Daily GK, GA Updates National, International 30th Sep, 2014

Subject : Daily Updates For Banking environment and All Compitative Exams.

National :

• RBI announced fourth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement, keeps key rate unchange,

                         Current Rates are as follows:
                          1. Repo Rate – 8%
                          2. Reverse Repo Rate – 7%
                          3. SLR – 22%
                          4. CRR – 4%
                          5. Bank Rate – 9%
                          6. MSF – 9%

• Fiscal Deficit Touches 74.9 % for 2014-15, to cross 3.97 cr end of August.
• Petrol Price Cut by 54 Paise.
• Petronas Tied with Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, to supply Customized Lubricants to diesel Vehicles. 
• AP Government signed MoU with Google India for Digital AP project
• ONGC to contribute Rs. 20.75 cr for upkeep of Taj Mahal and has launched a ‘Swachchha Smarak, Swachchha Bharat’ campaign to clean up memorials and heritage places.
• G.K Pillai. Pillai was appointed for the post of Vice Chairman of Tata Steel on 26 September 2014.
• Auto Portal Cardekho acquired Gaadi.com for 11 million US dollar

Sports :

Asian Games on Day 11 Medals Tally at 10th Position : 0 Gold, 1 Sliver, 3 Bronze Medals.

• SLIVER - Discus Throw - India's Vikas Gowda finished second to claim silver in the men's discus throw final. .
• BRONZE - Boxing - Sarita Devi lost her Asian Games lightweight (57-60kg) boxing semifinal against South Korea's Jina Park under controversial circumstances.
• BRONZE - Pooja Rani settles for bronze after losing to China's Qian Li in Middle (69-75kg) semifinal . 
• BRONZE - Varsha Gautham and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan claiming a bronze medal in the women's two person dinghy sailing event of the Asian Games.