Monday, November 30, 2015
Important Current Affairs Of 30th November 2015
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 30TH NOVEMBER 2015
- 29th November was International day of solidarity with the Palestinian people.
- On this day, in 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine (resolution 181 (II))
- 29th November was Albanian Liberation Day
- On this day in 1944, Albania was liberated from Nazi Germany forces after the Albanian resistance during World War II.
- Important Details you should know about Albania
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Important Current Affairs of 28th November 2015
IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF NOVEMBER 28, 2015
- Hewlett-Packard (HP) giant IT company issued its final quarterly earnings on 24 November 2015 before it being split into two companies viz. HP Inc and HP Enterprise.
- Meg Whitman - President and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett Packard Enterprise;
- Pat Russo - Chairman of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Board
- Dion Weisler - President and Chief Executive Officer of HP Inc.;
- Meg Whitman - Chairman of the HP Inc. Board.
- HP was established in 1939 by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in a garage owned by Packard. The company is headquartered at Palo Alto, California.
Friday, November 27, 2015
Important Current Affairs of 27th November 2015
IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF NOVEMBER 27, 2015
- 26th November has been observed as 1st Samvidhan Divas / Constitution Day.
- Aim : To spread the importance of the Indian Constitution and to remember the architect of constitution Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
- On this day in 26th November 1949, the Indian constitution was adopted.
- 66th National Law Day is observed on 26th november.
- National Milk Day is celebrated on 26th November.
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Important Current Affairs of November 26, 2015
Important Current Affairs of November 26, 2015
- Beginning 25 November 2015, non-machine readable (handwritten) passports
have been invalidated as per guidelines issued by the ICAO earlier. It is worth
mentioning that there is no data available of people who hold these kinds of
passports. This means that only machine-readable passports (MRPs) will be
accepted and visas will be issued against such passports only.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Important Current Affairs of 25th November 2015
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 25TH NOVEMBER 2015
·
Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated
‘e-lala’, an e-commerce portal
of Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) in New Delhi. The e-lala
initiative is aimed at promoting the interests of 5.77 crore small businesses
in the context of rapid expansion of e-commerce in the country.
·
Pfizer
and Allergan combine in biggest drug merger ever
o
In one of the biggest
corporate deals ever US drugs giant Pfizer Inc. has announced
that it would buy Ireland based Allergan for 160 billion
dollars making it the biggest pharmaceuticals merger deal in history of
healthcare sector.
o
The merger, which
still needs regulatory approval, would bring blockbuster drugs like Pfizer's
Lyrica, Enbrel and Viagra and Allergan's Botox and Restasis under one
corporate roof.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Important Current Affairs of 24th November 2015
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 24TH NOVEMBER 2015
·
Sri Lanka could host India-Pakistan cricket series
Sri Lanka has emerged as the neutral venue of choice to host the India-Pakistan bilateral series comprising three One-Day Internationals and two T20 Internationals to be played between December 20, 2015 and January 3, 2016.
Sri Lanka has emerged as the neutral venue of choice to host the India-Pakistan bilateral series comprising three One-Day Internationals and two T20 Internationals to be played between December 20, 2015 and January 3, 2016.
·
French President Francois Hollande will be the Chief Guest at
the 67th Republic Day parade of January 26, 2016.
Monday, November 23, 2015
Some important points about MUDRA
MUDRA (Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency)
- Registered Office: New Delhi (SIDBI)
- Corporate Office: Mumbai (MSME Development Centre
- At present MUDRA has been set up as a NBFC and wholly owned subsidiary of SIDBI
- The Non Corporate Small Business Sector (NCSBS) accounts for a large share of industrial units
- The biggest bottleneck to the growth of entrepreneurship in the NCSBS is lack of financial support to this sector. The support from the Banks to this sector is meagre, with less than 15% of bank credit going to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
Important Current Affairs of 23rd november 2015
IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF NOVEMBER 23, 2015
- The 10th East Asia Summit was held in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia during 21st and 22nd November 2015. The first
summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 December 2005. The
current Membership expanded to 18 countries including the United States
and Russia at the Sixth EAS in 2011.
- Bangladesh on 22nd november hanged two top opposition leaders from Jamaat-e-Islami and Bangladesh Nationalist Party hanged for war crimes during 1971 Liberation war against Pakistan.
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Important Current Affairs of 21st November 2015
Important Current Affairs of 21st November 2015
- Tejaswi Pratap Yadav, the 26-year old son of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, was appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister after he took oath as a minister. He took oath immediately after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who became Chief Minister of the state for fifth time.
- The Vijay Kelkar Committee to review the PPP model of infrastructure development submitted its report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 19 November 2015. The committee was headed by Vijay Kelkar, former Chairman of the Finance Commission.
IBPS PO-V Mains Scores out.
Dear Readers,
IBPS has released the scores of IBPS PO-V mains examination held on 1st November 2015. Only those candidates can have their scores who have not qualified for the Interviews. Those who have qualified for the interviews can check their scores after the completion of entire interview process.
Friday, November 20, 2015
Important Current Affairs 20th November 2015
IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF NOVEMBER 20, 2015
- During a Nasscom event at New Delhi, Govt has brought forward the deadline for making 52.5 lakh people digitally literate under National Digital Literacy Mission by a year to 2016. It wasearlier fixed by the end of 2017.
- Nasscom
Foundation and business software firm SAP announced
partnership for opening 25 NDLM centres.
- Kerala government will organise International Skill Summit and Skill Fiesta to project the competency standards and global employability of youth in the state to the employers worldwide said by Minister for Labour and Skills Shibu Baby John.
