DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5 JAN 2016
(Daily News India)
1.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF JUSTICE LODHA COMMITTEE ON BCCI REFORMS SUBMITTED TO SUPREME
COURT
i.Justice
RM Lodha Committee has given its report
to the Supreme Court on reforms in the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
ii.The
committee was appointed to make recommendations to the BCCI in 2014 by supreme court in order to prevent
frauds and conflict of interest in cricket administration.
iii.The
committee recommended no Minister or government servant should become a BCCI
office-bearer.
iv.BCCI
office-bearer’s tenure should not exceed more than two consecutive terms.
2. RBI
IMPOSED RUPEES 1 CRORE RUPEES PENALTY ON STATE BANK OF TRAVANCORE
i.
The Reserve Bank of India has imposed monetary penalty of 1 crore rupees on
State Bank of Travancore for violation of its instructions.
ii.RBI
has imposed the monetary penalty for violation of its instructions including
reporting of data to Central Repository of Information on Large Credits .
iv.
CRILC was set up by RBI to collect,store and disseminate data on all borrowers'
credit exposures.
3. WIPRO
APPOINTED ABID ALI NEEMUCHWALA AS CEO
i.
IT giant Wipro India’s third largest IT services exporter appointed Chief
Operating Officer Abid Ali Neemuchwala as the Chief Executive Officer and
member of the board.
ii.It
is the first time in Wipro’s history that the CEO has been given the role of
vice-chairman.
4. RADHA
KRISHNA MATHUR TOOK OATH AS CHIEF INFORMATION COMMISSIONER OF INDIA
i.
Former Defence Secretary Radha Krishna Mathur sworn in as the eight Chief
Information Commissioner of India by President Pranab Mukherjee.
ii.He will replace Vijai
Sharma, who retired on 1 December 2015.
5. INDIA
AND NEPAL FRIENDSHIP BUS SERVICE RESTARTED AFTER GAP OF 27 YEARS
i.Friendship
bus service between India and Nepal was again started from Champawat district
in Uttarakhand.
ii.
The bus service will run between Kanchanpur in Nepal close to the Banbasa
border in Champawat district and Anand Vihar in New Delhi.
iii.Earlier
the India and Nepal friendship bus service was suspended for 27 years back due to the Indo-Nepal Trade and Transit Treaty.
6.
KAMLESH CHANDRA PANEL ON GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS
i.Department
of Posts formed a one man committee to
study issues related to Gramin Dak Sevaks including wage structure and service
conditions.
ii.It
will be headed by Kamlesh Chandra a retired member of the Postal Services Board.
iii.
It will examine the system of branch post offices and the existing structure of
wage and emoluments paid to gramin sevaks.
7. WORLD
BRAILLE DAY OBSERVED ON 4TH JANUARY
i.World
Braille Day was observed on 4 January to commemorate the birth anniversary of
Louis Braille.
ii.On
this occasion NGOs and other organizations raised awareness about the apathy
towards visually impaired people and to help them be equal with the rest of the
people.
iii.Louis
Braille is known for inventing the Braille script. The script helps the
visually impaired people to read as well as write.
