Daily GK Updates - 27th November, 2015

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. BIHAR GOVERNMENT BANS SALE OF LIQUOR FROM 1^ST APRIL 2016

Bihar Government has banned sale of liquor in the state from 1^st April 2016. This decision of government will make Bihar as 6th dry state/UT in the country. Some states had already banned liquor consumption in the states of Gujarat, Nagaland, Manipur and Kerala and Union Territory of Lakshadweep.

2. SOUTH ASIAN ANNUAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT EXERCISE 2015 HELD IN DELHI

It was the first-ever joint exercise to be conducted by the National Disaster Response Force of India. This joint exercise was attended by South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation member countries. The member countries are Bhutan, India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The exercise aims to synchronize efforts to institutionalize regional cooperation on disaster response among SAARC member countries.

3. NUCLEAR CAPABLE MISSILE AGNI 1 SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED

Indigenously developed nuclear capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-I was successfully test-fired from Dr Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast. Agni I Missile Agni-I is the first missile of the Agni series launched in 1983 by the DRDO as part of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) in India. Can travel at a speed of 2.5 km/s and can destroy targets nearly 700 km away.

4. ASW CORVETTE KADMATT HANDED OVER TO INDIAN NAVY BY GRSES:

The second Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvette INS Kadmatt has been formally handed over to Indian Navy at Kolkata, West Bengal. It has been built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) and would be inducted into the Eastern Fleet shortly.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. CHINA LAUNCHES LATEST YAOGAN WEIXING VIA LONG MARCH 4C

China launched another satellite in the military’s Yaogan Weixing series via the use of a Long March-4C (Chang Zheng-4C) rocket. The “YG-29″ mission began from the LC9 launch complex at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre (TSLC). Yaogan-29 was launched by a Long March-4C launch vehicle. It was reported as the 219th launch of the rocket family known as the Chang Zheng in Chinese.

OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

1. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND TO PLAY THE HISTORIC FIRST DAY-NIGHT TEST MATCH:

    First day-night Test will be played at the Adelaide Oval with a pink Kookaburra ball between Australia and New Zealand. It is for the first time in 138 years, a Test match will be played with at night with a ball that is not red.

OBITUARIES:

2. EMINENT TAMIL SCHOLAR NOBORU KARASHIMA PASSES AWAY

Distinguished Tamil scholar and historian of South India and South Asia,   Noboru Karashima from Japan passed away in Tokyo.

BANKING & ECONOMY:

3. RAJIV BANSAL APPOINTED AS CFO OF OLA CABS

Home grown app-based cab operator OlaCabs has appointed Rajiv Bansal as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) as part of its expansion drives in the country. He will succeed Mitesh Shah who will henceforth lead strategic finance initiatives of Ola as part of Rajiv’s team.

4. 11.2% RISE IN BANKING-RELATED COMPLAINTS IN FY15

Reserve Bank of India stated that number of complaints received by Banking Ombudsmen in 2014-15 has rised up to 11.2 percent. The maximum numbers of complaints recieved are from banks' failure to meet commitments and for not following fair practices code. The Deputy Governor of RBI S.S Mundra stated the rise in complaints is a sign of awareness about the banking ombudsmen scheme.