RRENTDAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 10 APRIL 2015
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1. INDIA AND
USA SINGED MOC:
A. India and USA signed a memorandum of
cooperation on transportation.
B. Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) was
signed between Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx.
2. SEBI RAISED THE LIMIT FOR CURRENT DERIVATIVES
TRADES:
A. Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) has raised the limit for currency derivatives trades to 15 million
US dollar.
B. The
limit is raised from 10 million US
dollars to 15 million US dollars
for both foreign and domestic investors.
3. SUMIT MAZUMDAR ELECTED AS
PRESIDENT OF CII:
A. Sumit Mazumdar is elected as the president
of confederation of Indian Industry for the year 2015-16.
B. Sumit Mazumdar Succeeded Ajay Shriram.
C. Sumit
Mazumdar is the chairman and Managing Director of the TIL limited, Indian largest
manufacturer of material handling equipment.
D. Elected
president of CII – Dr. Naushad Forbes
E. Elected Vice – President of CII – Shobana
Kamieni
4. RAJASTHAN AND VENDATA GROUP SIGNED
AN MOU:
A. Rajasthan
Government and Vendata group signed an MoU to improve 3056 Anganwadi
centres in 5 districts.
B. Angarwadi
centres will be improved in the five years under the integrated child
development scheme (ICDS).
C. Selected 5
districts are:
·
Udaipur
·
Chittorgarh
·
Bhilwara
·
Rajsamand
·
Ajmer
5. DR. NASIM ZAIDI APPOINTED AS CEC:
A. Dr.
Nasim Zaidi is appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner of
India.
B. Dr. Nasim
Zaidi becomes 20th CEC of India after succeeding Harishankar
Brahma.
C. President
of India, Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dr. Nasim Zaidi to be the next CEC
Note: The tenure of CEC is 6 years or age of 65,
whichever comes first.
6. VISIT KERALA 2015 CAMPAIGN
LAUNCHED:
A. Visit
Kerala 2015 campaign is launched to promote Kerala Tourism.
B. Union
Minister of State for Tourism, Dr. Mahesh Sharma launched the campaign.
C. Various
Innovative programmes and schemes will be launched in India and abroad to
attract Domestic and foreign tourists.
7. SNAPDEAL ACQUIRED MOBILE RECHARGE
SERVICE FREE CHARGE:
A. E-commerce
giant Snapdeal acquired mobile recharge service Freecharge in a
cash and stock deal.
B. With this
deal, Snapdeal became the largest mobile commerce company in India.
Note: Free charge was launched in 2010 by Kunal Shah.
8. JAYAKANTHAN PASSED AWAY:
A. Jnanpith
awardee Tamil Writer Jayakanthan passed away
B. Jayakanthan
writings were mainly focused against social injustices and economic
inequality in the society.
C. Jayakanthan
won Sahitya Akademi award in 1972, Jnanpith in 2002 and Padma
Bhusan in 2009.
