GK Current Affairs Quiz: June 3, 2017

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IIT Kharagpur has developed “AmbuSens” a wireless technology to remotely monitor condition of patients ferried in ambulances.

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Markets regulator SEBI has set up a committee to improve the standards of corporate governance of listed companies.The committee will be setup under the chairmanship of Uday Kotak, chief of Kotak Mahindra Bank.

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Lionel Messi’s amusement park “Messi Experience Park” will open in China in 2019.

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UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution with new sanctions against North Korea after it launched its ninth ballistic missile test of the year.

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A Chinese malware named ‘Fireball’ has infected over 250 million computers worldwide. “Fireball” is designed to hijack browsers to change the default search engine and track their web traffic on behalf of a Beijing-based digital marketing firm called Rafotech.

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The Union Cabinet has approved setting up of a new commission for backward classes as a constitutional body. The National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes(NCSBC) will replace the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) In the cabinet meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi ,approved amending the Constitution and inserting Article 338B for setting up the new commission.

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Corporate Affairs Secretary Tapan Ray was today given the additional charge of Department of Economic Affairs in place of Shaktikanta Das, who completes his term on 31st May 2017. Ray is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

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The Delhi Police on Tuesday launched a bicycle patrol scheme to increase police presence in congested areas of the city. The bicycle patrol, for which 65 high-end bicycles have been acquired, was flagged off by Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir from the Yamuna Sports Complex in east Delhi.

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Stan Wawrinka has won his second straight title at the Geneva Open, by defeating Mischa Zverev in three sets to earn the title. Stan Wawrinka is the current world No. 3 in men’s singles tennis.

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The Manipur government has declared Dailong village of Tamenglong district as a Biodiversity Heritage Site of the state, officials said.A notification in this connection was issued on Tuesday by joint secretary of forest and environment, Kengoo Zuringla.