Current Affairs 3rd June 2016

Updated : 04-Jun-2016

Current Affairs 3rd June 2016 - Important Points

Name of Indian banker who was awarded with Green Economy Visionary Award - Raghavan Seetharaman
India joins Hague Code of Conduct against - Ballistic Missile Proliferation
Name of famous Tamil actor-director who passed away - Balu Anand
India inked MoUs for co-operation in IT, handicrafts sector with which country - Tunisia
Who was re-elected as Legislative Assembly Speaker of Tamil Nadu - P Dhanapal
Who was elected as Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly - P Sreeramakrishnan
Name of two Indian Origin women who made their place in Forbes Self-Made American Women List - Neerja Sethi and Jayshree Ullal

Current Affairs 3rd June 2016 - Details

Name of Indian banker who was awarded with Green Economy Visionary Award - Raghavan Seetharaman

Among Important Banking Current Affairs, On 30th May 2016, Qatar-based Indian banker Raghavan Seetharaman was awarded with Green Economy Visionary award. He was awarded with this prestigious award for him environment-friendly activities and for promoting green economy.
He was honoured in a Summit held in Rome by Chairman of Union of Arab Banks Mohammed Jarrah Al-Sabah.

India joins Hague Code of Conduct against - Ballistic Missile Proliferation

On 1st June 2016, India joined Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation. Vienna is central contact for same to which India notified using diplomatic channels.
It was done with an aim to strengthen global non-proliferation objectives.
Do You Know :
Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) is a voluntary mechanism developed with an aim to broad international predisposition against ballistic missile proliferation.

Name of famous Tamil actor-director who passed away - Balu Anand

On 3rd June 2016, Noted actor and director Balu Anand passed away. He was a noted figure of Tamil films. He was 62 years old. He acted in about 100 films and also directed few films.

India inked MoUs for co-operation in IT, handicrafts sector with which country - Tunisia

Among Important MoU's, India and Tunisia inked MoUs for co-operation in IT, handicrafts sectors. These were inked in the presence of Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid.
Also both countries agreed to enhance co-operation in counter terrorism and other fields.

Who was re-elected as Legislative Assembly Speaker of Tamil Nadu - P Dhanapal

On 3rd June 2016, P Dhanapal was elected as Speaker of 15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Also Pollachi V Jayaraman was elected as Deputy Speaker. Both leaders belong to AIADMK and were also having same position in previous assembly too.

Who was elected as Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly - P Sreeramakrishnan

On 3rd June 2016, P Sreeramakrishnan was elected as the Speaker of Kerala legislative assembly. He is two time legislator from Ponnani constituency and belongs to ruling Left Democratic Front.

Name of two Indian Origin women who made their place in Forbes Self-Made American Women List - Neerja Sethi and Jayshree Ullal

On 1st June 2016, Forbes released list of America's wealthiest and most successful self-made women, among them two Indian Origion names were also there.
Neerja Sethi who is India born was ranked 16th and Jayshree Ullal was ranked 30th in this list.