DAILY GK UPDATES 27TH JANUARY 2016
NATIONAL UPDATES:
1. Chhattisgarh to invest Rs 60,000 crore on ‘Sampark Kranti’: Under the programme, the state would build roads, rail lines besides expansion of electrification and communication network in the areas that had not seen much development.
2. Rajasthan signs MoU to join UDAY Scheme: It has become the third state to sign a MoU for joining the central government’s state electricity distribution utility revival scheme.
3. US-based Cognizant Technologies Solutions acquired KBACE Technologies.
4. First in Maharashtra: Nagpur Central Jail inmates get SBI ATM Cards: Around 140 inmates of the central prison here were given State Bank of India ATM Cards for use inside the premises, with plans to extend the service to all 800 prisoners of the facility.
5. TATA Trusts collaborates with MIT to improve learning at school: Tata Trusts collaborates with MIT and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to improve learning at secondary school level.
6. SC and ST Amendment Act, 2015 came into force: The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015 came into force. The act was made to ensure more stringent provisions for prevention of Atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
7. Union Government approved to set up solar energy panels over 10000 EWS houses in Tamil Nadu under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) (Urban).
8. Union Government and Chhattisgarh Government signed MoU on UDAY Scheme: Union Government and Chhattisgarh Government signed a MoU with Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Ltd under the scheme Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana for operational and financial turnaround of the CSPDCL.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1. India and Armenia amend double taxation avoidance convention: It will enable the two countries to exchange information related to financial and banking transactions under the pact and help in preventing tax evasion.
2. International Customs Day observed across the world on 26th January 2016.
3. Australia celebrated its National Day on 26thJanuary 2016.
4. Denmark parliament approved law on seizing valuables from Refugees: Danish Parliament, Folketing voted on a proposal to confiscate asylum seekers’ personal possessions in order to pay their upkeep.
5. Transparency International released Corruption Perceptions Index 2015: The index measured the perceived levels of public sector corruption in 168 countries and territories. Denmark stood first as it is the most corruption free country in the world while India was place 76th.
OTHER UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
1. RBI shortlists five companies for Audit and Risk Monitoring Mechanism: The Reserve Bank plans to procure an Audit Management and Risk Monitoring System (AMRMS) for the central bank from five potential shortlisted solution providers, including PwC and Quadrant 4 Software Solutions.
SPORTS:
2. ICC released Test, ODI and T20 Rankings: India topped the list of Test Rankings while Australia topped the table of ODI Rankings ahead of India. T20 Ranking was topped by West Indies.
AWARDS:
3. Ashok Chakra awarded posthumously to Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami.
4. Cottalango Leon selected for 2016 Technical Achievement Award of Academy of Motion Picture.
5. Chennupati Jagadish, Jay Chandra and SajeevKoshy conferred with Australia’s highest civilian award ‘Companion of Order of Australia’.
