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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

DAILY GK UPDATES 3 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 3-FEBRUARY 2015
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  1) 6thRBI BI MONTHLY POLICY REVIEW
Ø  RBI today Reduce the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) of scheduled commercial banks by 50 basis points from 22.0 per cent to 21.5 per cent of their NDTL with effect from the fortnight beginning February 7, 2015.
Ø  Repo rate remain unchanged at 7.75 per cent.
Ø  Reverse repo rate under the LAF will remain unchanged at 6.75 per cent
Ø  The marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 8.75 per cent.
Ø  The cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks unchanged at 4.0 %
Highlights of Review
Ø  Inflation likely to be around target level of 6% by January 2016.
Ø  Baseline projection for 2014 GDP growth retained at 5.5%.
Ø  72 applications for Small Finance Banks and 41 applications for Payments Banks received.
Ø  FIIs can invest in India corp. bond with 3-year maturity.
Ø  RBI raises cap on forex under LRS to $250,000 per person.
Ø  Real GDP growth in 2015-16 expected to rise to 6.5%.

2) RELIANCE TEAMS UP WITH SBI FOR PAYMENTS BANK
Ø  Reliance Industries has teamed up with SBI to apply for a payments bank licence.
Ø  RIL and SBI put in a joint application to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up a payment bank that can offer services such as remittances and deposits but not loans.
Ø  The nation's largest lender SBI, which being a commercial bank could not apply for a payment bank license,will hold 30% in the joint venture. RIL will be the promoter and hold the balance 70%.

3) INDIA, CHINA LAUNCH VISIT INDIA YEAR IN CHINA
Ø  External Affairs Minister SushmaSwaraj and Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang jointly launched the Visit India Year in China in Beijing.
Ø  The initiative is aimed at enhancing the flow of tourists from China to India and strengthen the people to people bond.
Ø  It is agreed to designate 2015 as Visit India Year in China and 2016 as Visit China Year in India.
Ø  Under this, the two sides will carry out a series of promotional activities to boost two-way tourism inflow and strengthen people to people bonds.

4) BHARAT RANG MAHOTSAV BEGINS IN DELHI
Ø  The 17th edition of Bharat Rang Mahotsav begins in the national capital.
Ø  Organised by the National School of Drama, NSD, the theatre festival was inaugurated by Culture Minister Dr Mahesh Sharma and actor Om Puri.

5) ADITYA BIRLA, FUTURE GROUP APPLY FOR PAYMENT BANK LICENCES
Ø  Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd, Future Group and Vakrangee Ltd sought permission from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up payments banks.
Ø  A payments bank licence will allow companies to accept deposits of up to Rs.1 lakh and increase payment options, especially for people who have no bank accounts.
Ø  Aditya Birla Nuvo will hold 51% stake in the proposed payments bank and the remaining 49% will be owned by Idea Cellular

6) HIV TREATMENT TO BE LINKED TO AADHAAR
Ø  Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) Treatment for HIV/AIDS infection will now be linked to Aadhaar.
Ø  Even those coming for HIV infection testing will have to produce their Aadhaar cards.
Ø  This is to avoid duplication of patients going to several ART Centres for testing.
Ø  The National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) has created a special software which will identify a patient who goes for testing at different centres and gets registered at all the centres.

7) KANAGASABAPATHY SRIPAVAN APPOINTED AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF SRI LANKA
Ø  President of Sri lankaMaithripalaSirisena has appointed KanagasabapathySripavan  as the country's top lawyer. Sripavan sworn in as Sri Lanka's 44th chief justice.
Ø  Sripavan is the second Tamil to be the Chief Justice of the Sri Lankan Supreme Court.

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Monday, February 2, 2015

DAILY GK UPDATES 2 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-2-FEBRUARY 2015
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1) 18TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON E-GOVERNANCE HELD IN GUJARAT
Ø 18th National Conference on e-Governance was held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Ø The main Theme of the Conference was Digital Governance – New Frontiers.
Ø Chief Minister of Gujarat Anandiben Patel distributed National e-Governance Awards for the year 2014-15 in 12 different categories concerning various aspects of e-Governance.

2) GOVERNMENT RELEASED COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMPS ON SWACHH BHARAT MISSION AS THEME
Ø The Commemorative Postage stamps on the theme of Swachh Bharat Mission were released on 30 January 2015 to mark the Martyrdom Day of Mahatma Gandhi.
Ø The design of the stamps was selected through a competition among the children on the theme of Swachh Bharat Mission.
Ø The Swachh Bharat Mission was launched by the Prime Minister NarendraModi on 2 October 2014.
EXPECTED QUESTION
1.  Who among the following has launched the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’
a.    PranabMukharjee
b.   NarendraModi
c.    Raj Nath Singh
d.   ArunJaitley

