Capital & Currency - Croatia

CROATIA

Capital : Zagreb

Currency : Kuna

President : Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic

Prime Minister : Zoran Milonavic

Language : Croatian

Central Bank : Croatian National Bank

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TURKMENISTAN

Capital : Ashgabat

Currency : Turkmenistanian Manat

President : Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

Language : Turkmen

Central Bank : Central Bank of Turkmenistan

Daily GK - 12/2/2015

1) India Cement Hive off CSK

• CSK Ltd owned by 1 lakh shareholders as wholly owned India Cements transfer it.
• N.Srinivasan to contest in BCCI elections.

2) INS Viraat to be Decommissioned in 2016

• INS Viraat, India's second aircraft carrier commissioned in 1987.

3) TAPI Project meet in Islamabad

• Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan will attend 20th TAPI Project meeting in Islamabad
• He also meet Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif 
• they also discuss on 1800 KM TAPI gas Pipelineproject in Limbo.

* TAPI - Turkmenistan Afghanistan Pakistan India *

4) Sailing vessel INSV Mhadei completes 100000 miles

• Indian Navy Sailing vessel INSV Mhadei went around the world twice and finished 100000 nautical miles.
• it is used for Adventure and Training.

 

5) Minsk Summit hopes peace

• Ukraine and Russian Presidents join hand with French and German leaders for a crucial peace summit after many peoples died in last couple of month's Ukraine Condlict.

1. Russian President - Vladimir Putin
2. Ukraine President - Petro Poroshenko
3. French President - Francois Hollande 
4. German Chancellor - Angela Merkel

6) SBI appoints merchant bankers for Rs.15000 cr share sale

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AFGHANISTAN

Capital : Kabul

Currency : Afghan Afghani

President : Ashraf Ghani

Prime Minister : Hamid Garzai

Language : Pashto, Dari

Central Bank : Da Afghanistan Bank

GK Daily - 7,8,9,10,11/2/2015

1) NITI Aayog First Meeting in New Delhi

• Focus on High cost, low productivity Farm Sector, Manufacturing sector through "Make in India".
• States seek more allocation of funds.
• NITI - National Institute for Transforming India is just a advisory body with PM Modi as head.

2) Jnanpith Award 2014

• 50th Jnanpith award 2014 to Bhalchandra Nemade for his novel Kosala (Cocoon) published in 1963.

3) Jammu and Kashmir Rajaya Shaba seat

• Out of 4 seats 2 to PDP and 1 with BJP and Congress
• Ghulam Nabi Azad - Congress
• Nazir Ahamad laway - PDP
• Fayaz Ahmad Mir - PDP
• Shamsher Singh Manhas - BJP

4) Center to Injuct into 9 banks

         The center has chosen 9 Banks for capital infusion

• State bank of India - 2970 cr
• Bank of Baroda - 1260 cr
• Punjab National Bank - 870 cr
• Canara Bank - 570 cr
• Syndicate Bank - 460 cr
• Allahabad Bank - 320 cr
• Indian Bank - 280 cr
• Dena Bank - 140 cr
• Andra Bank - 120 cr

5) Goa among National Geo "Top 10 Night life Cities"

1. Dublin in Ireland
2. Belgrade in Serbia
3. La Paz in Bolivia
4. Sao Paulo in Brazil
5. San Juan in Puerto Rico
6. Goa in India

6) Naveen Chopra is the new COO of Vodafone India.

7) Government gives Additional charge

• Punjab National Bank CEO Gauri Shankar given additional charge as Managing Director in        PNB

8) Delhi Polls: Aam Aadmi Party on top 

• AAP : 67 creates History in Delhi Polls.
• BJP : 3
• Arvind Kejriwal once again going to be the CM of Delhi and takes oath on 14th Feb.
• Kiran Bedi lost in her own seat.
• Congress Secretary Ajay Makan Quits.

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9) Keynes Prize  to Noble Economist

• Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen won Keynes prize for his Contributation to socity.

10) ICICI launches new DIgital Banking service

• ICICI Bank launches "POCKETS" new Digital Banking Mobile Application