Wednesday 19 August 2015

Current Affairs.19 Aug 2015.

-Indian Army to be taken from Myanmar Border. Assam rifle controlled by IMA to be taken away from Myanmar border by replacing ITBP or BSF Under MHA.

-China, Russia set for naval assertion in Sea of Japan.

-NASA's engine for next-generation rocket test-fired - RS 25.

-Tamil Nadu topped in organ donation in India

-India first Solar power Airport is Cochin International Airport

-Housing.com acquired Bengaluru-based HomeBuy360.

-Birla Corporation to acquire Lafarge's two Indian units for Rs. 5000 crore

-HDFC will sell 9 percent stake in HDFC Life to its British joint venture partner Standard Life for a little over Rs 1,700 crore.

-SBT State Bank of Travancore launches new mobile ATM facility.

(With the launch of Mobile ATM, SBT adds one more ATM to its network of 1632 ATMs linked to State Bank Group ATM network, the largest ATM network in the country.)

-Bank of Baroda and Canara Bank today became the first state-owned banks to be headed by private sector professionals as government announced appointment of MD and CEOs of five PSU lenders.

-Andy Murray run against Novak Djokovic to win the Rogers Cup in Montreal,Canada.

-Indian siblings become 'youngest climbers' to reach the base camp of Everest- Kandarip Sharma and Ritivika from Gwalior

-India's Abhishek Verma won the gold medal  in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 competition at Wroclaw, Poland.

-Indian Golfer Anirban Lahiri created history by finishing in top 5 of a Major in the prestigious PGA Championships at Wisconsin (USA). The tournament was won by Jason Day.

- Tamil Nadu led in employment generation in manufacturing sector in the country in 2012-13, with 15.2% shares in manufacturing sector, as per Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).

-Aditi Chauhan becomes the first Woman to play for English league football.

-ICICI Bank launches locker facility Smart Vault app.

-SBI launches M Wallet app with the help of Accenture and Mastercard in 13 languages.

-Odisha Government passes Fisheries Policy 2015. To protect fishes from islands, Brackish water and marine water.

-Mustnasir Barma won Gujar Mal Modi award for innovative Science and Technology.

-Himachal Pradesh to make Sanskrit Mandatory in the government schools.

-Taj Mahal spots 5th position list of most attractive travel hotspot in world*

-Bangladesh lifted South Asian
Football Federation U-16 title.

-Ajit Kumar Seth appointed as Chairman of Public Enterprises Selection Board.

-Former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe from UK  elected as President of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
(IAAF, 1992 founded, is an international governing body for the sport OF Athletics, HQ Monaco)

-LIC launched its maiden unit linked insurance plan (ULIP) product across the country. It is a New Endowment Plus offers investment-cum-insurance provision and provides dual benefit.

-RBI suspends licence of seven non-banking finance companies (NBFCs).
-The seven NBFCs whose licences were suspended are
– Religare Finance, Artisans Micro Finance, Eden Trade & Commerce, RCS Parivar Finance, Nott Investments, Dewra Stocks & Securities, Swetasree Finance.

-Tata Trusts to develop 264 villages in Vijayawada under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) initiative

- Lenovo follows Xiaomi in setting up, India manufacturing unit which will boost make in India.
Earlier China's Xiaomi this month said it was joining forces with Taiwan-based tech giant Foxconn to start assembling phones in India.

-Malayalam gets global push, new status In Germany.
Malayalam is set to get its first big global push. In October, the University of Tubingen in Germany will be setting up a chair dedicated to the teaching of and research in Malayalam

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