Saturday 9 June 2018

CURRENT AFFAIRS ENGLISH - JUNE 8,2018


JUNE - 08


INDIA

“Safety Injection Use State”
v Andhra Pradesh will become the first Indian state to use auto-disable syringes for all clinical purposes to prevent infection. The move will be enforced from the World Hepatitis Day (WHD-2018) when the state government will declare itself as “Safety Injection Use State”. 
State fruit of Tripura
v President Ram Nath Kovind has recently declared the ‘Queen’ variety of pineapple as the state fruit of Tripura. 
Guinness World Record
Sudheesh Guruvayoor, an Indian farmer from Kerala, has set a Guinness World Record by distributing the largest number of curry tree saplings in Sharjah on 5th June 2018. 
“Business First Portal”
v  The Punjab government has launched a “Business First Portal” to give a big push towards the ease of doing business in the state. It was unveiled by Industry Minister Sunder Sham Arora in Jalandhar on June 7, 2018.
CONFERENCES

Mandela-Gandhi Youth Conference
v The Mandela-Gandhi Youth Conference was held at Pietermaritzburg in South Africa on June 8, 2018. 

AWARDS

v Indian captain Virat Kohli will receive the Polly Umrigar Award for the best international cricketer (2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons) at the BCCI awards, to be held in Bengaluru
SPORTS

v India began their campaign at the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Gifu, Japan with a strong start by clinching four medals- – a gold, a silver and two bronze. Ashish Jakhar created a new National U-20 record to clinch the gold medal with a hammer throw of 76.86.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS ENGLISH - JULY 08,2018