Daily Current Affairs Updates: 16 March 2015

1) IMF chief Christine Lagarde started India visit:

--> Christine Lagarde, the chief of the International Monetary Fund began her 2-day trip to India on 16 March 2015 during which she is likely to meet the country's top leadership including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

--> Christine Lagarde has lauded the Narendra Modi government's 'Make in India' campaign and called the country a "bright spot" on a cloudy global horizon, saying India has the potential to double the size of its economy by 2019 compared to 2009.

--> Lagarde, the first women to head IMF, said that the budget for 2015-16 was a step in the right direction but added that while increasing public spending in infrastructure was a critical thing more needed to be done to pull in additional private investment.

2) Aadhar not mandatory for availing govt benefits: Supreme Court

--> Supreme Court on 16 March 2015 reiterated its stand that Aadhar cards will not be mandatory for availing government benefits including subsidies.

--> The top court asked the Centre to follow its 2013 order on the issue.

--> The apex court had in October 2013 refused to make Aadhar card compulsory for availing social benefits, turning down Centre's request on the issue. 

3) India's new hockey coach Paul van Ass took charge:

--> Paul van Ass took charge as chief coach of the Indian men’s hockey team on 16 March 2015.

--> Van Ass, known for his outspoken and controversial nature, had replaced Australian Terry Walsh under whom India won the Incheon Asian Games to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

--> Van Ass had been handed a contract till the 2018 World Cup by his new employer, the Sports Authority of India.

--> Prior to this he was the coach of Netherlands.

4) Wipro appointed Neemuchwala as group president, COO:

--> Wipro has appointed TCS veteran Abid Ali Neemuchwala as group president and chief operating office.

--> This appointment will be effective from 1 April 2015.

--> Neemuchwala in his new role will head Wipro’s service lines of global infrastructure services, business application services, business process services and advanced technology solutions.

--> Prior to this appointment, Ali Neemuchwala was heading BPO arm of India’s largest software services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

5) Haryana assembly passed bill banning Cow Slaughter:

--> Haryana Assembly on 16 MArch 2015 unanimously passed a bill under which cow slaughter and the sale of beef have been banned in the state.

--> The new law will also promote conservation and development of indigenous breeds of cows and establish institutions to keep, maintain and take care of the infirm, injured, stray and uneconomic cows.

--> As per the Haryana 'Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan' Bill, 2015, which was passed with two amendments, a person found guilty of cow slaughter can get rigorous imprisonment not less than three years, which may extend upto 10 years along with a fine ranging from Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 1 lakh.

6) Veteran singer Bombay S Kamal passed away:

--> Veteran singer and music composer Bombay S. Kamal, an active presence in the field of music for the past six decades, passed away in Thiruvananthapuram on 16 March 2015.

--> In past six decades, he had active presence in the field of music especially in Malayalam film music.

--> Mr. Kamal, who was born in Mumbai, had been singing the songs of Mohammed Rafi from the age of seven, after a meeting with veteran Ustad Moin Khan introduced him to his first strains of music.

--> He settled in Kerala after an acquaintance with iconic composer M.S. Baburaj.

7) Ashu Suyash to took over as Crisil CEO in place of Roopa Kudva:

--> Ashu Suyash on 16 March 2015 quit as chief executive of L&T Investment Management Ltd to head ratings agency Crisil Ltd, marking the exit of the only woman to head an asset management company in Asia’s third-biggest economy.

--> Suyash takes over from Roopa Kudva as the managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Crisil with effect from 1 June, Crisil said.

--> CRISIL full form: Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited

8) China displaced Germany as world's third largest arms exporter:

--> China has raced ahead of Germany to become the world's third largest arms exporter as per Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) report. 

--> SIPRI in its report claimed that exports of arms from China grew 143% between 2010 and 2014.

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Call Letter/Admit Card for NICL AO Exam 2015 Out

Friends.. National Insurance Company Ltd has activated the link to download the call letter/admit card of its Administrative Officers (Scale-1) Exam 2015. The online exam will be held during various dates in April 2015. You can download the admit card directly from the link below. You need to enter Registration No AND Date Of Birth OR Password to download the Admit Card.

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Employment News: 14 March 2015 to 20 March 2015

1. UPSC

Name of Post -Medical and Engineering Services Examination, 2015

Last Date-10.04.2015

2. Vehicle Factory, Jabalpur (M.P)

Name of Post-Examiner Engineer, Carpenter, Fitter Auto Electric, Fitter Electric,

Fitter Genl, Machinist etc.

No. of Vacancies – 333

Last Date-21 days of publication

3. Reserve Bank of India Services Board, Mumbai

Name of Post-Assistant Manager (Rajbhasha), Manager(Technical-Civil and Electrical),

Assistant Manager (Security).

