Indian-American Amul Thapar has been appointed as Judge in US Court of Appeals

  • Indian-American Amul Thapar was appointed as a Judge in the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on 2nd June 2017. 
  • US President Donald Trump approved his appointment. Thapar served on the District Court of the Eastern District of Kentucky before his appoinment to the court of Appeals. 
  • US Senate chose Thapar with 52-44 votes on party lines.

Indian origin Leo Varadkar set to become next - Ireland Prime Minister

  • Ireland's governing Fine Gael Party elected Leo Varadkar as its new leader to succeed Enda Kenny as the Prime Minister on 2nd June 2017.
  • He is a gay son of an Irish nurse and a doctor of Indian origin.

Bicycle Patrols for better policing launched by - Delhi Police

  • Delhi Police launched the Bicycle Patrols for better policing in the capital on 30th May 2017. Union minister of Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir flagged off the the Bicycle Patrols. 
  • In the first phase, a total of 65 high-end bicycles have been made operational.

IIT Kharagpur develops new tech to make cheaper - Pollution-free biofuel

  • Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed a new technology which will change the way biofuel is manufactured  by making the process quicker, pollution free and cheaper.

Faceless fish in unexplored abyss discovered by - Australian scientists

  • A team of Australian scientists discovered a faceless fish and other weird and wonderful creatures in the deep waters of Australia during their scientific journey to the parts of the ocean never explored before in May 2017. 
  • This search area was the most unexplored environment on earth

Third gravitational wave detection made by - LIGO

  • The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected another merger of two black holes forming gravitational waves in January 2017.
  • The findings were published in the Physical Review Letters on 1st June 2017.

Prithvi-II missile successfully test-fired on - 2nd June 2017

  • India Army successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile from a test range in Odisha as part of a user trial on 2nd June 2017.
  •  This trial was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur.

New CEO of Prasar Bharati  Shashi Shekar Vempati


  • Shashi Shekar Vempati was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Prasar Bharati on 2nd June 2017 for the tenure of five years from the date of the office assumption. 
  • He was appointed on the recommendation of the three member committee headed by Vice President M Hamid Ansari.
  •  Vempati is currently serving as a Part Time Member of the Prasar Bharati Board.