DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 11TH JAN 2017
(Daily News India)
1.
KUMAR SHARADINDU APPOINTED AS THE NEW MD & CEO OF SBI PENSION FUNDS
i.
SBI Pension Funds Pvt Ltd., a subsidiary of State Bank of India has appointed
Kumar Sharadindu as its MD and Chief Executive.
ii.
SBIPFPL is one of the 3 Pension Fund Managers appointed by Pension Fund
Regulatory and Development Authority in India to manage the pension corpus of
employees enrolled under the National Pension System for Government Employees.
iii.
SBI Pension Funds had an Asset under Management of Rs 46,019 crore on March
2016, representing a growth of 47 % over the previous fiscal, and is the
seventh largest pension fund manager in terms of market share and 35 % its AUM
comes from the government sector.
2.
GIONEE SIGNS UP VIRAT KOHLI AS BRAND AMBASSADOR
i.
Mobile handset brand Gionee has named Virat Kohli as their new brand
ambassador.
ii.
Earlier Gionee had named in actor Alia Bhatt as its brand ambassador
iii.
Kohli will be joining her in helping the brand to amplify its presence in
India.
3.
PAKISTAN SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED NUCLEAR-CAPABLE MISSILE’
i.
Pakistan successfully test-fired its first Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile,
Babur-3 from Indian Ocean.
ii.
The missile has a range of 450 km is likely to heighten long-running tension
between India and Pakistan.
iii.
Babur-3 is a sea-based variant of Ground Launched Cruise Missile Babur-2, which
was successfully tested earlier in December 2016.
iv.
The missile has advanced guidance and navigation features and is incorporated
with Global Navigation, Terrain and Scene Matching Systems.
4.
12TH WORLD HINDI DAY OBSERVED ON 10 JANUARY
i.
The 12th World Hindi Day was celebrated on 10 January across the world to
honour our Indo-Aryan language.
ii.
The number of Hindi literates across the globe is reportedly rising at a high
pace. Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world.
5.
PM NARENDRA MODI INAUGURATED THE 8TH VIBRANT GUJARAT GLOBAL INVESTORS SUMMIT AT
GANDHINAGAR
i.
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 8th Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit
2017 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar.
ii.
PM Modi inaugurated the Nobel Prize exhibition ‘Ideas Changing the World’
at Nobel Prize exhibition Science City
in Ahmedabad, Gujarat as a part of the 8th edition of the Vibrant Gujarat
Global Summit
iii.
PM met 9 Nobel laureates from across the globe.
iv.
The Nobel laureates will interact with students, industry leaders ,scientists
and policy makers through conference and meeting events, such as lectures,
roundtables and other activities.
v.
Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of the
Gandhinagar railway station and inaugurated the International Stock Exchange at
GIFT City.