7-8 June Current Affairs

this in: Hindi

1) The Mumbai Metro finally started its commercial operations from 8 June 2014 with opening of first line of the Phase-1 of the project comprising of 11.4 km. Which stretch- of metro services was opened on this day? – Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar stretch (The commercial services on Phase-1 of Mumbai Metro was originally proposed to be started during 2011 but it was delayed by three years. There are a total of 3 phases with three lines in each phase)

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2) Which company has been operating the Phase-1 of Mumbai Metro which opened for the general public from 8 June 2014? – Mumbai Metro One Pvt. Ltd – MMOPL (MMOPL is a joint venture company formed by Reliance Infrastructure, Voelia Transport and the  Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA))

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3) The Unit 1 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) crossed the much-awaited milestone of 1,000 MW at 1.20 p.m. on 7 June 2014. What unique achievement was made by KKNPP on this occasion? – It became India’s first unit to produce 1,000 MW electricity (The reactor has been built with VVER technology and has been supplied by Atomstroyexports, Russia. India’s atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is setting up two Russian made 1,000 MW atomic power plants at KKNPP at an outlay of over Rs.17,000 crore)

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4) An expert committee set up to review the functioning of the direct benefit transfer for LPG scheme has recently recommended immediate re-launch scheme in the districts where it has already been implemented. Who headed this committee? – Prof. S G Dhande, former Director of IIT Kanpur (The committee in its report has said that the scheme can be re-launched in the same districts provided they meet the prescribed threshold of UID number issued, LPG connections and bank account seeding. The scheme was rolled from 1 June 2013 in 291 districts in phases. Till 7 March 2014, about Rs. 5,400 crore was transferred to more than 2.8 crore LPG consumers across the country. The Aadhaar-linked scheme was put on hold from 7 March following complaints from consumers that either they didn’t have the Aadhaar number or have problems in seeding their accounts with the sponsor banks)

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5) Who won women’s singles title of French Open 2014? – Maria Sharapova of Russia (She defeated Romania’s Simona Halep by 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 at Roland Garros, Paris on 7 June 2014. This was Sharapova’s second French Open singles title and fifth grand slam singles title)