Monday, 8 June 2015

GK Update 8 June 2015

1. Union Home Ministry has appointed Senior IPS officer RC Tayal as the DG of National Security Guard. He is a 1980 batch officer from Assam Meghalaya region presently serving Special DG in paramilitary CRPF.
2. Former Chairman of CBDT KV Chowdary has been appointed as new Central Vigilance Commissioner. Vijai Sharma has been appointed as new Chief Information Commissioner.
3. MeetUrPro.com, a Chennai based online marketplace for professional, tax and legal services -- has launched Startup Clinic, a package service concept for startups. 
4. India and Netherlands have signed a MoU for development of Measles-Rubella vaccine.
5. John Cryan has been appointed as the CEO Deutsche Bank after Anshu Jain and Juergen Fitschen resigned following criticism from investors.
6. French Open titles:
  • Men's Single: Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland defeated Novak Djokovic.
  • Women's Single: Serena Williams of US defeated Lucie Safarova of Czech Republic.
  • Men's Doubles: Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Marcelo Melo of Brazil defeated Bob and Mike Bryan of US.
  • Women's Doubles: Bethanie Mattek Sands of US and Lucie Safarova of Czech defeated Casey Dellacqua of Australia and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan.
  • Mixed Doubles: Bethanie Mattek Sands and Mike Bryan of US defeated Lucie Hradecka of Czech Republic and Marcin Matkowski of Poland.



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