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Thursday, February 12, 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 12 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 12 FEBRUARY 2015
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1. AMMU THE NATIONAL GAMES MASCOT IN LIMCA BOOK
Ø  Mascot of India’s 35th National Games Ammu, the Great Hornbill was included in the Limca Book of Records.
Ø  The mascot is included for its play, KalikkunnaKuttikalkkayiBharathamKathirikkunnu (India Awaits Children Who Play) featuring the bird in lead role.
Ø  The play was staged in 147 schools in Kerala.
Ø  The mascot was designed by Rakesh.
Ø  The play, Kalikkunna Kuttikalkkayi Bharatham Kathirikkunnu was scripted and directed by theatre artist Anil Karetee.
Ø  Ammu, the Great Hornbill Great Hornbill is the State bird of Kerala

2. TAPI MEET IN ISLAMABAD:
Ø  TAPI meet was held in Islamabad yesterday.
Ø  Oil minister DharmendraPradhanrepresent India in  meeting.
Ø  TAPI is 1800km natural Gas Pipeline Project.
Ø  TAPI is    T- Turkmenistan ,A – Afganistan, P – Pakistan ,I – India
Ø  TAPI pipeline will be operational in 2018.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
Q. WHO IS THE OIL MINISTER OF INDIA?
a)     ArunJaitley
b)     DharmendraPradhan
c)      SmritiIrani
d)     Uma Bharti

3. INS VIRAT TO BE DECOMMISSIONED:
Ø  INS Virat to be Decommissioned in 2016.
Ø  INS VIrat has a service-life of 56 years.
Ø  It was India’s second Aircraft carrier commissioned in 1987.

4. SBI APPOINTS MERCHANT BANKERS
Ø  State Bank of India Appoints Merchant Bankers for Rs. 15,000cr. Share sale.
Ø  SBI picked 9 investment Bankers.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
Q. Which Bank recently appointed Merchant Bankers for share sale?
a)     ICICI
b)     Bank Of Baroda
c)      SBI
d)     HSBC

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 11 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 11 FEBRUARY 2015
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NATIONAL
1) AAP SWEEPS DELHI ELECTIONS
Ø  AamAadmi Party won 67 out of the 70 Assembly seats in Delhi.
Ø  BJP could manage only 3 seats where as Congress could not manage even a single seat.
Ø  This type of majority to a single party is seen only the second time after Sikkim, where all 32 seats were won by Sikkim Democratic Party in 2009.

2) SALE OF NON-PDS KEROSENE DEREGULATED
Ø  Union Government on Tuesday freed the sale of market priced kerosene form regulatory control.
Ø  This step is taken to check black-marketing of the fuel sold through the PDS.
Ø  Subsidized Kerosene sold through PDS is blue in color where as market priced fuel is colorless.
Ø  PDS – Public Distribution System
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.     Union Government has recently deregulated the sale of which product.
a.       Wheat
b.      Kerosene
c.       Rice
d.      Cereals

INTERNATIONAL
1) AMARTYA SEN BECOMES 1ST PERSON TO WIN NEW UK AWARD
Ø  Eminent Indian Economist and Nobel Prize winner AmartyaSen becomes the first person to win Newly established Award in UK.
Ø  AmartyaSen was declared as the winner of the inaugural Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize.
Ø  Sen won this Award in Recognition of his work on Welfare economics.
Ø  Sen won Nobel prize for Economics in 1998
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.     Who won the new UK award
a.       AmartyaSen
b.      Dame Liz forgan
c.       Sachin Tendulkar
d.      Eric Betzig

BUSINESS 
1)   FACEBOOK TIES UP WITH RELIANCE COMMUNICATION
Ø  FB has tied up with RCOM offering its subscribers for free access to social networking site and around 40 general information websites .
Ø  Tie-up is for a new app known as Internet .org service.
Ø  India will be the first country in Asia to get Facebook’s Internet .org service.

