DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 2 SEP 2015
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1. INDIA WON UNESCO PRIZE ‘AWARD OF EXCELLENCE’
2015
i. India
has won UNESCO Prize ‘Award of Excellence’ 2015 for the conservation efforts of
the Sree Vadakkunnatham Temple in Kerala.
ii.
Award of Excellence is given for conservation effort for take care of
Heritage, Cultural and Sacred Sites.
iii.
Sree Vadakkunnatham Temple is an ancient Hindu Temple relating to Lord
Shiva in Kerala.
2. MUMBAI GRABBED BUCHI BABU MEMORIAL TROPHY
i. Mumbai
grabbed Buchi Babu Memorial trophy in All India Invitation Cricket Tournament
ii.
Mumbai defeated Tamil Nadu cricket association
Buchi Babu was a cricket pioneer, he is also known as Father
of South Indian Cricket.
3. MT MCKINLEY HIGHEST
MOUNTAIN OF NORTH AMERICA RENAMED AS DENALI
i. US President Barack Obama has renamed
Highest Mountain of North America Mt. Mckinley as Denali
Highest Mountain of world: Mount
Everest
4. SBI AND ICICI BANK DECLARED AS ‘DOMESTIC SYSTEMATIC IMPORTANT
BANKS’ BY RBI
i. RBI has declared State Bank of India and ICICI
Bank as Domestic Systematically Important Banks (D-SIBs)
Domestic
Systematically Important Banks (D-SIBs):Some banks assume systemic
importance due to their size, cross-jurisdictional activities, complexity, lack
of substitutability and interconnectedness. The failure of these banks can
cause significant disruption to the essential services provided by the banking system.
These banks are considered Systemically Important Banks (SIBs) as their
continued functioning is critical for the uninterrupted availability of
essential Sbanking services to the real economy.
5. TEJINDER PAL SINGH
NAMED AS ‘AUSTRALIAN OF THE DAY’
i. Tejinder Pal Singh an
Indian Origin driver named as Australian of the day by common wealth bank of
Australia
ii. He has been deeding
Homeless in Darwin for the past 3 years on every last Sunday of month.
The
Commonwealth Bank has been sponsoring the Australian of the Day campaign for
over 35 years
