• World Environment Day is celebrated on the [latex]5^{th}[/latex] of June every year, and is the United Nation's principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of our environment.

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• Officers arrived at the public broadcaster with search warrants naming two reporters and the news director. The ABC has protested over the raid.


• The police action is related to articles about alleged misconduct by Australian forces in Afghanistan.


• police searched the home of a News Corp journalist, sparking alarm.

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• The number of people killed in a crackdown on pro-democracy protests in the Sudanese capital Khartoum has risen to 60, an opposition group says.


• Members of a feared paramilitary group are reported to be roaming the streets attacking civilians.


• The violence began when forces of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) opened fire on unarmed protesters.

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• A man alleged to have killed four people and injured another in the Australian city of Darwin used an illegal pump-action shotgun, police say.


• The 45-year-old suspect, known to police, was arrested about an hour after the first shots were fired.


• Police said he carried out attacks at several locations and may have been searching for a "specific individual".

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• China warned its companies operating in the United States that they could face harassment from U.S. law enforcement agencies, as it also rebuffed U.S. criticism of a trade white paper as “singing the same old tune”.


• Relations between the world’s two largest economies have nosedived in recent months due to a bitter trade war, U.S. sanctions against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies and U.S. support for Chinese-claimed Taiwan.

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• RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das also to attend the deliberations on June 8 and 9.


• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will attend the two-day meeting of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors in Japan on June 8 and 9, according to a government official.


• This will be the first overseas visit of Ms. Sitharaman as Finance Minister.


• Besides Ms. Sitharaman, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das is also likely to attend the meeting at Fukuoka in Japan.

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• State assembly elections barely four months away, the council of ministers in Haryana relaxed the recruitment conditions in Group B, C and D jobs by the Haryana Staff Selection Commission.


• The state government is looking to step up its recruitment drive before the model code of conduct is imposed.


• As per the amendment, the selection and recommendation of candidates for group B posts such as teachers and educational supervisors, in school education department, and Group C and D posts in all departments will be done on the basis of written exam, socio-economic criteria and experience.

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• A local court rejected CBI’s plea to extend the custody of Sanatan Sanstha members advocate Sanjiv Punalekar and his aide Vikram Bhave in the murder case of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar. The duo was instead remanded to judicial custody till June [latex]17^{th}[latex].


• Additional sessions judge Ravindra N Pande said: “I find that sufficient CBI custody on similar ground is granted and, therefore, the ground for further custody does not appear to be satisfactory.

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• The National Testing Agency (NTA) is preparing itself to announce the NEET Result 2019. The NEET Medical Result 2019 has been declared.


• Further, the official document mentioned that the NEET Result 2019 will soon be published at these portals- first on the exam convener’s website ntaneet.nic.in and secondly NEET Medical Result also be hosted on the webpage of mcc.nic.in Medical Counselling Committee.

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• The bank is also pursuing reforms agenda Enhanced Access and Service Excellence prescribed by the finance ministry for turnaround of the bank.


• Allahabad Bank, which posted a loss of Rs 8,334 crore last fiscal, hopes to return in the black going forward on the back of tight recovery mechanism and arrest of fresh slippages, according to its annual report 2018-19.

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• The Eden Gardens was packed with a record 90,000 turnout on a Sunday afternoon in November, 1991.


• Kolkata and the cricket world had just welcomed South Africa back into the international fold after more than two decades in isolation for Apartheid.


• India were chasing a paltry 178 in 47 overs. The match did not promise much.

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• Veteran actress Sheela was conferred with Kerala’s highest J C Daniel award for her contribution to Malayalam cinema at the kerala state lm award function at Nisagandhi auditorium in Thiruvananthapuram. The award consists of 5 lakh cash prize, a citation and a plaque.


• In the previous years, Director Adoor Gopalakrishnan and lyricist Sreekumaran Thambi was honoured with this award.

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• Senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Arun Kumar Sahu appointed as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.


• A 1996 batch IFS officer, Sahu is presently posted as the Deputy High Commissioner of India to Canada.


• Prior to his Canada appointment, he was in New Delhi as Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs and Deputy Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations.


• As a diplomat, he has served in Indian Embassies in Beijing, London and Tehran.

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• José Antonio Reyes former Arsenal and Spain player died in a car accident at the age of 35.


• He was former Spain midelder and won five Europa League titles and was part of Arsenal’s unbeaten “Invincibles” squad.


• He also won 21 international caps for Spain. He hails from spain.

A. Baghdad B. Damascus C. Mecca D. Tehran Answer: C

A. June 2[latex]^{nd}[/latex] B. June 5[latex]^{th}[/latex] C. June 4[latex]^{th}[/latex] D. June 3[latex]^{rd}[/latex] Answer: C

A. Nayib Bukele B. Mauricio Funes C. Antonio Saca D. Alfredo Cristiani Answer: A

A. Uttar Pradesh B. Chhattisgarh C. Madhya Pradesh D. Rajasthan Answer: D

A. Madhya Pradesh B. Rajasthan C. Haryana D. UP Answer: A

A. Science B. Chef C. Journalism D. Sports Answer: B

A. Pramod Kumar Misra B. Pradeep Kumar Sinha C. Rajiv Mehrishi D. Aruna Sundararajan Answer: C

A. Dung beetle B. Mountain pine beetle C. Lady beetle D. Coconuthispine beetle Answer: A

A. India, Russia, South Korea &China B. India, US, Japan &Australia C. India, Indonesia, Myanmar &Thailand D. India, Nepal, Bhutan &Bangladesh Answer: B

A. JP Morgan Chase B. Ford C. Aloha Petroleum D. Populus Group Answer: D

A. India B. Argentina C. China D. Japan Answer: A

A. Japan B. South Korea C. Cambodia D. China Answer: D

A. India B. ireland C. South Korea D. Germany Answer: A

A. Vietnam B. Cuba C. India D. Japan Answer: B

A. Rajnath Singh B. Dr. Harshvardhan C. Nirmala Sitharaman D. Prakash Javdekar Answer: D

A. Satya Nadella B. Indra Nooyi C. Sundar Pichai D. Shantanu Narayen Answer: C

A. Boeing B. Dassult C. Airbus D. Bombardier Answer: A

A. Sandeep Bakshi B. Raunak Gill C. Hemant Bhargava D. Rakesh Makhija Answer: D

A. Softbank B. Mitsui & Co. C. Meiji Yasuda Life D. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Answer: B

A. N.Rangaswamy B. Vijaya Tahilramani C. V. Narayanasamy D. VP Sivakolundhu Answer: D

A. USA B. United Kingdom C. Canada D. France Answer: A

A. ₹71,000 B. ₹80,000 C. ₹71,500 D. ₹70,000 Answer: C

A. MiG-21 B. MiG-29K C. Dornier Do 228 D. P-8I Answer: D

A. New Delhi B. Bengaluru C. Jaipur D. Kolkata Answer: D

A. Delhi B. Uttar Pradesh C. Rajasthan D. Punjab Answer: A

A. Maharashtra B. Madhya Pradesh C. Andhra Pradesh D. Karnataka Answer: B