14th June 2015 - Important Current Affairs updates

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International Affairs

Today (14th June) is World Blood Donor Day‬
- This day is observed to raise the public awareness about the need for safe blood donation.
- Important Note : World Blood Donor Day is one of eight official global public health campaigns marked by the World Health Organization (WHO), along with
- - World Health Day,
  - World Tuberculosis Day,
  - World Immunization Week,
  - World Malaria Day,
  - World No Tobacco Day,
  - World Hepatitis Day and
  - World AIDS Day.
- Themes of World Blood Donor Day
- - 2015 : “Thank you for saving my life”.
  - 2014 : “Safe blood for saving mothers”.
  - 2013 : “Give the gift of life: Donate blood.”
  - 2012 : “Every blood donor is a hero”.
  - 2011 : “More blood, more life”.
  - 2010 : “New Blood for the World”.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal to sign (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement tomorrow for better transport facility.

Science & Technology

Chinese defence ministry has confirmed the test of a supersonic nuclear delivery vehicle, a move described by the US as an "extreme manoeuvre" amid tension in the South China Sea.
- The fourth successful test of hypersonic glide vehicle - which the US has dubbed the "Wu-14" - was carried out.
- Note : It was the People Liberation Army's fourth test of the weapon in 18 months.

Business & Economy

State-run BSNL will launch free roaming, starting tomorrow, which will allow all its mobile customers across the country to receive incoming calls at no cost.
- Note : One June 2nd, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had announced that the telco would be launching free roaming scheme from June 15th.

People in News

The International Criminal Court has called for South Africa to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is reported to have arrived in Johannesburg for a summit of the African Union.
- Note : Bashir is wanted over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Darfur conflict dating back to 2003.

Former Union Minister Sheila Kaul (100) passed away.
- She is the sister-in-law of Jawaharlal Nehru and worked as an MP for five times.
- Note : She is the oldest surviving former parliamentarian (100 years).

Rohan Bopanna - Florin Mergea win the ATP's Stuttgart Open final doubles trophy in Germany.
India’s senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh today reached a landmark as he surpassed Pakistan legend Wasim Akram’s tally of Test wickets to climb to Ninth in the all-ime highest wicket-takers’ list.
- Harbhajan today dismissed Imrul Kayes for 72 to reach 415 Test wickets, one more than Akram’s 414 from 104 matches.
- His final figures of 3/64 took his tally to 416 wickets from 102 Test matches.
- Top 10 Wicket Takers
- - M Muralitharan (ICC/SL)
  - SK Warne (Aus)
  - A Kumble (India)
  - GD McGrath (Aus)
  - CA Walsh (WI)
  - N Kapil Dev (India)
  - Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)
  - SM Pollock (SA)
  - Harbhajan Singh (India)
  - Wasim Akram (Pak)