Current Affairs: Daily GK Update 12th March, 2017

i. B P Kanungo was on Friday appointed Deputy Governor in Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for three years.
ii. He has been appointed in place of R Gandhi. 
iii. Kanungo was in March last year appointed as executive director in the central bank.









 ‘Dangal’ won the Viewer’s Choice Best Film award at Zee Cine Awards 2017

iii. The song ‘Channa Mereya’ from the film ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ was named the Viewer’s Choice Song of the Year.




Maritime Admiralty Bill passed by Lok Sabha

i. The Lok Sabha on 10 March 2017 passed the Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill,2016. 

ii. The Bill aims to establish a legal framework to consolidate the existing laws relating to admiralty jurisdiction of courts, admiralty proceedings on maritime claims, arrest of vessels and related issues. It also aims to replace archaic laws which are hindering efficient governance.

Reliance Capital’s CEO Sam Ghosh to quit after 9 years

i. Reliance Capital’s long serving CEO Sam Ghosh will leave the company on 31 March, after spending nine years at the financial services arm of Anil Ambani-led business conglomerate.

ii. Ghosh, a Chartered Accountant from England had joined the company in April 2008 as group chief executive officer of Reliance Capital, while he was elevated to the board in May 2015.

Thai contestant wins transgender beauty pageant

i. Thai contestant Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin was crowned Miss International Queen 2016 on Friday at a contest billed as the world’s largest and most popular transgender pageant.

ii. The 25-year-old beat 24 other contestants for the crown, with the second and third place going to contestants from Brazil and Venezuela, respectively.

iii. The contest was held at the Tiffany’s nightclub in the Thai seaside town of Pattaya.

Exhibition “Revolutionary Patriots (1905-1947)” was Inaugurated

i. On the occasion of 127th Foundation Day of National Archives of India (NAI), an exhibition entitled “Revolutionary Patriots (1905-1947)” was inaugurated by Shri N.K. Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Culture in the presence of Shri Raghvendra Singh, Director General of NAI and many dignitaries. 

ii. Addressing on the occasion, Shri N.K. Sinha praised the initiative of NAI and opined that the Digital Technology can make a lot of difference in collection and preservation of historical treasures in NAI. 

India launches second stage of HCFCs phaseout plan

i. Environment minister Anil Madhav Dave, on Monday released the second stage of the Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) phase-out management plan (HPMP), greenhouse gases that damage the earth’s ozone layer.

ii. It is estimated that with this plan, there would be a net direct CO2-equivalent emission reductions of about 8.5 million metric tonnes annually from 2023.

India has already successfully implemented HPMP stage-I.