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June 10th Current Affairs

1)In national disaster risk index,Delhi ranked the most vulnerable Union Territory whereas Maharastra topped high risk in terms of States.This was prepared by Union home ministry with the support of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 
2)Central Electro Chemical Research Institute - Council of Scientific & Industrial Research(CSIR-CECRI) and RAASI Solar Power Pvt Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Agreement first Lithium Ion Battery Project.
3)Vadodara Municipal corporation (VMC) has converted a garbage dumping ground located at Vadsar into a museum of trees and named it as Urban forest - museum of trees.
4)FAME India (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles in India) Scheme Phase 2 is going to be launched in a month to enhance energy efficient vehicles.
5) Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Varanasi will become the India's first Airport to have automated smart facial recognition system.These facial recognition systems are being installed at the airport’s entry, security and boarding points.
6)To provide Insurance services to customers, Private Sector Bank Karur Vysya Bank tied up with Aditya Birla Health.
7)According to Confederation of Indian Industries tge growth rate for the next two years is expected to be 8% GDP.
8)For Outstanding Performance in NFS ATM Network and CTS, SVC Co-operative Bank has won the National Payments Excellence Award 2017 issued by NPCI( National Payments Corporation of India).
9)Arvind Saxena has been made the acting Chairman of UPSC (Union Public Service Commission).
10)In an epic Indian discovery, a team from the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad led by Abhijit Chakraborty, has spotted for the first time a distant planet six times bigger than Earth and revolving around a Sun-like star about 600 light years away.Planet is named as EPIC 211945201b (or K2-236b) and star is named as EPIC 211945201 or K2-236.
11)Former National Investigation Agency (NIA) chief Sharad Kumar was appointed as Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission.
12)Bangladesh Women's team won the Women's Asia T20 Cup by defeating India's Women's Team in the final match held in Malaysia.
13)Simona Halep the number one ranker in WTA rankings won the French Open 2018 by defeating Sloane Stephens of USA.Simona Halep has won her first Grand Slam title.
Rafael Nadal Won French open for his 11th French Open title by defeating Dominic Thiem.

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