Daily GK Updates : 23rd August, 2015
NATIONAL UPDATES:
I.
Google to promote
Digital Literacy in Haryana: Search engine giant
Google has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the government of
Haryana to promote digital literacy in the state.
II.
A P Shah committee
recommends MAT relief to FIIs: This
recommendation is considered as a big relief to FIIs as government had exempted
them from Minimum Alternate Tax starting from April 1, 2015 in the Union Budget
for 2015-16 but had not made the clarification retrospective imposition.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
I.
After war of words,
India and Pakistan decide not to talk: National
Security Advisor (NSA) level meeting between India and Pakistan has been
cancelled after Pakistan NSA Sartaz Aziz said that it cannot be held on the
basis of the preconditions set by India.
II.
Rival Koreas hold talks
to defuse war fears: South Korea and North
Korea held their 1st high-level talks in nearly a year at a border
village to defuse mounting tensions that have pushed the rivals to the brink of
a possible military confrontation.
III.
Germany bars marketing
of 54 drugs tested by GVK Bio: Germany’s drug
regulator has suspended the marketing of 54 medicines clinically tested by
India’s GVK Biosciences in compliance with the European Union’s ban on around
700 generic drugs.
IV.
Brain in a Jar: U S
Scientists claim to have grown a human brain using stem cells for research
purposes: Scientists at Ohio State University have
successfully grown a near exact replica of a five week old foetus’s brain. The
brain ‘organoid’ was created from reprogrammed skin cells and is about the size
of a pencil eraser.
OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS:
I.
Back as
World No.1, SainaNehwal signs Rs 25 crore deals: The World Championships’ Silver medallist regained top
spot ahead of Carolina Marin and also struck a landmark deal with Management
Company IOS Sports and Entertainment.
OBITUARIES:
I.
Former Australian opener Arthur Morris,
a member of Don Bradman’s 1948 ‘Invincible’ team, has died at the age of 93.
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