Current Affairs 11th & 12th June 2017



Sole Indian in Forbes list of highest paid athletes - Virat Kohli

  • Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli is the only Indian sportsperson to feature in the 2017 Forbes list of ‘The World’s highest paid athletes’.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova win - 2017 French Open Women's Doubles title

  • Top seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova won the Women's Doubles title in the French Open tennis championships on 11th June 2017. 
  • The Czech-United States pair beat the unseeded Australians Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua 6-2, 6-1 in the final to grab the title.

Theresa May unveils new Cabinet, appointed - Damian Green as ‘deputy'

  • Theresa May appointed her close ally Damian Green as her first secretary of state, effectively her deputy prime minister on 11th June 2017. 
  • The cabinet reshuffle follows the shock results of UK general elections 2017, that saw Conservatives lose their majority status forcing May to form a minority government.

Veteran Telugu poet, writer C Narayana Reddy passed away on - 12th June 2017

  • Noted Telugu and Urdu poet and writer C Narayana Reddy passed away on 12th June 2017 in Hyderabad. 
  • He wrote more than 80 publications including essays,poems, songs, ghazals,lyrical dramas, travelogues and literary criticism.’

Tele Law to provide legal aid in rural areas via video conferencing launched by - Union Government

  • To provide legal aid for the people living in rural areas, the Union Government launched 'Tele Law' service on 11th June 2017. 
  • The legal aid will be provided through video conferencing to marginalised communities in rural areas under this servicE, launched by IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.

10th French Open Men’s Singles title won by - Rafael Nadal

  • Rafael Nadal set a record winning his 10th French Open title. No other player has ever won 10 championships at the same event on 11th June 2017.
  •  Nadal beat Stan Wawrinka to grab the historic win. 
  • Novak was the defending champion in the Men's Singles, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Dominic Thiem.

SATH Program launched by - NITI Aayog

  • NITI Aayog launched SATH Program for providing ‘Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital (SATH) to the State Governments on 10th June 2017 with an aim to initiate the transformation in the education and health sectors and also aims to address the need for technical support from NITI Aayog towards the states.

England defeated Venezuela to win - FIFA U-20 World Cup for first time

  • England lifted the FIFA U-20 World Cup for the first time ever on 11th June 2017. England beat Venezuela 1-0 in the summit clash held in Suwon in South Korea.
  •  At the Suwon World Cup Stadium here carried the signature of Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin 34 minutes in the game.
  •  After doing this, they became the fifth consecutive incumbent title holder to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament.

Blanket loan waiver announced by Maharashtra government


  • The Maharashtra government announced a loan waiver for farmers on 11th June 2017. Govt. also decided to form a committee to decide the criteria for debt relief, after which cultivators called off the protests.

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