Daily Current Affairs 23 November 2013

1. India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile from a naval ship off Odisha coast on Saturday.

2. Vietnam has offered to give ONGC Videsh Ltd five offshore oil and gas exploration areas in South China Sea and its Kossor block in Uzbekistan without bidding, the Indian company said.

3. The Prakruthi Samrakshana Samithi, a leading environmental organisation here, has said that undiluted implementation of the Gadgil committee report is the only solution for the protection of the Western Ghats.

4. The death toll from two huge blasts caused by a leaked oil from a ruptured pipeline in an eastern Chinese port city has risen to 44 with 166 injured in one the country’s worst industrial accidents of the year.

5. Viswanathan Anand era ends as Magnus Carlsen is new king of chess. Norway’s Magnus Carlsen taking the crown after a hard-fought draw in the 10th game of the World Chess Championship match.

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GA Question asked today PO III exam on 9-11-2013

1. Max. limit of loan for study in india under priority sector.
2. Small enterprise credit limit in investment in plants and machinery under priority sector.
3. Ambitabh bachchan joined UN for global humanitarian campaign, what is the name of it.
4. Three scientists got Economics nobel prize for study of what?

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Current Affairs - November 1 and 2, 2013

1. India, Vietnam sign pact on transfer of sentenced prisoners : India and Vietnam signed a treaty for transfer of prisoners between two countries. The agreement was signed between Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and Vietnam Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang.

2. Wholly owned subsidiaries of foreign banks to get near-national treatment : RBI plans to release guidelines for foreign banks to set up wholly owned subsidiaries in India by mid-November, the central bank said on Tuesday.

3. Six Major Central Banks Permanently Made Currency Swap Accords: Six major central banks in the world made currency swap arrangements permanent on 31 October 2013 as a prudent liquidity backstop  in case of future global financial strains.

1. The Bank of Japan
2. U.S. Federal Reserve
3. European Central Bank
4. Bank of England
5. central bank of Canada
6. central bank of Switzerland

4. Google announces winners of its Global Impact Challenge in India : Google had awarded Rs 3 crore to four social organisations that are using technology to solve problems of the world. 

The four civic startups chosen each receive a Rs 3 crore ($500,000) Global Impact Award as well as Google mentoring to help get their projects off the ground. Here are the winners. Agastya, Digital Green,Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship &Democracy and Social Awareness, Newer Alternatives (SANA)

5. India won Gold in 18th Asian Archery Competition

6. Gopal Krishna Pillai is MCX-SX new Chairman

7. Gurdeep Singh Pall has been appointed as the Corporate VP of Skype

8.  India developed a new tactical surface-to-surface missile Pragati which has a range between 60-170 km.

 

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