Daily Current Affairs Update of 27th May 2015 for Bank,SSC,TET,RLY Exam

Daily Current Affairs Update of 27th May 2015 

Voice Recognition Service(VRS) launched by ICICI Bank Pvt. Ltd. 

• Voice Recognition Service(VRS) for Biometric Authentication launched by ICICI Bank Ltd. on 25th May 2015 and ICICI became 1st bank in India to offer this service.

Terry Sue Patt, famous Actor of Britain, died on 22nd May 2015.

• Terry became popular for playing the role in TV serial namely ‘Grange Hill’.

Snapdeal  acquired  MartMobi Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

• Pramod Nair and Satya Krishna Ganni are the founders of MartMobi. The company is situated in Hyderabad.

Saurabh Kumar, an IFS (Indian Foreign Service) officer of 1989 batch, was appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to Iran.

• The officer is currently posted as a Joint Secretary in the National Security Council Secretariat.

Batsman Ajinkya Rahane won the CEAT Indian Cricketer of the Year award while former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara clinched the International Cricketer of the Year honour. 

• Kapil Dev was conferred with the International Lifetime Achievement.
• Kumar Sangakkara clinched the International Cricketer of the Year honour

Ranjit Singh Baxi, has been elected as the head of the Bureau of International Recycling, a global organisation that facilitates free and fair trade of recyclables in a sustainable and competitive world economy.

Daily Current Affairs Update of 27th May 2015 for Bank,SSC,TET,RLY Exam

Sunil D’Souza appointed as MD of Whirlpool India

Manabi Bandopadhyay became 1st transgender Principal

• Manabi Bandopadhyay will take charge as Principal of Krishnagar Women’s College in West Bengal on June 9.

China, the world's biggest gold producer, has set up a gold sector fund involving countries along the ancient Silk Road. The fund, led by Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE), is expected to raise an estimated 100 billion yuan ($16.1 billion) in three phases.

Union Government has appointed Manoj Mishra as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of state-run National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL).

Chinese women tennis player Liang Chen paired up with Chinese Taipei's Chuang Chia-Jung to win the women's doubles title of the Strasbourg International Tennis Tournament