Daily GK Updates - 13th September, 2015

NATIONAL UPDATES:

   I.            Union Government extends e-Tourist visa scheme to 37 more countries: It was announced by Secretary of Union Tourism Ministry VinodZuthsi in New Delhi. With this extension, total 150 countries will come under the ambit of e-tourist visa scheme from present 113 countries.

II.            IndraNooyi, 2^nd powerful women in 2015 Fortune’s business list:IndraNooyi, CEO of Food and Beverage giant PepsiCo is the sole Indian-origin executive in 2015 edition of Fortune’s list of 50 Most Powerful Women in Business. CEO of General Motors Mary Barra has topped the list.

III.            ABVP sweeps Delhi University Polls: The BhartiyaJanata Party affiliated AkhilBhartiyaVidyarthiParishad (ABVP) has for the second consecutive year trounced National Students Union of India (NSUI) to win all four seats in the student union elections of Delhi University.

IV.            Google to provide free Wi-Fi across 400 Indian Railway stations under ‘Project Nilgiri’: Google and Indian Railways have partnered to launch a new project under the code name Project Nilgiri that will deliver free Wi-Fi access to around 400 railway stations across India.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

  I.            India and Pakistan agreed to maintain peace along border after DG level talks: Both the countries agreed to maintain peace along the border after the DG level talks which are being held at New Delhi. Director General of Border Security Force (BSF) D K Pathak is leading 23 member Indian delegation and his counterpart Major General Umar FarooqBurki, DG of Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) is leading a 16 members Pakistani delegation.

II.            AUSINDEX15, first Australia and India maritime exercise begins in Visakhapatnam: Inaugural bilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy and Royal Australian Navy AUSINDEX15 commenced off the coast of Visakhapatnam.

III.            Las Vesgas declares September 10 as ‘AnupamKher Day’: Bollywood actor AnupamKher has been awarded for his commendable contribution to cinema and art globally in Nevada with the US state’s most populous city Las Vegas declaring September 10 as ‘AnupamKher Day’.

OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

I.               Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won US Open Women’s Doubles Title 2015: The 1^st seeded Indo-Swiss pair defeated Casey Dellacqua and YaroslavaShvedova in the finals.

AWARDS:

II.            G Satheesh Reddy, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister has been conferred with Silver Medal of Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS).