1)
S.
JAYSHANKAR IS NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY OF
INDIA
Ø India's
Ambassador to the US, Dr. S Jaishankar was appointed as the Foreign
Secretary
Ø He will have
tenure of two years.
Ø He has
replaced Sujata Singh( 1st woman foreign secretary of India)
Ø Jaishankar
as Ambassador to China is credited for his deft handling of tensions between
New Delhi and Beijing over the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in 2013.
Ø He is the
India’s longest serving Ambassador to China.
EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1. Who is
appointed as new foreign secretary of India
A.
Sujata Singh
B.
Arup Raha
C.
Anil Dhoval
D.
S Jayshankar
2)
FIRST EVER
LINK OF RAILWAY BETWEEN KATRA AND BENGLUR
Ø
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged
off ‘Yeshwant Pur Katra premium express’, the first direct Rail link between
Katra and Bengluru on Thursday
EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1. Name of first ever Train between Katra and Bengluru
A.
Keshavpur
premium express
B.
Bengluru
Premium express
C.
Rajdhani
express
D.
Yeshwant Pur
Katra premium express
3)
SUBASH
GHISINGH DIED
Ø
Subash Ghisingh the founder leader of
separate homeland for Gorkhas died on Thursday.
EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1. Who was the
founder leader of separate home land for Gorkhas who died recently
A.
Subash Ghisingh
B.
Mirnal Sen
C.
Amit Mitra
D.
S. Chatterjee
4) OPENING OF NEW COINS GALLERY
Ø A New coins
gallery will be opened at Salarjung
Museum (Hyderabad).
Ø
For the first time a rare collection ranging
from the BC to the present times will be displayed.
EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1. Name of the museum where new coins gallery will be
opened
A.
Salarjung
museum
B.
prince of
wales museum
C.
Bhau daji lad
museum
D. Indian Museum Calcutta
5)
AIRTEL APPLIED FOR PAYMENTS BANK LICENSE
Ø Airtel M Commerce services ltd. ( AMSL) which is the
holy subsidiary of Bharti Airtel; has applied for
payments bank license that are issued by the RBI
Ø Payments
Bank:- are banks for providing small saving account and payments/remittance
services to migrant labour work forces or small vendors.
EXPECTED QUESTIONS:
1.
Which
company has applied for payments Bank license
A. Videocon
B. Reliance
C. Bharti
Airtel
D. Tata docomo
