Friday 12 April 2019

ONE LINER OF THE DAY 12th APRIL 2019


1.In Forbes magazines' 'World's Best Bank' survey, HDFC Bank emerged as India’s No 1 bank. The survey was done in partnership with market research firm Statista. Customers were asked to rate banks on overall recommendation and satisfaction.Aditya Puri is the Managing Director of HDFC Bank.

2.UAE has announced that India will be the Guest of Honour country at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF 2019) to be held from 24 to 30 April. The book fair will celebrate India’s arts, heritage and knowledge-based traditions.Navdeep Suri is the Indian Ambassador to UAE.

3.Virat Kohli has been named as the Men’s Leading Cricketer in the World. He has also been named as one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year. He is joined by England’s Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran and Tammy Beaumont in receiving the honour.Wisden’s Leading Twenty20 Cricketer- Rashid Khan (Afghanistan).

4.Justice Vikram Nath, seniormost judge of the Allahabad High Court, has been appointed Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. He succeeds acting Chief Justice Praveen Kumar.A.P. High Court came into existence from 1 Jan 2019.

5.India's population rose at an average annual rate of 1.2% between 2010 and 2019 to 1.36 billion, according to the State of World Population 2019 report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA). China's population stood at 1.42 billion in 2019.Dr Natalia Kanem is the Executive Director of UNFPA.

6.Benjamin Netanyahu was elected as Israel’s Prime Minister for the record fifth time and become Israel’s longest service Prime Minister. Benjamin Netanyahu belongs to Likud party of Israel.Dead Sea is lowest point on Earth bordered by Israel in west.

7.Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has bagged the prestigious AIMA Managing India Award 2019 for outstanding PSU of the year. The award was presented by former President Pranab Mukherjee to Sanjiv Singh, Chairman, Indian Oil.IOC is the largest commercial oil company in India.

8.HDFC Asset Management Co. Ltd was ranked first in terms of assets with an average AUM of ₹3.42 trillion, overtaking ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co. Ltd according to data released by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI).SBI Mutual Fund recorded the second fastest growth rate at 30%.

9.India's largest software services firm TCS collaborated with tech giant Google to build industry-specific cloud solutions. TCS is a primary partner of Google Anthos which is a platform that simplifies building, running & managing services in the cloud.Natarajan Chandrasekaran is the Chairman of Tata Sons.

10.Veteran communist leader and former Rajya Sabha MP and an MLA from Nazira constituency Drupad Borgohain died in Dibrugarh, Assam. He served as the Joint Secretary of the Assam State Council & also the president of the Assam State Council.Sarbanana Sonowal is the Chief Minister of Assam.

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