Daily GK Updates - 30th October, 2015

NATIONAL UPDATES:

   I.       Sanjeev Mohanty appointed as CEO and MD of Jabong.

II.   Defence Acquisition council cleared military projects worth over 12000 crore rupees: The proposals include the acquisition of two additional regiments of the indigenous Pinaka multiple-launch rocket systems to upgrade of 26 Ilyushin transport aircraft by Russia.

III. WCD Ministry launched initiative to spread awareness about BetiBachaoBetiPadhao Scheme:The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development in partnership with Celltick Mobile Media India Pvt. Ltd to generate awareness about BBBP Scheme to an estimated 100 million mobile users in India.

IV.  HCL Technologies acquired CRM services firm PowerObjects for 299 crore rupees:PowerObjects is a leading North American provider of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

V.   Bombay HC asked NEERI to study River Godavari’s pollution during KumbhMela: The Bombay High Court asked the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to study the pollution of River Godavari caused by the ‘ShahiSnaan’ events during the KumbhMela that was held in Nashik.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

  I.         China abandons its decades old One Child Policy: China, the world’s most populated country has announced to abandon its decades-long one child policy and changed it to two-child policy.

II.           John Magufuli elected as President of Tanzania: J P Magufuli of ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party has won the 2015 Tanzanian Presidential election. He became the 5^th President of Tanzania after Independence. Dodoma is the capital of Tanzania.

III.     China’s first Lunar rover Yutu sets record for longest stay on Moon: With working on the Moon for almost two years, it has surpassed previous record of Soviet Union’s 1970 launched rover Lunokhod 1, which had spent 11 months on the moon.

IV.        Global Tuberculosis Report 2015 released by WHO: The 2015 edition, which is the 20^th Global report focuses on whether 2015 global TB targets set in the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were achieved worldwide and at regional and country levels.

OTHER UPDATES:

FINANCE/BANKING:

  I.       RBI allows NRIs to subscribe to National Pension System: The RBI has allowed non-resident Indians (NRIs) to subscribe to the National Pension System (NPS) enabling them to access old age income security.

II.      RBI allows Indian corporate to issue offshore rupee-denominated bonds outside India: The Reserve Bank of India has granted permission to the Indian corporate to issue offshore rupee-denominated bonds outside India. Such bonds will attract a withholding tax of 5% and gains arising in case of appreciation of rupee against the foreign currency.

SPORTS:

III.    Amit Kumar won silver medal in men’s club throw F51 event of IPC Athletics World Championships: The championship was held in Doha.He sealed a berth for the Rio Paralympic Games.

AWARDS:

IV.       Raif Badawi wins EU’s Sakharov Prize 2015: Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi has been selected for European Union’s prestigious Sakharov Prize for Human Rights for the year 2015.

V. Activist Bindeshwar Pathak selected for New York Global Leaders Dialogue Humanitarian Award: Sociologist and founder of Sulabh International,BindeshwarPathak was selected for the prestigious New York Global Leaders Dialogue Humanitarian Award for his contribution to sanitation and improving the quality of life for millions of manual scavengers.