DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 27 FEBRUARY 2015
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1. FORBES RELEASED
50-POWER BUSINESS WOMEN LIST:-
Ø Forbes
magazine has listed 50 power Business Women from ASIA in its recent issue.
Ø 6 Indian
womens have been included in the 50 power Business women from Asia are:-
(1) Arundhati
Bhattacharya -------- SBI chairperson
(2) Chanda
Kochar -------- ICICI Managing Director
(3) Akhila
Srinivasan ------- Shriram Life
Insurance MD
(4) Kiran
Mazumdar Shaw ------- Biocon Founder
(5) Shikha
Sharma ------ Axis Bank CEO
(6) Usha Sangwan
------- LIC Managing Director.
About Forbes
Magzine:- Forbes is an American Business Magazine published weekly. It was
founded in 1917 by B.C. Forbes. Michael Perlis is the current CEO of Forbes.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT
AFFAIRS NEWS
Q-1) Who
among the following women is not in Forbes 50 Power Business Woman from Asia ?
a. Arundhati
Bhatttacharya
b. Chanda Kocha
c. Sonia Gandhi
d. Shikha
Sharma.
2 .INDIA’S GDP FORECAST REVISED
TO 7.9%:-
Ø S & P
has revised India’s GDP forecast to 7.9% in FY 16.
Ø S & P
has also raised it forecast for 2016-17 to 8.2% from the previous 6.6%.
Ø 7.9%
forecast by S&P, Rising Investment and low oil prices are the primary
factors to boost the changes in the economy of the nation.
Note :- S &P or
Standard and Poor’s is a Financial
Services Company with its headquarter at New York, U.S.A. It is an American
stock market Index based on the market Capitalisations of 500 Large Companies
having common stock listed on the NYSE.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT
AFFAIRS NEWS
Q-1) S & P has forecasted India’s GDP for
FY16 ?
a. 6.6%
b. 7.9 %
c. 8.2 %
d. 6.2 %
3. RATAN TATA
HONOURED :
Ø RATAN
TATA has been honoured with an Honorary
Doctorate of Automotive Engineering.
Ø RATAN TATA
was honoured by Clemson Universityat the South Carolina Automotive Summit.
Ø This was the
4th annual S.C. Automotive
Summit.
About Ratan Tata :- Ratan Tata
is an Indian Businessman and Chairman Emeritus of Tata sons. He was also the
Chairman of Tata Group from 1991-2012. Ratan Tata has also been honoured with
Padam Bhushan in 2000 and Padma Vibhushan in the year 2008.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT
AFFAIRS NEWS
Q-1) Which Indian is Honoured with an Harmony
Doctorate of Automotive Engineering at 4th annual S.C. Automotive Summit ?
a. Ratan Tata
b. Mukesh
Ambani
c. Anil
Dhirubhai Ambani
d. Gautam Adani
4. RAILWAY BUDGET 2015 :
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, with the
minister of state for Railways Manoj Sinha presented his maiden Railway Budget
in the Lok Sabha yesterday.
Ø No new Train
was introduced and the focus was to deliver a sustained and measurable improvementin customer experience.
Ø The
government will Invest approximatelyRs. 8.5 lakh crores over next 5 years on
Railway.
Note :- For Detailed
Description on RAILWAY BUDGET, Click on to GURU GYAN :
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT
AFFAIRS NEWS
Q-1)Who is the Union Railway Minister of
India ?
a. Narendra
Modi
b. Suresh
Prabhu
c. Smriti Irani
d. Mallikanjan
Khafre.
