June 2017 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners)

Friends, here are the Major Current Affairs Highlights of June 2017. These one-liners cover all important International, National, MOUs, Indexes, Banking, Technology, Books & Authors, Committees and Sports affairs of June month (from 1st to 30th June  2017). We will  provide the pdf version soon, but we advise you to write these on your own so that you wont forget them again. All the Best and Happy Reading :)

June 2017 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners)

• 3rd International Yoga Day was observed on 21st June 2017.
• 5th June 2017 was observed as the World Environment Day with the Theme "Connecting people to nature" [Host Country : Canada]
• 8th June 2017 was observed as World Oceans Day with the Theme "Our Oceans, Our Future".
• 14th June 2017 was observed as World Blood Donor Day‬ with the Theme “Give Blood. Give Now. Give Often”
  
• 15th June 2017 was observed as ASEAN Dengue Day with the Theme “United Fight Against Dengue”
• 15th June 2017 was observed as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) with the Theme “Understand and End Financial Abuse of Older People: A Human Rights Issue”
• 17th June 2017 was observed as the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought with the Theme “Our land. Our home. Our Future”

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May 2017 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners)

Friends, here are the Major Current Affairs Highlights of May 2017. These one-liners cover all important International, National, MOUs, Indexes, Banking, Technology, Books & Authors, Committees and Sports affairs of May month (from 1st to 31st May 2017). We will  provide the pdf version soon, but we advise you to write these on your own so that you wont forget them again. All the Best and Happy Reading :)

Note : You will get the One Liners of July 2017 Current Affairs by tomorrow

May 2017 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners) 

• 3rd May 2017 was observed as the World Press Freedom Day with the Theme "Critical Minds for Critical Times: Media's role in advancing peaceful, just and inclusive societies".
• 5th May 2017 was observed as the International Midwives Day with the Theme "Midwives, Mothers and Families: Partners for Life!".
  
• 8th May 2017 was observed as the World Thalassemia Day with the theme ‘Together for Humanity’.
• 10th May 2017 was observed as the World Migratory Bird Day with the Theme "Their Future is our Future"
• 11th May 2017 was observed as the National Technology Day with the Theme ‘Technology for inclusive and sustainable growth’.
• 12th May 2017 was observed as International Nurses Day with the Theme ‘Nursing: A voice to lead – Achieving the sustainable development goals’.
• 13th May 2017 (second Saturday of May) was observed as World Fair Trade Day with the Theme 'Human Chains for Fair Trade and the Planet'.

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31st May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 31st May 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (31st May) is World No Tobacco Day.
• This day is an annual awareness day sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 1987 to highlight the health risks associated with tobacco use and encourage governments to adopt effective policies to reduce smoking and other tobacco use.
• Theme of World No Tobacco Day 2017 : "Tobacco – a threat to development"
  
• Narendra Modi became the first Indian PM to visit Spain in nearly 30 years, after he reached the country yesterday's night. 
• The previous Indian PM to visit Spain was Rajiv Gandhi, in 1988.

MOUs & Agreements

• India and Spain have signed 7 agreements following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy at the Moncloa Palace in the Spanish capital.
• The agreements signed were :
• Agreement for Transfer of Sentence Persons
• Agreement on visa waiver for holders of diplomatic passports
• MoU between Foreign Service Institute and Diplomatic Academy of Spain
• MoU on Cooperation in Cyber Security
• MoU on Cooperation in Organ Transplantation
• MoU on Cooperation in Renewable Energy
• MoU on Technical Cooperation in Civil Aviation

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30th May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 30th May 2017

International Current Affairs

• In a crackdown on child sex tourism, Australia will ban convicted paedophiles from leaving Australia and cancel their passports. 
• The new laws, to be introduced in Parliament, will apply to convicts while they are on the offenders' register.
• Paedophile meaning : a person who is sexually attracted to children.

