Daily GK Update:15th September 2016

Sports

1. India Blue wins 2016-2017 Duleep Trophy tournament

• Gautam Gambhir-led India Blue has won the day/night Duleep Trophy Cricket tournament (55th season) played with a pink ball (5-day)in Greater Noida.
• In the Final, they defeated India Red captained by Yuvraj Singh by 355 runs.
• Cheteshwar Pujara was named the Player of the Match.
• Ravinder Jadeja bagged 5 wickets in the second innings, finished the game with a 10-wicket.

Note:-

• The Duleep Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition played in India between teams representing geographical zones of India.
• The tournament was contested by three teams, namely India Red, India Blue and India Green.

2. Graeme Hick signs deal to become Australia’s batting coach 

• Former England batsman Graeme Hick (50-year)has been appointed as Australia’s new full-time batting coach until March 2020.
• Hick has been Cricket Australia’s high-performance coach since 2013.
• Hick will take up his post before Australia host South Africa for three tests later this year.

Important Dates

3. 15 September: International Day of Democracy

• Today, International Democracy Day is being observed to raise public awareness about the democratic system.
• This year’s theme is “Democracy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.
• The UN General Assembly had decided in November 2007 to observe ‘International Democracy Day‘ every year on 15th September.

National & International Appointment

4. Hiroshi Nakagawa takes over as Chairman of Isuzu Motors India

• Japanese automobile maker Isuzu Motors has appointed Hiroshi Nakagawa as the Chairman of Isuzu Motors India (IMI).
• Hiroyasu Miura, the erstwhile Chairman of IMI will take over as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Isuzu Engineering Business Centre India Pvt Ltd (IEBCI).
• Isuzu Motors Limited is a Japanese commercial vehicle and diesel engine manufacturing company headquartered in Tokyo.

5. Nawazuddin appointed brand ambassador of UP farmers’ scheme

• The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has appointed Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the brand ambassador of its flagship programme ‘Samajwadi Kisan Beema Yojana‘.
• The scheme provides for cashless treatment up to Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs. one lakh for the organ transplant.

Banking & Finance

6. Axis Bank, BHU team up for banking courses

• Axis Bank has tied up with Faculty of Commerce at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) to offer specialised banking courses.
• The partnership will offer courses like Master of Financial Management (MFM), Masters in Commerce (M.Com.), Master of Financial Management (Risk & Insurance),Master of Foreign Trade etc.
• The courses will be designed to introduce the students to functioning of banking industry in India and to academically and vocationally prepare them for corporate world.

National Affairs

7. Vice-President to represent India at 17th NAM Summit

• Vice-President Md. Hamid Ansari will represent India at the upcoming 17th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
• The Summit will be held at Margarita Island in Venezuela on 17th and 18th September.
• India hosted the 7th NAM Summit in 1983 in New Delhi and last NAM Summit was hosted by Iran in 2012.
•  The summit will be preceded by deliberations at the Ministerial and Senior Official levels.

8. Defence Minister launches re-designed website of DDP

• Today, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has launched the re-designed website of Department of Defence Production (DDP) in New Delhi.
• The website has used the Content Management Framework (CMF) developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC).
• The website provides news updates, policies, procedures, publications, directory of officials and media contents.

9. 196% growth registers in tourist arrival in August 2016

• A total of over 66 thousand tourists arrived in August this year as compared to around 22 thousand during the month of August 2015.
• Over 196% growth has been registered in tourist arrival on e-Tourist Visa in August this year over the same period last year.
• E-Tourist Visa facility is available for citizens of 150 countries arriving at 16 Airports in India.

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