DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 18 NOV 2015
(Daily News India)
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1. ZARIN DARUWALA APPOINTED AS CEO OF STANCHART BANK INDIA
i. Zarin
Daruwala appointed as Chief Executive Officer
of Standard Chartered Bank, India.
ii. She has
replaced Sunil Kaushal, who is appointed as Regional CEO for Africa and West
Asia.
iii. Standard
Chartered Bank is a British multinational banking and financial services company
headquartered in London.
2. CHINA’S TIANHE-II SUPERCOMPUTER NAMED AS THE WORLD’S MOST
POWERFUL SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEM
i. China’s
Tianhe-II supercomputer is named as the world’s most powerful supercomputer
system for the sixth consecutive time.
ii. It was
stated in 46th edition of Top500 list of supercomputers.
iii. The
Top500 list is published after every 2 years.
3. FOUNDATION OF MEGA FOOD PARK IN TELANGANA LAID
i. Union
Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal has laid the foundation
stone of the first Mega Food Park in Telangana.
ii. It is the
first Mega Food Park in Telangana and will be set up with the project cost of
Rs. 108.95 crore.
iii. Mega
Food Park aims to provide modern infrastructure facilities to the market with
strong backward and forward linkages.
4. PRITHVI RAJ SINGH ELECTED TO BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF WORLD
WATER COUNCIL
i. Prithvi
Raj Singh of Jal Bhagirathi Foundation was elected to Board of Governors of
World Water Council for 2016-18.
ii. The
elections took place during the seventh General Assembly of WWC Members in
Marseille, France.
iii. World
Water Council is an international platform to facilitate the efficient
conservation, protection, management, development, planning, and use of water in all its dimensions.
iv. It was
established in 1996 and headquartered in Marseille, France.
5. DELHI TO HOST THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL QAWWALI
FESTIVAL 2016
i. Delhi is
going host the first International Qawwali Festival 2016
ii. The
festival is named as ’ Taali Ho’ going to be held from 12 February 2015 to 14
February 2015.
6. IAMAI RELEASED INTERNET IN INDIA 2015 REPORT
i. Internet
and Mobile Association of India released a report ‘Internet in India 2015
report’
ii. The report
stated the usage of internet on different devices in different areas (village and urban) and
among different demographic segments.
iii. The
report has stated that India is the the
second-largest in internet users in the world after China.
7. KIREN RIJIJU HONOURED WITH DISASTER RISK REDUCTION ASIA
CHAMPION TITLE
i. Union
Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, declared as the Disaster Risk
Reduction champion for the Asia Region by the United Nations Office for
Disaster Risk Reduction.
ii. Kiren
Rijiju has became the first Indian to be conferred with this honour.
iii. The
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction was established in December
1999 and its main purpose is the implementation of the International Strategy
for Disaster Reduction.
