Current Affairs - 2 June 2015

Pawan Munjalappointed as the CMD of Hero MotoCorp Ltd

He succeeded his father Brijmohan Lall Munjal, who resigned on 1 June 2015.

McCullum,Hesson honoured in Queen’s Birthday Honours‎ in NewZealand

The head of the New Zealand World Cup organizing committee, Therese Walsh, was made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

92-year-oldHarriette Thompson became oldest woman to complete a marathon

Harriette Thompson of 92 year 65 days broke the previous record of Gladys Burrill, who created the record in 2010 at the age of 92 years and 19 days.

Trial run ofKolkata-Dhaka-Agartala bus service began

In its journey, the bus will cross two international checkpoints and they are Petrapole on West Bengal-Bangladesh border and at Akhuara on Tripura-Bangladesh border.

Hollywood actress Betsy Palmerpassed away

Betsy was famously known for playing the character of Jason Voorhees' mother in Friday the 13th movie in 1980.

Two patientsdied from MERS virus in South Korea

So far, there have been 25 confirmed cases of MERS since a man tested positive following a trip to Saudi Arabia and became the country’s first MERS patient in May 2015.

RBI permittedcross holding in infrastructure bonds

With this, now banks would be able to cross hold these bonds among themselves for financing infrastructure and affordable housing loans, which earlier was not permitted.

Intel announcedto buy Altera for 16.7 billion US dollars

Intel will pay 54 dollar a share in cash to Altera to complete the acquisition process.

President gaveassent to 119th Constitutional Amendment Bill on LBA between India andBangladesh

It is the 100th amendment to the Indian Constitution and amends its first schedule.

K Sivanappointed as Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), ISRO

Before the present appointment, he was the Distinguished Scientist and Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC), Thiruvananthapuram.

S Somanathappointed as Director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, ISRO

Before the present appointment, he was an Associate Director (Projects), VSSC as well as Project Director of GSLV Mk-III.

HemantSonawala, the pioneer of India’s IT industry, died

Sonawala the chairman of Hinditron was also the founder of Digital Equipment India (DEI), which was the first technology IPO in India.

Union Ministryof Textiles announced to hold 30th India Carpet Expo in Varanasi in October 2015

The Expo will be organized by Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC) set up by Union Ministry of Textiles.

P Kunhikrishnanappointed as Director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR

He succeeded MYS Prasad, who superannuated in May 2015.

India, Swedensigned 6 agreements during visit of Pranab Mukherjee to Sweden

Mukherjee who is on a five-day long visit to Sweden and Belarus between 31 May and 4 June 2015 is the first ever Indian head of state to visit Sweden.

Philipose GPynumootil appointed as Assistant Chief of Naval staff (Air)

Being a Flag officer, he has commanded the 1241 RE corvette, INS Nashak, the missile corvette INS Kirpan and the Guided Missile Frigate INS Brahmaputra.

Mauritiusdesignated Ameenah Gurib-Fakim as its first woman President

Ameenah will be the first female president of the nation, which gained independence from Britain in 1968 and replaced Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state in 1992.

MeenaHemchandra appointed as Executive Director of RBI

As an ED, She will look after Department of Banking Supervision, Department of Co-operative Banking Supervision and Department of Non-Banking Supervision.

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