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Monday, January 26, 2015
Daily Current Affairs Updates: 24 January 2015
1) National
Girl Child Day observed on 24 January: National Girl Child Day is observed
on 24 January 2015 across the nation. This celebration was started to offer
more supports and new opportunities to the girls in the country. It is
celebrated to increase the awareness among people about all the inequalities
faced by the girl child in the society. This day is being observed every year
on 24 January since 2008.
2) 49th
Death Anniversary of Homi Jahangir Bhabha observed: 49th Death Anniversary
of Homi Jahangir Bhabha was observed on 24 Jnauary 2015. He is the Father of
Indian Nuclear Programme. He was born on 30th October 1909 and died on 24th
January 1966.
3) Union
Minister Venkaiah Naidu to inaugurate 35th National Games in Kerala: The
35th National Games, to be hosted by Kerala from January 31 to February 14,
will be inaugurated by Union Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary
Affairs Venkaiah Naidu. The opening ceremony will be held at the newly-built
Greenfield Stadium at Karyavattom on the evening of January 31. Cricket maestro
Sachin Tendulkar, the Goodwill Ambassador of the event, will handover the games
flame to sprint queen PT Usha and international long-jumper Anju Bobby George,
beginning the much-awaited gala.
4) Hockey
India League began on Jan 22: On January 22, 2015, the Hockey India League
started for the year at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar with inaugural match
between Kalinga Lancers and Ranchi Rays. Kalinga Lancers defeated Ranchi Rays
by 6-3.
5) Pankaj
Advani wins his seventh National title, Amee is women’s champ: Pankaj
Advani won his seventh senior National snooker title beating Varun Madan by six
frames to three in a well-fought final of the BRC Gloster National billiards
and snooker championship at the BRC on 24 January 2015. The victory also gave
Advani a fourth double, having won the billiards and snooker crowns in 2007, 08
and 2009 also. In women's event, Amee Kamani won her maiden senior snooker
title defeating defending champion Vidya Pillay of Karnataka 63-39, 21-59,
60-47, 57-32, 32-64, 45-44.
6) TRAI
issued draft rules for full mobile number portability: Telecom regulator
TRAI has issued draft regulations to facilitate full mobile number portability
which is set to start from May 3. The full or nationwide mobile number
portability (MNP) will allow consumers to change service provider in any part
of the country while retaining their existing number. At present, mobile number
portability allows consumers to change their service provider within a telecom
circle which in most cases is limited to a state.
7) India
observed national mourning to condole death of King Abdullah: India on 24
January 2015 observed day-long national mourning the death of King Abdullah bin
Abdulaziz Al-Saud, of Saudi Arabia. The national flags were flown at half-mast
throughout the country as mark of respect to the King, who was also the
custodian of two holy mosques.
8) Arundhathi
Subramaniam won inaugural Khushwant
Singh Memorial Prize: Poet Arundhathi Subramaniam on 24 January 2015 won
the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry for her work When God
is a Traveller. The winner was announced at a prize ceremony at the ZEE Jaipur
Literature Festival, attended by over 2,500 poetry lovers.
9) Queen
Elizabeth is world's oldest monarch after death of Saudi king: The death of
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia , at age 90, leaves British Queen Elizabeth II as
the oldest living reigning monarch in the world. The queen is 88, and will turn
89 on April 21, although her birthday is typically celebrated in June when the
weather is better.
10) RBI
lifted ban on carrying 1000, 500 bank notes via Bhutan, Nepal: Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) has lifted a ban on carrying Indian bank notes of Rs 1,000 and
500 denominations to and from Nepal, Bhutan. In this regard RBI has issued a
circular that eased the restriction on export and import of bank notes of 1,000
and 500 denominations for Nepal and Bhutan. However, RBI has put a limit of
carrying such notes at Rs 25,000 per person. Earlier in May 2000, RBI had
imposed ban following the request of Union government to curb smuggling of
counterfeit currency. It will provide a great relief to workers from both
nations as well as Indian tourists travelling to Nepal and Bhutan.
Paulina Vega is Miss Universe 2014
* Colombia’s Paulina Vega was crowned Miss
Universe on 26 January 2015, beating out contenders from the United States,
Ukraine, Jamaica and The Netherlands at the world’s top beauty pageant in
Florida.
* The 22-year-old model and business
student triumphed over 87 other women from around the world, and is only the
second beauty queen from Colombia to take home the prize.
* Miss USA Nia Sanchez and Miss Ukraine
Diana Harkusha were the runners-up
* The last time Colombia won the crown was
in 1956 when Luz Marina Zuluaga took home the title.
