DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 31 JULY 2015
(DAILY NEWS IN INDIA)
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1. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA TO ISSUE 10 RUPEES
COINS TO COMMEMORATE ‘INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA’
i. RBI decided to put into
circulation 10 Rupees coin to commemorate the international Day of Yoga .
ii. The coin have been minted
by the Government of India.
iii. The coin bears the
logo of International Day of Yoga
The coins
are minted under the coinage act 2011. Coins are minted at the four India
government mints at Mumbai, Alipore (Kolkata) Saijabad (Hyderabad) a,
Cherlapally (Hyderabad) and Noida (UP)
The coin
bears :
ü logo of
"International Day of Yoga", with inscription "सामंजस्य एवं शान्ति के लिए योग" in
Devnagri Script and "YOGA FOR HARMONY AND PEACE" around the logo.
ü The date
"21 JUNE" is written at the bottom of the logo.
ü The
inscription "अंतर्राष्ट्रीय योग दिवस" in
Devnagri script
2. KALYANI GROUP PARTNERS WITH
ISRAEL’S RAFAEL TO MAKE SPIKE MISSILE
i. India’s Kalyani group
and Israel’s Rafael have partnered to produce spike anti tank guided missile in
India.
The FDI proposal in this regard
was cleared by defense acquisition council which was chaired by defense minister worth 3200 crore rupees
Defense
Minister: Manohar Parrikar
3. CYCLONE KOMEN FORMED
OVER BAY OF BENGAL
i. Cyclone Komen formed after the depression
over the northern Bay of Bengal turned into cyclone storm.
ii. Indian meteorological department forecasted
heavy to very heavy rains with isolated extremely heavy rains in Gangetic West
Bengal and Odisha.
4.
E-TOURIST VISA SCHEME EXTENDED TO CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU
i. E-Tourist visa scheme was extended to China ,Hong Kong and Macau.
ii. Now total number of
countries covered under E-tourist visa scheme increased to 77 from 74.
E-tourist
visa scheme launched by government of India.Under this Scheme tourist with
E-visa can arrive at 9 designated airports namely Bengaluru, Chennai, Cochin,
Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Trivandrum.
External Affairs Minister: Sushma Swaraj
5. GOVERNMENT TO SET UP NATIONAL INVESTMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE FUND
(NIIF)
i. Union
Cabinet approved setting up of National
Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) to Support new and stressed projects so
that it may help to restart the investment cycle.
ii. The fund will have an initial corpus of 20000
crore rupees.
NIIF
is proposed to be set up as a Trust which would raise debt to invest in the
equity of infrastructure finance companies such as Indian Rail Finance Corporation
(IRFC) and National Housing Bank (NHB).
The
fund was proposed by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget
2015-16.
