Current Affairs: Daily GK Update 20th December 2017

1. Best actor male- Varun Dhawan for Badrinath Ki Dulhania.
2. Best actor female- Sridevi for Mom.
3. Best director- Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari for Bareilly Ki Barfi.
4. Best film- Golmaal Again.
5. Extraordinary franchisee award- Baahubali.
6. Global icon award- Priyanka Chopra.
7. Best script award- Nitesh Tiwari for Bareilly Ki Barfi.
8. Best music director- Amit Trivedi for Secret Superstar.
9. Best male playback Singer- Akhil Sachdeva for Humsafar.
10. Best action director- Sham Kaushal for Kaabil.

ii. PM had also visited Lakshadweep. He is the first Prime Minister to visit the Union Territory in 25 years.

• Lakshwadeep Administrator- Farooq Khan.
• Tamil Nadu CM- Edappadi K Palaniswami, Governor- Banwarilal Purohit.
• Kerala CM- Pinarayi Vijayan, Governor- Justice (Retd.) Palaniswamy Sathasivam.

ii. Assam became the sixth state in the country to sign MoU with non-profit making and spiritual organization, the Isha foundation. The agreement was signed by Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal.

• The two main rivers of Assam are Brahmaputra and Barak.
• Assam Governor- Jagdish Mukhi.
• Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is the leader of Isha Foundation.

ii. The three-day programme was organized by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction-Global Education and Training Institute (UNISDR-GETI).

• National Disaster Management Authority is Headed by the PM of India, Narendra Modi.

1. Total catchment area of the project: 36,35,437 hectares,
2. Project likely to  generate 1,480 lakh cubic metres muck,
3. Compensatory afforestation will be taken up in 5,333.817 hectares.

• Telangana CM- K Chandrasekhar Rao, Governor- E.S.L. Narasimhan (Add. Charge.)

ii. This association with X labs to implement FSOC in AP is first of its kind in the world to provide wireless internet connection at a higher speed of up to 20Gbps and to a distance of up to 20kms.

• Andhra Pradesh CM- Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Governor- E.S. L. Narasimhan.

ii. As part of the agreement with the Directorate General of Training, DGT, Maruti Suzuki will ensure that not less than 80 percent of trainees are placed with Maruti Suzuki or its business partners.

• Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship- Anantkumar Hegde.

• Myanmar PM- Aung San Suu Kyi, Capital- Naypyidaw.

ii. The objective of the operation (Skills Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement) is to improve access to quality and market-driven vocational training as well as apprenticeships. The financing agreement was signed between the World Bank and the Finance Ministry.

1. IBRD- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
2. World Bank President- Jim Yong Kim (12th), Headquarters- Washington DC, USA.

ii. Under that law that passed a final vote, existing drilling permits will not be renewed and no new exploration licenses will be granted. The French government claims the ban is a world first.

• Capital of France- Paris, Currency- Euro
• President- Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister- Edouard Philippe.

ii. Shree Saini is an anti-bullying activist. At the beauty pageant, cancer surgeon Kavita Malhotra Pattani from Florida was declared Mrs India USA 2017. Swapna Mannam, 17, from New Jersey was crowned with Miss Teen India USA 2017.

ii. The Argentine beat rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who guided Real Madrid to their first title since 2012 in the recent campaign. Messi scored 37 goals in league action last season to earn his fourth Pichichi award for most goals in La Liga.

ii. This is the first time that the central bank has invoked PCA for a large bank of the size of BoI. 

• Bank of India was founded on 7th September, 1906.
• Managing Director & CEO- Dinabandhu Mohapatra.
• The Bank was under private ownership and control till July 1969.

ii. According to a filing with the stock exchanges, CCI had considered the proposed combination and approved the same. The scheme remains subject to the receipt of approval from the RBI and regulatory approval, including approval of the stock exchanges, SEBI, and the National Company Law Tribunal.

• Competition Commission of India (CCI) Chairperson- Ashok Chawla.
• IndusInd Bank Chairman- R. Seshasayee, Headquarter- Mumbai, Owner- Hinduja Group.

16. AU Small Finance Bank Joins Hands with Sahaj e-Village

i. AU Small Finance Bank has announced signing an MoU with Sahaj e-Village for extending its banking service in remote areas through Business Correspondent Agent (BC) model.

ii. With this MoU, AU Bank will be able to further foster its mission of financial inclusion and greater customer outreach. As per the agreement, the BCs will act as an intermediary between the Bank and the customers in the interior locations where the Bank does not have a presence.

Static/Current Takeaways Important for RBI Assistant Mains 2017 Exam-

• AU Small Finance Bank headquarters- Jaipur, Rajasthan, Started in- 1996, Chairman- Mannil Venugopalan.

17. YES Bank, EIB to Co-finance $400 mn for Clean Power Projects

i. YES Bank and the European Investment Bank will co-finance $400-million funding for renewable power generation in the country. 

ii. Of the $400-million, the EIB will fund $200 million, while the rest will be supported by YES Bank, the project promoters, and other financial institutions. The EIB loan of $200 million has a tenor of 15 years.

Static/Current Takeaways Important for RBI Assistant Mains 2017 Exam-

• YES Bank MD and Chief Executive– Rana Kapoor, Headquarters- Mumbai.
• Werner Hoyer is the President of European Investment Bank.
• It headquarters in Luxembourg.

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