Here is Important GK updates
of 1st Week of June
New
Appointments
·
Commerce Secretary-- S R Rao (Previous: Rahul Khullar)
·
New Coal
Secretary - S K Srivastava((Previous:Alok Petri)
·
New Agriculture
Secretary- Ashis Bahuguna
·
New Food Secretary- Sudhir Kumar
·
New
Chief Election Commissioner:- V S
Sampath
·
Additional
director on the board of Tata Steel- Cyrus Mistry and Mallika Srinivasan
·
Navy
Chief-D.K.Joshi
·
New
Syria's PM-Riyab Hijab
SUMMIT:
·
World Economic Forum on East Asia 2012 –
Held in Bangkok, Thailand.
Theme: Shaping the Region’s Future through
Connectivity.
·
12th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
Held in Bejing,
Members: China, Russia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Other News:
·
3rd
Indo-Bangla trade fair inaugurated
by Bangladesh Finance Minister
Abul Maal Abdul Muhith.
·
India
today signed an agreement with Bahrain to curb tax evasion and avoidance.
·
India’s
foreign exchange reserve plummeted by 1.74 billion dollar.
·
Bihar
Government prohibited the sale and manufacturing of all the tobacco products
for next one year. Bihar is 3rd After MP and Kerela.
·
New
Zealand clinched the title of the 21st Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament after defeating Argentina.
·
'Khushboo
Gujarat Ki' campaign is related to promote tourism in Gujarat .
·
India
won Bronze Medal in Sultan Azlan sah Cup Tounament
·
International
Monetary Fund (IMF) announced an aid package of a $157 million to be
distributed over 3 years to support the Malawi economy.