Daily GK Updates - 25th October, 2015

NATIONAL UPDATES:

   I.     Doordarshan emerges most watched Hindi channel: Public broadcaster Doordarshan claimed that it has emerged as the most watched Hindi channel in terms of time spent per viewer ahead of top General Entertainment Channels.

II.    Sanjay Dutt buys franchise in Masters Champions League: He bought a franchise in the UAE based Masters Champions League (MCL), which is slated to commence next year.

III. Law on equal rights for daughters over property is prospective:SC: The Supreme Court of India declared in its verdict that the law, which gave equal rights to daughters in ancestral property under the Hindu Succession Act, is prospectively enforceable and not with retrospective effect.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

  I.    Forbes released the list of richest Indian tech billionaires 2015: The list was topped by AzimPremji of Wipro followed by Shiv Nadar of HCL, while Sunil Mittal of Bharti Enterprises stood at third position.

II.    22^nd October 2015 was observed globally as the International Stuttering Awareness Day: This day is intended to raise public awareness among the millions of people about stammering.

III. Adnan Sami to get Indian Citizenship: The Government is set to give Indian citizenship to Adnan Sami. The Pakistani singer has been staying in India since 2001, will be given Indian Citizenship under section 6 of the Indian Citizenship Act, 1955.

OTHER UPDATES:

FINANCE/BANKING:

  I.    Bank free to fix interest rates on Gold Monetisation scheme: RBI: Reserve Bank of India issued guidelines for the Gold Monetisation Scheme that will allow banks to fix their own interest rates on gold deposits.

SPORTS:

II.   BCCI set to appoint ombudsman: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to bring administrators under the disciplinary ambit of the Ombudsman.

AWARDS:

IV.Kashmiri Folk Singer Abdul Rashid Hafiz was honoured with the SangeetNatakAkademi award by President Pranab Mukherjee.