DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 22 JANUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-22 JANUARY 2015

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1)      ‘JAN DHAN YOJANA’ MAKES IT TO GUINNESS WORLD RECORD

Ø  NDA government’s flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) has entered into Guinness book of World Records

Ø  Guinness book of World records has given certificate stating it as most bank accounts opened in one week

Ø  It was achieved by the Department of Financial Services (GOI)

Ø  It aimed to financially empower the poor by providing them access to formal banking system

Ø  PMJDY has achieved feat of opening of 11.50 crore bank accounts under it in the short span of 5 months since it was launched.

                  EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Which of the following social scheme makes it to Guinness World Record

a.       PMJDY

b.      SAGY

c.       MNREGA

d.      IAY

2)      GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LAUNCHES ‘HRIDAY’ SCHEME

Ø  GOI has launched a Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) scheme to preserve and rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage of the country

Ø  Union Government allocated Rs. 500 crore for this project

Ø  It has been launched by Urban Development Minister Venkiah Naidu in New Delhi

Ø  Initially, 12 heritage cities have been identified. These cities are: Amritsar, Varanasi, Gaya, Puri, Ajmer, Mathura, Dwarka, Badami, Velankanni, Kanchipuram, Warangal and Amravati

                  EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     How many cities have been identified for initial phase under HRIDAY

a.       10

b.      11

c.       12

d.      14

3)      BIBEK DEPROY TAKES OVER AS MEMBER OF NITI AAYOG

Ø  Economist Bibek Debroy has taken over as the full time member of National Institute for Transforming India, Aayog

Ø  P.M. Narendra Modi had appointed Bibek Debroy along with Scientist V.K.Saraswat as full time member of NITI Aayog

                  EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who among the following has taken over as full time member of NITI Aayog

a.       Sindushiri Khullar

b.      Bibek Debroy

c.       V.K.Saraswal

d.      Arvind Pangariya

4)      BUDGET SESSION FROM FEB. 23

Ø  The Union Budget session of parliament will begin on 23 Feb., 2015.

Ø  The railway budget and the General Budget will be presented on 26 Feb and 28 Feb While economic survey on 27 Feb.

Ø  Budget is Annual Financial Statement(Article -112)

Ø  Railway Budget- It is estimate of receipt and expenditure of Ministry of Railway only

Ø  General Budget- It is estimate of receipts and expenditure of all ministries of union Government

                  EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     When will be the first Budget session of NDA government started:

a.       Feb 21

b.      Feb 22

c.       Feb 23

d.      Feb 24

5)      PUBJAB GOVERNOR PATIL RETIRES

Ø  Punjab Governor Shiv Raj Patil completes his five year tenure

Ø  Governor is directly appointed by the President of India for five year or till the pleasure of President

Ø  He serves as link between centre and state government

                  EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who among the following retires as governor of Punjab

a.       S.F.Rodridges

b.      Shiv Raj Patil

c.       Surjit Singh Barnala

d.      Parkash Singh Badal

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1)      EU LIFT BAN ON IMPORT OF MANGOES FRM INDIA

Ø  European Union has decided to lift seven month long ban on the import of mangoes from India.

Ø  The ban was lifted after an audit carried out by the European Commisisons food and veterinary office in india.

Ø  It showed that producer of mangoes have made improvement in the phytosoanitary export cettification system of mangoes

                  EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     E.U has decided to lift ban On which of the following Indian fruit:

a.       Banana

b.      Mango

c.       Grape

d.      Orange

2)      E-STAMPING PROJECT LAUNCHED BY PUNJAB GOVERNMENT

Ø  Punjab government has launched e-stamping project to computerise revenue department of the state to remove malpractices and to end leakage of government revenue.

Ø  Initially, it has been launched as pilot project in five districts of state (Mohali, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Bathinda)

Ø  All district will be covered by 31 march, 2015

                  EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Which state government has launched e-stamping project recently

a.       Punjab

b.      Haryana

c.       Sikkim

d.      Assam

3)      INDIA RANKED 78^TH IN GLOBAL TALENT COMPETITIVENESS INDEX- 2014

Ø  India ranked 78^th globally in Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 2014 list of 93 countries

Ø  GTCI Index is compiled by INSEAD business school in partneship with Adecco and Human Capital leadership Institute of Singapore.

Ø  It measures nation’s competitiveness based on the quality of talent it can produce , attract and retain.

