DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 10, 11 MAY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 10, 11 May 2015

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1. SHASHI KAPOOR CONFERRED WITH DADA SAHEB PHALKE AWARD:

i. Veteran Actor Shashi Kapoor is conferred with the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2014.

ii. The Award was presented to Shashi Kapoor by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister, Arun Jaitley at a function in Mumbai.

iii.  Shashi Kapoor is 46^th Film personality to receive this award.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

Q1. WHO IS CONFERRED WITH DADA SAHEB PHALKE AWARD 2014?

a. Dev Anand

b. Shashi Kapoor

c. Amitabh Bachchan

d. Hema Malini

2.   LIBERIA DECLARED AS EBOLA FREE:

i.    WHO has declared Liberia as an Ebola Free state.

ii. Among the three Ebola hit areas, Liberia, Sierra and Guinea. Liberia is declared Ebola Free.

WHO- World Health Organization

Headquarter – Geneva, Switzerland

Head – Margaret Chan

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

Q1. WHICH AFRICAN COUNTRY IS RECENTLY DECLARED AS EBOLA FREE?

a. Guinea

b. Sierra Leone

c. Liberia

d. Nigeria

3. ROHAN BOPANNA AND FLORIN MERGEA WON MEN’S DOUBLES:

i. Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea have won Men’s Doubles title of Madrid Tennis Open

ii. The Duo received 247560 Euro prize money

Player Name	Country
Rohan Bopanna	India
Florin Mergea	Romania
Defeated
Nenand Zimonjic	Serbia
Martin Matkowski	Poland

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

Q1. ROHAN BOPANNA IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHICH SPORT?

a. Lawn Tennis

b. Cricket

c. Badminton

d. Table Tennis

Q2.  FLORIN MERGER BELONGS TO WHICH NATION?

a. Poland

b. Serbia

c. Romania

d. U.K

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 08 MAY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 8 May 2015

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                                               NATIONAL NEWS

1. DD NEWS MOBILE APP LAUNCHED:

i. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting , Arun Jaitley launched DD News Mobile App.

ii. Arun Jaitley also launched an E-book of ministry of Information and Broadcasting on its initiatives and achievements.

2.   INVESTMENT LIMIT INCREASES FOR FIPB INVESTMENTS:

i.  Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) gave its nod for increase in the investment limit for cases requiring prior approval of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB)

ii. Limit has been raised to 3000 crore Rupees from 2000 crore Rupees.

                                              

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

3. INDIA SINGED MOU WITH IRAN:

i. India and Iran have signed an Inter-Governmental MoU for the development of Chabahar Port in Iran

ii. MoU signed by Minister for Shipping and Road Transport and Highways , Nitin Gadkari and his counterpart Abbas Ahmed Akhoundi.

About Iran:

a.       Capital – Tehran

b.      Currency – Rial

c.       President – Hassan Rouhani

4.   FORBES RELEASED GLOBAL COMPANIES LIST:

i. Forbes Magazine has released Global 2000 companies list of World’s largest , most powerful public companies.

ii.   A total of 2000 companies were listed from 61 countries.

iii.  Indus trial and commercial Bank of China topped the list for 3^rd consecutive year.

Note: SBI has ranked 152, A total of 16 Indian companies are in the list.

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 07 MAY 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS - 7 MAY 2015

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1. GOODS AND SERVICES TAX BILL GETS NOD FROM LOK SABHA:

i. LokSabha has passed the Goods and Services Tax Bill

ii.  Goods and Services Tax Bill is expected to boast manufacturing and reduce corruption.

iii. Goods and Services Tax Bill is produced with an aim, ‘One Country, one tax’

Note: Goods and Services Tax Bill is also called Constitution (122^ndAmendment) Bill.

2.   AKASH WEAPON SYSTEM INDUCTED INTO INDIAN ARMY:

i. Indian Army has inducted its indigenously developed Akash Weapon System (AWS)

ii. AWS is a surface to air missile

iii.  AWS has a maximum range of 20 kms and is a part of the order of two regiments worth 19000 crore rupees

3. INDIAN ARMY WON FEDERATION CUP:

i. Indian Army has emerged Champions in the 19^th Federation Cup National Senior Athletic Championship.

ii. Tamil Nadu Team notched the Second position.

iii. Kerala claimed the overall championship in the women’s category.

4.   GL10 COMPLETED SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TEST:

i. GL-10 , a ten engine Electric Plane developed successfully by NASA has been flight tested.

ii. GL-10 is a battery powered 10-engine remotely piloted aircraft having 8 electric motors on the wings and 2 electric motors on the tail.

iii. It can take off like a helicopter and fly like an aeroplane.

