DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 31 MAY, 1 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 31 May- 1 June 2015

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1. NEW BANK NOTE PAPER LINE UNIT INAUGURATED:

i. Finance Minister has inaugurated New Bank note paper line unit in Hoshangabad, MP

ii. With opening of this, India will become self reliant in producing Bank note paper for big denominations

iii. The project worth a total of 495 crore rupees

iv. Finance Minister of India – Arun Jaitley

2.   S VEENA JAIN APPOINTED AS DG OF DD NEWS:

i.    Veena Jain is appointed as the Director General of Doordarshan News.

ii.  Veena Jain succeeded akshay Rout, a senior IIS officer

iii.  Currently Veena Jain is posted as Additional Director General in the News Services Division of All India Radio (AIR)

IIS – Indian Information Service

3. ANAND KUMAR HONOURED IN CANADA:

i. Anand Kumar , founder of Super 30, honoured in Canada

ii.  Super 30 founder and Mathematician Anand Kumar is honoured by legislature of British Columbia in Canada at Toronto University

iii.  Super 30 established in 2002 by Anand Kumar in Patna, Bihar provides free residential mentoring to 30 selected students from under privileged families to appear in the entrance exam of IIT-JEE

4.  SBI LAUNCHED ONLINE CUSTOMER ACQUISITION SOLUTION:

i.   SBI has launched online customer acquisition solution (OCAS)

ii.  It is an online platform to apply for Home Loans, car loans, Education Loans and personal loans

iii.  Application was launched by SBI chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya.

5.  SEPP BLATTER RE-ELECTED AS FIFA PRESIDENT:

i.  Joseph Sepp Blatter is re-elected as FIFA president for the fifth term

ii.  Sepp Blatter secured 133 votes out of 206 valid votes

Note: There are total 209 members in FIFA

6.  UNITED NATIONS PEACE KEEPERS DAY OBSERVED ACROSS THE GLOBE:

i.  International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers was observed across the globe on 29^th May, 2015.

ii. International Day of United Nations peacekeepers was observed with the theme ‘ together for peace’

iii 29^th May is recognized and celebrated as International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers since the year 2003.

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 30 MAY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 30 MAY 2015

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1.      VA PRASANATH BECOMES CFO OF INDIAN BANK:

i. VA Prasanath is appointed as the CFO of Indian Bank.

ii. Prasanath succeeded K Srinivasa Raghavan to be Chief Financial Officer.

iii. Prior to this VA Prasanath was serving as the General Manager of Indian Bank.

2.   S CHRISTOPHER BECOMES DG OF DRDO:

i.    S Christopher is appointed as  Director General of DRDO.

ii.  Eminent Scientist Dr. S Christopher is appointed by Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for tenure of 2 years.

iii.  Prior to this appointment, DRDO was under the additional charge of Defense Secretary.

DRDO- Defense Research and Development Organization.

3. GURNIMRAT NIMMY SIDHU NAMED FOR OXFORD UNIVERSITY AWARD:

i. Indian origin teacher Gurnimrat Nimmy Sidhu is named for Oxford University Award.

ii.  She is among 12 teachers to win the University of Oxford Inspirational Teacher Award.

4.  SEVILLA FC WON EUROPA LEAQUE TITLE:

i.   Sevilla Football club won Europa Leaque title.

ii. Sevilla football club defeated Dnipro Dnipro Tetronk football club in the final clash.

iii. This is 2^nd consecutive Europa Cup for Sevilla Football club.

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 29 MAY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 29 May 2015

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1. RBI NOTIFIED FIIs:

i. RBI notified FIIs to invest up to 49% in Gammon Infrastructure projects limited.

ii. Investment can be made under Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS).

iii. This change is notified under FEMA Act, 1999.

FII – Foreign Institutional Investors

RBI – Reserve Bank of India

2.   TRIPURA WITHDRAWS AFSPA:

i.    Tripura withdraw AFSPA from State.

ii.   Decision was taken by the State Government.

iii.   The act was enforced by the Union Government on 16 February 1997 in 40 police station areas.

AFSPA –  Armed Forces Special Powers Act.

3. NATO LAUNCHED ARCTIC CHALLENGE EXERCISE:

i. NATO launched Arctic Challenge Exercise in the north of Norway, Sweden and Finland.

ii.  Exercise involves 115 fighter planes and 3600 troops from 9 countries.

iii.  This the 2^nd Exercise prior to this 1^st exercise held in 2013.

NATO Members:

a. U.S

b. Britain

c. Germany

d. France

e. Netherlands

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 28 MAY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 28 May 2015

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1.  HIMACHAL PRADESH SET UP SATELLITE TRACKING SYSTEM:

i.  Himachal Pradesh set up satellite tracking system to check forest fire

ii. System is launched with an aim to preserve the precious forest fire incidents during summer season

iii. In case of any fire incident, the forest officials will immediately receive an SMS on their mobile

2.   PM LAUNCHED DOORDARSHAN’S FARMER-CENTRRIC KISAN TV CHANNEL:

i.    Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Doordarshan’s Farmer-centric Kisan TV Channel.

ii.  Doordarshan’s farmer-centric Kisan TV Channel ‘DD Kisan’ is launched from Vigyan Bhavan , New Delhi.