National Current Affairs

• Today is Hindi Journalism Day.
  • On this day in the year 1826, the first Hindi newspaper of India called Udant Martand (The Rising Sun) was edited and published. 
  • With this, the Hindi Journalism completed its 187 years in India.
• Goa is celebrating its 30th Statehood Day today.
• It was on this day in 1987 that Goa became the 25th state of India.
• It was a Union Territory along with Daman and Diu from December 1961 onwards when Goa was liberated from the colonial rule.
• The government is going to bring 14 new categories, including acid attack survivors, under the Disability Act, 2016. 
• Currently, it provides benefits to seven categories including blindness, hearing impairment, mental illness and leprosy. 
• The new categories which will be added include muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, dwarfism, thalassemia, multiple disabilities (two or more disabilities).

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29th May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 29th May 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (29th May 2017) is International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.
• The day was established to :
• Honour the memory of the UN peacekeepers who have lost their lives in the cause of peace;
  
• Pay tribute to all the men and women who have served and continue to serve in UN peacekeeping operations for their high level of professionalism, dedication and courage.
• Theme of International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2017 : "Investing in Peace around the world"
• The Russian parliament's lower house has passed an Anti-Suicide bill to combat the Blue Whale suicide challenge, which has caused over 100 teen deaths in the country. 
• The bill proposes a maximum punishment of six years in jail for driving children towards suicide. 
• However, the bill mandates that criminal cases against suspects can be stopped if they cease their activities.

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28th May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 28th May 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (28th May) is Menstrual hygiene day.
• This is an annual awareness day which aims to break taboos and raise awareness about the importance of good menstrual hygiene management (MHM) for women and
  
  adolescent girls worldwide.
• Theme of Menstrual hygiene day 2017 :  “Education about Menstruation Changes Everything.”

National Current Affairs

• The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed India's first three cases of Zika virus infections, all from the same area in Ahmedabad. 
• The first detection was made in February 2016, the second was reported in November 2016, and third in January 2017.  

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27th May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 27th May 2017

National Current Affairs

• Inaugurating India's first electric mass mobility system, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari flagged off 200 electric public transport vehicles in Nagpur today. 
• The pilot project, comprising 100 e-taxis and 100 e-rickshaws with four charging stations, would run on Ola's app. 
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the Foundation Stone of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute at Gogamukh in Assam’s Dhemaji district located on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. 
• This will be the third Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI). 
• Note : Apart from IARI in the national capital, the work on setting up of second IARI in Ranchi, Jharkhand has commenced.

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26th May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 26th May 2017

National Current Affairs

• PM Narendra Modi today inaugurated India's longest bridge, the Dhola-Sadiya bridge, in Assam. 
• The 9.15-km-long bridge located over the Brahmaputra replaced Mumbai's Bandra-Worli Sea Link as India's longest bridge. 
  
• It will reduce Assam-Arunachal Pradesh travel time by four hours, and also boost defence along the border.
• Note : Modi announced that the bridge will be named after Dr Bhupen Hazarika, a noted playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet, and filmmaker from Assam. 
• The Ministry of Environment and Forests have come up with new regulations that bans the sale of cattle for slaughter. 
• The rules have been notified under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act of 1960. 
• Note : Slaughter of cows are banned in most parts of the country except parts of the north-east India and Kerala. The new rules will be implemented in the next three months.
• As the Aadhaar ID for cattle process begins in Gujarat to prevent cow slaughter, a team of technicians in the state has started implanting GPS-enabled microchips in the animal's ears. 
• The microchips will have details such as the animal's age, breed, milk yield, owner's name, cow's identification number, date of birth, health records, and migration status.

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25th May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 25th May 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (25th May) is International Missing Children's Day.
• Emblem of International Missing Children's Day : forget-me-not flower
  
• Today is Towel Day.
• This day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans.
• On this day, fans openly carry a towel with them, as described in Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy or share their folded animal towels to demonstrate their appreciation for the books and the author.
• Mumbai has been ranked the world's second most densely populated city with 31,700 people per sq km, by the World Economic Forum (WEF) citing UN Habitat Data. 
• Bangladesh's capital Dhaka topped the list with 44,500 people per sq km.
• Rajasthan's Kota has been ranked the world's seventh most densely populated city with 12,100 people per sq km.

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24th May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 24th May 2017

International Current Affairs

• Taiwan's constitutional court on Wednesday ruled in favour to recognise same-sex marriage on the island.
• Important Note : This is the first such ruling in Asia
• The tiny island of Nauru (world’s smallest republic) has become the 6th country to ratify the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Framework pact. 
  
