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Welcome to the Quick Gyan (QG) Section of D2G. QG is just a glimpse of what happened today all over the world.
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APPOINTMENTS
Virender Sehwag appointed Kings XI Punjab’s mentor
Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag has been appointed mentor of the Kings XI Punjab for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL). Sehwag will work closely with head coach Sanjay Bangar and would be responsible for guiding and motivating the squad. Sehwag represented the same franchise as their opening batsman in the previous two seasons. Kings XI Punjab faced a disappointing exit from the group league itself finishing at the bottom of the table.
Quick Link – Sehwag as Kings XI Punjab’s mentor
Saroj Kumar Jha appointed to key position in World Bank
Saroj Kumar Jha has been appointed Senior Director for the Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group at the World Bank. Jha, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, was World Bank’s Regional Director for Central Asia based in Almaty since February 2012. Jha has been tasked by World Bank President Jim Young Kim to provide strategic leadership to address the challenge of fragility, conflict and violence, working across the Bank Group and in close collaboration with partners.
Quick Link – Saroj Kumar Jha as Key position in World Bank
BANKING AND FINANCE
RBI keeps key interest rates unchanged
The Reserve Bank of India has kept key interest rates unchanged at 6.75%, in line with market expectations saying that it awaits further data on the development of inflation and the impact from the 7th Central Pay Commission which has recommended wage hikes. The central bank said it continues to be accommodative and awaits structural reforms in the forthcoming Union Budget which will boost growth while controlling spending will create more space for monetary policy to support growth, while also ensuring that inflation remains on the projected path of 5% by the end of 2016-17.
Quick Link – RBI keeps key interest at 6.75%
INDIAN AFFAIRS
India gets its first underwater restaurant
India has got its first underwater restaurant in Ahmedabad, giving a new experience to food lovers. According to reports, the restaurant – The Real Poseidon – has a dining area which has been created 20 feet below ground level. Run by Ahmedabad-based businessman, Bharat Bhatt, the 32-seater restaurant serves a range of cuisine, which includes Thai, Mexican and Indian Food. Though the restaurant will only cater to the vegetarian palate.
Quick Link – Underwater Resturant
Meghalaya – India’s fastest growing state
The tiny hill state of Meghalaya has been emerged as the fastest-growing state in the whole country with a growth rate of 9.7% in 2013-14. The state has scored higher than the fastest-growing big state of Madhya Pradesh (9.5%) and several notches ahead of the national growth rate. The data has been released by IndiaSpend, country’s first data journalism initiative and a project of Spending & Policy Research Foundation based at Mumbai.
Quick Link – Meghalaya
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
WHO declared Zika Virus as an international emergency
The World Health Organization declared the Zika virus and its suspected link to birth defects an international public health emergency, a rare move that signals the seriousness of the outbreak and gives countries new tools to fight it. An outbreak of the Zika virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, was detected in Brazil in May and has since moved into more than 20 countries in Latin America, including two new ones announced Monday: Costa Rica and Jamaica. The main worry is over the virus’s possible link to microcephaly, a condition that causes babies to be born with unusually small heads and, in the vast majority of cases, damaged brains.
Quick Link – Zika Virus
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
World’s First “Robot Run” Farm to come up in 2017
A Japanese firm plans to open the world’s first fully automated, human-free farm – which means robots will do almost every job from watering seedlings to harvesting crops. Spread, a Kyoto-based company said it intends to start operating the farm by 2017 with an entire staff of robots and produce 30,000 heads of lettuce a day. The firm also hopes to boost that figure to half a million lettuce heads daily within five years. While the future of farming is going to be all about robots, humans are still going to play one important role in the process – the seed planting.
Quick Link – Robot Run
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Craftsvilla acquires Send for $4.5 Million
Mumbai-based ethnic etailer, Craftsvilla, has acquired Mumbai-based on-demand shipping service provider startup Sendd for about $4.5 Mn. Sendd was founded by Nav Agrawal (IIT Bombay dropout), Sumeet Wadhwa (IIT Bombay Alumni) and Sargun Singh (IIT Bombay Alumni) in April 2015. Sendd is an on-demand shipping services startup, allowing users to send parcels. The company had launched its B2C product in April and had later pivoted to B2B in August 2015. Sendd had its services in Mumbai and was enabling over 1,500 orders a day with average ticket size being INR 160, before getting acquired.
Quick Link – Craftsvilla for $4.5 Million
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Delhi, Kabul ink pact for visa-free travel of envoys
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, and expressed his gratitude to the government and people of Afghanistan for their bravery in protecting Indians when the Indian consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif was attacked early this month. An agreement for visa-free travel for diplomatic passport holders of the two countries was also exchanged in the presence of Modi and Abdullah Abdullah.
Quick Link – Delhi and Kabul ink for visa-free of envoys
SPORTS
Aditya Mehta won the National Snooker Championship 2016
Aditya Mehta has won the National Snooker Championship 2016. He defeated Manan Chandra by 6-3 in the men’s final round of the National Snooker Championship 2016 that took place in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. In women’s final round at National snooker championship 2016 Vidya Pillai claimed the title by defeating Amee Kamani by 4-2. On the other hand, women’s billiards title at National snooker championship 2016 was won by Keerath Bhandaal.
Quick Link – Aditya Mehta won Championship 2016
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