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Saturday, January 3, 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 03 JAN. 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-03 JANUARY 2015
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1)         INDIAN ORIGIN APPOINTED TOP ADVISOR TO SINGAPORE PRESIDENT
Ø  Veteran Indian Origin civil Servant J. Y. Pillay is re-appointed as the Chairman of Presidential Council of Advisor (CPA) by Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam.
Ø  Term – 4 years
Ø  He will exercise the functions of President’s office in the absence of President.
EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.        Who among the following Indian-origin is appointed as top advisor to Singapore President:
a.          J.S. Pillai
b.         J.Y.Pillai
c.          Nikhil Sharma
d.         Richard Verma

2)         U.S. ENVOY ARRIVED INDIA
Ø  The first Indian-American US ambassador to India, Richard Rahul Verma arrived here today.
Ø  He promised to work in advancing the strategic bilateral partnership between New Delhi and Washington.
Ø  S.Jaishanker is Indian Ambassador to U.S
        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.        Who among the following has been appointed as first Indian-American U.S. Ambassador to India:
a.          Tony Joy
b.         Nandan Row
c.          Richard Rahul Verma
d.         John Roueff

3)         DR. VARANT RANCHOD GOWARIKAR PASSED AWAY
Ø  Former ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) Chief Passed Away.
Ø  Dr. Gowarikar along with Vikram Sarabhai (Father of ISRO) started working on Satellite technology in the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.        Who was Dr. Vasant Ranchod Gowariker:
a.          Scientist          
b.         Actor
c.          Writer
d.         Politician

4)         WORLD’S FIRST CLONED BUFFALO DELIVERS SECOND CALF
Ø  World’s first cloned buffalo ‘Garima’ delivered its second calf at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) Karnal.
Ø  The calf named ‘Krishna’ is the eighth calf cloned by NDRI.
        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.        Where is National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI)
a.          Ambala
b.         New Delhi
c.          Karnal
d.         Chandigarh
2.        What is the name of the world’s first cloned buffalo:
a.          Garima
b.         Krishna
c.          Karena
d.         Dolly

5)         R.K. SRIVASTVA, NEW CHAIRMAN OF AAI
Ø  IAS officer R.K.Srivastva took over as the new chairman of Airport Authority of India.
Ø  He succeeds Sudheer Raja.
Ø  AAI is Statutory body under the Ministry of civil Aviation. It is responsible for upgrading, managing and maintaining Civil aviation infrastructure in India.
Ø  Union Minister of civil Aviation –Ashok Gajapathi Raju.
        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.        Who among the following took over as the new chief of Airport Authority of India:
a.          R.K.Srivastva
b.         Arun Jaitly
c.          Parbhakar Sinha
d.         Sudheer Kumar

6)         KIRAN VADODARIA ELECTED INS PRESIDENT
Ø  Kiran Vadodaria of Sambhaav Matro was elected as president of Indian Newspaper society for 2014-15.
Ø  INS is founded in 1939
Ø  Headquarter of INS is at New Delhi
Ø  INS is an independent body authenticating circulation figures of newspaper and periodical in India.
Ø  It promotes freedom of Press in India.
Ø  It acts as central organization of the Press of India.
EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.        Who has been appointed as new chairman of Indian Newspaper Society:
a.          P.V.Chandren
b.         Kiran Vadodaria
c.          Pawan Agarwal
d.         Rishi Dorole

7)         ‘PK’ BECOMES HIGHEST GROWING BOLLYWOOD FILM
Ø  Aamir Khan starer PK has broken the Dhoom 3 record to become the biggest earner in Bollywood by collecting Rs. 278.52 crore.
Ø  Director – Raj Kumar Hirani
Ø  Producer – Raj Kumar Hirnani  , Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Sidharth Roy Kapur
Ø  Writer – Raj Kumar Hirani and Abhijit Joshi
        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.        Who is the director of the highest growing Bollywood film ‘PK’:
a.          Raj Kumar Hirani
b.         Abhijeet Joshi
c.          Sidharth Roy
d.         Aamir Khan

8)         IOB’S NEW MD AND CEO TAKE CHARGE
Ø  R. Koteeswaran has taken charge as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indian Overseas Bank.
Ø  IOB is major nationalisd bank based in Chennai
Ø  IOB is founded in 1937
        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.        R. Koteeswaran is new MD and CEO of :
a.          Axis Bank
b.         SBI
c.          Indian Overseas Bank
d.         PNB

9)         A.K. MITTAL, NEW CHAIRMAN OF RAILWAY BOARD
Ø  Union government has appointed A.K. Mittal as chairman of Indian Railway Board.
Ø  He will succeed Arunendra Kumar
Ø  Union Railway Minister – Suesh Prabhu
Ø  Indian Railway Board is the apex body of the Indian Railway. It functions under the control of Parliament of India through Ministry for Railways
        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.        Who is the appointed as new Chairman of Indian Railway Board
a.          Arunendra Kumar
b.         Suresh Prabhu
c.          A.K.Mittal
d.         Surendra Nath

10) UNION GOVERNMENT EXTENDED THE ARMED FORCES ACT, 1958 FOR ANOTHER 1 YEAR IN ASSAM

       



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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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