1st June - International Day for Protection of Child 1st June - World Milk Day 2nd June - Telangana State Formation Day 2nd June - National Rotisserie Chicken Day 3rd June - National Running Day (first Wednesday of

June) 3rd June - National Chocolate Macaroon Day 4th June - International Day of Innocent Children

Victims of Aggression 5th June - World Environment Day 6th June - UN Russian Language Day (1st Sunday of

June) 8th June - World Oceans Day 12th June - World Day Against Child Labour 14th June - World Blood Donor Day 15th June - ASEAN Dengue Day 15th June - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

(WEAAD) 16th June - Commonwealth Pharmacy Day 17th June - World Day to Combat Desertification 20th June - World Refugee day 21st June - International Yoga Day 21st June – Father’s Day (3rd Sunday of June) 21st June - World Music Day 23rd June - International Olympic Day 26th June - International Day Against Drug Abuse

and Illicit Trafficking

Aakar Patel - Executive Director, Amnesty International India

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim - 1st Woman President, Mauritius

Anshula Kant - CFO and Deputy Managing Director, SBI

Archana Ramasundaram - Director, National Crime Records Bureau

Birender Singh Dhanoa - Vice Chief, Indian Air Force Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy -Scientific Advisor to the

Defence Minister

Dr. S. Christopher - Chief, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

G. Gurucharan - Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards

Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa - Governor, Arunachal Pradesh

K. Sivan - Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)

K.V. Chowdary - Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)

Kapil Mishra - Law Minister, Delhi Mahendra Kumar Sharma - Non-executive Chairman,

ICICI Bank Meena Hemchandra - Executive Director (ED), RBI Mogens Lykketoft - President, United Nations

General Assembly Narendra Kumar Yadav - CMD, Mahanagar

Telephone Nigam Nilesh Sathe - Member life insurance regulator,

IRDAI Nilesh Shivji Vikamsey - Part-Time Chairman, Federal

Bank P L Subramanian - Non-executive Director, India

Cements P. Kunhikrishnan - Director, Satish Dhawan Space

Centre (SDSC) Paolo Colella - Head, Ericsson (India) Pawan Munjal - CMD, Hero MotoCorp Ltd (HMCL) Philipose G. Pynumootil - Assistant Chief, Naval staff

(Air) Prof S. Bandyopadhayay - Director, Indian Statistical

Institute (ISI) R Seshasayee - Non-Executive Chairman, Infosys R. C .Tayal - Director General, National Security

Guard Rahul Agarwal - MD, Lenovo India Sharad Pawar - President, Nationalist Congress Party

(NCP) Srivari Chandrasekhar - Director, Indian Institute of

Chemical Technology (IICT) Steffanie Graf - Brand Ambassador, Kerala’s

Ayurveda Sudhir Bhargava - Information Commissioner (IC)

Aarthi Agarwal - Tollywood Actress Charles Correa - Chief Architect for Navi Mumbai Chris Squire - Rock Band Yes Guitarist Christopher Lee - Horror Movie Actor (Dracula) Dasaradhi Rangacharya - Telugu Poet and Writer Dileep Singh Bhuria - Senior BJP leader and Lok

Sabha MP Govindrao Adik - Senior NCP leader and former

Maharashtra Minister Gunther Schuller - Jazz and classical musician Hemant Kanitkar - Former Indian Cricketer Hemant Sonawala - Co Founding Chairman,

Hinditron Group Hiroshi Koizumi - Japanese Actor Irwin Rose - 2004 Nobel Awardee (Chemistry) James Horner - Oscar winning music composer

(Titanic, Avatar) James Last - German composer and Big Band Leader Kirk Kerkorian - Las Vegas multibillionaire, Casino

Tycoon Mahesh N. Buch (M N Buch) - Architect of modern

Bhopal Matti Makkonen - Father of SMS technology Mokhtar Belmokhtar - Islamist militant Nek Chand Saini - creator of Chandigarh’s Rock

Garden Nobutaka Machimura - Former Japanese Parliament

Speaker and Foreign Minister Patrick Macnee - TV Actor (Avengers)

Peter Petherick - Former New Zealand offspinner Praful Bidwai - Veteran journalist, Columnist and

