3 June 2013 Current Affairs
Poultry plant fire kills 119 in China
On 3 June 2013, fire raged through a poultry plant in north eastern China ,Jilin province’s Mishazi township trapping workers inside a cluttered slaughterhouse and killing at least 119 people.Another 54 persons are injured.Jilin Baoyuanfeng produces 67,000 tons of processed chicken per year and employs about 1,200 people. The plant is located outside the city of Dehui, about 800 kilometers (250 miles) northeast of China’s capital, Beijing.Established in 2009, the company serves markets in 20 cities nationwide and has won numerous awards for its contribution to the local economy, according to introductions posted online.
Mahant is Chhattisgarh acting PCC chief
On 03 June 2013,the Congress high command named Union Minister Charan Das Mahant as acting president of the party’s Chhattisgarh unit.Mahant’s appointment to the top organisational post came barely a week after the deadly Maoist ambush on a Congress contingent at Bastar, which claimed the lives of incumbent PCC chief Nand Kumar Patel, senior party leader Mahendra Karma and 25 Congress workers. An OBC leader, Mahant had earlier served as the party’s working president in the state.He is the only one Congress party member elected in the 2009 Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha elections.
Indian Won six medals in Slovakia Junior Table Tennis
Indian paddlers annexed four gold and two silver medals in the Slovak Junior ITTF Open table tennis championship in Slovakia.
Raghav Joneja youngest Indian to climb Everest
Raghav Joneja youngest Indian to climbed the Mount Everest on 21 May 2013.He is one of the member in Laren’s school youngest team of mountaineers in the world.Climbing at the age of 15 years and seven months Raghav Joneja broke the record set by Nameirakpam Chingkheinganba of Manipur’s, who climed the everest at the age 16 years seven months and 11 days.Lawrence School in Kasuali became the first school in the world to send a team to the highest peak .
Lightest Alien Planet Outside Solar System
On 3 June European scientists have discovered a new alien planet orbiting a young star about 300 light years from Earth.The exoplanet, ” HD 95086 b “, was observed directly by the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope in Chile.Nearly 1,000 exoplanets have been detected indirectly through various means such as radical velocity and transmit method.Of the 12 exoplanets ,the newly discovered HD 95086 b is the least massive planet to have been directly observed outside the solar system .HD 95086 b orbiting its parent star, HD 95086, is estimated to have a mass of four to five times that of Jupiter.
China, Pakistan, India Increased Nuclear Arsenals
On 3 June According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute annual report ,China, India, and Pakistan have increased their nuclear arsenals over the past year.India and Pakistan have each added around 10 new warheads to bring their totals to between 90 and 110 and between 100 and 120 respectively. China now has 250 nuclear warheads, compared to 240 in 2012.Only the two old superpowers have cut their arsenals, with the United States reducing its warheads from 8000 to 7700, and Russia from 10,000 to 8,500.
65 Countries Signed Arms Trade Treaty
On 3 June More than 65 countries of the world signed signed the Arms Trade Treaty and the United States announced it will sign soon.The treaty will require countries that ratify it to establish national regulations to control the transfer of conventional arms and components and to regulate arms brokers, but it will not control the domestic use of weapons in any country. It prohibits the transfer of conventional weapons if they violate arms embargoes or if they promote acts of genocide, crimes against humanity or war crimes.
MS Dhoni received ICC ODI Championship Shield
On June 2013,the Indian Skipper MS Dhoni received the ICC ODI Championship Shield and a cheque of 175000 US dollars for leading the number One ODI team on the annual 1 April cut-off date. Indian team claimed the number-one spot from England after winning the series 3-2 in January 2013. India won eight out of 13 ODIs while losing five in the 12-month period between 1 April 2012 and 1 April 2013.his is the first time since the current ranking system was introduced in 2002 that India finished as the No1 ranked One-Day International (ODI) side. David Morgan, former President of the International Cricket Council (ICC), presented the Shield to Dhoni.