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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

31 Mar 2015

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Canada Votes for Air Strikes on Islamic State in Syria

  • Canadian lawmakers voted to extend a campaign of airstrikes against the Islamic State group and for the first time strike at them in Syria as well as in Iraq.
  • Stephen Harper's Conservatives, wielding a majority in the house of commons, pushed through a motion on enlarging the mission in a vote 142 to 129, despite vigorous objections from opposition parties.
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ENVIRONMENT

Antarctica's Ice Shelves are Thinning Fast

  • As per researchers, in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas — two of West Antarctica's melting hotspots — some ice shelves lost 18 percent of their thickness in the past decade. The most dramatic shrinkage occurred in the Bellingshausen Sea's Venable Ice Shelf, which lost ice at an average rate of 118 feet (36 metres) per decade in the past 18 years. At that rate, the entire ice shelf could disappear within a century,
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

ICICI and HDFC Banks Cut Bulk Deposit Rates

  • Leading private sector lenders ICICI and HDFC Banks have cut rates by up to 0.25 per cent on high value fixed deposit on select maturities, a move that could be a precursor to lower lending rates.
  • The rates have been revised downwards for deposits over Rs. 1 crore by 0.25 per cent by ICICI Bank.
  • Fixed deposit rate of maturity between 121-150 days has been revised downward to 8 per cent from 8.25 per cent earlier.
  • The second largest private sector lender, HDFC Bank too lowered its on fixed deposits of over Rs. 5 crore and above.

SBI Set to Buy Air India Properties in Mumbai

  • The country's largest lender State Bank of India has received all necessary approvals to buy residential properties of cash-starved national carrier Air India, in south Mumbai for Rs. 90 crore.
  • SBI is now waiting for the airline to complete its side of approvals.
  • The airline had been looking for buyers who can purchase its four flats at upmarket Peddar Road in south Mumbai for last two years.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NASA's Mercury Mission Given Last Lease of Life

  • NASA engineers have lifted the orbit of the Mercury probe, currently operating on an extended mission and almost out of fuel - and delayed its inevitable impact into Mercury's surface by up to a month.
  • Launched in August 2004, the $450 million Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (Messenger) mission is currently orbiting our solar system's innermost planet.
  • In March 2011, Messenger became the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury.
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SPORTS

Tiger Woods Not in World's Top 100

  • Former number one Tiger Woods has dropped out of the world top 100 for the first time in his career.
  • The 14-time major winner, who first broke into the top 100 in 1996, has fallen to 104th from 96th in the latest rankings.
  • Woods has spent 683 weeks as world number one and was last in that position in May 2014, when he was replaced by Australian Adam Scott.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Madan Mohan Malaviya Posthumously Awarded Bharat Ratna

  • President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna to freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malaviya posthumously.
  • The family of the noted educationist was present in the Rashtrapati Bhavan to receive the award.
  • L. K. Advani and and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Parkash Singh Badal, were honoured with Padma awards.
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