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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

11 Feb 2015

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Niger Declares State of Emergency

  • Niger`s government declared a state of emergency in the Diffa region along the border with Nigeria, which has been attacked repeatedly by Boko Haram in recent days.
  • The state of emergency is proclaimed in the Diffa region for a period of 15 days.

Greece's New Government Wins Confidence Vote

  • Greece's new radical left-led government has won a confidence vote in the Parliament.
  • Lawmakers voted 162-137 for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government, on a platform pledging to radically overhaul austerity in the financially struggling country.
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ENVIRONMENT

Hints of Colonial Pollution Hidden in Andean Ice Cap

  • A chemical analysis of an ice core reveals large quantities of metals polluted the atmosphere from just before 1600 until the early 1800s.
  • Traces of air pollution from the Spanish silver mines were discovered deep inside an ice cap in the Peruvian Andes.
  • According to researchers it is the first clear evidence of man-made air pollution in South America from the time before the Industrial Revolution.
  • Though the imprint of metal-rich smog was discovered in Peru, the pollution likely originated hundreds of miles away, in what is now Bolivia, at the Potosí mountaintop silver mines.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Banks Asked to Tighten Monitoring of Export Finance

  • The Reserve Bank has asked banks to tighten monitoring of export finance in the wake the over- invoicing scam detected by Enforcement Directorate.
  • It has also directed banks to ensure that exports are carried out within the stipulated timeframe for which loans have been given.
  • It is understood that this direction has come in light of probe initiated by the ED in case of over-invoicing in some of the accounts of UCO Bank.

Domestic Car Sales Rise in January

  • In a slow start to the year 2015, domestic passenger car sales rose 3.14 percent in January.
  • As per the latest data released by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), car sales in India in January stood at 1,69,300 units as against 1,64,149 units in December 2014.
  • The over 3 percent growth in car sales in January came after the industry recorded an increase of 15.26 percent growth in December, the highest for the ongoing fiscal, aided by advance purchases by customers due to imminent rise in prices due to expiry of excise duty concessions.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Dark Matter Present in Milky Way

  • In a pioneering finding, a team of scientists has obtained a direct observational proof of the presence of dark matter in the innermost part the Milky Way, including at the Earth's location and in our own "cosmic neighbourhood".
  • Dark matter is needed in our Galaxy to keep the stars and gas rotating at their observed speeds.
  • Its existence in galaxies was robustly established in the 1970s with a variety of techniques, including the measurement of the rotation speed of gas and stars, which provides a way to effectively 'weigh' the host galaxy and determine its total mass.

Twin Fetuses Found Inside Newborn Baby

  • In an extremely rare medical occurrence, a pair of fetuses has been found inside the body of a newborn baby girl in Hong Kong, who has recovered from a surgery to remove the mass of tissue.
  • The fetuses were both joined to a placenta-like mass by umbilical cords. Each one had four limbs, skin, a rib cage, intestines and primitive brain tissue.
  • The unusual condition, known as "fetus-in-fetu," is estimated to happen once in every half million births.
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SPORTS

Usain Bolt Eager to Re-establish Sprint Supremacy

  • Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt is eager to reassert his supremacy following an injury-plagued season in which American Justin Gatlin took over as the number one ranked sprinter.
  • Bolt proclaimed himself fit for the new season, which peaks at the August World Championships in Beijing on the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Viswanathan Anand Finishes Seventh

  • Viswanathan Anand's campaign ended on a sour note as he lost to English Grandmaster Michael Adams in the seventh and final round to finish seventh in the Grenke Chess Classic.
  • The loss also meant a heavy slide of 15 rating points for Anand as he also slipped to the ninth spot in world rankings.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Arvind Kejriwal's AAP Sweeps Delhi

  • Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party, which was formed a little over two years ago, decimated the BJP, winning a staggering 67 seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly.
  • The BJP won only three seats with the Congress drawing a blank.
  • The Delhi Assembly elections were high-pitched one, with charges and counter-charges being exchanged between the two main players, AAP and the BJP.
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