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Friday, June 19, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 18 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 18 JUNE 2015
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1.  GLOBAL WEALTH REPORT 2015:
i.  Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released Global Wealth Report 2015.
ii.  USA remained the country with the largest number of UHW households followed by China and the UK.
iii.  India was observed to be fourth largest ultra-high-net worth(UHW) households.

2.  INDIA AND POLAND SET TRADE TARGET OF 5 BILLION $:
i.   India and Poland have set trade target of 5 billion US Dollar by 2018.
ii.  Until 2014, trade between India and Poland was of 2.3 US Dollar.
iii.  About Poland:
a. Capital- Warsaw
b. Currency- Polish zloty
c. President- Andrzef Duda (elected)
d.  Prime Minister- Ewa Kapacz

3.  NARENDRA KUMAR YADAV BECOMES CMD OF MTNL:
i.  Narendra Kumar Yadav has taken charge of Chairman and Managing Director of MTNL.
ii.  Narendra Kumar Yadav succeeded P K Purwar.
iii.  MTNL is a state run telecom operator which stands for Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited.

4.  FIRST 100% BLIND OFFICER IN IFS:
i.  Beno Zephine become first 100% blind officer in IFS.
ii.  Beno Zephine is 25 year old from Chennai who was serving as a Probationary officer in State Bank of India.

5. SUNEDISON INC ACQUIRED CONTINUUM WIND ENERGY LTD:
i.  World’s Largest Renewable Energy development company, SunEdison Inc acquires Singapore based continuum Wind Energy ltd.
ii.  Sun Edison’s headquarter is located in USA.

6.  SUNIL CHHETRI SCORES 50 INTERNATIONAL GOALS:
i.  Sunil Chetri became first Indian footballer to score 50 International goals
ii.  List of International goals scored by Indian Footballers:
a. Sunil  Chetri- 50 goals in 87 matches
b. Bhaichung Bhutia- 42 goals in 107 matches

c. I M Vijayan- 40 goals in 79 matches
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 17 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 17 JUNE 2015
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1.  INDIA’S FIRST MICRO AIR VEHICLE ACRODYNAMICS RESEARCH TUNNEL:
i.  CSIR set up India’s first Micro air Vehicle Aerodynamics Research Tunnel in Bengaluru.
ii.  The tunnel will be used test the fixed-wing, flopping –wing and rotary-wing MAVs in the 500 mm wingspan category.
CSIR- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

2.  MORGENS LYKKETOFT TO HEAD GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
i.   UN Elected Denmark’s Morgens Lykketoft to head General Assembly.
ii.  Morgens Lykketoft is elected as the UN’s General Assembly President for its 70th session.
About Denmark:
                       Capital- Copenhagen
                       Currency – Krone
                       Prime Minister- Helle Thorning

3.  AUGMENTED REALITY APPLICATION LAUNCHED:
i.  Union Government launched Augmented Reality Application named “Sarkaar”.
ii. Union Minister of State Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh launched Sarkaar to highlight the achievement of the Department of space.

4.  RAFAEL NADAL WON STUTTGART OPEN:
i.  Spain’s Rafael Nadal won his third Stuttgart Men’s Single title.

ii.  Nadal defeated Serbian Viktor Troicki in the final match held in Germany.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 15, 16 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 15-16 JUNE 2015
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1.  MOBILE APP TO LOCATE NEAREST BLOOD BANK:
i.  Union Government of India launched a mobile app to locate Nearest blood bank.
ii.  The app was launched on the occasion of World Blood Donors Day.
iii.  Ministry of Health assured that National Blood transfusion Council (NBTC) has made available directory of all 2760 licensed blood banks at National Health Portal.

2.  INDIA NUCLEAR INSURANCE POOL LAUNCHED:
i.   Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) launched India Nuclear Insurance Pool (INIP).
ii.  INIP has become the 27th Insurance pool in the world.

3.  WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY OBSERVED:
i.  World Blood Donors day observed globally on 14th june 2015.
ii.  World Blood Donors day 2015 was observed with the theme , ‘ Thank you for saving my life’.

4. ROAMING FREE FOR BSNL CUSTOMERS:
i.    State run BSNL launched free roaming for its customers across the country.
ii.    BSNL users will now receive calls at no cost in any part of the nation.
BSNL – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.

