DAILY G.A UPDATE : 25-03-2017
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. Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha gets Sikh Jewel Award
Indian-origin British director Gurinder Chadha has been honoured with the Sikh Jewel Award for 2017 for her immense contribution to British cinema.
Chadha, whose films include "Bhaji on the Beach", "Bend It Like Beckham" and "Bride and Prejudice", received the award from UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon at the Vaisakhi Dinner organised by the British Sikh Association at the Lancaster Hotel.
The High Commissioner of India to the UK, Y K Sinha, who was the Guest of Honour, was also present on the dais.
Chadha's latest film, "Viceroys House" tells the true story of the final five months of British rule in India and coincides with the 70th anniversary of the Independence of India and the founding of Pakistan.
2. Navy gets three naval systems from DRDO
Three naval systems, developed by premier defence research organisation DRDO, was today handed over to the navy by Defence Minister Arun Jaitley.
The naval systems, given to Indian Navy, are USHUS-II submarine sonar, directing gear for hull-mounted sonar array, and inertial navigation system for ship applications.
3. Book commemorating 70 years of United Nations-India engagement
The United Nations came out with a commemorative work marking 70 years of India’s relationship with the global body.
The book ‘Seven Decades and Beyond: The UN-India Connect’ traces the journeys of India and the UN “as they have informed and enriched each other over the past seven decades”, said Chinmaya Gharekhan, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations to the Middle East.
4. SAIL, BSNL, Air India incur half the losses of top-10 loss making PSUs
Coal India, ONGC and Indian Oil Corporation emerged as star financial performers among India's central public sector enterprises in 2015-16, whereas SAIL, BSNL and Air India incurred most losses, a government survey has showed.
The Public Enterprises Survey, tracking the performance of CPSEs in 2015-16, revealed that the top three loss-making CPSEs -- SAIL, BSNL and Air India -- incurred a loss equal to 51.65 per cent of the total loss made by the top 10 loss-making CPSEs in 2015-16.
SAIL entered the list of top 10 loss-making CPSEs, apart from ONGC Videsh, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam, PEC and BHEL. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals, STCL, Fertilizers and Chemicals (Travancore), Air India Engineering Services and Hindustan Fertilisers Corporation went to the profit zone in 2015-16.
The most profitable PSUs -- Coal India, ONGC and IOC -- contributed 17.82, 17.45 and 11.34 per cent, respectively, to the total profit earned by the top 10 profit-making CPSEs during the year, the survey tabled in Parliament revealed.
Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation and Mahanadi Coalfields entered the list of top 10 profit-making CPSEs, whereas NMDC and South Eastern Coalfields made their exit.
The top 10 profit-making companies accounted for 63.46 per cent of the total profits made by all (165) CPSEs during the year.
The top 10 loss-making companies claimed 79.81 per cent of the total losses made by all the 78 CPSEs during the year.
5. Six Indian-Americans among Ellis Island Medal of Honour
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, author Fareed Zakaria are amongst six Indian-Americans nominated for the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honour 2017 - the highest civilian award in the US for immigrants.
Among 88 named recipients, the four other Indian- Americans are Harman International Industries chairman CEO Dinesh Paliwal,Dr Annapoorna S Kini, Yashvant Patel, Mohan H Patel, as well as Pakistani-American Dr Adil Haider.
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