Daily GK Updates - 9th August, 2015

DAILY GK UPDATES - 9TH AUGUST, 2015

NATIONAL UPDATES:

  I.      Coal India to invest over Rs. 62,500 crore by 2019-20: CIL, the largest producer of the fuel in the country, will invest over Rs. 62,500 crore in the next five years with an aim to ramp up annual production to 908 million tonnes by 2019-20.

II.    National ‘Kala Utsav’ to be held in Delhi in December: Union HRD Minister SmritiIrani announced that the national-level Kala Utsav for students studying in CBSE School would be held in Delhi in December every year.

III.     Government notifies changes in IT rules to comply with FATCA pact: The revenue department has amended income tax rules to provide for reporting of information with regards to financial assets and accounts, a month after India and the US signed the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), a tax information sharing agreement.

IV.   India received $24 bn in FDI from EU in last 3 years: Despite the free trade agreement talks with the European Union being in limbo, India has received an impressive $24 bn in Foreign Direct Investment from the 28-nation bloc over the last three years.

V.        Government to ship 10,000 tonne of rice branoil this fiscal: Government is expecting to ship 10,000 tonne of rice bran oil this financial year after it eased restrictions on its bulk sale, giving a boost to small rice millers.

VI.   Mysuru tops Swachh Bharat rankings: Mysuru in Karnataka topped the Swachh Bharat rankings. The 2^nd position was bagged by Thiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu followed by Navi Mumbai.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

I.         Thomas Cook acquires Kouni Travel for Rs 535 crore: Travel Major Thomas Cook has acquired Kouni Travel (India) Pvt Ltd and Kouni Travel (China) Ltd.

OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

I.         Michael Clarke announces retirement from International Cricket: Australia Captain Michael Clarke will retire from international cricket at the end of the Ashes series.

AWARDS:

 

II.   Indian origin Scribe A.Batra awarded ‘Best Journalist’ in Canada: An Indo-Canadian woman journalist has been awarded by Indian community members in Ottawa for outstanding achievements in the field of journalism.