Peace Activist R. Rajamani - Environmental Expert Ron Clarke - Australian Runner Shashi Bala - Former Indian women hockey captain Sheila Kaul - Oldest surviving former

parliamentarian (100 years) Sister Nirmala Joshi - successor of Mother Teresa Suleyman Demirel - 5 Time Turkish President Yevgeny Primakov - Former Russian PM

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (11th PM of India) - Friends of Bangladesh Liberation War Award

Babusha Kohli and Upasana (Hindi Writers) - 10th Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith

Benni Joseph Mavelil (philanthropist) - V.K. Krishna Menon Award 2015

C.N.R. Rao (Scientist) - Japan’s highest civilian award 'Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star'

Devika Malik (Para Athlete) - Queen’s Young Leaders Award

Dr. Prakash Chand Jain (Scientist) - Dr. Biren Roy Space Science and Design award

Edward Snowden - Norwegian prize for freedom of expression

Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) / Mangalyaan - Space Pioneer Award for 2015

Nadia district (West Bengal) - United Nations Public Service Award 2015

National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) - Best Welfare Organisation of the Year – 2015

Parkash Singh Badal (Punjab CM) - 14th Sant Namdev National Award

Prataprao Pawar (Chairman, Sakal Media Group (SMG)) - Punyabhushan Award

Ramachandra Guha (Historian Writer) - Fukuoka Prize 2015

Sachin Tendulkar - Best Test player of the 21st century

Sanjay Subrahmanyam - Sangitha Kalanidhi award 2015

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Satnam Singh - 1st Indian to be drafted in NBA League

Sir Wesley Hall - International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame

Ravi Shankar (Spirtual Leader) - Orden de la Democracia Simon Bolivar en el grado de cruz Caballero (Colombia’s Highest Civilian Award)

Suresh Kalmadi - Asian Athletics Association (AAA) President’s award

Vishwanath Tripathi (writer) - 28th Moorti Devi Award

Vivek Murthy (Indo US Surgeon) - Pride of Community Award

New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM)

Brendon McCullum (New Zealand cricket captain) Mike Hesson (New Zealand cricket coach)

Sahitya Akademy Bhasha Samman

K. Meenakshi Sundaram - 2013 Acharya Munishwar Jha - 2014

Sahitya Akademy Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2015

Novelist: Sowmya Rajendran (English), Nivditha Subramaniam (English), Tiren Boro (Bodo), Mukti Upadhyay ‘Baral’ (Nepali), Ramnath G. Gawade (Konkani) and Ramdeo Jha (Maithili).

Writers of short stories: Nayeem Kashmiri (Kashmiri), Krishna Kumar ‘Ashu’ (Rajasthani), Thokchom Thouyangba Meitei (Manipuri) and Janardhan Hegde(Sanskrit).

Poetry collections: Srikanta Saren (Santali), Tara Chand Kalandri (Dogri) and Sella Ganapathi (Tamil).

Total Contribution to Children’s Literature: Kartik Ghose (Bengali), Eli Ahmed (Assamese), T.S. Nagraja Shetty (Kannada), Dhiruben Patel (Gujarati), Leeladhar Hegde (Marathi), Sivadas (Malayalam), Sukhdev Madpuri (Punjab), Snehlata Mohanty (Odia), Chokappu Venkataramana (Telugu) and JethoLalwani (Sindhi).

Book of one-act play: Bano Sartaj (Urdu).

Queen's Young Leaders Award (UK)

Ashwini Angadi Devika Malik Akshay Jadhao

Fukuoka Prize 2015 :

Thant Myint-U (Grand Prize) Minh Hanh (Arts and Culture) Ramachandra Guha (Academic)

16th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards / Bollywood Oscars

Popular Awards o Best Film: Queen. o Best Director: Rajkumar Hirani – PK. o Best Actor In A Leading Role: Shahid Kapoor –

Haider as Haider Meer. o Best Actress In A Leading Role: Kangana Ranaut

– Queen as Rani Mehra. o Best Actor In A Supporting Role: Riteish

Deshmukh – Ek Villain as Rakesh Mahadkar. o Best Actress In A Supporting Role: Tabu –

