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Monday, January 18, 2016

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 15 - 16 JAN 2016
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1. 68TH ARMY DAY CELEBRATED ON 15 JANUARY
i. India celebrated the 68th Army Day on 15th January to commemorate the day when Lieutenant General K M Cariappa became the 1st Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army in post independence period.
ii. He took over the command of Army from General Sir FRR Bucher, the last British Commander in Chief on 15 January 1949.
     GENERAL OF INDIAN ARMY: DALBIR SINGH

2. WHO DECLARES WORLD’S WORST EVER EBOLA OUTBREAK OVER
i. The World Health Organisation declared West Africa free from Ebola virus.
ii. Ebola was outbroken in December 2013 in the west Africa badly effecting Liberia as it killed 4809 people in the country.
iii. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea were the badly affected nations in the region.
iv. Recently WHO declared Liberia, Sierra leone and Guinea  all ebola free in 2015.

3. US LIFT NUCLEAR SANCTIONS ON IRAN
i. United States has removed nuclear sanctions against Iran after it has agreed to roll back its nuclear programme.
ii. These sanctions were lifted after International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that Iran has agreed to its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action  also known as  P5+1 countries.
iii. P5+1 include the five permanent members of the UN Security Council including USA, China, Russia, UK, France and non- permanent member Germany.

4. SBI LAUNCHED INDIA’S FIRST START-UP FOCUSED BANK BRANCH SBI INCUBE
i. India’s largest bank State Bank of India inaugurated India’s first start-up focused bank branch called SBI InCube in Bangalore, Karnataka.
ii. The specialized branch aims to understand and address banking needs of a Start-up Business.
iii. SBI InCube branch will work towards fulfilling the specific financial needs of the start-ups.

5. SIKKIM BECOMES INDIA'S FIRST FULLY ORGANIC STATE
i. Sikkim has become India's first fully organic state by utilizing 75,000 hectares of agricultural land into sustainable cultivation.
ii. The land is converted to organic land by implementing organic practices and principles as laid down in National Programme for Organic Production.
iii. Organic farming leads in subsistence of agriculture, bio-diversity conservation and environmental protection.
iv. Sustainable farming will also help in building the soil health resulting in sustainable increased crop production, he said.

6. FIRST 'MAHILA SQUAD' COMMISSIONED FOR HIGH-ALTITUTE
i. A contingent of 500 women personnel will become the first 'mahila' squad to be deployed in high-altitude posts along the India China border.
ii. The squad was commissioned into the Indo-Tibetan Border Police today in Panchkula.
iii. It is the first time that India is deploying women troops in the harsh climatic conditions along the India-China border.
     Director General of ITBP: Krishna Chaudhary

7. MARAT SAFIN INDUCTED INTO INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME
i. The Russian Tennis Federation announced former World No.1 tennis player Marat Safin joined the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
ii The International Tennis Hall of Fame honours players and contributors to the sport of tennis
iii. Martina Hingis became the first Global Ambassador for the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2015.



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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Daily Current Affairs 14th Jan. 2016 (Free GK Updates)

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 14 JAN 2016
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1. UNION CABINET APPROVES PRADHAN MANTRI FASAL BIMA YOJANA
i. The Union Cabinet has approved Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana a new crop insurance scheme.
ii. The scheme is launched to boost farming sector in the country.
iii. The scheme is aimed to reduce the premium burden on farmers and ensure early settlement of crop assurance claim for the full insured sum.
iv. Farmers will pay uniform premium of 2 per cent for all Kharif crops and 1.5 percent for all Rabi crops and the rest of the premium will be paid by Government.

2. KERALA BECOMES FIRST STATE TO ACHIEVE 100% PRIMARY EDUCATION
i. Kerala has become the first Indian state to achieve 100 per cent primary education.
ii. Kerala state was able to achieve 100 per cent primary education through its flagship primary education equivalency drive Athulyam Scheme.
iii. The scheme was meant to provide primary school education to people aged between 15 and 50

3. FIFA DISMISSED SECRETARY GENERAL JEROME VALCKE
i. The FIFA Emergency Committee dismissed Jerome Valcke from the position of FIFA Secretary General.
ii. He was suspended from football for his alleged involvement in a scheme to profit from the sale of World Cup tickets
iii. Earlier FIFA has suspended Sepp Blatter and Vice-president Michel Platini for eight years from football.

