DAILY GK CAPSULE TOP NEWS HEADLINES of 06 JANUARY 2015 | General Knowledge
DAILY GK CAPSULE TOP NEWS HEADLINES of 06 JANUARY 2015 | General Knowledge
1.
Popular Economist Arvind Panagariya has been appointed as first Vice
Chairman of NITI Aayog along with six members and three special
invitees. Economist Bibek Debroy and former DRDO chief V.K. Saraswat
were appointed as full-time members by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who
will be the Chairman of the body that replaces the 65-year-old
Socialist-era Planning Commission.
2. New Zealand Foreign Minister
Murray McCully announced that the country has become a non-permanent
member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the next two years. It’s
been 21 years since New Zealand last served on the Security Council.
3. With a view to improve the
ease of doing business, the government has aligned the foreign direct
investment policy with the upgraded National Industrial Classification
(NIC) Code. The code will classify business activities and help the
industry in seeking policy approvals for specific activities.
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4. Eminent Indian scientist and
former CSIR director general Raghunath Anant Mashelkar revealed that
India is slipping in'Global Innovation Index' rankings. The country has
fallen 10 ranks down from being No. 66 in 2013 to No. 76 now.
5. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar
University (BBAU) is set to become the first university in the country
to go paperless by switching over to online work. According to central
university's Vice Chancellor R.C. Sobti university is switching over to
online work for most of the administrative and academic purposes. He
said the work in this direction has been initiated and it would be
completed within two years.
6. 44 Indians and people of
Indian-origin, including technology wizards, inventors and policymakers,
have been named by Forbes in its annual list of "young game changers,
movers and makers" under the age of 30 from around the globe. The fourth
annual compilation by Forbes includes 600 millennials in 20 fields,
including consumer technology, retail, entertainment, science, finance,
media, social entrepreneurs, law and policy and enterprise technology.
The list includes big names like Harry Potter actress and UN Goodwill
Ambassador Emma Watson, actor Zac Efron, basketball player James Harden
and NBA star Chris Paul.
7. Google's Larry Page has
emerged as the 'business person of the year' for 2014, edging past the
likes of Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg,
according to Fortune magazine. Page, who is Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) and co-founder of Google, came on top in the 20 global corporate
leaders' list compiled on the basis of various factors including
company's performance, leadership style and total shareholder returns,
the magazine said while bringing out its list.
8. S. Shrikrishna won his maiden
National Sub-Junior Billiards title at the BRC Gloster National
Billiards & Snooker Championship 2015. He defeated Ishpreet Singh
Chadha of Maharashtra by 326-283 in an hour-long final play.
9. Union Cabinet headed by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi approved to set up the India-based Neutrino
Observatory (INO) in Tamil Nadu. The INO laboratory will host
experiments such as the neutrino-less double beta decay and the search
for dark matter.
10. Former Minister of State for
Public Works Department (PWD) Ram Prasad Kamal passed away after a
brief illness in Allahabad. He was 84.
