GK OF THE DAY (08-06-2015)
French Open 2015 Winners List Men’s Singles Title Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland won his first French Open Men’s single title of Tennis. In the final match he defeated Novak Djokovic of Serbia by 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. It his first his first French Open title second grand slam title after Australian Open 2014. Women’s Singles Title […]
GK Quiz for the week: 01 June to 07 June
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GK OF THE DAY (07-06-2015)
World Bank approves $250 million loan for J&K flood recovery project World Bank has approved 250 million US dollars loan for Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project for reconstruction of flood-affected public infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir. The project will be funded by credit from World Bank’s concessionary – International Development Association. Ali Smith won 2015 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction […]
GK OF THE DAY (05 & 06 JUNE)
R Seshasayee replaces KV Kamath as Infosys Chairman The Company Board of Infosys approved the appointment of R. Seshasayee as its new Non-Executive Chairman to replace K.V. Kamath, who is set to take over as head of the New Development Bank of the BRICS group in July. Delhi Metro gets first driver-less train from South Korea […]
GK OF THE DAY (04-06-2015)
Pink City Gets Metro Rail; Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje Flags Off First Jaipur Metro Train Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje flagged off the inaugural train of state capital city’s metro rail system on 9.6 km long route from Mansarovar to Chandpole. Jaipur became the sixth Indian city to have the metro rail system after Kolkata, Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Gurgaon and Mumbai. Bangladesh allows LIC to operate in domestic market […]
GK OF THE DAY (02 & 03 JUNE)
RBI lowers repo rate to 7.25 per cent Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan cut the repo rate by 0.25 per cent from 7.5 to 7.25 per cent, third time this year, meeting market and government expectations of boosting growth by lowering borrowing cost. While the RBI cut the Repo Rate from 7.5 per cent to 7.25, it left all other policy tools like Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) unchanged at 4 per cent and Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) at 21.5 per cent. Atal Bihari Vajpayee to be conferred ‘Friends of Bangladesh Liberation War Award’ […]
GK OF THE DAY (30 May to 01 June)
Arun Jaitley inaugurates New Bank Note Paper Line unit in Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated New Bank Note Paper Line unit of 6000 metric tonne capacity at Security Paper Mill in Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh). With this inauguration India will become self reliant in production of big denominations Bank Note paper. As previously India was importing bank note paper for currency of big denominations. One more plant of this type will be operationalised in Mysore soon. Veena Jain appointed as Director General of Doordarshan News […]
GK Quiz for the week: 24 May to 31 May
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Current Affair One –Liner (May)
Business & International: KV Kamath who is presently nonexecutive Chairman of ICICI Bank appointed as the President of the New Development Bank of the BRICS. Microsoft announced Edge as its next Web Browser’s name which will replace the Internet Explorer as a default browser. British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Conservatives Party wins in the British general election. Rating agency CRISIL has assigned the highest corporate credit rating of ‘CCR AAA’ to National Securities Clearing Corporation Ltd (NSCCL). For seventh consecutive year, CRISIL has assigned this rating to NSCCL. A case lodged against Nestle India over safety standards of its Maggi product by the UP food regulator FSDA (Food Safety and Drug Administration). Indian-born Nikesh Arora has been named as the President of Japan’s multinational telecommunications and internet company SoftBank Corp. South Korean President Park Geun-Hye named incumbent Justice Minister Hwang Kyo-Ahn as the new Prime Minister. German Chancellor [...]
GK OF THE DAY (29/05/2015)
Eminent Scientist S Christopher Appointed DRDO Chief Eminent scientist Dr. S Christopher was appointed as the Director General (DG) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). He will have tenure of two years from the date of taking over the charge. Christopher is presently Distinguished Scientist and Programme Director (airborne early warning and control system) and Director, Centre for Air-Borne Systems in the DRDO. Tripura government withdraws AFSPA after 18 years […]