Daily GK Potion – 26th and 27th October 2014
- SoftBank to invest $10 billion in India
- Japan’s telecom giant SoftBank has promised an investment of $10 billion (over Rs.60,000 crore) in India’s IT and communications space.
- SoftBank already has made investments in Indian companies, including InMobi and Hike.
- SoftBank has operations in broadband, fixed line telecom, e-commerce, finance, media and marketing.
- 68th Infantry Day observed on 27th October
- October 27 also marks the commemoration of the first military action led by infantry in Jammu and Kashmir after Independence.
- The ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification.
- TCS launched User Experience Center of Excellence
- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched its User Experience Center of Excellence at its Seven Hills Park Delivery Center in Milford, Ohio.
- Times Internet acquired moneysights, an innovative personal finance platform. Times Internet is India’s leading digital product company and part of The Times of India Group
- ‘Swachh Bharat Kosh’ and ‘Clean Ganga Fund’ would come under CSR
- India drops to sixth position in ICC Test cricket rankings
- 3 named for holding black money abroad
- The Union government has named three persons who are black money account holders in an affidavit to the Supreme Court.
- The three persons named are Pradip Burman, director of the Burman group and one of promoters of Dabur group, Pankaj Chimanlal Lodhya, a Rajkot-based bullion trader and Radha S Timblo, a Goa-based miner and owner of Timblo Pvt Ltd.
- Sandeep Saxena has been appointed as the new chief electoral officer of Tamil Nadu.
- Dilma Rousseff relected as President of Brazil.