16 May 2014 Current Affairs
RBI To Launch Plastic Notes In 2015
The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Raghuram Rajan announced that plastic currency notes will be launched in 2015 after field trials. It was announced after the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI ) Meet in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Earlier in February 2013, Union Government had informed Parliament that it will introduce one billion plastic currency notes in five cities in later half of 2014 on a pilot basis. The five selected cities for pilot testing are Shimla, Kochi, Mysore, Jaipur, and Bhubaneswar.
Grant Flower Named As Pakistan Batting Coach
Grant Flower, the former Zimbabwe batsman, has been named Pakistan's batting coach for two years. He will be joining at this post on 1st August 2014 before the Pakistan-Sri Lanka series. Grant Flower is 43 years old and has served as the batting coach of Zimbabwe for over three years from October 2010. In cricketing he had a lengthy career which included 221 ODIs and 67 Tests.