Daily GK Updates - 11th August, 2017

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1.Venkaiah Naidu elected 13th Vice-President of India defeating Gopalkrishna Gandhi: NDA nominee and former Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu was elected as the 13th Vice President of India after comfortably defeating Opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi in the Vice-Presidential election Naidu secured 516 votes in his favour, Gandhi managed to get only 244 votes.

2. Plastic bag ban - Rs 5,000 fine for possessing plastic bags in Delhi: NGT(National Green Tribunal) banned on plastic bags in New Delhi. In an interim order, a bench headed by the Tribunal’s chairperson, Justice Swatanter Kumar on anyone found in possession of non-biodegradable plastic bags less than 50 microns.

3. Vinay Dube-New CEO of jet Airways : Jet Airways India Ltd on Wednesday named Vinay Dube, an aviation veteran with close to three decades of experience, as its chief executive officer (CEO). Dube is an accomplished aviation leader with over 27 years of US and international business experience 

4. Parliament has passed the Banking Regulation Bill: Parliament has passed the Banking Regulation Bill with the Rajya sabha approved it.The Lok sabha has already passed it.the Banking Regulation Bill will replace the banking Regulation Ordinance , 2017 promulgated by president in May 2017.

5.The US-India will co-host the Global Enterpreneurship summit(GES): The US-India co-host the GES Nov 28-30 in Hyderabad,India. Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump will lead the United States’ delegation to the Summit, which will focus on supporting women entrepreneurs and fostering economic growth globally.

6. NABARAD Launches E-shakti project: NABARD launched a project for digitisation of all Self Help Group (SHG) in the country. The project is being implemented in 100 districts across the country. aim of the EShakti programme is to support the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) by way of integrating SHG members with the financial inclusion agenda, improving the quality of interface between SHG members and banks for efficient and hassle-free delivery of banking services, and to facilitate convergence of delivery system with SHGs using Aadhaar-linked identity.

 

7. India brands all 40,000 Rohingya Muslims: India brands all 40,000 Rohingya Muslims illegal immigrants and plans to deport them.All of an estimated 40,000 Rohingya Muslims living India are illegal immigrants, even those registered with the UN refugee agency, and the government aims to deport them.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. India ranks 43^rd in 2017 Global Retirement Index: India was Ranked last at 43^rd position in 2017 Global Retirement Index published by French asset management company Natixis Global.Top three countries in 2017 GRI are Norway, Switzerland and Iceland.

2. Turkey begins building border wall with Iran: Turkey has begun construction of a wall along the country's frontier with Iran, mimicking the Turkish barrier along the Syrian border. The Turkish authorities are constructing the 3-meter-high barrier with portable blocks.

OTHER UPDATES:

BUSINESS/ECONOMY:

1. The NSDC and GOOGLE india will come together to train a app developer: The National Skill Development Corporation(NSDC) and Google come together for mobile platform on the Android and web platforms, a moved in improving the country’s mobile application development ecosystem.

2. United Breweries board asks Vijay Mallya to quit as chairman: Heineken-controlled United Breweries has sent a notice to Vijay Mallya, asking him to step down as its chairman after the Securities and Exchange Board of India barred the beleaguered billionaire from securities market. 

OBITUARIES:

1. Poet and writer Vijay Nambisan passed away: Poet and writer Vijay Nambisan, who became the first All India Poetry Champion in 1988, passed away on Thursday. He co-authored Gemini, a poetry book, with Jeet Thayil and Dom Moraes. He championed the ethical use of language and made an appeal to readers, writers and enthusiasts of literature in his book ‘Language as an Ethic’. He was 54 years old.

2. Sister Ruth Pfau “The Mother Teresa of Pakistan” passed away: Sister Ruth Pfau, who has died aged 87, was a Roman Catholic nun who, after a childhood spent in Nazi Germany, became known as “the Mother Teresa of Pakistan” for her work in combating the spread of leprosy.