Daily GK Updates - 29th July, 2015

DAILY GK UPDATES - 29TH july, 2015

NATIONAL UPDATES:

I. Ashish Bahuguna appointed as Chairman of Food Safety Regulator FSSAI: His tenure will be of 3 years as the chairman of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India and he will succeed K. Chandramauli whose tenure ended in January 2015. Earlier, B.P Sharma was given the interim charge of chairman of FSSAI.

II. Kerala to become 1^st Digital State: The state Government is moving ahead with plans to declare the state as the 1^st digital one in the country.

III. CCI imposed a penalty of 420 crore rupees on Hyundai: The Competition Commission of India imposed a penalty of 420 crore rupees on Hyundai as it was found to be guilty of anti-competitive practices in contravention of the Competition Act, 2002.

IV. Justice Mahajan Committee constituted for Re-drafting National Sports Development Code of India: Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports constituted a working group headed by Justive C K Mahajan, on re-drafting National Sports Development Code of India to make it more relevant from both sports governance and legal angles.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

I. GM to invest $1 billion in India to launch 10 Made-in-India vehicles over 5 years: General Motors, as part of Chevrolet’s global growth strategy said that it will invest $1 billion in India to strengthen its market here over the next 5 years.

II. General Council approved Kazakhstan’s membership terms to join WTO as 162^nd member: General Council of the World Trade Organisation in Geneva. Switzerland approved the membership terms of Kazakhstan, thus enabling it to join the world trade body as 162^nd member.

III. World Hepatitis Day observed on 28^th July with a theme ‘Prevent Hepatitis, Act Now’.

IV.  World Tiger Day observed on 29^th July: India home to 70% of world’s Tigers: World Tiger Day is an annual celebration to raise awareness for tiger conservation. The population in the country is estimated to be around 2,226 which is around 70% of the total Tiger population in the world.

 

 OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

I. Raina signs up with Sports Management Group ‘IOS’ for 3 years: IOS Sports and Entertainment will now manage Raina’s endorsements and brand associations, corporate profile, patents and digital rights, images, visibility on social networking sites and merchandise.

II. Court of Arbitration for sports allowed Indian Athlete Dutee Chand to compete in Women’s event: The historic verdict was given by CAS chaired by Justice A.C Bennett. In its verdict CAS suspended the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) regulation governing eligibility of females with naturally-occurring Hyperandrogenism.

AWARDS:

III. SanjeevChaturvedi and Anshu Gupta win Ramon Magsaysay Award: SanjeevChaturvedi is a 2002-IFS officer and Anshu Gupta is the founder of Delhi based NGO ‘Goonj’ which works in 21 states across in disaster relief, humanitarian aid and community development.

OBITUARIES:

IV. Former South African Cricket team skipper Clive Rice died at the age of 66.

V. Dr.Suniti Solomon, pioneering Indian HIV/AIDS researcher dies at 76.