Free Download Of Top 10 Current Affairs 18 June 2013:::
1. A survey conducted by Top 500, revealed on 17 June 2013 that the Chinese supercomputer is the fastest computer of the world. This Chinese supercomputer is called Tianhe-2 and it replaced US machine called Titan, which was earlier said to be the fastest computer of the world.
2. Subramanian Ramadorai, former head of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), was appointed as the Chairman of AirAsia India
Subramanian Ramadorai, at present is the Advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the national council on skill development.
3. Union Health Ministry’s ambitious schemes of providing free generic drugs at government health care centers have been launched after being put on hold last year due to financial constraints. The initiatives, called ‘Free Drug Service’ and ‘Free Diagnostics Service’ under the National Health Mission, are aimed at sprucing up health care facilities in the country.
4. The world’s highest wind tunnel, standing 20 meters tall and five meters wide, is set to open in Dubai this summer. In Flight Dubai’s glass wind tower will beat its rivals in the United States at 15.8 meters and in Singapore at 17.2 meters, a report in The National said.
5. Pinki will be representing New York-headquartered Smile Train, the world’s largest cleft lip and palate non-profit organisation, which has been picked as the charity partner to perform the flip of the coin at the men’s singles final event this year. Pinki Sonkar has been chosen to toss the coin ahead of the marquee match on 7th July.
6. The Bihar government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a consultant – Rites Ltd – for feasibility study and Detailed Project Report preparation for the proposed 30-km Patna Metro railway project.
7. The United States will meet the Taliban in Doha next week for talks aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan, where the United States has battled the insurgents for 12 years, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
8. The rupee fell 1.5 per cent to a record closing low on Tuesday as traders worried that the country’s current account deficit made the currency especially vulnerable to any scaling back of the US Federal Reserve’s monetary stimulus.
9. Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah on Wedenesday inaugurated Solairedirect Energy’s first project in India — a 5.6 MW solar park under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM).
10. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin blocked any mention of the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a final G8 summit communique, said a top Russian diplomat. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday that Russia had insisted no demands for the resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad be included in the G8 final document on the Syrian conflict.
1. A survey conducted by Top 500, revealed on 17 June 2013 that the Chinese supercomputer is the fastest computer of the world. This Chinese supercomputer is called Tianhe-2 and it replaced US machine called Titan, which was earlier said to be the fastest computer of the world.
2. Subramanian Ramadorai, former head of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), was appointed as the Chairman of AirAsia India
Subramanian Ramadorai, at present is the Advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the national council on skill development.
3. Union Health Ministry’s ambitious schemes of providing free generic drugs at government health care centers have been launched after being put on hold last year due to financial constraints. The initiatives, called ‘Free Drug Service’ and ‘Free Diagnostics Service’ under the National Health Mission, are aimed at sprucing up health care facilities in the country.
4. The world’s highest wind tunnel, standing 20 meters tall and five meters wide, is set to open in Dubai this summer. In Flight Dubai’s glass wind tower will beat its rivals in the United States at 15.8 meters and in Singapore at 17.2 meters, a report in The National said.
5. Pinki will be representing New York-headquartered Smile Train, the world’s largest cleft lip and palate non-profit organisation, which has been picked as the charity partner to perform the flip of the coin at the men’s singles final event this year. Pinki Sonkar has been chosen to toss the coin ahead of the marquee match on 7th July.
6. The Bihar government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a consultant – Rites Ltd – for feasibility study and Detailed Project Report preparation for the proposed 30-km Patna Metro railway project.
7. The United States will meet the Taliban in Doha next week for talks aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan, where the United States has battled the insurgents for 12 years, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
8. The rupee fell 1.5 per cent to a record closing low on Tuesday as traders worried that the country’s current account deficit made the currency especially vulnerable to any scaling back of the US Federal Reserve’s monetary stimulus.
9. Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah on Wedenesday inaugurated Solairedirect Energy’s first project in India — a 5.6 MW solar park under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM).
10. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin blocked any mention of the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a final G8 summit communique, said a top Russian diplomat. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday that Russia had insisted no demands for the resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad be included in the G8 final document on the Syrian conflict.
