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Friday, January 2, 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 02 DEC. 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-02 JANUARY 2015
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1)      NITI AAYOG TO REPLACE PLANNING COMMISSION
Ø The NarendraModi government has decided to replace the 65-year-old Planning Commission with a body called NITI AAYOG (National Institution for Transforming India) which will serve as a think tank of the government.
Ø The body will provide the government relevant strategic and technical advice on key policy matters.
Ø One of the objectives of the NITI AAYOG is to ensure that the interests of national security are incorporated in economic strategy and policy.
Composition
·         The Prime Minister will be the chairman of the new body.
·         New body will have avice chairman and a CEO
·         It will have 5-full-time and 2- part-time members.
Ø  National development Council which used to approves five year plans have been abolished as well.
EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.     Which among the following organization has been replaced  by ‘NITI Aayog’
a.       National Develop Council
b.      Planning Commission
c.       National Security Advisory
d.      National Economic Advisor

2)      SAIYID HAMID PASSED AWAY
Ø  An educationist, reformist, author and the tallest figure in Muslim Academia, passed away.
Ø  He was the last surviving ICS officer in India.
Ø  Satyendranath Tagore was first Indian to Join ICS.
         EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.     Who among the following was last surviving ICS officer who died recently:
a.       Saiyid Hamid    
b.      Abdul Hamid
c.       MamnoonHussain       
d.      Aga Khan

3)       STORM ‘JAGMI’ HITS PHILLIPINES
Ø  Tropical strom ‘ Jagmi’ hits Phillipines
         EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.     Which among the following country has been hit by a tropical strom ‘Jagmi’:
a.       Indonesia
b.      Brunei
c.       Philippines
d.      Thailand

4)       UNION GOVERNMENT BLOCKED 32 WEBSITES
Ø  Union Government has blocked 32 websites for carrying views and spreading banned terrorist outfit Islamic state of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) propaganda.
Ø  They were blocked by Department of Telecom
         EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.     How many websites have been banned by Union Government for security reasons:
a.       30
b.      32
c.       34
d.      40

5)       M.SATHIYARATHY APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR GENERAL DGCA:
Ø  M.Sathiyarathybecomes first women to be appointed as Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
Ø  She will succeed Prabhat Kumar.
Ø  DGCA- DGCA is India’s regulatory body of Civil Aviation.

6)       NATIONAL JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION GET PRESIDENT’S ASSENT:
Ø  President Pranab Mukherjee has given assent to (NJAC) bill, 2014 that seeks to scrap the collegium system of appointing judges to higher judiciary.
Ø  This assent comes after 121st constitution amendment bill, 2014 was ratified by 16 state legislature.
Ø  NJAC Commission:
·         Chief Justice of India
·         Two Senior Judges
·         Two Eminent Personalities
·         Law Minister
         EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.     Which amendment of the constitution of India deals with National Judicial Appointment Commission:
a.       120th
b.      124th
c.       122th
d.            121th

7)       MARS MISSION COMPLETES 100 DAYS
Ø  India’s first interplanetary mission MOM completes 100 days
Ø  The Mars orbiter was launched on Nov 5, 2014 aboard ISRO’s PSLV C25 from Sriharikota.
Ø  India becomes fourth Country to reach at Mars after US, Russia and European Space agency and first to enter mars orbit in first attempt.
Ø  This is the cheapest and farthest mission of Indian Space Research Organization.

         EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.     Which among the following ISRO’s mission has completed 100 days today:
a.       Chandrayan     
b.            Manglayaan
c.             Venus

d.            Saturn
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Thursday, January 1, 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 01 JAN 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-01 JANUARY 2015
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1)       ISRO CHIEF K. RADHAKRISHNAN RETIRES
Ø  ISRO chief K.Radhakrishnan retired today.
Ø  Dr. ShaileshMayak, Secretary Earth Science, has been given the additional charge of Secretary, department of Space.
EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.      K.Radhakrishnan retired recently, which of the following organization he was heading:
a.       ISRO
b.      DRDO
c.       EPFO
d.      IRDA

2)       LITHUANIA 19TH EUROPEAN COUNTRY
Ø  Lithuania became 19th European union country to Join Eurozone.
Ø  There are total 28 member state of European Union but only 19 are Eurozone countries
         EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.      Which among the following has become 19th country to join Eurozone:
a.       Croatia
b.      Lithuania
c.       France
d.      Italy

3)      GANGA HERITAGE CRUISE TAKES OFF
A private cruise service showcasing the cultural and religious diversity of West Bengal along the Ganga from Kolkata to Murshidabad was launched.

4)           WOMEN SAFETY MOBILE APP ‘HIMMAT' LAUNCHED
Ø  Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched India's first integrated mobile application for women safety called ‘Himmat', in the presence of Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung.
Ø  The ‘Himmat' application will strengthen women safety. Person who will download this smart phone-based application can alert the police in the hour of need by either shaking the phone or pressing the power button twice.
Ø  It is directly linked to the Police Control Room and they will get an indication immediately

5)      STAMPEDE KILLS 35 IN SHANGHAI ON NEW YEAR'S EVE
Ø  35 people were killed and 42 injured in a stampede at the China’s city.
Ø  The celebrations went astray at the Chenyi Square of Shanghai's popular riverfront Bund area when people reportedly rushed to collect coupons resembling US Dollars.

