DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS 6 & 7 MARCH 2015
1.
ASHWIN MITTAL BECOMES NEW CFO OF WALMART
INDIA:
Ø Ashwin
Mittal becomes the new CFO of walmart India and Javier
Rojo becomes real estate and business development head.
Ø Ashwin
Mittal replaced Jill Anderson to become the new CFO of Walmart
India.
Ø Walmart is
the world’s largest supermarket chain.
Ø CFO->
chief financial officer
Headquater
of Walmart-> Bentoncille, Arkansas, U.S.
CEO->
Doug Mcmillon.
Chairman->
S.Robson Walton.
2.
PM NARENDRA MODI IN 30 MOST
INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE ON INTERNET: TIME MAGAZINE.
Ø According to
TIME magazine Indian PM Narendra Modi is among the 30 most Influential
people on internet.
Ø Time
magazine states that Indian PM has roughly 38 million followers on social
Networking sites twitter and facebook.
Ø
Time is an American weekly news magazine
published in NEW YORK CITY AND FOUNDED IN 1923.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Q.1 Which Indian leader is named among 30
most influential people on internet by times magazine?
A. Narendra
modi
B. anna hazare
C. arvind
kejriwal
D. Sonia Gandhi
3.
ALMOST 15 CRORE AADHAR CARD
LINKED TO BANK ACCOUNTS:
Ø NPCI has recently
announced the linking of 15 crore aadhar cards to bank accounts.
Ø NPCI has set a
target of linking the bank accounts of 17crore DBTL beneficiaries of
aadhar card holders by 30th June, which now seems to be achievable.
Ø NPCI-
NATIONAL PAYMENT CORPORATION OF INDIA.
Ø
DBTL- DIRECT BENEFIT TRANSFER FOR LPG.
NOTE: -
A.P.HOTA is M.D. and C.E.O. of NPCI.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Q.1 Who is the CEO of NPCI?
A. J.P.Joshi
B. A.P.Hota
C. Anand Mishra
D. Sneha Puri
4.
INDIA LOWEST IN ECONOMIC PARITY
FOR WOMEN:
Ø India is
ranked lowest among 16 Asia-pacific countries in economic parity for
women, according to MASTERCARD’S latest index of women’s advancement.
Ø
New Zealand is at the
top with the index score of 77, followed by Australia’s 76.
Ø
India with an
index score of 44.2 is even below Bangladesh(44.6) and Sri
Lanka(46.2).
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS:
Q.1 Which country has highest index of
women’s advancement according to mastercard?
A. Australia
B. U.S.A.
C. Germany
D. New Zealand
5.
NORMS FOR HOME LOANS EASED FOR
UPTO RS.10 LAKH:-
Ø RBI eased
norms for home loans upto RS.10 Lakh.
Ø RBI eased
the norms by allowing banks to include STAMP DUTY and REGISTRATION charges
to the cost of a unit.
Ø Earlier
banks do not include stamp duty, registration and other documentation charges
in the cost of housing property, which forms around 15% of the cost of
house.
