Yak 17Th June 2017 Of Import Daily Electrical Flow Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 17th June 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (17th June 2017) is World Day to Combat Desertification too Drought.
• This twenty-four hours is a UN observance amongst the role highlight ways to forestall desertification too recover from drought. Each annual celebration has a dissimilar theme. It should hold upward celebrated all over the world.
  
• Theme of World Day to Combat Desertification too Drought 2017 : “Our land. Our home. Our Future”
• Swedish Parliament voted 254-41 inward favour of adopting a climate neb and pledged to accomplish net-zero greenhouse gas emissions past times 2045 to tackle climate change. 
• The target demands at to the lowest degree 85% reduction inward Sweden's greenhouse gas emissions from its 1990 levels. 
• Important Note : This makes Sweden the outset province to significantly strengthen its climate targets since the Paris Agreement inward 2015.

National Current Affairs

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated Kochi Metro,  Kerala's outset subway scheme rails system today. 
• Modi, along amongst other dignitaries including 'Metro Man' E Sreedharan too Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, took a ride on the 13-km long stretch inaugurated inward the outset phase. 
• The Kochi Metro, which started inward 2012, was commissioned inward 45 months, the shortest fourth dimension amidst all Indian subway scheme services. 
• The Puducherry Assembly today passed a resolution, seeking curtailment of the powers granted to Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi.

Awards & Honors

• Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's mother in law Annabel Mehta has been awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for her forty years of function too service to the underprivileged communities inward Mumbai. 
• The abide by volition hold upward presented to her at an official ceremony at the Buckingham Palace inward London afterward this year.
• American vocalist Katy Perry today became the 1st always mortal to hitting 100 ane K 1000 (10 crore) followers on microblogging site Twitter. 
• Syama Sanju was declared the Queen of Dhwayah, the winner at Kerala's outset always beauty pageant for transgender women.
• Jaz D'souza was crowned the outset runner-up spell Harini Chandana came tertiary from amidst 15 participants. 
• A ceremonial Bat-Signal was lit upward at Los Angeles' City Hall to honour belatedly histrion Adam West, known for his portrayal of Batman inward American Broadcasting Company's (ABC) 1960's tv set series. 
• France has named the medieval hamlet of Kaysersberg as its favourite hamlet of the year, beating 12 contenders.
• It won the championship because of its architecture too friendly locals, according to reports.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

• India and Switzerland are going to start exchanging fiscal concern human relationship information starting 2019, amongst the Swiss regime formally ratifying the global convention for information telephone commutation on taxation matters amongst 38 countries today.
• The Pension Fund Regulatory too Development Authority has introduced "APY@eNPS", providing a complete digital enrolment procedure for Atal Pension Yojana (APY).
• The ministry building asked the subscribers to link their Aadhar amongst APY for availing co-contribution. 
• Note : APY was launched inward 2015 past times Prime Minister Narendra Modi too presently, the scheme has over 54 lakh subscribers.
• The Central Vigilance Commission has asked world sector banks non to study frauds below ₹1 lakh to local police, unless their staff is involved. 
• Cases of upward to ₹1 lakh too non below ₹10,000 are to hold upward scrutinised past times banking concern officials for farther action, CVC said. 
• The determination was taken amid practical difficulties faced past times banks inward reporting such cases.

Science & Technology

• NASA and US-based researchers receive got revealed plans detailing diverse missions that could hold upward sent to Uranus and Neptune by mid-2030s.
• The proposed missions include orbiters too a fly-by roughly the icy planets. 
• Note : NASA's Voyager 2, launched inward 1977, has completed flybys of all iv gas giants inward Solar System- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, too Neptune, earlier heading towards interstellar space.

New Appointments

• Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić on Th nominated Ana Brnabić as the Prime Minister of the country.
• With this, she became the country's first woman mortal too outset openly gay Prime Minister. 

Deaths

• John Avildsen (81), the Oscar-winning manager of 1976 boxing saga Rocky and 1984 karate drama The Karate Kid, passed away.
• Former High German Chancellor and architect of Germany's reunification, Helmut Kohl (87), passed away.
• He led Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany for sixteen years, making him the longest-serving High German chancellor since Otto von Bismarck. 

Sports Current Affairs

• The Indian hockey squad defeated Canada 3-0 inward their 2nd stand upward for inward the Hockey World League Semi-Final 2017 today. 
• Note : Republic of Republic of India volition side past times side seem upward Islamic Republic of Pakistan on Sunday, the same twenty-four hours the Indian cricket squad faces Islamic Republic of Pakistan inward the Champions Trophy final.

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