G.K Update On 5th June 2013

1. World Environment Day ('WED') is celebrated every year on 5 June to raise global awareness of the need to take positive environmental action. The theme for this year’s World Environment Day celebrations is Think.Eat.Save.

2. Nawaz Sharif was formally elected as Pakistan's Prime Minister for third term on Wed by an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly.

3. India and Australia decided to boost defence ties and maritime security and freedom of navigation is critical for growth and prosperity of Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean regions.

4. Andhra Pradesh is set to sign an MOU with the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to tap its vast resources to help give the state's educational system a face lift.

5. Ayaz Sadiq elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.

6. Burundi's Lydia Nsekera became the first woman to be elected to the FIFA Executive Committee (ExCo) for a full term of four years.

7. The two-time former prime minister of Slovenia, Janez Jansa, has been convicted of corruption and sentenced to two years in prison.

8. The U.S. space agency NASA is preparing to launch a new mission to study the sun. The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, will observe the way solar material gathers energy and heats up as it moves through the sun's lower atmosphere.

9. Former Kerala Minister and former Member of Parliament, Lonappan Nambadan passed away at a private hospital in Kochi.

10. V Vishnu Prasanna celebrated his new Grandmaster status by outwitting seasoned GM Boris Chatalbashev of Bulgaria to stay in joint lead after the end of the fourth round of Grand Europe Albena chess tournament .

11. Amazon.com, entered into Indian e-commerce market with the launch of its marketplace Amazon.in, offering books, movies and television shows for sale.

12. The Union Cabinet of India on 4 June 2013 approved the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill 2013.

13. Coca-Cola, the largest soft-drink maker of the world, opened its bottling plant in Myanmar.

14. Mahindra & Mahindra launched its Verito Vibe, the sub 4-metre compact car, today.

15. Microsoft today unveiled the updated version of its touch-enabled Windows 8 operating system at the world’s second largest computer show in Taipei.

16. The ED slapped 8600 crore Rupees show-cause notice on Emaar MGF Land for violating the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).

17. Samsung Electronics scored a victory over rival Apple Inc in theirlong-running dispute over mobile device patents after a US trade agency issued an order banning older but still-popular Apple products from the US market.