GK OF THE DAY (28/05/2015)
Four Indians among Forbes world’s 100 most powerful women German Chancellor Angela Merkel again topped the Forbes annual list. Merkel has made the list 10 times over the past 12 years, nine times as No 1. Arundhati Bhattacharya: First woman (and youngest) Chairperson of State Bank of India (SBI) was placed at 30th position. Chanda Kochhar: Managing Director (MD) and CEO of India’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank was placed at 35th position. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: Founder, Chairman and MD of Biocon Limited was placed at 85th position. Shobhana Bhartia: Chairperson and Editorial Director of the Hindustan Times Group was placed at 93rd position. Two women of Indian-origin — PepsiCo Chief Indra Nooyi (15) and Cisco Chief Technology and Strategy Officer Padmasree Warrior (84) — make the list. Top 10 powerful women: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (1st), Hillary Clinton (2nd), Melinda Gates (3rd), US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen (3th), [...]
GK OF THE DAY (26 & 27 May)
ICICI launches voice ‘password’ facility for users ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, launched Voice Recognition Service (VRS), which authenticates customers based on their speech patterns. This service will allow customers to execute banking transactions through Bank’s call center in a quick, secure and convenient manner. With this, ICICI became the first bank in India to offer this service. Note: ICICI Bank includes the country’s first contactless debit and credit cards, and ‘Pockets’, India’s first digital bank on mobile phone. Snapdeal acquired Hyderabad-based startup MartMobi […]
GK OF THE DAY (25/05/2015)
John Nash, Nobel laureate in ‘A Beautiful Mind,’ dies in car crash Renowned Princeton Mathematician John Nash, a Nobel Prize laureate whose life story inspired the movie “A Beautiful Mind”, was killed in a car accident together with his wife Alicia Nash in New Jersey. Nash, the 1994 Nobel Prize winner for Economics, had struggled with paranoid schizophrenia and his life was depicted in a 2001 Hollywood blockbuster “A Beautiful Mind”, which won four Oscars including Best Picture. Cannes Palme d’Or awarded to French film Dheepan […]
GK Quiz for the week: 17 May to 23 May
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 (24/05/2015)
Ireland becomes first country to legalise gay marriage by popular vote Republic of Ireland became the first country in the world to be legalized same-sex marriage through popular vote. The referendum on this issue to amend country’s written constitution was passed with a resounding 62.1 per cent ‘Yes’. Off the total voter turnout of 60.5 per cent, 1,201,607 people voted in favour of same-sex marriage, while 734,300 voted against it. Jayalalithaa takes oath as Tamil Nadu CM for fifth time […]
GK OF THE DAY (22 & 23 MAY )
SAIL, ArcelorMittal ink MoU to set up steel plant in India Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and world’s largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal signed a MoU to set up an automotive steel manufacturing facility in India. The MoU was signed by ArcelorMittal Chairman & Chief Executive Lakshmi Niwas Mittal and SAIL Chairman CS Verma in London. India ranks 24th in the first Environmental Democracy Index […]
GK OF THE DAY (20 & 21 MAY)
Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins Man Booker International Prize Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai has won the Man Booker International Prize 2015. He was among a shortlist of 10 writers that included India-born Amitav Ghosh. Krasznahorkai had gained recognition in 1985 after he had published his debut novel Satantango. His other famous novels are The Melancholy of Resistance (1989), War and War (1999), Seiobo There Below (2008). […]
GK OF THE DAY (17 & 18 MAY)
ICICI Bank’s first Chinese branch inaugurated in Shanghai ICICI Bank’s first branch in China was inaugurated in Shanghai, a major global financial hub. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of ICICI Bank’s MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar. Currently ICICI Bank is India’s biggest private sector lender with a total consolidated asset base of US $ 132 billion and has presence in 17 countries. 6th edition of National Conference on Nuclear Energy held in New Delhi […]
GK Quiz for the week: 10 May to 16 May
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 (15 & 16 MAY)
India, China ink 24 key agreements to boost ties in trade, economy, education India and China signed 24 key agreements to strengthen their bilateral relationship in several fields including trade and commerce, education, skill development, railways, human resource and other areas. The agreements were signed in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang after delegation level talks in Beijing. M.J. Joseph appointed as Controller General of Accounts […]