Daily GA Update -- 17th January, 2017
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• Doordarshan has planned to come out with new set-top boxes which have the MPEG-4 technology and provide 104 channels by March end.
• UK citizen Emmanuel Bushayija has been named the new King of the African country Rwanda after the death of his uncle, exiled King Kigeli in October.
• China has appointed Qi Zhala as the new governor of Tibet, one of the country's most politically sensitive regions.
• The Indian women's boxing team secured a historic 3rd place finish in the 6th Nation's Cup in Serbia.
India finished the tournament with one gold, four silver and a bronze medal.
• IMF cuts India's growth rate to 6.6% from 7.6% due to Demonetization.
• Valtteri Bottas replaces Nico Rosberg at Mercedes and joins Lewis Hamilton as his new team-mate for the forthcoming Formula One season .
• A committee formed by the IIT Joint Admission Board (JAB) has recently given its suggestion to create 20 percent reservation seats for the girl students in IITs out of the total number of seats available.
The committee headed by professor Timothy Gonsalves.
• The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOP & NG) inaugurated one month long oil and gas conservation campaign “Saksham-2017” at a function in Unity College, Dimapur in Nagaland.
• India has been ranked at 60th position among 79 developing economies in the Inclusive Development Index (IDI) of the World Economic Forum (WEF).The list has been topped by Lithuania .
• YES BANK in collaboration with T-Hub, Anthill and Lets Talk Payments launched a unique business accelerator program “YES FINTECH” to provide start-ups a platform for creating sustainable and market ready products as well as provide innovative banking solutions to the customers.
• Yes Bank launches India’s first customisable Savings Account to enable the customers to design an account as per their convenience.
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has registered Sitalpati or cool mat from the Cooch Behar district, West Bengal as an “intangible cultural heritage”.
• British Poet Jacob Polley wins 2016 TS Eliot Prize for his poetry collection “Jackself”.
• India has officially became an associate member of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), deemed as the world's largest nuclear and particle physics laboratory.
• Qatar has pledged $12 million (over ₹81 crore) to solve Gaza's electricity crisis.
• The Centre, under its Digital India programme, has announced Karang in Manipur as the country's first cashless island.
.....Thank you and keep visiting .....
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• Doordarshan has planned to come out with new set-top boxes which have the MPEG-4 technology and provide 104 channels by March end.
• UK citizen Emmanuel Bushayija has been named the new King of the African country Rwanda after the death of his uncle, exiled King Kigeli in October.
• China has appointed Qi Zhala as the new governor of Tibet, one of the country's most politically sensitive regions.
• The Indian women's boxing team secured a historic 3rd place finish in the 6th Nation's Cup in Serbia.
India finished the tournament with one gold, four silver and a bronze medal.
• IMF cuts India's growth rate to 6.6% from 7.6% due to Demonetization.
• Valtteri Bottas replaces Nico Rosberg at Mercedes and joins Lewis Hamilton as his new team-mate for the forthcoming Formula One season .
• A committee formed by the IIT Joint Admission Board (JAB) has recently given its suggestion to create 20 percent reservation seats for the girl students in IITs out of the total number of seats available.
The committee headed by professor Timothy Gonsalves.
• The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOP & NG) inaugurated one month long oil and gas conservation campaign “Saksham-2017” at a function in Unity College, Dimapur in Nagaland.
• India has been ranked at 60th position among 79 developing economies in the Inclusive Development Index (IDI) of the World Economic Forum (WEF).The list has been topped by Lithuania .
• YES BANK in collaboration with T-Hub, Anthill and Lets Talk Payments launched a unique business accelerator program “YES FINTECH” to provide start-ups a platform for creating sustainable and market ready products as well as provide innovative banking solutions to the customers.
• Yes Bank launches India’s first customisable Savings Account to enable the customers to design an account as per their convenience.
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has registered Sitalpati or cool mat from the Cooch Behar district, West Bengal as an “intangible cultural heritage”.
• British Poet Jacob Polley wins 2016 TS Eliot Prize for his poetry collection “Jackself”.
• India has officially became an associate member of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), deemed as the world's largest nuclear and particle physics laboratory.
• Qatar has pledged $12 million (over ₹81 crore) to solve Gaza's electricity crisis.
• The Centre, under its Digital India programme, has announced Karang in Manipur as the country's first cashless island.
.....Thank you and keep visiting .....
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