* The 63rd edition of the Miss Universe
pageant was held at Florida International University in the city of Doral, USA.
* The event is actually the 2014 Miss Universe pageant.
The competition was pushed back until now to try to get a bigger television
audience.
Employment News: 24 to 30 January 2015
1. National
Institute of Virology, Pune
Name of Post – Multi Tasking Staff,
Technical Assistant, LDC Etc.
No. of Vacancies - 32
Last Date - 09 Feb 2015
2. Public
Service Commission, Uttar Pradesh
Name of Post – Regional Inspector
(Technical), Review Officer/Assistant Review Officer, Review Officer
(Accounts), Assistant, LDC, Auditor Etc.
No. of Vacancies – 771
Last Date - 03 Feb 2015
3. Gramin
Bank of Aryavart, Lucknow
Name of Post – Officer Scale – II (General
Banking, IT, Marketing), Officer Scale – I, Office Assistant (Multipurpose)
No. of Vacancies - 493
Last Date - 31 Jan 2015
4. Airports
Authority of India
Name of Post – Junior Executive (Air
Traffic Control), Junior Executive (Electronics)
No. of Vacancies - 450
Last Date - Online Registration Completion
10 Feb 2015
5. Staff
Selection Commission
Name of Post – Senior Radio Technician,
Research Assistant, Technical Assistant
No. of Vacancies - 10
Last Date - 13 Feb 2015
Source:
http://employmentnews.gov.in/
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Complete List of Padma Award 2015 Winners - PDF Download
Central Government on 25 January 2015 on the occasion
of 66th Republic Day has announced the Padma Awardees for 2015.
* Padma Awards - one of the highest
civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely,
Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various
disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs,
science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education,
sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and
distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order
and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are
announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
* These awards are conferred by the
President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan
usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has
approved conferment of Padma Awards to 104 persons as per the list below. The
list comprises of 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri
Awardees. 17 of the awardees are women
and the list also includes 17 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs,
PIOs and 4 Posthumous awardees.
Here is the list of Padma Vibhushan
Award Winners 2015. The complete list of Padma Awards 2015 (Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri) can be
viewed/downloaded from the PDF link below.
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Shri L. K. Advani
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Public Affairs
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Gujarat
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Shri Amitabh Bachchan
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Art
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Maharashtra
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3.
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Shri Prakash Singh Badal
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Public Affairs
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Punjab
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4.
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Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade
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Social Work
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Karnataka
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5.
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Shri Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip
Kumar
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Art
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Maharashtra
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Shri Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami
Rambhadracharya
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Others
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Uttar Pradesh
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Prof. Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan
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Science and Engineering
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Tamil Nadu
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Shri Kottayan K. Venugopal
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Public Affairs
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Delhi
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Shri Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan
(Foreigner)
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Trade and Industry
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France/UK
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1) Who was appointed as the Vice-Chairman
of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog on 5 January 2015?
- Arvind Panagariya
2) Who was
named as the Business person of the Year for 2014 on 6 January 2015 by Fortune
magazine? - Larry
Page
3) 102nd
Indian Science Congress (ISC) was recently held at? - Mumbai
Note: The theme of the ISC was Science and Technology for Human
Development.
4) Name
the French satirical weekly magazine in Paris which was attacked by three
masked gunmen on 7 January 2015? - Charlie
Hebdo
5) Which
bank on 7 January 2015 launched contactless credit cards and debits cards
called Coral Contactless Credit Card and Expressions Wave Debit Card
respectively in India? - ICICI
Bank
6) Who has
sworn-in as the 7th President of Sri Lanka on 9 January 2015? - Mithripala Sirisena
7) Name
the joint venture of Tata-SIA which started its flight operation in India on 9
January 2015? - Vistara
Airline
8) Who was
on 10 January 2015 appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National
Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog with effect from 1 January
2015? - Sindhushree Khullar
9) Which
city will host International Hindi Conference in April 2015? - New Jersey
10) Union
Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 January 2015 approved to
set up the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) in which state? - Tamil Nadu
11) Who
was named as the Brand Ambassador of Andhra Pradesh (AP) health sector on 6
January 2015? - Amitabh
Bachchan
12) Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on 6 January 2015 released a commemorative coin to mark
the 175th birth anniversary of which industrialist? - Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata
13) Which
airline was named as the world’s safest airline by AirlineRatings.com on 6
January 2015? - Qantas
Note: It is Australia’s national airline.
14) Name
the new antibiotic discovered by scientists nearly after two decades? – Teixobactin
15) Which
Indian film was on 8 January 2015 nominated for British Academy of Film and
Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards 2015 under non-English best film category?