• Important Points to Note :
• 5 more nations namely the Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Somalia, Ghana and Djibouti have committed to ink the International Solar Alliance Framework Pact in the ongoing annual meeting of the African Development bank in Gandhinagar, India. 

National Current Affairs

• India's first underwater tunnel, which was built under the Hooghly river for establishing a metro link in Kolkata, has been completed before the deadline.
•  A giant tunnel-boring machine was deployed to dig the underwater tunnel that runs a length of 502 metres under the river. 
• The Uttarakhand government is going to promote sites with a reputation for being haunted, as part of its ghost tourism project.
• Cabinet approves setting up of new AIIMS in Kamrup, Assam under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana.

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23rd May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 23rd May 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (23rd May) is World Turtle Day.
• The purpose of this day is to bring attention to, and increase knowledge of and respect
  
  for, turtles and tortoises, and encourage human action to help them survive and thrive.
• The United States and 6 Gulf countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE) have joined hands to curb financing of dreaded terror groups such as Islamic State, Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Haqqani network and Taliban.
• A memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed by the US and six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh.
• Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have pledged a combined $100 million to a Women Entrepreneurs' Fund proposed by US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump.
• The fund, which Ivanka first proposed during her Germany trip, will be run by the World Bank to help female entrepreneurs with the capital and networking resources to start businesses.

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22nd May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 22nd May 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (22nd May) is International Day for Biological Diversity.
• The United Nations has proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.
• Theme of International Day for Biological Diversity 2017 : “Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism”
• In a Global Healthcare Access and Quality Index study, India was ranked 154 among the 195 countries surveyed between 1990-2015. 

• Europe's Andorra topped the list followed by Iceland, and Switzerland, while the US was placed 35th.
• Japan is going to build a war museum at the hillock at Maiba Lokpa in Manipur, Japanese ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu has announced today. 
• Hiramatsu said that around 70,000 Japanese soldiers had died during World War II in Imphal and Kohima, between March and June 1944.

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21st May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 21st May 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (21st May) is World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.
  • This day is a United Nations–sanctioned international holiday to help people learn about the importance of cultural diversity and harmony. 
  • Theme of the year 2017 :  “Local Culture as a Driver for Economic Growth”
• Chinese navy ships are visiting Myanmar and will conduct communications, search and rescue, and other joint exercises with the Myanmar navy, China's Defence Ministry has announced. 
• The ship visit started the day China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed to a framework for the disputed South China Sea, of which both China and Myanmar claim parts.
  

National Current Affairs

• Anti-Terrorism Day being observed across India today (21st May 2017).
• Former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, was assassinated by a female suicide bomber on this day (21st May) 1991, while conducting an election campaign in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. 
• The bomb attack was carried out by Thenmozhi Rajaratnam, also known as Dhanu, who was reportedly a member of the Sri Lankan militant organisation Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

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20th May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 20th May 2017

International Current Affairs

• US President Donald J. Trump is travelling to Middle East and Europe.
• Note : This is his first ever foreign trip after taking over the Presidency in January this year.
• Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order banning smoking in public across the country. 
  
• The ban, which carries a maximum penalty of four months in jail and a fine of 5,000 pesos (around ₹6,500), covers both indoor and outdoor smoking.
• Hello, the social network founded by Orkut creator Orkut Buyukkokten, has been launched in India. 
• The app, which is still in beta phase, claims to let users build "personas" based on their passions and interests. 
• A personality test on the app also helps users connect with other people that they are likely to get along with.

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19th May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 19th May 2017

International Current Affairs

• The Japanese government today approved a one-off bill allowing ageing Emperor Akihito to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne, in the first such abdication in two centuries.
• SIMBEX, the 24th bilateral exercise involving Indian Navy and Republic of Singapore Navy has commenced in South China Sea.  
• SIMBEX - “Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercises“. 
  
• The exercise will be held from May 18, 2017 to May 24, 2017. 

National Current Affairs

• Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has today launched a new scheme titled 'She Pad'
• Under this scheme, the the government will distribute sanitary pads to girls in all the schools in the state.

