Daily GK Updates - 11th March, 2016

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. NITI Aayog launches ‘Women Transforming India’ campaign: The NITI Aayog (GOIs premier think tank) has launched the Women Transforming India initiative on 8^th March the International Women’s Day in partnership with the UN in India and MyGov.

2. India to launch 25 foreign satellites this year: India will launch the satellites of 7 countries and the list of satellites is topped by USA other countries being Canada, Algeria, Germany, Japan and Malaysia.

3. Rajya Sabha passed long awaited bill to protect home buyers: It has passed a landmark Real Estate Bill with a promise to secure the interests of home buyers and developers in equal measure and remove corruption and inefficiency from the sector.

4. Ex-Supreme Court Judge Balbir Singh Chauhan appointed as Chairman of 21^st Law Commission of India. 

5. Project Mausam of Ministry of Culture aims to explore multi-faceted Indian Ocean World: Project Mausam is the initiative of Ministry of Culture which is to be implemented by the ASI as the nodal agency with research support of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and National Museum as associate bodies.

6. Rajya Sabha passed the National Waterways Bill, 2015.

7. India signs Raptor MoU to save Birds of Prey: To conserve several species of birds Government has signed ‘Raptor MoU’- a Memorandum of Understanding on conservation of birds of prey in Africa and Eurasia.

8. Tapan Chand elected as the Chief of Aluminium Association of India (the metal governing body).

9. Kangana Ranaut has become the brand ambassador of Reebok India: On the occasion the actress also launched the new campaign of the brand titled ‘Be more human’.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Egyptian Diplomat Ahmed Abul Gheit named as Secretary General of Arab League.

OTHER UPDATES:

FINANCE/BANKING:

1. Country’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank launched a credit-linked subsidy scheme for home loans under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY): Under the scheme, an eligible customer will get a subsidy at 6.5% per annum on a maximum amount of Rs 6 lakh or the loan amount, whichever is lower, for a maximum tenure of 15 years.

SPORTS:

2. Korean Car maker Hyundai is now the official partner of BCCI.

OBITUARIES:

3. Brazilian musician Nana Vasconcelos passed away at the age of 71.