CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY/09/2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY/09/2015

1.   NORTH KOREA SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIREDBALLISTIC MISSILE:

i. North Korea has successfully test fired underwater ballisticmissile.

ii. This underwater ballistic missile is capable of striking and wiping out hostile forces in any waters.

About North Korea :

a. Currency : won

b. Capital: Pyongyang

2. CONSERVATIVE PARTY WINS UK GENERAL ELECTION 2015:

i.  David Cameron’s Conservative Party have won the UK General Election 2015.

ii.  Conservative Party have secured 331 seats from a total of 650 seats.

iii.  David Cameron will continue to be the Prime Minister of UK.

3. COMMEMORATIVE COIN ON SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA:

i. Prime Minister, Narendra Modi released commemorative coin onSwami Chinmayananda.

ii. Coin was launched to mark the birth centenary of Swami Chinmayananda.

4.   ACHAL KUMAR JYOTI BECOMES ELECTION COMMISSIONER:

i. Achal Kumar Jyoti is appointed as the new Election commissioner.

ii.Achal Kumar Jyoti is a retired IAS Officer of 1975 batch.

Note: Nasim Zaidi is the Chief Election Commissioner

                            

5. SBI LAUNCHED RUPAY PLATINUM DEBIT CARD:

i. State Bank of India has launched RuPay platinum Debit Card in association with NPCI.

ii. RuPay card is accepted at all payment channels like ATM’s, PoS and E-Commerce.

iii. Card is issued free of cost to customers maintaining a quaterly balance of 50,000 rupees.

NPCI – National Payment Corporation of India.