- Title of the summit : ‘Nypunyam 2016’
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Important Current Affairs of 19th November 2015
Important Current Affairs of 19th November 2015
- 18th November has been observed as the World COPD Day
- COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
- World COPD Day takes place each year on the second or third Wednesday in November.
- Theme of World COPD Day 2015 : It's Not Too Late
- France and Russia have agreed to coordinate their military and security services in tackling Islamic State militants
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Important Current affairs of 18th November 2015
IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS NOVEMBER 18, 2015
- The
Board of Directors of ICICI Bank on 16 November 2015 approved sale of 6% of
bank’s stake in its subsidiary ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company. This
stake is being sold to – Premji Invest and Compass vale
Investments Pvt Ltd.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Monday, November 16, 2015
Important Current Affairs of 16th November 2015
Important Current Affairs of 16th November 2015
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled
the Statue of Basaveshwara in London. Basaveshwara was a 12th century
Indian philosopher and Kannada poet. He spread social awareness through his
poetry, popularly known as Vachanas.
- Exercise Livewire is an annual exercise conducted by Indian Air Force to work up the full spectrum of IAF capability and undertake planned operations in response to likely future threats and operational contingencies. Recent exercise was concluded on November 8.
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Important Current Affairs of 14th November 2015
IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS NOVEMBER 14, 2015
- World Kindness Day was observed on 13th November 2015.
- This day was introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement a coalition of nations kindness NGOs, aiming for more kindness in the world.
- Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay is on a 5-day visit to India.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Important Current Affairs of 13th November 2015
IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF NOVEMBER 13, 2015
- Public Service Broadcasting Day was observed On 12th November 2015.
- This day is observed in the memory of the first
and only address by Mahatma Gandhi on All India Radio (AIR) on November
12 in 1947.
- World Quality Day was observed on 12th November 2015 (2nd Thursday of November).
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Impotant Current Affairs of 10th November 2015.
IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF NOVEMBER 10, 2105
- Australia and China on 9th November 2015 has signed an agreement to share information about sea ice conditions around Antarctica for better navigation and shipping in the Earths southernmost continent.
- The agreement was signed between China's National Marine
Environment Forecasting Centre and Australia's Antarctic Climate and
Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) in Hobart city.
Monday, November 9, 2015
Important Current Affairs of 8th-9th November 2015.
IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS 8TH-9TH NOVEMBER 2015
- Mahagathbandhan’s (Grand Alliance) has won over two-third majority in Bihar Assembly elections.
- The newly-formed JD(U) - RJD - Congress alliance has secured secured 178 seats in the 243-member House.
- BJP-led NDA has won 58 seats, others got seven seats.
- This gave Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar a third term in office.
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Important Current Affairs November 7, 2015
IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS NOV. 7, 2015
- President Pranab Mukherjee launched IMPRINT India to boost research in the country.
- IMPRINT - Impacting Research Innovation and Technology
- IMPRINT India will focus on Ten themes with each to be coordinated by one IIT/IISc, namely
- Health Care - IIT Kharagpur,
Friday, November 6, 2015
Important Current Affairs 6th November 2015
IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS NOVEMBER 6, 2015
- T-Hub, a start-up incubator built on a public
private partnership (PPP) model, was inaugurated on 5 November 2015 by
industrialist Ratan Tata. This
start-up incubator, which is the largest in India till date, has been
established in Hyderabad.
- IMPRINT India, an initiative to develop a road map for
research to solve major engineering and technology challenges in 10 technology
domains relevant for the country, was launched by President Pranab Mukherjee on
5 November 2015. This is joint initiative prestigious institutions of the country
viz. IISc (Bangalore)
and 5 IITs.
HIghlights of Gold Schemes
Highlights of recently launched Gold Monetisation Scheme, Gold Bond Scheme and Gold Coin/Gold Bullian Scheme.
Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS), 2015
The GMS will replace the existing Gold Deposit Scheme, 1999.
However, the deposits outstanding under the Gold Deposit Scheme will be allowed
to run till maturity unless the depositors prematurely withdraw them.
Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS), 2015
10 Pointer about 3 gold schemes.
10 pointer about gold schemes recently launched by Prime Minister Narender Modi.
- Under the scheme, banks will collect gold for up to 15 years to auction them off or lend to jewellers from time to time. They will pay 2.25-2.50 per cent interest a year, higher than previous rates of around 1 per cent.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Important Current Affairs of November 5, 2015
CURRENT AFFAIRS NOVEMBER 5, 2015
- The
Maldivian government has declared
the state of emergency for 30 days in the nation, giving sweeping
powers to security forces, after arms and explosives were found at the
country’s capital as well as at an island resort Today.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Current Affairs of November. 4, 2015
IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS NOV. 4, 2015
- In a major setback for many women across the country, the Supreme Court has said that a Daughter's right to ancestral property does not arise if the father died before the amendment to Hindu law came into force in 2005.
o The father would have to be alive on 9th of
September, 2005, if the daughter were to become a co-sharer with her male
siblings.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Important Current affairs of 3rd November
- Current affairs of 3rd November 2015
- China made an aviation history on 2 November
2015 as it unveiled country’s first big homegrown passenger jet C919 off
the assembly line in Shanghai on this day. With this China joined an elite
group of countries capable of making large passenger aircrafts.
Monday, November 2, 2015
Important current affairs of 2nd November, 2015
· Nikhil Rungta appointed as the Chief Marketing Officer of Housing.com
· New
Zealand won Rugby World Cup for third time in
the Final played at the Twickenham
Stadium in London.
·
American actor Al Molinaro, has died at the age of 96
in California. He played a role of Big Al Delvecchio in sitcomHappy Days.
· Facebook
to help BSNL in setting up 100 WiFi sites in
rural areas of western and southern India.
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