DAILY FREE GK UPDATES 14 MARCH 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 14 MARCH 2015

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1.      MODI’s VISIT TO SRI LANKA:      

Ø  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Sri Lanka on Friday.

Ø  India signed 4 bilateral pacts-agreements on visa, custom, youth development and building Rabindranath Tagore memorial.

Ø  India to provide $318 million line of credit to upgrade Sri Lanka’s Railway.

Ø  Before Narendra Modi, Rajiv Gandhi was the last Prime Minister to visit Sri Lanka in 1987.

NOTE-> President of Sri Lanka -> Maithripala Sirisena

                 Prime Minister of Sri Lanka-> Ranil Wickreme Singhe

         Capital of Sri Lanka-> Colombo

Narendra Modi is on a 3 nation tour of Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS:

Q.1 How much amount is provided by India to Sri lanka for its railways?

A.      $298 million

B.      $318 million

C.      $350 million

D.     $400 million

2.      RBI SIGNS CURRENCY SWAP DEAL WITH SRI LANKAN CENTRAL BANK:

Ø  Reserve Bank of India has agreed for a $1.5 billion currency swap agreement with Sri Lankan Central Bank.

Ø  The Deal was signed to keep the Sri Lankan currency stable.

NOTE-> At current value, 1 Indain Rupee is equal to 2.12 Sri Lankan Rupee.

         Currency of Sri Lanka-> Sri Lankan Rupee

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS:

Q.1 With which country RBI signed the currency swap deal?

A.      Sri Lanka

B.      Australia

C.      New Zealand

D.    China

3.        KARNATAKA CLINCHED RANJI TROPHY:

Ø  Defending champions Karnataka clinched their 8^th title of Ranji Trophy.

Ø  Karnataka defected Tamil Nadu in the final of Ranji trophy at wankhede stadium in Mumbai.

NOTE: Ranji Trophy is a domestic first class cricket championship played in India.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS: 

Q.1 Who won the Ranji Trophy 2015?

A.      Rajasthan

B.      Maharashtra

C.      Tamil Nadu

D.     Karnataka

4.      TIMES RELEASED THE WORLD REPUTATION RANKING 2015:

Ø  The Times Higher education released the World Reputation Ranking 2015.

Ø  Harvard University ranks at the Top followed by Cambridge University and Oxford University.

Ø  United States claims the most University with 43 out of 100.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS:

Q.1 Which University tops the list of World Reputation Ranking 2015 Released by Times?

A. Cambridge University

B. Yale University

C. Harvard University

D. Oxford University

NOTE-> No Indian University is added in the World reputation ranking released by Times.

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 13 MARCH 2015

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1.      INSURANCE BILL GETS PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL:

Ø  Insurance Bill finally passed in Rajya Sabha.

Ø  The new Insurance bill was stuck in Parliament for almost 7 years.

Ø  New Insurance bill seeks to increase the FDI cap in Insurance sector from 26% to 49%.

FDI-> Foreign Direct Investment

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS:

Q.1 What is the proposed FDI in insurance sector according to new insurance bill?

A.      26%

B.      50%

C.      49%

D.     51%

2.     GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN 5 PSU’S:

Ø  Union government of India is planning to shut down 5 sick PSU’s.

Ø  National carrier “Air India” and state run telecom company “MTNL” are included in the list of sick PSU’s.

PSU-> Public Sector Unit

NOTE: - MTNL (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited) is a service Provider in metro cities of Mumbai and New Delhi in India and in the Island nation of Mauritius in Africa.

NOTE: - Anant Geete is the Minister of state for heavy Industries.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS:

Q.1 Who is the Minister of State for heavy Industries?

A.      Ananth Kumar

B.      Prakash Javadekar’

C.      Anant Geete

D.     Ram Kripal Yadav

3.      INDIA INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT UP BY 2.6%:

Ø  Industrial output in India rose to 2.6% in January 2015 from 1.1% in January 2014.

Ø  Central statistics office has released the index for industrial production (IIP) which shows rise in Industrial output and retail inflation slowed at 5.37% against 7.88%.

4.      EPFO RAISED AGE LIMIT UNDER PENSION SCHEME:

Ø  EPFO, retirement fund body raised the age limit for resting of pension from 58 to 60.

Ø  EPFO’s apex decision making body, the central Board of Trusters took the decision.

Ø  CBI is headed by the Labour Minister.

Ø  CBI has also appointed SBI as its new fund manager for 3 year term.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS:

Q.1 What age has been set by EPFO under pension scheme?

A.      58

B.      60

C.      62

D.     55

5.      WORLD KIDNEY DAY WAS OBSERVED ON 12^TH MARCH:

Ø  World kidney day is observed on second Thursday of March every year.

Ø  World kidney day theme for the year 2015 was “kidney health for all”.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS:

Q.1 When was world Kidney day 2015 was observed?

A.      11 march

B.      13 March

C.      12 March

D.     12 February

6.     GANASEN REDDY AWARDED WITH KWAZULU-NATAL 2015:

Ø  Indian origin south African educator, Ganasen Reddy is awarded with kwazulu-natal 2015 National Teachers award.

