Match Point—AUGUST 15 PART I KUNDAN SIR

Match Point—AUGUST 15

● India’s para-athlete who won the inaugural Young Leaders Award in the UK – Devika Malik

● The city where the fourth Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) of the country has been launched – Chennai

● The bank which has launched ‘PayZapp’ app with a complete payment solution – HDFC Bank ● The country where the 41st G7 summit was held on Jun 7-8 – Germany

● The comet lander which woke up after a long hibernation recently – Philae

● World Elder Abuse Awareness Day – 15 Jun ● The value of India’s exports in 2014-15 – $310.5 bn

● The current position of Coal India (CIL) among top 40 global mining firms in terms of market capital – Sixth

● The capacity of the India Nuclear Insurance Pool launched by GIC Re and 11 other non-life insurers – `1,500 cr

● The country facing the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) at present – South Korea

 ● The PM of Moldova who announced his resignation recently – Chiril Gaburuci

● The country which has announced to open the New Suez Canal on Aug 6 – Egypt

● The winners of mixed doubles title of the 2015 French Open – Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mike Bryan

● The 80s cricketer to be inducted in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame – Sir Wesley Winfield Hall

● The CEO of Twitter who resigned recently – Dick Costolo

● The legendary British actor who died on 7 Jun – Christopher Lee

● The present Defence Minister of Sweden who visited New Delhi recently – Peter Hultqvist

● The happiest Indian city declared by LG Electronics – Chandigarh

● The Padma Shri awardee and the creator of world-famous Rock Garden in Ghandigarh, who died on 12 Jun – Nek Chand

● World Day Against Child Labour – 12 Jun

● The only Indian sportsman (ranked 23rd) in Forbes magazine’s 100 highest-paid athletes in the world list – MS Dhoni

● The top-ranked sportsman in world list – Floyd Mayweather

● The free trade pact signed by the African leaders of 26 countries on 10 Jun – Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA)

● The new Director of the Hyderabad-based CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) – Srivari Chandrasekhar

● India’s first indigenously-built aircraft carrier which was undocked on 10 Jun in Cochin, Kerala – INS Vikrant

● The winner of the 14th Sant Namdev National Award- 2015 – Parkash Singh Badal

● The former Test cricketer who died on 10 Jun – Hemant Kanitkar

● The winners of the men’s doubles title of the 2015 French Open – Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo

● World Milk Day – Jun 1

 ● The new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India – Vijai Sharma

● The new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) of India – KV Chowdary

● The three new districts included in the Delhi NCR recently – Karnal, Jind and Muzaffarnagar ● The city where India’s first automated vehicle testing centre was inaugurated recently – Nashik ● The first tropical storm of the pre-monsoon season this year in the Indian seas – Ashobaa

● The three nations of the SAARC group with which India has signed motor vehicles pact – Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh

 ● The amount of soft loan provided by the govt to sugar mills to clear dues to farmers – `6,000 cr

● India’s growth rate in FY16 as per Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report of the World Bank – 7.5 per cent

● The IT firm which has launched, BaNCS Digital, specifically for American retail banks – TCS ● The 1500th high horse power (HHP) Diesel Locomotive launched at DLW, Varanasi recently – Gaurav

● The international bank which has announced to cut up to 50,000 jobs globally – HSBC

● The well-known Telugu poet and writer who died on 8 Jun – Dasaradhi Rangacharya

● The new non-executive Chairman of ICICI Bank – MK Sharma

● World Oceans Day – 8 Jun

● Winner of the 2015 Canadian Grand Prix F1 championship – Lewis Hamilton

● The new chief of the National Security Guards (NSG) – RC Tayal

● The new chairman of Infosys – R Seshasayee

● The state with which Essel Group has formed a joint venture (JV) to set up solar parks – Rajasthan