DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 25, 26 May 2015
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1. ICICI BANK LAUNCHES VOICE RECOGNITION SERVICE:
i. Private Bank ICICI has launched Voice recognition service for biometric authentication.
ii. The service will allow customers to execute banking transactions through banks call centre in a quick , secure and convenient manner.
iii. ICICI bank is India’s largest private sector bank with its headquarter in Mumbai.
iv. Chanda Kochar is the CEO of ICICI Bank
2. MANOJ MISHRA BECOMES CMD OF NATIONAL FERTILIZERS LIMITED:
i. Manoj Mishra is appointed as New Chairman and Managing Director of National Fertilizers Limited.
ii. Manoj Mishra, a Cost Accountant is currently serving as the Director (finance) at State Trading Corporation (STC).
iii. National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) has 5 gas based plants:
a. Nangal and Bathinda in Punjab
b. Panipat in Haryana
c. Two plants in Vijaipur , District –Guna ,Madhya Pradesh
3. JOHN FORBES NASH JR. DIED:
i. Nobel awardee Mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. died.
ii. Oscar winning Movie, A Beautiful Mind was inspired by his life.
4. MUMBAI INDIANS WON IPL 2015 TITLE:
i. Mumbai Indians have won IPL 2015 title by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final held at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
ii. Mumbai Indians won their 2nd IPL title by grabbing 8th edition of Indian Premier League
a. Man of the match in the Final – Rohit Sharma
b. Player of the tournament – Andre Russell
c. Orange cap holder – David Warner
d. Purple cap holder – Dwanye Bravo
e. Emerging Player – Shrayas Iyer
5. DOHA INTERNATIONAL BOXING TOURNAMENT 2015:
i. Indian Boxers have won 4 Gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals at Doha International Boxing Tournament.
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PLAYER
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CATEGORY
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MEDAL
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DEFEATED
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Devendra Singh
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49 kg
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Gold
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Aldren Moreno (Philippines)
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Shiva Thapa
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56 kg
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Gold
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HYM Abdellal (Egypt)
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Manish Kaushik
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60 kg
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Gold
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Rabi Hamza (Morocco)
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Manoj Kumar
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64 kg
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Gold
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Magliquian Nicole (Philippines)
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Gaurav Bidhuri
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52 kg
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Silver
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Mandeep Jangra
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69 kg
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Bronze
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Vikas Krishan
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75 kg
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Bronze
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