Ø  Ganasen Reddy was honoured with the award at the annual national teaching awards held in Johannesburg.

Ø  Kwazulu-Natal 2015 national Teachers award is a Lifetime achievement award for teaching in South Africa.

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 12 MARCH 2015

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1.      SBI SELLS ITS STAKE IN CIBIL TO IIFL:

Ø  State Bank of India has sold its 4% stake in CIBIL for an estimated amount of Rs.72crores.

Ø  SBI has sold its 3% stake in CIBIL to IIFL India alternatives and 1% to India Info line finance.

CIBIL-> Credit information Bureau India Ltd. It is the largest information credit company in India.

Ø  Chief Financial officer of SBI-> P.K. Gupta

Ø  Chairman of SBI-> Arundhati Bhattacharya

2.     MANMOHAN SINGH SUMMONED BY COURT IN COAL SCAM CASE:

Ø  FORMER Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is summoned by a Delhi trial court as an accused in coal block allocation case.

Ø  Manmohan Singh was the coal minister of India in 2005.

Ø  Manmohan Singh is accused of accommodating kumar Mangalam Birla-owned Hindalco in a joint coal block.

3.     KISAN CALL CENTRE OPENED IN TRIPURA:

Ø  First ever Kisan call centre of North-east is opened in agartala, capital city of Tripura.

Ø  Chief Minister of Tripura, Manik Sarkar launched the first KCC (kisan call centre) of north-east.

Ø  Although financed by the Tripura government, KCC will be run by a private enterprise with experts of agriculture, horticulture, fisheries and animal husbandry.

4.     IMF INCREASES INDIA’S GROWTH FORECAST TO 7.2% FOR CURRENT FISCAL:

Ø  IMF in its annual assessment report has raised its growth forecast for India to 7.2% for the current fiscal.

Ø  A revised methodology adopted by India for calculating its GDP has helped to rise its growth forecast.

IMF- INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

5.      INDIA SIGNED 4 PACTS WITH SEYCHELLES:

Ø  Prime minister, Narendra Modi on his visit to Seychelles signed 4 pacts to boost security cooperation.

Ø  To boost security cooperation, Indian prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a surveillance radar project with Seychelles.

Ø  India also agreed to help Seychelles in mapping its hydrology reserves under four agreements.

Ø  India will provide second Dronier aircraft to Seychelles and provide free of cost visa for 3 months for its citizens.

ABOUT SEYCHELLES: Seychelles is an Island country in the Indian Ocean. It is an African state with smallest population.

Capital- Victoria

Currency- Seychellois rupee

President- James Michel

6.      ­­­­­­­KUMAR SANGAKKARA REACHES NEW HEIGHTS:

Ø  Srilanka’s kumar Sangakkara became the first player to score 4 successive centuries in one-day international cricket.

Ø  Kumar Sangakkara scored 4 consecutive centuries in the ongoing ICC cricket world cup 2015 against Bangladesh, England, Australia & Scotland.

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 11 MARCH 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 11 MARCH 2015

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1.      PAKISTAN LAUNCHED SHAHEEN-III MISSILE:

Ø  Pakistan conducted a successful test launch of the Shaheen-III missile.

Ø  Shaheen-III is a surface to surface Ballistic Missile.

Ø  Saheen-III is capable of carrying Nuclear & Conventional warheads upto a range of 2750km.NOTE: - Pakistan successfully test fired Shaheen-I and Shaheen-II last year. Shaheen-II had a range of 1500kms.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS:

Q.1 Which missile is launched by Pakistan recently?

A.      shaheen I

B.      shaheen II

C.      shaheen III

D.     shaheen IV

2.      DLF SHAKES HANDS WITH SNAPDEAL:

Ø  Realty Major DLF ties up with snapdeal to sale flats online.

Ø  DLF will offer about 50 flats on snapdeal in eight housing projects across the country.

Ø  The flats offered on snapdeal will be in a range between Rs.34 lakhs to 3crore.

Ø  The flats on sale will be located at new Chandigarh, Panchkula, Lucknow, Banglore, Chennai, Kochi and Kolkata.

3.      INDIA SLIPPED TO SECOND PLACE IN HIRING OUTLOOK:

Ø  India has slipped to second place in terms of the companies’ employment outlook for april-june quarter.

Ø  Employment outlook survey was carried out by global giant manpower group.

Ø  Taiwan topped the chart in terms of hiring plans for april-june quarter leaving behind India and Japan.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS:

Q.1 Which country is at the top in employment outlook survey for april-june quarter?

A.      India

B.      China

C.      Taiwan

D.     Japan

4.      LAND ACQUISITION BILL PASSED IN LOK SABHA:

Ø  Land acquisition bill passed the hurdle of Lok Sabha.

Ø  9 official amendments were made in the bill before presenting it in the Lok Sabha.

NOTE: - As land acquisition bill is not a money bill so it has to be passed in Rajya Sabah also where BJP-LED central government is in Ministry.

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