5. WEBSITE LAUNCHED TO CONNECT EMPLOYERS, JOB SEEKERS:
i.      Union Government has launched a website to connect employers, job seekers.

ii.  Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium enterprises Kalraj Mishra launched the digital employment exchange for Industries (EEX) portal eex-demsme.gov.in which will connect employers and job seekers.
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Monday, June 15, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 13, 14 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 13-14 June 2015
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1.  WORLD’S 100 HIGHEST PAID ATHELETICS LIST:
i.  Forbes has released 2015 World’s Highest Paid Athletics list.
ii.  Floyd Mayweather, an American Professional Boxer topped the list.
iii.  Only Indian to be in the list is Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

2.  UNION GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTRE:
i.   Union Government has launched nations fourth Migrant Resource Centre in Chennai.
ii.  Union Ministry of overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) along with the Tamil Nadu government has launched the centre.
Migrant Resource Centres in India are located at:
a.  Kochi                                           b. Gurgaon
c.   Hyderabad                               d.  Chennai

3.  TAMIL NADU AND ADANI POWER LTD SIGNED PPA:
i.  Tamil Nadu Government and Adani Power Ltd have signed PPA (Power Purchase Agreement).
ii.   PPA is signed to set up a 200 MW Solar Power Plant in Ramanaropuram district.
iii.  Plant will be constructed with an investment of almost 1400 crore rupees.

4.  WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR OBSERVED GLOBALLY:
i.  The world day against child labour was observed globally on 12th June 2015.
ii.  World Day against Child Labour 2015 was observed with the theme, ‘ No to child labour- yes to quality education!’.

5. NEK CHAND DIED:
i.  Chandigarh’s Rock Garden creater Nek Chand died
ii.  Rock Garden of Chandigarh was opened for public on 24th Jan 1976
iii.  Nek Chand Saini was awarded the Padma Shri in 1984.

6.  CHIRIL GABURUCI RESIGNED:
i.  Moldova’s Prime Minister Chiril Gaburuci resigned.

ii.  Chiril Gaburuci was questioned about the authenticity of his high school and University Degrees.
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Friday, June 12, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 11, 12 JUNE 2015

12DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 11-12 JUNE 2015
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1.  ISRO PRESENTED WITH 2015 SPACE PIONEER AWARD:
i.  Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is presented with 2015 Space Pioneer Award for Mars Orbiter Mission.
ii.  ISRO is awarded in Science and Engineering Category during the 34th Annual  International Space Development Conference held at Toranto in Canada.
iii.   The Award was presented by National Space Society (NSS) of USA.

2.  INS VIKRANT UNDOCKED IN KOCHI:   
i.   India’s Maiden Indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant undocked in Kochi.
ii.  INS Vikrant will undergo basin trials in 2017 and is expected to be inducted into the Navy by 2018 end.
iii.  With INS Vikrant induction, India joins the elite group of four countries USA, Russia, UK and France.

3.  G7 SUMMIT HELD IN GERMANY:
i.  41st G7 summit held at schloss Elmau in Bavaria, Germany.
ii.  the theme for the 41st G7 Summit was ‘ Think Ahead. Act together’
G7 MEMBERS:


1. Canada
2. France
3.  Germany
4.  Italy
5.  Japan
6.  United Kingdom
7.  USA
8.  European Commission


Note: EC (European Commission) is a permanently welcome participant in all meetings and decision making since 1981.

4.  MANU PRAKASH DEVELOPED WORLD’S FIRST WATER BASED COMPUTER:
i.  Indian origin Scientist Manu Prakash developed World’s first water based computer.
ii.  Manu Prakash is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University.

5. BARCELONA WON CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TITLE:
i.  FC Barcelona won 2015 UEFA Champions League.
ii.  FC Barcelona defeated Juventus FC in the final match held at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium in Germany.

6.  HDFC BANK LAUNCHED PAYZAPP:
i.  HDFC bank launched PayZapp, a complete digital payment and purchase solution.
ii.  The mobile app will allow customers to manage credit or debit card details, recharge and pay bills.

iii.  MD of HDFC bank- Aditya Puri.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 10 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 10 June 2015
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1.  KV CHOWDARY BECOMES CHIEF VIGILANCE COMMISSIONER:
i.  K V Chowdary is appointed as Chief Vigilance Commissioner.
ii. K V Chowdary is a 1978 batch IRS officer of the Income tax cadre.
Note: CVC was formed in 1964

2.  VIJAI SHARMA BECOMES CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER:      
i.   Vijai Sharma is appointed as Chief Information Commissioner of India.
ii.  Vijai Sharma is a 1974 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh Cadre.

3.  IIFA AWARDS 2015:
i.  16th International Film Awards 2015 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
ii.  Some famous Awards to Remember:
a. Best Film - Queen
b. Best Actor- Shahid Kapoor (Haider)
c. Best Actress- Kangana Ranaut (Queen)
d. Best Director -  RajKumar Hirani (PK)
e.  Entertainer of the year- Deepika Padukone

4.  LEWIS HAMINTON WON CANADA GRAND PRIX OF FORMULA 1:
i.  Mercedes Driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain won 2015 Canada Grand Prix of formula 1.
ii.  Nico Rosberg of Germany stood at the 2nd place followed by Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel.

