Current Affairs - June 2015

TNPSC Current Affairs June 2015
Miscellaneous 

• Important Days
• June 21st - International Yoga Day (Declared by United nations in December 2014)
• Unofficial Yoga Capital of the World - Rishikesh
• India's First Gender neutral Certificate - Nalsar University of Law (Hyderabad) issued the certificate with title Mx instead of Mr/Ms for a student.
• International Yoga Day
• The vice chancellor of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda, Swami Atmapriyananda was invited as chief guest for the International Yoga Day demonstration at Rajpath in Delhi.
• 35,985 people participated in the yoga demonstration at Rajpath creating a new Guinness World record.
• The yoga demonstration at Rajpath also created another world record with largest number of foreign nationals participating from 84 countries.

Economics

• RBI extended the date for exchanging the Pre 2005 Rupee notes to December 31st 2015.
• New Development Bank (BRICS Bank)
• First President : K V Kamath
• It is expected to start financing projects by April 2016.

Science and Technology

• The Atlas - Earth Platinum : The world's largest Book weighing 150 kg was put on display at the library in Sydney (Australia).
• The brightest galaxy which was discovered recently was named as CR7 after Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese Football Player).
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World

• BCIM economic corrider  - Bangladesh China India and Myanmar
• K-2-K corrider connects India's Kolkatta with Kunming of China through Dhaka and Mandalay.
• more to be updated very soon....

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