Daily GK Potion – 3rd December 2014

  1. SBI Cards ties up with Future Group to offer co-branded card
    • SBI Cards has tied up with Future Group company Fashion at Big Bazaar (FBB) to offer a co-branded credit card, ‘Styleup’.
    • The new Styleup card offers a lifetime flat 10 per cent discount on fashion apparel, fashion accessories and footwear at all FBB and Big Bazaar stores and the customers will also get 10 times the rewards on all Big Bazaar purchases besides other discounts and rewards.
  2. Anil Sinha appointed as new CBI Chief
    • Anil Kumar Sinha, a 1979-batch IPS officer, on Wednesday took over the reins of the Central Bureau of Investigation.
  3. International Day of Persons with Disabilities observed today
    • December 3 is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992 that aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities.
  4. Uttar Pradesh to promote women entrepreneurs
    • Uttar Pradesh government has started the Women Entrepreneurship Promotion Scheme 2014-15 to empower women and ensure their participation in the process of industrialisation.
    • Under the scheme, unemployed women are eligible for easy seed capital to start their own micro or small enterprise.
    • The beneficiaries are entitled to a loan of Rs 50,000 per year at five per cent interest, subject to a ceiling of Rs 250,000 in five years.