No. of Vacancies – 19

Last Date – 23.03.2015

5. Indian Ordnance Factories, Metal & Steel Factory, Ishapore

Name of Post-Machinist, Fitter Genl, Turner, Carpenter, Mason Brick Welder etc.

No. of Post-208

Last Date- 22.03.2015

6. Steel Authority of India Limited, Kolkata

Name of the Posts- Junior Assistant (Trainee)

No. of Vacancies- 100

Last Date- 02.04.2015

7. Coffee Board, Bengaluru

Name of the Posts- Subject Matter Specialist

(Agronomy, Plant Tissue Culture, Analytical Chemistry

etc.), Assistant Specialist

(Agronomy, Plant TissueCulture and Biotechnology, Analytical Chemistry etc.) Research

Assistant (Entomology, Biochemistry, Coffee Quality etc.)

No. of Vacancies- 41

Last Date- 15.04.2015

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Current Affairs Quiz: 16 March 2015

1) Who recently became the first player to score four successive one-day international centuries, setting a new record, during World Cup 2015?

(A) AB de Villers

(B) Mahela Jayawardene

(C) Kumar Sangakkara

(D) Brendon Mccullum

2) Which state recently won Ranji Trophy 2015 beating Tamil Nadu by an innings and 217 runs?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Karnataka

(C) West Bengal

(D) Delhi

3) Name the Special CBI judge, who recently summoned former PM Manmohan Singh and five other accused in the coal scam?

(A) Ashok Kumar Mathur

(B) K G Balakrishnan

(C) Mukul Mudgal

(D) Bharat Parashar

4) Recently, United States President Barack Obama has nominated veteran diplomat David Hale as the next ambassador to?

(A) India

(B) Pakistan

(C) China

(D) Bangladesh

5) India on 11 March 2015 signed four agreements with the Indian Ocean island nation Seychelles to boost security and maritime partnership. Capital of Seychelles is?

(A) Amman

(B) Port Louis

(C) Victoria

(D) Male 

6) World Kidney Day is observed on?

(A) March 12

(B) March 11

(C) March 13

(D) March 14

7) N. Sakthan was on 12 March 2015 elected as the Speaker of which state's Legislative Assembly?

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Telengana

(C) Andhra Pradesh

(D) Kerala

8) Name the Chief Minister of Bihar who on 11 March 2015 won trust vote on the floor of assembly?

(A) Nitish Kumar

(B) Ram Vilas Paswan

(C) Lalu Prasad Yadav

(D) Jithin Ram Manji

9) World Kidney Day was observed on 12 March 2015. The theme for the day this year(2015) was?

(A) STOP Kidney Attack

(B) Kidney Health For All

(C) Chronic Kidney Disease & Aging

(D) Donate- Kidneys for Life

10) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the chief guest at the 47th National Day celebrations of which country on 12 March 2015?

(A) Sri Lanka

(B) Thailand

(C) Mauritius

(D) Seychelles

Answers

1) Ans. (C) Kumar Sangakkara

2) Ans. (B) Karnataka

3) Ans. (D) Bharat Parashar

4) Ans. (B) Pakistan

5) Ans. (C) Victoria

6) Ans. (A) March 12

7) Ans. (D) Kerala

8) Ans. (A) Nitish Kumar

9) Ans. (B) Kidney Health For All

10) Ans. (C) Mauritius

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15th March 2015 Daily Current Affairs Updates

1) Services beat Punjab 5-4 in tie-breaker to lift Santosh trophy 2015:

--> Services lifted the 69th edition of Santosh Trophy after edging out hosts Punjab 5-4 via tie-breaker in a nail-biting final held at Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana on 15 March 2015.

--> With this, Services won the Santosh trophy for the fourth time.

--> Earlier it had won the trophy in 2013, 2012 and 1961.

--> The tournament first began in 1941 and was named after the late Maharaja Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh, which is now in Bangladesh.

2) Srikanth won Swiss Grand Prix Gold championship:

--> Young Indian shuttler K. Srikanth clinched the Swiss Grand Prix Gold championship title after overcoming a strong challenge from Viktor Axelson of Denmark in a hard-fought men’s singles final on 15 March 2015.

--> The final was held at Basel in Switzerland.

--> With this, he became the first Indian men to win the 120000 US dollars Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold. 

3) Indian women beat Poland to win Hockey World League Round 2:

--> India scored in three of the four quarters to outplay Poland 3-1 in the final and clinch the FIH Hockey World League Round 2 at Major Dhyan Chan stadium in New Delhi on 15 March 2015.

--> Vandana Kataria (15th minute), Ritu Rani scored two goals (44th and 59th minute) for India which led to victory.

4) World Consumer Rights Day 2015 observed:

--> The World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) 2015 was observed on 15 March 2015.

--> The theme for the WCRD 2015 is Helping consumers choose healthy diets.

