13 JUNE 2015 CURRENT AFFAIRS

President Pranab Mukherjee gives nod to HP Lokayukta bill 

  • Himachal Pradesh Lokayukta Bill 2014, which was passed by the State assembly has received President of India Pranab Mukherjee’s 
  • It is to set-up an anti-graft body with a single member Lokayukta and the new act will replace the existing law
  • The state Lokayukta is currently headed by Justice a retired SC judge   L S Panta 

Indian-origin academician knighted by Queen Elizabeth

  • Professor Harshad Kumar Dharamshi Bhadeshia, has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours
  • Harshad Kumar Dharamshi Bhadeshia is a senior Cambridge University academic working with Tata Steel Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge

Union Minister Jitendra Singh Announces Rs.  1500 Crore Nuclear Insurance Pool

  • Government announced an insurance policy of Rs. 1,500 crore to offset financial burden of foreign nuclear suppliers and made it mandatory
  • The move was announced by the Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh 

N. Srinivasan Resigns as Director of India Cements Capital

  • N. Srinivasan has resigned from India Cements group
  • It is a Chennai based firm in which Srinivasan serving as the chairman

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