2)    ICICI LAUNCHES ‘POCKETS’
Ø  ICICI bank launches a new digital service, ‘POCKETS’.
Ø  Non-customers of ICICI bank can download e-wallet from Google playstore..
Ø  It allows to instantly send money to any e-mail id, mobile number, friends on face book and bank account.
Ø  For non-customers , limit of transaction is Rs. 10,000.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.     Which bank launched digital service, ‘POCKETS’
a.       SBI
b.      Axis
c.       ICICI

d.      HDFC
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

DAILY GK UPDATES 10 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 10 FEBRUARY 2015
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1) BENGALURU BOY WINS BEST NEW AGE ALBUM TROPHY AT GRAMMY
Ø  Bengaluru based Musician Ricky Kej won the Best New Age Album Trophy at 57th Grammy Awards at the Staples centre, Los Angeles
Ø  Ricky Kej produced the album ‘winds of samara’ , his 15th album which bagged him a grammy
Ø  Ricky Kej shred the Award with a well known flantist from Africa, Wouter Kellerman
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.        Who won the New Age Album Trophy in Grammy
a.          Rohan Joshi
b.         Ricky Kej
c.          Paul Avgernios
d.         Peter Kater

2) MAMATA BANERJEE MISSED NITI AAYOG MEETING INTENTIONALLY
Ø  West Bengal Chief Minister did not attend the first Governor Council meeting of NITI Aayog
Ø  NITI Aayog has replaced the six decade old Planning Commission
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.        Which state CM did not attend NITI Aayog First Meeting
a.          Punjab
b.         Rajasthan
c.          West Bengal
d.         Uttar Pradesh

3) NAVEEN CHOPRA BECOMES NEW COO OF VODAFONE
Ø  Vodafone India chooses Naveen Chopra as the New COO of Vodafone
Ø  Naveen Chopra will succeed Sunil Sood
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.        Who is the COO of Vodafone
a.          Sunil Sood
b.         Naveen Chopra
c.          Marker Pieters
d.         Shravan Gupta

4)   SINGAPORE PRESIDENT VISITS INDIA
Ø  Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam visits India for the first time.
Ø  Tony Tan Kang Yam is on a four day visit.
Ø  He will Inaugurate the opening of the peranakan Exhibition themed ‘The Peranakan World : Cross-cultural art from Singapore and the Malacca Straits”, Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of bilateral relations, at the National Museum in the New Delhi.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.        Who is the President of Singapore
a.          Lee HsienLoong
b.         Halinahyacob
c.          Tony Tan Keng Yam
d.         SundareshMenon

5)    GOVERNMENT PROJECTS 7.4% GROWTH THIS YEAR
Ø  Economy is projected to grow at a much faster rate of 7.4% as compared to 6.9% in 2013-14, according to CSO.
Ø  Government has recently updated the base year to calculate GDP to 2011-12 from 2004-05
Ø  CSO- Central Statistical Office

6)   IVORY COAST BAGS 30TH EDITION OF AFRICAN CUP
Ø  Ivory Coast wins African Cup for the 2ndtime defeating Ghana in the finals.
Ø  Tournament was initially scheduled to be hosted by Morocco but was ruled out because of the Ebola Virus Epidemic in West Africa and shifted to Equatorial Guinea
Ø  Defeating Champions Nigeria did not Qualify.
Ø  It is also known as Orange Africa Cup and is associated with Football
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.        African Cup is associated with which sport
a.          Cricket
b.         Hockey
c.          Football
d.         Basketball
2.        Who won the 30th edition of African cup:
a.          Ivory Coast
b.         Ghana
c.          Nigeria
d.         Equatorial Guinea

7)   VICTOROLDEST TO WIN ATP TITLE
Ø  Victor becomes the oldest player to win ATP title at an age of 34.
Ø  Victor Estrella Burgos, a Dominician professional tennis player defeated Feliciano Lopez in the final of the Inaugural Ecuador Open
Ø  Estrella Burgos is the first ever Dominician to reach a top-level ATP final
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.        Who is the oldest player to win ATB title
a.          Feliciano Lopez
b.         Victor Estrella Burgos
c.          Leander Paes
d.         McCoy

8)    40-PEOPLE DIED IN A FOOTBALL MATCH IN CAIRO
Ø  Nearly 40 people are dead during a football match at Egyptian Premier League
Ø  Thousands of Ticketless Fans tried to gain entry.
Ø  Similar incident took place nearly 3 years ago during which 74 people were killed.

9)   AAMIR KHAN AND ANUSHKA SHARMA AT THE TOP POSITION IN TIMES CELEBEX.
Ø  PK movie stars, Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma are at the top position in  TimesCelebexfollowed by Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan
Ø  Times Celebex is a monthly rating Index.


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