DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 19 MARCH 2015
1) SMRITI IRANI CHOSEN AS YOUNG GLOBAL
LEADER FROM INDIA:
Ø
Union HRD Minister,
Smriti Irani is named as Young Global leader from India by the
World Economic Forum (WEF).
Ø
Smriti Irani is
among 10 Indians to be included in the list of a total of 187 young
Global leaders.
Ø
HRD – Human
Resource Development.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.
Who is the HRD Minister of India?
a.
Uma Bharti
b.
Smriti Irani
c.
Maneka Gandhi
d.
Harsimrat Kaur
Badal
2) HDFC BANK LAUNCHED MOBILE APP ‘CHILLR’:
Ø
HDFC Bank
launched a mobile app ‘Chillr’ to allow its
customers to instantly transfer money to any person in India.
Ø
HDFC Bank launched this app in partnership with Kochi based mobile value
added service company MobME.
Ø
Maximum transaction limit allowed is 5000 rupees or a maximum of 10 transactions per day and Rs. 50,000 a
month.
Ø
Money can be transferred to any contact in the phone book via app.
Ø
CEO of MobME – Sanjy Vijayakumar
Ø
Headquarter of MobME – Cochin, India
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.
Which Bank launched the app ‘Chillr’?
a.
Axis bank
b.
SBI Bank
c.
HDFC Bank
d.
ICICI Bank
3)
INDIA WILL HOST NEXT AMCDRR CONFERENCE:
Ø India will host the 7th Asian
Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) in 2016.
Ø
Decision was taken at the third UN World Conference on Disaster
Risk Reduction held in Sendai, Japan.
Ø
6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
(AMCDRR) was held in Thailand in June 2014.
Note: First AMCDRR
held in China in the year 2005.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.
Which country will host the 7th AMCDRR?
a.
Germany
b.
China
c.
Pakistan
d.
India
4) INDIA SIGNED MoU WITH KYRGYZSTAN ON
TEXTILE SECTOR COOPERATION:
Ø
Government of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
the central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan on cooperation in the textiles
Sector.
Ø
The Two countries have agreed to set up a joint working Group (JWG) to
explore details of cooperation within the scope of the MoU.
Ø
The MoU was signed by Minister of State for Textiles, Santosh Kumar
Gangwar and his counterpart Kubanychbek Turdubaev, Minister of
Energy and Industry of Kyrgyzstar.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.
Who is the minister of State for Textile in India?
a.
Kalraj Mishra
b.
Santosh Kumar
c.
Thaawan Chand
Gehlot
d.
Sanwar Lal Jat