--> The World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) is observed on 15 March every year to commemorate the historic address given by the then US President John F Kennedy to the US congress in 1962 in which he outlined the definition of consumer rights for the first time.

5) Veteran Gandhian Narayan Desai passed away:

--> One of the country’s noted Gandhians, Narayan Desai, known for his rendition of Gandhi Katha — stories on the Mahatma’s life — passed away on 15 March 2015.

--> He is son of Mahatma Gandhi’s personal secretary and biographer Mahadev Desai.

--> In 2004, Desai started a lecture series on Gandhi called ‘Gandhi Katha’, which he took across the world and received much acclaim for it.

6) Powerful Cyclone Pam hit south Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu:

--> Powerful cyclone Pam on 14 March 2015 hit the south Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu.

--> The cyclone Pam, a category five tropical storm, brought destructive 270 kilometre-per-hour winds and torrential rain along with it.

--> Vanuatu is located north east of Australia to south west of Hawaii Islands.

7) Lewis Hamilton won Australian Grand Prix to start 2015 season:

--> Lewis Hamilton fought off teammate Nico Rosberg to give Mercedes a dominant victory in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on 15 March 2015.

--> Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, in his first race drive for Ferrari since switching from Red Bull, finished on the podium in third place just ahead of Felipe Massa in a Williams.

--> Hamilton, 30, has won seven of the last eight GPs though this was his first in Australia since 2008. It was Hamilton's 34th win in his 149th GP.

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 14 March 2015

1) Statue of Mahatma Gandhi unveiled in Parliament Square:

--> A historic bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled on 14 March 2015 at the Parliament Square in London, standing adjacent to iconic leaders like Britain's war-time Prime Minister Winston Churchill and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.

--> British Prime Minister David Cameron and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley were joined by Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan and the Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi at the ceremony to unveil the 9-foot statue of India's Father of the Nation.

--> Gandhi is the first Indian and the only person never to have been in a public office to be honoured with a statue at the Square.

--> The unveiling of the 9ft (2.7m) bronze statue marks 100 years since Gandhi returned to India from South Africa to begin his struggle for independence.

--> British sculptor, Philip Jackson, was commissioned to create the work with his previous pieces including statues of the Queen Mother and Bomber Command.

--> The statue was unveiled jointly by Cameron and Arun Jaitley.

2) Haryana Government to impose complete ban on Beef:

--> The Haryana government will impose a complete ban on the sale of beef in any form in the state, a minister said.

--> The BJP government in Haryana, headed by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, has a majority in the assembly and the proposed bill is all set to be made into law.

3) Pioneer of Israeli cinema Lia van Leer passed away:

--> Lia van Leer, pioneer of Israeli cinema passed away on 13 March 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. She was 90.

--> She was the founder of Israel Film Archive, Jerusalem Cinematheque, Haifa Cinematheque and the Jerusalem Film Festival.

4) NASA’s Hubble telescope spots ocean on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede:

--> Astronomer's have found the most conclusive evidence yet that a large watery ocean lies beneath the surface of Jupiter's moon Ganymede.

--> Scientists believe that this finding could potentially support life.

--> Hubble Space Telescope’s finding was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.

5) Mary Kom to be brand ambassador of Northeast:

--> Olympic medal winning boxer MC Mary Kom is being appointed as the brand ambassador of the Northeast to showcase the potential of the region which offers Rs. 2.4 trillion business opportunities across various sectors.

--> An official announcement in this regard would me made soon, Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North East Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh said.

--> Hailing from Manipur, one of the eight northeastern States, Mary Kom is a five—time World Amateur Boxing champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships.

6) Pi Day observed:

--> Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant p (pi).

--> Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in the month/day date format) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant digits of p.

--> Pi Approximation Day is observed on July 22 (or 22/7 in the day/month date format).

7) Bhaiyyaji Joshi re-elected RSS general secretary:

--> The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (the highest decision making body) on 14 March 2015 re-elected Bhaiyyaji Joshi as the Sarkaryvaha (general secretary) of the organisation for a third consecutive term till March 2018.

8) Michael White won first ranking title at Indian Open:

--> Michael White thrashed Ricky Walden 5-0 to win his first world ranking title at the Indian Open in Mumbai.

--> The two had met twice before: at the 2013 World Championships and at the 2010 Players’ Championships-II, and Walden had come out on top on both occasions.

9) Sonakshi Sinha, Arjun Kapoor grab top Golden Kela awards:

--> Arjun Kapoor was bestowed with the Worst Actor (Male) award for 'Gunday' at the 7th Annual Golden Kela Awards, actress Sonakshi Sinha won the Worst Actor (Female) award hands down, for 'Action Jackson', 'Lingaa' and 'Holiday'.

--> This was a hat-trick for Sonakshi as she swept the award for the third consecutive year.

