DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 6 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-6 FEBRUARY 2015

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1) WORLD BANK TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR SARNATH REDEVELOPMENT

Ø  Sarnath is located only a few kilometers from Varanasi near the influence of the Ganga and the Gomti rivers.

Ø  Sarnath is famous as Lord Buddha gave his first sermon here which attracts a large number of Buddhists and foreigners.

Ø  Sarnath is also known for its Deer park and a bird sanctuary

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.     World Bank has recently provided fund for which place’s redevelopment

a.       Varanasi

b.      Sarnath

c.       Haridwar

d.      Bhubaneshwar

2) L.C.GOYAL, BECOMES NEW HOME SECRETARY

Ø  L.C. Goyal takes charge as the new union Home Secretary replacing Mr. Goswami who resigned recently.

Ø  L.C. Goyal is an IAS officer of 1979 Batch Kerala Cadre

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.     Who became the new Home Secretary

a.       Matan Singh

b.      Anil Goswami

c.       L.C.Goyal

d.      Deepshikha Ghosh

3)   UN REPORT SHOWS 8% GDP GROWTH

Ø  8% growth in GDP has led to decline in poverty from 41.6% to 32.7%

Ø  UNESCAP gave its report on GDP from 2004 to 2011

Ø  INDIA has achieved first Millennium Development Goals

Ø  UNESCAP- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

4)   BCCI CLEARS PROGYAN OJHA

Ø  Pragyan Ojha got a clean chit over his bowling action at the correction centre in Chennai by the BCCI

Ø  Pragyan Ojha is not in the World Cup 2015 Squad but he can continue playing first class games with immediate effect.

5)   CASH SUBSIDY ON LPG BECOMES WORLD’S LARGEST DIRECT BENEFIT TRANSFER SCHEME

Ø    Pahal Yojana is the name Given to the DBT Scheme for LPG

Ø  This Scheme was launched to put an end to Black- marketing and to ensure that the   subsidy reaches to the people directly.

Ø    Over 10 crore consumers have joined the scheme so far.

Ø    Other counties having such scheme are China, Mexico and Brazil.