DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 19 AUG 2015
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1. ‘SAFF’ UNDER-16 TITLE
WON BY BANGLADESH
i. South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
Under-16 title is won by Bangladesh after defeating India at Sylhet District
Stadium of Bangladesh.
ii. Bangladesh defeated India by 4-2 in
Penalties.
PM of
Bangladesh : Sheikh Hasina
Currency of
Bangladesh : Taka
Capital of
Bangladesh : Dhaka
2. BOMBAY STOCK EXCHANGE SETS UP NEW SYSTEM FOR CHECKING MONEY
LAUNDERING
i. Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) sets up a new
system for checking money laundering through Stock Exchanges.
ii. ‘Suspicious Transactions Reports’(STRs) is
started by BSE.
iii. BSE has told its members to provide an
monthly STRs to Financial Intelligence unit of Government on suspicious trades
to check money laundering.
3. S P MISHRA, TPP NAIR AND ROMEO JAMES NAMES
RECOMMENDED FOR 2015 DHYAN CHAND AWARD
i. SP
Mishra, TPP Nair and Romeo James names recommended for 2015 Dhyan Chand Award
ii.
The Selection committee was headed by former Indian Hockey captain Zafar
Iqbal.
Dhyan Chand Award is named after
famous Indian Hockey Player Dhyan Chand. It is India’s highest Award for
lifetime achievement in sports.
4. ‘BUDDY’ A NEW APP LAUNCHED BY SBI
i. State
Bank of India launched a mobile wallet application ‘SBI Buddy’
ii. This app will provide convenient and secure
digital payment system.
iii. It is available in 13 languages.
iv. It is launched by Union Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley
SBI Chairman
: Arundhati Bhattacharya.
5. GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED TWO FUNDS FOR MSMEs AND
STARTUPS
i. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has launched
two funds India Aspiration Fund (IAF) and SIDBI make in India Loan for
enterprises (SMILE)
ii. IAF will invest in venture capital funds for
Micro Small and medium enterprises to meet its equity requirement.
Initial carpus –Rs 2000 cr.
iv. SMILE is a debt fund which will provide soft
term loan to MSME to meet its debt equity requirement
Initial Corpus- Rs 10000 cr
FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT (FIU) FIU is an central agency for
Receiving analyzing and processing financial transactions. And providing
information related to suspect transaction to intelligence agencies.
6. TAJMAHAL WORLD’S FIFTH ATTRACTIVE TRAVEL
HOTSPOT
i. India’s Taj Mahal has Grabbed fifth rank in
the list of most attractive travel hotspot in world.
ii. The first rank was grabbed by Cambodia’s ‘The
Temple of Angkar’.
Name
|
Location
|
Rank
|
The Temple of Angkar
|
Cambodia
|
1st
|
The Great Barrier Reef
|
Australia
|
2nd
|
Inca City of Machu Picchu
|
Peru
|
3rd
|
Great Wall
|
China
|
4th
|
Tajmahal
|
India
|
5th
|
