Wimbledon Championships
Winners of 2015 Wimbledon Championship Tittles of Tennis Men’s Singles Title: Defending Champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the 2015 Men’s Singles Wimbledon Title. In the final match, he defeated Roger Federer of Switzerland by 7-6(7-1), 6-7(10-12), 6–4, 6-3. It is Djokovic’s 3rd Wimbledon Title (2011, 2014 and 2015) overall 12th men’s single Grand Slam title. […]
GK OF THE DAY (12 & 13 July)
Isro successfully launches PSLV-C28 carrying 5 UK satellites Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched five British satellites into space from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikotta. PSLV-C28 was used to launch these. These five satellites were three identical DMC3 optical earth observation satellites and two auxiliary satellites, viz. CBNT-1 and De-OrbitSail and were built by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL). This was the heaviest commercial luggage carried by a PSLV rocket to date. Sunita Williams among 4 astronauts chosen to fly NASA’s first commercial space vehicle […]
GK OF THE DAY (09 & 10 July)
7th BRICS Summit held in Ufa, Russia The 7th BRICS summit was held from 8 to 9 July 2015 in the Russian city of Ufa in Bashkortostan. The Summit comprised the heads of state of 5 BRICS countries – Dilma Rousseff (Brazil), Vladimir Putin (Russia), Narendra Modi (India), Xi Jinping (China) and Jacob Juma (South Africa). The theme of the summit was “BRICS Partnership – a Powerful Factor of Global Development“. Note:- In a five-year summit cycle, the summit is hosted by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa in the order. While the 6th BRICS summit was held at Fortaleza in Brazil in 2014, New Delhi will be hosting the 8th summit in 2016. Russian astronaut Gennady Padalka sets record for spending longest time in space […]
GK OF THE DAY (06 & 07 July)
US wins Women’s FIFA World Cup for 3rd time The U.S. Women’s National Team defeated Japan 5-2 to become the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Champion The United States, winners in 1991 and 1999, became the first nation to win the crown three times. US captain and skipper Carli Lloyd scored a hat-trick in the finals. 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Awards:- […]
GK Quiz for the week: 29 June to 05 July
This test is based on the daily GK capsules posted through Previous week. The test has 10 questions to be answered within 10 minutes. Click on read more to take the test. […]
GK OF THE DAY (04 & 05 July)
Chile win Copa América after beating Argentina on penalties Chile won the Copa America for the first time in the tournament’s 99-year history after a 4-1 victory on penalties over Argentina. This was the 44th Edition of COPA America title, the prestigious football tournament for South American countries, had started from 11 June 2015 in Chile. Peru defeated Paraguay 2-0 in the play-off match to finish the tournament at third place. Literacy rate 71% in rural areas, 86% in urban areas: NSSO survey […]
GK OF THE DAY (01 & 02 July)
Greece becomes first developed nation to default on IMF debt Greece became the first developed economy in the world to default a loan with the International Monetary Fund. It became a defaulter after it missed the deadline for payment of 1.7 billion dollar (1.5 billion euro) to IMF. The Eurozone Finance Ministers refused to extend its bailout to Greece after it rejected the proposal given by the troika viz., International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Commission (EC) and European Central Bank (ECB). Bharti Airtel becomes 3rd largest mobile operator in world […]
Current Affair One –Liner (June)
Business & International: Mauritius has regained the position as the top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India by pushing Singapore to the second slot in 2014-15. Mauritius accounted for about 29 percent of the country’s total FDI inflows last fiscal. G-20 meet to be held in Turkey in the month of November 2015 to focus on three agenda i.e. Inclusiveness, implementation and investment. India was placed at the 61st position in terms of foreigners’ money in Swiss banks. Asia has overtaken Europe as the world’s second richest North America is the world’s richest region with 51 trillion dollars but is expected to be surpassed by Asia in 2016. India’s largest private miner Vedanta Ltd headed by billionaire Anil Agarwal will absorb oil firm Cairn India in a $2.3 billion all-share deal to create the country’s largest diversified natural resources company. The UN General Assembly elected Denmark’s Mogens Lykketoft [...]
GK Quiz for the week: 22 June to 28 June
This test is based on the daily GK capsules posted through this week. The test has 10 questions to be answered within 10 minutes. Click on read more to take the test. […]
GK OF THE DAY (27 & 28 June)
Pre-2005 currency notes can now be exchanged till Dec 31 Reserve Bank of India has extended the date for the public to exchange their pre-2005 banknotes till December 31, 2015. Earlier in December 2014, RBI had set the last date for public to exchange these notes as June 30, 2015. US Supreme Court legalized Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide […]