Daily Current Affairs 8 Nov. 2015 ( Daily News India)

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-8 NOVEMBER 2015

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1.     INDIA-RUSSIA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE INDRA-2015 STARTED

                 i.      The India-Russia Joint Military Exercise ‘Indra-2015’ has started in Bikaner district of Rajasthan.

               ii.      The aim of the exercise is to ‘Counter Terrorism Operations in Desert Terrain under a United Nations Mandate’

             iii.      The bilateral exercise will boost people to people as well as military to military ties between India and Russia.

2.     INDIAN RAILWAYS WON INDIAN OIL SURJIT HOCKEY TOURNAMENT

                 i.      Indian Railways has won Indian Oil Surjit Hockey tournament for the first time at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium in Jalandhar, Punjab.

               ii.      Indian Railways team defeated Indian Oil Mumbai.

             iii.      Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament is an annual hockey tournament organized by Surjit Hockey Society in the memory of Surjit Singh Randhawa in jalandhar Punjab.

             iv.      Surjit Singh was an Indian field hockey player and was captain of hockey team.

3.     HEENA SIDHU WON GOLD MEDAL AT 13TH ASIAN SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIPS

                 i.      Indian shooter Heena Sidhu has won Gold medal in 10 metre Air Pistol event in women’s category at 13th Asian Shooting Championships held in Kuwait.

               ii.      10m air pistol junior title for women are won by Shri Nivetha with gold medal.

             iii.      Junior skeet men’s competition: Angad Bajwa of India won the individual gold medal.

4.     OFF-SPINNER RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN FASTEST INDIAN TO REACH 150 TEST WICKETS

              i.         Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin now became the fastest Indian bowler to reach 150 wickets in the Indian test cricket history.

            ii.         The previous record was held by Colin Blythe of England. 

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MONTHLY GK CAPSULE (NEWSPAPER ANALYSIS) OCT 2015

Monthly GK Capsules of Oct Month

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GK Quiz Based on 4,5,6,7 Nov. Newspaper 2015

GK QUIZ BASED ON NEWSPAPERS-4, 5, 6, 7 NOV 2015

SR.	DAILY GK QUIZ	ANSWER
1.	Union Government decided to impose how muchSwachh Bharat Cess on all services	0.5%
2.	What is theme of Ground Zero Summit 2015 on Information Security in Asia	Securing Digital India
3.	Which Two nations in November 2015 agreed to open seven more border trading points to facilitate flow of essential goods -	Nepal and China
4.	Which state government has passed 80000 crore rupees budget to provide relief to – drought-hit farmers	Madhya Pradesh
5.	Supreme Court in November upheld which state’s decision to ban online lotteries -	Kerala
6.	Microsoft's 'Future Unleashed’ summit was held in November in which place	Mumbai
7.	Which village of Maharashtra called ‘capital of malnutrition’ will be the first digital village in the country	Arisal
8.	The 21st International Conference on Frontiers in Yoga Research and its Applications will be organisedin January 2016 in which city	Bengaluru
9.	Govt. approved amendment to the Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) signed between India and	Turkmenistan
10.	Which  state proposed 1656 crore rupees AMRUT Action Plan to improve urban infrastructure	Madhya Pradesh
11.	Who became the first female Vice President of Tanzania is	SamiaSuluhu
12.	Underworld don ChhotaRajanis being deported from which country	Indonesia
13.	The veteran film actor who is honoured with the VishnudasBhave Award	VikramGokhale
14.	Which country topped the FIFA world ranking for the first time in November 2015 -	Belgium
15.	Who is author of the book Rebooting India: Realizing a Billion Aspirations	NandanNilekani and Viral Shah
16.	RBI in November 2015 issued revised and uniform guidelines on Internet Banking facility for	Cooperative Banks
17.	Malayali poet and lyricist who was awarded the Pushkin Medal, a state decoration of Russia -	OttaplakkalNambiyadikkalVeluKurup
18.	Who is appointed as the Managing Director of the Oxford University Press India (OUPI)	V.Sivaramakrishnan
19.	Name of Indian Cultural Week celebrated in Shanghai in November 2015 at China Shanghai International Arts Festival (SIAF)	India in Shanghai
20.	The bonus approved by the Union Cabinet for Rabi Pulses of 2015-16 season over and above the recommendations of the CACP	75 rupees per quintal
21.	Which Indian bowler became fastest Indian to reach 150 test wickets	RavichandranAshwin
22.	NarendraModi on 5 November 2015 launched three gold related schemes. The schemes are –	i) Gold Monetization Scheme ii) Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme iii )Indian Gold Coins.
23.	Who will take over as the 43rd chief justice of India on 2 December 2015.	Justice T.S. Thakur
24.	Who is sworn-in as Defence Minister of Canada	HarjitSajjan
25	Who is appointed as Indian High Commissioner to United Kingdom	Navtej Singh Sarna
26.	Who topped the Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People 2015 among 73 Most Powerful People.	Vladimir Putin
27.	Shoaib Malik announced retirement from Test Cricket is from which country	Pakistan

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Daily Free Current Affairs 07 Nov. 2015 ( Daily News India )

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 7 NOV 2015

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1. NAVTEJ SINGH SARNA APPOINTED AS INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER TO UNITED KINGDOM

i. Navtej Singh Sarna  appointed as Indian High Commissioner to United Kingdom.

ii. Earlier he was in the Ministry of External Affairs looking after country’s diplomatic affairs with the UK and other European nations.

iii. He has also served as Indian Ambassador to Israel.

