Weekly GK Update(1 June-7 June)

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 3^rd 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.