Current Affairs of 5 June 2015

1. AB De Villiers conferred with South Africa Cricketer of the Year Award for 2015
AB De Villiers was  conferred with the South Africa (SA) Cricketer of the Year Award for 2015.
The award was presented to him at the 2015 Cricket South Africa Awards presentation ceremony held at Midrand in South Africa.
Having received the annual award for 2014 also, he joined Makhaya Ntini who received the award in successive years- 2005 and 2006.
Till now, only eight players have received the most prestigious award of Cricket South Africa (CSA) including Jacques Kallis (2004 and 2011) and Hashim Amla (2010 and 2013) who received the award twice.
AB De Villiers won following awards for 2015
• SA Cricketer of the Year Award
• Castle Lager ODI Cricketer of the Year
• SA Players’ Player of the Year
• SA Fans’ Player of the Year
• KFC ‘So Good’ Award


2. World Environment Day observed globally
5 June: World Environment Day
World Environment Day (WED) was observed globally on 5 June 2015 with theme Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care.
The host country for the WED 2015 is Italy and the celebrations will be organized by Expo Milano 2015 that will run from 1 May to 31 October 2015 and will see the participation of 140 plus countries.
The day is observed to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth. It is run by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
What does theme highlights?
The theme focuses on the need to respect the carrying capacity of the planet and to manage natural resources efficiently to ensure prosperity and wellbeing globally.
As per an estimate, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same then by 2050 to sustain the same we will need three planets, as the population is expected to rise to reach 9.6 billion.
Further, the last part of the theme, Consuming with Care highlights the need to live within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth

3. Union Government signed 400 million US dollars loan agreement with World Bank for TNSUDP
The Union Government  signed Loan and Project Agreements with the World Bank for assistance of 400 million US dollars for Tamil Nadu Sustainable Urban Development Project (TNSUDP).
The objective of the project is to improve urban services in participating Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in a financially sustainable manner and to pilot improved urban management practices in selected cities. The total project size is 600 million US dollars
Three main components of the Project
Investment in Urban Services: The project will support improvement in range of urban services including water, sewerage, municipal solid waste, urban transportation, sewerage management and storm water drainage. The project includes creation of a reserve fund to provide credit enhancements for municipal bonds and other market based Loan instruments issued by ULBs.
Result Based Grants for Urban Governance: The project will provide results-based grants to eligible ULBs to implement new urban-management models that strengthen governance and financial sustainability.
Urban Sector Technical Assistance: The project will support strengthening the capacity of ULBs and urban sector officials.

4. Delhi Metro got its first driver-less train
Delhi Metro  received its first driver-less train from Korea-based manufacturer. The train is equipped with several advanced features and will be operational on sections of Phase-III of the network, set to be operational by December 2016.
Features of these trains
• Manufactured at Changwan in South Korea, the new train has undergone significant technological as well as eco-friendly upgrades. Many additional features have been added to increase passenger comfort.
• The train will be more energy efficient because of improved design features such as better regeneration of energy during braking, energy efficient sub systems like LED lighting and air conditioning systems.
• The train is are designed for a maximum speed of 95 kmph and operational speed of 85 kmph
• Due to the absence of cabin for the operator, these train will be able to accommodate 2280 passengers, which is 240 more than the regular six-coach Metro train
This six-coach train was ferried to India by sea to Gujarat’s Mundhra port and then was brought to Delhi by road on specially made trailers.
These trains would run on the over 58 km-long Majlish Park-Shiv Vihar and the over 38 km-long Janakpuri (West)-Botanical Garden corridors of the Phase-III.
According to DMRC, a total of 20 such train sets of Hyundai Rotem will be manufactured in South Korea’s Changwan by the end of 2015 while the remaining 61 are being manufactured at the Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) plant in Bengaluru.

5. Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry Irwin Rose passed away
Irwin Rose, a biochemist who won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, died  in his sleep in Deerfield, Massachusetts. He was 88.
Rose won the Nobel Prize for discovering a way that cells destroy unwanted proteins for developing new therapies for diseases such as cervical cancer and cystic fibrosis.
He was a distinguished professor-in-residence in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine at the time his Nobel Prize was announced in 2004.
He served on the faculty of Yale School of Medicine's department of biochemistry from 1954 to 1963 after doing his Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1952 from the University of Chicago.

6. Nitin Gadkari inaugurates first Oil Spill Response Centre for Mumbai & JNPT Harbour
India’s first of its kind Tier-I Oil Spill Response Centre (OSRC) for Mumbai Port Trust (MBT), Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) and ONGC’s facilities at Nhava and Uran was inaugurated on 5 June 2015. It was inaugurated by Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari to tackle pollution and oil spills in and around Mumbai.