- Lunchbox
16) Which
bank secured its shareholders approval for amalgamation with ING Vysya Bank
recently? - Kotak
Mahindra Bank
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17) Name
the Chinese nuclear physicist who was on 9 January 2015 presented with the
State Preeminent Science and Technology Award 2014 by Chinese President Xi
Jinping? - Yu
Min
18) Who
presented the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2015 to sixteen personalities on
9 January 2015? - Vice
President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari
19) Who
resigned as Director General of Sports Authority of India (SAI) on 2 January
2015? - Jiji Thomson
20) Board
of Control for Cricket in India on 6 January 2015 announced the 15-man squad
for the Cricket World Cup 2015. Who will captain the team? - MS Dhoni
21) Which
country will host the 42nd World Bridge Championships in Sep-Oct 2015? – India
22) PM
Narendra Modi on 8 January 2015 inaugurated a state-of-the-art museum Dandi
Kutir at which place? - Gandhinagar,
Gujarat
23) Who
won 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess title on 6 January 2015? -
Popov Ivan of Russia
24) Who
was sworn in as the sixth Governor of Uttarakhand on 8 January 2015? - Krishan Kant Paul
25) Union
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on 5 January 2015 launched the sale of
subsidised 5 kg cooking gas cylinders for BPL families under which scheme? - Free Trade LPG (FTL)
26) Who
took charge as Coal India Limited’s full-time Chairman and Managing Director
(CMD) on 5 January 2015? - Sutirtha
Bhattacharya
27) Who
was on 7 January 2015 appointed as the United Nations (UN)
Under-Secretary-General, Department of Field Support (DFS)? - Atul Khare
28) Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on 8 January 2015 released Commemorative Postage Stamps
to mark ___ Years of Mahatma Gandhi’s Return from South Africa to India? – 100
29) Who
won his maiden National Sub-Junior Billiards title at the BRC Gloster National
Billiards & Snooker Championship 2015 recently? - S Shrikrishna
30) Who
was elected as the Speaker of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly on 7 January 2015?
- Dr. Dinesh Oraon of BJP
31) Which
firm launched China's first online bank named WeBank to boost small businesses
on 6 January 2015? - Tencent
Holdings
32) Governor's
rule was recently imposed in which state on 9 January 2015? - Jammu and Kashmir
33) Who
was appointed as the Prime Minister of West African nation Mali on 8 January
2015? - Modibo Keita
Questions asked in SBI Associate Clerk Exam: 25 January 2015 (Evening Shift)
Friends.. Here are the GA and Computer
questions asked in today's (25 Jan 2015) evening shift exam. 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.
Below Questions were shared by: Rohit, Mrunal
Sharma
1) Director of the film 'PK'? - Rajkumar
Hirani
2) Headquarters of International Maritime
Organization (IMO)? - London
3) Which country recently test-fired third
hypersonic 'Wu-14' missile? - China
4) Currency of Bhutan? - Bhutanese Ngultrum
5) How many ex Officio members from Union
Council of Ministers can be nominated by the Prime Minister in NITI Aayog? -
Four
6) Which India Boxing player was recently
banned by International boxing association? - Sarita Devi
7) Name the new chief of Research &
Analysis Wing (RAW)? - Rajinder Khanna
8) World Environment Day? - June 5
9) Name the Prime Minister of Japan? -
Shinzo Abe
10) Author of "The God of Small
Things"? - Arundhati Roy
11) Capital of Canada? - Ottawa
12) Union Minister of Road Transport and
Highways? - Nitin Gadkari
13) Who was named 'Asian of the Year' by
Singapore daily 'The Straits Times'? - Narendra Modi
14) Bandhavgarh National Park is situated
at? - Madhya Pradesh
15) Wular Fresh Lake in which state of
India? - Jammu and Kashmir
16) CEO of NITI Aayog? - Sindhushree
Khullar
17) Kerala has more females than men
according to Census 2011. Choose the correct sex ratio? - 1084 females per 1000
males
18) Brett Lee related to which sport? -
Cricket
19) ISRO successfully tested which vehicle
recently? - GSLV Mark 3
20) Full form of MOM? - Mars Orbiter
Mission
21) Winner of men’s hockey champions trophy
held in India recently? - Germany
22) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National
Police Academy is situated at? - Hyderabad
23) Mendhipathar railway station belongs
to? - Meghalaya
24) Subsidies in India are given by? -
Ministry of Finance
25) Speed of Computer is measured in? -
Hertz
26) Night blindness is caused due to
deficiency of which Vitamin? - Vitamin A
27) Who among the following was RBI
governor? - Y V Redyy (from option)
28) Highest diamond producing country? -
South Africa
SBI Associate Clerk Questions: 25 January 2015 (Morning Shift)
Friends.. Here are the GA and Computer
questions asked in today's (25 January 2015) morning shift SBI Associate Clerk
exam. These questions were shared by Poornima Agarwal. 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) Capital of Brazil? - BrasÃlia
2) Currency of Philippines? - Philippine
peso
3) Chairman of NITI Aayog? - Prime Minister
4) World Cancer Day? - 4 February
5) Name the border line between USA and
Canada? - Parallel Line 49
6) Which team won the Federation Cup
Football turnament recently? - Bengaluru FC
7) Modern marketing is based on? -
8) Open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma
recently sets world record by swimming which ocean? - Antarctic Ocean
9) Sarita Devi is related with which sport?
