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Sunday, April 12, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 11 APRIL 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 11 APRIL 2015
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INTENATIONAL
1. INDIA ELECTED IN 4 U.N. BODIES:
A.   India was elected to 4 important United Nations (UN) agencies.
B.   India was elected at the coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) of UNECOSOC (the United Nations Economic and Social Council) held at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA.
C. India was elected in the following 4 bodies:
·         UNICEF – United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
·         WFP – World Food Program
·         CCPCJ – Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
·         Governing Council of UN –Habitat

2.   SEOUL WON WWF’S EARTH HOUR CITY CHALLENGE:
A. South Korea’s Capital city Seoul has won WWF’s Earth hour city challenge to become the Global Earth Hour capital 2015.
B.   Seoul won the earth hour city challenge (EHCC) of world Wildlife Fund (WFF) among 163 cities from 16 countries.
About South Korea -              
·         Capital – Seoul
·         Currency – Won
·         President – Park Geun Hye
·         Prime Minister – Lee Wan Koo
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.     Which city won WWF’s Earth Hour city Challenge?
a.       Paris
b.      Seoul
c.       New Delhi
d.      Tokyo
2.     What is the full form of WWF?
a.       World Wide Fund
b.      World Wildlife Fund
c.       World wide federation
d.      World Wild Foundation

3. SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX 2015 RELEASED:
A.   Social Pogress Index 2015 was released by US based non profit organization Social progress imperative.
B.   Social Progress Index ranks 133 countries from highest to lowest which covers 94 % of the world’s population.
C. India with a score of 53.06 is ranked 101st and is placed in low social progress group.
D. Norway topped the list followed by Sweden and Switzerland.
E. Afghanistan, Chad and Central African Republic are at the bottom of the list.
Note: In 2014, India was ranked 102 with the score of 50.24.

NATIONAL NEWS

4. DHANUSH MISSILE SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED:
A. India has successfully test fired Dhanush Ballistic missile.
B. Dhanush is a surface- to –surface Nuclear capable missile with 350 km range.
C. The missile was fired from an offshore patrolling vessel (OPV) Indian Navy by the strategic force command (SFC).
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
3.     What is the range of Dhanush Missile?
a.       300 km
b.      400 km
c.       450 km
d.      350 km

5. THANE NAMED AS NATIONAL EARTH HOME CAPITAL:
A. Mumbai’s Thane is named as National Earth Home capital 2015 by WWF.
B. Thane won among the 3 finalists i.e Thane, Rajkot and Pune.
C. Coimbatore was elected as the National Earth hour Capital in 2014.
Note: A total of 13 Indian cities participated in 2015 Earth challenge.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
4.     Which among the following cities was not included in the finalists of national earth hour capital 2015?
a.       Rajkot
b.      Thane
c.       Coimbatore
d.      Pune

6.   1000 RS MINIMUM MONTHLY PENSION SCHEME SUSPENDED:
A. The retirement fund body, EPFO has suspended the 1000 Rs. Minimum monthly pension scheme from april 2015.
B. End of this scheme will affect about 32 lakh pensioners.
C. The decision was taken by EPFO as no communication or direction by the Union Government was provided to continue the scheme beyond 31st March 2015.


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Friday, April 10, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 10 APRIL 2015

RRENTDAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 10 APRIL 2015
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1. INDIA AND USA SINGED MOC:
A.   India and USA signed a memorandum of cooperation on transportation.
B.   Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) was signed between Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx.

2.   SEBI RAISED THE LIMIT FOR CURRENT DERIVATIVES TRADES:
A.   Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has raised the limit for currency derivatives trades to 15 million US dollar.
B.   The limit is raised from 10 million US dollars to 15 million US dollars for both foreign and domestic investors.

3. SUMIT MAZUMDAR ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF CII:
A.   Sumit Mazumdar is elected as the president of confederation of Indian Industry for the year 2015-16.
B.   Sumit Mazumdar Succeeded Ajay Shriram.
C. Sumit Mazumdar is the chairman and Managing Director of the TIL limited, Indian largest manufacturer of material handling equipment.
D. Elected president of CII – Dr. Naushad Forbes
E.  Elected Vice – President of CII – Shobana Kamieni

4. RAJASTHAN AND VENDATA GROUP SIGNED AN MOU:
A. Rajasthan Government and Vendata group signed an MoU to improve 3056 Anganwadi centres in 5 districts.
B. Angarwadi centres will be improved in the five years under the integrated child development scheme (ICDS).
C. Selected 5 districts are:
·         Udaipur
·         Chittorgarh
·         Bhilwara
·         Rajsamand
·         Ajmer

5. DR. NASIM ZAIDI APPOINTED AS CEC:
A. Dr. Nasim Zaidi is appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner of India.
B. Dr. Nasim Zaidi becomes 20th CEC of India after succeeding Harishankar Brahma.
C. President of India, Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dr. Nasim Zaidi to be the next CEC
Note: The tenure of CEC is 6 years or age of 65, whichever comes first.

