DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 13 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 13 FEBRUARY 2015

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 NATIONAL

1) 3 MEMBER SIT TO LOOK INTO 1984 ANTI-SIKH RIOTS:

Ø  Union Government of India set up a 3-member SIT to look into 1984 Anti-Sikh riots.

Ø  IPS officer Pramod Asthana will lead the team.

Ø  Other members of the SIT are Shri Kumar Gyansh, Additional Deputy commissioner of Police, New Delhi and Rakesh Kapoor, a retired district and session Judge.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.     Who is the head of the SIT to probe 1984 Anti-Sikh riots?

a.       Shri Kumar Gyansh

b.      Rakesh Kapoor

c.       Pramod Asthana

d.      Harpreet Singh

INTERNATIONAL

1)   LEADERS GATHER IN MINSK FOR UKRAINE CRISIS SUMMIT:

Ø  Leaders from 4 nations gathered in Minsk, Belarus for Ukraine crisis Summit.

Ø  Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine yields a peace deal.

Ø  Leaders from nations who attended the summit are.

A.Russia – Vladimir Putin (President)

B. Germany – Angelo Markel (Chancellar)

C. Ukraine – Petro Poroshenko (President)

D. France – Francois Hollande (President)

E. Belarus – Alexander Lukasherko (President)

Note – Minsk is the capital of Belarus

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.     Who is the president of Russia?

a.       Angela Markel

b.      Francois Hallande

c.       Vladimir Putin

d.      Alexander Hukashenko

2.     Who is the president of Ukraine?

a.       Petro Porpshenko

b.      Alexander Hukashenko

c.       Vladimir Putin

d.      Francois Hallande

2)  INDIAN ORIGIN SCIENTIST WINS US RESEARCH AWARD:

Ø  An Indian Origin Scientist, Gurpreet Singh wins $ 500,000 Research Award.

Ø  Gurpreet Singh won this Award to develop ultrathin metal sheets that can help produce better rechargeable batteries.

Ø  This Award is known as National Science Foundation Career Award.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.     Who won National Science Foundation Career Award?

a.       Harpreet Singh

b.      Gurpreet Singh

c.       Amartya Sen

d.      Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

SPORTS 

1)   ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP KICK STARTS :

Ø  ICC Cricket World Cup starts on Thursday.

Ø  Srilanka takes on New Zealand for the first match.

Ø  There will be a total of 49 matches.

Ø  Total teams participating are 14.

Ø  Australia and New Zealand are the combined host for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.

Note: India is the only team to win a World cup at home in 2011.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.     Who is the host of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015?

a.       South Africa

b.      Australia and New Zealand

c.       England

d.      India and Sri Lanka

2.     How many teams are playing in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015?

a. 14

b. 13

c. 15

d. 16

2)   HARYANA BOY BREAKS NATIONAL RECORD IN 35^TH NATIONAL GAMES:

Ø  Haryana Boy, Rajinder Singh breaks National Record in 35^th National Games.

Ø  Rajinder Singh Breaks the Eight year old Mark to win Gold in Javelin throw.

Ø  Rajinder Singh breaks the earlier National Record of 80.72 m by Anil Kumar Singh, with a massive throw of 82.23 m.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.     Rajinder Singh is associated wih which game?

a.       Basketball

b.      Long Jump

c.       Javelin Throw

d.      High Jump

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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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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 1^ST 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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