4. SUBHASHINI VASANTH HONOURED WITH NEERJA BHANOT AWARD
i. Bengaluru Subhashini Vasanth was honoured with Neerja Bhanot Award.
ii. She was given this award for her helping people in distress and for empowering widows of martyrs and their families across the country.
iii.  The  Neerja Bhanot Award was started in 1990 in the  honour of Senior Flight Purser, Neerja Bhanot, who saved hundreds of lives while sacrificing her own, during a at Karachi Airport in September 1986.

5. BOOK TITLED JAWAHARLAL NEHRU AND THE INDIAN POLITY IN PERSPECTIVE RELEASED BY HAMID ANSARI
i. Vice president Hamid ansari  a book named Jawaharlal Nehru and The Indian Polity in Perspective
ii. The Book explains the the role of Jawaharlal Nehru India’s first Prime Minister on shaping the polity of modern India.
iii. The book was edited by Prof Alexander.

6. 20TH NATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL INAUGURATED IN NAYA RAIPUR
i. The 20th National Youth Festival was inaugurated by Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari at Rajyostav Sthal in Naya Raipur at Chhattisgarh.
ii. The national youth festival is inaugrated to mark the National Youth Day.
iii. The national youth festival is inaugurated on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.

7. UNION CABINET APPROVED MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND MALDIVES FOR CO-OPERATION IN HEALTH SECTOR
i. The Union Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its approval for the Memorandum of Understanding between India and Maldives on co-operation in the field of health.
ii. The MoU was signed Manage f healthcare sector and public health services, providing aistance in development of human resources and setting up of health care facilities.

8. UNICEF PRESENTED DAVID BECKHAM WITH DANNY KAYE HUMANITARIAN LEADERSHIP AWARD
i. David Beckham  was presented with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Leadership Award at the sixth biennial UNICEF Ball in Los Angeles.
ii. The award is given to him for his tireless work to save and improve the lives of children around the world.
iii. The Danny Kaye Humanitarian Leadership Award is named after Danny Kaye  one of the world’s most beloved entertainers.
iv. He was the first ever celebrity representative for UNICEF and was a Goodwill Ambassador.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Daily Current Affairs 13th Jan. 2016 ( Free GK Updates )

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 13 JAN 2016
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1. BHEL COMMISSIONED 520 MW VIZAG THERMAL POWER PLANT IN ANDHRA PRADESH
i.   Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited commissioned the first unit of the 520 MW Vizag thermal power project in Andhra Pradesh.
ii. The project is located on the coast of the Bay of Bengal and uses single flow condenser and sea water as main cooling water.

2. ANIL AMBANI LED RELIANCE GROUP SIGNED MOU TO SET UP NAVAL FACILITY IN VISHAKHAPATNAM
i.   Reliance Defence Limited signed a memorandum of understanding  with Andhra Pradesh Government to set up a world class naval facility in the state.
ii.  The Memorandum of understanding was announced at Andhra Partnership Summit in Visakhapatnam.

3. KULLU’S NATI FOLK DANCE ENTERED GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS
i.   The Nati folk dance of Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest folk dance in the world.
ii.  Nati entered in the book as the largest folk dance in terms of participants’ number.
iii. Total 9892 women participated in this folk dance in their traditional colourful Kulluvi on International Dussehra festival.

4. GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTES ARVIND PANAGARIYA COMMITTEE TO FAST-TRACK BULLET TRAIN PROJECT
i.   Union Government has constituted a committee to fast track the Mumbai-Ahmadabad High-Speed Rail Corridor project for connecting two cities with bullet trains.
ii.  The committee is tasked to interact with the Japanese counterpart for taking further steps in implementation of Mumbai-Ahmadabad High-Speed Rail Corridor.
iii. The committee will be headed by Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman of the NITI Aayog .

5. CONSTRO 2016 TO FOCUS ON 'SMART CITY' CONCEPT
i.   The 2016 Constro exhibition will be held in Pune from January 14th to January 17th.
ii.  The Exhibition will focus on the Smart City concept.
iii. The exhibition is organised by the Pune Construction Engineering Research
iv. The Theme of the ‘Constro 2016’ will  be 'Emerging Technologies for Smart City’ and ‘Skill Development'.”

