Daily Current Affairs Quiz 15th August 2018

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA) constituted a working group to the norms for insurance surveyors. The 7-member working group has been formed to address areas pertaining to licensing, renewal and others in the context of the existing regulatory framework for Surveyors and Loss Assessors. The working group will submit its report within 2 months.

Smitha V. Crishna was ranked first in the 'Kotak Wealth Hurun-Leading Wealthy Women 2018 list'. Roshni Nadar, the CEO and executive director at HCL, ranks second in the list. The chairperson of the Times Group, Indu Jain, ranks third in the list. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founder and MD of Biocon, ranks fourth in the list.

Haryana will launch its pilot health project Ayushman Bharat Haryana from August 15, 2018 in 22 district hospitals, one ESI and one medical college. Under this scheme medical facility upto Rs 5 lakh will be provided for free to 15.50 lakh families. Initially this facility will be provided in government hospitals, which would later be started in empanelled private hospitals.

Rekha Sharma appointed as chairperson of National Commission for Women. Sharma, 54, was earlier a member of the Commission and was holding the additional charge of chairperson after Lalitha Kumaramangalam demitted office in September last year. She belongs to Haryana.

State Bank of India ranked as India’s Most Patriotic Brand.

The Supreme Court approved a proposal submitted by the Union of India (UOI) to colour-code vehicles according to the fuel they run on, in an effort to help counter air pollution. The apex court ruling allows for blue stickers to be used for vehicles running on petrol and CNG, and orange stickers for diesel vehicles. However, it clarified that this would only be applicable in Delhi and NCR.

Nauroji Nagar is located in New Delhi.