Current Affairs: Daily GK Update 30th August 2017

• The 8th BRICS Summit held on 16th October 2016 at Goa, India.
• BRICS countries include- Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

ii.  Delhi Police has tied up with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for providing mass job linked skill training for the selected youth.

• Anil Baijal is the present Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.

ii. With an investment of US $ 2.2 billion, Tanzania is among the top 5 investment destinations for India. 

• The capital of Tanzania is Dodoma.
• John Magufuli is the Present President of Tanzania.

ii. Mr. Chauhan will be BSE’s Managing Director and CEO  until November 1, 2022.

• Chauhan holds a B Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay and a PGDM from IIM Kolkata.
• Under his leadership, the BSE set up the country’s first international exchange, India International Exchange in January 2017 at Gandhinagar, GIFT City.

ii. He will take over from incumbent Rakesh Sarna, who is stepping down on 30 September. Before he joined IHCL, Sarna was the group president – Americas of Hyatt Hotels Corporation.

ii. Sri Lanka suffered 3-0 defeat in the Test series and have already lost the five-match ODI series against Virat Kohli’s Indian cricket team. Sri Lanka Cricket vice-president Mohan de Silva has confirmed that Sanath Jayasuriya’s panel has indeed stepped down.

• Dayasiri Jayasekara is the present Sports Minister of Sri Lanka.

ii. At the launch, the first diamond contract for delivery in November was traded at Rs 3,279/cent. With over 103 registered members so far, ICEX has launched 1 ct diamond futures contract for delivery in November.

• Indian Commodity Exchange Limited is deemed recognized Stock exchange under the SCRA,1956.
• Mr. Ashok Sinha is the Chairman of Public Interest Director of ICEX.

ii. The reserve opened will store 90 tons of Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU), the essential ingredient needed to make the fuel for light-water nuclear reactors, which generate electricity.

• The IAEA is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
• The agency was established as an autonomous organization in 1957.
• It is headquartered in Vienna.

ii. Unlike minor tweaks, this is the biggest change the YouTube logo has received over the years. The logo ditches the red color inside the “Tube” part of the name and places the now familiar play icon to the left side of the YouTube name.

• Susan D. Wojcicki is the CEO of YouTube.

ii. While this product has initially been launched through a regional rural bank of Canara Bank, it would be available in the bank branches of Canara Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) in the next two months.

• Anuj Mathur is the Chief Executive Officer of the company.
• Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Company Limited was launched in June 2008.

ii. The loans will be given to MSMEs and self-employed individuals to install Freyr rooftop solar plants for industrial and commercial purposes.

• Shikha Sharma is the Managing Director & CEO of Axis Bank.
• The Headquarter of Axis bank is in Mumbai.

Top 6 Contestants-

1. Laxmi Agarwal- a champion of violence against women.
2. Safeena Husain- working for girls’ education in India’s most backward districts.
3. Kamal Kumbhar- enabling women like herself to realize their dreams of a brighter tomorrow.
4. Subasini Mistry- working for two decades to build a hospital for the needy.
5. Arunima Sinha– Is the first female amputee to scale the highest mountain in the world.
6. Jamuna Tudu- has conserved 50 hectares of forest land around her village in Jharkhand

• Amitabh Kant is the CEO of NITI Aayog.
• Arvind Panagariya is the present Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog.

ii. The finance minister added that even after the compensation cess is excluded, the target will still be surpassed when all taxpayers file returns.

• France was the first to introduce GST.
• Only Canada has dual GST model.

ii. He has also inaugurated Chambal bridge in Kota. Modi inaugurated 12 national highways projects worth Rs5,610 crore and laid foundation stones for 11 projects worth Rs9,490 crore.

• The CM of Rajasthan is Vasundhara Raje.
• Shri Kalyan Singh is the Governor of Rajasthan.

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