Daily GK update - 7 - 8th December 2014 `````````````````````````````````````````````````````` 1. India forex reserves up $ 1.432 billion to $ 316.311 billion i. Indias forex reserves surged by 1.432 billion US dollar to 316.311 billion dollar in the week ended 28th November. ii. A RBI press release has informed that foreign currency assets, a major part of the overall reserves, increased by 1.424 billion dollar to 290.822 billion dollar in the reporting week. In the previous week, total reserves had declined by 672.4 million dollar to 314.878 billion dollar. 2. Kotak Mahindra Bank launches savings bank account for customers of 55 years and above i. Kotak Mahindra BankBSE 0.38 % (KMB) today announced the launch of Grand, a savings bank account tailored exclusively for customers of 55 years and above. 3. Modi, Mukesh Ambani most searched personalities in 2014: Yahoo i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and industrialist Mukesh Ambani feature amongst the most searched personalities online this year, according to search engine Yahoo. 4. Dev Shah becomes world champion in Under-7 category in World Schools Chess Championships i. Seven-year-old Dev Shah of Mumbai has become the youngest rated chess player from India. ii. Dev Shah has become the world champion in the Under-7 category in the World Schools Chess Championships that concluded recently at Juiz de Fora in Brazil. 5. Mandatory for PSUs to procure 20 percent of products manufactured by MSME: Govt i. Government today said that it will be mandatory for Public Sector Undertakings, PSUs from 1st April, 2015 to procure 20 percent of the products manufactured by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSME. ii. He said, so far only 32 PSUs have met 20 percent procurement limit. The Minister said that the government is also considering of imposing a penalty against the PSUs and other departments for failing to meet the required limit of procurement of MSME products. 6. India sets new world record for largest human flag i. India today set a new world record for the largest human flag, formed by over 50,000 volunteers, beating the previous record held by Pakistan. 7. Indian Blind Cricket Team lifts World Cup after defeating Pakistan i. India lifts the Blind Cricket World Cup after defeating Pakistan by five wickets. In the summit clash Defending Champions Pakistan scored 389 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 40 overs in Cape Town, South Africa yesterday. India had asked Pakistan to bat first after winning the toss. 8. GSAT-16 launched from Kourou in French Guiana functioning normally i. India’s communication satellite GSAT 16 is performing normally which was launched successfully from Kourou in French Guiana yesterday morning . The ISRO sources say that the first Apogee Manoeuvre Firing commenced as planned at 03:51 hrs IST early this morning. 9. Kumar Sangakkara became fourth batsman to complete 13000 ODI runs i. Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara on 3 December 2014 became the fourth batsman to complete 13000 One-Day Internationals (ODI) runs. 10. Amos Meindi of Kenya won 29th Pune International full Marathon i. Amos Meindi of Kenya won 29th Pune International full Marathon in Men’s category on 7 December 2014. He finished the race by completing 41.175 km in 2 hours 18 minutes and 36 seconds. ii. Regassa Bezida of Ethiopia and Teresse came at second place and third place respectively. 11. Carnatic vocalist Nedanuri Krishnamurthy died i. Veteran Carnatic vocalist Nedanuri Krishnamurthy died on 8 December 2014 in Visakhapatnam. He was 87. He was undergoing treatment for lung cancer. 12. Uber taxis banned in Delhi, company blacklisted i. The Delhi Government today banned all operations by private cab service Uber with immediate effect and blacklisted it from providing any transport service in the national capital in the wake of the alleged rape incident in a taxi plying for it.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 18:02:29 +0000
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