DAILY GK UPDATE 5TH JUNE

1.    World Environment Day being observed today 

i. World Environment Day ('WED') is celebrated every year on 5 June to raise global awareness of the need to take positive environmental action.

ii. The theme for this year’s World Environment Day celebrations is Think.Eat.Save.

iii. Think.Eat.Save is an anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages you to reduce your food print.

iv. If food is wasted, it means that all the resources and inputs used in the production of all the food are also lost.

v. In fact, the global food production occupies 25% of all habitable land and is responsible for 70% of fresh water consumption, 80% of deforestation, and 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. It is the largest single driver of biodiversity loss and land-use change.

vi. Several functions being organised on Wednesday to raise awareness about environmental protection on the occasion of world environment day, danger of Global warming looms large as carbon content reaches all time high

vii. Through this day, United Nations (UN) stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.

2.    Nawaz Sharif formally elected Pakistan PM

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

ii. Sharif, 63, received 244 votes in the 342-member lower house of parliament during the election conducted through a division of the House.

iii. The PML-N chief made history when he returned to parliament after a long gap of over 13 years.

iv. His last stint as premier ended when he was deposed in a military coup led by former army chief Pervez Musharraf in 1999.

3.    India, Aus to boost defence ties, maritime security 

i. 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

ii. Defence Minister A K Antony who is the first ever Indian Defence Minister to visit Australia, had met Stephen  Smith and held wide-ranging talks on shared strategic and security interests, including maritime security and defence ties.

iii. They agreed to continue ongoing bilateral Naval exchanges to build confidence and familiarity between the Navies and work towards a bilateral maritime exercise in 2015.

iv. It was also agreed to promote the sharing and exchange of professional knowledge and experiences through participation in training courses in each other's military training institutions

v. Both sides agreed to implement these defence cooperation initiatives to further strengthen the strategic partnership between Australia and India

4.    Andhra Pradesh ties with MIT for  better education

i. 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,

ii. The MOU will help strike the education platform and open courseware of the prestigious institute located in Boston, to develop alternative learning mechanisms in the wake of serious dearth of qualified teaching professionals

iii. The proposed partnership will help Andhra's small and rural colleges to have access to the expensive labs using the iLabs technology of the MIT.

iv. The tie-up will also help in the development of utilisation of Open Software Interface Definitions.

v. "The MIT faculty was pleasantly surprised to learn that Andhra Pradesh has about 700 engineering colleges and assured their cooperation in skill development," 

vi. IT and Communications Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah said  “To explore this market, India's first electronic manufacturing cluster is to be set up in Hyderabad”

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

i. Ayaz Sadiq leader of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.

ii. He won with 258 votes out of 313 votes and his opponents, Shaheryar Afridi of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf and SA Iqbal Qadri of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement got just 31 and 23 votes respectively.

iii. PML-N nominee Murtaza Javed Abbasi was elected as deputy speaker of the National Assembly. He got a total of 258 votes. 

6.    Lydia became the first Woman to be Elected to FIFA

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

ii. Lydia Nsekera is President of the Fédération de Football du Burundi since 2004 and has been a member of the International Olympic Committee since 2009.

About FIFA

i. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is an association governed by Swiss law founded in 1904 and based in Zurich.

ii. It has 208 member associations and its goal, enshrined in its Statutes, is the constant improvement of football.

iii. FIFA employs some 310 people from over 35 nations and is composed of a Congress (legislative body), Executive Committee (executive body), General Secretariat (administrative body) and committees (assisting the Executive Committee).

7.    Former Slovenia PM sentenced 2 years in prison

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

ii. Mr Jansa was accused of soliciting bribes as part of a defence deal with a Finnish manufacturer in 2006.

iii. He said the charges were politically motivated and is expected to appeal.

iv. He was forced from office in March amid protests over corruption and recession.

8.    NASA on new mission to study the sun

i. The U.S. space agency NASA is preparing to launch a new mission to study the sun.

ii. 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.

iii. IRIS is a small satellite with the ability to perform complex solar observations. 

iv. NASA says IRIS will observe a range of temperatures from about 5,000 to 65,000 degrees Celsius, and up to about 10 million degrees Celsius during solar flares.

v. The 181 million dollar mission is set to last two years

vi. IRIS is set to launch aboard a Pegasus XL rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on June 26.

9.    Former MP Lonappan Nambadan passes away in Kochi

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

ii. He was 77. Lonappan Nambadan, who was elected to the state Assembly from 1977 to 2001

iii. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Mukundapuram constituency in 2004.

10.  Prasanna new Grand Master 

i. 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.

ii. Winning his fourth game of the trot, the unassuming Prasanna shares the podium with Sandro Mareco of Argentina with a perfect score.

iii. Having crossed the 2500 rating barrier required to become a Grandmaster as per FIDE rules, Prasanna will be looking for a career best performance on this black sea resort.

iv. Prasanna played out a thorough entertainer against Chatalbashev. Fortunes fluctuated a little in the opening and the queen-less middle game that ensued but the Indian kept his cool after imprisoning a black Bishop at the cost of some pawns.

v. The game lasted 34 moves.