--> The Golden Kela awards have been “honouring” the worst offerings of Indian cinema over the past seven years.

10) Facebook bought TheFind:

--> Facebook has waded further into e-commerce with the acquisition of shopping search engine TheFind.com.

--> Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

--> Members of TheFind team are joining Facebook, where they plan to put their technology to work making ads at the leading social network ‘more relevant’, according to the post.

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Current Affairs Questions PDF: February 2015 (Third Week)

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1) Who was on 20 February 2015 appointed as the Chief of ISRO’s Space Applications Centre (SAC) at Ahmedabad, Gujarat? - Tapan Misra

2) US Senate on 12 February 2015 appointed whom as the new Defense Secretary? - Ashton B Carter

3) 35th National Games concluded in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 14 February 2015. Which team topped the medals tally with 91 Gold? – Services

4) Name the President of Singapore who was on a State visit of India between 8 and 11 February 2015? - Dr. Tony Tan Keng Yam

5) Name the Kerala-based business group which tied-up with World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature-India for its Friends for Life project? - Muthoot Group

6) Who was on 13 February 2015 appointed as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) Limited? - Balasubramaniam Venkataramani

7) Which former Indian cricketer was awarded Honorary Life Membership of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in February 2015? - Saurav Ganguly

8) Who was sworn-in as President of Croatia on 15 February 2015? - Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic

Note: She is Croatia’s first female President and overall fourth President since Croatia gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.

9) Which E-commerce company recently acquired luxury fashion portal Exclusively.com? – Snapdeal

10) International Mother Language Day 2015 was celebrated across the world on 21 February 2015 with the theme? - Inclusive Education through and with Language - Language Matters.

11) Name the first National Tribal Festival which took place at Indira Gandhi National Center for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi in February 2015? - Vanaj 2015

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12) Who was on 16 February 2015 appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited's Global Operations with effect from 1 June 2015? - Punit Renjen

Note: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited is US based accounting giant

13) Who was sworn-in as Chief Information Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh on 17 February 2015? - Jawed Usmani

14) Which Indian telecom company on 18 February 2015 tied-up with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to provide health, education and youth-focused content to its customers in 17 African countries? - Bharti Airtel

15) Which player on 15 February 2015 became the first Indian cricketer to score a century against Pakistan in the ICC World Cup? - Virat Kohli

16) Name the Film directed by Nagesh Kukunoor which won two awards at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival recently? – Dhanak

17) Rajinder Puri who passed away on 15 February 2015 was a? - Veteran cartoonist, columnist and political activist

18) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 19 February 2015 launched the nationwide Soil Health Card Scheme in Suratgarh town of Sriganganagar district of which state? – Rajasthan

19) Who were jointly named for Dr. Y Nayudamma Memorial Award 2014 on 15 February 2015? - Women scientists Dr. Tessy Thomas and Geeta Varadan

20) Jitan Ram Manjhi on 20 February 2015 resigned as the Chief Minister of? – Bihar

21) Which state government recently decided to grant 35% reservation for women in Non-Gazetted jobs? – Bihar

22) Election Commission (EC) on 14 February 2015 announced to launch Electoral Roll Authentication Mission (ERAM) and Purification Drive. Name the Chief Election Commissioner? - H S Brahma

23) Name the Indian-origin scientist Professor who on 11 February 2015 received Faculty Early Career Development Award (CAREER) given by the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States (US)? - Srikanth Jagabathula

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LIC AAO Exam GK Questions: 15 March 2015

Friends.. Here are the GA questions asked in today's (15 March 2015) morning shift LIC AAO exam. These questions were shared by Manish Jadeja. This will be useful for those having exam in coming days. If anybody would like to share more questions, kindly mail us at currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com. We will publish them here. 

1) Currency of Poland? - Polish zloty

2) Capital of Jordan? - Amman

3) World Wildlife Day? - March 3

4) Anant Geete is the Union Minister for? - Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

5) First Double Century was made in World cup by which cricketer? - Chris Gayle

6) 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be held at? - India

7) France deal 5.9 billion dollar in which country? - Egypt

8) Which two states has highest sex ratio in India? - Kerala and Puducherry

9) Prime Minister presented the Krishi Karman Awards recently in which state? - Rajasthan

10) World first mangrove zoo in which state? - West Bengal

11) Author of the book Tsunami 2004: The IAF Story - A Few Good Men & The Angry Sea? - Air Commodore Nitin Sathe

12) Pattachitra style of painting is the art form of? - Odisha

13) Dibang Hydropower Project in which state? - Arunachal Pradesh

14) Tarapur Atomic Power Station is located in? - Maharashtra

15) Which is India's first hi-speed rural broadband district? - Idukki

16) Govind Pansare who died recently was a? - Anti-toll activist

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