Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Oct 29, 2014

ANSWER: ‘TB-MISSION 2020’. He made this announcement at WHO’s Global TB Symposium in Barcelona on 28thOct’14.

ANSWER: Madhya Pradesh Government. The Health Services Guarantee Scheme will be run in accordance with Citizens Charter for assured delivery of treatment and prevention of diseases.

ANSWER: Amitabh Bachchan. The Summons filed by New York Based Sikh for Justice and two alleged victims of 1984 anti Sikh riots.

ANSWER: Devendra Fadnavis. He was elected as leader of BJP Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on 28thOct’14 and will take oath on 31stOct’14.

ANSWER: "Current Theega". The movie is directed by G Nageswara Reddy and produced by Vishnu Manchu.

ANSWER: 29thOct’14.

ANSWER: "The rising force of postal banking in the retail banking market". This year’s forum is being organised by World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI) jointly with the National Savings Organisation (Ministry of Finance) and the Department of Posts.

ANSWER: 28thOct-11thNov’14. This Iconic festival of the arts which spans two weeks in multiple venues will present dance, music, theatre-both national and international from the most traditional forms to cutting edge contemporary, poetry, literature, exhibitions, handloom and handicrafts, film festivals, a North East carnival, Sufi and Qawwali.

ANSWER: Dr.A.Surya Prakash. He was Editor, Zee News, a 24-hour TV News Channel; Executive Editor, The Pioneer; India Editor, Asia Times, a business and political daily published from Bangkok and Singapore; Political Editor, Eenadu Group of Newspapers; and Chief of Bureau, Indian Express, New Delhi. He was recommended by the three member committee headed by the Hon’ble Vice President, and consisting of Chairman, Press Council of India and the President’s nominee i.e. Secretary, Information and Broadcasting.

ANSWER: Bangalore City Railway Station. Wi-Fi facility shall be available to the passengers on their Mobile Phones free of charges initially for a period of 30 minutes. For usage beyond 30 minutes, the user may purchase scratch cards, which will be made available at the WiFi Help Desk. These are priced at Rs.25 for 30 minutes and Rs.35 for 1 Hour and are valid through 24 hours.Additional browsing time can also be purchased on-line using Credit/Debit cards.

ANSWER: 17.6%. The cumulative April- September of the Financial Year 2014-15 has increased by 17.6 per cent over the same period of previous FY and reached to USD 8.3 billion, which is good performance.

ANSWER: Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY). The scheme been launched on pilot basis in one block each of the States of AP, MP, HP, Telangana, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

ANSWER: Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP). The KVP was discontinued by the UPA government in 2011 following the Shyamala Gopinath Committee report. It had suggested that KVPs may be discontinued as they are prone to misuse. KVP was a popular saving scheme that doubled the money invested in eight years and seven months.

ANSWER: Uday Sareen. He was Deputy CEO and succeeds current CEO & MD Shailendra Bhandari who has resigned from the same post. Shailendra Bhandari will continue in office till 31stJan’15

ANSWER: Zafar Anjum. The title of the book is Iqbal: The Life of a Poet, Philosopher and Politician. Allama Mohammad Iqbal remains a controversial figure in the history of the Indian subcontinent. On the one hand, he is considered as the Spiritual Father of Pakistan. On the other, his message of Eastern revivalism places him in the ranks of the twentieth century's major intellectuals.

ANSWER: South Africa with 115 rating points. This is the first time in five years that South Africa has surged to the top of the ODI team table. Australian moved to second position with 114 and India on third position with 113 points.

ANSWER: Larsen &Toubro Company.