DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 21 NOV 2015
(Daily News India)
1. SYRIAN
JOURNALIST ZAINA ERHAIM WINS 2015 REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS PRIZE
i. Syrian
woman journalist Zaina Erhaim has been honoured with ‘Reporters without Borders
Prize’
ii. The
award is announced for her determination and courage covering news in civil war
and conflict ravaged Syria which is known as the most dangerous country in the
world for journalists.
iii. She has
trained about 100 citizen reporters, maximum from them are women of Syria.
iv. Reporters Without Borders Prize is given annually by Paris based NGO
Reporters Without Borders .
v. It is given
to those journalists who have contributed to the defence and promotion of press
freedom.
2. UNION
GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED THE TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT FUND
i. Union government
has launched the Technology Acquisition and Development Fund under the National
Manufacturing Policy.
ii. The
Scheme facilitates acquisition of clean & green technologies by micro,
small and medium units across the sectors.
iii. Under
this scheme financial support will be provided in acquiring of technology or
Patent from across the Globe based on applications received from MSMEs.
3.
PRESIDENT TO INAUGURATE 1ST EVER WORLD INDOLOGY CONFERENCE
i. President
Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the 1st ever World Indology
Conference at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
ii. World
Indology Conference is organised in collaboration with the Indian Council for
Cultural Relations.
iii. President
Pranab mukherjee will present a Distinguished Indologist Award to Prof.
Heinrich Freiherr Von Stietencron from Germany.
iv. The
conference is a platform for bringing the best scholars from across the world,
to discuss the present state of Indology, its relevance and also the challenges
faced by them in India and abroad.
4. 23RD
APEC ECONOMIC LEADERS SUMMIT HELD AT MANILA
i. 23rd
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders Summit was held at Manila,
Philippines.
ii. The
summit was chaired by Philippines President Benignos. Aquino III.
iii. The
theme of the Summit was’ Building Inclusive Economies, Building a Better World’
iv. Peru
will host the next 24th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in 2016.
v. Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation is a forum for 21 countries to promote free trade
throughout the Asia-Pacific region. It was established in 1989.
5. RBI
APPROVAL MANDATORY FOR BUYING OVER 5% STAKE IN PRIVATE BANK
i. RBI has announced
it is mandatory for individuals and companies to take prior approval before
acquiring shares or voting rights in a private bank for increasing the holding
to 5 percent or more than 5%.
ii. RBI has
directed banks to report any suspects who may have used dubious methods to get
over the ceiling of 5 percent with a view to acquire controlling interest in
the bank.
iii. RBI has
also stated that the provisions will apply to the existing and proposed major
shareholders of the private sector banks and all private sector banks,
including Local Area Banks.
6.
UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON AWARDED HONORARY DOCTORATE TO ASHOK AMRITRAJ
i. Ashok
Amritraj Tennis champion-turned Hollywood filmmaker, was awarded with an
honorary doctorate of Arts by the University of East London.
ii. He was
honoured with this award for promoting talented moviemakers from across the
world, including India.
iii. The
University of East London is a located in London, England.
