NOTES >> Current Gk >>> ...quick access... 91. Rakesh Sood >appointed as > new Special envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. 92. Ranjib Biswal > appointed > chairman of the IPL (replaced Rajeev Shukla) 93. Ravi Shankar Narsimhan >awarded Friendship award by China (Highest honor given to foreigners by China) 94. Ravindra Kumar (Editor of The Statesman)>elected >President of The Indian Newspaper Society 95. RBI > allowed Non-Resident Investors including NRIs > to purchase shares of Indian entities Under FDI Scheme. 96. RBI > received 26 applications for new bank licences in a month> shortlisted names >to High Level Advisory Committee > Head former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan. 97. RBI > asked banks >close the accounts of customers > Due to use of credit/debit card for online forex trading transactions 98. RBI > issued inflation-indexed savings certificates > these certificates linked to Consumer Price Index (CPI) by November 2013 99. RBI > open a forex swap window to meet the entire daily dollar requirements oil marketing companies > IOC, HPCL and BPCL. 100. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan > awarded the 5 Deutsche Bank Prize for Financial Economics 2013 101. RBI instructed banks > to stop offering zero interest EMI (equated monthly instalment) schemes > To purchase consumer goods 102. RBI set up a committee > for comprehensive financial services for small businesses and low-income households> Nachiket Mor – Head 103. Rs. 200 crore penalty > on Gautam Adani’s Mundra multi-purpose projects > Due to violating green laws. 104. Ruchira Kamboj >appointed > Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO 105. Russia > offered to set up manufacturing facilities in the country for joint production of defence hardware +two major projects for producing civil choppers and aircraft. 106. Russia >sold S-300 air defence missiles to Iran & build a second nuclear reactor at Bushehr. 108. Saji Cherian >appointed> as CEO >The National Spot Exchange Limited appointed 109. seekho-aur-kamao > Scheme for Skill Development of Minorities. 110. Shaheen-2.> Pakistan and China’s joint exercise of their Air forces> at Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 111. Shareholders of the Bangalore Stock Exchange(50-year-old institution ) >approved the ‘voluntary dissolution’. 112. Small destinations > will have air connectivity >with a network of more than 100 airports >planned to meet the expected passenger load capacity of 30 crore by 2020, >First such airport will come up in Kishangarh (Ajmer) 113. Social scientist Yogendra Yadav >out from the UGC >for being a member of Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). 114. Sri Srinivasan > first Indian-American judge > US Courts of Appeal ( Columbia ) 115. Sundeep Sikka (Reliance MF) > selected Chairman >The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) appointed 116. Supreme Court > Aadhaar card was not mandatory for one to avail oneself of government services. 117. Supreme Court order >to add “None of the Above” (NOTA) button in the EVM >This button will give voters the option of not voting for any candidate. 118. Sushmita Banerjee >Indian writer > shot dead in Afghanistan 119. Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony > Zubin Mehta 120. Tata Communications Payment Solutions (TCPS) > first company to launched first white label ATM (WLA) > Started at Chandrapada near Mumbai > Name of brand is Indicash
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