Daily GK Potion – 16th September 2014
- Metis Learning partners Intel to launch kids tablet for Rs. 9999
- The educational tablet named ‘Eddy’ will be aimed at children aged between 2 to 10 years.
- The tablet will be exclusively available on Amazon India website.
- It features a seven-inch screen, 16 GB memory (expandable upto 32GB), 1GB RAM, 2MP front and rear cameras, 2800 mAH battery and 3G connectivity via dongles.
- State Bank of India will revise interest rates on retail terms deposit below Rs 1 crore
- Effective from September 18, the new interest rate will be 8.75%.
- Shahid Afridi named Pakistan’s T20 captain.
- Former ace French striker Nicolas Anelka has joined Mumbai City FC for the inaugural season of Indian Super League (ISL).
- Global hunger figures decline by more than 200 million
- The number of people in the world without enough to eat fell to 805 million in 2012-14, down from over a billion in 1990-92
- Ukraine grants self-rule to Donetsk, Luhansk
- Chinese President Xi Jinping lo launch port city in Sri Lanka.