Friday, 29 May 2015

GK Update 29 May 2015

1. PM Narendra Modi and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to inaugurate a market at Kamlasagar, Tripura. The market which is built at a cost 2.5 crores will be a great place for Indian and Bangladesh traders for their goods.
2. Yaduveer Raj Urs has been crowned as the King of Mysuru of the 600 year old Wadiyar Dynasty. He is an economic graduate from University of Massachusetts, US.
3. Pradeep Kumar Sinha succeeded Ajit Seth as the new cabinet secretary. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer from Uttar Pradesh who was the power secretary previously.

4. India tops in the World Hunger list with 194.6 million people hungry in the country. It has surpassed China with this. The other countries in the list are China(133.8), Pakistan(41.4), Ethiopia(31.6), Bangladesh(26.3). 


5. OPCW(Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons), a Nobel Prize winning organization has destroyed over 90% of chemical weapon stockpile mostly from US and Russian era of cold wars.
6. Dr. Selvin Christpher has been appointed as the DG and Secretary of DRDO. He is presently Programme Director of Airborne Early Warning and Control. GS Reddy was also appointed as the Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister for a period of 2 years.
7. TaxiForSure has tied up with Paytm for users to pay money through Paytm wallet for their cab services.
8. Top seed Sania Mirza has crashed out doubles event in Australian Open Tennis Tournament.

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