29th May 2020 current affairs | Daily current affairs|daily #05

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29th May 2020 current affairs | Daily current affairs|daily #05

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1. Who has selected as the Chairman and MD of the Oriental Insurance Company (OIC)?

a. PK Nair

b. AV Girija Kumar

c. SN Rajeswari

d. none of these

(New India Assurance, General Manager, SN Rajeswari, has been selected as the Chairman and MD of the Oriental Insurance Company (OIC) by the Bank Board Bureau (BBB). She will replace AV Girija Kumar, Who retiring this month end after reaching 60. BBB had conduct virtual interviews of five senior general managers of the public sector general insurance industry, with two years of residual service until May 2020, to select a CMD of OIC.)

2. Who has been elected as the next president of NDB?

a. K.V Kamath.

b. Anil Kishore.

c. Marcos Troyjo

d. none of these.

( Marcos Troyjo has been elected as the next President of the New Development Bank (NDB). He was unanimously elected during the Special Board of Governors meeting of the NDB which was held through the video-conference. He will be taking charge as the president of NDB from July 7, 2020. India was represented by the Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman in the video-conference.

• Macros Troyjo from Brazil has been elected as next President of NDB.
• Anil Kishore from India has been elected as next Vice President and CRO of the NDB.

3. Who has becomes a new Indian Ambassador to Niger?

a. Suman Gawain

b. Pk Nair

c. Anil Kishore

d. none of these.

( The Government of India has announced that Prem k Nair as Indian Ambassador to the Republic of Niger. He is currently posted as Consul General of India to Hambantota. He will replace Rajesh Agarwal.

• Capital of Niger: Niamey
• The Currency of Niger: West African CFA 
• President of Niger: Mahamadou Issoufou

4. Who has announced the launch of Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana?

a. Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance.

b. Birla Sun Life Insurance.

c. LIC

d. none of these.

( Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has announced the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana, which is a social security scheme for senior citizens.

• Head Office of LIC: Mumbai
• Chairman of LIC: M R Kumar
• LIC Established: 1st September 1956 

5. Who has been penalised by the Securities and Exchange Board of India?

a. BRO

b.SEBI

c. NHAI 

d. none of these.

( The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been penalised with the amount of Rs 7 Lakh by the Securities and Exchanges Boards of India (SEBI) for the delay in disclosing half-yearly financial results between FY16 and FY19. The penalty has been imposed on the basis of SEBI's listing obligation and disclosing half-yearly financial results between FY16 and FY19.

• Chairman of Securities and Exchanges Board of India: Ajay Tyagi,
• Headquarter: Mumbai
• Chairman of National Highways Authority of India: Sukhbir Singh Sandhu

6. Who has launched " I for India" initiatives?

a. Google

b. Facebook

c. Amazon

d. none of these.

( Facebook has launched the ' I for India ' initiatives to help Indian.

• CEO of Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg
• Launched at: February 4, 2004
• Facebook headquarters: Menlo Park, California, United States 

7. Which aircraft has been inducted by the Indian Air force?

a. Sukhoi Su-30

b. Paban Hans

c. Tejas MK-1 FOC aircraft

d. none of these.

( Tejas MK-1 FOC aircraft has been inducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) into the recently No 18 Squadron the " Flying Bullets" at Air force Station Sulur.

• Headquarters of Indian Air Force: New Delhi
• Commander in Chief: President Ram Nath Kovind
• chief of the Air Staff; Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria.

8. Recently, In Which country Archaeological survey of India has found an 1100 years old(9th-century era) monolithic sandstone Shiv Ling? 

a. India

b. Vietnam

c. Africa

d. none of these.

( Archeological Survey of India has recently discovered a 9th-century era monolithic sandstone Shiv Ling during their on-going conservation project in the Cham Temple Complex, Vietnam)

9. Recently, Which Indian has appointed as the High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Singapore.

a. Ashwini Devare

b. Jawed Ashraf

c. Periasamy Kumaran

d. none of these.

( H.E. Periasamy Kumaran has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to The Republic of Singapore. He will replace the current High Commissioner of India to Singapore, H.E. Jawed Ashraf.)

10. What will be the GDP growth rate of 2021 according to the S&P Global and FITCH prediction?

a. 5%

b. 9%

c. 6%

d. none of these.

( S&P Global Ratings has been predicted that the GDP of India will be 5% in the Financial Year 2021. This reduction in the growth rates has been made due to Slump in the Economic activities in the whole country amid lockdown imposed to contain Covid-19 Pandemic.)

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