Haider as Ghazala Meer. o Male Debutant Star: Tiger Shroff – Heropanti as

Bablu. o Female Debutant Star: Kriti Sanon – Heropanti

as Dimpy. o Best Performance In A Comic Role : Varun

Dhawan– Main Tera Hero as Seenu. o Best Performance In A Negative Role : Kay Kay

Menon– Haider as Khurram Meer. o Best Story : Vikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar,

Parveez Shaikh- Queen. Special Awards

o IIFA Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema: Subhash Ghai.

o IIFA Award for Entertainer of the Year: Deepika Padukone

Musical awards o Best Music Direction: 2 States – Shankar-

Ehsaan-Loy. o Best Lyrics: Galliyan from Ek Villain – Manoj

Muntashir. o Best Male Playback Singer: Ankit Tiwari for

Galliyan – Ek Villain.

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o Best Female Playback Singer: Kanika Kapoor for Baby Doll – Ragini MMS 2.

o Best Sound Design : Shajith Koyeri – Haider. o Best Background Score : Vishal Bhardwaj –

Haider. o Technical awards Best Action : Parvez Shaikh &

Andy Armstrong – Bang Bang. o Best Special Effects : Reupal Rawal (Prime

Focus) – Kick. o Best Choreography : Ahmed Khan – Kick. o Best Cinematography : Binod Pradhan – 2

States. o Best Costume Design : Dolly Ahluwalia – Haider. o Best Dialogue : Abhijat Joshi & Rajkumar Hirani

– PK. o Best Editing : Anurag Kashyap & Abhijit Kokate –

Queen. o Best Makeup : Preetisheel Singh & Clover

Wootton – Haider. o Best Production Design : Subrata Chakraborty &

Amit Ray – Haider. o Best Screenplay: Vikas Bahl, Chaitally Parmar &

Parveez Shaikh – Queen. o Best Sound Mixing: Debajit Changmai – Haider. o Best Sound Recording: Eric Pillai for Galliyan – Ek

Villain.

All-Time highest wicket-takers’ list (Top 10)

1. M Muralitharan (ICC/SL) 2. SK Warne (Aus) 3. A Kumble (India) 4. GD McGrath (Aus) 5. CA Walsh (WI) 6. N Kapil Dev (India) 7. Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ) 8. SM Pollock (SA) 9. Harbhajan Singh (India) 10. Wasim Akram (Pak)

Top 10 of Forbes' World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2015

1. Floyd Mayweather (Boxing - US) : $ 300 million 2. Manny Pacquiao (Boxing - Philippines) : $ 160

million 3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Football - Portugal) : $ 79.6

million 4. Lionel Messi (Football - Argentina) : $73.8 million 5. Roger Federer (Tennis - Switzerland) : $67 million 6. LeBron James (Basketball - US) : $64.8 million 7. Kevin Durant (Basketball - US) : $54.1 million 8. Phil Mickelson (Golf - US) : $50.8 million 9. Tiger Woods (Golf - US) : $50.6 million 10. Kobe Bryant (Basketball - US) : $49.5 million

2015 French Open Winners List

Men’s Singles : Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) by beating Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Women's Singles : Serena Williams (US) by beating Lucie Safarova (Czechoslovakia)

Men's Doubles : Ivan Dodig (Croatia) and Marcelo Melo (Brazil) by beating Bob Bryan (US) and Mike Bryan (US)

Women's Doubles : Bethanie Mattek-Sands (US) and Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) by beating Casey Dellacqu (Australia) and Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan)

Mixed Doubles : Bethanie Mattek-Sands (US) and Mike Bryan (US) by beating Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic) and Marcin Matkowski (Poland)

Current RBI Rates 2015 S. No

Rates / Reserve Ratios

% W.e.f

1 Bank Rate 8.25% 2nd June 2015 2 Repo Rate 7.25% 2nd June 2015 3 Reverse Repo Rate 6.25% 2nd June 2015 4 Cash Reserve Ratio

(CRR) 4.00% 9th February

2013 5 Statutory Liquidity

Ratio (SLR) 21.50% 3rd February

2015 6 Marginal Standing

Facility (MSF) 8.25% 2nd June 2015

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