GIST OF NEWS - 06.01.2016

GIST OF NEWS - 06^th January 2016

·         Mumbai school cricketer Pranav Dhanwade became the first player in the world to score 1000 runs (1009 runs not out off 323 balls) in a single innings, surpassing a 117 year old record held by AEJ Collin’s who scored 628 in 1899.

Dhanwade is a student of class 10 of KC Gandhi school, Kalyan.

·         Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) President – Sumit Mazumder

·         BCCI Awards

International Cricketer of the year 2014-15          Virat Kohli (Test Captain)

Col.C.K.Naidu Lifetime Achievement award         Syed Kirmani (Former Indian Wicket keeper)

·         President of BCCI – Shashank Manohar

·         Supreme court upheld a temporary ban on the sale of large diesel cars with 2000 cc and above in New Delhi to combat toxic smog in the Capital.

·         One basis point is equal to one-hundredth of a percentage point

·         State Bank of India wants the centre to consider differential interest rates on small savings according to age groups.

·         Reserve Bank of India has agreed to share relevant extracts of its bank inspection reports with a central economic intelligence wing to help it check money laundering and violation of other banking laws.