13th June Daily Current Affairs / 14th June Daily Current Affairs
1) Veteran West Indies fast bowler Sir Wesley Winfield Hall
was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall
of Fame. With this, he becomes 80th cricketer to be inducted in the ICC Cricket
Hall of Fame.
2) 14 June: World Blood Donors Day.
World Blood Donors Day was observed on 14 June 2015. The
theme of this year’s World Blood Donor
Day campaign is "Thank you for saving my life”.
3) VK Singh inaugurates first India-China Yoga College at
Yunnan Minzu University, China.
V K Singh is the Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs.
This is first Indian government institution related Indian spiritual art form
i.e. Yoga in China inaugurated ahead of the first UN Yoga Day to be observed on
June 21.
4) World’s largest Oil producer: As per recently released report by British
Petroleum (BP) Energy Company, United States (US) became the world’s largest
oil producer in 2014 surpassing Saudi Arabia.
5) Contest of selfies with daughter to
save girl child: Haryana's Bibipur village has now come out with a
unique idea to continue its efforts to create gender-neutral atmosphere in the
state.
6) Utility bills valid proof of address to open account: Bills for postpaid mobile service, piped gas
and water supply can now be submitted as proof of address for opening account
with banks or other financial institutions, the Reserve Bank said today.
Utility bill which is not more than two months old of any
service provider (electricity, telephone, postpaid mobile phone, piped gas,
water bill) for the limited purpose of proof of address are deemed to be
Officially Valid Documents under simplified
measures.
7) The high-level committee constituted by Union government in
September 2014 to restructure the Railways and suggest ways for resource
mobilization has suggested measures for restructuring the Railway Board and its
departments so that policy making is separated from day-to-day operations.
The Committee is being headed by eminent economist and NITI
Aayog member Bibek Debroy.
