Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here are the Important Current Affairs of 18th June, 2015. These are important for the upcoming SBI PO Mains 2015 and RBI Assistant 2015 Exam.
Banking
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HDFC Bank launches
10-second personal loan disbursement scheme
10-second personal loan disbursement scheme
- Country’s second-largest private sector lender, HDFC Bank on
Thursday launched a 10-second paperless instant loan plan for its existing
customers. - HDFC Bank will now disburse personal loans to its customers
in just 10 seconds. With this product, existing customers will have a
pre-approved loan amount available to them 24×7. - The entire process of availing the loan is completely
paperless, and users can simply log into their bank account via net-banking or
mobile banking and avail of this loan at a click, it added. - The loan is completely hassle-free and transparent. Users
will no longer have to wait for disbursement of funds, particularly in medical
or other types of emergencies.
India
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Union Cabinet
approved Housing for All by 2022 Mission
approved Housing for All by 2022 Mission
- The Union Cabinet on 17 June 2015 gave its approval for
Housing for All by 2022 Mission aimed at providing housing facilities to all
eligible people in urban areas by 2022. - It will be implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme and
the States and Union Territories (UTs) are given greater autonomy in execution
of the mission. - A detailed PDF will be given soon.
Union Cabinet
approved agreement with Spain on abolishing visa requirements for diplomatic
passports
approved agreement with Spain on abolishing visa requirements for diplomatic
passports
- Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 17
June 2015 approved the agreement between India and Spain on abolishing visa
requirements for the holders of diplomatic passports. - The Agreement will facilitate visa-free travel for holders
of diplomatic passport of one country while entering into, transiting through,
exiting from or staying for up to 90 days in the territory of the other country
with additional safeguards. - In order to prevent the misuse of this facility certain
safeguards have also been proposed. - Similar agreements on abolishing visa requirements for
diplomatic passports holders have been signed by India with 40 countries.
Appointments
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G Gurucharan given
additional charge as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards
additional charge as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards
- Senior IAS officer G Gurucharan was on 17 June 2015 given
additional charge as Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for
three months. He will hold the additional charge till the appointment of a
regular incumbent or until further orders. - Gurucharan is a 1982-batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
Presently, he is serving as an Additional Secretary in Department of Food and
Public Distribution. - The post of Director General has been lying vacant since MJ
Joseph resigned and assumed the charge of Director of Controller General of
Accounts on 15 May 2015. Joseph was appointed as DG of BIS on 6 January 2015.
Aakar Patel Joins as
New Head of Amnesty International India
New Head of Amnesty International India
- Journalist and writer Aakar Patel has joined Amnesty
International India as its new Executive Director from today. - Patel will head Amnesty International India’s operations.
- As the organisation’s chief political advisor, strategist
and spokesperson, he will give direction to its goal of being an independent,
effective and deep-rooted organisation in India, the London-based global rights
body said in a statement.
Awards
& Honors –
& Honors –
Hindi writers Babusha
Kohli, Upasana won 10th Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith
Kohli, Upasana won 10th Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith
- 10th Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith was awarded to
Hindi writers Babusha Kohli and Upasana on 16 June 2015. They were awarded for
poem Prem Gilhari Dil Akhrot and novel Ek Zindagi Ek Ek Script Bhar
respectively. - The awards ceremony held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
saw discussion on Contemporary Modern Poetry and Fiction Writing by writers
Upasana & Jitendra Biseria and poetry recital by Babusha Kohli & Dilip
Shakya. - Navlekhan Award was instituted with an objective to award
young authors writing in Hindi.
Books
& Authors –
& Authors –
Book titled Bikhare
Khyalat written by Abdul Haq presented to Vice-President
Khyalat written by Abdul Haq presented to Vice-President
- Book titled Bikhare Khyalat written by Prof Abdul Haq was
presented to the Vice-President M Hamid Ansari on 18 June 2015. The book is an
Urdu translation of Mohammed Iqbal’s writing in English tilted Stray
Reflections. - The book contains old jottings based on Iqbal’s impressions
of the books he was reading at that time, his thoughts and feelings about the
environment in which he lived, and reminiscences of his student days. - According to this book, Iqbal started writing it on 27 April
1910 but stopped writing after several months for some unknown reason. - Prof Abdul Haq is the former head of the Department of Urdu
at Delhi University.
Sports
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India Third in Global
Doping Report For 2013 by WADA
Doping Report For 2013 by WADA
- India may be considered a sporting minnow but in terms of
doping by its athletes, it has been ranked third behind Russia and Turkey in a
World Anti-Doping Agency Report for 2013 with as many as 91 from the country
testing positive for banned substances in that year. - According to the 2013 Anti-Doping Rule Violations Report
released by the WADA on June 15, Russia has maximum number of dope offenders
with 212 testing positive while the figures for Turkey and India were 155 and
91 respectively. Of the 91 Indians, 20 were women athletes. - France came a close fourth with 90 dope cheats in the report
compiled by the WADA based mainly on the information received from National
Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs). The comprehensive report, which dealt with
testing of 207513 samples, covered 115 nationalities and 89 sports. - If the four non-analytical Anti-Doping Rule Violations
(ADRVs) are taken into account, India has 95 ADRVs, fourth in the WADA list
behind Russia (225), Turkey (188) and France (108). Russia had 13
non-analytical ADRVs, while the corresponding figures for Turkey and France
were 33 and 18 respectively.
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