DAILY GK 1-2 SEPT 2024
PREVIOUS WEEK REVISION (TIME 3 MIN)
1. Who
has been appointed as the Chairperson of NASSCOM____________________________________.
2.
Which State Increases Minimum
Marriage Age for Women from 18 to 21 Years____________________________________.
3. Which
state Replaced up as Top Investment Destination in Fy24____________________________________.
4.
Which City top in Prime
Global Cities Index (PGCI) Q2 2024 in India____________________________________.
5. Name
the India’s 2nd indigenous nuclear-powered ballistic
missile submarine____________________________________.
6. RBI
recently modified its electronic mandate framework to include the
auto-replenishment of balances in____________________________________.
7. Name
India’s 1st reusable hybrid rocket that was launched successfully ____________________________________.
8. Which
bank has been honoured with Best Small Finance Bank (India) award at the 2nd
ICC Emerging Asia Banking Conclave & Awards (2024) ____________________________________.
9. When
National Sports Day is celebrated every year____________________________________.
10. According
to the launched Vehicle Scrapping Policy or Voluntary Vehicle Modernization
Program (VVMP), state governments will offer a concession on motor vehicle tax
of up to ____________________________________for non-transport vehicles____________________________________.
1. MD
& CEO OF CDSL
·
The
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has
approved the re-appointment of Nehal Vora as
the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of
the Central Depository Services (India)
Limited (CDSL).
·
He was
appointed as MD & CEO of CDSL in September 2019 for a five- year term till
September 17, 2024.
·
CDSL Headquarters
– Mumbai, Maharashtra
·
Established – 1999
2. DG
OF CISF
·
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)
has approved the appointmnet of Rajwinder Singh Bhatti, 1990-batch
Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Bihar cadre, as the
Director General (DG) of the Central Industrial Security
Force (CISF)
·
He will
succeed Anish Dayal Singh, DG of Central Reserve
Police Force (CRPF), who has been holding additional
charge as DG of CISF since August 2024.
·
The CISF
is a Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs
(MHA).
·
Headquarters – New Delhi, Delhi
·
Established – 1969
3. DG
OF BSF
·
ACC also approved the appointment of Daljit
Singh Chaudhary, as the DG of
the Border Security Force (BSF)
·
He will
hold the post for a tenure up to the date of his superannuation on until 30th
November 2025 or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
·
The BSF is the Border Service branch of the
CAPF of India .
·
It came into existence in 1965.
·
Headquarters – New
Delhi, Delhi
4.
DCAS OF IAF
·
Air Marshal Tejinder Singh took
over as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS) of
the Indian Air Force (IAF) at Vayu Bhawan, New Delhi, Delhi.
·
He replaced Air
Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, who was appointed as DCAS in May
2023.
5. SJVN,
NHPC, RAILTEL AND SECI GET ‘NAVRATNA’ STATUS
·
Department
of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Finance, Government of India has
granted “Navratna status” to four Central
Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) viz. Railtel
Corporation of India (RCIL), Solar Energy Corporation of India
(SECI), National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC),
and Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd. (SJVN).
·
With
this, the number of Navratna CPSEs
has increased to 25 from 21.
·
The
Navratna scheme was introduced in 1997.
·
CPSEs eligible for Navratna status must be
Miniratna I, Schedule ‘A’, have an ‘excellent’ or ‘very good’ Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) rating
for three of the last five years, and a
Composite Score of 60 or above across six performance parameters namely
1.
Net
Profit to Net worth
2.
Manpower
Cost to total Cost of Production or Cost of Services
3.
Profit
Before Depreciation, Interest and Tax (PBDIT) to Capital Employed
4.
Profit
Before Interest and Tax (PBIT) to Turnover
5.
Earnings
Per Share
6.
Inter-Sectoral
Performance.