6)      UNSC REJECTS PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD BID
Ø  The UN Security Council rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem and the establishment of a Palestinian state by late 2017.
Ø  The resolution called for a peace deal within 12 months.
Ø  There were eight votes in favour, including France, Russia and China, two against and five abstentions, among them Britain. Australia joined the US in voting against the measure.

7)    GOVT. SPLITS CMD POST  NAMES NEW CHIEFS FOR 4 PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS
Ø  In a significant decision the government today split the post of chairman and managing director (CMD) of public sector banks seeking to create a new management structure.
Ø  The government said it has decided to now separate the post of chairman and MD & CEO.
Ø  Apart from the SBI, in the new appointments of PSBs, the chairman will be a part-time Board member who would preside over the Board meetings and will not be an executive chairman.
Ø  As part of the new process, the government appointed four new CEOs of banks.
Ø  R Koteeswaran has been appointed as MD and CEO of Indian Overseas Bank
Ø  AnimeshChauhan will head Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC)).
Ø  Kishore Kumar Sansiwillbe the new MD and CEO of Vijaya Bank.

Ø  P.Srinivasappointed asMD and CEOto United Bank of India.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 31 DEC. 2014

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-31 DECEMBER 2014
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1)         DHONI RETIRES FROM TEST CRICKET
Ø  India’s most successful captain M.S.Dhoni has retired from Test Cricket
Ø  He will continue to lead India in One-Day and Twenty 20 Internationals
Ø  He finished with most Test wins (27) as skipper, beating the previous best of 21 by SourabhGanguly.
Ø  Out of the 90 Tests he played, Dhoni led India in 60 matches.
Ø  Under Dhoni's captaincy, India have won the top prize,the No.1 Test ranking for 18 months starting,the 50-over World Cup in 2011 and the World Twenty20 on his captaincy debut in 2007.
EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.     M.S.Dhoni the captain of Indian Cricket Team, took retirement from which Tournament:
a.       One Day International
b.      T 20
c.       Test Match    
d.      IPL

2)         K.K.PAUL IS UTTRAKHAND GOVERNOR
Ø K.K.Paul has been appointed as Governor of Uttrakhand.Previous Governor Aziz Qureshi, who had taken the Modi government to Supreme Court for alleged attempts to ease him out of office, was shifted to Mizoram.
         EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.     Who among the following has been appointed as new Governor of Uttrakhand:
a.       ShivrajPatil
b.      K.K.Paul
c.       R.F.Radriq
d.      Aziz Quresh
2       Who among the following is new Governor of Mizoram:
a.       Aziz Qureshi
b.      K.K.Paul
c.       Surjit Singh Barnad
d.      Sheela Dixit

3)       CBI GIVES CLEAN CHIT TO AMIT SHAH
Ø  A CBI court in Mumbai give clean chit to BJP president Amit Shah in the fake encounter case related to the killings of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his associate TulsiramPrajapati in Gujarat in 2005-06.


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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 30 DEC. 2014

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-30 DECEMBER 2014
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1)       GOVERNMENT TO EASE LAND ACQUISITION RULES FOR INDUSTRIES
Ø  The Union Cabinet cleared ordinance to ease rules for defense, infrastructure and rural power projects.
Ø  The right to fair compensation and transparency in rehabilitation and resettlement Act,2013 come into force in Jan 1, 2014
EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.      Which ordinance has recently come into force regarding Land Acquisition:
a.       The right to fair compensation and Transparency in rehabilitation and Resettlement Act
b.      Lokpal Bill
c.       The company bill
d.      Women empowerment bill

2)       BLUE STAR TIE UP WITH EUREKA FORBES
Ø  Air-conditioning firm Blue star has collaborated with Eureka Forbes, a major player in offering water purification products, to launch a range of water coolers with inbuilt Aquagurad water purifier
        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.      Which company has been tied up with Blue Star:
a.       Eureka Forbes               
b.      b. Godrez
c.       L.G
d.      Samsung

3)       UKRAINE NO LONGER ‘NON-ALIGNED’ COUNTRY
Ø  President of Ukraine signed a bill dropping his country’s non-aligned status.
Ø  NAM is group of countries which are aligned against major power block.
Ø  It was founded in Belgrade in 1961.
        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.      Which among the following country has left the membership of NAM:
a.       India                              
b.      Ukraine
c.        Nepal
d.      Bhutan

4)       CHINA BLOCKED GMAIL
Ø  Google Inc’s Gmail is blocked in China due to disruptions
EXPECTED QUESTION
1.      Which among the following country blocked Gmail recently:
a.       Pakistan                         
b.      Bangladesh
c.   China     

d.   India
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