5. MOMOTA AND RATCHANOK WON INDONESIA OPEN:
i.  Kento Momota and Ratchanok Intanon won Men’s and Women’s Singles respectively of the Indonesia Open Badminton Tournament.
ii.  Japanese Rento Mometa defeated Denmark’s Defending champion Jan O. Jorgensen.

iii.  Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon defeated Japan’s Yui Hashimoto in the final match.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 8,9 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 8,9 JUNE 2015
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1. INDIA-BANGLADESH SIGNED LAND BOUNARY AGREEMENT:
i. India and Bangladesh have signed land boundary agreement 1974.
ii. According to the agreement, India received 51 enclaves out of a total of 111 enclaves which Bangladesh had took over.
iii. About BANGLADESH:   Capital:-
                                         Currency:- RUBBLE
                                         President:- ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO.

2. INDIA-BANGLADESH SIGNED 22 BILATERAL DOCUMENTS:
i. India and Bangladesh have signed 22 bilateral documents.
ii. These documents were inked during the two-day visit of PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI to Bangladesh.

3. 11 HONOURED WITH ICCC ANNUAL AWARDS:
i. 11 Indo-Canadians are honored with ICCC annual awards 2015.
ii. Awards were honoured for strengthening bilateral ties and their business achievements.
iii. Awards were presented by Toronto mayor JOHN TORY and president of the Indo-Canada chambers of commerce(ICCC) D P JAIN at the annual gala award ceremony held at Toronto.

4. STANISLAS WAWRINKA WON FRENCH OPEN:
i. Stanislas wawrinka won men’s single title of French open.
ii. Wawrinka defeated Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the final match.
iii. Serena Williams defeated Lucie Safarova of Czechoslovakia to win Women’s title of French Open.

5. WORLD OCEAN DAY OBSERVED ACROSS THE GLOBE:
i. World Ocean Day was observed across the globe on 8th june 2015.
ii. World Ocean Day 2015 was observed with the theme, “HEALTHY OCEANS, HEALTHY PLANET”.
iii. World Ocean Day was introduced in 1992 at RIO DI JANERIO with a motive of raising awareness of people towards the crucial role that SEA plays in our lives.

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Monday, June 8, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 6,7 JUNE 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 6, 7 JUNE 2015
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1. TIER-1 OIL SPILL RESPONSE CENTRE INAUGURATED:
i. Union Government inaugurated tier-1 oil spill response centre for Mumbai and JNPT harbour.
ii. Union Minister of road transport & highways and shipping, NITIN GADKARI inaugurated INDIA’S first of its kind tier-1 osrc.
iii. OSRC:- Oil Spill Response Centre
      JNPT:- Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

2. ALI SMITH WON 2015 BAILEY WOMEN’S PRIZE:
i. UK author Ali Smith won 2015 bailey women’s prize.
ii. Ali Smith won bailey prize for fiction for her novel, “HOW TO BE BOTH”.
iii. Earlier the book was shortlisted for the 2014 MAN BOOKER PRIZE and the 2015 FOLIO PRIZE.

3. NATION WIDE JAL KRANTI ABHIYAN LAUNCHED:
i. Union Ministry of water resources launched nation wide jal kranti abhiyan from Jaipur.
ii. Union Minister of water resources, river development and ganga rejunivetion UMA BHARTI launched the abhiyan.

4. WORLD ENVIORNMENT DAY OBSERVED GLOBALLY:
i. World Enviornment Day was observed globally on 5th june 2015.
ii. World Enviornment Day 2015 was observed with the theme, “SEVEN BILLION DREAMS. ONE PLANET. CONSUME WITH CARE”.
iii. Host country for WED 2015 is ITALY.
ABOUT ITALY:        Capital: ROME
                                   Currency: EURO
President: SERGIO MATTARELLA
5. IRWIN ROSE PASSED AWAY:
i. Noble Prize winner Irwin Rose passed away.
ii. IRWIN won Noble Prize in CHEMISTRY in 2004.
iii. Rose won Noble Prize for discovering a way that cells destroy unwanted proteins for developing new therapies for diseases such as CERVICAL CANCER and CYSTIC FIBROSIS.
6. WRESTLER PREM NATH PASSED AWAY:
i. Indian Wrestler Prem Nath passed away.
ii. Prem Nath won Gold medal at the 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games.

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