Daily Current Affairs Updates

Gujarat has won the 14th season of prestigious Vijay Hazare Cricket Trophy for season 2015�16 for first time in its history of championship.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the Report on Medium-term Path on Financial Inclusion submitted by 14-member committee headed by RBI Executive Director Deepak Mohanty.

Eminent Gujarati litterateur Raghuveer Chaudhary has been selected for the 51st Jnanpith award. Mr. Chaudhary is the fourth Gujarati litterateur to bag this prestigious award after Uma Shankar Joshi (1967), Pannalal Patel (1985) and Rajendra Shah (2001).

India has emphasised to Iran for early completion of all necessary procedures for its participation in the Farzad-B gas field worth 5 billion US dollars.

Senior IAS officer Amitabh Kant has been given additional charge as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog.

• South Korea, Japan settl deal on wartime Korean sex slaves.
• A.P. signs MoU with Microsoft.
• Speaker wants a new building to house Parliament.

Andhra Pradesh Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft India.

The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan say they�ve reached a deal meant to resolve a decades-long impasse over Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II.

India needs a new Parliament building as the current one is in great �distress,� according to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan in a proposal to the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD).

• Anti-jamming capability of Astra missile successfully tested.
• Indian Oil Corp tops in 2015 Fortune 500 companies in India list.
• China officially abandons its One Child Policy by passing law

Scientist from Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) recently have successfully tested crucial anti-jamming capability of the Astra missile.

Seasoned Indian luger Shiva Keshavan has won a silver medal at the 2015 Asian Luge Championship held in Nagano, Japan.