*Current Affairs Recap of the Day: 8 June 2016*

• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 7 June 2016 approved 1.5 billion US dollar loan to- Sri Lanka

• He was appointed as the head of one-man judicial commission by the Uttar Pradesh Government to probe violence in Mathura in early June 2016 – Mirza Imtiyaz

• Name of the book that highlighted President Mukherjee’s contribution to the field of higher education as Visitor to 116 institutions of higher learning in India - The Education President

• The World in 2050- Striving for a more just, Prosperous and Harmonious Global Community was written by – Harinder Kohli

• She topped the 2016 Forbes World's Highest-Paid Female Athlete list – Serena Williams

• The legendary Nepali musician and composer of the country's national anthem, who died on 7 June 2016 - Amber Gurung

• India signed loan agreement of 12 crore ($120 million) US dollars with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve irrigation and water management infrastructure in - Odisha

• The Rio Olympics-bound Indian track and field athlete, who on 7 June 2016 won a silver medal in 800 meters in the Josef Odlozil Memorial Athletics Meet in Prague, Czech Republic - Tintu Luka

• The Mobile App that was launched by Union Government to enhance the employment of trained youth in solar PV technology on 7 June 2016- Surya Mitra Mobile App  

• The Country in which India organised 1st Yoga Championship in June 2016- Egypt

• The country that decided to cut off Internet access for government work stations within a year for security reasons on 8 June 2016- Singapore

• The mission that demonstrated the technology needed to build a space-based gravitational wave observatory - LISA Pathfinder mission

• The chess grandmaster, considered one of the strongest players never to have become World Chess Champion, who died recently is - Viktor Korchnoi

• The first Indian state to launch a green-concept based State Data Centre is - Himachal Pradesh

• Umang Bedi was recently appointed the Managing Director of - Facebook India

• The Indian city that will host the men’s Hockey Junior World Cup 2016 is – Lucknow

• The German Chancellor who topped the 2016 list of Forbes’ World’s 100 Most Powerful Women is - Angela Merkel

• Person who took charge as the Director of the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) in June 2016- Shahid Rasool

• First Indian state to launch the App on Air Quality Index in June 2016- Rajasthan

• Theme of World Oceans Day 2016- Healthy oceans, healthy planet