DAILY
FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 12 MARCH 2015
1.
SBI SELLS ITS STAKE IN CIBIL TO
IIFL:
Ø State Bank
of India has sold its 4% stake in CIBIL for an estimated amount of
Rs.72crores.
Ø SBI has sold
its 3% stake in CIBIL to IIFL India alternatives and 1% to India Info line
finance.
CIBIL-> Credit
information Bureau India Ltd. It is the largest information credit company
in India.
Ø Chief
Financial officer of SBI-> P.K. Gupta
Ø Chairman of
SBI-> Arundhati Bhattacharya
2. MANMOHAN
SINGH SUMMONED BY COURT IN COAL SCAM CASE:
Ø FORMER Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh is summoned by a Delhi trial court as an
accused in coal block allocation case.
Ø Manmohan
Singh was the coal minister of India in 2005.
Ø Manmohan
Singh is accused of accommodating kumar Mangalam Birla-owned Hindalco in a
joint coal block.
3. KISAN
CALL CENTRE OPENED IN TRIPURA:
Ø First ever Kisan
call centre of North-east is opened in agartala, capital city
of Tripura.
Ø Chief
Minister of Tripura, Manik Sarkar launched the first KCC (kisan call
centre) of north-east.
Ø Although
financed by the Tripura government, KCC will be run by a private enterprise
with experts of agriculture, horticulture, fisheries and animal husbandry.
4. IMF
INCREASES INDIA’S GROWTH FORECAST TO 7.2% FOR CURRENT FISCAL:
Ø IMF in its
annual assessment report has raised its growth forecast for India to 7.2% for
the current fiscal.
Ø A revised
methodology adopted by India for calculating its GDP has helped to rise its
growth forecast.
IMF- INTERNATIONAL
MONETARY FUND
5.
INDIA SIGNED 4 PACTS WITH
SEYCHELLES:
Ø Prime
minister, Narendra Modi on his visit to Seychelles signed 4 pacts
to boost security cooperation.
Ø To boost
security cooperation, Indian prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a surveillance
radar project with Seychelles.
Ø India also
agreed to help Seychelles in mapping its hydrology reserves under four
agreements.
Ø India will
provide second Dronier aircraft to Seychelles and provide free of cost
visa for 3 months for its citizens.
ABOUT
SEYCHELLES: Seychelles is an Island country in the Indian Ocean. It is an
African state with smallest population.
Capital- Victoria
Currency- Seychellois rupee
President- James Michel
6.
KUMAR SANGAKKARA REACHES
NEW HEIGHTS:
Ø Srilanka’s kumar
Sangakkara became the first player to score 4 successive centuries in
one-day international cricket.
Ø Kumar Sangakkara
scored 4 consecutive centuries in the ongoing ICC cricket world cup 2015
against Bangladesh, England, Australia & Scotland.
