Current Affairs on International

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has asked which global fast food chain to remove the image of Golden temple from its ad on June 2015?: McDonald

Explanation: According to report, the company has been placing pamphlets with the image of Golden Temple on trays used for serving food items to customers. Thus, Sikhs around the globe are fuming over the sacrilegious act and want the fast food chain to immediately remove the image and tender an apology

Irwin Rose at the age of 88 yrs died on 3 June 2015. He is a biochemist who shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in chemistry for discovering what?: A way that cells destroy unwanted proteins - a key for developing new cancer therapies

Explanation: Irwin Rose along with Israelis Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko had discovered how plant and animal cells use a chemical "kiss-of-death" to mark old and damaged proteins so they can be destroyed. He has done Nobel work during his career at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.

Which International Airlines CEO announced on 1 May 2015 that carrier is "technically bankrupt", set to cut jobs, routes?: Malaysia Airlines

Explanation: The main reason for the technically bankrupcy is the decline of performance started long before the tragic events of 2014. The carrier on 1 June 2015 said its new legal entity is Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB), replacing the previous Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS), with Mueller promising to unveil a full corporate rebranding in future. The carrier also confirmed previously disclosed plans to cut 6,000 jobs, shrinking its workforce to 14,000, are now being implemented. 

What is the name of the American Express bank president, who died suddenly after falling ill on a flight to New York on 29 May 2015?: Ed Gilligan

Explanation: Ed Gilligan was working as the President of American Express since 2013. He was onboard a corporate plane and was coming back to New York from a business trip. Gilligan at the age of 55 years had worked on every area of American Express’ business, including commercial card, small business, merchant services, travel and, most recently, digital partnerships and payments.

What is the name of the American Express bank president, who died suddenly after falling ill on a flight to New York on 29 May 2015?: Ed Gilligan

Explanation: Ed Gilligan was working as the President of American Express since 2013. He was onboard a corporate plane and was coming back to New York from a business trip. Gilligan at the age of 55 years had worked on every area of American Express’ business, including commercial card, small business, merchant services, travel and, most recently, digital partnerships and payments.

The oldest university in the English speaking world, Oxford gets its first-ever female vice-chancellor on 28 May 2015. What is the name of new VC?: Professor Louise Richardson

Explanation: Professor Louise Richardson, currently the principal and vice-chancellor of the University of St Andrews, has been nominated as the next VC of the University of Oxford. The first women's colleges were founded in the 19th century and women became full members of the University in 1920 however five all-male colleges - Brasenose, Jesus College, Wadham, Hertford and St Catherine's - first admitted women in 1974. Oxford currently has 11 female heads of house - the Rector of Exeter; the Principals of Lady Margaret Hall, Mansfield, St Hilda's, St Hugh's, and Somerville; the Provost of Oriel; the Master of Pembroke; the Warden of St Antony's and the Presidents of St John's and Wolfson. It is also worth mentioning that Twenty-six British prime ministers have been educated at Oxford University. The list includes present PM David Cameron, Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher, Harold Wilson and Edward Heath.

On 27 May 2015, Chinese man sets world record by wearing 'coat' of 1.1 million bees. What is the name of the person?: Gao Bingguo

Explanation: Beekeeper Gao Bingguo, 55 from east China's Shandong province has reportedly wore only his underwear during the stunt, keeping a cigarette pressed between his lips to steer the bees away from his mouth. Bingguo was covered in about 240 pounds of bees; that means an estimated 1.1 million bees swarmed his body, since there are about 10,000 bees in a kilogram. The previous record stood at 184 pounds. Bingguo, who set the record in less than an hour, was apparently stung more than 2,000 times, while temperatures around his body reached upwards of 140 degrees Farenheit.