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Match Point BANKING SERVICES CHRONICLE APRIL 2015 K KUNDAN



Match Point
BANKING SERVICES CHRONICLE APRIL 2015
K KUNDAN
● Army Day – 15 Jan
 ● National Deworming Day – 10 Feb
● The new Chairman of Indraprastha Gas Ltd – M Ravindran
 ● Maharashtra former deputy CM and NCP leader who died recently – RR Patil
 ● The Indian Railways’ position in the world as a network operated under a single management – Second
 ● The present governor of the People’s Bank of China – Zhou Xiaochuan
● The fierce critic of emergency and veteran cartoonist who died recently – Rajinder Puri
● Matrubhasha Divas – 21 Feb
● The person conferred Uttar Pradesh’s highest civilian award Yash Bharti recently – Vinod Mehta
● The Indian golfer who won the European Tour title in Malaysia on 15 Feb – Anirban Lahiri
● The first company to reach a market value of $700 billion recently – Apple
● The new authorised capital of the NMDFC – `3,000 cr
● The country with which India signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement on 16 Feb – Sri Lanka
 ● The country to which India on 16 Feb handed over the historic ‘Dakota’ aircraft – Bangladesh
● The chairman of the SIT to probe 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases – Pramod Asthana
● The India drug makers who has been awarded `1170-cr contract to supply HIV drugs by Global Fund – Cipla
● The winner of the prestigious Mahindra Samridhi India Agri Award 2015 – CCSHAU
● The new MD and CEO of the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) – V Balasubramaniam
● The team India defeated by 76 runs in its 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup opener – Pakistan
● The person felicitated with the prestigious Pt Bhimsen Joshi Lifetime Achievement Award-2014 – Prabha Atre
● The present PM of Singapore who was diagnosed with prostate cancer recently – Lee Hsien Loong
● The country where China launched its ‘largest overseas embassy’ on 13 Feb – Pakistan
● The winner of the World Tennis Tournament 2015 – Stanislas Wawrinka
● India’s ranking in the World Press Freedom Index 2015 – 136
● The state where India’s largest solar park of 10,000 MW is set to be built by Adani Group – Rajasthan ● The present President of Myanmar – Thein Sein
 ● The city where the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors summit was held on 9-10 Feb – Istanbul, Turkey
● The inaugural match of the 2015 ICC World Cup was played between – Sri Lanka and New Zealand
● The city which will host the 10th World Hindi Conference in Sep 2015 – Bhopal
● Re 1 note bears the signature of – Finance Secretary
 ● World Radio Day – 13 Feb
● The team that has topped the medal tally of the 35th National Games – Services Sports Control Board ● The place where the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have reached a ceasefire deal – Minsk, Belarus
● The head of the External Advisory Committee (EAC) which will evaluate the applications received for setting up of small banks – Usha Thorat
● The head of the EAC which will evaluate the applications received for setting up of payments banks – Nachiket Mor
● The biggest consumer of gold in 2014 as per World Gold Council (WGC) – India
 ● The Indian economist who has been awarded the inaugural Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize – Amartya Sen
 ● The Jnanpith awardee for the year 2014 – Bhalachandra Nemade
 ● The bank which has introduced the digital wallet app ‘Pockets’ – ICICI Bank
● The amount the Central Govt will soon infuse in nine PSBs – `6,990 cr
● The city where the Aero India-2015 show was held 18-22 Feb – Bengaluru
● The committee set up by the RBI associated with microfinance institutions – Malegam Committee
 ● The bloc which has lifted the ban on import of mangoes from India recently – European Union
● The sport which is governed by FINA internationally – Swimming
● The Japanese freelance journalist beheaded by ISIS militants recently – Kenji Goto
● The headquarters of the 54-nation African Union – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
● The pass through which the new route for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra passes – Nathu-La Pass
● The biggest producer of crude oil in the OPEC – Saudi Arabia
● The Nagaland CM who won the trust vote recently – TR Zeliang
● The committee that has submitted its recommendations on CPSEs – Roongta committee
● The political scientist who passed away recently – Rajni Kothari
● National Voters’ Day – 25 Jan
● India’s ranking in the 2014 edition of the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) – 78th
 ● The automobiles manufacturers which topped the global vehicle sales in 2014 – Toyota
● The newly elected president of Italy – Sergio Mattarella
● World Cancer Day – 4 Feb
● The President of Yemen who resigned recently – Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi
● The country which will partner with India in developing Allahabad, Ajmer and Visakhapatnam as smart cities – US
● The new President of Zambia – Edgar Lungu
● The currency of Greece – Euro
● The highest peacetime gallantry award in India – Ashok Chakra
● The new Home Secretary of India – LC Goyal
● The specialised unit of the CRPF created to counter the Naxalite problem – CoBRA
● The winner of the men’s singles title of the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold badminton 2015 – Parupalli Kashyap
● The world’s oldest monarch at present – Queen Elizabeth II
● The bank with which the SBI has signed a loan pact for 100 million euro (about `700 cr) – European Investment Bank (EIB)
● The new chairman of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) – T Suvarna Raju
 ● The new chairman of the 54-nation African Union – Robert Mugabe
● The new Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) with effect from Feb 7 – 21.50 per cent
● The new Director General (DG) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) – Krishna Chaudhary
 ● India’s inter-continental ballistic missile tested recently – Agni-V
● The winner of the women’s singles title of the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament 2015 – Saina Nehwal
● The new special Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) – Durga Prasad
 ● The river on which the 315-metre-high Pancheshwar multipurpose project of Nepal will come up – Mahakali
● The state where the 35th National Games were held recently – Kerala
 ● The Martyrs’ Day – 30 Jan
● The winner of the mixed doubles titled of the 2015 Australian Open – Leander Paes and Martina Hingis
● The squash player who set a new record for topping the world rankings for the 106th month recently – Nicol David
● The team which won the 2015 World Men’s Handball Championship on 1 Feb – France
● The goodwill ambassador of the 35th National Games – Sachin Tendulkar
 ● The country which topped the Credit Suisse Emerging Consumer Scorecard 2015 – India
 ● The founder of the Gorkha National Liberation Front who died recently – Subhash Ghising
● The winner of the first position in the tableau category on the eve of the 66th Republic Day– Maharashtra
● The winner of the women’s singles title of the Australian Open 2015 – Serena Williams
● The non-performing assets (NPAs) of the nationalised banks in 2013-14 – `2.16 lakh cr
● The winner of the men’s singles title of the Australian Open – Novak Djokovic
● The winter storm which hit the US recently – Juno
● The chairman of the committee set up by the RBI on urban cooperative banks – R Gandhi
● The new base year for calculating national accounts – 2011-12
● The new Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA) – Shekhar Sen
● The PSU in which the govt on 30 Jan successfully offloaded 10 per cent stake and raised `22,400 cr – Coal India
● The revised GDP growth estimate for 2013-14 – 6.9 per cent
 ● Anti-Leprosy Day – 30 Jan ● Winner of the Zurich Chess Classic – Hikaru Nakamura
● The newly elected first woman president of Croatia – Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic
● The Madhya Pradesh governor who resigned after being named in a multi-cr scam recently – Ram Naresh Yadav
● The new chief of Sri Lankan Army – Chrishantha de Silva
 ● The Indian-American who has won 2015 J Calvin Giddings Award in chemistry in the US – Purnendu Dasgupta
● The combined military training exercise held recently between India and Nepal – Surya Kiran VIII
● The team which won the third edition of the Hockey India League (HIL) – Ranchi Rays

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