- Boxing
10) Which is not a credit rating agency? -
11) What is the number of female population
in Haryana to 1000 males? - 837
12) Largest Lake in India? - Chilka Lake
13) "Wandering in Many Worlds: An
Autobiography" is the autobiography of? - V. R. Krishna Iyer
14) Union minister of Urban and Housing
Development? - M.Venkaiah Naidu
15) PM recently inaugurated 'Dandi Kutir'
museum in which state? - Gujarat
16) Expand NPA? - Non-performing Asset
17) Headquarters of Food and Agriculture
Organization? - Rome, Italy
18) Name the new chief of the Intelligence
Bureau? - Dineshwar Sharma
19) G20 summit in 2015 will be held at? -
Turkey
20) Which among the following is not a
Bank? - ICICI Prudential
21) Bank holiday in India is declared under
which act? - Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act, 1881
22) China's Confucius Peace Prize was
recently awarded to? - Fidel Castro
23) PETA full form? - People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals
24) Fort Aguada is in which state? - Goa
25) Internet Users in India in December
2014? - 300 million
26) Anerood Jugnauth is the Prime Minister
of which country? - Mauritius
27) India’s top exporter country? - UAE
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Current Affairs Quiz Questions: 24 January 2015
1) Name the Special deposit scheme for girl
children launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22 January 2015?
(A) Sukanya Samriddhi Account
(B) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Account
(C) Ujjwala Account
(D) Rajya Mahila Samman Account
2) Which session of Parliament is set to
begin on February 23, 2015?
(A) Winter Session
(B) Budget Session
(C) Monsoon Session
(D) Summer Session
3) Who among the following joined as full
time member of NITI Aayog on 21 January 2015?
(A) Bibek Debroy
(B) Arvind Panagariya
(C) Sindhushree Khullar
(D) Aravind Subramanian
4) Which Union Ministry on 21 January 2015
launched the National Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY)
that seeks to preserve and rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage of the
country?
(A) Union Ministry of Tourism
(B) Union Ministry of Culture
(C) Union Ministry of Home Affairs
(D) Union Ministry of Urban Development
5) South Korean steel major Posco and
state-run SAIL recently decided to jointly set up a 3-million-tonne integrated
plant in which state, with an estimated investment of about Rs 18,000 crore?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Bihar
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Andhra Pradesh
6) __th edition of the Jaipur Literature
Festival began on 21 January 2015?
(A) 6th
(B) 8th
(C) 12th
(D) 7th
7) Which company topped global vehicle
sales in 2014 as per report released recently?
(A) Toyota Motor
(B) General Motors
(C) Volkswagen
(D) Maruti Suzuki
8) Who among the following is the chairman
of the committee that has submitted its report on restructuring of Food
Corporation of India, recently?
(A) TSR Subramanian
(B) Bimal Jalan
(C) Ashok Kumar Mathur
(D) Shanta Kumar
9) Jhumpa Lahiri's which book won 2015 DSC
Prize for South Asian Literature on 22 January 2015?
(A) The Namesake
(B) Interpreter of Maladies
(C) The Lowland
(D) The White Tiger
10) PM Modi launched 'Beti Bachao, Beti
Padhao' campaign on 22 January 2015 at which place?
(A) Idukki, Kerala
(B) Gandhinagar, Gujarat
(C) Panipat, Haryana
(D) Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir
Answers
1) Ans. (A) Sukanya Samriddhi Account
2) Ans. (B) Budget Session
3) Ans. (A) Bibek Debroy
4) Ans. (D) Union Ministry of Urban
Development
5) Ans. (C) Jharkhand
6) Ans. (B) 8th
7) Ans. (A) Toyota Motor
8) Ans. (D) Shanta Kumar
9) Ans. (C) The Lowland
10) Ans. (C) Panipat, Haryana