3) FILMFARE AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Ø VikasBahl'sDirected movie ‘Queen’ won in key categories including best film, best director and best actress for its lead star KanganaRanautat the 60th Filmfare awards.
Ø Vishal Bhardwaj's Shakespearean tale 'Haider' bagged five wins which includes ShahidKapoor in the best actor category and best supporting honours for Tabu and Kay KayMenon.
Ø Alia Bhatt bagged the best actress (Critics) trophy for Highway and Sanjay Mishra won the best actor (Critics) for his outstanding performance in AnkhonDekhi.
Ø AnkitTiwari won best male playback singer for Galiyaan from Ek Villain.
Ø KanikaKapoor was named best female playback singer for Baby Doll from Ragini MMS 2.
EXPECTED QUESTION
1.  Who among the following got Filmfare Award for Best Actress
a.    Amrita Arora
b.   KareenaKapoor
c.    SonamKapoor
d.   KanganaRanaut

   4) DJOKOVIC WINS AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Ø Djokovicwon his fifth Australian Open crown, beating Andy Murray 7-6(5), 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-0.
Ø The only man to win more Australian titles than Djokovic is Roy Emerson, who chalked up six in the 1960s.
EXPECTED QUESTION
1.  Who among the following has won the Men’s Singles title of Australian Open Tennis Tournament
a.    Novak Djokovic
b.   Andy Murray
c.    Roger Federer
d.   Carlos Moya

5) MARTINA HINGIS, PAES WIN AUSTRALIAN OPEN MIXED DOUBLE TITLE
Ø They beat France’s Kristina Mladenovic and Canadian Daniel Nester, 6-4, 6-3 in Final.
Ø Paes, 41, has won eight men’s doubles and seven mixed doubles Grand .
Ø Paes also reclaimed the title of the oldest man to win a grand slam title in the open era, supplanting his opponent Daniel Nestor
EXPECTED QUESTION
1.  Leander Paes paired with _________________ won Australian Open Mixed Double Title
a.    R.Kalaasen
b.   Maria Sharapova
c.    Martina Hingis
d.   Maria Maladova

           
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DAILY GK UPDATES 1 FEBRUARY 2015

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1) SERENA WILLIAMS WON AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2015
Ø  Serena Williams won the women’s single title of Australian Open of Tennis.
Ø  In final the world number one American defeated Maria Sharapova, the world number two from Russia 6-3, 7-6(5) in Melbourne, Australia.
Ø  With this win, 33- years and 127 days old Williams became the oldest winner of the Australian Women’s title in the Open era.
Ø  This was the 19th Grand Slam title and the sixth Australian Open title for Williams.
EXPECTED QUESTION:
1.     Who among the following has won the Women’s Singles title of Australian Open Tennis Tournament
a.       Maria Sharapova                      
b.      Serena Williams
c.       Martina Hingis
d.      Venus Williams

2) INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRED AGNI-5 MISSILE
Ø  India successfully test-fired indigenously developed canister-based Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile(ICBM)Agni-5 from Wheeler's Island off Odisha coast.
Ø  Agni-5 is a Surface-To-Surface nuclear capable missile.
Ø  Agni-5 missile is a three stage solid propellant missile
Ø  It has  strike range of over 5000 kilometer
Ø  It is capable of carrying nuclear warhead of over one tonne.
Ø  It is about 17 meters long, 2 meters wide and has a launch weight of around 50 tonnes.
Ø  At present, India in its armoury of Agni series have Agni-1 with 700 km range, Agni-2 with 2000 km range, Agni-3 and Agni-4 with 2500 km to more than 3500 range.
EXPECTED QUESTION
1.   India has successfully test fired      ‘Agni-5’ missile have the striking range of _______ km
      a. 4000 km
      b. 6000 km
      c. 5000 km
      d. 7000 km

3) KRISHNA CHAUDHARY IS APPOINTED DIRECTOR GENERAL OF ITBP
Ø  Krishna Chaudhary is appointed as the Director General (DG) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
Ø  Chaudhary succeeded SubhasGoswami who retired on 31 December 2014.
EXPECTED QUESTION
1.     Who among the following is recently appointed as Director General of ITBP
a.       Rajiv Khurana
b.      RamanGoswami
c.       Ramesh Verma
d.       Krishna Chaudhary

4) DWAYNE BRAVO QUITS TEST CRICKET
Ø  West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has announced his retirement from Test cricket.
Ø  Hesaid he had made clear his desire to continue playing ODIs and Twenty20s.
Ø  He bagged 86 wickets at an average of nearly 40.
EXPECTED QUESTION
1.     ‘Dwayne Bravo’ who recently quits Test Cricket belongs to which country
a.       England
b.      West Indies
c.       Bangladesh
d.      New Zealand

5) AUSTRALIA WON ASIAN CUP FOOTBALL
Ø  Australia claimed the biggest prize in the history of Australian football with a 2-1 extra-time victory over South Koreain the Asian Cup final at ANZ Stadium in Sydney .
Ø  Australians secured their first AFC Asian Cup since joining the Asian Football Confederation in 2006
EXPECTED QUESTION
1.      Which country won Asian Cup Football
a.       Australia
b.      Scotland
c.       Netherland
d.      New Zealand

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