Today Gk 29 oct 2014

1.    Devendra Fadnavis to be new Maharashtra CM

i. Maharashtra BJP President Devendra Fadnavis will be the state’s new Chief Minister. The decision was unanimously taken by all the 121 newly elected legislators of the BJP.

ii. The Chief Minister Designate, Mr. Devendra Fadnavis along with his core team will now call upon Governor C Vidyasagar Rao and stake claim to form government.

iii. Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn-in at Mumbai’s sprawling Wankhede Stadium on Friday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in audience. 

2.    Disclose names of foreign bank account holders: SC

i. In an order with far-reaching consequences, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the central government to furnish it the names of all Indian foreign account holders given to it by the German, French and Swiss authorities.

ii. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu told Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi that the government need not do anything and just disclose the names to the court and it will decide whether the matter should be investigated by the income tax authorities or by the CBI. 

iii. As Rohatgi sought to impress upon the court that the veracity of the accounts disclosed to it is being investigated by the income tax authorities, Chief Justice Dattu said: "Why do you want to have trouble of investigating. 

iv. The court asked the attorney general to furnish the names in a sealed cover by Wednesday. 

GA Question asked In RRB officer 7- sep- 14 (Evening shift)

1. Capital of Australia-Canberra
2. Netherlands currency–Euro
3. Roger federer belong which game-tennis
4. Highest urban population–Maharashtra
5. The next IBSA summit will be hosted by which country —India
6. The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held at? – Najing, China
7. A question from railway budget
8. Who is Minister of Consumer affairs, Food and Public Distribution – Ram Vilas Paswan
09. What is Stale Cheque- Cheques that are dated as old as 6 months
10. Who is Food Processing Minister - Harsimrat Kaur Badal
11. Which OS is used in ATM -
11. AIMA full form- All India Management Association
12. RBI given license to which micro finance institute- IDBI & Bandhan
13. Forward and Future Market Regulator - Forward Markets Commission
14. What is CTS – Cheque truncation System
15. Human Rights is observed on – December, 10th
16. Which bank started EMI on debit cards – ICICI

PRESIDENTS OF COUNTRIES

Current  Affairs 
[1]● Afghanistan : Hamid Karzai( before election)
[2]● Albania : Bujar Nishani
[3]● Algeria : Abdelaziz Bouteflika
[4]● Angola : Jose Eduardo Dos Santos
[5]● Antigua and Barbuda : Alincia T. H. Williams-Grant
[6]● Argentina : Cristina Fernandez De Kirchner
[7]● Armenia : Serzh Sargsian
[8]● Australia : Governor General-Quentin Alice Louise Bryce
[9]● Aruba : Fredis Refunjol
[10]● Austria : Heinz Fischer
[11]● Azerbaijan : Ilham Aliyev
[12]● Bahamas : Arthur Foulkes
[13]● Bahrain : King-Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
[14]● Bangladesh : Abdul Hamid
[15]● Barbados : Elliot Belgrave
[16]● Belarus : Aleksandr Lukashenko
[17]● Belgium : King-Philippe

Important Days For Ibps exam

Important Days

January

• January 1 - Global Family Day
• January 15 - Army Day
• January 23 - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary
• January 26 - Republic Day
• January 26 - International Customs day
• January 28 - Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
• January 28 - Data Protection Day
• January 30 - World Leprosy Eradication Day

February

• February 4 - World Cancer Day
• February 5 - Kashmir Day
• February 6 - International Day against Female Genital Mutilation
• February 12 - Darwin Day
• February 12 - World Day of the Sick
• February 14 - Valentine’s Day
• February 20 - World Day of Social Justice
• February 21 - International Mother Language Day
• February 22 - World Scout Day
• February 23 - World Peaces and Understanding Day

Current GK 1 July

• PSLV C23 launched successfully from Sriharikota
• Malala Yousafzai wins Liberty Medal
• West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan resigns from his post
•    Pankaj Advani wins his maiden IBSF 6-Red World Snooker title in Egyp
• Saina Nehwal wins Australian Open Super Series title
•   Jean-Claude Juncker named as next European Commission president
• Kochi wins CNBC Awaaz ‘best city award’
• Flipkart launches 7-inch calling tablet for Rs 9,999
  

29-30 March 2014 – Current Affairs

1) Who will challenge Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway) in the World title match to be held during November 2014? – Vishwanathan Anand of India (Anand won the World Candidates chess tournament at Khanty Mansisyk (Russia) on 29 March 2014 by drawing his tie against Russian Sergey Karjakin in the penultimate round. He took an unbeatable lead in tournament with 8 points. By becoming the challenger, Anand also became the first player to be in the world title matches eight times and winning in all three formats – knockout, double-round robin and match-play)

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2) The capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on 29 March 2014 got back the power to act against ponzi schemes, illegal deposit schemes and assess call data records in securities-related offences after the SEBI Ordinance was re-promulgated. This happened after the Finance Ministry managed to get the nod of the Election Commission and Cabinet on re-promulgation of the SEBI Ordinance and finally from the President. Under this ordinance, which pooled money schemes would be compulsorily registered with the SEBI? – Schemes with deposits over Rs. 100 crore (This Ordinance lapsed on 17 January 2014 after the Government failed in getting the Securities (laws) Amendment Bill passed in the monsoon, winter and extended winter session of the 15th Lok Sabha, which was adjourned sine die on 21 February 2014)

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