DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 3RD NOV 2016
(Daily News India)
1. ICICI
BANK LAUNCHES OVERDRAFT FACILITY FOR SALARIED HOME LOAN BORROWERS
i. ICICI
Bank has launched a credit facility against home loans for salaried customers.
ii. The Home
Overdraft facility will enable a salaried customer to seek loans up to Rs. 1
crore for personal needs against his/her property.
iii.
Salaried individuals, who have a home loan and a salary account with ICICI
Bank, are eligible to apply for the ‘Home Overdraft’ facility.
2. FOOTBALL
WORLD CUP TROPHY DESIGNER SILVIO GAZZANIGA DIES AT 95
i. Silvio
Gazzaniga, the goldsmith and sculptor who designed and created football’s World
Cup trophy, has died at home in Milan
ii. He was
known as “Mr Cups”,.he also designed UEFA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup
iii. Silvio
Gazzaniga designed and created the World Cup trophy in 1971.
iv. FIFA
World Cup trophy is 18-carat solid gold trophy weighs approximately six
kilograms.
3. WORLD
SAVINGS DAY OBSERVED WITH THE THEME ‘GRABBING HOLD OF YOUR FINANCIAL FUTURE’
i. World
Savings Day or World Thrift Day is observed every year on 31st October.
ii. The day
is observed to promote the savings all
over the World.
iii. In
India, World Savings Day was observed on October 30 because of the death of
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on the same day in 1984.
iv. The
Theme of the day is Grabbing Hold of Your Financial Future.
4.
INDIA-BANGLADESH JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE SAMPRITI-2016 TO COMMENCE FROM 05 NOV
i. The joint
military training exercise “Sampriti-2016” will be conducted between India and
Bangladesh at Tangail, Dhaka, Bangladesh from 05 November 2016.
ii. Exercise
SAMPRITI is an important bilateral defence cooperation endeavour between India
and Bangladesh to improve relations.
5. SULABH
FOUNDER BINDESHWAR PATHAK IS THE BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR SWACHH RAIL MISSION
i. Ministry
of Railways appointed Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder of Sulabh
International, as a Brand Ambassador for Swachh Rail Mission.
ii. Sulabh
International has been assigned the task to clean some important railway
stations across the country.
iii. Sulabh
International is an India-based social service organization which works to
promote human rights, environmental sanitation, non-conventional sources of
energy, waste management and social reforms through education.
6. MAHARASTRA
FIRST TO LAUNCH CYBER POLICE STATIONS IN ALL DISTRICTS
i.
Maharashtra is the first state in the country to have a cyber police station in
each district simultaneously.
ii. The
state is converting 42 state-of-the-art cyber-crime labs into police stations.
iii. The
state government is also setting up 51 cyber-crime labs. Notably, cyber crime
in the state has increased by 142.1% in the last few years.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. NAME
THE PERSON WHO DESIGNED FOOTBALL WORLD CUP TROPHY?
a. Chris Gill
b. George Mash
c. Silvio Gazzaniga
d. Jorge Mashe
Q2. WHEN IS WORLD SAVINGS DAY OBSERVED IN INDIA?
a. 31 Oct
b. 30 Oct
c. 29 Oct
d. 28 Oct
Q3. NAME THE MILITARY EXERCISE CONDUCTED BETWEEN INDIA AND
BANGLADESH?
a. Bal Abhiyas
b. Sampriti
c. Suraj Shakti
d. Mitra Shakti
Q4. NAME THE BANK WHICH STARTED OVERDRAFT FACILITY FOR SALARIED
HOME LOAN BORROWERS?
a. ICICI
b. HDFC
c. Axis
d. Yes Bank
Q5. NAME THE CEO OF ICICI BANK?
a. Chanda Kochar
b. Indra Nooyi
c. Kiran Mazumdar
d. Nadia Murann
ANSWERS:
1. C 2. B 3.
B 4. A 5.
A
