DAILY GK UPDATE - 3rd JULY 2015
NATIONAL UPDATES:
I.
Union
Government released caste and socio-economic census for better policy making: This is the 1st paperless census
conducted on hand held electronic devices by the government that said that
23.52% rural families have no literate adult above 25 years pointing towards a
poor state of education among the rural masses.
II.
Union
Government launched web portal for issuing green clearance category B projects
III.
Nationwide
mobile number portability became reality today: This means mobile subscribers can now keep their mobile
numbers even while shifting between states.
IV.
Punjab
CM Prakash Singh Badal launches Punjab e-PMS portal (Electronic Project
Management System): It is
an initiative to fast track infrastructural development. The portal was
launched during the Digital India week.
V.
India
launched eMigrate system for Foreign Employers: This online registration system named eMigrate system (www.emigrate.gov.in) for foreign employers who wants to recruit
Indian workers, including nurses.
VI.
Union
Cabinet approved institutional framework for National Skill Development Mission
2015: This mission will provide a strong
institutional framework at the centre and states for implementation of skilling
activities in the country.
VII.
Now the
contribution of Rag Pickers will get recognition: The government decided to give National Awards for their
contribution to keep India clean. The best three rag pickers and three
associations involved in innovation of best practices will get a cash prize of
Rs 1.5 lakhs
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
I.
US
space agency NASA successfully flight tested ‘Prandtl-d’, prototype of the
first Mars airplane: Prandtl-d
stands for The Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to land on Mars.
II.
UNESCO
classified Sanna as endangered heritage site: UN Educational, Social and Cultural Organisation has
inducted the old city of Sanna in Yemen to the list of World Heritage sites in
danger due to the serious damage done by the Houthi rebels.
OTHER UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
I.
Country’s
largest lender State Bank of India today launched an initiative to provide
doorstep services and expedite home loans application process known as ‘Project
Tatkal’
II.
India
has become a $2-trillion economy: India’s
GDP crossed the $2 trillion mark in 2014 according to the data released by the
World Bank in Washington.
III.
Kotak
Mahindra Bank gets FIPB (Foreign Investment Promotion Board) nod to raise
investment limit to 55%
SPORTS:
I.
HrishikeshKanitkar
and Ajay Ratra retired from all forms of cricket
AWARDS:
I.
Indo
American professor R P Singh named for 2015 Agriculture Prize: He is known for research areas of
agricultural sector such as freezing preservation, energy conservation,
post-technology and mass transfer in food processing.
II.
Four
Indo- Americans honoured with Great Immigrants Award: US attorney PreetBharara along with
RakeshKhurana, MadhulikaSikka and Abraham Verghese got the prestigious ‘Great
Immigrants: The Pride of America’
OBITUARIES:
I.
Nicolas Winton ‘Britain’s Schindler’
dies at 106
II.
Kerala State Electronics Development
Corporation Limited (Keltron) founding chairman K P PNambiar passed away
III.
Adelaide Crows football coach Phil Wash
died as he was found stabbed at his Adelaide home
MISCELLANEOUS:
I.
Aircraft
maker Airbus to build military choppers in India with Mahindra.
II.
MobiKwik
ties up with stationary retailer WHSmith India to enable
online shopping at all its retail stores.
III.
Research
article on the role of IL-21 against HIV-1 virus published in Nature
Communication Journal: The
discovery was published by Stanley Adoro of Cornell Medical College, New York
that the Interleukin-21 protein plays an important role in limiting replication
of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in infected humans.
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