Daily updates 13 janu.2015

1. ICC World Cup 2015 launched with quirky opening ceremony

i. The 11th edition of the ICC World Cup was officially declared open after a two-act opening ceremony in Christchurch and Melbourne. The event was a wonderful mix of culture and traditions of the host nations Australia and New Zealand.

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1) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected by the? - Members of the Lok Sabha

2) Who is the new chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi? - Shekhar Sen

3) Who is called the ‘Father of History'? - Herodotus

4) Which country will host the 2016 Twenty20 World Cup? - India

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1) Which national leader propagated the saying Satyameva Jayate? - Madan Mohan Malaviya

2) Indian Military College is situated at? - Dehradun

3) Keoladeo National Park is situated at? - Rajasthan

Current affairs Que.11th & 12th Janu.2015

1) O.P. Jaisha who won gold by finishing first in the women’s 5,000m with a new Games Record time of 15:31.37, (previous 15:54.26 by Kavita Raut of Maharashtra in Ranchi 2011) in the 35th National Games recently, represents which state?

(A) Kerala

(B) Punjab

(C) Services

(D) Haryana

daily updates 10th & 11th janu.2015

1. India presses for automatic exchange of tax information at G20 meet 

i. India has called for expeditious implementation of the automatic exchange of tax information saying it would help in tracking illegal money stashed in foreign banks. 

ii. Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha advocated "full and fast implementation" of Automatic Exchange of Information within the agreed time-frame. 

iii. India called for strengthening the IMF through implementing the 2010 quota and governance reforms and creating an environment for multilateral swaps to overcome such negative impact.