DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-7 FEBRUARY
2015
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1) BAL CHANDRA NAMADE WINS JNANPITH
AWARD
Ø
Eminent Marathi
Litterateur Balchandra Namade wins the Jnanpith award for 2014.
Ø
He has written
many famous novels from ‘Kosala’ , 1963 to his recent magnum opus ‘ Hindu’.
Ø
Namade is the
fourth Marathi to win the award. He has also been honored with Padma Shri and
won Sahitya Akadmi award in the past.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.
Who won the Jnanpith Award for 2014
a.
V.S.Khandekar
b.
V.V. Shirwadkar
c.
Vinda Krandikar
d.
Balchandra Namade
2.
Which among the
following awards is not been conferred by Balchandra Namade.
a.
Padma Shri
b.
Jnanpith Award
c.
Padma Bhusan
d.
Shitya Akademi
Award
2) NITI AAYOG’S FIRST MEETING HELD IN
NEW DELHI
Ø First ever meeting of NITI Aayog took place in new Delhi on Friday under
Chairmanship of PM Narendra Modi.
Ø Meeting was attended by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and experts such
as Mukesh Bhutani, Nitin Desai, Parthasarathi Shome, Rajiv Lall, Swaminathan
Aiyer, Vijay Kelkar, V Reddy and others.
Ø Attention to the need for a renewed focus on India’s high-cost, low
productivity farm sector and manufacturing sector.
3) ED ISSUES NOTICE TO SAHARA ON FEMA VIOLATION
Ø ED issues Rs 3,600 crore FEMA notice for an
illegal violations of foreign exchange rules involving an overseas Direct
Investment.
Ø The direct investment outside India is allowed
either through the Automatic route, where the investor doesn’t require prior
approval from the RBI but has to adhere to certain conditions or the approval
route, which requires permission from the RBI.
Ø ED-Enforcement Directorate.
Ø FEMA- Foreign Exchange Management Act.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.
Which of the following Group recently violated FEMA’s regulations
a.
Reliance
b.
Sahara
c.
Tata
d.
Adani
4)
BENGALURU, CHENNAI, SURAT AMONG ‘100 RESILIENT CITIES’
Ø Bengaluru, Chennai and Surat are the 3 cities from India which are
chosen besides 67 cities from the Globe
for ‘100 Resilient cities’.
Ø Rock feller Foundation had announced the 100 Reliant cities project with
a $ 100 million commitment to build resilience worldwide.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.
Which among the following cities is not among 100 Resilient cities
a.
Bengaluru
b.
New Delhi
c.
Surat
d.
Chennai
5)
FOREX RESERVES TO RECORD HIGH
Ø
FII Inflows Push Forex
Reserves to a new high of $ 327.88 billion.
Ø
After 2014 Elections,
foreign funds pumped dollars into Indian equities on the hopes of big-bang
economic reforms.
Ø
It is for the first time
that the forex kitty has crossed $ 320 billion.
6) DIPA KARMAKAR WINS 4 GOLD
Ø Dipa Karmakar of Tripura won 4 Gold Medals at 35th National
Games.
Ø Dipa Karmakar won Gold in Gymnastic events which includes vault,
parallel bars, balance beam and Floor.
7)
US ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR TRADE POLICY APPOINTS AJAYPAL SINGH BANGA
Ø Ajay pal Singh Banga, an Indian-American is appointed as the new member
to the Advisory Committee for Trade policy and Negotiations.
Ø Currently, he is also the chairman of the US-India Business Council
(USIBC).
Ø He is also a member of Board of Director of the Dow Chemical Chempany,
Member of the council on Foreign Relations and Member of International Business
Council of the World Economic Forum.
8) M O GARG TAKES CHARGE AS NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL
OF CSIR
Ø M O Garg has been appointed as the Director General of the council of
Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR).
Ø He replaces PS Ahuja.
Ø MO Garg has 33 national and International patents to his credit.
Ø CSIR is India’s Largest Research and Development (R &D) organization
with 37 laboratories and 39 field stations spread across the nation.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.
Who became the new DG of CSIR
a.
M O Garg
b.
PS Ahuja
c.
A K Reddy
d.
Subrahamanyam
Jaishankar
