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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

28 Aug 2015

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Vassiliki Thanou Named Caretaker Greek PM

  • As per reports, the head of Greece`s Supreme Court, Vassiliki Thanou, has been named as the country`s caretaker Prime Minister ahead of early elections.
  • The date for Greece`s general election, the fifth in six years, is to be officially announced by President Prokopis Pavlopoulos by the end of the week.
  • Outgoing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ruled out forming a national unity government should he fail to win a outright majority in the snap elections.
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ENVIRONMENT

Seas Rising More than Predicted

  • According to NASA scientists, sea levels worldwide are rising faster than predicted as a result of climate change.
  • According to the latest satellite measurements from NASA and its partners, seas around the world have risen an average of nearly 3 inches since 1992, with some locations rising more than 9 inches due to natural variation.
  • In 2013, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued an assessment based on a consensus of international researchers that stated global sea levels would likely rise from 1 to 3 feet by the end of the century.
  • Data from NASA reveal that ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting faster than ever, and oceans are warming and expanding much more rapidly than they have in years past.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Daimler Signs MoU with Two Banks

  • Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, a 100% wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, signed two MoUs with Canara Bank and State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur to provide commercial vehicle financing packages to BharatBenz customers across the country.
  • As per Erich Nesselhauf, CEO and managing director, partnering with State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur and Canara Bank as our preferred financiers allows us to strengthen our presence across key North and South regions. This partnership will help our dealers in this region leverage on the banks support and promote BharatBenz products in these markets.
  • Apart from Daimler's own captive financing brand, BharatBenz Financial, Canara Bank and State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur now become a key financing partner for BharatBenz along with others like HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Sundaram Finance, Kotak Bank etc. adding substantial choice and value for customers.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

GSAT-6 Successfully Placed in Orbit

  • India successfully placed its GSAT-6 communication satellite in orbit using its heavy GSLV-D6 rocket geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle.
  • This was the ninth flight of the GSLV and the third development flight using a cryogenic engine.
  • GSAT-6 is the twenty fifth geostationary communication satellite of India built by ISRO and twelfth in the GSAT series.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Girish Sahni Appointed CSIR Chief

  • Girish Sahni, former director of CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology in Chandigarh, has been appointed as the new director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
  • He will also act as the secretary of Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
  • Dr. Sahni joined CSIR-IMTECH in 1991 and became its director in 2005.

List of Smart Cities Released

  • The government released a list of 98 cities, including 24 state capitals, which are to be developed as smart cities.
  • The maximum number of to-be-developed smart cities is in UP, followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
  • In the first year, the government would select 24 cities that would be developed into smart cities.

India Free of Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus

  • India has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus. It has been reduced to less than one case per 1000 live births across the country. The World Health Organisation has validated adding India to the list of countries that have successfully battled the disease.
  • This is a huge achievement for India, which until a few decades ago reported 150,000 to 200,000 neonatal tetanus cases annually.
  • With India's achievement, almost the entire South East Asian region, barring a few districts in Indonesia, has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus.
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