DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 13
AUG 2015
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1. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN INDIA AND
NEPAL FOR PETROLEUM PIPELINE
i. Union Cabinet has give
its approval for construction of Petroleum pipeline.
ii. It will promote
bilateral co-operation in the oil and gas sector between both countries.
Currency
of Nepal: Nepalese rupee
PM
of Nepal: Sushil Koirala
2. SUDHAKAR NEW PRESIDENT OF
GYMNASTIC FEDERATION OF INDIA:
i. Sudhakar Shetty is
elected as the President of the Gymnastic federation of India.
ii. Sudhakar Shetty
replaced Jaspal Singh Kandhari.
3. ACHARYA DEV APPOINTED
AS GOVERNOR OF HIMACHAL PRADESH:
i. Acharya Dev Vrat sworn as new Governor of
Himachal Pradesh.
ii. He is Appointed as 27th Governor
of Himachal Pradesh.
iii.The Governors are appointed by the president for a term of
5 years.
A
Governor must:
i) be a
citizen of India
ii) be at
least thirty-five (35)years old
iii) not
hold any other office of profit.
4. TWO INDIANS IN ‘100 RICHEST PEOPLE
IN TECHNOLOGY’ LIST
i. Azim Premji of Wipro and Shiv Nadar of HCL grabbed place in top 20
positions in the list of ‘100 Richest people in Technology’.
ii. First place is grabbed
by world’s richest Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
iii. The list of ‘100
Richest People in Technology’ is published by American magazine Forbes.
5. UN’S GREEN CLIMATE
FUND ACCREDITED ‘NABARD’:
i. National bank for
agriculture and rural development is accredited by the United Nation Green
Climate fund as a National implementing entity for undertaking climate change
related projects.
ii. United nations Green
Climate fund provides finance for clean energy projects.
Green
Climate Fund is located inSouth Korea
