june 11 2018

Current Affairs
 June 11, 2018

1) Central Vigilance commission:
➢ Non-constitutional body
➢ Setup in 1964 based on recommendations of Santhanam committee
➢ It has 1 Central Vigilance Commissioner and not more than 2 vigilance commissioner
➢ Shri Sharad Kumar has been appointed as the Vigilance Commissioner
➢ Central Vigilance Commissioner- K. V. Chowdary
➢ Dr. Tejendra Mohan Bhasin (Vigilance Commissioner)

2) India’s first Lithium Ion (Li-ion) Battery project:
➢ Developed by Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi under CSIR along with CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) New Delhi, CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CSIR-CGCRI) Kolkata and Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad
➢ CSIR-CECRI and RAASI Solar Power Pvt Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Agreement for transfer of technology for India’s first Lithium Ion (Li-ion) Battery project
➢ CSIR-CECRI has set up a demo facility in Chennai to manufacture prototype Lithium-Ion cells
➢ Raasi Group will set up the manufacturing facility in Krishnagiri district

3) Football Intercontinental cup:
➢ Held at Mumbai
➢ India beat Kenya 2-0 to win title

➢ Sunil chhetri joins the world’s second highest goal scorer (64 goals) after Christiano Ronaldo (81 goals)

4) Acting chairman of UPSC:
➢ Arvind saxena will replace Vinay Mittal from June 20
➢ UPSC under the article 315 to 323

5) French Open Tennis:
➢ French Open officially called Roland-Garros
➢ 122nd edition held at Paris
➢ 2018 Men's Singles: Spain Rafael Nadal defeated Austria Dominic Thiem
➢ 2018 Women's Singles: Romania Simona Halep defeated United States Sloane Stephens
➢ 2018 Women's Doubles:Barbora Krejčíková and Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
➢ 2018 Men's Doubles:Pierre-Hugues Herbert and France Nicolas Mahut
➢ 2018 Mixed Doubles:Latisha Chan and  Ivan Dodig
➢ Rafael Nadal won 11 French open titles and 17 slam titles

6) Women’s T20 Cricket Asia Cup:
➢ Held at Malaysia
➢ Bangladesh beats India by 3 wickets
➢ India Entered finals by beating Pakistan
➢ India lost the finals for first time ( champions for 6times)

7) Krutadnyata Puraskar Award( lifetime achievement Award):
➢ Konkani Singer Lorna Codeiro

8) Women’s prize for Fiction:
➢ Awarded to book “Home Fire” by author kamali Shamsie

9) Who was Awarded China’s highest state honour “Friendship medals?
➢ Russian President “ Vladmir Putin”

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