DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 6 & 7 MARCH 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 6 & 7 MARCH 2015
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1.      ASHWIN MITTAL BECOMES NEW CFO OF WALMART INDIA:
Ø  Ashwin Mittal becomes the new CFO of walmart India and Javier Rojo becomes real estate and business development head.
Ø  Ashwin Mittal replaced Jill Anderson to become the new CFO of Walmart India.
Ø  Walmart is the world’s largest supermarket chain.
Ø  CFO-> chief financial officer
Headquater of Walmart-> Bentoncille, Arkansas, U.S.
CEO-> Doug Mcmillon.
Chairman-> S.Robson Walton.
2.      PM NARENDRA MODI IN 30 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE ON INTERNET: TIME MAGAZINE.
Ø  According to TIME magazine Indian PM Narendra Modi is among the 30 most Influential people on internet.
Ø  Time magazine states that Indian PM has roughly 38 million followers on social Networking sites twitter and facebook.
Ø  Time is an American weekly news magazine published in NEW YORK CITY AND FOUNDED IN 1923.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Q.1 Which Indian leader is named among 30 most influential people on internet by times magazine?
A.      Narendra modi
B.      anna hazare
C.      arvind kejriwal
D.     Sonia Gandhi

3.      ALMOST 15 CRORE AADHAR CARD LINKED TO BANK ACCOUNTS:
Ø  NPCI has recently announced the linking of 15 crore aadhar cards to bank accounts.
Ø  NPCI has set a target of linking the bank accounts of 17crore DBTL beneficiaries of aadhar card holders by 30th June, which now seems to be achievable.
Ø  NPCI- NATIONAL PAYMENT CORPORATION OF INDIA.
Ø  DBTL- DIRECT BENEFIT TRANSFER FOR LPG.
NOTE: - A.P.HOTA is M.D. and C.E.O. of NPCI.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Q.1 Who is the CEO of NPCI?
A.      J.P.Joshi
B.      A.P.Hota
C.      Anand Mishra
D.     Sneha Puri

4.      INDIA LOWEST IN ECONOMIC PARITY FOR WOMEN:
Ø  India is ranked lowest among 16 Asia-pacific countries in economic parity for women, according to MASTERCARD’S latest index of women’s advancement.
Ø  New Zealand is at the top with the index score of 77, followed by Australia’s 76.
Ø  India with an index score of 44.2 is even below Bangladesh(44.6) and Sri Lanka(46.2).
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Q.1 Which country has highest index of women’s advancement according to mastercard?
A.      Australia
B.      U.S.A.
C.      Germany
D.     New Zealand

5.      NORMS FOR HOME LOANS EASED FOR UPTO RS.10 LAKH:-
Ø  RBI eased norms for home loans upto RS.10 Lakh.
Ø  RBI eased the norms by allowing banks to include STAMP DUTY and REGISTRATION charges to the cost of a unit.

Ø  Earlier banks do not include stamp duty, registration and other documentation charges in the cost of housing property, which forms around 15% of the cost of house.