DAILY GK
UPDATES - 26TH JULY 2015
NATIONAL
UPDATES:
I. Union
Government approves Rs 1000 crores for India-Bangladesh rail link: The
Government of India approved a hefty Rs 1000 crores for the 15-km
India-Bangladesh rail link.
II. Government
of India orders blocking of websites inciting Religious Intolerance: In
the wake of terror groups using the internet to incite religious intolerance,
the government has ordered blocking of at least 40 webpages with inflammatory
content relating to minority community, including posts on social media and
popular video sharing platforms.
III. Anand
Krishnamurthy appointed CEO and MD of CSB Bank.
IV. Vijay
Divas celebrated in the whole country on 26th July 2015: An
indebted nation led by PM Modi paid tributes to the martyrs and heroes of the
1999 Kargil War.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
I. Nigerian
national ArunmaOteh appointed as World Bank Treasurer: World
Bank President Jim Yong Kim announced the appointment of ArunmaOteh as Vice
President and Treasurer of the World Bank.
II. IRCTC
signs MoU with Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board (UTDB) for promotion of
tourism in the hilly state.
OTHER
UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
I. IDFC gets RBI nod for starting Banking
Operation: Infrastructure
financing firm IDFC Ltd today has got banking licence from the RBI for
undertaking banking business in the country.
II. India increased its exposure to US Government securities
by USD 31bn in the first five months of the year, taking the overall holding to
USD 114bn in May.
III. ONGC to invest $8.8 billion in KG Oil and Gas: State owned Oil and Natural Gas plans to
invest over $8.8 bn in bringing to production its much-touted KG-basin oil and
gas discoveries by 2018-19.
IV. China’s Leyard to invest Rs 125 cr in MIC Electronics: The Synergy between Leyard and MIC is
expected to create a strong design and manufacturing base of LED (Light
emitting diode) products in India.
SPORTS:
V. Sri
Lanka’s TillakratneDilshan completes 10,000 ODI runs: He
became the 11th batsman and 4th Sri Lankan to compile
10,000 runs in one-day cricket, achieving the feat against Pakistan.
AWARDS:
I. PM
awards journalists at ICAR function: PM Modi
presented Journalist GargiParsai and five others with the ‘ChaudharyCharan
Singh Award’ for excellence in Journalism in Agricultural Research and
Development, 2014 at Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s (ICAR) 87th
foundation day.
OBITUARIES:
I. Former Union Minister Bijoy Krishna
Handique dies.
II. Former
Governer of Bihar RamkrishnaSuryabhanGavai passed away.
