Daily GK Updates - 26th July, 2015

DAILY GK UPDATES - 26TH JULY, 2015

NATIONAL UPDATES:

I. Union Government approves Rs 1000 crores for India-Bangladesh rail link: The Government of India approved a hefty Rs 1000 crores for the 15-km India-Bangladesh rail link.

II. Government of India orders blocking of websites inciting Religious Intolerance: In the wake of terror groups using the internet to incite religious intolerance, the government has ordered blocking of at least 40 webpages with inflammatory content relating to minority community, including posts on social media and popular video sharing platforms.

III. Anand Krishnamurthy appointed CEO and MD of CSB Bank.

IV. Vijay Divas celebrated in the whole country on 26^th July 2015: An indebted nation led by PM Modi paid tributes to the martyrs and heroes of the 1999 Kargil War.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

I. Nigerian national ArunmaOteh appointed as World Bank Treasurer: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announced the appointment of ArunmaOteh as Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank.

II. IRCTC signs MoU with Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board (UTDB) for promotion of tourism in the hilly state.

OTHER UPDATES:

FINANCE/BANKING:

I. IDFC gets RBI nod for starting Banking Operation: Infrastructure financing firm IDFC Ltd today has got banking licence from the RBI for undertaking banking business in the country.

II. India increased its exposure to US Government securities by USD 31bn in the first five months of the year, taking the overall holding to USD 114bn in May.

III. ONGC to invest $8.8 billion in KG Oil and Gas: State owned Oil and Natural Gas plans to invest over $8.8 bn in bringing to production its much-touted KG-basin oil and gas discoveries by 2018-19.

IV. China’s Leyard to invest Rs 125 cr in MIC Electronics: The Synergy between Leyard and MIC is expected to create a strong design and manufacturing base of LED (Light emitting diode) products in India.

 SPORTS:

V. Sri Lanka’s TillakratneDilshan completes 10,000 ODI runs: He became the 11^th batsman and 4^th Sri Lankan to compile 10,000 runs in one-day cricket, achieving the feat against Pakistan.

AWARDS:

VI. PM awards journalists at ICAR function: PM Modi presented Journalist GargiParsai and five others with the ‘ChaudharyCharan Singh Award’ for excellence in Journalism in Agricultural Research and Development, 2014 at Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s (ICAR) 87^th foundation day.

OBITUARIES:

VII. Former Union Minister Bijoy Krishna Handique dies.

VIII. Former Governor of Bihar Ramkrishna Suryabhan Gavai passed away.