Current Affairs Update – 22nd June, 2015

Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here are the Important Current Affairs of 22nd June, 2015. These are important for the upcoming SBI PO Mains 2015, RBI Assistant 2015 Exams.

• National Stock Exchange (NSE) on 22 June 2015
  operationalised the Overnight Liquid Transaction facility on its web-based
  Mutual Fund Service System (MFSS) platform. The platform was launched on 19
  June 2015.
• The facility allows the participants to place purchase and
  redemption orders simultaneously in liquid schemes. This facility will only be
  available on MFSS Web based platform and in Physical mode only.
• Further, all liquid schemes allowed by respective asset
  management companies will be available for placing orders.
• MFSS is an online order collection system provided by the
  NSE to its eligible members for placing subscription or redemption orders.

• Retirement fund body EPFO today notified an order to make
  Universal Account Number (UAN) mandatory for all employers covered under the
  Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952.
• The government was considering the proposal to make UAN
  mandatory for availing of benefit of the scheme. The UAN facility was launched
  by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October last year.
• The deadline for completing the formalities is August 25
  after which action will be taken under the powers given to us by the Employees
  Provident Funds Scheme, 1952, and other applicable laws for failure to comply
  with the order.
• The UAN remains portable throughout the lifetime of an
  employee and they don’t have to apply for PF transfer claims at changing jobs.
• It is even more beneficial for workers in the construction
  sector, who often change their contractor after short span of time and take up
  new jobs after fining one contract.
• The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) had issued
  over four crore UANs to employers across the country in July last year.

• China on Monday opened the second land crossing in Tibet via
  Nathu La to allow the first batch of Indian pilgrims undertaking the arduous
  Kailash-Manasarovar Yatra, in the latest confidence-building measure between
  the two neighbours.
• The opening of the second route through the Himalayan pass
  of Nathu La in Sikkim, 4,000 metres above sea level, was officially announced
  during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China last month and will allow
  more Indians to undertake the pilgrimage.
• The new route is in addition to the existing Lipulekh Pass,
  the only route that was badly damaged in the floods in Uttarakhand in 2013.
• A total of 44 pilgrims crossed over from the Indian side of
  the border in Sikkim on Monday as the first batch of the annual Yatra through
  this border route and were warmly welcomed by Chinese officials in Tibet.
• The pilgrims belonging to different age-groups and hailing
  from various parts of India made their way to the Nathu La pass after a two
  week-long journey acclimatising themselves for the high-altitude journey to
  Kailash which stands at an altitude of about 6,500 metres in Tibet.

• HAL has delivered ‘Orbiter Craft Module Structure’ of
  Chandrayaan-2 to ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC).
• Chandrayaan-2 is a two module configuration spacecraft
  comprising of the ‘Orbiter Craft’ and the ‘Lander Craft’.
• The Chandrayaan-2 mission is aimed at placing an Orbiter
  around the moon and sending a Lander and Rover to the surface of the moon. It
  will be launched by a Geo-Stationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-MKII).
• HAL has partnered and supported ISRO throughout its journey
  by providing hardware for satellites, SLV, ASLV, PSLV, GSLVMKII and GSLV MKIII
  (LVM3).
• HAL’s association with India’s space program dates back to
  early 70s, when HAL provided technical inputs and manufacturing support to ISRO
  for realisation of light alloy structural assemblies for satellites and launch
  vehicle.

• The European Union has extended economic sanctions against
  Russia until January to keep pressure on Moscow over the conflict in eastern
  Ukraine.
• An EU statement confirmed on Monday that the decision had
  been taken by Foreign Ministers meeting in Luxembourg without debate, in
  response to “Russia’s destabilizing role in eastern Ukraine.”
• The sanctions include limits to access on some financial
  markets, a ban on certain technologies and exchanges between the bloc and
  Russia in energy and defence sectors. Enacted last July and reinforced in
  September, the sanctions had been due to expire in July.
• They are now expected to expire on Jan. 31.
• Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels
  has killed more than 6,400 people and persists despite a cease-fire agreed in
  February.

• EU foreign ministers formally approved today the launch of
  the first phase of a military operation against people smugglers in the
  Mediterranean, officials said.
• The first ships and aircraft to conduct intelligence
  gathering missions should be available within a week, officials said.
• EU foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said the
  28-nation bloc had responded quickly to the crisis washing up on its southern
  shores.
• There have been serious differences among member states over
  how to handle the thousands of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, with Italy,
  Greece and Malta bearing the brunt of the burden until the loss of up to 800
  people in April when their rickety boat sank and forced a re-think.
• EU leaders agreed at an emergency summit that month to formulate
  a comprehensive plan to tackle the problem at source, including a military
  option to go after the people traffickers working out of Libya.

• The book Benazir Bhutto: A Multidimensional Portrait was
  released on 26 May 2015. It was written by Dr Anna Suvorova of Russia.
• The book is devoted to the life and work of former Pakistani
  Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007). She was the first female head of
  government in a Muslim state.
• The book is based on Bhutto’s own books, articles and
  speeches and on the author’s interviews with her close friends and colleagues.

• The book Beyond Doubt: A Dossier on Gandhi’s Assassination
  was in news in the third week of June 2015.
• It was compiled and introduced by Indian civil rights
  activist Teesta Setalvad and published by Tulika Books.
• It is a collection of archival documents of the government
  and translation of works in Marathi, Guajarati and Hindi related to
  assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on 30 June 1948.
• In the book, the author tried to de-construct the ideology
  responsible for the killing.

• Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer won the 2015 Gerry Weber Open
  tennis title on 21 June 2015 at the Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, Germany.
• In the summit clash, he defeated Andreas Seppi of Italy 7-6
  (1), 6-4 to claim the title for record eighth time. With this, Seppi became the
  first Italian to play the final at Halle since the tournament began in 1993.
• In the Men’s doubles category, Indo-Romanian pair Rohan
  Bopanna and Florin Mergea was the runners up.

• Britain’s Andy Murray on 21 June 2015 won the men’s singles
  of the Aegon Championships at the Queen’s Club in West Kensington, England. In
  the final clash, Murray defeated South African Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-4.
• This was his fourth Queen’s title and the previous were won
  in alternate years, that is, 2009, 2011 and 2013.
• With this win, Murray joined an illustrious list of
  champions including John McEnroe, Lleyton Hewitt, Boris Becker and Andy
  Roddick, the winners of four Queen’s Club Championships.

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