DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 19 MARCH 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 19 MARCH 2015

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1) SMRITI IRANI CHOSEN AS YOUNG GLOBAL LEADER FROM INDIA:

Ø  Union HRD Minister, Smriti Irani is named as Young Global leader from India by the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Ø  Smriti Irani is among 10 Indians to be included in the list of a total of 187 young Global leaders.

Ø  HRD – Human Resource Development.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.        Who is the HRD Minister of India?

a.          Uma Bharti

b.         Smriti Irani

c.          Maneka Gandhi

d.         Harsimrat Kaur Badal

2)  HDFC BANK LAUNCHED MOBILE APP ‘CHILLR’:

Ø  HDFC Bank launched a mobile app ‘Chillr’ to allow its customers to instantly transfer money to any person in India.

Ø  HDFC Bank launched this app in partnership with Kochi based mobile value added service company MobME.

Ø  Maximum transaction limit allowed is 5000 rupees or a maximum of 10 transactions per day and Rs. 50,000 a month.

Ø  Money can be transferred to any contact in the phone book via app.

Ø  CEO of MobME – Sanjy Vijayakumar

Ø  Headquarter of MobME – Cochin, India

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.        Which Bank launched the app ‘Chillr’?

a.          Axis bank

b.         SBI Bank

c.          HDFC Bank

d.         ICICI Bank

3)   INDIA WILL HOST NEXT AMCDRR CONFERENCE:

Ø  India will host the 7^th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) in 2016.

Ø  Decision was taken at the third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai, Japan.

Ø  6^th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) was held in Thailand in June 2014.

Note: First AMCDRR held in China in the year 2005.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.        Which country will host the 7^th AMCDRR?

a.          Germany

b.         China

c.          Pakistan

d.         India

4) INDIA SIGNED MoU WITH KYRGYZSTAN ON TEXTILE SECTOR   COOPERATION:

Ø  Government of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan on cooperation in the textiles Sector.

Ø  The Two countries have agreed to set up a joint working Group (JWG) to explore details of cooperation within the scope of the MoU.

Ø  The MoU was signed by Minister of State for Textiles, Santosh Kumar Gangwar and his counterpart Kubanychbek Turdubaev, Minister of Energy and Industry of Kyrgyzstar.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.        Who is the minister of State for Textile in India?

a.          Kalraj Mishra

b.         Santosh Kumar

c.          Thaawan Chand Gehlot

d.         Sanwar Lal Jat