Daily GK Updates - 14th September, 2015

NATIONAL UPDATES:

   I.            Prabhat Singh takes over as MD & CEO of Petronet LNG: Prabhat Kumar Singh took over as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Petronet LNG Ltd, India’s biggest liquefied natural gas importer.

II.            Hormusji N Cama elected as Chairman of Press Trust of India: H N Cama was unanimously elected as the new chairman of the Press Trust of India (PTI). He is also the Managing director of India’s oldest continuously published newspaper ‘Bombay Samachar’.

III.            DMRC to execute 6769 crore rupees worth Vijayawada Metro Rail Project: The state government of Andhra Pradesh gave in principle approval to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for the execution of the Vijaywada and Visakhapatnam Metro Rail Projects.

IV.            Hindi Diwas observed on 14 September 2015 across India: The day was observed to promote the MatraBhasha- the mother tongue of India and show its importance as a language in the country and the world at large.

V.            Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalitha announced to set up Tamil Nadu Fibernet Corporation:Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalitha announced to set up Tamil Nadu Fibernet Corporation to implement the Union Government’s Bharatnet scheme. The corporation will be established at an estimated cost of 3000 crore rupees and will oversee the linkage of 12524 villages in the state through optical fibre network.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

  I.            Indian Bankers top Fortune’s most powerful women list: Bankers ChandaKochhar and Arundhati Bhattacharya have been ranked as top two in a list of most powerful women in Asia-pacific prepared by the global magazine Fortune.

II.            Ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) won Singapore general elections for record 12^th time: Lee Kuan Yew was the founding father of modern Singapore and also the People’s Action Party. Incumbent Prime Minister Lee HsienLoong who is heading the party presently is the son of Lee Kuan Yew. This was the 1^st election held after his death. The PAP won the elections for the record 12^th time since Independence from Malaysia in 1965.

III.            Germany introduced border controls along Austrian border to check migrant influx from Syria: The controls along the borders imply that its temporary exit from the Schengen Agreement that facilitates unhindered movement of people within the EU region.

IV.            Mount Aso, the largest volcano of Japan erupted: The Volcano situated on main southern Island of Kyushu erupted unexpectedly; however there have been reports of no casualties or damage from the volcano’s eruption.

OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

I.               FlaviaPennetta won 2015 US Open Women’s Singles title: The Italian defeated her fellow Italian Roberta Vinci in the final summit clash held in New York. It was her maiden Grand Slam Title and after the victory she announced that she will retire from professional tennis after the 2015 season.

II.               Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer to win 2015 US Open Men’s Singles title.

III.               French pair of Pierre Hughes Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won the 2015 US Open Men’s doubles title.

IV.               Narsingh Pancham Yadav books an Olympic berth for 2016 Rio Olympics: He qualified for Olympic Games after winning bronze medal in the Men’s 74 kg Freestyle category at the World Wrestling Championship held at Las Vegas, US.

OBITUARIES:

   I.            Classical dancer KalamandalamSathyabhama passed away in Palakkad district of Kerala at the age of 77.