Saturday, 23 May 2015

Weekly G.K Updates from (May 15,2015 - May 21, 2015)

Weekly G.K Updates from (May 15,2015 - May 21, 2015)


  • PM Modi announced during China's visit that India will grant e-visa to Chinese tourists.


  • SBI launched NFC-Enabled Contact-less DEBIT/CREDIT cards. ICICI & HDFC already launched NFC based cards for Tap& Pay at counters. Know more about NFC Click Here


  • RBI allowed transaction up to 2000 for tap & Pay without any second authentication like PIN or OTP for contact-less cards.


  • Tejaswini Sagar won Gold for Under-15 World School Chess Championship.


  • PM Modi inaugurated first branch of ICICI's in China.


  • Maria Sharapova won women's singles at Rome Masters 2015


  • Timea Babos and Kristina won women's doubles at Rome Masters 2015


  • N. Djokovic won Men's singles at Rome Masters 2015


  • P. Cuevas and D. Marrero won Men's doubles at Rome Masters 2015


  • India announced $1 billion credit to Mongolia for infrastructure development as they agreed to deepen defense corporation besides exploring potential for ties up in areas like civil nuclear sector.


  • Sixth edition of National Conference on Nuclear Energy held in New Delhi. Theme was : Nuclear Energy - a clean energy option.


  • Brad Haddin, Wicket-keeper of Australia announced his retirement from ODI cricket. 


  • Dropdi Murmu sworn in as first woman Governor of Jharkhand.


  • Relience Jio infocom signed pact with Huawei for sourcing 4G devices.


  • Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai won Britain's Man Booker International Prize. Krasznahorkai is the author of Satantango (1985), which was later made into a film, The Melancholy of Resistance (1998) and Seiobo There Below (2008).


  • SBI announced partnership with PayPal (a digital payment firm), so that the customers of SBI can now use their debit cards on PayPal for buying products from websites.


  • V.Shanmuganathan sworn in as the Governor of Meghalaya and Yathagata Roy sworn in as the Governor of Tripura.


  • Infosys became first Indian company to join RE100, a global renewable energy campaign who committed to 100% renewable power.

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