Latest Top 10 Current Affairs 22 June 2013:::
1. Barack Obama, the US President on 21 June 2013 nominated James Comey as the next FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Director.
2. Six Forts of Rajasthan included in the list of World Heritage Site of UNESCO and won international recognition on 21 June 2013 in the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The six majestic forts include Amber (Jaipur), Kumbhalgarh, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer, Ranthambhore (Sawai Madhopur) and Gagaron (Jhalawar).
3. India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves increased by $982.3 million to $290.65 billion for the week ended June 14, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India.
4. PepsiCo India Region President Manu Anand has quit the company with immediate effect after working with the company for 19 years.
5. VK Duggal, the former Union Home Secretary on 21 June 2013 was appointed as the nodal officer for relief and rescue operations in the rain-ravaged Uttrakhand by the Union Government of India. Duggal will operate from Dehradun.
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6. Former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai has been selected for the Manappuram award under the category of civil servant achieving excellence in public administration. Vinod Rai was also Thrissur district collector.
7. The final of the ICC Champions Trophy will be dedicated to the highly successful HIV awareness campaign, THINK WISE, a partnership created in 2009 between the ICC, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
8. Two-time Olympic reigning sprint double champion Usain Bolt won the 100-metre title at the Jamaican Athletics Championships on Friday to qualify for August’s World Championships.
9. With warning of rainfall in the next two days in flood-hit Uttarakhand, IAF on Saturday pressed into service C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, which are customised for covert special operations and are capable of landing at makeshift and short runways, to evacuate stranded people from the state.
10. Japan is cheering the selection of its most iconic landmark, Mount Fuji, as a World Heritage site. The 3,776-meter-tall mountain has deep cultural and religious meaning in Japan.
1. Barack Obama, the US President on 21 June 2013 nominated James Comey as the next FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Director.
2. Six Forts of Rajasthan included in the list of World Heritage Site of UNESCO and won international recognition on 21 June 2013 in the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The six majestic forts include Amber (Jaipur), Kumbhalgarh, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer, Ranthambhore (Sawai Madhopur) and Gagaron (Jhalawar).
3. India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves increased by $982.3 million to $290.65 billion for the week ended June 14, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India.
4. PepsiCo India Region President Manu Anand has quit the company with immediate effect after working with the company for 19 years.
5. VK Duggal, the former Union Home Secretary on 21 June 2013 was appointed as the nodal officer for relief and rescue operations in the rain-ravaged Uttrakhand by the Union Government of India. Duggal will operate from Dehradun.
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6. Former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai has been selected for the Manappuram award under the category of civil servant achieving excellence in public administration. Vinod Rai was also Thrissur district collector.
7. The final of the ICC Champions Trophy will be dedicated to the highly successful HIV awareness campaign, THINK WISE, a partnership created in 2009 between the ICC, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
8. Two-time Olympic reigning sprint double champion Usain Bolt won the 100-metre title at the Jamaican Athletics Championships on Friday to qualify for August’s World Championships.
9. With warning of rainfall in the next two days in flood-hit Uttarakhand, IAF on Saturday pressed into service C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, which are customised for covert special operations and are capable of landing at makeshift and short runways, to evacuate stranded people from the state.
10. Japan is cheering the selection of its most iconic landmark, Mount Fuji, as a World Heritage site. The 3,776-meter-tall mountain has deep cultural and religious meaning in Japan.
