Daily GK Updates
Date: July
2, 2015
NATIONAL UPDATES
i. Cabinet
clears setting up of online National Agri Market :
This move will provide more options to the farmers for
selling their produce. They will be able to sell the farm products both in
Mandis and on the online platform.
ii. Kerala
Tourism holds its 1st road show in China:
Kerala tourism marked its presence on the streets of
Shanghai with a first ever road show aimed at attracting the high spending
Chinese tourist as it participated in the Beijing International Tourism Expo
(BITE) 2015.
iii. Ratan
Tata invests in Taxi hailing company OLA. This is Tata’s 8th
investment in an e-commerce company.
iv.
Industrial
Policy 2015 for Chandigarh city launched:
The Governor of Punjab, Haryana and Administrator of
Chandigarh Kaptan Singh Solanki released the Industrial Policy for Chandigarh.
It is aimed at boosting employment and motivates medium and small industries in
the city.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the
Yojana with an outlay 50000 crore rupees over a period of 5 years i.e. from
2015-2020. This yojana aims to provide convergence to existing schemes of water
management, thus bringing efficiency to the use of water.
vi.
ChandrasekharanRamakrishnan
appointed as the CFO of TATA Motors’ Group
vii. Rahul
Yadav sacked as CEO of Housing.com by the board of Directors.
viii. Digital
Guddi-Gudda Board of Jalgaon district adopted as best practice under BBBP
Scheme:
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development, on the
occasion of Digital India week adopted it as best practice under the
BetiBachaoBetiPadhao scheme. The Digital Guddi- Gudda Board is an innovation of
district Jalgaon in Maharashtra.
ix. U
P Singh appointed as Interim CMD of Oil India Limited:
He succeeded S K Srivastava who superannuated on July 1
2015.
x.
‘MharaGaon-JagmagGaon’
scheme launched in Haryana:
The Haryana Government launched this scheme aimed at
providing 24 hour uninterrupted power supply to rural domestic consumers in a
phased manner with their active participation. With this Haryana becomes the
state in the country to launch such an innovative voluntary scheme.
xi. India
banned trade with ISIS, other terror groups linked entities:
India announced a ban on trade with the Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria linked entities, the Al-Nusra Front and other groups and
individuals associated with Al-Qaeda. The move comes in compliance with the
United Nations Security Council resolution of Feb 2015 to act against militants
active in oil-rich countries to squeeze terror finances.
xii. Maharashtra
Government signed MoU with Blackstone and Panchsheel SPV for 3 projects worth
Rs 4500 crore and generation of around 50000 jobs
xiii. Union
Government notified dates for Compliance Window under Black Money Act:
It gave three months’ time (till September 30, 2015) for
people to declare their undisclosed foreign income and assets to escape
prosecution under the new Black Money Law. The notice says that those making
the disclosure during this period will have further 3 months’ time till 31st
Dec 2015 to pay the taxes and the penalty on their foreign income and assets.
xiv.
Dr.Anup
K Pujari joins as Secretary, MSME:
He succeeded ShriMadhavLal who superannuated as the
secretary of Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES
i. UK
Food Standards Agency gave clean chit to India made Maggi:
FSA OF UK released test results of Maggi manufactured in
India and said that levels of lead in the product are well within the European
Union permissible levels and it would not be a concern to customers.
ii. Cuba
becomes 1st Nation to eliminate mother to child HIV:
Cuba has become the 1st country in the world to
eliminate the transmission of HIV and Syphilis from mother to baby as declared
by the WHO.
iii.
NASA
unveils prototype of plane to fly on Mars:
It has unveiled a boomerang shaped aircraft that could be
the first to take flight on Mars to look for potential landing sites for future
manned mission to the red planet.
iv. Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, who is the
current commander of the International Space Station, has set a new record for
most time spent in space, with a total of 803 days, Russian space agency said.
OTHER UPDATES
FINANCE/BANKING:
i. Pension
regulator to allow private sector NPS to invest in ETFs
Pension regulator Pension Fund Regulatory and Development
Authority (PFRDA) will soon allow National Pension System related contributions
made by employees of corporate sector (private sector) to be invested in
Exchange traded funds
SPORTS:
i. World
Archery Championship: DeepikaKumari to lead Indian Challenge
DeepikaKumari will lead India’s challenge at the forthcoming
World Archery Championship to be held in Copenhagen. This championship will be
the qualifier for Rio Olympics
ii. Shukla
and Akhil shine for India during the 2nd ISSF Junior Cup Shooting in
Germany
ShivamShukla won his 3rd gold medal while
AkhilSheoran added silver to India’s tally at the on-going tournament in Suhl,
Germany.
AWARDS:
i. Darshan
Jain, an Indian- American teacher named for US Presidential
Award
He is named for the US Presidential Award for Excellence
Mathematics and Science Technology by President Barack Obama along with other
108 teachers.
ii. SanjeevGalande
selected for G D Birla Award for Scientific Research for 2014
The name was announced by the K K Birla Foundation and he is
the 24th recipient of the award.
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