Daily GK Updates - 19th October, 2015

NATIONAL UPDATES:

 I.            Swadhar Greh Scheme approved by Haryana Government for women in distress: The Haryana Government approved SwadharGreh Scheme, which will assure economic and social security to women in distress.

II.         Telecom Operators to compensate consumers by Rs 1 for call drop:TRAI: As per the new TRAI rules, the compensation will be limited to three dropped calls in a particular day. It is mandatory for telecom operators to send a message to the calling customer within 4 hours of the occurrence of call drop along with details of amount credited in his account.

III.  Post-doctoral fellowship in name of APJ Abdul Kalam: The Ministry of Environment, forest and climate change has announced the launching of post-doctoral research fellowships in the name of APJ Abdul Kalam on his 85^th birthday.

IV.     Infosys to acquire Noah Consulting for $70 mn: IT major announced a definitive agreement to acquire Noah Consulting, LLC, a provider of advanced information management consulting services for the oil and gas industry in a $70 million all cash deal.

V.          Housing.com appointed Mani Rangarajan as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

VI.     IRCTC launches pilot project on ‘e-catering’ service: The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation has launched a pilot project of a ‘station-based-e-catering’ service allowing  passengers to order meals as per their choice, which will be delivered at stations from popular private caterers.

VII.     Gurjeet Singh has been appointed as India’s new envoy to Germany.

VIII.    BaichungBhutia appointed as All India Football Association’s advisor.

IX.     Alkesh Kumar Sharma has been appointed as the MD&CEO of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

  I.        Typhoon Koppu hits northern Philippines: Powerful typhoon Koppu, (also known as Lando) has hit the northern Philippines battering the coast with powerful winds with speed of 240 kph.

OTHER UPDATES:

FINANCE/BANKING:

  I.     ICICI Bank leads in mobile banking transactions: India’s largest private sector lender has outpaced its peers to record the highest number of mobile banking transactions.

SPORTS:

II.      Great Britain beat India to win Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey tournament: GBR defeated defending champions India by 4-3 in sudden death penalty shootout in the final after the match had ended in 2-2 in regulation time.

III.      China’s Xuerui Li wins 2015 Denmark Open title of badminton by defeating P V Sindhu of India in the finals.

IV.    Saketh Myneni wins 2015 Vietnam Open Tennis Trophy by defeating Australia’s Jordan Thompson.

V.      Novak Djokovic won 2015 Shanghai Rolex Master Tennis title after defeating Jo-Wilfred Tsonga in the final match held in Shanghai, China.

VI.   FIFA suspended Kuwait Football Association because of interference of the government officials in the running of the sports by the KFA.

AWARDS:

VII.   Indian short film ‘An Old Dog’s Diary’ wins award at 2015 London Film Festival: It was awarded with the best short film award at the 2015 LFF.The 11 minute film has been directed by Shai Heredia and ShumonaGoel.

 

BOOKS AND AUTHORS:

VIII. The book titled SmitaPatil: A brief Incandescence authored by Maithili Rao was released on SmitaPatil’s 60^th birthday.

 

OBITUARIES:

 IX.     Renowned Egyptian writer Gamal-al-Ghitani died at the age of 70.

X.        Noted Telugu Comedian Kallu Chidambaram died at the age of 67.

XI.       Actress Pat Woodell died of cancer at the age of 71.