6. VISIT KERALA 2015 CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED:
A. Visit Kerala 2015 campaign is launched to promote Kerala Tourism.
B. Union Minister of State for Tourism, Dr. Mahesh Sharma launched the campaign.
C. Various Innovative programmes and schemes will be launched in India and abroad to attract Domestic and foreign tourists.

7. SNAPDEAL ACQUIRED MOBILE RECHARGE SERVICE FREE CHARGE:
A. E-commerce giant Snapdeal acquired mobile recharge service Freecharge in a cash and stock deal.
B. With this deal, Snapdeal became the largest mobile commerce company in India.
Note: Free charge was launched in 2010 by Kunal Shah.

8. JAYAKANTHAN PASSED AWAY:
A. Jnanpith awardee Tamil Writer Jayakanthan passed away
B. Jayakanthan writings were mainly focused against social injustices and economic inequality in the society.

C. Jayakanthan won Sahitya Akademi award in 1972, Jnanpith in 2002 and Padma Bhusan in 2009.
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Thursday, April 9, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 9 APRIL 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 9 APRIL 2015
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1. ADDITIONAL INSTALLMENT OF DA AND DR APPROVED
A.   Union Government gave NOD for release of additional installment of DA and DR.
B.   Dearness Allowance (DA) to central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners is increased by 6 %.
C. Existing rate of DA and DR prior to increase is 107 %
Note: Pay rise will benefit about 48 lakh government employees and 55 lakh pensioners.

2.   SUPREME COURT LIFTED 1990 BAN:
A.   Supreme Court of India lifted 1990 ban on performance of play, Jesus Christ superstar.
B.   The Kottayam’s collector notification of 1990 banned the performance of drama.
C.  A Supreme Court bench headed by justice Ranjan Gogoi gave the verdict on lifting the on staging of the play.
Note: Jesus Christ superstar is a 1970 rock musical album. Music was provided by Andrew Lloyd and lyrics by Tim Rice.

3. CCEA APPROVED TWO FII’S PROPOSALS:
A.   The Union Cabinet committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved two foreign Institutional Investors (FII) proposals in pharmaceutical companies Aurobindo and Glenmark.
B.   The proposal is of worth 4187 crore rupees.
C. CCEA’s approval for QIB (Qualified Institutional Buyers) in Aurobindo pharma Ltd will increase the FII’s share in the company from 27.32% to 34.32%.
D. CCEA’s clearance for FIIs in Glenmark pharmaceutical Ltd will increase the FIIs share in the company from 35.07 % to 49%.
Note:

Aurobindo Pharma Ltd
Glenmark Pharma Ltd
Headquarter
Hyderabad
Mumbai
CEO & MD
N.Govindarajan
Glenn Saldanha

4. PRIME MINSTER LAUNCHED MUDRA BANK:
A. PM Narendra Modi launched MUDRA Bank under PM Jan Dhan Yojana.
B. MUDRA Bank is launched to fund the small entrepreneurs.
C. MUDRA bank will provide credit of up to 10 lakh rupees to small entrepreneurs and act as a regulator for Micro-finance institutions (MFI).
D. Products offered by MUDRA bank:
Shishu – Cover loans upto 50000 rupees
Kishor- cover loans above 50000 rupees and upto 5 lakh
Tarun – cover loans above 5 lakh rupees and upto 10 lakh rupees
Note: MUDRA – Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Ltd.

5. THREE COLOURED SCHEME TO RE-CLASSIFY INDUSTRIES:
A. Union Ministry of Environment , Forest and Climate Change has proposed a three colours scheme to re-classify industries based on pollution potential.
B. The Ministry proposed the idea at a conference to improve ease of doing business while protecting the environment.
C. Proposed colour-coded scheme includes 3 colours i.e. red, orange and green.
Red colour – Industrial sector with a score of 60 and above.
Orange colour – Industrial sector with a score between 30-59.
Green colour – Industrial sector with a score between 15- 29.
Note: Industrial sector with a score below 15 will be considered as white as they are  Ecofriendly.


