(DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 26 DEC 2015
(Daily News India)
1.
INDIAN ORIGIN SOFTWARE ENGINEER
GRABBED UK AWARD
i. Indian-origin software
engineer Nandagopal Lakshminarayanan has been honoured with UK award in the UK.
ii. He has been honoured for inventing an innovative electronic smart
key system which enables the creation and management of keys and locks that
cannot be copied or picked.
2. SRI LANKAN WICKETKEEPER KUSAL PERERA BANNED FOR 4-YEARS
i. Sri Lankan wicketkeeper
Kusal Perera is banned for a four-year ban after his B sample test came
positive.
ii. The ICC has stated that
as his urine sample was tested positive in Qatar after the investigation team
had originally found that his urine contained banned substance.
iii. He is a second Sri
Lankan player to flunk in a dope test.
iv. Earlier Left-hand batsman
Upul Tharanga was suspended for three months after testing positive for a
banned substance during the 2011 World Cup.
3.
AMWAY INDIA ANNOUNCED BOLLYWOOD ACTOR
FARHAN AKHTAR AS ITS BRAND AMBASSADOR TO PROMOTE NUTRILITE RANGE OF THE
PRODUCTS
i. Amway India announced Farhan Akhtar as his
brand ambassador to promote Nutrilite products.
ii. Anshu Budhraja CEO of Amway stated they need a strong and credible face
who could help people to understand the role of supplementation in daily life
in addition to balanced diet and exercise for a
healthy lifestyle.
iii. Nutrilite is a leading brand of vitamins and
dietary supplements.
4. VETERAN ACTRESS SADHANA PASSES AWAY IN MUMBAI
i. Famous Hindi film
actress Sadhana passed away in Mumbai.
ii. She is known for
popularising the fashionable Sadhana cut (fringe haircut) and known for her
on-screen simple looks
iii. Some of his memorable
films, such as Love in Shimla, Parakh,woh Kaun Thi, Waqt ,Mera Saaya, Geeta
Mera Naam among others.
5.
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA INVITES
APPLICATIONS FOR INNOVATIVE PAYMENT SOLUTIONS
i. The Reserve Bank of India has invited applications to encourage innovative solutions in the
field of Payment and Settlement System.
ii. “Payment System Innovation Awards” is presented to those which will
come with innovative idea in the field of banking technology
iii. Some broad areas which
the contest will hope to cover are:
a.
Payment security including fraud prevention
b.
Customer convenience and cost reduction
c.
Mobile payments
d.
Acceptance/electronic payment infrastructure
e.
Use of emerging technologies for payments
iv. RBI has already issued
new licenses to 10 small banks and 11 payment banks that would use technology
to disrupt banking.
6.
CHINA LAUNCHED DAMPE SATELLITE TO SHED
LIGHT ON MYSTERIOUS DARK MATTER
i. China launched the Dark
Matter Particle Explorer known as DAMPE,Satellite to shed light on mysterious
dark matter.
ii. It was the country's
first space telescope launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
iii. The purpose of the satellite is to search for smoking-gun
signals of dark matter, invisible material making most of the universe's mass.
