19 June 2015 Current Affairs
CNR Rao Received Japan’s
Highest Civilian Award
Eminent
scientist and recipient of Bharat Ratna CNR Rao was on 19 June conferred
Japan’s highest civilian award the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver
Star. He was presented with the award by Japanese Ambassador to India, Takeshi
Yagi for his outstanding contributions to science and Indo-Japanese science
cooperation.
SBI Launched Online Forex
Platform
State Bank of
India (SBI), the country’s largest bank, has launched SBI eforex, an Internet-based
platform that enables customers to book their foreign exchange transactions
online. SBI eforex is also an innovative platform incorporating robust security
features and is designed to be user-friendly, fast and convenient. It is a
highly flexible product offering the facility to the customers to customise and
set their own limits for deal size, daily transaction limits etc.
China Produces World’s First
Electric Plane
The world’s
first electric passenger aircraft named BX1E was manufactured in China.The BX1E
has a 14.5-meter wingspan and a maximum payload of 230 kgs. It can fly at an
altitude of 3,000 meters. The charging is completed within two hours, allowing
a flight time of 45 minutes to one hour, at a maximum speed of 160 km per hour.
The plane was designed by Shenyang Aerospace University and Liaoning general
aviation academy in the northeastern Liaoning Province.
HDFC Bank Launches 10-second
Paperless Instant Loan Scheme
Country’s
second-largest private sector lender, HDFC Bank launched a 10-second paperless
instant loan Scheme for its existing customers. The 10-second loan Scheme was
launched as part of HDFC Bank’s digital banking platform GoDigital. With this,
HDFC bank became first banking institution to completely automate the entire
process of loan approval and disbursement. Under this scheme, bank will now
disburse personal loans to its customers in just 10 seconds and a pre-approved
loan amount will be available to them 24×7. The entire process of availing the
loan under this scheme will be completely paperless.
Chinese Version of Bhagavad
Gita Launched
The Chinese Version of the sacred ancient Indian
scripture Bhagavad Gita was launched in China during an international yoga
conference. The book was released by Indian Ambassador to China Ashok K.
Kantha.This is the first a well-known Hindu ancient religious text was
published in China. It was translated in Chinese by Professor Wang Zhu Cheng
and Ling Hai of Zhejiang University in Shanghai and was published by Sichuan
People’s Publications.
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