimately owns companies.
3. The initiative aims to develop a global standard for the automatic exchange of beneficial ownership data.
4. Most European countries except Switzerland have joined.

Kuczynski Win Peru Presidential Election

1. Peruvian economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski will be the next president of Peru.
2. Kuczynski edged out his rival Keiko Fujimori with a wafer-thin margin winning by 50.117 per cent to 49.
3. The difference in the total votes was of 41,438 with 8,580,474 votes for Kuczynski & 8,539,036 for Fujimori.
4. He will take over as president on July 28 from President Ollanta Humala for a mandate lasting until 2021.

Russia Honours UN Secretary-General

1. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree awarding the Order of Friendship to United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
2. He was awarded for strengthening peace, friendship & cooperation between peoples.
3. Ban first took office as the UN chief on Jan. 1, 2007 & he was re-elected for another five-year term.
4. The order was set up in 1994 & is awarded for outstanding accomplishments.

Chong Wei Retakes Top Spot in Badminton

1. Malaysian shuttler Lee Chong Wei regained the world No.1 spot in men’s singles replacing Chinese Chen Long.
2. India’s Kidambi Srikanth dropped a place to be 13th.
3. In the women’s singles rankings, Indian ace Saina Nehwal & P.V. Sindhu were static at 8th &10th respectively.
4. This was according to the latest rankings released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

IM Visakh Win Mayor’s chess Tournament

1. Tamil Nadu teenager NR Visakh has clinched the Mumbai Mayor’s International Open Chess Tournament.
2. Visakh thus became the first Indian to capture the title in its nine-year history.
3. Visakh drew his final round match with GM Diptayan Ghosh & was tied for the top place on 8 points with Ghosh & Chandigarh’s Himal Gusain .
4. The arbiters declared Visakh as the champion on a better tie-break.

BCCI Announces Six New Test Venues

1. The BCCI has announced that Rajkot, Visakhapatnam, Pune, Dharamsala, Ranchi & Indore will debut as Test venues in India’s 2016-17 home season.
2. It will include series against New Zealand, England, Australia & Bangladesh.
3. In all India’s home season will include 13 Tests, eight ODIs and three T20 internationals
4. The announcement was made after the BCCI’s Tour Programme & Fixtures Committee.

UGC Forms Pay Review Panel

1. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has constituted a 5 member committee for pay revision of academic staff of Universities & Colleges.
2. The Pay Revision Committee will be chaired by UGC member Prof V S Chauhan
3. The committee will submit its report in six months.
4. The panel will also examine the present structure of emoluments & service conditions of university & college teachers & other staff.