1. AB De Villiers conferred with South Africa Cricketer of the Year Award for 2015
AB De Villiers was  conferred with the South Africa (SA) Cricketer of the Year Award for 2015.
The award was presented to him at the 2015 Cricket South Africa Awards presentation ceremony held at Midrand in South Africa.
Having received the annual award for 2014 also, he joined Makhaya Ntini who received the award in successive years- 2005 and 2006.
Till now, only eight players have received the most prestigious award of Cricket South Africa (CSA) including Jacques Kallis (2004 and 2011) and Hashim Amla (2010 and 2013) who received the award twice.
AB De Villiers won following awards for 2015
• SA Cricketer of the Year Award
• Castle Lager ODI Cricketer of the Year
• SA Players’ Player of the Year
• SA Fans’ Player of the Year
• KFC ‘So Good’ Award


2. World Environment Day observed globally
5 June: World Environment Day
World Environment Day (WED) was observed globally on 5 June 2015 with theme Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care.
The host country for the WED 2015 is Italy and the celebrations will be organized by Expo Milano 2015 that will run from 1 May to 31 October 2015 and will see the participation of 140 plus countries.
The day is observed to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth. It is run by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
What does theme highlights?
The theme focuses on the need to respect the carrying capacity of the planet and to manage natural resources efficiently to ensure prosperity and wellbeing globally.
As per an estimate, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same then by 2050 to sustain the same we will need three planets, as the population is expected to rise to reach 9.6 billion.
Further, the last part of the theme, Consuming with Care highlights the need to live within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where our dreams can be realized. Human prosperity need not cost the earth

3. Union Government signed 400 million US dollars loan agreement with World Bank for TNSUDP
The Union Government  signed Loan and Project Agreements with the World Bank for assistance of 400 million US dollars for Tamil Nadu Sustainable Urban Development Project (TNSUDP).
The objective of the project is to improve urban services in participating Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in a financially sustainable manner and to pilot improved urban management practices in selected cities. The total project size is 600 million US dollars
Three main components of the Project
Investment in Urban Services: The project will support improvement in range of urban services including water, sewerage, municipal solid waste, urban transportation, sewerage management and storm water drainage. The project includes creation of a reserve fund to provide credit enhancements for municipal bonds and other market based Loan instruments issued by ULBs.
Result Based Grants for Urban Governance: The project will provide results-based grants to eligible ULBs to implement new urban-management models that strengthen governance and financial sustainability.
Urban Sector Technical Assistance: The project will support strengthening the capacity of ULBs and urban sector officials.

4. Delhi Metro got its first driver-less train
Delhi Metro  received its first driver-less train from Korea-based manufacturer. The train is equipped with several advanced features and will be operational on sections of Phase-III of the network, set to be operational by December 2016.
Features of these trains
• Manufactured at Changwan in South Korea, the new train has undergone significant technological as well as eco-friendly upgrades. Many additional features have been added to increase passenger comfort.
• The train will be more energy efficient because of improved design features such as better regeneration of energy during braking, energy efficient sub systems like LED lighting and air conditioning systems.
• The train is are designed for a maximum speed of 95 kmph and operational speed of 85 kmph
• Due to the absence of cabin for the operator, these train will be able to accommodate 2280 passengers, which is 240 more than the regular six-coach Metro train
This six-coach train was ferried to India by sea to Gujarat’s Mundhra port and then was brought to Delhi by road on specially made trailers.
These trains would run on the over 58 km-long Majlish Park-Shiv Vihar and the over 38 km-long Janakpuri (West)-Botanical Garden corridors of the Phase-III.
According to DMRC, a total of 20 such train sets of Hyundai Rotem will be manufactured in South Korea’s Changwan by the end of 2015 while the remaining 61 are being manufactured at the Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) plant in Bengaluru.

5. Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry Irwin Rose passed away
Irwin Rose, a biochemist who won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, died  in his sleep in Deerfield, Massachusetts. He was 88.
Rose won the Nobel Prize for discovering a way that cells destroy unwanted proteins for developing new therapies for diseases such as cervical cancer and cystic fibrosis.
He was a distinguished professor-in-residence in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine at the time his Nobel Prize was announced in 2004.
He served on the faculty of Yale School of Medicine's department of biochemistry from 1954 to 1963 after doing his Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1952 from the University of Chicago.

6. Nitin Gadkari inaugurates first Oil Spill Response Centre for Mumbai & JNPT Harbour
India’s first of its kind Tier-I Oil Spill Response Centre (OSRC) for Mumbai Port Trust (MBT), Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) and ONGC’s facilities at Nhava and Uran was inaugurated on 5 June 2015. It was inaugurated by Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari to tackle pollution and oil spills in and around Mumbai.


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