DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 13 JANUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-13 JANUARY 2015

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1)      NATIONAL YOUTH DAY OBSERVED ON 12^TH JAN

Ø  National Youth day is observed to mark the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanada

Ø  Vivekananda was a great social reformer, thinker and philosopher

Ø  It was 152^nd birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Whose birth Anniversary is observed as National Youth Day:

a.       M.N.Roy

b.      M.K.Gandhi

c.       Swami Vevekananda

d.      Raja Mohan Roy

2)      US WILL HOST INTERNATIONAL ANTI-TERROR SUMMIT ON 18^TH FEB, 2015

Ø  It was announced by US that it will be hosting an international summit in Washington.

Ø  It is scheduled to be held on 18^th Feb, 2015

Ø  Its aim is to prevent evident extremism that was seen in attack on Charlie Hebdo Parris Office

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who will be hosting an international Anti-Terror Summit:

a.       Canada

b.      Russia

c.       US

d.      India

3)      M.Y.S. PRASAD SELECTED FOR THE VIKRAM SARABHAI MEMORIAL AWARD 2015

Ø  Director of SatishDhawan Space CentreSriharikota Range, MYS Prasad was selected for the Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award, 2015

Ø  This award is presented by Indian Science Congress Association

Ø  Vikram Sarabhai is known as father of space science in India and he was the first chairman of ISRO

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who will be conferred with Vikram Sarabhai Award 2015:

a.       K.Radhakrishnan

b.      MYS Prasad

c.       S.Khular

d.      Bibek Debra

4)      BANGLADESH GETS FIRST HINDU CHIEF JUSTICE

Ø  Justice Surender Kumar Sinha was appointed as Chief Justice of Bangladesh apex court by President Abdul Hamid

Ø  He will be the first Hindu to hold the highest judicial post in the Muslim Majority Country

Ø  He will be succeeding chief justice Md. MuzammadHussain

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who will be the first non-Muslim CJI of Bangladesh Apex Court

a.       S.KumarSinha

b.      Anil Sinha

c.       Dineshwar Kumar

d.      S.Radhakrshnan

5)      U.N CHIEF BAN-KI-MOON INAUGRATES 10 MW SOLAR POWER PROJECT IN GUJARAT

Ø  Ban-Ki-Moon inaugurates Gujarat’s 2^nd canal-top 10 MW solar power project

Ø  It is located on 5.5 km stretch of Vadodara branch of SardarSarowar project Canal

Ø  This project is branched of PM NarendraModi

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who inaugurated 2^nd Canal-top 10 MW solar power project in Gujarat

a.       Ban-Ki-Moon

b.      Jim Yong Kim

c.       AtulKhore

d.      Roberto Azedve

6)      POURNIMA GUPTE IS FIRST WOMEN ACTUARY OF IRDA

Ø  PournimaGupte is the first Women member to be appointed as actuary in Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India

Ø  An Actuary is a business professionals who deals with the financial impact of risk and uncertainty

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who among the following has been appointed as first women actuary if IRDA:

a.       PournimaGupte

b.      UshaSanghwan

c.       ArunimeSinhe

d.      Poonam Gupta

7)      IDUKKI DISTRICT OF KERALA BECOMES INDIA’S FIRST DISTRICT WITH RURAL BROADBAND NETWORK.

Ø  Idukki district of Kerala has become first district in India to have high speed Rural Broadband network under National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN).

Ø  NOFN is the largest rural connectivity project of its kind in the world.

Ø  Minister for communication and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurated this network.

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Which among the following district is declared as the first district in the country to linked with NOFN:

a.       Surat

b.      Indukki

c.       Ooti

d.      Dehradun

8)      72^ND GOLDEN AWARD

Ø  72^nd edition of Golden Awards was held at Beverly hill California

Ø  Best Motion Picture Film- Boyhood

Ø  Best Actor – Eddie Radnayne for ‘The theory of everything’

Ø  Best actress – Julianne Moore for ‘Still Alice’

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Where was 72^nd edition of Golden Awards organized

a.       San Francisco

b.      Washington

c.       New york

d.      California

9)      NRIs CAN VOTE THROUGH PROXY OR E-BALLOT

Ø  Union Government announced that NRI will be allowed to vote through the e-ballot system or through proxy

Ø  SC gives center of weeks  to implement election commission’s proposal on e-ballot

Ø  NRI will have to send application to returning officer in advance

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who among the following is allowed to vote through proxy or e-ballot

a.       NRIs

b.      PIOs

c.       OCIs

d.      Citizen of India

10)  SWISS TENNIS PLAYER FEDERER RECORDS 1000^TH WIN

Ø  Roger Federer made his 1000^th win after winning Brisbane international Tennis Title

Ø  He is ranked world no. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals(ATP)

Ø  He holds record of winning 17 Grand Slam single titles

Ø  In 2008 , he has won the Olympic gold medal in doubles with StanislasWawrinka

Ø  He has also won Olympic silver medal in singles at 2012 Olympic games

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who among the following tennis player records 1000^th win recently

a.       S.Wawrinke

b.      Roger Federer

c.       Novak Djokovic

d.      Andy Murray

11)  ARUN JAITLEY ADOPTS 4-GUJARAT VILLAGES AS A PART OF SAGY

Ø  Union Finance Minister ArunJaitley has adopted 4 villages in Vadodara district as part of Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana.

Ø  4 – Villages- Karnali, Pipaliya, Valida, Baglipura.

Ø  SAGY- It aims to encourage MPs from both houses to develop model villages.

Ø  Under this scheme, MP will be responsible to develop one adarsh village by 2016 , two more by 2019 and five more by 2024

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who among the following Union Minister adopted 4 villages of Gujarat as a part of SAGY

a.       Rajnath Singh

b.      ArunJaitley

c.       Suresh Prabhu

d.      SarbnandeSonowal