Daily GK Update : 02 July 2014

Governor of Madhya Pradesh Ram Naresh Yadav took over the additional charge of Chhattisgarh today following the resignation of former Governor Shekhar Dutt. He was administered the oath of office by Bilaspur High Court Chief Justice Yatindra Singh at Rajbhawan in Raipur.



Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Harsh Vardhan along with the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Smriti Zubin Irani inaugurate the “First Aid Post”, at Shastri Bhawan, in New Delhi today. This unit will provide first aid services like blood pressure monitoring, dressing and other referral services to about 15000 employees of various Ministries posted at Shastri Bhawan and other nearby Government offices.
Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) is already running five such health posts in Delhi. These are located at Central Secretariat, Parliament House, Vitthal Bhai Patel House, Supreme Court and Nirman Bhawan premises. Many employees avail basic emergency health services from these first aid posts regularly.
Bank of Maharashtra has been awarded with the “Best Bank – Public Sector” award in BFSI Awards-2014 by World HRD Congress in recognition of its performance in Banking category. The award focuses on the best practices of the BFSI Industry based on the Strategy, Security, Customer Service and the Future Technology Challenges and Innovations.
Apart from Best Bank-Public Sector award, the bank has also won 4 other awards — Bank with Most Admired Services; Bank with Best Customer Orientation; Bank with Best Technology Orientation; and Corporate Communication Award.
Kerala Government has appointed senior IAS officer A P M Mohammed Hanish as Nodal Officer for the matches likely to be held in Kochi during the 2017 FIFA under-17 world cup football. The appointment was made as per FIFA’s direction.
The eight quarterfinal berths of the 2014 FIFA World Cup have been decided after the round-of-16 ended last night. The teams advanced to quarter final round are Brazil, Netherlands, Germany, Argentina, France, Belgium, Colombia and Costa Rica. The fight for the 4 semi-final berths will begin on Friday. The semi-finals will be played on the 8th and 9th of this month and the final match will be played on 13th July.

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