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Friday, June 12, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 11, 12 JUNE 2015

12DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 11-12 JUNE 2015
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1.  ISRO PRESENTED WITH 2015 SPACE PIONEER AWARD:
i.  Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is presented with 2015 Space Pioneer Award for Mars Orbiter Mission.
ii.  ISRO is awarded in Science and Engineering Category during the 34th Annual  International Space Development Conference held at Toranto in Canada.
iii.   The Award was presented by National Space Society (NSS) of USA.

2.  INS VIKRANT UNDOCKED IN KOCHI:   
i.   India’s Maiden Indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant undocked in Kochi.
ii.  INS Vikrant will undergo basin trials in 2017 and is expected to be inducted into the Navy by 2018 end.
iii.  With INS Vikrant induction, India joins the elite group of four countries USA, Russia, UK and France.

3.  G7 SUMMIT HELD IN GERMANY:
i.  41st G7 summit held at schloss Elmau in Bavaria, Germany.
ii.  the theme for the 41st G7 Summit was ‘ Think Ahead. Act together’
G7 MEMBERS:


1. Canada
2. France
3.  Germany
4.  Italy
5.  Japan
6.  United Kingdom
7.  USA
8.  European Commission


Note: EC (European Commission) is a permanently welcome participant in all meetings and decision making since 1981.

4.  MANU PRAKASH DEVELOPED WORLD’S FIRST WATER BASED COMPUTER:
i.  Indian origin Scientist Manu Prakash developed World’s first water based computer.
ii.  Manu Prakash is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University.

5. BARCELONA WON CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TITLE:
i.  FC Barcelona won 2015 UEFA Champions League.
ii.  FC Barcelona defeated Juventus FC in the final match held at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium in Germany.

6.  HDFC BANK LAUNCHED PAYZAPP:
i.  HDFC bank launched PayZapp, a complete digital payment and purchase solution.
ii.  The mobile app will allow customers to manage credit or debit card details, recharge and pay bills.

iii.  MD of HDFC bank- Aditya Puri.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 10 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 10 June 2015
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1.  KV CHOWDARY BECOMES CHIEF VIGILANCE COMMISSIONER:
i.  K V Chowdary is appointed as Chief Vigilance Commissioner.
ii. K V Chowdary is a 1978 batch IRS officer of the Income tax cadre.
Note: CVC was formed in 1964

2.  VIJAI SHARMA BECOMES CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER:      
i.   Vijai Sharma is appointed as Chief Information Commissioner of India.
ii.  Vijai Sharma is a 1974 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh Cadre.

3.  IIFA AWARDS 2015:
i.  16th International Film Awards 2015 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
ii.  Some famous Awards to Remember:
a. Best Film - Queen
b. Best Actor- Shahid Kapoor (Haider)
c. Best Actress- Kangana Ranaut (Queen)
d. Best Director -  RajKumar Hirani (PK)
e.  Entertainer of the year- Deepika Padukone

4.  LEWIS HAMINTON WON CANADA GRAND PRIX OF FORMULA 1:
i.  Mercedes Driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain won 2015 Canada Grand Prix of formula 1.
ii.  Nico Rosberg of Germany stood at the 2nd place followed by Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel.

5. MOMOTA AND RATCHANOK WON INDONESIA OPEN:
i.  Kento Momota and Ratchanok Intanon won Men’s and Women’s Singles respectively of the Indonesia Open Badminton Tournament.
ii.  Japanese Rento Mometa defeated Denmark’s Defending champion Jan O. Jorgensen.

iii.  Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon defeated Japan’s Yui Hashimoto in the final match.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 8,9 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 8,9 JUNE 2015
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1. INDIA-BANGLADESH SIGNED LAND BOUNARY AGREEMENT:
i. India and Bangladesh have signed land boundary agreement 1974.
ii. According to the agreement, India received 51 enclaves out of a total of 111 enclaves which Bangladesh had took over.
iii. About BANGLADESH:   Capital:-
                                         Currency:- RUBBLE
                                         President:- ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO.

2. INDIA-BANGLADESH SIGNED 22 BILATERAL DOCUMENTS:
i. India and Bangladesh have signed 22 bilateral documents.
ii. These documents were inked during the two-day visit of PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI to Bangladesh.