6. BALKRISHNA GARG CONFERRED WITH 2015 HARIKRISHNA DEVSARE BAALSAHITYA AWARD
i.   Hindi poet Balkrishna Garg was honoured with the 2015 Harikrishna Devsare Baalsahitya Award in New Delhi.
ii.  He received the award for his Baa Geet collection of poems for children.
iii. The award was started in the memory of Hindi writer Harikrishna Devsare known for his work in the field of children’s literature, who died in 2013.

7. NEPAL ELECTED AS UNICEF’S EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER FOR 2016-2018
i.   Nepal was elected to the UNICEF executive board for the term 2016-2018.
ii. The United Nations Children's Fund is a United Nations program that provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.
iii.       UNICEF was founded by the United Nations General Assembly on 1946.
iv. The main aim of the fund is to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II.

8. PREMJI MOST GENEROUS INDIAN AND MUKESH RANKS SIXTH
i.   According to the Hurun India Philanthropy list is topped by Azim Hashim Premji  and named as the most generous Indian.
ii.  The second place was grabbed by Nandan Nilekani and followed by Narayana Murthy.
iii. Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries was ranked sixth in the List.

iv. It is the List of the most generous individuals from the country.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Daily Current Affairs 12th Jan. 2016 ( Free GK Updates )

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 12 JAN 2016
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1. LIONEL MESSI WINS 2016 FIFA BALLON D’OR AWARD
i.Barcelona FC player Lionel Messi from Argentina has grabbed the 2016 FIFA Ballon d’Or Award.
ii. He got this title of world’s best football player for the fifth time.
iii.Earlier he was conferred with this award in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2012.
iv.FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year award is given to Carli Lloyd of United States.

2. NATIONAL YOUTH DAY OBSERVED ON 12TH JANUARY
i. National Youth Day was observed on 12th January 2016.
ii.The day is observed  to mark the 153rd  birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.

3. TELANGANA BECAME FIRST STATE TO MAKE GENDER EDUCATION COMPULSORY AT GRADUATE LEVEL
i. Telangana became the first State in India to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level.
ii.The state government has also introduced a bilingual textbook named “ Towards a World of Equals”
iii. The book explains about gender in its composite form without limiting itself to crime against women.
iv. The book is has a collection of visual teaching tools which include documentary films.

4. UNION RAILWAY MINISTRY INAUGURATED IMPLEMENTATION OF E-ENABLED TRACK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
i.Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu  inaugurated implementation of E-enabled Track Management System and Mobile Application of Track Management System on Indian Railway.
ii.Indian Railways started this system to bring efficiency and effectiveness in management practices handling of huge volumes of data .
iii.It will also help in promoting e-working in civil engineering department of Indian Railways.

5. BINNY BANSAL APPOINTED AS CEO OF FLIPKART
i. India's biggest e-commerce company Flipkart appointed Binny Bansal to the post of Chief Executive Officer.
ii.Binny Bansal is an Indian Software engineer and Internet entrepreneur.
iii. In 2007 he founded the e-commerce platform Flipkart with Sachin Bansal.

6. 14TH PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIWAS HELD IN NEW DELHI
i. The 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas was held in New Delhi from from 9th January to 12th January every year
ii.The day is observed to remember the contribution of the overseas Indian community to the development of India..
iii.The event was inaugurated by the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and attended by Priti Patel, MoS for Employment, United Kingdom.
iii. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas  is observed to commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa in Bombay on 9th  January 1915


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Monday, January 11, 2016

Daily Free Current Affairs 11th Jan. 2016 ( Free GK Updates )

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 11 JAN 2016
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1. INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL STARTED IN AHMEDABAD
i.   Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel inaugurated the International Kite Festival at Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
ii.  In this 5 day Kite festival 28 nations has participated in Gujarat.
iii. The international kite festival is simultaneously organized in other cities of the state including Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Porbandar, Mandvi, Botad, Surendranagar, and Modhera.

2. WORLD HINDI DAY IS OBSERVED ON 10 JANUARY
i.   The World Hindi Day was celebrated on 10 January 2016.
ii. The day is observed to mark the occasion to spread the greatness of the language.
iii. The National Hindi Diwas is celebrated on 14 September
iv. Hindi as a language is the fourth most spoken language of the world.
v. Hindi is an official language in Fiji.

3. DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED NEW TANK AMMUNITION FOR ARJUN MBT
i.   Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully test fired the new Penetration-Cum Blast  and Thermobaric  Ammunition tank at Chandipur, Odisha.
ii.  This was specially designed for Arjun Main Battle Tank.
iii. Arjun  Main Battle Tank is a weapon and ammunition system developed by the DRDO by adopting novel design concepts and latest technological advancement at par with the industrially advanced countries.

4. STANISLAS WAWRINKA WON THIRD CONSECUTIVE CHENNAI OPEN TITLE
i.   Stanislas Wawrinka  won  Chennai Open title at the Nungambakkam tennis stadium of Chennai.
ii.  He has defeated Croatian Borna Coric.

5.  POET BALKRISHNA GARG CONFERRED WITH 2015 HARIKRISHNA DEVSARE BAALSAHITYA AWARD
i.   Poet Balkrishna Garg was honoured with the  Harikrishna Devsare Baalsahitya Award 2015 for his collection of poems for children titled ‘Baal Geet’.
ii. Harikrishna Devsare Baalsahitya Award was instituted in 2014 in the memory of Harikrishna Devsare, a renowned Hindi writer known for his work in the field of children’s literature.

6. MARIA TERESA DE FILIPPIS THE FIRST FEMALE FORMULA ONE DRIVER HAS DIED
i.   Maria Teresa de Filippis the first woman to compete in a world championship Formula One grand prix, passed away in Italy.

ii. She is remembered as a pioneer in motor racing, a sport dominated by men as She took part in various motor racing events and Formula One.
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Daily Free Current Affairs 10th Jan. 2016 ( Free GK Updates )

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 10 JAN 2016
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1.  GOVERNMENT REAPPOINTED URJIT PATEL AS DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF RBI FOR A SECOND TERM
i.    The Union Government has reappointed Dr Urjit Patel as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India  for a second  term.
ii.   He will moniter the fields relating to Monetary Policy, Economic Policy Research, Deposit Insurance, Statistics and Information Management and Right to Information etc.
iii. RBI has total four Deputy Governors the names are R. Khan, S.S. Mundra and R. Gandhi and Urjit patel.
2. SMRITI IRANI INAUGURATED 43RD NEW DELHI WORLD BOOK FAIR
i.    Human Resource Minister Smriti Irani inaugurated the 43rd edition of the New Delhi World Book Fair.
ii.   The  Book fair was commenced  with China as the guest of honour .
iii. The Theme of the fair is presentation of the cultural heritage of India.
iv. This year the fair has introduced a special ‘Navlekhan’ programme for promoting and publish young authors under the age of 40 writing in Indian languages.

3. OIL MINISTRY LAUNCHES E-INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE LPG CUSTOMER SERVICE
i.    The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has launched an online initiative to seek suggestions from LPG consumers across the country for providing efficient and friendly service.
ii.   Two online discussion forums has been started named as Citizen-Friendly Services and Increasing LPG Coverage in the Country have been launched.
iii. India is observing as the year 2016 as the 'Year of LPG Consumers'.

4.   SRI LANKAN PARLIAMENT GOING TO ADOPT NEW CONSTITUTION
i.    Sri Lankan parliament today has started  a process to formulate a new constitution with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
ii.   The new constitution will replace the current executive president headed constitution adopted in 1978.

5.   KERALA DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT HEALTH CARE PROJECT SAMPOORNA AROGYA KERALAM
i.    Kerala Government has decided to implement a health care project, Sampoorna Arogya Keralam
ii.   Under this project different schemes in health sector will be bring under one umbrella and ensure that beneficiaries get financial aid up to 2 lakh rupee
iii. People will be provided with Smart Health Cards which they can use in the  public or private hospitals.

6.   WATTAN KO JANO INITIATIVE A PROGRAMME TO EXPOSE YOUTH FROM J&K TO REST OF INDIA STARTED
i.    Wattan Ko Jano an initiative started  by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs in coordination with the Jammu and Kashmir Government.
ii.  Earlier more than 240 youth in the age-group of 15 to 24 from J&K met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
iii. Watan Ko Jano initiative is a Youth Exchange Programme under which the children of militancy-hit victims  and weaker sections of society are helped

iv. The initiative aims at exposing youth from the Jammu & Kashmir state to the vibrant development and vitality of culture of people residing in other states of the country.
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