DAILY G.A UPDATE : 08-11-2016
In this competitive age, everyone needs to be updated with the current affairs. So, here is the important news for your upcoming exams like IBPS PO, IBPS CLERK, RRB and many more.
1. Senior journalist Girish Nikam dies
Senior journalist and TV anchor Girish Nikam died. He was 59.
Nikam started his journalistic career with "Star of Mysore" in Mysuru and later shifted to Indian Express, Bengaluru.
He had worked in other media organisations including India Today, Deccan Chronicle and News Today before doing programmes for Rajya Sabha TV.
2. India, Britain sign two agreements
India and the UK inked two pacts with British Prime Minister Theresa May arguing for a bilateral free trade arrangement, distinct from New Delhi’s proposed deal with the European Union.
May, who is currently on a visit to New Delhi, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed the signing of the two Memorandums of Understanding – one on intellectual property (IP) and another for bilateral cooperation on raising ease of doing business.
It includes exchange between the officials, sharing of best practices and technical assistance for effective implementation of the initiatives of Government of India to improve its ranking in the ease of doing business. Important areas of cooperation include support to businesses and startups, tax administration, regulatory regimes and competition economics.
3. Ravishankar Prasad lays foundation stone of STPI Amritsar
Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Parsad laid the foundation stone of the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) which is to be built at an estimated cost of Rs 20 crore.
The Amritsar incubation centre, spread over 2.72 acres of land, will be fully furnished air conditioned three-storeyed with state-of-art Network Operation Centre (NOC), an STPI release said.
The new facility would serve the IT/ITeS exporting units by offering modern infrastructural facility including incubation facilities, high speed data communication and connectivity and exports facilitation, creating new direct and indirect employment opportunities too.
This is part of the national initiative under Digital India programme so that the hardware and software industry grows in pace with the international developments and create newer employment opportunities as well as for the startups
4. Ratnesh Kumar appointed as MD & CEO of BOB Capital Markets
State-run Bank of Baroda said it has appointed Ratnesh Kumar as managing director and CEO of its investment banking subsidiary, BOB Capital Markets.
Kumar has 23 years of experience and has held key leadership roles, last being the managing director, head- cash equities India and CEO of Standard Chartered Securities India, the release stated.
5. Young Rishabh Pant hits fastest hundred in Indian FC cricket
Delhi's young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant batted himself into the record books as he struck the fastest ever hundred by an Indian in a first-class game by hitting a 48-ball ton against Jharkhand in a Ranji Trophy encounter.
He was finally dismissed for 135 off only 67 balls with eight boundaries and 13 sixes in a game played at Thumba in Kerala.
The young lad has had a staggering season so far having scored 799 runs from seven innings at an astounding average of 133.16 and a strike-rate of 113.17 -- something unheard of over a period of time. This is his fourth hundred of the season. He had already hit 44 sixes this season from 5 games.
His sequence of scores this season are 146, 308, 24, 9, 60, 117, 135.
En route his record breaking ton, Pant eclipsed a 28-year old record set by former Tamil Nadu opener VB Chandrasekhar, who reached the three-figure mark in 56 balls against Rest of India during the Irani Cup match of the 1988-89 series.
Incidentally, that knock helped Chandrasekhar greatly as he made it to the Indian team for the tour of New Zealand in 1990.
In the list of all first-class cricket across the globe, late Australian cricketer David Hooks smashed the fastest hundred off 34 balls during a Sheffield Shield match in 1982. He was playing for South Australia against Victoria at the Adelaide Oval.
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