DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 31 JANUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-31 JANUARY 2015

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1)         GDP’S BASE YEAR CHANGED

Ø  The revision of the base year is to make easy for the government to meet its fiscal deficit target

Ø  The base year is now 2011-12 from 2004-05 .The base year was revised in January 2010.

2)        GOVERNMENT DIVESTED 10 PERCENT STAKE IN COAL INDIA LIMITED

Ø  Government has fetched about Rs 22600 crore by selling 10% stake in Coal India

Ø  This is the biggest ever share sale by any private or public sector company 

Ø  With this, government’s share in CIL came down to 79.65 percent.

3)          NATION PAYS TRIBUTE TO ‘MAHATMA GANDHI’

Ø  India has paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 67^th death Anniversary

 4)      18^th  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  The focus sector was Skill Development & Employability.

Ø  The conference explored the benefits of the use of Information and Communication    Technology (ICT).

5) PAUL VAN ASS IS NEW COACH OF NATIONAL MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM

Ø  Former Dutch National Hockey team coach Paul van Ass appointed as the head Coach of Indian men's hockey team.

Ø  He succeeded Terry Walsh of Australia.

Ø  New Zealand's Anthony Thornton was appointed as the coach of National women’s hockey team.

Ø  Van Ass and Thornton were awarded a three-year contract till 2018. India will host the 2018 men's Hockey World Cup.

6) RBI CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE ON URBAN COOPERATIVE BANKS

Ø  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) constituted a High Powered Committee to re-examine and recommend appropriate set of businesses, size, conversion and licensing terms for the Urban Cooperative Banking (UCB) Sector. 



Ø  The eight-member committee will be chaired by R Gandhi, the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 30 JANUARY 2015

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1)      S. JAYSHANKAR  IS NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY OF INDIA

Ø  India's Ambassador to the US, Dr. S Jaishankar was appointed as the Foreign Secretary 

Ø  He will have tenure of two years.   

Ø  He has replaced Sujata Singh( 1^st woman foreign secretary of India)

Ø  Jaishankar as Ambassador to China is credited for his deft handling of tensions between New Delhi and Beijing over the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in 2013.

Ø  He is the India’s longest serving Ambassador to China.

      EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who is appointed as new foreign secretary of India

A.      Sujata Singh

B.      Arup Raha

C.      Anil Dhoval

D.     S Jayshankar

2)      FIRST EVER LINK OF RAILWAY BETWEEN KATRA AND BENGLUR

Ø  Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off ‘Yeshwant Pur Katra premium express’, the first direct Rail link between Katra and Bengluru on Thursday

EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Name of first ever Train between Katra and Bengluru

A.      Keshavpur premium express

B.      Bengluru Premium express

C.      Rajdhani express

D.     Yeshwant Pur Katra premium express

3)      SUBASH GHISINGH DIED

Ø  Subash Ghisingh the founder leader of separate homeland for Gorkhas died on Thursday.   

EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who was the founder leader of separate home land for Gorkhas who died recently

A.      Subash Ghisingh

B.      Mirnal Sen

C.      Amit Mitra

D.     S. Chatterjee

4) OPENING OF NEW COINS GALLERY

Ø  A New coins gallery will be opened  at Salarjung Museum (Hyderabad).

Ø  For the first time a rare collection ranging from the BC to the present times will be displayed.

EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Name of the museum where new coins gallery will be opened

A.      Salarjung museum

B.      prince of wales museum

C.      Bhau daji lad museum

D.     Indian Museum Calcutta

5)      AIRTEL  APPLIED FOR PAYMENTS BANK LICENSE

Ø  Airtel  M Commerce services ltd. ( AMSL) which is the holy subsidiary of Bharti Airtel_; has applied for payments bank license that are issued by the RBI

Ø  Payments Bank:- are banks for providing small saving account and payments/remittance services to migrant labour work forces or small vendors.

 EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Which company has applied for payments Bank license

A.      Videocon 

B.      Reliance

C.      Bharti Airtel

D.     Tata docomo

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 29 JANUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-29 JANUARY 2015

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1)      ‘S.JAISHANKAR’ APPOINTED AS NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY

Ø  Union Government has appointed Subrabmanyan Jaishankar as the new Secretary of Ministry of External Affairs.

Ø  He will be replacing Sujatha Singh

Ø  Before this appointment, he was India’s Ambassador to United States.

 EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who has been appointed as new foreign Secretary of India

a.       Sujatha Singh

b.      Nirupama Rao

c.       Sushma Swaraj

d.      S.Jai Shankar

2)      K.DURGA PRASAD APPOINTED AS SPECIAL DG OF CRPF

Ø  K.Durga Prasad has been appointed as special Director General (D.G) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

Ø  CRPF is the largest Central Armed Police force of India

Ø  It works under Ministry of Home Affairs

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who is appointed as the Special DG of CRPF:

a.       K.Durga Prasad

b.      Dalbir Singh

c.       Subash Kashyap

d.      Anup Raha

3)      MAHARASHTRA TO OBSERVE SPETEMBER 17 AS INDUSTRIES DAY

Ø  Government of Maharashtra has announced that Sep 17 will be observed as Industries day in each district

Ø  It will be observed to promote industrial growth in State

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Which day has been observed as Industries day by Maharashtra government

a.       16^th Sep

b.      17^th sep

c.       18^th sep

d.      19^th sep

4)          SEA ABOTT WON BRADMAN YOUNG CRICKETER OF THE YEAR AWARD

Ø  Australian Cricketer Sean Abbott has won Bradman Young Cricketer of the year award 2015.

Ø  Sean Abbott is the bowler

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who has won Bradman young Cricketer of the year award, 2015:

a.       Sean Abbott

b.      Phillip Hughes

c.       Bret lee

d.      Shane Watson

5)      D.P. SINHA IS NEW SECRETARY (SECURITY) IN THE CABINET SECRETARIAT

Ø  Divya Prakash Sinha is appointed as Secretary (security) in the Cabinet Secretariat by Cabinet Committee on appointments.

Ø  He will succeed Yashovardhan Azad

Ø  Prior to this, he was special director with Intelligence Bureau (IB)

Ø  He is IPS officer (1979 batch) of Manipur –Tripura cadre

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who among the following is appointed as Secretary (security) in the Cabinet Secretariat:

a.       U.K.Sinha

b.      Ajit Sinha

c.       D.P Sinha

d.      Ranjit Sinha

6)      ‘LIBBY LANE’ IS APPOINTED AS ENGLAND’S FIST FEMALE BISHOP

Ø  Church of England has appointed Libby Lane as its first female bishop at York Minister, England.

Ø  By appointing her, Church of England ended its 500 years old male dominated tradition

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who has been appointed as England’s first female Bishop:

a.       Libby Lane

b.      Seana William

c.       Alina

d.      Elizabeth

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