2.'INDIA IN SHANGHAI’ CULTURAL WEEK INAUGURATED AT SHANGHAI

i. ‘India in Shanghai’ cultural week was inaugurated at China Shanghai International Arts Festival at the Shanghai Grand Theatre in china.

ii. The festival began on 16 October and will continue till 16 November 2015.

iii. The Purpose of India Culture Week is to have a better understanding of India among Chinese people.

iv. ‘Visit India Year in China’ is a tag given to year 2015 to encourage more Chinese tourists to travel to India.

3. UNION GOVERNMENT TO IMPOSE 0.5% SWACHH BHARAT CESS ON ALL SERVICES

i. Union Ministry of Finance decided to impose 0.5 percent Swachh Bharat Cess on all taxable services.

ii. It will be levied in addition to the 14 percent service tax.

iii. The amount collected from this will be used to support Swachh Bharat initiative.

iv. The Union Government is planning to spend around 134000 crore rupees by 2019 to construct 11 crore 11 lakh toilets in the country under Swachh Bharat Mission.

4. UNITED NATIONS CELEBRATED 70 YEARS OF ITS ESTABLISHMENT

i. United Nations celebrated 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015.

ii. To mark this historic occasion, a special Annual General Assembly was held at its headquarters in New York.

iii. The United Nation was formed on 24 October 1945 with an aim to maintain international peace and security and achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character.

5. RBI ISSUED GUIDELINES FOR INTERNET BANKING FOR COOPERATIVE BANKS

i. Reserve Bank of India issued guidlines on Internet Banking for all licensed cooperative banks including Urban Cooperative Banks, Cooperative Banks and Districts Co-operative Banks.

ii. These guidelines relate to Internet Banking facility and Internet Banking with Transaction facility.

iv. All licensed Urban Cooperative Banks, Cooperative Banks and Districts Co-operative Banks which have implemented Core Banking Solution and migrated to Internet Protocol Version 6 may offer Internet Banking facility to their customers, without prior approval of RBI.

6. 21ST INCOFYRA TO BE HELD IN BENGALURU IN 2016

i. The 21st International Conference on Frontiers in Yoga Research and its Applications will be held at Prashanti Kutiram, Bengaluru.

ii. The event will began from 3 to 7 January in 2016.

iii. The theme of the conference is ‘Yoga in Integrated Healthcare Systems’

iv. The conference targets to promote the research findings in the field of medicine, Dialectology, Cardiology and Mental Health.

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Daily Free Current Affairs 5 Nov 2015 ( Daily News India )

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5 NOV 2015

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1. INDIAN BOXER SHIV THAPA RANKED NO.2 SPOT IN WORLD RANKINGS

i. Ace Indian boxer Shiva Thapa has been ranked at second spot in the latest international rankings of boxing in the 56 kg category.

ii.The top spot in the 56 kilogram category was grabbed by Michael Conlan from Ireland.

2. JITU RAI WON SILVER IN 13TH ASIAN SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP

i. Ace shooter Jitu Rai grabbed India's first senior medal at the 13th Asian Shooting Championship in Kuwait City.

ii. He won the silver in the finals of the men's 50 metre pistol event.

iii.India also won four silver and two bronze medals in the junior events of the championships.

3. JUSTICE T.S. THAKUR WILL BE NEXT CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA

i. Justice T S Thakur  will be next Chief Justice of India and he will replace  CJI Justice Dattu.

ii.Justice Thakur is the senior most judge of the Supreme Court.

iii.He would be the 43rd CJI.

CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA: JUSTICE H.L DATTU

4. JUSTICE MB SHAH SUBMITTED REPORT ON BLACK MONEY

i. Special Investigation Team on Black Money headed by MB shah submitted its third report to the Union Ministry of Finance.

ii.The SIT found that over 2600 persons are directors on more than 20 companies and at least 20 companies are operating from the same address at 345 places which indicate the violation of Companies Act, 2013.

iii.The Special Investigation Team on Black Money was constituted by the Union Cabinet in May 2014.

iv.The sit was formed on the directions of the Supreme Court to go deeper into the cases of black money where Indians have stashed their assets abroad and also suggest policy measures to combat the illegal activity.

5. TATA MOTORS APPOINTED LIONEL MESSI AS GLOBAL BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR ITS PASSENGER VEHICLES

i. Tata Motors appointed Argentina’s football player Lionel Messi as Global Brand Ambassador for its passenger vehicles.

ii.Tata Motors will be the first Indian brand endorsed by the international sports icon.

iii.Lionel Messi is four consecutive times Best Player of the World and now he is the captain of Argentina football team.

6. FLIPKART APPOINTED SUROJIT CHATTERJEE AS HEAD OF CONSUMER EXPERIENCE AND GROWTH

i. India’s e-commerce giant Flipkart appointed Surojit Chatterjee as the Senior Vice-President and Head of Consumer Experience and Growth.

ii. Surojit Chatterjee will be responsible for consumer experience across desktop and mobile.

iii. Flipkart is an e-commerce company founded in 2007 by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal.

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