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1) Indian Army celebrates 66th Army Day on 15 January 2014. Army Day was started to mark which occasion associated with the Indian Army? – Lt.
General K.M. Cariappa taking over as the first Indian
Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from Sir Francis Butcher on 15
January 1948 (Butcher was thus the last British Chief of the Indian Army. Cariappa was later made Field Marshal)
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2)
India on 13 February 2014 completed three consecutive years without a
single wild polio case being reported from any part of the country. It
thus achieved the three-year milestone necessary to achieve polio-free
certification from the World Health Organisation (WHO). The official
announcement of India becoming a polio free country will be made on 11
February 2014. From where was the last case of polio reported in India? –
Howrah in West Bengal on 13 January 2011
(Commemorating the day, Rotary International lit up iconic monuments
and buildings across the nation. In Delhi, the historic India Gate and
Red Fort was lit up with the message — “Celebrating 3 Years of last
Polio case in India”)
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3)
What is the name of country’s oldest elected representative in the
Parliament, who recently announced his decision to retire shortly? – Rishang Keishing,
a Rajya Sabha MP from Manipur (He was born on 25 October 1919 and had
also served as the Chief Minister of Manipur for four times. Kieshing
was sworn in as CM of Manipur for the first time on 16 December 1975.
Keishing was first elected to the Rajya sabha on Congress ticket in 2008
and has been MP so far. The lone Rajya Sabha MP in Manipur will be
elected on 7 February 2014)
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4)
Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government in Delhi on 13 January 2014 withdrew
the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail segment. By
doing this it became the …………state in the country to withdraw FDI in
this segment – First
(The previous Delhi government led by Sheila Dikshit had allowed FDI in
multi-brand retail segment during July 2012. While taking this decision
Delhi government found that at the global level FDI in multi-brand
retail caused massive job losses at multiple places. However, many
experts opined that this decision is expected to adversely affect the
investment in Delhi and tarnish its FDI friendly image)
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5)
SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) Chairman UK Sinha’s term
was extended by 2 years during January 2014. Sinha will now head the
regulatory body till 16 March 2016. Among the last four chairmen, Sinha
is the only one whose term has been extended. Who is the only SEBI chief
to have held the post for a longer duration than Sinha? – D.R. Mehta
(Mehta served as SEBI Chairman for 7 years (1995-2002). Sinha’s three
predecessors – GN Bajpai (2002-2005), M Damodaran (2005-2008) and CB
Bhave (2008-2011) – had only got a three-year terms)
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6)
In a significant development, the Gujarat High Court on 13 January 2014
ordered the suspension of all commercial and development activity inside
the 21 units at the Adani Group’s Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone
(APSEZ) at Gujarat’s Kutch district. This order was passed following a
public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the villagers of Navinal,
located inside the SEZ, alleging serious violations of the Environment
Impact Assessment (EIA) notification, 2006 by the company and the units
there. Where is this SEZ of Adani Group situated? – Mundra Port (The Adani Group has pumped in around Rs. 20,000 crore in Mundra and
about Rs. 7,000 crore for the SEZ, with a proposed area of some 18,000
hectares)
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