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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 8 APRIL 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 8 APRIL 2015
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INTENATIONAL
1. WORLD HEALTH DAY OBSERVED GLOBALLY:
A.   World Health Day was observed globally on 7th April, 2015.
B.   World Health Day was observed with the theme “World Farm to plate, make food safe”.
C. World Health Day is observed to raise awareness about food safety.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
Q 1. When is World Health Day observed?
a.       25th April
b.      31st October
c.       7th April
d.      17th November

2.   SRI LANKA SIGNED 6 AGREEMENTS WITH PAKISTAN:
A.   Sri Lanka and Pakistan signed six agreements to advance cooperation between the two nations.
B.   Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena signed 6 agreements in Islamabad to advancing cooperation in disaster management, sports, shipping, socio-economic development, education and narcotics control.
Note: Prior to Pakistan, Sri Lanka signed 6 cooperation agreements with China.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
Q 1. With which Asian Nation, Sri Lanka recently signed cooperation agreement ?
a.       India
b.      Pakistan
c.       Bhutan
d.      China

3. CII SIGNED MoU WITH EBRD:
A.   CII has signed an MoU with EBRD to deepen partnership.
B.   Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and European Bank for Reconstruction and development (EBRD) signed an MoU aimed to deepen partnership between Indian companies and European countries.
C. MoU was signed between CII director Chandrajit Banerjee and EBRD vice-president Phil Bennett.
Note: EBRD was established in 1991 with it’s headquarter in London.
President of EBRD – Sir Suma Chakrabarti
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
Q 1. Where is the headquarter of EBRD located?
a.    London
b.   Berlin
c.    New York
d.   Moscow

4. PRATAP SINGH WON INSTITUTE OF PHYSCS PRIZE:
A. 15 year old Pratap Singh, an Indian origin school boy won Institute of Physics prize.
B. Pratap Singh was awarded with 500 pounds Institute of physics (IOP) prize in United Kingdom for his cosmic ray project.
C. Pratap Singh was awarded for conducting an experiment that verified an effect of Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativity.

NATIONAL
5. 10 YEAR OLD DIESEL VEHICLES CANNOT PLY ON DELHI ROADS:
A. National Green Tribunal (NGT) prohibited all the diesel vehicles over 10 years old from plying on Delhi roads.
B. NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar headed the bench who gave the ruling of prohibiting heavy or light Diesel vehicles over 10 years old.
C. Delhi has the dubious status of being the World’s most polluted city according to WHO(World Health Organisation).

6. DIVORCED MUSLIM WOMEN ENTITLED FOR MAINTENANCE:
A. The Supreme Court of India has directed that divorced Muslim women’s are entitled for maintenance from their ex-husbands.
B. Muslim women’s are entitled for maintenance under section 125 of CrPC which provides the same relief to wives, children and parents.
C. CrPC – Criminal Procedure Code

BANKING NEWS
7. DENA BANK SIGNED MOU WITH LIC:
A. Dena Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Life Insurance Corporation (LIC).
B. MoU was signed to provide Insurance cover to all Aadhar linked savings account holders of the bank in the age group of 18 to 50 years.
C. Insurance cover will be provided under Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJBY) scheme from 1st June, 2015.
D. Headquarter of Dena Bank – Mumbai
E. CMD of Dena Bank – Shri Ashwani Kumar

8. SBI, ICICI AND HDFC CUTS BASE RATES:
A. SBI, ICICI and HDFC banks are first to cut base lending rates.
B. SBI and HDFC lowered their base rates by 15 basis points from 10% to 9.85% while ICICI bank cuts it by 25 basis points to 9.75%.
C. Base rate is the minimum rate at which a bank can lend.
Note: ICICI bank has the lowest base rate at 9.75%

SPORTS NEWS
9. DRONAVALI HARIKA WINS BRONZE MEDAL:
A. Dronavali Harika wins bronze medal in world women’s chess championship.
B. Harika lost to the eventual winner of Ukaine, Mariya Muzychuk in the semi-final.
C. Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine defeated Natalia Pogonina of Russia in the final match.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
Q 1. Dronavali Harika is associated with which sport?
a.       Archery
b.      Tennis
c.       Cricket
d.      Chess


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