DAILY GK UPDATES 8, 9 FEB. 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-8-9 FEBRUARY 2015

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1) GHULAM NABI AZAD RETAINS HIS RAJYA SABHA SEAT.

Ø  GhulamNabi Azad retains his RajyaSabha seat on Saturday.

Ø  GhulamNabi Azad is Vice-President of the J&K Pradesh Congress Committee.

Ø  GhulamNabi Azad is the ‘leader of Opposition’ in Upper House.

Note: There is no leader of opposition in the lower house.

Upper house – RajyaSabha

Lower house – LokSabha

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.        Who is the leader of opposition in Lower House?

a.          NarendraModi

b.         Sonia Gandhi

c.          Rahul Gandhi

d.         No one at present

2.        Who is the leader of opposition in Upper House?

a.          NarendraModi

b.         GhulamNabi Azad

c.          Rahul Gandhi

d.         Sonia Gandhi

e.          No one at present

2) GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES CAPITAL INFUSION TO PSB’S VIA NEW CRITERIA

Ø  Government has announced a capital infusion of Rs. 6990 crore in 9 public sectorbanks.

Ø  Government took the decision or selected these 9 banks on new efficiency Parameters such as ROA and ROE.

Ø  Among the 9 selected banks, SBI is to get Rs. 2,970 crore which is maximum followed by Bank of Baroda’s Rs. 1260 crore , PNB- 870 crore and Canara Bank- Rs. 570 crore.

Ø  ROA – Return on Assets

Ø  ROE – Return on Equity

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.        Approximately how much capital is infused in the PSB’s by the Government?

a.          5000 crore

b.         7000 crore

c.          6000 crore

d.         8000 crore

3) 57^TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS

Ø  57^th Annual Grammy Awards held at Staples Centre in Los Angeles, California.

Ø  Record of the Year Award – Sam Smith – ‘Stay with me’.

Ø  Song of the year – ‘Stay with me’ (Dark Child Version).

Ø  Album of the year – Morning Phase.

About Grammy Award- These awards are accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) of the USA to recognize outstanding achievement in the Music Industry.

Ø  First ever Grammy Awards show was held on 4 May, 1959.

4)   BAFTA AWARDS 2015:

Ø  68^th BAFTA Awards held at the Royal Opera house in London.

Ø  Best Film Award – Boyhood.

Ø  Best Director – Richard Linklater (Boyhood).

Ø  Best Actor – EddlieRedmayne (The theory of Everything).

Ø  Best Actress – Julianne Moore (Still Alice).

Ø  Best Foreign Film – Ida (Poland).

About BAFTA Awards:

Ø  BAFTA – British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

Ø  It was founded in 1947 as the British Film Academy.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 7 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-7 FEBRUARY 2015

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1) BAL CHANDRA NAMADE WINS JNANPITH AWARD

Ø  Eminent Marathi Litterateur Balchandra Namade wins the Jnanpith award for 2014.

Ø  He has written many famous novels from ‘Kosala’ , 1963 to his recent magnum opus ‘ Hindu’.

Ø  Namade is the fourth Marathi to win the award. He has also been honored with Padma Shri and won Sahitya Akadmi award in the past.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.        Who won the Jnanpith Award for 2014

a.          V.S.Khandekar

b.         V.V. Shirwadkar

c.          Vinda Krandikar

d.         Balchandra Namade

2.        Which among the following awards is not been conferred by Balchandra Namade.

a.          Padma Shri

b.         Jnanpith Award

c.          Padma Bhusan

d.         Shitya Akademi Award

2) NITI AAYOG’S FIRST MEETING HELD IN NEW DELHI

Ø  First ever meeting of NITI Aayog took place in new Delhi on Friday under Chairmanship of PM Narendra Modi.

Ø  Meeting was attended by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and experts such as Mukesh Bhutani, Nitin Desai, Parthasarathi Shome, Rajiv Lall, Swaminathan Aiyer, Vijay Kelkar, V Reddy and others.

Ø  Attention to the need for a renewed focus on India’s high-cost, low productivity farm sector and manufacturing sector.

3)   ED ISSUES NOTICE TO SAHARA ON FEMA VIOLATION

Ø  ED issues Rs 3,600 crore FEMA notice for an illegal violations of foreign exchange rules involving an overseas Direct Investment.

Ø  The direct investment outside India is allowed either through the Automatic route, where the investor doesn’t require prior approval from the RBI but has to adhere to certain conditions or the approval route, which requires permission from the RBI.

Ø  ED-Enforcement Directorate.

Ø  FEMA- Foreign Exchange Management Act.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.        Which of the following Group recently violated FEMA’s regulations

a.          Reliance

b.         Sahara

c.          Tata

d.         Adani

4)   BENGALURU, CHENNAI, SURAT AMONG ‘100 RESILIENT CITIES’

Ø  Bengaluru, Chennai and Surat are the 3 cities from India which are chosen besides  67 cities from the Globe for ‘100 Resilient cities’.

Ø  Rock feller Foundation had announced the 100 Reliant cities project with a $ 100 million commitment to build resilience worldwide.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.        Which among the following cities is not among 100 Resilient cities

a.          Bengaluru

b.         New Delhi

c.          Surat

d.         Chennai

5)     FOREX RESERVES TO RECORD HIGH

Ø  FII Inflows Push Forex Reserves to a new high of $ 327.88 billion.

Ø  After 2014 Elections, foreign funds pumped dollars into Indian equities on the hopes of big-bang economic reforms.

Ø  It is for the first time that the forex kitty has crossed $ 320 billion.

6)   DIPA KARMAKAR WINS 4  GOLD

Ø  Dipa Karmakar of Tripura won 4 Gold Medals at 35^th National Games.

Ø  Dipa Karmakar won Gold in Gymnastic events which includes vault, parallel bars, balance beam and Floor.

7)  US ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR TRADE POLICY APPOINTS AJAYPAL SINGH BANGA

Ø  Ajay pal Singh Banga, an Indian-American is appointed as the new member to the Advisory Committee for Trade policy and Negotiations.

Ø  Currently, he is also the chairman of the US-India Business Council (USIBC).

Ø  He is also a member of Board of Director of the Dow Chemical Chempany, Member of the council on Foreign Relations and Member of International Business Council of the World Economic Forum.

8) M O GARG TAKES CHARGE AS NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CSIR

Ø  M O Garg has been appointed as the Director General of the council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).

Ø  He replaces PS Ahuja.

Ø  MO Garg has 33 national and International patents to his credit.

Ø  CSIR is India’s Largest Research and Development (R &D) organization with 37 laboratories and 39 field stations spread across the nation.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.        Who became the new DG of CSIR

a.          M O Garg

b.         PS Ahuja

c.          A K Reddy

d.         Subrahamanyam Jaishankar

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 6 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-6 FEBRUARY 2015

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1) WORLD BANK TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR SARNATH REDEVELOPMENT

Ø  Sarnath is located only a few kilometers from Varanasi near the influence of the Ganga and the Gomti rivers.

Ø  Sarnath is famous as Lord Buddha gave his first sermon here which attracts a large number of Buddhists and foreigners.

Ø  Sarnath is also known for its Deer park and a bird sanctuary

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.     World Bank has recently provided fund for which place’s redevelopment

a.       Varanasi

b.      Sarnath

c.       Haridwar

d.      Bhubaneshwar

2) L.C.GOYAL, BECOMES NEW HOME SECRETARY

Ø  L.C. Goyal takes charge as the new union Home Secretary replacing Mr. Goswami who resigned recently.

Ø  L.C. Goyal is an IAS officer of 1979 Batch Kerala Cadre

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

1.     Who became the new Home Secretary

a.       Matan Singh

b.      Anil Goswami

c.       L.C.Goyal

d.      Deepshikha Ghosh

3)   UN REPORT SHOWS 8% GDP GROWTH

Ø  8% growth in GDP has led to decline in poverty from 41.6% to 32.7%

Ø  UNESCAP gave its report on GDP from 2004 to 2011

Ø  INDIA has achieved first Millennium Development Goals

Ø  UNESCAP- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

4)   BCCI CLEARS PROGYAN OJHA

Ø  Pragyan Ojha got a clean chit over his bowling action at the correction centre in Chennai by the BCCI

Ø  Pragyan Ojha is not in the World Cup 2015 Squad but he can continue playing first class games with immediate effect.

5)   CASH SUBSIDY ON LPG BECOMES WORLD’S LARGEST DIRECT BENEFIT TRANSFER SCHEME

Ø    Pahal Yojana is the name Given to the DBT Scheme for LPG

Ø  This Scheme was launched to put an end to Black- marketing and to ensure that the   subsidy reaches to the people directly.

Ø    Over 10 crore consumers have joined the scheme so far.

Ø    Other counties having such scheme are China, Mexico and Brazil.

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