Important Current Affairs 12th June 2016

ED Attaches Vijay Mallya’s Properties

1. The Enorcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth Rs 1411 crore of Vijay Mallya.
2. The assets under provisional attachment included bank balance of Rs 34 crore,a flat each in Bengaluru & Mumbai & an industrial plot in Chennai.
3. The attachment of properties is in connection with the Rs 900 cr loan fraud with the IDBI Bank.
4. Kingfisher Airlines owes more than Rs 9000 crore to various banks.

SEBI Issue Stricter KYC Norms for P-Note

1. SEBI has put in place a stricter KYC norms & disclosure regime for Participatory Notes.
2. The aim is to make it tougher to use these offshore instruments.
3. Under the new norms,all the users of P-Notes would have to follow Indian KYC & Anti Money Laundering Regulations, irrespective of jurisdictions.
4. P-Notes are instruments issued to overseas investors,who wish to invest in the Indian stock markets

India Ranks 141 in Global Peace Index

1. India was ranked 141 out of 163 countries on a Global Peace Index.
2. India has moved up two position, from 141st last year,
3. In a list compiled by global think tank Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), Syria has been named the least peaceful.
4. It was followed by South Sudan,Iraq &Afghanistan.
5. Iceland was ranked as the world’s most peaceful country, followed by Denmark & Austria.

Veteran Journalist Inder Malhotra Dies

1. Eminent journalist Inder Malhotra & an accomplished political commentator has passed away.
2. Malhotra began his career at the United Press of India news agency & went on to hold editorial positions at leading dailies.
3. He was editor of The Times of India, New Delhi from 1978-86.
4. He was awarded the Ramnath Goenka Lifetime Achievement award in 2013.

Sikkim Launches Open Govt Data Portal

1. Sikkim has become the first state in India to have an open government data portal.
2. Lok Sabha MP, P D Rai has launched the open government data portal “Sikkim.data.gov.in”.
3. The open government data portal, the data produced or commissioned by the government or government controlled entities can be freely used, reused &redistributed by anyone.

Paes Gets Olympic Ticket

1. Veteran Leander Paes got the nod for his seventh Olympic appearance after the All India Tennis Association (AITA) paired him with Rohan Bopanna for the men’s tennis doubles competition.
2. Bopanna will be pairing up with Sania Mirza in the mixed doubles.
3. Sania will be teaming up with Prarthana Thombare min the women’s doubles event.

Star Health Ties up with Bank of India

1. Star Health Insurance & Bank of India has entered into a corporate agency agreement to market the insurer’s products across the bank’s branches in the entire country.
2. This tie-up will enable Star Health to leverage Bank of India’s network of all branches & huge customer base across the country.
3. Star Health has collected premium of Rs 2,007 crore in the last financial year 2015-2016.

KL Rahul Score An ODI Hundred On Debut

1. Opener Lokesh Rahul created history when he became the first Indian to score a hundred on One-Day International debut gainst Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club.
2. Overall, he became the 11th player to achieve the feat on debut.
3. Before this, Robin Uthappa’s 86 against England at Indore in 2006 was the highest score by an Indian player on his ODI debut.
4. India won the first ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare.

Satya Pal Appointed Law Commission Member

1. Additional Solicitor General of India & former Parliamentarian Satya Pal Jain has been appointed as a part-time member of the Law Commission of India.
2. This appointment is in addition to his charge as an Additional Solicitor General of India.
3. He has been a lawyer in various important civil &criminal cases.
4. The President had constituted the 21st Law Commission of India on Sept 14, 2015.

Pakistan Tops the Malware Index List

1. Microsoft has launched its Malware Infection Index 2016.
2. It has found that the top three most-encountered malware are the Gamarue computer worm,trojans Skeeyah & Peals.
3. Pakistan tops the list of countries figuring in the Malware Infection Index 2016 & India ranks 8th on the list.
4. At least four out of ten computers in Asia Pacific countries are likely to be infected with malware.