DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 4 MARCH 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 4 MARCH 2015

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1.         KEWAL.K. SHARMA BECOMES NEW CHIEF SECRETARY OF DELHI:

Ø  Kewal K Sharma is appointed as the new chief secretary of Delhi.

Ø  Kewal K Sharma is a 1983 Batch IAS officer.

Ø  Kewal K Sharma is released from his previous post, chief secretary of Goa.

NOTE:- It is the union Home Minister who appoints the chief secretary to state Government.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS:

Q.1 Who is the new chief Secretary of Delhi?

A.         J.Harinarayan

B.         A.K. Chaudhary

C.         Kewal K Sharma

D.        Prem Prashant

2.         BALDEV SHARMA APPOINTED AS NEW CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL BOOK TRUST:

Ø  The union government of india appointed baldev Sharma as the new chairman of National Book Trust.

Ø  Baldev Sharma replaced A.Sethumadhavan.

Ø  Baldev Sharma is a former Panchajanya editor.

About NBT: NATIONAL BOOK TRUST is an Indian publishing house, founded in 1957 by the union government of india under the ministry of education. NBT publishes a monthly newsletter about recent publications.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS:

Q.2 Who is appointed as the new chairman of national book trust?

A.         Baldev Sharma

B.         Samir Jain

C.         A. Sethumadhavan

D.        Ram Kripal Singh

3.         INSURANCE BILL PRESENTED IN LOK SABHA:

Ø  Long awaited insurance bill was presented in lok sabha yesterday.

Ø  Jayant sinha, union minister of state for finance introduced the insurance laws(amendment) bill,2015.

Ø  The bill seeks to increase the foreign direct investment cap in the insurance sector to 49%.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS:

Q.3 Who is the union minister of state for finance?

A.         Jagat Prakash Nadda

B.         Anant Geete

C.         Rajiv Pratap Ruby

D.        Jayant Sinha

4.         INDIA –NEPAL SECOND BUS SERVICE STARTS:

Ø  India and Nepal are set to start a second bus service between the two nations.

Ø  This time a direct bus linking Kathmandu and Varanasi is set to operate from tomorrow.

Ø  Earlier a bus service between india and Nepal is the one linking New Delhi and Kathmandu.

5.         APPLE BECOMES NO.1 IN SMARTPHONE SALES:

Ø  Apple has surpassed Samsung to become no.1 in smartphone sales.

Ø  Samsung was at top spot since 2011 but in quarter 4 of 2014, apple beats Samsung for the top spot.

About Apple: Apple is an American multinational corporation with its headquater at Cupertino, California, U.S.A.

Chairman of Apple- Arthur d. levinson Ceo of Apple- Tim Cook

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS Free CURRENT AFFAIR:

Q.4 Which company records highest sale of smart phones in quarter4?

A. Apple

B. Samsung

C. Xiaomi

D. Micromax

6.          NATIONAL SAFETY DAY  OBSERVED ON 4^th MARCH:

Ø  4^th march is recognized as National Safety Day.

Ø  National safety council is a self governing body which was established on 4^th march 1966 to enhance the safety awareness among people.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS Free CURRENT AFFAIR:

Q.5 When is national safety day celebrated?

A.         8^th March

B.         6^th March

C.         4^th March

D.        11^th March

7.         FIVE INDIAN WOMEN IN FORBES BILLIONAIRE LIST:

Ø  5 indian women have made it to the forbes billionaires list.

Ø  Among the total of 197, 5 indian women listed in forbes billionaire list are:

A.         Savitri Jinadal -> Chairperson of Jindal steel & power ltd.

B.         Indu Jain-> Chairperson of Bennett, coleman & co. ltd.

C.         Anu Aga-> Chairperson of Thermax ltd.

D.        Kiran Mazumdar-> CMD of Biocon ltd.

E.         Vinod Gupta-> wife of Qimat Rai Gupta(founder of Havells)

Ø  Globally, CHRISTY WALTON is the world’s richest woman. CHRISTY WALTON inherited a stake in retailer walmart.

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 3 MARCH 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 3 MARCH 2015

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1) JAGMOHAN DALMIYA BECOMES PRESIDENT OF BCCI:

Ø  Jagmohan Dalmiya was elected unanimously at the Board’s Annual General Meeting as the New President of BCCI.

Ø  Jagmohan Dalmiya replaced N.Srinivasan.

Ø  Anurag Thakur becomes new Secretary.

Ø  Joint Secretary – Amitabha choudhary.

Ø  Treasurer – Anirudh Choudhary.

Ø  BCCI – Board of Control for Cricket in India.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS Free CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.     Who is the new president of BCCI?

a.       Jagmohan Dalmiya

b.      Anirudh Choudhary

c.       N.Srinivasan

d.      Shivlal Yadav

2) RANJAN DHAWAN BECOMES CEO OF BOB:

Ø  Ranjan Dhawan is appointed as the new CEO of Bank of Baroda.

Ø  Ranjan Dhawan is appointed by the government of India for a time period of 3 months.

Ø  Ranjan Dhawan is the senior most Executive Director at the bank.

Ø  Ranjan Dhawan is new MD and CEO of BOB.

Ø  MD- Managing Director.

Ø  CEO- Chief Executive Officer.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS Free CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.     Who is the new CEO of Bank of Baroda?

a.       B B Joshi

b.      P Srinivas

c.       Ranjan Dhawan

d.      Dhimant Trivedi

3)   RAJASTHAN SIGNS MOU WITH TATA TRUST:

Ø  Rajasthan Government has signed a MoU with Tata Trust on “Child Health Care”.

Ø  Tata Trust and Antara Foundation have launched the program ‘Akshada’ which will focus on the crucial ‘1000’ days between conception and age 2 of a child.

Ø  ‘Akshada’ will intensively focus in Jhalawar and Sirohi districts.

Ø MoU – Memorendum of Understanding

Ø CM of Rajasthan – Vasundra Raje

Ø Chairman of Tata Trust – Ratan Tata

Ø Chairman of Antara Foundation – Ashok Alexandar

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS Free CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS

1.     Which state has launched the program ‘Akshada’ with Tata Trust?

a.       Maharashtra

b.      Haryana

c.       Rajasthan

d.      Kerala

4)   ARVIND VIRMANI IS SET TO MENTOR FICCI:

Ø  Noted Economist Arvind Virmani becomes the new economic mentor of FICCI.

Ø  Arvind Virmani had also served as Chief Economic Advisor and Principal Advisor in the planning commission.

Ø  FICCI – Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries.

Ø  Jyotsna Suri is the president of FICCI.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS Free CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS

1.     Who is appointed as the Economic mentor of FICCI?

a.       Jyotsna Suri

b.      Pankaj R. Patel

c.       Harshavardhan Neotia

d.      Arvind Virmani

5)   ARUN SINGH BECOMES NEW INDIAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S:

Ø  Arun Singh becomes new Indian Ambassador to United States.

Ø  Arun Singh is 1979 Batch IFS officer currently ambassador to Finance.

Ø  Arun Singh replaced S Jaishankar.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS

1.     Who is the new Indian Ambassador to U.S?

a.       S Jaishankar

b.      Karan Singh

c.       Meera Shankar

d.      Arun Singh

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