N e w s A t @ G l a n c e(13 th may 2017)

1. President of Sri Lanka is Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister is Ranil Wickremesinghe.

2. The capital of Sri Lanka is Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte.

3. This is the administrative capital where most of the administrative institutions exist including Parliament of Sri Lanka.

4. The 14th United Nations Day of Vesak is celebrated from 12th May to 14th May in Sri Lanka.

5. In 2017, United Nations International Day of Vesak will be hosted by Sri Lanka under the theme “Buddhist Teachings for Social Justice and Sustainable World Peace”.

6. Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is Shri Radha Mohan Singh.

7. The rupee-denominated offshore bonds are popularly known as Masala Bonds.

8. The instrument has been exempted from taxation for transfer among non-residents while a low rate of five percent would be applicable for investors till 2020.

9. Capital of UK is London and its currency is Pound.

10. SterlingTheresa May is the PM of UK.

11. Dakshin Gangotri was the first Indian scientific research base station established in Antarctica during 1984.

12. Maitri is India’s second permanent research station in Antarctica.

13. It was built in 1989.

14. Chairman of LIC is Vijay Kumar Sharma.

15. Life Corporation of India was founded on 1 September 1956 and its headquarter is Mumbai.

16. 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be hosted by India.

17. 2018 FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia.

18. FIFA president is Gianni Infantino.

19. Bengaluru named as the Silicon valley of India.

20. Bengaluru also named as the Information Technology (IT) capital of India.

21. CEO of ICICI Bank is Chanda Kochhar.

22. ICICI Bank headquarter is in Mumbai.