Important Daily Current Affairs Update : 24 October 2013 ********************** 1. As inflation continues to hover above its comfort zone, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to increase the short-term lending or repo rate by another 25 basis. Current repo rate is 7.50%. 2. Today is the United Nations’ Day. The day is celebrated to commemorate the launch of the UN Charter in 1945. The theme of this year is-‘Partnerships for Global Progress’ 3. A CBI court here yesterday sentenced former Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Bank M Gopalakrishnan and four others to one year imprisonment for defrauding various branches of the bank to the tune of about Rs 6.5 crore. 4. Internet giant Google has emerged as the world’s best multinational company to work for, followed by software developer SAS Institute and network storage provider NetApp in the second and third place, respectively. 5. Manna Dey, the legendary singer died on 23 October 2013 in Bangalore hospital. He was 94 years old. 6. Actor Ranbir Kapoor was Thursday named the brand ambassador for Philips, the country’s leading lighting company. 7. Market regulator Sebi has disqualified Cals Refineries from issuing equity shares and any other security for a further eight years, as the company was found guilty in a case involving irregularities in issuance of Global Depository Receipts (GDRs). 8. The US comedian Carol Burnett was on 20 October 2013 honoured with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. 9. The Sports Ministry and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) have launched ‘India Sports 2014′ at the 5th Global Sports Summit to promote sports among youth in the country. 10. The Reserve Bank of India has constituted a GIRO Advisory Group (GAG) to implement a national Indian Bill Payment System so that households will be able to use bank accounts to pay school fees, utilities, medical bills and make remittances electronically. # supari Bhai
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:21:19 +0000
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