3. WORLD’S 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMENS 2015 LIST:

i. Forbes has released the world’s 100 most powerful women 2015 list.

ii.  German Chancellor Angela Merker fetched the first spot followed by Hillary Clinton.

4.  48 TIGERS IN CHANDRAPUR FOREST :

i.   According to WCT survey, 48 tigers are present in non protected Chandrapur forest areas of Maharashtra.

ii.  No. of Big Cats in the district stands at 120, including 60 in core area and 12 in buffer area of TATR.

iii.  Study was carried out by Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM).

WCT – Wildlife Conservation Trust

TATR- Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve

 

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 27 MAY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 27 MAY 2015

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1.   SNAPDEAL ACQUIRED MART MOBI:

i.  Snapdeal has acquired Hyderabad based startup Mart Mobi.

ii. E-Commerce Snapdeal will strengthen its mobility platform for merchant partners

iii.  Prior to this Snapdeal acquired Freecharge

2.   CEAT INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER OF THE YEAR – KUMAR SANGAKARA

i.    Kumar Sangakara is named as CEAT International Cricketer of the year 2015

ii.  Kumar Sangakara is a former Sri Lankan Cricketer

iii.  Ajinkya Rahane was named as Indian CEAT Cricketer of the year.

3. MIZORAM GETS NEW GOVERNOR:

i. Nirbhaya Sharma sworn in as New Governor of Mizoram.

ii.  Nirbhaya Sharma replaced West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi.

iii.  Guwahati High Court Judge Justice T Vaiphei administered the oath to new Governor.

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 25,26 MAY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 25, 26 May 2015

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1.   ICICI BANK LAUNCHES VOICE RECOGNITION SERVICE:

i.  Private Bank ICICI has launched Voice recognition service for biometric authentication.

ii.  The service will allow customers to execute banking transactions through banks call centre in a quick , secure and convenient manner.

iii. ICICI bank is India’s largest private sector bank with its headquarter in Mumbai.

iv.  Chanda Kochar is the CEO of ICICI Bank

2.   MANOJ MISHRA BECOMES CMD OF NATIONAL FERTILIZERS LIMITED:

i.    Manoj Mishra is appointed as New Chairman and Managing Director of National Fertilizers Limited.

ii.  Manoj Mishra, a Cost Accountant is currently serving as the Director (finance) at State Trading Corporation (STC).

iii.  National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) has 5 gas based plants:

a.       Nangal and Bathinda in Punjab

b.      Panipat in Haryana

c.       Two plants in Vijaipur , District –Guna ,Madhya Pradesh

3. JOHN FORBES NASH JR. DIED:

i. Nobel awardee Mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. died.

ii.  Oscar winning Movie, A Beautiful Mind was inspired by his life.

4. MUMBAI INDIANS WON IPL 2015 TITLE:

i. Mumbai Indians have won IPL 2015 title by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final held at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

ii.   Mumbai Indians won their 2^nd IPL title by grabbing 8^th edition of Indian Premier League

a. Man of the match in the Final – Rohit Sharma

b. Player of the tournament – Andre Russell

c. Orange cap holder – David Warner

d. Purple cap holder – Dwanye Bravo

e. Emerging Player – Shrayas Iyer

5. DOHA INTERNATIONAL BOXING TOURNAMENT 2015:

      i.  Indian Boxers have won 4 Gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals at Doha International Boxing Tournament.

PLAYER	CATEGORY	MEDAL	DEFEATED
Devendra Singh	49 kg	Gold	Aldren Moreno (Philippines)
Shiva Thapa	56 kg	Gold	HYM Abdellal (Egypt)
Manish Kaushik	60 kg	Gold	Rabi Hamza (Morocco)
Manoj Kumar	64 kg	Gold	Magliquian Nicole (Philippines)
Gaurav Bidhuri	52 kg	Silver
Mandeep Jangra	69 kg	Bronze
Vikas Krishan	75 kg	Bronze

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 22 MAY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 22 MAY 2015

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1.   BARACK OBAMA ENTERED GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORD:

i. United States President Barack Obama entered Guinness Book of World Record.

ii.   Obama entered Guinness Book of World Record for Reaching a million followers on twitter in a spam of mere 5 hours after going live.

iii.  Previous the record was hold by Iron Man Star Robert Downey Jr.

2.   INDIA –SOUTH AFRICA JOINT MINISTERIAL COMMISSION:

i.    9^th session of India-South Africa Joint Ministerial commission held in Durban

ii.  Session was chaired by minister for external affairs and overseas Indian affairs SushmaSwaraj and her counterpart MaiteNkoanaMashabane

iii.  Next session will held in 2017 in India

3. ASTRA MISSILE SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED:

i. Indigenously developed Astra Missile successfully test fired from ITR Chandipur in Odisha

ii.  Astra is a Bengal Visual Range (BVR) air – to- air missile

4. ANTI TERRORIST DAY OBSERVED:

i. Anti Terrorist Day was observed across the country on 21^stMay, 2015

ii.  This day is annually observed on the death anniversary of seventh Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

iii.  Its motive is to promote unity, peace and harmony across the nation.

5.TWO STATES GETS NEW GOVERNOR:

States	Governors appointed	Replaced
a.      Tripura	Tathagata Roy	PadmanabhBalkarishna (also governor of Nagaland)
b.      Meghalaya	Sharmuganathan	KeshriNathTripathi (He was handling West Bengal & Meghalaya)

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