Current Affairs 15 January 2020

1. Senior IPS officer AP Maheshwari appointed Director General of CRPF

• CRPF, world’s largest paramilitary force with 3.25+ lc. Personnel.

2. Visa to buy fintech startup Plaid for $5.3 billion

• Visa has agreed to buy privately held software startup Plaid Inc in a $5.3 billion deal

• Plaid’s technology lets people link their bank accounts to mobile apps.

• Visa Chairman and CEO : Al Kelly.

3. Captain Tania Sher Gill become first woman adjutant for Army Day

• Tania Sher Gill, a fourth-generation army officer led men in Army Day parade on January 15 in New Delhi.

• She is from the Corp of Signals.

• The current Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) : General Manoj Mukund Naravane.

4. India, Bangladesh sign MoU

• For content exchange programme.

• Between All India Radio and Bangladesh Betar.

• Bangladesh Information Minister : Muhammad H Mahmud.

5. EBI suspends registration of stock broker Jagruti Securities for 1 year

• For violating Stock Brokers Regulations.

• Failed to pay nearly Rs 17.9 lakh to one of its clients.

• SEBI also levied a fine of Rs 5 lakh on Venky Hi-tech Ispat Ltd.

6. 5-Year-Old Boy From Hyderabad Gets Guinness World Record In Taekwondo

• Aashman Taneja is the name of the boy.

• For the most full contact knee strikes in one-hour non-stop.

• USA World Open Taekwondo Silver medallist achieved more than 1200 knee strikes.

• Taekwondo or Tae Kwon Do is a Korean martial art.

7. NATHEALTH and AHPI sign MoU to share knowledge and resources in healthcare sector

• To boost information sharing, public-private partnership and advocacy

• To collaborate and achieve quality healthcare for all citizens in India.

• NATHEALTH : Healthcare Federation of India.

• AHPI full form : Association of Healthcare Provider India.

• AHPI President, Dr. Alexander Thomas.

8. Goldman Sachs Launches Mobile App For Digital Bank Marcus

• A mobile app for its digital banking service, Marcus.

• The bank launched Marcus in 2016 to diversify its revenue and funding sources by offering savings accounts and personal loans to retail customers.

• Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs : David M. Solomon.

9. Lt Gen Girish Kumar re-appointed Surveyor General of India

• Contract basis for a period of one year.

• Earlier appointed as Surveyor General Of India on September 30, 2017 under the Survey of India.

• Survey of India is under the Department of Science & Technology.

10. RBI places restrictions on Sri Guru Raghavendra Sahakara Bank

• which includes a withdrawal limit of Rs 35,000 for customers.

• The instructions were issued under Section 35 A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

• Sri Guru Raghavendra is Bengaluru-based private lender bank.

11. Amway appoints Ajay Khanna as head of marketing operations for India

• He is a marketing veteran with over 24 years of experience in the FMCG and telecom industry.

• FMCG : Fast-moving consumer goods.