Friday, October 17, 2014

Daily GK Update (17th October, 2014) - Memorable Point

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On 17th October, 2014 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated. The theme of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is “Leave no one behind: think, decide and act together against extreme poverty.”

The Reserve Bank of India signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information with the Central Bank of Kenya on October 16, 2014.

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) get Rs.2000crore fund for making Mega food parks in india.

Reserve bank of india is thinking to make rule of 3 Free ATM transactions in Rules india too. As per the new rule, rural areas near metro cities like Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad will be covered on this 3 free ATM transactions rule as of now.

India Tests Indigenously developed cruise missile called “nirbhay’ who’s range is 700Km, tested in Chandipur near in Balasore (Odisha).


Venezuela, Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand and Spain on 16 October 2014 were elected as non-permanent members of United Nations Security Council (UNSC).


As per the new report of World Health Organisation (WHO), 80% case of polio is in Pakistan only. WHO found 206 new polio cases worldwide this year.


Indian scientist Dr Sanjaya Rajaram is awarded with World Food Prize 2014 for his scientific research that led to a prodigious increase in world wheat production by more than 200 million tons.


Iqbal who is tamil poet is named as 2014 Cultural Medallion, the highest cultural award of Singapore.


India beat West indies by 59 runs in 4th ODI at dharamsala, himachalpradesh. Virat Kohli got man of the match award for hitting 127 runs in 114 balls.

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