Current Affairs 1 January 2014
1) New executive director of oriental bank of commerce is Suresh n patel.Earlier he acted as general manager at Dena bank.
Public sector lender Oriental Bank of Commerce on Tuesday announced the bank has appointed Suresh N. Patel, as Executive Director on the Board of the Bank with effective from the date of his taking over charge of the post on or after January 01, 2014.
“The Central Government has appointed Suresh N. Patel, as Executive Director on the Board of the Bank w.e.f. from the date of his taking over charge of the post on or after January 01, 2014,” Oriental Bank of Commerce said in a filing to Bombay Stock Exchange
2)New Executive director of bank of Maharashtra is RK Gupta.Earlier he acted as a general manager at Dena bank.
3)New CMD of Vijaya bank is V.Kannan.Earlier HS Upendra kamath acted as CMD of Vijaya bank
4)Fastest ODI century made by Corey Anderson of New Zealand.He reached the 100 runs score in just 36 deliveries.
Corey achieved this against west indies.Earlier this record was in the name of shahid afridi Pakistani.He made 100 score in 37 deliveries.Afridi achieved this against Srilanka in 1996.
5)An agreement between India and Pakistan regarding nuclear installation was made on 31st december,2013.List of exchanging list of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the agreement on the prohibition of attack against nuclear installation between both the countires,we exchange on 1st January 2014 through diplomatic channels.
6)Earlier government has a deal to purchase 12 helicopter from augusta westlandfor Rs.3500 crores.This deal cancelled by the government.Government stated clearly that,the deal which was made in february,2014 with augusta westland is cancelled the grounds of pre contracts integrity pact. After receiving the opinion from Attorny General,Decision was taken.
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