DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS:
24 JAN 2016
(Daily News India)
1. IZUMO
TAKUTO AND ZHU CHENGZHU WON ITTF WORLD JUNIOR CIRCUIT FINALS
i. Japanese player Izumo Takuto and
Hong Kong's Zhu Chengzhu won championship in the boys' and girls' categories at
2015 ITTF World Junior Circuit Finals in Madhya Pradesh.
ii. The International Table Tennis
Federation is the governing body for all international table tennis
associations.
iii. The ITTF is responsible for the management
of international competitions including the World Junior Circuit and the World
Table Tennis Championships.
2.
AUSTRALIA WON FIVE-MATCH ODI SERIES AGAINST INDIA
i. Australia won the five match One Day
International series against India by 4-1.
ii. In the final match India defeated
Australia by 6 wickets.
iii. This is the first time that any
team has chased more than 300 runs to complete victory against Australia in
their own country.
iv. Man of the Series award is given to
Rohit Sharma from India.
3. JAPAN
LIFTED NUCLEAR SANCTIONS ON IRAN
i. Japan lifted sanctions on Iran after
the United Nations atomic energy agency confirmed that Tehran has taken steps
to curb its disputed nuclear programme.
ii. Now the move will allow Japanese
companies to continue investment in Iran's oil and gas industry.
4.
TRANSERV LAUNCHES INDIA'S FIRST SOCIAL MOBILE WALLET UDIO
i. India’s digital payment startup
company TranServ has launched country’s first Social Mobile Wallet named Udio.
ii. The digital wallet will help to
address the gap between real and virtual modes of payment as it has more social
experience.
iii. It integrates a social,
community-driven aspect with anytime, anywhere accessibility to digital P2P transactions.
iv. It is easy to use approach for
making cashless payments similar to mobile banking.
5.
EMINENT TABLA PLAYER SHANKAR GHOSH PASSED AWAY
i. Tabla player Pandit Shankar Ghosh
died in Kolkata due to long illness.
ii. Pandit Shankar Ghosh is known for
his jugalbandi with classical musician sitarists Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad
Vilayat Khan.
6. BEST
COUNTRIES REPORT RELEASED AT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
i. Best Countries report released at
World Economic Forum about the ranking of 60 nations.
ii. Germany has topped in the list as
best country in the world followed by Canada and the United Kingdom.
iii. India is ranked as the 22nd
best country in the World.
iv. Sweden is recognized as the most
modern country and the Best Country to Raise Kids and the No. 1 nation for
Green Living.
v. Denmark is named the Best Country
for Women and United States is named the most powerful country.
7. 2016
NTI NUCLEAR SECURITY INDEX RELEASED
i. Nuclear Threat Initiative a think-tank
of U.S released the 2016 Nuclear Security Index.
ii. The theme of the index is Building
a Framework for Assurance, Accountability, and Action.
iii. The Index has assessed global
nuclear security conditions in 176 countries in two areas relating to the
potential theft of weapons usable nuclear materials and the potential sabotage
of nuclear facilities.
iv. Australia was ranked at top as the
safest country and India was ranked 21st.
