Daily Free Current Affairs 28 Oct. 2015 ( Daily News India )

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 28 OCT 2015

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1. INDIA IS WORLD’S LARGEST REMITTANCE RECIPIENT ANNOUNCED BY WORLD BANK

i. World Bank announced that India is the World’s largest remittance recipient.

ii.World bank revealed this information in the Migration and Development Brief that released recent trends in remittance flows and migration across the world.

PRESIDENT OF WORLD BANK: JIM YONG KIM

HEADQUARTERS OF WORLD BANK: WASHINTON, D.C USA

2. SAMIRAN CHAKRABORTY APPOINTED AS CHIEF ECONOMIST FOR INDIA BY CITIBANK

i. Citibank has appointed Samiran Chakraborty as Chief Economist for India.

ii. Earlier he was Managing Director and Head of Macro Research for South Asia at Standard Chartered Bank.

iii. He had also served ICICI Bank as Chief Economist.

3. REFUGEES ARE ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN OLYMPICS FOR THE FIRST TIME BY IOC

i. The International Olympic Committee has announced that all the highly qualified refugees’ athletes are allowed to compete in the Olympic Games.

 ii.It is for the first time that all the  refugee athletes will be allowed to compete in Olympic Games including 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

     President of international Olympic committee: Thomas bach

4. JAMMU AND KASHMIR TO HOST SOUTH ASIAN RUGBY 7’S CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2016

i. Jammu and Kashmir announced that Kashmir Valley will host South Asian Rugby 7’S Championship in 2016.

ii. The Championship will be participated by eight teams from countries like Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and India.

     JAMMU AND KASHMIR MINISTER FOR YOUTH SERVICES AND SPORTS: MOLVIIMRAN RAZA ANSARI

5. ‘E-SAHYOG PILOT PROJECT’ LAUNCHED BY UNION FINANCE MINISTER

i. The Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched the e-Sahyog pilot project of the    Income-Tax Department to facilitate taxpayers.

ii. It will reduce the need of tax payers to physically appear before tax authorities.

iii.The e-Sahyog project is aimed at reducing compliance cost, especially for small   taxpayers.

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GK QUIZ BASED ON NEWSPAPERS-24, 25, 26, 27 OCT 2015

GK QUIZ BASED ON NEWSPAPERS-24, 25, 26, 27 OCT 2015

SR.	DAILY GK QUIZ	ANSWER
1.	Which company buy SanDisk for 19 billion US dollar	Western Digital
2.	Hurricane that struck Mexico's Pacific coast	Patricia
3.	Which country’s Vice-President is arrested on suspicion of links to a blast on President's boat	Maldivian
4.	Indian-origin person who is sworn in as mayor of Bonn in Germany	Ashok-Alexander Sridharan
5.	Which country top in the list of Test Playing Nations in Latest ICC ranking	South Africa
6.	Which country top in the list of  ODI in Latest ICC ranking	Australia
7.	Which country top in the list of  T20s in Latest ICC ranking	Sri lanka
8.	Who will be next Prime Minister of Poland	Beata Szydło
9.	Beata Szydło belongs to which party	Law & Justice Party
10.	Financial powers of Health Institutions enhanced to how much per patient under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi	5- lakh rupees
11.	Indian archer Deepika Kumari bagged the silver medal in the Archery World Cup Final held in	Mexico City.
12.	Name of TV comedian who swept to power in Guatemala's presidential	Jimmy Morales
13.	Which Country successfully launched the Tianhui-1C mapping satellite	China
14.	Who won the Hero Women’s Indian Open 2015 at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurgaon, Haryana	Emily Kristine Pedersen of Denmark
15.	Which Channel has emerged as the most-watched Hindi channel in terms of time spent per viewer	Doorshan
16.	Andhra Pradesh signed two memorandums with which country for development of the State	Japan
17.	Which country made copying in examinations a crime punishable up to seven years	China
18.	Which state Government has announced to open Sanskrit University at Mundri for Scheduled Castes	Haryana
19.	World Polio Day observed globally on	24 October
20.	Who became the first Indian to win Silver Medal in Archery World Cup Final	Abhishek Verma
21.	Who is appointed as DGP of Punjab	Suresh Arora
22.	Mercedes driver who won 2015 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix title	Lewis Hamilton
23.	Who is Player of the series in India South Africa ODI’s	AB de Villiers
24.	Where is Epicentre of Earthquake that Hit India in October	Near Jurm In Northern Afghanistan
25	India – South Africa Forum Summit Held In	New Delhi
26	Name of Indian Deaf And Mute Girl Who returned from Pakistan After 12 yrs	Geeta
27	World Indigenous games 2015 held in	Palmas, Brazil

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Daily Free Current Affairs 27 Oct 2015 ( Daily News India)

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 27 OCT 2015

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1. DEEPIKA KUMARI GRABBED SILVER MEDAL IN ARCHERY WORLD CUP FINAL

i. Indian archer Deepika Kumari grabbed the silver medal in the Archery World Cup Final in Mexico City.

ii. She was also named as the FICCI Sportsperson of the Year Award 2014.

iii. Ki Bo-Bae  of South Korea is a world no.1 player of archery.

2. EMILY KRISTINE PEDERSEN OF DENMARK WON HERO WOMEN’S INDIAN OPEN 2015

i. Emily Kristine Pedersen of Denmark grabbed the Hero Women’s Indian Open 2015 in Gurgaon, Haryana.

ii. Indian player Aditi Ashok was the best Indian performer, who was ranked at the 13th position and Vani Kapoor was adjudged as the best Indian professional at the tournament.

iii. Hero Women’s Indian Open event was started in 2007 and it attracts best of talent from across the globe with the majority of players coming from Europe and Asia.

3. ICC RELEASED TEST, ODI, T20I AND WOMEN’S RANKING

i. The International Cricket Council released the official ICC men’s Team Rankings from Test, One Day International and T20I cricket.

ii. South Africa was placed at the top position in the men’s Test ranking list.

iii. Australia topped the men’s ODI list and Sri Lanka topped the list of T20 rankings.

iv. Australian women team topped in the ICC Women’s Rankings.

v. India is placed at 5^th position in Test, 2^nd position in ODI, 6^th position in T20 and Women's Cricket team of India was placed at 4^th position.

4. ANGRY INDIAN GODDESSES BAGGED PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD AT ROME FILM FESTIVAL

i. Angry Indian Goddesses an Indian movie  was awarded with BNL People’s Choice Award at the Rome Film Festival held in Rome, Italy.

ii. The winner was selected through an online voting system by the audience.

iii. The movie also received an eight-minute-long standing ovation at the festival.

iv. The movie narrates the story of a girl who invited her closest girlfriends to Goa to announce her wedding, and how it all turned into a wild bachelorette party.

5. FIIS AND RFPIS CAN NOW INVEST UP TO 74 PERCENT IN DEN NETWORKS LIMITED

i. The Reserve Bank of India announced that the Foreign Institutional Investors and Registered Foreign Portfolios Investors can now invest up to 74 percent of the paid up capital of DEN Networks Limited under the Portfolio Investment Scheme.

ii. The purchases could be made through primary market and stock exchanges.

iii. RBI has notified this under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999.

iv. DEN Networks Limited is India's largest cable TV distribution company serving 13 million homes in over 200 cities.

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