DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5 NOV 2015
(Daily News India)
Shared By: WWW.DailyGk.IN
1. INDIAN
BOXER SHIV THAPA RANKED NO.2 SPOT IN WORLD RANKINGS
i. Ace
Indian boxer Shiva Thapa has been ranked at second spot in the latest
international rankings of boxing in the 56 kg category.
ii.The top
spot in the 56 kilogram category was grabbed by Michael Conlan from Ireland.
2. JITU
RAI WON SILVER IN 13TH ASIAN SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP
i. Ace
shooter Jitu Rai grabbed India's first senior medal at the 13th Asian Shooting
Championship in Kuwait City.
ii. He won
the silver in the finals of the men's 50 metre pistol event.
iii.India
also won four silver and two bronze medals in the junior events of the
championships.
3. JUSTICE T.S. THAKUR WILL
BE NEXT CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA
i. Justice T
S Thakur will be next Chief Justice of
India and he will replace CJI Justice
Dattu.
ii.Justice
Thakur is the senior most judge of the Supreme Court.
iii.He would
be the 43rd CJI.
CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA: JUSTICE H.L DATTU
4. JUSTICE MB SHAH
SUBMITTED REPORT ON BLACK MONEY
i. Special
Investigation Team on Black Money headed by MB shah submitted its third report
to the Union Ministry of Finance.
ii.The SIT
found that over 2600 persons are directors on more than 20 companies and at
least 20 companies are operating from the same address at 345 places which
indicate the violation of Companies Act, 2013.
iii.The Special
Investigation Team on Black Money was constituted by the Union Cabinet in May
2014.
iv.The sit
was formed on the directions of the Supreme Court to go deeper into the cases
of black money where Indians have stashed their assets abroad and also suggest
policy measures to combat the illegal activity.
5. TATA
MOTORS APPOINTED LIONEL MESSI AS GLOBAL BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR ITS PASSENGER VEHICLES
i. Tata
Motors appointed Argentina’s football player Lionel Messi as Global Brand
Ambassador for its passenger vehicles.
ii.Tata
Motors will be the first Indian brand endorsed by the international sports
icon.
iii.Lionel
Messi is four consecutive times Best Player of the World and now he is the
captain of Argentina football team.
6.
FLIPKART APPOINTED SUROJIT CHATTERJEE AS HEAD OF CONSUMER EXPERIENCE AND GROWTH
i. India’s
e-commerce giant Flipkart appointed Surojit Chatterjee as the Senior
Vice-President and Head of Consumer Experience and Growth.
ii. Surojit
Chatterjee will be responsible for consumer experience across desktop and
mobile.
iii.
Flipkart is an e-commerce company founded in 2007 by Sachin Bansal and Binny
Bansal.
