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6th June, 2018
  1. Mughal Sarai Railway Station in Lucknow is named as Deen Dayal Upadyaya Railway station
  2. 539 species found in India in 2018
    • Zoological survey of India and Botanical Survey of India
    • Animal 300 and plant 239.
    • Western Ghats and Himalayas are more
    • Kerala recorded highest discoveries 66 species, sub-species and varieties of plants 52 species of animals
  3. Madhya Pradesh Govt. to plant 1.65 Crore Banyan Saplings
  4. Indian Origin Lawyer Tommy Thomas, Attorney General of Malaysia
  5. Assam boy is India's Youngest writer at 4. NameL Ayan Gogol gochain
    • Got his name in India book of records
    • Book Name: Honeycomb
    • Pages - 80
    • Not written 
    • Application Whatsapp, audio clips with grandfather
    • Couldn't speak up to age of 3.
7th June 2018
  1. First official World bicycle day- June 3rd
  2. In India, Country's first 13 blue flag beaches to be developed first in Odisha
  3. NTPC Ltd adopted iconic Charminar under Swach Iconic phases
  4. South Africa cricketer of the year Kagiso Rabada
  5. Theme world Environment Day - "Beat Plastic Pollution"
  6. Govt provided 10,000 Crore for ISRO programmes
  7. Current repo rate in Second bi-monthly monetary policy review of RBI for FY 2019 is 6.25%
  8. Vetaran Film Actor Anupam Kher is given IIFA lifetime achievement award at the 19th edition.
  9. Mitti dam is located on Mitti River in Abdasa Taluka of Kutch District of Gujarat.

8th June 2018
  1. The famous 'Queen' variety of Pine Apple has been declared as State fruit of Tripura
    • President Ram Nath Kovind declared it
    • Queen variety is spiny, golden yellow in colour and emits pleasant aroma and flavor at the ripen stage.
    • The fruits are harvested when eyes turn yellow during mid-May to mid-July when the fruit is available
    • Average weight of fruit is 600-800gm
    • It got Geographical Indication in 2015 and is best quality pine apple in the world
    • Tripura - One of the largest pine apple growing states
    • Has more than 100 commercial scale pine apple plantations in the state
    • President dedicated 73.71 km stretch of NH-8 from Mata Tripura Sundari temple in Udaipur of Gomati district to sabroom in South Tripura
  2. "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly" book written by Anthony Bourdain passed away
  3. Virat Kohli to receive the 'Polly Umrigar' award for best international cricketer at BCCI awards
  4. Sudheesh Guruvayoor, Kerala farmer, set a Guinness world record by distributing 4914 saplings of organic curry tree and broke the record set by Guru Nanak Darbar of Dubai
  5. Punjab Government has launched a "Business First Portal" to give a big push towards the ease of doing business in state
  6. Mithali Raj became the first Indian Cricketer to score 2000 runs in T20 international Cricket
12th June 2018
  1. GoI launched 5000 Wi-Fi Choupals in Villages and delivery of rail tickets through Common service centers (CSC)
    • Move is aimed to transform rural internet connectivity through BharatNet.
    • CSC tied up with IRCTC for railway ticket booking
    • BharatNet, the central Govt.'s rural broadband connectivity project to connect 2.5 lakh gram panchayats by Optical fiber cable
  2. Mobile Applications "Rail Madad" and "Menu on Rails" launched to allow passengers to lodge complaints through app and check feedback on status of redressal and next one allows the passengers to check the list of meals and beverages served on all types of trains and their prices
02/07/2018
  1. New Chief Justice to Hyderabad High Court - Thottathil Radhakrishnan
    • 2 years after full time CJ
    • Presently Justice Ramesh Ranganathan is serving as Acting CJ
  2. Ramanuja Statue of height 216 feet at Kollapadakal road, Shamshabad
    • Base is called Bhadravedi, 54 feet high.
    • World's second tallest.
  3. Union Govt. approved Fisheries Harbour at Kulai, Karnataka and sanctioned  Rs.196.51 Cr
  4. India's largest range ballistic missile, Agni V will be inducted into the nuclear Arsenal Very soon, According to Official Source. That can reach more parts of Cina.
  5. Golden globe race : Commander Abhilash Tomy is only invited from Asia. 
    • Very hard, After 1968 designed boats use is prohibited
    • An emergency communicator is provided.
    • Navy men shouldn't use any mobile phones, technology etc. 

03/07/2018
  1. 2021 Census data shall be stored electronically. Registrar General of India discussed. Makes data collection easy
  2. SC rejected plea to shut down Kudankulam Power Plant. Granted NPCIL an extension of time till April 30, 2022 to build an Away From Reactor facility to store spent nuclear fuel from Kuddankulam Power Plant
  3. NRC - Court pushed deadline till 30th July. NRC is to identify illegal immigrants.
  4. 2000 Indian applicants couldn't get VISA to Maldives to work over there due to affected bilateral relations
  5. Lokayukta bill passed in 2014, became an Act but not been implemented yet, as there's been no LoP in 16th Lok Sabha
  6. Gujjars entitled to OBC quota in Rajasthan.

09/07/2018

  1. Desalination unit to be installed at Mangaluru to combat water scarcity.
  2. Jagannatha ratha Yatra to showcase Swachh Bharat mission in Odisha, the worst performing state.


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