Page-30 of Current Affairs - June, 2014

Huge coronal mass ejection on Sun observed through IRIS

June 1, 2014

NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph captured rare footage of a huge Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) erupting from the Sun. The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) was launched in June 2013 to observe how solar material moves, gathers energy, and heats up as ..

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SBI’s Arundhati Bhattacharya amongst Forbes’ most powerful women

June 1, 2014

SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya is amongst the 5 Indian women who featured in this year’s Forbes’ 100 most powerful women in the world list. The list was topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Indian women in the list:- Indra Nooyi ..

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UN posthumously honors 8 Indian soldiers among 106 UN peacekeepers

June 1, 2014

The UN honored 106 peacekeepers, including 8 Indian soldiers, who lost their lives in various UN peacekeeping operations on the occasion of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on May 30. Indian Army United Nations peacekeeping missions India has been the ..

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Government eliminates all GoMs and EGoMs for better accountability and empowerment

June 1, 2014

In a key move to authorize the Ministries and Departments, the PM Narendra Modi decided to eliminate all the prevailing 9 Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoMs) and 21 Groups of Ministers (GoMs). Objective: This would speed up the process of ..

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KKR wins IPL 7 trophy

June 1, 2014

Sharukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) chased down a huge 200-run target to beat Preity Zinta’s Kings XI Punjab in the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 7. Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab by 3 wickets. IPL-7 ..

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