3. 11 HONOURED WITH ICCC ANNUAL AWARDS:
i. 11 Indo-Canadians are honored with ICCC annual awards 2015.
ii. Awards were honoured for strengthening bilateral ties and their business achievements.
iii. Awards were presented by Toronto mayor JOHN TORY and president of the Indo-Canada chambers of commerce(ICCC) D P JAIN at the annual gala award ceremony held at Toronto.

4. STANISLAS WAWRINKA WON FRENCH OPEN:
i. Stanislas wawrinka won men’s single title of French open.
ii. Wawrinka defeated Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the final match.
iii. Serena Williams defeated Lucie Safarova of Czechoslovakia to win Women’s title of French Open.

5. WORLD OCEAN DAY OBSERVED ACROSS THE GLOBE:
i. World Ocean Day was observed across the globe on 8th june 2015.
ii. World Ocean Day 2015 was observed with the theme, “HEALTHY OCEANS, HEALTHY PLANET”.
iii. World Ocean Day was introduced in 1992 at RIO DI JANERIO with a motive of raising awareness of people towards the crucial role that SEA plays in our lives.

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Monday, June 8, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 6,7 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 6, 7 JUNE 2015
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1. TIER-1 OIL SPILL RESPONSE CENTRE INAUGURATED:
i. Union Government inaugurated tier-1 oil spill response centre for Mumbai and JNPT harbour.
ii. Union Minister of road transport & highways and shipping, NITIN GADKARI inaugurated INDIA’S first of its kind tier-1 osrc.
iii. OSRC:- Oil Spill Response Centre
      JNPT:- Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

2. ALI SMITH WON 2015 BAILEY WOMEN’S PRIZE:
i. UK author Ali Smith won 2015 bailey women’s prize.
ii. Ali Smith won bailey prize for fiction for her novel, “HOW TO BE BOTH”.
iii. Earlier the book was shortlisted for the 2014 MAN BOOKER PRIZE and the 2015 FOLIO PRIZE.

3. NATION WIDE JAL KRANTI ABHIYAN LAUNCHED:
i. Union Ministry of water resources launched nation wide jal kranti abhiyan from Jaipur.
ii. Union Minister of water resources, river development and ganga rejunivetion UMA BHARTI launched the abhiyan.

4. WORLD ENVIORNMENT DAY OBSERVED GLOBALLY:
i. World Enviornment Day was observed globally on 5th june 2015.
ii. World Enviornment Day 2015 was observed with the theme, “SEVEN BILLION DREAMS. ONE PLANET. CONSUME WITH CARE”.
iii. Host country for WED 2015 is ITALY.
ABOUT ITALY:        Capital: ROME
                                   Currency: EURO
President: SERGIO MATTARELLA
5. IRWIN ROSE PASSED AWAY:
i. Noble Prize winner Irwin Rose passed away.
ii. IRWIN won Noble Prize in CHEMISTRY in 2004.
iii. Rose won Noble Prize for discovering a way that cells destroy unwanted proteins for developing new therapies for diseases such as CERVICAL CANCER and CYSTIC FIBROSIS.
6. WRESTLER PREM NATH PASSED AWAY:
i. Indian Wrestler Prem Nath passed away.
ii. Prem Nath won Gold medal at the 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games.

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Friday, June 5, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 05 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 5 JUNE 2015
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1. INDIA AND BELARUS SIGNED 6 AGREEMENTS:
i. India and Belarus signed 6 agreements during the visit of president to belarus.
ii. Agreements were signed by Indian president, PRANAB MUKHERJEE who is on a two day visit to belarus.
iii. About BELARUS:   Capital:- MINSK
                                         Currency:- RUBBLE
                                         President:- ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO.

2. SURESH KALMADI CONFERRED WITH AAA PRESIDENT’S AWARD:
i. Suresh kalmadi is conferred with asian atheletics association president’s award.
ii. Adille Sumariwala, the president of atheletics federation of india received the award on behalf of kalmadi at the function held in wuhan, China.