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18th May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 18th May 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (18th May) is International Museum Day.
• This day is an occasion to raise awareness on how important museums are in the development of society.
• Theme of International Museum Day 2017 : "Museums and contested histories: Saying the unspeakable in museums"
  
• An eleven-judge bench of the International Court of Justice unanimously ruled to stay the execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav till it reaches a final decision on India's appeal against a death sentence handed to him by Pakistan. 
• The court also ruled that Jadhav had a right to consular access which was denied by Pakistan 16 times.
• India received the first artillery guns 30 years after the 1980s Bofors scandal today, as two of the 145 M777 ultra light artillery guns ordered from the US arrived ahead of schedule. 
• The guns will be tested at the Pokhran field firing range in Rajasthan today.
•  Out of the 145 guns, 120 will be assembled in India, by Mahindra Defence.
• These guns weigh almost half of what towed howitzers weigh, and hence, can be easily transported by the Army's helicopters. 

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17th May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 17th May 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (17th May) is World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD 2017).
• This day was proclaimed to be on 17 May by a United Nations General Assembly resolution, following the 2005 World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis.
• Theme of WTISD 2017 : Big Data for Big Impact
  
• Today is International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia.
• This day was launched by the World Health Organization in 2004, to educate about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, and to advocate for sensible public policies regarding LGBT people.
• Theme of the year 2017 : “families"
• Several European Union countries including France, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Portugal and Britain have refused to sign a trade statement at China's One Belt, One Road (OBOR) summit. 
• This is seen as a setback to China's efforts to gain full support for its initiative which it hopes will revive ancient trade routes from Asia to Europe.

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16th May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 16th May 2017

International Current Affairs

• African country Botswana is going to use India-manufactured Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with the voter verifiable paper audit trail for its 2019 general elections.
• The commission has also invited professional hackers to hack an Indian EVM to test its reliability amid claims that they can be rigged.

MOUs & Agreements

• India and Palestine today signed 5 agreements during the 4 day visit of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to India.
• They are :
• MOU on agriculture cooperation
• MOU on visa exemption for diplomatic passport holder, 
• MOU on cooperation in field of IT & Electronics
• MOU on health sector 
• MOU on cooperation in the field of youth affairs and sports
• Indian Navy and the Space Application Centre have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Data Sharing and Scientific cooperation in the field of Meteorology and Oceanology. 

Science & Technology

• ISRO is going to launch its most powerful rocket, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark-III in June this year. 
• Being termed a "game changer", it can carry satellites weighing up to 4.4 tonnes.
• With the introduction of the Mark-III, India will not have to rely on expensive foreign carriers to launch payloads above 2.2 tonnes in weight.
• Rifath Sharook, an 18-year-old student from Tamil Nadu, has developed what he claims is the world's smallest and lightest satellite. 

• Important Points to Note : 
• Sharook, whose satellite will be launched by NASA in June, will be the first Indian student to have his experiment launched by NASA. 
• The satellite, made using reinforced carbon fibre polymer, is named 'KalamSat', after former President APJ Abdul Kalam.

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15th May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 15th May 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (15th May) is International Day of Families.
• The Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 and reflects the importance the international community attaches to families.
  
• This day provides an opportunity to promote awareness of issues relating to families and to increase knowledge of the social, economic and demographic processes affecting families.
• Theme of International Day of Families 2017 : “Families, education and well-being”

National Current Affairs

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the river conservation project 'Narmada Seva Mission'.
• This project is a road-map for steps to be taken for the conservation of the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh.

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14th May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 14th May 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (2nd Sunday of May) is Mother's Day. 
• Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.
• Theme of Mother's Day 2017 :  “Every Mother knows”
  
• UJALA (UK Joins Affordable LEDs for All), the world's largest efficient lighting programme, was inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal in London today. 
• This programme aims to increase LED penetration in UK.
• Voting has begun today in Nepal's first local-level polls in two decades, a landmark moment in the country's transition to democracy. 
• At least 49 lakh people are eligible to vote in the election in which nearly 50,000 candidates are contesting for the position of Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Ward Chairman and Ward Member in 283 municipalities.

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