CURRENT AFFAIRS JUNE 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS JUNE 2015

 • The union minister Harsha vardhan dedicated supercomputer ‘Bhaskara’ to the nation, which will help meteorologists in research and wealth prediction on 2nd June.

 • BCCI appoints Ravi Shastri as an interim coach for the Bangladesh tour

. • Twenty Indian army soldiers died after their convoy was ambushed by a group of militants in Manipur’s chandel district on 4th June. 

• Prominent scientist Ameenah gurib-fakim appointed first woman president of Mauritius on 4th June.

• World environment day was observed on the 5th June. • Former captain Rahul Dravid had been appointed as the coach of the India A and under -19 cricket team. 

• Serena Williams beats Lucie Safarova to win the French open title on 6th June. 

• Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee conferred with the award of Bangladesh liberation war honor on 7th June. •

 Vijay Sharma has been named the new chief information commissioner

. • Famous actor sir Christopher lee, who was best known for his role as count Dracula died in Chelsea, England on 11th June. 

• The creator of Chandigarh’s rock garden died in Chandigarh at the age of 90 on 12th June

 • According to Chinese monitoring agency, Mount Everest moved three centimeters during recent devastating earthquakes in Nepal. 

• Sunil Chhetri becomes the first Indian footballer to score more than 50 goals 

• On 20th of June the first international yoga day celebrated across the globe and India sets a Guinness world record with largest yoga class with 35895 people 

• Sister Nirmala Joshi, who succeeded mother Teresa as the head of missionaries of charity ,died in Kolkata at the age of 81 on 21st June .

 • India was the first time defeated by Bangladesh cricket team in bi lateral series by 2-1. 

Tennis legend Steffi Graff appointed as the ayurveda brand ambassador of Kerala.

 • Former Pakistan cricketer Zaheer Abbas had been appointed as the new ICC president.

 • Satnam Singh becomes first Indian born player to be drafted in NBA .

 • Sri Lanka batsman Kumara Sangakara announces retirement from test cricket.