:: Current affairs- 16 June :: 1) Who scored a decisive victory in the Iranian Presidential elections held on 15 June 2013? – Hassan Rowhani (Rowhani is a moderate cleric and he will succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He got just over 50% of the vote required to avoid a runoff poll. Rowhani’s victory delighted reformers who have been desperate for Iran’s return to the forefront of politics after eight acrimonious years under Ahmadinejad. Rowhani, who favours a policy of political openness, as well as re-establishing relations with the West, is likely to soothe international tension) 2) Which union minister tendered his resignation on 15 June 2013, before an expected cabinet reshuffle and changes in organizational structure of Congress? – Ajay Maken, who was minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation 3) Which oraganisation claimed the responsibility for the attack on the Jinnah residency (Quaid Azam Residency) in Ziarat in Pakistan on 15 June 2013? - The Balochistan Liberation Army – BLA (This attack gutted an historic summer retreat used by Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the resource-rich province of Balochistan. Jinnah stayed in the Quaid Azam Residency as he tried to recover from a lung disease in 1948, a year after his successful campaign to separate Pakistan from India. He died in Karachi soon after. The building is now a national heritage site) 4) Who was elected as the President of the forthcoming 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly? – John W. Ashe, the Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the UN 5) Which country recently became the first European and NATO member country to make military services obligatory for males as well as the females? – Norway (Norwegian Parliament (called Storting), on 14 June 2013 passed a resolution in this respect. Under this resolution, Norway would recruit women in armed forces and will make military services obligatory for women also).
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:58:05 +0000
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