Dear Aspirants,
Welcome to Mentor for Bank Exams. The General Awareness Section of Banking
Exams covers numerous sections in it like Banking Awareness, Static GK, and
Current Affairs. But the most important thing that you might have noticed is
that both the Banking Awareness and Static Awareness questions asked in the
General Awareness Section are based on Current Affairs only. The questions on
Static and Banking Awareness are related to the countries, events or anything
that has been in news for a while. Here is the Daily
GK Update to get you acquainted with the top events that made the headlines
today!!
1. NTPC to
invest ₹9,785 crore for expansion of Talcher plant in Odisha
National Thermal Power Corporation
Limited (NTPC) board has approved an investment of ₹9,785 crore for the 1,320
MW Stage-III expansion of Talcher thermal power plant situated in Angul
district of Odisha. It is one of the top performing power stations.
Did you Know
NTPC CEO-Gurdeep Singh , Founded –
1975.
2. ICRA downgrades ratings of
IL&FS loans, debentures to 'junk' status
Rating agency ICRA has effected a
multi-notch rating downgrade for IL&FS , which is facing liquidity pressure
and overleverage. Its loans and debentures now carry “BB” (junk or
non-investment status) as against the previous rating of "AA+".
Did you Know
IL&FS- Infrastructure Leasing
& Financial Services.
3. Apollo Global buys JP Morgan’s
India realty platform
Apollo Global Management has acquired
global financial services major JP Morgan’s real estate fund management
platform in India. The platform comprises two funds of vintage 2007 and 2014
with aggregate assets under management of about $300 million.
Did you Know
Apollo Global Management, HQ – New
York
4. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan gets
honoured with the Meryl Streep Award
The global star Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan received the inaugural Meryl Streep Award for Excellence at the first
Women in Film and Television India Awards held in Washington DC.
Janhvi Kapoor received the WIFT
Emerald Award for her earnest debut performance.
Did you Know
Zoya Akhtar received Wyler Award for
Excellence in Direction.
5. Arpinder Singh wins historic
bronze medal at IAAF Continental Cup
In the triple jump event at the IAAF
Continental Cup held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Arpinder Singh created history
by becoming the first Indian to win a medal. The IAAF Continental Cup is being
competed in 37 events in men and women sections.
Did you Know
Recently, he won the gold medal at
Asian Games in Indonesia.
6. SSLV will offer cost-effective
satellite launch options in India: Antrix CMD
According to Antrix, ISRO’s
commercial arm, the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), being built by ISRO,
will offer affordable launch options in India and help boost revenues .SSLV is
meant exclusively for small satellites such as nanosats and cubesats.
Did you Know
S Rakesh – Antrix CMD, Founded- 1992.
7. SEBI Panel Proposes To Relax
Foreign Fund Ownership Rules
As a set of relaxations to its
earlier foreign fund ownership rules, a panel set up by SEBI has suggested that
beneficial ownership criteria should be applicable for know-your-customer rules
only and not for eligibility for foreign investors.
Did you Know
Securities and Exchange Board of
India, HQ – Mumbai.
8. Giant Trap deployed to Catch
Plastic Littering the Pacific Ocean
The 2,000-foot-long unmanned
structure floating boom designed to corral plastic debris littering the Pacific
Ocean deployed from San Francisco Bay as part of an ambitious undertaking. It
hopes to clean half of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Did you Know
Garbage patch- a trash between
California and Hawaii.
9. North Korea marks 70th anniversary
without ballistic missiles
North Korea staged a huge military
parade that focussed on peace and development to mark its 70th anniversary as a
nation but refrained from displaying its most advanced missiles .It featured
armoured personnel carriers, multiple rocket launchers.
Did you Know
North Korea Capital -Pyongyang
,Currency- Won
10. US Open final: Novak Djokovic
beats Juan Martin del Potro
Novak Djokovic ,31 clinched the US
Open, 2018 men title by beating Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 to win the
US Open for the third time. He took his career tally of Grand Slam titles to 14
,equaling Pete Sampras’ career total.
Did you Know
Federer and Nadal have won 20 and 17
title’s respectively.
11. Satrughna Pandav bags Sarala
Puraskar
Noted Odia poet Satrughna Pandav
bagged the 39th edition of the Sarala Puraskar for his work “Misra Dhrupad”.
Pandeet Umesh Chandra Kar awarded Ila Panda Sangeet Samman and Binod Moharana
received Ila Panda Chitrakala Samman.
Did you Know
Puruskar has a cash award of Rs 5
lakh along with a citation.
12. RBI may conduct OMO purchase to
infuse liquidity into banking
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is
likely to conduct an open market operation (OMO) purchase this week to infuse
liquidity into the banking system, which is further going to tighten on account
of advance tax payments.
Did you Know
RBI HQ- Mumbai , Urjit Patel -
Governor.