3. WJP RULA OF LAW INDEX 2015 RELEASED:
i. US based world justice project released rule of law index 2015.
ii. It provides data on how the rule of law is experienced in 102 countries around the globe.
iii. INDIA is paced at 59th position out of 102 countries.

4. INDIA’S FIRST RAIL COACH LIT BY SOLAR PANELS:
i. Northern Railway rolled out India’s first rail coach lit by solar panels.
ii. Delhi division of northern railway rolled out non-ac coach lit by solar panels mounted on it’s roof.


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Thursday, June 4, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 04 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 4 JUNE 2015
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1. JAIPUR GETS METRO RAIL SERVICE:
i. Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje inaugurated Phase 1 of Jaipur metro rail service.
ii. Pink city became the sixth city in the country to have metro service.
iii. Jaipur metro is publicized as one of the fastest built metros in the country as it has been developed within a time period of four and a half year.

2. UNION GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED KHOYA PAYA WEB PORTAL:
i.  Union Government launched khoya paya web portal to exchange information on missing children.
ii.  Khoya Paya web portal khoyapaya.gov.in is first of its kind citizen based website.
iii.  It was jointly launched by Maneka Gandhi and Ravi Shanker Prasad.
a. Maneka Gandhi- Union Minister of Women and Child Development
b. Ravi Shankar Prasad- Union Minister of Communication and Information technology

3.  IAP HEALTHPHONE PROGRAMME LAUNCHED:
i. Union Minister of Women and Child Development launched IAP Healthphone programme.
ii. IAP Healthphone programe is the world’s largest digital mass education programme for addressing the malnutrition in women and children.
IAP-  Indian Academy of Pediatrics

4.  SOUTH KOREA AND CHINA SIGNED BILATRAL FTA:
i. South Korea and China have signed bilateral Free Trade Agreement in Seoul, South Korea.
ii. The agreement was signed by South Korea’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Youn Sang-Jick and Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Huckeng.
COUNTRY
CAPITAL
CURRENCY
PRESIDENT
South Korea
Seoul
Won
Park Geun- Hye
China
Beijing
Yuan
Xi Jinping


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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 3 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 3 JUNE 2015
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INTERNATIONAL
1. MAURITIUS DESIGNATED FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT:
i. Mauritius designated ameenah Gurib- Fakim as its first woman president.
ii. Ameenah is an internationally –renowned scientist and biologist.
iii. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim succeeded Kailash Purryag.

2.   INDIA-SWEDEN SIGNED 6 AGREEMENTS:
i.   India and Sweden singed 6 agreements during visit of Pranab Mukherjee to Sweden.
ii.  Pranab Mukherjee is the first ever Indian head of state to visit Sweden.

3.  KOLKATA DHAKA AGARTALA BUS SERVICE BEGAN:
i.  Trail run of Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala bus service began.
ii.  With this launch, the time taken to reach Agartala from Kolkata will be reduced to 17 hours

NATIONAL NEWS
4.  PAWAN MUNJAL BECOMES CMD OF HERO MOTOCORP LTD:
i.  Pawan Munjal is appointed as the CMD of Hero MotoCorp ltd.
ii.  Pawan Munjal succeeded his father Brijmohan Lal Munjal.
iii.  Hero MotoCorp Ltd is world’s largest manufacturer of two wheelers in India
CMD- Chairman and Managing Director.

5.  2 NATIONAL IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS:
Post- Director
Place
Replace
I. P Kunhikrishnan
SDSC (Satish Dhawan Space Centre)
MYS Prasad
II.  K Sivan
VSSC (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre)
M Chandradathan

BANKING NEWS
6.  MEENA HEMCHANDRA APPOINTED AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR O RBI:
i.  Meena Hemchandra is appointed as the Executive Director of RBI.
ii.  Meena Hemchandra succeeded Chandan Sinha.

7.  RBI CUTS REPO RATE BY 25 BPS:
i.   RBI cuts Repo Rate by 25 basic points in monetary policy review.
ii.  Repo rate is decreased from 7.5% to 7.25% while CRR is kept unchanged at 4%.

iii. Repo Rate is the rate of interest charged by RBI from other commercial banks on the loans provided to commercial bank in the event of any shortfall of funds.
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