Ø  Switzerland top the list, followed by Singapore (2), Luzembourg (3), US (4) and canda at 5^th rank

                  EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Where does India stands Globally on GTCI Index 2014:

a.       74^th

b.      70^th

c.       78^th

d.      80^th

4)      UNION MINISTRY FOR WATER RESOURCES DECLARES 2015-16 AS JAL KRANTI VARSH

Ø  Union Ministry for Water Resources decided to celebrate 2015-16 as year of Jal Kranti Varsh

Ø  It aimed to spread the message of water conservation

Ø  It was announced by Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenction, Uma Bharti

                  EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Union Ministry of Water Resources declars 2015-16 as year of :

a.       Jal Kranti

b.      Women Empoerment

c.       Soil Conservation

d.      Climate Change

5)      TOYOTA TOPS IN GLOBAL VEHICLE SALE

Ø  Japanes automaker Toyota Motor Corp has topped in Global Vehicle sale in 2014 follwed by Vollswagen and General Motor

Ø  It sells 10.23 million Vehicles in 2014

                  EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Which of the following Company topped the sale of vehicle in 2014

a.       Toyota

b.      Honda

c.       Volwawagan

d.      Tata

6)      TWITTER BUYS INDIAN START-UP ZIPDIAL

Ø  Social networking site Twitter has bought Indian Mobile marketing start-up ZipDial

Ø  It has become first Indian Technology product startup to be bought by Twitter

Ø  It is expected to cost around $ 34-35 million

Ø  ZipDial is  Bangluru based startup, founded by Valerie Wagoner in 2011

                  EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Which of the following India mobile marketing startup is bought by Twitter

a.       ZipDial

b.      Reliance

c.       Tata Docomo

d.      Angel

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1) PAHLAJ NIHALANI APPOINTED NEW CENSOR BOARD CHAIRPERSON

Ø  Union Government has appointed Filmmaker PahlajNihalani as Chairperson of Central board of film Certification

Ø  He will be in office for three years

Ø  CBFC- It is a statutory body under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

EXPECTED QUESTIONS

1.     Who among the following has been appointed as chairperson of CBFC

a.       PahlajNihalani

b.      Leela Samson

c.       Chandra Parkash

d.      Jeevitha

2) POLITICAL SCIENTIST RAJNI KOTHARI

Ø  Eminent Political Scientist, scholar and former Planning Commission member Rajni Kothari passed away

Ø  His famous works are:

Ø  Caste in Indian Politics (1970)

Ø  Politics in India

Ø  Rethinking Democracy (1973)

EXPECTED QUESTIONS

1.     Who was Rajni Kothari

a.       Economist

b.      Sportsperson

c.       Singer

d.      Political Scientist

3) 8^TH EDITION OF WORLD FUTURE ENERGY SUMMIT, 2015 AT ABU DHABI

Ø  The World Future Energy Summit, 2015 has begun in Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Ø  It will provide platform for commercial solution to clean and green energy

EXPECTED QUESTIONS

1.      where is 8^th edition of World Future Energy Summit,2015 to be held:

a.       Sanna City

b.      Jordan

c.       Abu Dhabi

d.      Yamen

4) FIRST SUCCESSFUL ORGAN DONATION FROM NEWBORN TAKES PLACE IN UK

Ø  The donor was six day who had died due to poor health

Ø  Doctors from UK carried out the first successful organ donation from a new born body

Ø  It is considered as milestone in neonatal care after donor’s kidney and liver were used to save the lives of two.

EXPECTED QUESTIONS

1.     In which country successful organ donation from new born is done

a.       USA

b.      UK

c.       India

5) WORLD CONGRESS ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2018 WILL BE HOSTED BY HYDRABAD

Ø  National Association of Software and services (NASSCOM) and Telangana C.M K.ChandershakharRao decided to hold the event World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) in 2018.

Ø  Theme- ‘Future of Enterprises’

Ø  This will be the first WCIT to be held in India

EXPECTED QUESTIONS

1.     Where will be WCIT , 2018 held:

a.       India

b.      US

c.       UK

d.      Russia

6) INDIAN-AMERICAN FRANK ISLAM CONFERRED WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING AWARD

Ø  Martin Luther King Award is presented to Indian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist Frank Islam

Ø  He was given this award for his for his efforts in international service and civil engagement.

Ø  Martin Luther King Award is on annual award which was started in 1991.

EXPECTED QUESTIONS

1.     Who among the following is presented with Martin Lither King Award

a.       Aziz Qureshi

b.      Frank Islam

c.       SulemanArif

d.      Peter Islam

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