Current Affairs 08th and 9th January 2017 | General Awareness 08th and 9th January 2017

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s pay slumps along with iPhone sales

Apple’s revenue dropped 8 per cent to $216 billion

• Apple penalised CEO Tim Cook for the iPhone maker’s first sales slump in 15 years with a 15 % pay cut.
• Mr. Cook still did extremely well, with a compensation package valued at $8.7 million for Apple’s fiscal year that ended September 24, 2016 according to a regulatory filing made. But the amount was down from nearly $10.3 million in the prior year.

Mr.Cook’s failure

Apple smart watch gave moderate success to the company.

Women allowed to carry knives in Delhi Metro

The CISF has also decided to allow lighters and matchboxes

• Keeping safety in mind, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has permitted women to carry small knives while travelling in metro trains.
• “Women will now be permitted to carry knives that are less than four inches long.

Items allowed

One matchbox and one lighter.

Putin ordered ‘hidden campaign’ to help Trump in polls.

Government’s first formal allegation supporting sensational claims.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a hidden campaign to influence America’s presidential election in favour of Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, U.S. intelligence agencies declared in the government’s first formal allegation supporting sensational claims that Mr. Trump and his supporters have staunchly resisted.

Cyber attacks

Steps to appoint a team to develop a plan to “aggressively combat and stop cyberattacks.

New Delhi World Book Fair begins at Pragati Maidan.

Book fair started.

The New Delhi World Book Fair began at Pragati Maidan. Minister of State for Human Resources Development, Mahendra Nath Pandey inaugurated the fair.

Manushi

which focuses on writings on and by women.

BJP sweeps urban local body polls in Madhya Pradesh

Local body election

In Madhya Pradesh, the ruling BJP has emerged victorious in elections of three urban bodies. Its candidates have bagged post of president in Harda, Amarkantak and Mandu municipal council polls.

Candidates who won

• Prabha Panaria
• Surendra Jain
• Malti Gawar

  Indian citizens, not residing in the country, can exchange old notes

   

  

  Last date till 30th of June.
  

Indian citizens, who are not residing in the country, will be able to exchange their old 500 and 1,000 rupees notes at RBI offices till the 30th of June.

Foreign Exchange Management Regulations 2015

Limit of bringing back currency into the country at 25,000 rupees per person.

Fuel outlets to stop accepting cards

Move follows banks’ decision to charge for transactions.

• Fuel outlets in Chennai and Bengaluru saw panic buying after the All India Petroleum Dealers Association (AIPDA) announced that its members would not accept payments by credit and debit cards.
• The Association has 53,840 dealers as members.

Charges

1% for all debit and credit card transaction.

No option but to continue quota struggle, says Mudragada

Delay in declaring reservations to the Kapus.

Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham made it clear that the community had no option but to continue the struggle till inclusion of Kapus in the list of BCs was completed.

Mudragada Padmanabham

Kapu leader.

Aadhaar must for MGNREGS work

Other proofs of identity will be allowed till March 31.

From April 1, workers in rural areas enrolled under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), which mandates 100 days of work for a household a year, must have Aadhaar.

MGNREGS

Act offering to guarantee hundred days of wage-employment in a year to a rural household.

CM studies development plan of Sri Lankan region

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu visited Colombo.

Mr. Naidu was received by Governor of the Western Province K. C. Logeswaran, State Minister of City Planning and Water Supply Sudarshini Fernandopulle and other officials of the Presidential Secretariat.

Maithripala Sirisena

Sri Lankan President.

Watch as interactive video for easy learning

The post Current Affairs 08th and 9th January 2017 | General Awareness 08th and 9th January 2017 appeared first on Exambin | Social Competitive Learning.