• KKR won the seventh edition of Indian Premier League 2014 final played at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore by defeating - KXIP by three wickets
• Prime Minister of India abolished existing nine EGoMs and twenty-one GoMs to - empower the Ministers and Departments
• The former guerrilla became the first President of El Salvador - Salvador Sanchez Ceren
• Telangana on 2 June 2014 became 29th State of India, while Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana will remain joint-capital of - Andhra Pradesh for next 10 years
• Solar powered plane took off from Payerne airfield in Switzerland to complete its inaugural flight - Solar Impulse-2
• To enhance operational co-operation and validate capabilities, the Indian and French Air Force started bilateral exercise - Garuda V at Jodhpur Airbase
• IAF mountaineering expedition team explored an unclimbed peak of Arunachal Pradesh at a height 5887 meters - Mt Gorichen
• Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas sworn-in to the Palestinian National Unity Government led by - Prime Minister Rami Hamadallah
• Government of Uttar Pradesh has ordered establishment of women helpline in 75 districts that will be monitored and maintained by - the SSP and SP
• Central Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory of RGCA became India’s first aquaculture pathology laboratory to be accredited by - NABL
• South Africa appointed Hashim Amla as test cricket captain as successor of - Graeme Smith who retired in March 2014
• To honour parents throughout the world for selfless commitment to children, Global Day of Parents was observed on - 1 June
• Amid an East-West showdown over Ukraine, the US President Barack Obama announced an US Security plan of 1 billion US dollar for - Eastern Europe
• TERI Environmental Survey 2014 claimed for maximum urban population climate has - worsened
• West Bengal and Maharashtra governments signed a MoU on victim of trafficking under which - they will identify and repatriate victims of trafficking
• IICA & Grant Thornton India LLP signed a MoU to develop capacity of Indian companies to implement - the CSR Rules laid in Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013
• Kamal Nath was today sworn-in as the Pro-tem Speaker of the newly constituted Lok Sabha by -President Pranab Mukherjee
• President Obama appointed an Indian-American as the member of the US Holocaust Memorial Council on 3 June 2014 - Shefali Duggal
• World Environment Day observed across the world on 5 June 2014 with theme - small islands and climate change and slogan raise your voice not the sea level
• Pakistan has increased its defence budget by 11 percent for fiscal year 2014-15 - that starts on 1 July 2014
• Assam Agricultural University and ICAR signed a MoU to open 638th Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in - Baksa district of Assam
• India elected to the Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of the - Intangible Cultural Heritage for the next four years
• Gadkari has been given additional charge of the Ministries of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation that was held by - Gopinath Munde
• The last Navajo code (those were used during World War II and remain unbreakable till the end of the war) talkers died in New Mexico - Chester Nez
• Ban imposed on export of drugs produced in Ranbaxy’s Toansa plant was lifted by the - European health regulator
• Softbank Corp unveiled world’s first humanoid robot named Peeper that can - communicate and read human emotions
• Vice Admiral Anil Chopra took charge of the Western Naval Command (WNC) as - Commander-in-Chief
• Kedarnath Singh, a noted Hindi poet has been chosen for the - Jnanpith award for 2013
• Railways has increased the passenger fare and freight charges by - 14.2 percent in all classes and 6.5 percent respectively
• West Bengal government bifurcated Jalpaiguri district to create - Alipurduar district, the 20th district of the state
• Canada’s Quebec became first province of the country to adopt legislation - Right-to-Die
• Music Group of Jaipur will perform during the XX Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July to 3 August 2014 - Kawa
• To highlight health and economic impacts of tobacco consumption the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare released a video entitled - The Price We Pay
• Madhya Pradesh Government appointed Madhuri Dixit as the brand ambassador of maternal and child health campaign - Mamta Abhiyan
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi released commemorative postage stamps on the - 2014 FIFA World Cup that is being played in Brazil
• Narmada Control Authority (NCA) gave its approval to Gujarat government to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam on - Narmada River in Kevadia to 138.68 meters
• India became a member of select group of 17 countries who are permanent signatories of -Washington Accord
• Indian scientist has been elected as member of UN’s body focused on oceans and law of the sea by securing support of all 111 members - Rasik Ravindra
• BHEL commissioned 68 MW Unit in Himachal Pradesh at - the Rampur Hydro Electric Project
• Maharashtra Assembly approved the Bill to amend the - Dance Bar Prohibition Act prohibiting dance bars across the state
• State Cabinet of Maharashtra approved the long pending proposal of bifurcation of Thane district to carve out - Palghar as 36th district of the state
• Malayalam writer C Radhakrishnan selected for the prestigious Moortidevi Award for 2013 for his novel - Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram
• Narendra Modi dedicated India’s largest warship - INS Vikramaditya to the nation
• UK-based business association honoured Lord Swraj Paul with - Lifetime Achievement Award
• World Blood Donor Day was observed across the world on 14 June 2014 with a theme - Safe blood for saving mothers
• Independent High Level Committee headed by KK Mehrotra was constituted by Government to inquire into gas leakage incident in - Bhilai Steel Plant of Chhattisgarh
• UNESCO inscribed Rani-ki-Vav stepwell of Gujarat into - World Heritage list
• To draw attention to the plight of refugees and renew commitment to solve refugee problems, the world on 20 June 2014 observed - World Refugee Day
• N Srinivasan for the 14th Consecutive year has been appointed as the chief of the - Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
• Government has decided to provide interest-free loan of 4400 crore rupees to - cash-starved sugar mills
• Project Mausam: Maritime Routes and Cultural Landscapes presented by Secretary of Culture, Ravindra Singh at - 38th session of World Heritage Committee
• India’s national air carrier, Air India has joined the global airlines group - Star Alliance
• Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express derailed at - Golden Ganj station near Chhapra in Bihar
• World Vitiligo Day was observed across the world on - 25 June
• Global giant HSBC on 24 June 2014 sold its Swiss private banking assets worth 12.5 billion dollars to - Liechtenstein’s LGT Bank
• RBI has permitted the NBFCs to act as BCs of banks with an aim of - spreading financial inclusion
• To thank the seafarers for their contribution to the economy and civil society of the world, International Seafarer's day was observed on - 25 June
• Chief Minister of Gujarat Anandiben Patel announced 33 percent reservation for women in the - police force in the state
• Union Cabinet has approved an in principle MoU between India and China to set up - industrial parks in the country
• Maharashtra government has approved 16% & 5% reservation in government jobs & educational institutions for - Maratha community and Muslims, respectively
• Union Ministry of External Affairs has declared 24 June as the - Passport Seva Divas
• The in-exile-President of BCCI, N Srinivasan has been appointed as - the first Chairperson of ICC
• Olympic Association announced the dates of 35th National Games and will be held from - 31 January to 14 February 2015 in Kerala
• Union Government gave a deadline of three months to States to implement - the National Food Security Act
• Scientists have claimed, 3500 million years ago, glaciers were present on - Martian crater gale
• High-level forum, Acting on the Call: Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths was held in - Washington on 25 June 2014
• Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath began at - Puri of Odisha
• ISRO has launched PSLV C23 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh and it carried - five satellites from four nations
• Saina Nehwal won 750000 US dollar Australian Open Super Series at Sydney by defeating - Carolina Marin of Spain
• Indian cueist, Pankaj Advani won his maiden IBSF 6-Red World snooker title at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt by defeating - Kacper Flilpiak of Poland