5. 16^TH ANNUAL STATE OF THE WORLD’S MOTHERS REPORT:

i. Save the children released 16^th Annual State of the World’s Mother’s report.

ii. The report entitled , ‘The Urban Disadvantage’ was released by Union Minister for Minority affairs, Najma Heptulla.

iii. A total of 179 countries were considered among which Norway topped the chart followed by Finland and Iceland where as Somalia was at lat spot.

Note: India is placed at 140^th position among 179 countries.

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 29 APRIL 2015

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1. MAGNUS CARLSEN WON SHANKIR CHESS TOURNAMENT:

i.  Norway’s Magnus Carlsen has won Shamkir Chess Tournament.

ii. World  Champion Magnus Carlsen defeated Rauf Mamedov of Azerbaijan in the Final.

iii.  India’s Vishwanath Anand, five time world Chess champion drew his final mactch with Fabiano Caruana of Italy to secure second spot.

About Azerbaijan –

·         Capital – Baku

·         Currency – Manat

·         President – Iiham Aliyev

·         Prime Minister – Artur Rasizade

About Italy-

·         Capital – Rome

·         Currency – Euro

·         President – Sergio Mattarella

·         Prime Minister – Matteo Ranzi

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

Q1. What is the currency of Azerbaijan?

a.       Peso

b.      Euro

c.       Manat

d.      Dinar

Q2. Who Won Shakmir Chess Tournament?

a.       Vishwanath Anand

b.      Rauf Mamedov

c.       Fabiano Caruana

d.      Magnus Carlsen

2.   CALBUCO VOLCANO ERUPTED AFTER 42 YEARS:

A.   Calbuco Volcano of Chile erupted twice ater 42 years.

B. Capital of Chile – Santiago

C.  Currency of Chile – Peso

D.  President of Chile – Michelle Bachelet

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

Q1. Calbuco Volcano erupted after 42 years in which nation?

a.       Spain

b.      Brazil

c.       Chile

d.      Uruguay

3. NAVY DEPARTED INS TARANGINI FOR LOKAYAN-2015:

A. Indian Navy has departed INS Tarangini, the Sail Training ship of Indian Navy for Lokayan, 2015.

B. Theme for Lokayan-2015 is, ‘ Taking for a Broader Reach’.

C. INS Tarangini was flagged off by Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba.

Note: About 300 Sail ships of various sizes from all over the world are expected to participate this year. INS Tarangini left from Kochi.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

Q1. Indian Navy departed which ship for Lokayan – 2015?

a.       INS VIRAAT

b.      INS TARAGINI

c.       INS KOLKATA

d.      INS SATPURA

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 28 APRIL 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 28 APRIL 2015

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1. ANIL KAPOOR HONOURED WITH PANDIT DINANATH MANGESHKAR AWARD:

i.  Anil Kapoor is honoured with Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar Award, 2015.

ii.  The award was presented by noted historian and writer Babasaheb Purandare.

iii.  Along with Anil Kapoor Marathi Actor Dilip Prabhavalkar is also conferred with the award.

2.   INDIA CROWNED CHAMPIONS AT PRESIDENT’S CUP BOXING TOURNAMENT:

i. India is crowned champions for the first time at 22^nd President’s cup Boxing tournament.

ii. India topped the list with 33 points which includes 4 Gold and 1 Bronze followed by Mongolia.

iii. More than 130 boxers from 30 countries participated in the tournament.

iv. President’s Cup Boxing tournament held at Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia.

v.  Boxer’s Who won Gold for India are:

NAME	CATEGORY	DEFEATED
Shamjet Sabam Sarjubala	48 kg Women’s	Iseva Joya (Russia)
Pinki Jagra	51 kg Women’s	Namdomtsetseg (Mongolia)
Rakesh Kumar	69 kg Men’s	Hiroaki Kinjo (Japan)
Harpal Singh	75 kg Men’s	Jee Deok Seong (Korea)

3. BANK OF BARODA TIES UP WITH UAE EXCHANGE:

i.  India’s foreign Bank, Bank of Baroda has tied up with UAE Exchange for Instant Money transfer.

ii. Instant Money Transfer facility will be provided to Bank’s NRI customers.

iii. NRI – Non-Resident Indians.

4. BMB WON ASIAN BANKER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:

i.  Bhartiya Mahila Bank has won the Asian Banker Achievement Award, 2015.

ii. BMB is awarded for Technology Implementation in the Category of Best Outsourcing Project.

Note: Usha Ananthasubramanian is CMD of Bhartiya Mahila Bank

CMD – Chairman and Managing Director

5. GOPINATH PILLAI AWARDED WITH OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD:

i.  Indian-Origin Diplomat, Gopinath Pillai is awarded with the Outstanding Service Award for his services in Singapore.

ii.  The Award were organized by National University of Singapore (NUS).

iii. Gopinath Pillai is the special envoy to Andhra Pradesh.

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