16th August 2019 Current Affairs
FDA approves new oral three-drug regimen for extensively drug-resistant TB
- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved new oral three-drug regimen for the extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), estimated to have a mortality rate of 60 per cent.
- The treatment involves pretomanid tablets in combination with bedaquiline and linezolid, collectively referred to as the BPaL regimen, according to FDA’s statement on August 14, 2019.
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About FDA
Commissioner: Norman Sharpless
Headquarters: Maryland, United States
Moody’s downgrades long-term rating of Indiabulls Housing Finance
- Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Indiabulls Housing Finance’s (IBH) long-term corporate family rating to ‘Ba2’ from ‘Ba1’ in the backdrop of renewed pressure on the cost and availability of funds for some finance companies in India.
- The scrip plunged as much as 9.66 per cent to Rs 498, while the benchmark BSE Sensex was down over 250 per cent at 37,046 at around 9.40 am (IST).
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About Indiabulls
Headquarters: Gurugram
Founder: Sameer Gehlaut
Founded: January 2000
Axis Bank ex-chief Dharmesh Mehta and investors buy IDFC Securities
- Former Axis Bank chief Dharmesh Mehta along with clutch of investors have acquired 100 per cent equity stake of IDFC Securities Ltd from IDFC FHCL.
- It came after the previous buyer TCG Group and IDFC decided to call off their pact to sell IDFC Securities.
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About Axis Bank
Headquarters: Mumbai
CEO: Amitabh Chaudhry
Founded: 1993, Ahmedabad
Virat Kohli becomes first batsman to score 20,000 international runs in a decade
- Indian captain Virat Kohli has become the first batsman to score 20,000 international runs in a single decade, the incredible stat providing another reflection of his greatness.
- He has scored 20,018 in the ongoing decade.
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About India
Capital: New Delhi
President: Ram Nath Kovind
Prime minister: Narendra Modi
Priyam Chatterjee becomes first Indian chef to receive French honour
- Priyam Chatterjee became the first Indian chef to be awarded the ‘Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite Agricoleto’ by the government of France to recognize his contribution towards reinventing the gastronomic scene in India.
- Thirty-year-old Chatterjee is best known for revisiting the traditional dishes from his native state of West Bengal and giving it a French twist.
Former cricketer VB Chandrasekhar passes away
- Former India opener and national selector VB Chandrasekhar passed away in Chennai on following a massive cardiac arrest.
- Chandrasekhar played 7 ODIs between 1988 and 1990, scoring only 88 runs.
Note:
About Tamilnadu
Chief minister: Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Capital: Chennai
Rajasthan wins best innovation awards at 14th World Education Summit-2019
- On August 10, 2019, Rajasthan was awarded “best innovation and initiative leadership award” at the 14th World Education Summit-2019, held at New Delhi.
- The state was awarded for its achievement in higher education.
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About Rajasthan
Chief minister: Ashok Gehlot
Capital: Jaipur
July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth: NOAA
- July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth.
- That’s the word from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which tallied up global land and sea temperature recordings from 2019’s seventh month and compared them to its 140-year data set, stretching back to 1880.
Air India Becomes 1st Indian Airline to Fly over Zero Degree North Pole
- Air India became 1st in the world to operate flights over the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean as well as the Polar region.
- With the new route, the distance between New Delhi & San Francisco has come down from 12 K km to 8 K km.
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About Air India
CEO: Pradeep Singh Kharola
Headquarters: New Delhi
ADB signs pact to invest $23 million in NCD of GRIL
- Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement to invest $23 million in non-convertible debentures being issued by GRIL to help the company rapidly scale up its construction of roads and highways in India.
- The agreement was signed by Michael Barrow, Director General of ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department and GRIL Chairman and Managing Director Vinod Kumar Agarwal.
Note:
About ADB
Headquarters: Mandaluyong, Philippines
President: Takehiko Nakao
Founded: 19 December 1966
Try out the quiz ?
1. What is the full name of FDA?
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved new oral three-drug regimen for the extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), estimated to have a mortality rate of 60 per cent.
2. Which rating agency has downgraded Indiabulls Housing Finance’s (IBH) long-term corporate family rating to ‘Ba2’ from ‘Ba1’?
Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Indiabulls Housing Finance’s (IBH) long-term corporate family rating to ‘Ba2’ from ‘Ba1’ in the backdrop of renewed pressure on the cost and availability of funds for some finance companies in India.
3. Where is the headquarters of Axis Bank?
Former Axis Bank chief Dharmesh Mehta along with clutch of investors have acquired 100 per cent equity stake of IDFC Securities Ltd from IDFC FHCL. Headquarters: Mumbai
4. Who has become the first batsman to score 20,000 international runs in a single decade?
Indian captain Virat Kohli has become the first batsman to score 20,000 international runs in a single decade, the incredible stat providing another reflection of his greatness.
5. Who is Priyam Chatterjee?
Priyam Chatterjee became the first Indian chef to be awarded the 'Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite Agricoleto' by the government of France to recognize his contribution towards reinventing the gastronomic scene in India.
6. VB Chandrasekhar has passed away. He was a famous...........
Former India opener and national selector VB Chandrasekhar passed away in Chennai on following a massive cardiac arrest.
7. Rajasthan has won best innovation awards at 14th World Education Summit-2019. This Summit was held in which city?
Rajasthan was awarded “best innovation and initiative leadership award” at the 14th World Education Summit-2019, held at New Delhi.
8. According to NOAA which month has ever recorded as the hottest month?
July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth. That's the word from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which tallied up global land and sea temperature recordings from 2019's seventh month and compared them to its 140-year data set, stretching back to 1880.
9. Which Airline has become world 1st Airline to fly over Zero Degree North Pole?
Air India Becomes 1st Indian Airline to Fly over Zero Degree North Pole. Air India became 1st in the world to operate flights over the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean as well as the Polar region.
10. ADB has signed pact to invest $23 million in NCD of GRIL. What is the full name of ADB?
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement to invest $23 million in non-convertible debentures being issued by GRIL to help the company rapidly scale up its construction of roads and highways in India.
