DAILY GK UPDATES 11TH JANUARY 2016

DAILY GK UPDATES 11TH JANUARY 2016

 

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. DRDO successfully test fired New Tank Ammunition for Arjun MBT: DRDO successfully test fired the new Penetration-cum blast (PCB) and Thermobaric (TB) Ammunition tank at Chandipur, Odisha. This was specially designed for Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT).

 

2. NALCO to develop Bhubaneswar as floral hub: Under corporate social responsibility, National Aluminium Company will begin several beautiful projects and steps to enhance green cover and horticulture activities in the capital city.

 

3. Country’s first woman SHO of GRP: Popular among her colleagues as ‘Lady Dabang’, ArchanaSingh has been appointed as the first woman Station House Officer (SHO) of the Government Railway Police (GRP).

 

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. 73rd Golden Globe Awards announced in California: The 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced on 11 January 2016 at Beverly Hills, California, USA. These annual awards honour the best in Motion Pictures and Television for the Year 2015. The Revenant won the Best Motion Picture award-Drama, while best Actor and best Director Awards were conferred to Leonardo DiCaprio and Alejandro Inarritu for the same movie. Brie Larson won the best actress award for ‘The Martian’.

 

2. Process to formulate new constitution began in Sri Lanka: In this regard, the Sri Lankan PM RanilWickremesinghe presented a resolution in the Parliament to set up a Constitutional Assembley.

 

3. Japan elected as UNICEF’s executive board member for 2016-18: Nepal’s Permanent Representative to United Nations, Durga Prasad Bhattarai, was also unanimously elected vice-president to the Bureau of Executive Board of the UNICEF for 2016.

OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

1. Milos Raonic of Canada won 2016 Brisbane International Tennis men’s singles trophy by defeating Roger Federer.

 

2. Rene Holten Poulsen named Denmark’s sportsperson of 2015.

 

3. ICC announces MoneyGram as Event Partner; signs 8-year deal.

 

AWARDS:

4. Balkrishna Garg conferred with 2015 Harikrishna Devsare Baalsahitya Award. 

 

OBITUARIES:

5. British Singer David Bowie died at the age of 69.

DAILY GK UPDATES 10TH JANUARY 2016

DAILY GK UPDATES 10TH JANUARY 2016

 

NATIONAL UPDATES:

 

1. Union Government launched an online initiative to engage LPG consumers and citizens: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) launched an initiative to engage the LPG consumers and citizens in providing efficient and citizen friendly services in LPG distribution. It has launched two online discussion forums namely Citizen Friendly Services and Increasing LPG Coverage in the country, which are available on the websites www.mygov.in and www.mylpg.in. 

 

2. President of India inaugurates 88th Annual Conference of Nikhil Bharat Banga SahityaSammelan at Ranchi, Jharkhand.

 

3. International Kite Festival started in Ahmedabad from 10th January 2016: The festival was inaugurated by Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel at the Sabarmati Riverfront.

 

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

 

1. Kenya published new Broadcast Regulations: In order to protect children, Kenya published new broadcast regulations that place strict limits on sexual content. The regulations also ban preachers from soliciting money from audiences in exchange of blessings and prayers on air.

 

2. Burkina Faso’s President named Paul KabaThieba as Prime Minister.

 

3. Japan elected as UNICEF’s executive board member for 2016-18: Nepal’s Permanent Representative to United Nations, Durga Prasad Bhattarai, was also unanimously elected vice-president to the Bureau of Executive Board of the UNICEF for 2016.

 

4. 11th World Hindi Day observed on 10th January.

 

OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

1. Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won 2016 with WTA Brisbane title.

 

2. Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka won third consecutive Chennai Open Title.

 

OBITUARIES:

3. Rhythm and blues singer Otis Clay passed away at the age of 73.

 

4. Noted Hindi writer Ravindra Kalia passed away at the age of 78.

 

5. Maria Teresa de Filippis, first female Formula One driver died at the age of 89.

 

BOOKS AND AUTHORS: 

6. The book titled ‘Maru Bharat Saru Bharat’ authored by Jain Acharya Maharaj was released.