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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

29 Sep 2018

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Aung San Suu Kyi Stripped of Honorary Citizenship

Canada's parliament has voted unanimously to effectively strip Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship over the Rohingya crisis.
She was given the long-detained democracy advocate and Nobel laureate honour in 2007.

World Internet Conference in November

China will hold the fifth World Internet Conference (WIC) in November which is expected to be attended by delegates from several countries and international organisations.
The theme of this year's WIC is "creating a digital world for mutual trust and collective governance - toward a community with a shared future in cyberspace".
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ENVIRONMENT

New Species of lizards in Western Ghats

A team from Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore has identified Montane forest lizard and Spiny-headed forest lizard during a revision of taxonomy of the lesser known agamid.
The discovery proves that Western Ghats is indeed a biodiversity hotspot.
The two reptiles had been wrongly identified under the genus Calotes (similar to the common garden lizards) for more than 150 years.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Bonfiglioli to Double Its Investments

The Indian subsidiary of Italy's Bonfiglioli Riduttori is planning to double its investments in the Indian operations in the next three years.
So far the company has invested Rs. 50 crore in expanding Thirumudivakkam plant in Chennai.
Over the next three years, another Rs. 100 crore will be invested in machineries in either of the plants at Thirumudivakkam and Mannur.

Uptick in Corporate Loan Demand

According to SBI managing director, the banking sector has begun seeing an uptick in demand for loans from the corporate sector across most segments.

New Terminal at Chennai Airport

The Airport Authority of India (AAI) confirmed the construction of a new terminal in Chennai at a cost of Rs. 2,500 crore under phase II of the Chennai airport modernisation programme.
The new terminal, coming up under the Phase II modernisation programme, would be able to handle the increase in arrivals and departures.
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SPORTS

Germany Handed Euro 2024

The Euro 2024 football tournament has been awarded to Germany over a rival Turkish bid.
This is the fourth time that Turkey has lost out on the right to host the Euro.

ICC Women's WT20

For the ICC Women's WT20, which will be played in West Indies later this year, the Indian team will be led by Harmanpreet Kaur and left-handed opener Smriti Mandhana has been named as Kaur's deputy.

Seventh Asia Cup Title for India

In a last-ball thriller, India clinched the Asia Cup 2018 title by beating Bangladesh by three wickets. This is India's seventh Asia Cup trophy.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Indian Newspaper Society Gets New President

Jayant Mammen Mathew, Executive Editor of Malayala Manorama, has been elected as the president of the prestigious Indian Newspaper Society, an apex body of the country's print media industry.
He succeeds Akila Urankar of Business Standard.
Lav Saksena will serve as the secretary general, while Shailesh Gupta of Mid Day newspaper will be the deputy president and L. Adimoolam of Health and The Antiseptic, the vice-president of the INS.

India's Next Ambassador to China

The government has notified that Vikram Misri would be the new Indian envoy to Beijing.
Presently Vikram is India's envoy to Myanmar.
He will succeed Gautam Bambawale, who retires this year.

Reshuffle in Command Head

The government has selected three Lieutenant Generals to hold Army Commander-level ranks.
Lt Gen S. K. Saini will head the Pune-based Southern Command, replacing Lt Gen DR Soni, Lt Gen P. S. Thimayya will head the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) at Shimla. The incumbent Lt Gen M. M. Naravane has been appointed the Eastern Army Commander at Kolkata.
Lt Gen P. S. Rajeshwar will head the tri-services CISC (Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee). He will replace Lt Gen S. K. Dua.
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